PMID- 21619712 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20110913 LR - 20211020 IS - 1743-422X (Electronic) IS - 1743-422X (Linking) VI - 8 DP - 2011 May 30 TI - Identification of CD8+ cytotoxic T lymphocyte epitopes from porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus matrix protein in BALB/c mice. PG - 263 LID - 10.1186/1743-422X-8-263 [doi] AB - Twenty-seven nanopeptides derived from the matrix (M) protein of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) were screened for their ability to elicit a recall interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) response from the splenocytes of BALB/c mice following DNA vaccination and a booster vaccination with recombinant vaccinia virus rWR-PRRSV-M. We identified two peptides (amino acid residues K93FITSRCRL and F57GYMTFVHF) as CD8+ cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) epitopes. These peptides elicited significant numbers of IFN-gamma secreting cells, compared with other M nonapeptides and one irrelevant nonapeptide. Bioinformatics analysis showed that the former is an H-2Kd-restricted CTL epitope, and the latter is an H-2Dd-restricted CTL epitope. Multiple amino acid sequence alignment among different PRRSV M sequences submitted to GenBank indicated that these two CTL epitopes are strongly conserved, and they should therefore be considered for further research on the mechanisms of cellular immune responses to PRRSV. FAU - Zhang, Weijun AU - Zhang W AD - The Key Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health, Ministry of Agriculture, State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin 150001, PR China. FAU - Lin, Yan AU - Lin Y FAU - Bai, Yu AU - Bai Y FAU - Tong, Tiegang AU - Tong T FAU - Wang, Qun AU - Wang Q FAU - Liu, Nihong AU - Liu N FAU - Liu, Guangliang AU - Liu G FAU - Xiao, Yihong AU - Xiao Y FAU - Yang, Tao AU - Yang T FAU - Bu, Zhigao AU - Bu Z FAU - Tong, Guangzhi AU - Tong G FAU - Wu, Donglai AU - Wu D LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20110530 PL - England TA - Virol J JT - Virology journal JID - 101231645 RN - 0 (Drug Carriers) RN - 0 (Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte) RN - 0 (M protein, porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus) RN - 0 (Viral Matrix Proteins) RN - 0 (Viral Vaccines) RN - 82115-62-6 (Interferon-gamma) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Drug Carriers/administration & dosage MH - *Epitope Mapping MH - Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte/*immunology MH - Female MH - Genetic Vectors MH - Interferon-gamma/metabolism MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred BALB C MH - Porcine respiratory and reproductive syndrome virus/*immunology MH - T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic/*immunology MH - Vaccination/methods MH - Vaccinia virus/genetics MH - Viral Matrix Proteins/*immunology MH - Viral Vaccines/administration & dosage/immunology PMC - PMC3126774 EDAT- 2011/05/31 06:00 MHDA- 2011/09/14 06:00 PMCR- 2011/05/30 CRDT- 2011/05/31 06:00 PHST- 2010/12/12 00:00 [received] PHST- 2011/05/30 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2011/05/31 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2011/05/31 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2011/09/14 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2011/05/30 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 1743-422X-8-263 [pii] AID - 10.1186/1743-422X-8-263 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Virol J. 2011 May 30;8:263. doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-8-263.