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  • Title: Identification of a DTH-inducing T-cell epitope on the E2 membrane protein of Semliki Forest virus.
    Author: Snijders A, Benaissa-Trouw BJ, Oosting JD, Snippe H, Kraaijeveld CA.
    Journal: Cell Immunol; 1989 Oct 01; 123(1):23-35. PubMed ID: 2476243.
    Abstract:
    Mapping of T-cell epitopes on the structural proteins of Semliki Forest virus (SFV) was performed by measuring the ability of cloned SFV protein fragments to induce delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH). The cloned SFV protein fragments were expressed as hybrid proteins with cro-beta-galactosidase in Escherichia coli from constructed recombinant plasmids. DTH reactions were measured, as footpad swelling, in BALB/c mice after immunization with whole, UV-inactivated SFV and challenge with the hybrid proteins, and vice versa, using the adjuvant dimethyl dioctadecyl ammonium bromide to enhance DTH. Only two of the tested hybrid proteins induced DTH, and these DTH reactions were equally strong. The largest DTH-inducing hybrid protein contained the N-terminal 350 amino acids of E2 and part of E3, the smallest contained only the region from amino acid residues 115 to 151 of the E2 membrane protein without any other SFV protein parts. It was concluded that the segment between amino acid residues 115 and 151 of the E2 membrane protein of SFV was responsible for the observed DTH, and thus, contains a T-cell epitope. Sequence homology with known T-cell epitopes on other proteins makes it likely that the DTH-inducing T-cell epitope is located from amino acid residues 120 to 128 of E2.
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