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HXB2 Location	Pol(752-760) Integrase(37-45) DNA(4338..4364)	Pol Epitope Map
Author Location	Integrase(37-45)
Epitope	VASCDKCQL	Epitope Alignment
Epitope Name	VL9
Subtype	C
Species (MHC/HLA)	human(B*81:01)
Immunogen	HIV-1 infection
Country	South Africa
Experimental methods	CD8 T-cell Elispot - IFNγ, Other, Tetramer binding
Keywords	supertype, HLA cross-presentation, TCR usage, HLA associated polymorphism

Notes

• 14 promiscuous HIV-specific CTL epitopes presented by B7 supertype alleles were described. It was shown that CTLs targeting an identical epitope that are restricted by closely related but different HLA alelles differ in several ways: by occurrence of distinct HLA-specific escape mutations, by recruitment of distinct TCRs by peptide/MHC complexes, and by functional avidity of CTLs. Since there were no differences in the frequency, magnitude or immunodominance of the CTL responses restricted by different HLA alleles, it is suggested that the unique peptide/MHC complexes generated by closely related HLA induce qualitatively different CTL responses.
• Statistically significant associations between numbers of HLA-8101 expressing subjects and epitope VASCDKCQL were found.
• Functional avidity is correlated with selection pressure observed in HLA allele-epitope VL9 restriction.

References

Leslie2006 Alasdair Leslie, David A. Price, Pamela Mkhize, Karen Bishop, Almas Rathod, Cheryl Day, Hayley Crawford, Isobella Honeyborne, Tedi E. Asher, Graz Luzzi, Anne Edwards, Christine M. Rousseau, James I. Mullins, Gareth Tudor-Williams, Vas Novelli, Christian Brander, Daniel C. Douek, Photini Kiepiela, Bruce D. Walker, and Philip J. R. Goulder. Differential Selection Pressure Exerted on HIV by CTL Targeting Identical Epitopes but Restricted by Distinct HLA Alleles from the Same HLA Supertype. J. Immunol., 177(7):4699-4708, 1 Oct 2006. PubMed ID: 16982909. Show all entries for this paper.