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  • Title: T cell responses to bluetongue virus are directed against multiple and identical CD4+ and CD8+ T cell epitopes from the VP7 core protein in mouse and sheep.
    Author: Rojas JM, Rodríguez-Calvo T, Peña L, Sevilla N.
    Journal: Vaccine; 2011 Sep 16; 29(40):6848-57. PubMed ID: 21807057.
    Abstract:
    Bluetongue virus (BTV), an economically important orbivirus of the Reoviridae family, is a non-enveloped, dsRNA virus that causes a haemorrhagic disease mainly in sheep, but little is known of the cellular immunity elicited against BTV. We observed that vaccination of interferon type I-deficient mice (IFNAR((-/-))), or inoculation of the wild type C57BL/6 strain with BTV-8, induced a strong T cell response. Therefore, we proceeded to identify some of the T cell epitopes targeted by the immune system. We selected, using H-2(b)-binding predictive algorithms, 3 major histocompatibility complex (MHC)-class II-binding peptides and 7 MHC-class I binding peptides from the BTV-8 core protein VP7, as potential T cell epitopes. Peptide binding assays confirmed that all 7 MHC-class I predicted peptides bound MHC-class I molecules. Three MHC-class I and 2 MHC-class II binding peptide consistently elicited peptide-specific IFN-γ production (as measured by ELISPOT assays) in splenocytes from C57BL/6 BTV-8-inoculated mice and IFNAR((-/-))-vaccinated mice. The functionality of these T cells was confirmed by proliferation and cytotoxicity assays. Flow cytometry analysis demonstrated that CD8(+) T cells responded to MHC-class I binding peptides and CD4(+) T cells to MHC-class II binding peptides. Importantly, these 5 epitopes were also able to induced IFN-γ production in sheep inoculated with BTV-8. Taken together, these data demonstrate the activation of BTV-specific T cells during infection and vaccination. The characterisation of these novel T cell epitopes may also provide an opportunity to develop DIVA-compliant vaccination approach to BTV encompassing a broad-spectrum of serotypes.
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