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The Journal of Immunology, Vol 143, Issue 9 3007-3014, Copyright © 1989 by American Association of Immunologists
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XM Gao, FY Liew and JP Tite
Department of Experimental Immunobiology, Wellcome Research Laboratories, Kent, UK.
By using a series of overlapping synthetic peptides that cover more than 95% of the amino acid sequence of nucleoprotein (NP) of influenza A/NT/60/68 virus, five Th cell epitopes in B10.S (H-2s), BALB/c (H-2d), CBA (H-2k), and B6 (H-2b) mice have been identified. The specificity of Th cell recognition of epitopes is largely dependent on the H-2 haplotype of the responding mouse strain. However, two out of the five Th epitopes defined could be recognized by mice of more than one haplotype, implying that the primary sequence of protein antigens could also influence the selection of dominant T cell epitopes by the immune system. Immunization of B10.S mice with peptide 260-283 generated strong Th cell response against type A influenza viruses. In the other three strains of mice tested, priming with helper peptides induced a stronger antipeptide than antiviral T cell response. However, the low responsiveness to virus in these mice could be partially overcome by immunization with a mixture of several helper peptides. The Th epitopes are defined by the ability of the peptides to stimulate class II MHC restricted CD4+ T cells to proliferate and to produce IL-2 in vitro. When compared with the known epitopes on NP recognised by class I restricted CD8+ cytotoxic T cells, it appears that Th and cytotoxic T cell epitopes are nonoverlapping. The AMPHI and Motifs methods were employed to analyze the sequence of NP and predict the potential dominant sites in the molecule. The predictions are compared with the experimental data obtained and the implications discussed.
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