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Prepublished online as a Blood First Edition Paper on September 26, 2002; DOI 10.1182/blood-2002-04-1240. This Article Full Text (PDF) All Versions of this Article: 2002-04-1240v1 101/4/1460    most recent Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal Download to citation manager Rights and Permissions Citing Articles Citing Articles via HighWire Citing Articles via CrossRef Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Kuzushima, K. Articles by Tsurumi, T. Search for Related Content PubMed PubMed Citation Articles by Kuzushima, K. Articles by Tsurumi, T. Social Bookmarking                   What's this? Submitted May 2, 2002 Accepted September 22, 2002 Tetramer-assisted identification and characterization of epitopes recognized by HLA A*2402-restricted Epstein-Barr virus-specific CD8+ T cells Kiyotaka Kuzushima*, Naomi Hayashi, Ayumi Kudoh, Yoshiki Akatsuka, Kunio Tsujimura, Yasuo Morishima, and Tatsuya Tsurumi Division of Immunology, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, Nagoya, Japan Division of Virology, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, Nagoya, Japan Department of Hematology and Chemotherapy, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Nagoya, Japan * Corresponding author; email: kkuzushi{at}aichi-cc.jp. We determined CTL epitopes here through screening with a computer-assisted algorithm and an enzyme-linked immunospot (ELISPOT) assay using in vitro-reactivated polyclonal EBV-specific CD8+ T cells as responders. In addition, to confirm that the epitopes were generated after endogenous processing and presentation of the EBV proteins, a novel T cell receptor (TCR) down-regulation assay was introduced, in which a fluorescent tetrameric major histocompatibility complex (MHC)/peptide complex was employed for detecting TCR down-regulation after stimulation with the epitope presented on antigen presenting cells. Through such screening, three HLA A*2402-restricted epitopes were identified; IYVLVMLVL, TYPVLEEMF and DYNFVKQLF derived from LMP2, BRLF1 and BMLF1 proteins, respectively. TCR down-regulation assays disclosed that, in contrast to other two epitopes, IYVLVMLVL was not presented on HLA A24-positive fibroblast cells infected with recombinant vaccinia viruses expressing LMP2. Furthermore, ELISPOT assays with an epitope specific CTL clone demonstrated that the presentation was partially restored by pretreatment of the fibroblast cells with interferon-. The epitope was presented on transporters associated with antigen processing (TAP)-negative T2 cells transfected with plasmids encoding HLA A*2402 and the minimal epitope, indicating that the presentation is TAP-independent. In conclusion, the 3 epitopes thus defined could be useful for study of EBV-specific CD8+ T cell responses among populations positive for HLA A*2402. CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    What's this? This article has been cited by other articles: T. Ochi, H. Fujiwara, K. Suemori, T. Azuma, Y. Yakushijin, T. Hato, K. Kuzushima, and M. Yasukawa Aurora-A kinase: a novel target of cellular immunotherapy for leukemia Blood, January 1, 2009; 113(1): 66 - 74. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] E. M. Laughlin, J. D. Miller, E. James, D. Fillos, C. C. Ibegbu, R. S. Mittler, R. Akondy, W. Kwok, R. Ahmed, and G. Nepom Antigen-Specific CD4+ T Cells Recognize Epitopes of Protective Antigen following Vaccination with an Anthrax Vaccine Infect. 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