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  • 1
    Publication Date: 1989-10-06
    Description: For the IIIB isolate of human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV-1), the immunodominant determinant of the envelope protein gp160 for cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) of H-2d mice is in a region of high sequence variability among HIV-1 isolates. The general requirements for CTL recognition of peptide antigens and the relation of recognition requirements to the natural variation in sequence of the HIV were investigated. For this purpose, a CTL line specific for the homologous segment of the envelope from the MN isolate of HIV-1 and restricted by the same class I major histocompatibility (MHC) molecule (Dd) as the IIIB-specific CTLs was raised from mice immunized with MN-env-recombinant vaccinia virus. The IIIB-specific and MN-specific CTLs were completely non-cross-reactive. Reciprocal exchange of a single amino acid between the two peptide sequences, which differed in 6 of 15 residues, led to a complete reversal of the specificity of the peptides in sensitizing targets, such that the IIIB-specific CTLs lysed targets exposed to the singly substituted MN peptide and vice versa. These data indicate the importance of single residues in defining peptide epitopic specificity and have implications for both the effect of immune pressure on selection of viral mutants and the design of effective vaccines.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Takahashi, H -- Merli, S -- Putney, S D -- Houghten, R -- Moss, B -- Germain, R N -- Berzofsky, J A -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1989 Oct 6;246(4926):118-21.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Metabolism Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2789433" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Genes, MHC Class I ; HIV Envelope Protein gp160 ; HIV-1/*immunology ; Mice ; Mice, Inbred BALB C ; Mice, Inbred C3H ; Mice, Inbred C57BL ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Retroviridae Proteins/*immunology ; T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic/*immunology ; Viral Envelope Proteins/*immunology
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  • 2
    Publication Date: 1990-01-26
    Description: A synthetic peptidemimetic substrate of the human immunodeficiency virus 1 (HIV-1) protease with a nonhydrolyzable pseudodipeptidyl insert at the protease cleavage site was prepared. The peptide U-81749 inhibited recombinant HIV-1 protease in vitro (inhibition constant Ki of 70 nanomolar) and HIV-1 replication in human peripheral blood lymphocytes (inhibitory concentration IC50 of 0.1 to 1 micromolar). Moreover, 10 micromolar concentrations of U-81749 significantly inhibited proteolysis of the HIV-1 gag polyprotein (p55) to the mature viral structural proteins p24 and p17 in cells infected with a recombinant vaccinia virus expressing the HIV-1 gag-pol genes. The HIV-1 like particles released from inhibitor-treated cells contained almost exclusively p55 and other gag precursors, but not p24. Incubation of HIV-like particles recovered from drug-treated cultures in drug-free medium indicated that inhibition of p55 proteolysis was at least partially reversible, suggesting that U-81749 was present within the particles.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉McQuade, T J -- Tomasselli, A G -- Liu, L -- Karacostas, V -- Moss, B -- Sawyer, T K -- Heinrikson, R L -- Tarpley, W G -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1990 Jan 26;247(4941):454-6.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Infectious Disease Research Unit, Upjohn Company, Kalamazoo, MI 49001.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2405486" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Antiviral Agents/*pharmacology ; DNA, Viral/genetics ; Endopeptidases/*metabolism ; Fusion Proteins, gag-pol/genetics/metabolism ; Gene Products, gag/metabolism ; HIV Protease ; HIV-1/*drug effects/genetics/physiology ; Humans ; Lymphocytes/microbiology ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Molecular Structure ; Oligopeptides/*pharmacology ; Protease Inhibitors/*pharmacology ; Protein Precursors/metabolism ; RNA, Viral/metabolism ; Transfection ; Virus Replication/drug effects
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  • 3
    Publication Date: 1990-04-20
    Description: The role of the immune response to hepatitis B virus (HBV)-encoded antigens in the pathogenesis of liver cell injury has not been defined because of the absence of appropriate experimental models. HBV envelope transgenic mice were used to show that HBV-encoded antigens are expressed at the hepatocyte surface in a form recognizable by major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I-restricted, CD8+ cytotoxic T lymphocytes specific for a dominant T cell epitope within the major envelope polypeptide and by envelope-specific antibodies. Both interactions led to the death of the hepatocyte in vivo, providing direct evidence that hepatocellular injury in human HBV infection may also be immunologically mediated.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Moriyama, T -- Guilhot, S -- Klopchin, K -- Moss, B -- Pinkert, C A -- Palmiter, R D -- Brinster, R L -- Kanagawa, O -- Chisari, F V -- CA34635/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- CA38635/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- CA40489/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- etc. -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1990 Apr 20;248(4953):361-4.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Research Institute of Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, CA 92037.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1691527" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Cell Line, Transformed ; Cytotoxicity, Immunologic ; Epitopes/immunology ; Hepatitis B/*immunology ; Hepatitis B Surface Antigens/genetics/*immunology ; Histocompatibility Antigens Class I/immunology ; Liver/*immunology ; Mice ; Mice, Transgenic ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Simian virus 40 ; T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic/immunology ; T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory/immunology ; Transfection
