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  • Title: The matrix protein pp65(341-350): a peptide that induces ex vivo stimulation and in vitro expansion of CMV-specific CD8+ T cells in subjects bearing either HLA-A*2402 or A*0101 allele.
    Author: Provenzano M, Lim JB, Mocellin S, Monsurro V, Bettinotti M, Marincola FM, Stroncek DF.
    Journal: Transfusion; 2003 Nov; 43(11):1567-74. PubMed ID: 14617317.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND: The stimulation of PBMNCs with HLA Class I restricted synthetic peptides derived from CMV phosphorylated matrix protein 65 (pp65) evokes CMV-specific cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) activity, a necessary condition for initiating adoptive immunotherapy against CMV-related diseases in immune-compromised patients. It was previously demonstrated that the CMV decamer (10-mer) peptide pp65(341-350), QYDPVAALFF, was able to induce CMV-specific CTLs in HLA-A*2402 CMV-seropositive individuals. STUDY DESIGN AND METHOD: We investigated the ability of the peptide pp65(341-350) to reactivate memory CD8+ T cells in CMV-seropositive subjects bearing either the HLA-A24 or A1 allele. CTL responses were measured by IFN-gamma mRNA expression and IFN-gamma protein production as well as cytotoxic activity. RESULTS: In this study it was found that peptide pp65(341-350) induced a specific reactivation of memory CD8+ T cells from CMV-seropositive donors expressing either HLA-A*2402 and/or HLA-A*0101. Moreover, a pp65(341-350)-specific selection and expansion using PBMNCs of CMV-seropositive donors bearing both HLA-A*2402 and HLA-A*0101 alleles produced cytotoxic CTLs to both HLA-A24 and A1 peptide-pulsed and autologous CMV-infected target cells. CONCLUSION: The results demonstrate that pp65(341-350) induced a specific CTL activity at both molecular and protein levels and that the peptide is specifically processed, presented, and recognized by subjects bearing HLA-A*2402 and/or A*0101. These findings suggest that it may be possible to use this single immune dominant peptide to induce and expand CMV-reactive CTLs for the treatment of individuals with both HLA-A24 and A1 types.
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