Vpr is preferentially targeted by CTL during HIV-1 infection.
The HIV-1 accessory proteins Vpr, Vpu, and Vif are essential for viral replication, and their cytoplasmic production suggests that they should be processed for recognition by CTLs. However, the extent to which these proteins are targeted in natural infection, as well as precise CTL epitopes within t...
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| author | Altfeld, M Addo, M Eldridge, R Yu, X Thomas, S Khatri, A Strick, D Phillips, M Cohen, G Islam, SA Kalams, SA Brander, C Goulder, P Rosenberg, E Walker, B |
| author_facet | Altfeld, M Addo, M Eldridge, R Yu, X Thomas, S Khatri, A Strick, D Phillips, M Cohen, G Islam, SA Kalams, SA Brander, C Goulder, P Rosenberg, E Walker, B |
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| description | The HIV-1 accessory proteins Vpr, Vpu, and Vif are essential for viral replication, and their cytoplasmic production suggests that they should be processed for recognition by CTLs. However, the extent to which these proteins are targeted in natural infection, as well as precise CTL epitopes within them, remains to be defined. In this study, CTL responses against HIV-1 Vpr, Vpu, and Vif were analyzed in 60 HIV-1-infected individuals and 10 HIV-1-negative controls using overlapping peptides spanning the entire proteins. Peptide-specific IFN-gamma production was measured by ELISPOT assay and flow-based intracellular cytokine quantification. HLA class I restriction and cytotoxic activity were confirmed after isolation of peptide-specific CD8(+) T cell lines. CD8(+) T cell responses against Vpr, Vpu, and Vif were found in 45%, 2%, and 33% of HIV-1-infected individuals, respectively. Multiple CTL epitopes were identified in functionally important regions of HIV-1 Vpr and Vif. Moreover, in infected individuals in whom the breadth of HIV-1-specific responses was assessed comprehensively, Vpr and p17 were the most preferentially targeted proteins per unit length by CD8(+) T cells. These data indicate that despite the small size of these proteins Vif and Vpr are frequently targeted by CTL in natural HIV-1 infection and contribute importantly to the total HIV-1-specific CD8(+) T cell responses. These findings will be important in evaluating the specificity and breadth of immune responses during acute and chronic infection, and in the design and testing of candidate HIV vaccines. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:739c1bbf-9086-48f9-8ed7-b3235212c9a22022-03-26T19:57:35ZVpr is preferentially targeted by CTL during HIV-1 infection.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:739c1bbf-9086-48f9-8ed7-b3235212c9a2EnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2001Altfeld, MAddo, MEldridge, RYu, XThomas, SKhatri, AStrick, DPhillips, MCohen, GIslam, SAKalams, SABrander, CGoulder, PRosenberg, EWalker, BThe HIV-1 accessory proteins Vpr, Vpu, and Vif are essential for viral replication, and their cytoplasmic production suggests that they should be processed for recognition by CTLs. However, the extent to which these proteins are targeted in natural infection, as well as precise CTL epitopes within them, remains to be defined. In this study, CTL responses against HIV-1 Vpr, Vpu, and Vif were analyzed in 60 HIV-1-infected individuals and 10 HIV-1-negative controls using overlapping peptides spanning the entire proteins. Peptide-specific IFN-gamma production was measured by ELISPOT assay and flow-based intracellular cytokine quantification. HLA class I restriction and cytotoxic activity were confirmed after isolation of peptide-specific CD8(+) T cell lines. CD8(+) T cell responses against Vpr, Vpu, and Vif were found in 45%, 2%, and 33% of HIV-1-infected individuals, respectively. Multiple CTL epitopes were identified in functionally important regions of HIV-1 Vpr and Vif. Moreover, in infected individuals in whom the breadth of HIV-1-specific responses was assessed comprehensively, Vpr and p17 were the most preferentially targeted proteins per unit length by CD8(+) T cells. These data indicate that despite the small size of these proteins Vif and Vpr are frequently targeted by CTL in natural HIV-1 infection and contribute importantly to the total HIV-1-specific CD8(+) T cell responses. These findings will be important in evaluating the specificity and breadth of immune responses during acute and chronic infection, and in the design and testing of candidate HIV vaccines. |
| spellingShingle | Altfeld, M Addo, M Eldridge, R Yu, X Thomas, S Khatri, A Strick, D Phillips, M Cohen, G Islam, SA Kalams, SA Brander, C Goulder, P Rosenberg, E Walker, B Vpr is preferentially targeted by CTL during HIV-1 infection. |
| title | Vpr is preferentially targeted by CTL during HIV-1 infection. |
| title_full | Vpr is preferentially targeted by CTL during HIV-1 infection. |
| title_fullStr | Vpr is preferentially targeted by CTL during HIV-1 infection. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Vpr is preferentially targeted by CTL during HIV-1 infection. |
| title_short | Vpr is preferentially targeted by CTL during HIV-1 infection. |
| title_sort | vpr is preferentially targeted by ctl during hiv 1 infection |
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