Fewer protective cytotoxic T-cell epitopes than T-helper-cell epitopes on vesicular stomatitis virus

J Virol. 1993 Jun;67(6):3680-3. doi: 10.1128/JVI.67.6.3680-3683.1993.

Abstract

Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte (CTL) and T-helper-cell responses in various mouse strains were monitored. Protective CTL responsiveness against three proteins of vesicular stomatitis virus was H-2 linked and inducible only in half of the 15 combinations tested (each of five H-2 haplotypes combined with each of three viral proteins), whereas biologically relevant T-helper-cell responses were inducible in all. This suggests that vesicular stomatitis virus exhibits more T-helper-cell than CTL epitopes.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Viral / immunology
  • Antigens, Viral / immunology*
  • B-Lymphocytes / immunology
  • CD4 Antigens / immunology
  • CD8 Antigens / immunology
  • Capsid / immunology
  • Epitopes / immunology*
  • H-2 Antigens
  • Membrane Glycoproteins*
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred Strains
  • T-Lymphocyte Subsets / immunology
  • T-Lymphocytes / immunology*
  • T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic / immunology
  • T-Lymphocytes, Helper-Inducer / immunology
  • Vesicular stomatitis Indiana virus / immunology*
  • Viral Core Proteins / immunology
  • Viral Envelope Proteins / immunology
  • Virus Diseases / immunology*

Substances

  • Antibodies, Viral
  • Antigens, Viral
  • CD4 Antigens
  • CD8 Antigens
  • Epitopes
  • G protein, vesicular stomatitis virus
  • H-2 Antigens
  • Membrane Glycoproteins
  • Viral Core Proteins
  • Viral Envelope Proteins