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  • 4
    Publication Date: 1990-11-09
    Description: The complement system contributes to host defenses against invasion by infectious agents. A 35-kilodalton protein, encoded by vaccinia virus and secreted from infected cells, has sequence similarities to members of a gene family that includes complement control proteins. Biochemical and genetic studies showed that the viral protein binds to derivatives of the fourth component of complement and inhibits the classical complement cascade, suggesting that it serves as a defense molecule to help the virus evade the consequences of complement activation.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Kotwal, G J -- Isaacs, S N -- McKenzie, R -- Frank, M M -- Moss, B -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1990 Nov 9;250(4982):827-30.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Laboratory of Viral Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2237434" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Chromatography, Gel ; Complement C4b/*metabolism ; *Complement Pathway, Classical ; Hemolytic Plaque Technique ; Immunoblotting ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Restriction Mapping ; Vaccinia virus/genetics/*immunology ; Viral Proteins/*genetics/metabolism
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  • 5
    Publication Date: 1998-01-24
    Description: Selenium, an essential trace element, is a component of prokaryotic and eukaryotic antioxidant proteins. A candidate selenoprotein homologous to glutathione peroxidase was deduced from the sequence of molluscum contagiosum, a poxvirus that causes persistent skin neoplasms in children and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) patients. Selenium was incorporated into this protein during biosynthesis, and a characteristic stem-loop structure near the end of the messenger RNA was required for alternative selenocysteine decoding of a potential UGA stop codon within the open reading frame. The selenoprotein protected human keratinocytes against cytotoxic effects of ultraviolet irradiation and hydrogen peroxide, providing a mechanism for a virus to defend itself against environmental stress.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Shisler, J L -- Senkevich, T G -- Berry, M J -- Moss, B -- DK47320/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Jan 2;279(5347):102-5.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Laboratory of Viral Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, 4 Center Drive, MSC 0445, Bethesda, MD 20892-0445, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9417017" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: *Apoptosis ; Base Sequence ; Cell Line ; Codon ; Glutathione Peroxidase/genetics/*metabolism ; HeLa Cells ; Humans ; Hydrogen Peroxide/pharmacology ; Keratinocytes/*cytology/drug effects ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Molluscum contagiosum virus/genetics/*physiology ; Open Reading Frames ; Point Mutation ; Proteins/genetics/*metabolism ; Selenium/metabolism ; Selenocysteine/genetics ; Selenoproteins ; Transfection ; Ultraviolet Rays ; Viral Proteins/genetics/*metabolism
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  • 6
    Publication Date: 1996-08-09
    Description: Molluscum contagiosum virus (MCV) commonly causes asymptomatic cutaneous neoplasms in children and sexually active adults as well as persistent opportunistic acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)-associated disease. Sequencing the 190-kilobase pair genome of MCV has now revealed that the virus potentially encodes 163 proteins, of which 103 have homologs in the smallpox virus. MCV lacks counterparts to 83 genes of the smallpox virus, including those important in suppression of host responses to infection, nucleotide biosynthesis, and cell proliferation. MCV possesses 59 genes that are predicted to encode previously uncharacterized proteins, including major histocompatibility complex class I, chemokine, and glutathione peroxidase homologs, which suggests that there are MCV-specific strategies for coexistence with the human host.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Senkevich, T G -- Bugert, J J -- Sisler, J R -- Koonin, E V -- Darai, G -- Moss, B -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1996 Aug 9;273(5276):813-6.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Laboratory of Viral Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-0455, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8670425" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Base Composition ; Chemokines/chemistry/genetics ; DNA, Viral/genetics ; *Genome, Viral ; Glutathione Peroxidase/chemistry/genetics ; Histocompatibility Antigens Class I/chemistry/genetics ; Humans ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Molluscum contagiosum virus/chemistry/*genetics/pathogenicity ; Open Reading Frames ; Orthopoxvirus/chemistry/genetics ; Sequence Alignment ; Variola virus/chemistry/genetics ; Viral Proteins/*chemistry/genetics
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