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K R Irvine1, M R Parkhurst, E P Shulman, J P Tupesis, M Custer, C E Touloukian, P F Robbins, A G Yafal, P Greenhalgh, R P Sutmuller, R Offringa, S A Rosenberg, N P Restifo.
Abstract
To study the induction of anti-"self" CD8+ T-cell reactivity against the tumor antigen gp100, we used a mouse transgenic for a chimeric HLA-A*0201/H-2 Kb molecule (A2/Kb). We immunized the mice with a recombinant vaccinia virus encoding a form of gp100 that had been modified at position 210 (from a threonine to a methionine) to increase epitope binding to the restricting class I molecule. Immunogens containing the "anchor-fixed" modification elicited anti-self CD8+ T cells specific for the wild-type gp100(209-217) peptide pulsed onto target cells. More important, these cells specifically recognized the naturally presented epitope on the surface of an A2/Kb-expressing murine melanoma, B16. These data indicate that anchor-fixing epitopes could enhance the function of recombinant virus-based immunogens.Entities:
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Year: 1999 PMID: 10363968 PMCID: PMC2249691
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cancer Res ISSN: 0008-5472 Impact factor: 12.701