Immunization of C57BL/6 (B6) mice with FBL, a Friend murine leukemia virus (F-MuLV), induces both tumor-specific cytolytic CD8+ (CTL) and lymphokine-producing CD4+ Th that are effective in adoptive therapy of B6 mice bearing disseminated FBL leukemia. The current study evaluated the F-MuLV antigenic determinants expressed on FBL that are recognized by FBL-reactive CD8+ and CD4+ T cells. To identify the specificity of the FBL-reactive CD8+ CTL, Fisher rat embryo fibroblast (FRE) cells transfected with plasmids encoding F-MuLV gag or envelope (env) gene products plus the class I-restricting element Db were utilized. FBL-reactive CTL recognized FRE target cells transfected with the F-MuLV gag-encoded gene products, but failed to recognize targets expressing F-MuLV env. Attempts to generate env-specific CD8+ CTL by immunization with a recombinant vaccinia virus containing an inserted F-MuLV env gene were unsuccessful, despite the generation of a cytolytic response to vaccinia epitopes, implying that B6 mice fail to generate CD8+ CTL to env determinants. By contrast, CD4+ Th clones recognized FRE target cells transfected with env and not gag genes, and immunization with the recombinant vaccinia virus induced an env-specific CD4+ T cell response. These data show that in a Friend retrovirus-induced tumor model in which tumor rejection can be mediated by either CTL or Th, antigens derived from discrete retroviral proteins are predominantly responsible for activation of each T cell subset.
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February 01 1989
FBL-reactive CD8+ cytotoxic and CD4+ helper T lymphocytes recognize distinct Friend murine leukemia virus-encoded antigens.
J P Klarnet,
J P Klarnet
Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle.
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D E Kern,
D E Kern
Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle.
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K Okuno,
K Okuno
Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle.
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C Holt,
C Holt
Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle.
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F Lilly,
F Lilly
Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle.
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P D Greenberg
P D Greenberg
Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle.
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J P Klarnet
Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle.
D E Kern
Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle.
K Okuno
Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle.
C Holt
Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle.
F Lilly
Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle.
P D Greenberg
Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle.
Online ISSN: 1540-9538
Print ISSN: 0022-1007
J Exp Med (1989) 169 (2): 457–467.
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J P Klarnet, D E Kern, K Okuno, C Holt, F Lilly, P D Greenberg; FBL-reactive CD8+ cytotoxic and CD4+ helper T lymphocytes recognize distinct Friend murine leukemia virus-encoded antigens.. J Exp Med 1 February 1989; 169 (2): 457–467. doi: https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.169.2.457
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