Bernhard E J, Le A X, Barbosa J A, Lacy E, Engelhard V H
Department of Microbiology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville 22908.
J Exp Med. 1988 Sep 1;168(3):1157-62. doi: 10.1084/jem.168.3.1157.
CTL clones were derived from HLA-A2.1 transgenic mice by immunization with a human cell expressing HLA-A2.1. None of these clones lysed murine transfectants, and only 3 of 23 lysed monkey transfectants expressing HLA-A2. In contrast, all of these clones lysed a wide variety of human cells expressing HLA-A2.1. These results demonstrate the existence of species-specific epitopes on the HLA-A2.1 molecule, and suggest that these epitopes are formed by the association of class I MHC products with one or more endogenous species-specific molecules. These results provide an explanation for the frequently observed failure of HLA class I-specific CTL to recognize these antigens on murine transfectants. These results also suggest that such endogenous proteins may also contribute to the formation of epitopes recognized by allospecific CTL.
通过用表达HLA - A2.1的人细胞免疫,从HLA - A2.1转基因小鼠中获得细胞毒性T淋巴细胞(CTL)克隆。这些克隆均未裂解鼠转染细胞,23个克隆中只有3个裂解了表达HLA - A2的猴转染细胞。相比之下,所有这些克隆都能裂解多种表达HLA - A2.1的人细胞。这些结果证明了HLA - A2.1分子上存在物种特异性表位,并表明这些表位是由I类主要组织相容性复合体(MHC)产物与一种或多种内源性物种特异性分子结合形成的。这些结果解释了经常观察到的HLA I类特异性CTL无法识别鼠转染细胞上这些抗原的现象。这些结果还表明,此类内源性蛋白质也可能有助于同种特异性CTL识别的表位的形成。