Statements in which the resource exists as a subject.
PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-9-14
pubmed:abstractText
CTL responses are known to be important for the control of HIV and SIV infections. Such responses are targeted against various components of these viruses including regulatory proteins like Nef. The SIVmac251nef gene was cloned in Mycobacterium bovis BCG under the control of P(AN), a promoter from Mycobacterium paratuberculosis. Nef was expressed as a fused polypeptide with ORF2, an open reading frame adjacent to P(AN). Mice inoculated with rBCG(SIVmac251nef) exhibited proliferative and CD8+ cytotoxic T-cell (CTL) responses against several Nef synthetic peptides. A mapping of the epitopes recognized by CTLs revealed that the central region of Nef is mainly involved in responses. This region had already been demonstrated to induce CTLs in experimentally SIV-infected macaques as well as in HIV-infected individuals. These results demonstrate the feasibility of constructing BCG vaccine strains expressing nef for eliciting cytotoxic responses.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0264-410X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
13
pubmed:geneSymbol
env, gag, nef
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
471-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7543715-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:7543715-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:7543715-CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:7543715-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:7543715-Epitopes, pubmed-meshheading:7543715-Female, pubmed-meshheading:7543715-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:7543715-Gene Products, nef, pubmed-meshheading:7543715-Genes, Viral, pubmed-meshheading:7543715-Genes, nef, pubmed-meshheading:7543715-Immunity, Cellular, pubmed-meshheading:7543715-Lymphocyte Activation, pubmed-meshheading:7543715-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:7543715-Mice, Inbred BALB C, pubmed-meshheading:7543715-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:7543715-Mycobacterium bovis, pubmed-meshheading:7543715-Recombinant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:7543715-Simian immunodeficiency virus, pubmed-meshheading:7543715-T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic, pubmed-meshheading:7543715-Viral Proteins
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Recombinant BCG strains expressing the SIVmac251nef gene induce proliferative and CTL responses against nef synthetic peptides in mice.
pubmed:affiliation
Unité de Génétique Mycobactérienne (URA 1300 du CNRS), Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article