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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
39-40
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-9-18
pubmed:abstractText
Cellular immune response plays an important role in antiviral immunity. In our previous study, immunization of mice with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS CoV) spike (S) DNA vaccine could induce both humoral and cellular immunity in response to a pool of entire overlapping S peptides. Identification of functional dominant epitopes in SARS CoV S protein for T cells is crucial for further understanding of cellular immune responses elicited by SARS CoV S DNA vaccine. In present study, mice were immunized with SARS CoV S DNA vaccine. Subsequently, a pool of 17-19 mers overlapped SARS CoV S peptides, which served as immunogens, were scanned to identify the specific epitopes for T cells. Two H-2(d) restricted CD4(+) T epitopes, N60 (S435-444) and P152 (S1111-1127), and two H-2(d) restricted CD8(+) T cell epitopes, N50 (S365-374) and P141 (S1031-1047) were identified by three different methods, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), enzyme linked immunospot assay (ELISPOT) and fluorescence activated cell sorter (FACS). The dominant CD4(+) T cell epitope (N60) and CD8(+) T cell epitope (N50) located in the receptor-binding domain (RBD) of SARS CoV S protein, which mediated virus combining and fusing to susceptible cells. Importantly, our novel finding is that mice primed with SARS S DNA vaccine and boosted with T cell epitopes (N50 and N60) could promote antigen specific CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cell immune responses. Our study provides valuable information for the design of vaccine for SARS study.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0264-410X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
28
pubmed:volume
25
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
6981-91
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17709158-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:17709158-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:17709158-CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:17709158-CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:17709158-Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte, pubmed-meshheading:17709158-Female, pubmed-meshheading:17709158-Immunization, pubmed-meshheading:17709158-Immunization, Secondary, pubmed-meshheading:17709158-Immunodominant Epitopes, pubmed-meshheading:17709158-Immunologic Memory, pubmed-meshheading:17709158-Membrane Glycoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:17709158-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:17709158-Mice, Inbred BALB C, pubmed-meshheading:17709158-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:17709158-Peptides, pubmed-meshheading:17709158-SARS Virus, pubmed-meshheading:17709158-Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, pubmed-meshheading:17709158-Vaccines, DNA, pubmed-meshheading:17709158-Viral Envelope Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:17709158-Viral Vaccines
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Priming with SARS CoV S DNA and boosting with SARS CoV S epitopes specific for CD4+ and CD8+ T cells promote cellular immune responses.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Immunology, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't