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  4. The CD8 and CD4 T-Cell Response against Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus Is Skewed Towards Early and Late Lytic Antigens
 
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The CD8 and CD4 T-Cell Response against Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus Is Skewed Towards Early and Late Lytic Antigens
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Author(s)
Robey, RC
Lagos, D
Gratrix, F
Henderson, S
Matthews, NC
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Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) is causally related to Kaposi's sarcoma (KS), the most common malignancy in untreated individuals with HIV/AIDS. The adaptive T-cell immune response against KSHV has not been fully characterized. To achieve a better understanding of the antigenic repertoire of the CD8 and CD4 T-cell responses against KSHV, we constructed a library of lentiviral expression vectors each coding for one of 31 individual KSHV open reading frames (ORFs). We used these to transduce monocyte-derived dendritic cells (moDCs) isolated from 14 KSHV-seropositive (12 HIV-positive) and 7 KSHV-seronegative (4 HIV-positive) individuals. moDCs were transduced with up to 3 KSHV ORFs simultaneously (ORFs grouped according to their expression during the viral life cycle). Transduced moDCs naturally process the KSHV genes and present the resulting antigens in the context of MHC class I and II. Transduced moDCs were cultured with purified autologous T cells and the CD8 and CD4 T-cell proliferative responses to each KSHV ORF (or group) was assessed using a CFSE dye-based assay. Two pools of early lytic KSHV genes ([ORF8/ORF49/ORF61] and [ORF59/ORF65/K4.1]) were frequently-recognized targets of both CD8 and CD4 T cells from KSHV seropositive individuals. One pool of late lytic KSHV genes ([ORF28/ORF36/ORF37]) was a frequently-recognized CD8 target and another pool of late genes ([ORF33/K1/K8.1]) was a frequently-recognized CD4 target. We report that both the CD8 and CD4 T-cell responses against KSHV are skewed towards genes expressed in the early and late phases of the viral lytic cycle, and identify some previously unknown targets of these responses. This knowledge will be important to future immunological investigations into KSHV and may eventually lead to the development of better immunotherapies for KSHV-related diseases.
Date Issued
2009-06-17
Date Acceptance
2009-04-30
Citation
PLOS One, 2009, 4 (6)
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/38365
DOI
https://www.dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0005890
ISSN
1932-6203
Publisher
Public Library of Science
Journal / Book Title
PLOS One
Volume
4
Issue
6
Copyright Statement
© 2009 Robey et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
License URL
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Sponsor
Medical Research Council (MRC)
Grant Number
G0501957
Subjects
Science & Technology
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Science & Technology - Other Topics
MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES
Adult
Aged
Antigens, Viral
CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes
CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes
Cell Proliferation
Cohort Studies
Dendritic Cells
Female
HIV Infections
Herpesviridae Infections
Herpesvirus 8, Human
Humans
Immunotherapy
Male
Middle Aged
Monocytes
Open Reading Frames
General Science & Technology
MD Multidisciplinary
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
e5890
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