Akademska digitalna zbirka SLovenije - logo
ALL libraries (COBIB.SI union bibliographic/catalogue database)
  • A novel approach of direct ex vivo epitope mapping identifies dominant and subdominant CD4 and CD8 T cell epitopes from Listeria monocytogenes
    Geginat, Gernot ...
    We used a novel approach for the direct ex vivo identification and characterization of T cell epitopes based on the screening of peptide spot libraries with freshly isolated splenocytes in a ... sensitive enzyme-linked immunospot (ELISPOT) assay. This technique was applied for the analysis of splenocytes from Listeria monocytogenes-infected BALB/c and C57BL/6 mice. The screening of peptide spot libraries covering the whole listeriolysin O and p60of L. monocytogenes confirmed all known CD4 and CD8 T cell epitopes of these proteins and additionally revealed six new H-2(d) and six new H-2(b)-restricted T cell epitopes. New epitopes were categorized into CD4 and CD8 T cell epitopes by ex vivo ELISPOT analysis with separated T cell populations.The quantitative analysis of cells reactive with these CD4 and CD8T cell epitopes revealed the existence of dominant and subdominant CD4 and CD8 T cell populations during L. monocytogenes infection. As a consequence of these data we suggest that ELISPOT-based screening of peptide spot libraries could be a general approach for the rapid identification and characterization of pathogen-specific T cell populations during various infectious diseases.
    Source: The journal of immunology. - ISSN 0022-1767 (Letn. 166, št. 3, 2001, str. 1877-1884)
    Type of material - article, component part
    Publish date - 2001
    Language - english
    COBISS.SI-ID - 14371801

source: The journal of immunology. - ISSN 0022-1767 (Letn. 166, št. 3, 2001, str. 1877-1884)
loading ...
loading ...
loading ...