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JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY
卷 84, 期 17, 页码 8530-8538出版社
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.00727-10
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- UNC Graduate School
- [AI 056351-06]
Immune responses and the components of protective immunity following norovirus infection in humans are poorly understood. Although antibody responses following norovirus infection have been partially characterized, T cell responses in humans remain largely undefined. In contrast, T cells have been shown to be essential for viral clearance of mouse norovirus (MNV) infection. In this paper, we demonstrate that CD4(+) T cells secrete gamma interferon (IFN-gamma) in response to stimulation with MNV virus-like particles (VLPs) after MNV infection, supporting earlier reports for norovirus-infected mice and humans. Utilizing this model, we immunized mice with alphavirus vectors (Venezuelan equine encephalitis [VEE] virus replicon particles [VRPs]) expressing Norwalk virus (NV) or Farmington Hills virus (FH) virus-like particles to evaluate T cell epitopes shared between human norovirus strains. Stimulation of splenocytes from norovirus VRP-immunized mice with overlapping peptides from complete libraries of the NV or FH capsid proteins revealed specific amino acid sequences containing T cell epitopes that were conserved within genoclusters and genogroups. Immunization with heterologous norovirus VRPs resulted in specific cross-reactive IFN-gamma secretion profiles following stimulation with NV and FH peptides in the mouse. Identification of unique strain-specific and cross-reactive epitopes may provide insight into homologous and heterologous T cell-mediated norovirus immunity and provide a platform for the study of norovirus-induced cellular immunity in humans.
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