Structural and Nonstructural Viral Proteins Are Targets of T-Helper Immune Response against Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus

Proper antiviral humoral and cellular immune responses require previous recognition of viral antigenic peptides that are bound to HLA class II molecules, which are exposed on the surface of antigen-presenting cells. The helper immune response is critical for the control and the clearance of human re...

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Autores: Lorente, Elena, Barriga, Alejandro, Barnea, Eilon, Mir-Gerrero, Carmen, Gebe, John A, Admon, Arie, Lopez, Daniel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:España
Institución:Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII)
Repositorio:Repisalud
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repisalud.isciii.es:20.500.12105/9093
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12105/9093
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Animals
Antigen Presentation
Crystallography, X-Ray
Histocompatibility Antigens Class II
Humans
Immunity, Cellular
B-Lymphocyte Subsets
Mice
Peptides
Proteomics
Respiratory Syncytial Virus, Human
T-Lymphocytes, Helper-Inducer
Viral Nonstructural Proteins
Viral Structural Proteins
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Sumario:Proper antiviral humoral and cellular immune responses require previous recognition of viral antigenic peptides that are bound to HLA class II molecules, which are exposed on the surface of antigen-presenting cells. The helper immune response is critical for the control and the clearance of human respiratory syncytial virus (HRSV) infection, a virus with severe health risk in infected pediatric, immunocompromised, and elderly populations. In this study, using a mass spectrometry analysis of complex HLA class II-bound peptide pools that were isolated from large amounts of HRSV-infected cells, 19 naturally processed HLA-DR ligands, most of them included in a complex nested set of peptides, were identified. Both the immunoprevalence and the immunodominance of the HLA class II response to HRSV were focused on one nonstructural (NS1) and two structural (matrix and mainly fusion) proteins of the infective virus. These findings have clear implications for analysis of the helper immune response as well as for antiviral vaccine design.