Whitton J L, Oldstone M B
Research Institute of Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, California 92037.
J Exp Med. 1989 Sep 1;170(3):1033-8. doi: 10.1084/jem.170.3.1033.
Since class I MHC glycoproteins may function by "screening and selecting" degraded proteins, we wished to determine whether very short peptides made within a cell were detected and bound by MHC, and presented for T cell perusal. We show that a 22 amino acid viral sequence containing a Db-restricted nonameric CTL epitope is sufficient to direct CTL recognition/lysis of H2b target cells. The mechanism of epitope presentation is by the "natural" endogenous route, and appears to direct lysis as effectively as wild-type virus infection, in which the epitope is part of a 236 residue glycoprotein.
由于I类主要组织相容性复合体(MHC)糖蛋白可能通过“筛选和选择”降解的蛋白质发挥作用,我们希望确定细胞内产生的极短肽是否能被MHC检测和结合,并呈递给T细胞审视。我们发现,一个包含Db限制性九聚体CTL表位的22个氨基酸的病毒序列足以直接引导CTL识别/H2b靶细胞的裂解。表位呈递的机制是通过“天然”内源性途径,并且似乎与野生型病毒感染一样有效地直接导致裂解,在野生型病毒感染中,该表位是一个236个残基糖蛋白的一部分。