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HLA-A2 and B35 Restricted Hantaan Virus Nucleoprotein CD8(+) T-Cell Epitope-Specific Immune Response Correlates with Milder Disease in Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome

BACKGROUND: Hantaan virus (HTNV) infection in humans is a serious public health concern in Asia. A potent T cell activation peptide vaccine from HTNV structure protein represents a promising immunotherapy for disease control. However, the T cell epitopes of the HTNV restricted by the HLA alleles and...

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Autores principales: Ma, Ying, Wang, Jiuping, Yuan, Bin, Wang, Meiliang, Zhang, Yun, Xu, Zhuwei, Zhang, Chunmei, Zhang, Yusi, Liu, Bei, Yi, Jing, Yang, Kun, Yang, Angang, Zhuang, Ran, Jin, Boquan
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Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3585118/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23469304
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002076
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author Ma, Ying
Wang, Jiuping
Yuan, Bin
Wang, Meiliang
Zhang, Yun
Xu, Zhuwei
Zhang, Chunmei
Zhang, Yusi
Liu, Bei
Yi, Jing
Yang, Kun
Yang, Angang
Zhuang, Ran
Jin, Boquan
author_facet Ma, Ying
Wang, Jiuping
Yuan, Bin
Wang, Meiliang
Zhang, Yun
Xu, Zhuwei
Zhang, Chunmei
Zhang, Yusi
Liu, Bei
Yi, Jing
Yang, Kun
Yang, Angang
Zhuang, Ran
Jin, Boquan
author_sort Ma, Ying
collection PubMed
description BACKGROUND: Hantaan virus (HTNV) infection in humans is a serious public health concern in Asia. A potent T cell activation peptide vaccine from HTNV structure protein represents a promising immunotherapy for disease control. However, the T cell epitopes of the HTNV restricted by the HLA alleles and the role of epitope-specific T cell response after HTNV infection remain largely unexplored. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: Five well-conserved novel CD8(+) T-cell epitopes of the HTNV nucleoprotein restricted by the most popular HLA alleles in Chinese Han population were defined with interferon-γ enzyme-linked immunospot assay in 37 patients infected with HTNV during hospitalization. Two epitopes aa129–aa137 and aa131–aa139 restricted by HLA-A2 and B35, respectively, were selected to evaluate the epitope-specific CD8(+) T-cell response. HLA-peptide pentamer complex staining showed that the frequency of single epitope-specific CD8(+) T cell could be detected in patients (95% confidence interval for aa129–aa137: 0.080%–0.208%; for aa131–aa139: 0.030%–0.094%). The frequency of epitope-specific pentamer(+) CD8(+) T-cell response was much higher in mild/moderate patients than in severe/critical ones at the acute stage of the disease. Moreover, the frequency of epitope-specific CD8(+) T cells at acute stage was inversely associated with the peak level of serum creatinine and was positively associated with the nadir platelet counts during the hospitalization. The intracellular cytokine staining and the proliferation assay showed that the effective epitope-specific CD8(+) T cells were characterized with the production of interferon-γ, expression of CD69 and the strong capacity of proliferation. CONCLUSION/SIGNIFICANCE: The novel HLA class I restricted HTNV nucleoprotein epitopes-specific CD8(+) T-cell responses would be closely related with the progression and the severity of the disease, which could provide the first step toward effective peptide vaccine development against HTNV infection in humans.
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spelling pubmed-35851182013-03-06 HLA-A2 and B35 Restricted Hantaan Virus Nucleoprotein CD8(+) T-Cell Epitope-Specific Immune Response Correlates with Milder Disease in Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome Ma, Ying Wang, Jiuping Yuan, Bin Wang, Meiliang Zhang, Yun Xu, Zhuwei Zhang, Chunmei Zhang, Yusi Liu, Bei Yi, Jing Yang, Kun Yang, Angang Zhuang, Ran Jin, Boquan PLoS Negl Trop Dis Research Article BACKGROUND: Hantaan virus (HTNV) infection in humans is a serious public health concern in Asia. A potent T cell activation peptide vaccine from HTNV structure protein represents a promising immunotherapy for disease control. However, the T cell epitopes of the HTNV restricted by the HLA alleles and the role of epitope-specific T cell response after HTNV infection remain largely unexplored. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: Five well-conserved novel CD8(+) T-cell epitopes of the HTNV nucleoprotein restricted by the most popular HLA alleles in Chinese Han population were defined with interferon-γ enzyme-linked immunospot assay in 37 patients infected with HTNV during hospitalization. Two epitopes aa129–aa137 and aa131–aa139 restricted by HLA-A2 and B35, respectively, were selected to evaluate the epitope-specific CD8(+) T-cell response. HLA-peptide pentamer complex staining showed that the frequency of single epitope-specific CD8(+) T cell could be detected in patients (95% confidence interval for aa129–aa137: 0.080%–0.208%; for aa131–aa139: 0.030%–0.094%). The frequency of epitope-specific pentamer(+) CD8(+) T-cell response was much higher in mild/moderate patients than in severe/critical ones at the acute stage of the disease. Moreover, the frequency of epitope-specific CD8(+) T cells at acute stage was inversely associated with the peak level of serum creatinine and was positively associated with the nadir platelet counts during the hospitalization. The intracellular cytokine staining and the proliferation assay showed that the effective epitope-specific CD8(+) T cells were characterized with the production of interferon-γ, expression of CD69 and the strong capacity of proliferation. CONCLUSION/SIGNIFICANCE: The novel HLA class I restricted HTNV nucleoprotein epitopes-specific CD8(+) T-cell responses would be closely related with the progression and the severity of the disease, which could provide the first step toward effective peptide vaccine development against HTNV infection in humans. Public Library of Science 2013-02-28 /pmc/articles/PMC3585118/ /pubmed/23469304 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002076 Text en © 2013 Ma et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 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 properly credited.
spellingShingle Research Article
Ma, Ying
Wang, Jiuping
Yuan, Bin
Wang, Meiliang
Zhang, Yun
Xu, Zhuwei
Zhang, Chunmei
Zhang, Yusi
Liu, Bei
Yi, Jing
Yang, Kun
Yang, Angang
Zhuang, Ran
Jin, Boquan
HLA-A2 and B35 Restricted Hantaan Virus Nucleoprotein CD8(+) T-Cell Epitope-Specific Immune Response Correlates with Milder Disease in Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome
title HLA-A2 and B35 Restricted Hantaan Virus Nucleoprotein CD8(+) T-Cell Epitope-Specific Immune Response Correlates with Milder Disease in Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome
title_full HLA-A2 and B35 Restricted Hantaan Virus Nucleoprotein CD8(+) T-Cell Epitope-Specific Immune Response Correlates with Milder Disease in Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome
title_fullStr HLA-A2 and B35 Restricted Hantaan Virus Nucleoprotein CD8(+) T-Cell Epitope-Specific Immune Response Correlates with Milder Disease in Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome
title_full_unstemmed HLA-A2 and B35 Restricted Hantaan Virus Nucleoprotein CD8(+) T-Cell Epitope-Specific Immune Response Correlates with Milder Disease in Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome
title_short HLA-A2 and B35 Restricted Hantaan Virus Nucleoprotein CD8(+) T-Cell Epitope-Specific Immune Response Correlates with Milder Disease in Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome
title_sort hla-a2 and b35 restricted hantaan virus nucleoprotein cd8(+) t-cell epitope-specific immune response correlates with milder disease in hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3585118/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23469304
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002076
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