Journal
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 41, Issue 1, Pages 97-106Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/eji.201040841
Keywords
CTL; Escape mutation; Fitness; HLA-C; HIV infection
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- Program of Founding Research Centers for Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases
- Global COE program [Global Education and Research Center Aiming]
- Ministry of Health, Japan
- Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture [18390141, 20390134]
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HIV-1 mutants escaping from HLA-A-or HLA-B-restricted CTL have been well studied, but those from HLA-C-restricted CTL have not. Therefore we investigated the ability of HLA-C-restricted CTL to select HIV-1 escape mutants. In the present study, we identified two novel HLA-Cw*1202-restricted Pol-specific CTL epitopes (Pol328-9 and Pol463-10). CTL specific for these epitopes were detected in 25-40% of chronically HIV-1-infected HLA-Cw*1202(+) 1 individuals and had strong abilities to kill HIV-1-infected cells and to suppress HIV-1 replication in vitro, suggesting that these CTL may have the ability to effectively control HIV-1 in some HLA-Cw*1202(+) individuals. Sequence analysis of these epitopes showed that a V-to-A substitution at the 9th position (V9A) of Pol 463-10 was significantly associated with the HLA-Cw*1202 allele and that the V9A mutant was slowly selected in the HLA-Cw*1202(+) individuals. Pol 463-10-specific CTL failed both to kill the V9A virus-infected cells and to suppress replication of the V9A mutant. These results indicate that the V9A mutation was selected as an escape mutant by the Pol463-10-specific CTL. The present study strongly suggests that some HLA-C-restricted CTL have a strong ability to suppress HIV-1 replication so that they can select HIV escape mutants as in the case of HLA-A-restricted or HLA-B-restricted CTL.
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