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  • Title: Dendritic cells transfected with the nef genes of HIV-1 primary isolates specifically activate cytotoxic T lymphocytes from seropositive subjects.
    Author: Chassin D, Andrieu M, Cohen W, Culmann-Penciolelli B, Ostankovitch M, Hanau D, Guillet JG.
    Journal: Eur J Immunol; 1999 Jan; 29(1):196-202. PubMed ID: 9933101.
    Abstract:
    The HIV-1 Nef protein down-modulates surface expression of MHC class I proteins. Primary infected T lymphocytes thus escape lysis by cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL). In contrast, during HIV-1 infection there are strong CTL responses to several HIV proteins, and there is mounting evidence that CTL are critical for controlling the virus. The present study was carried out to assess Nef protein-cell interaction as it occurs in naturally infected antigen-presenting cells. To evaluate the presentation of peptides derived from viral antigen to CTL, we transfected nef genes obtained from peripheral blood mononuclear cells of HIV-1-seropositive subjects into dendritic cells isolated from monocytes of healthy donors. We demonstrate that expression and subsequent processing of Nef by transfected dendritic cells did not alter the presentation of an immunodominant epitope of Nef to CTL of HIV+ subjects. However, mutations in nef gene sequences from primary isolates may abolish this presentation by a mechanism that probably interferes with protein processing.
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