Induction of primary anti-viral cytotoxic T cells by in vitro stimulation with short synthetic peptide and interleukin-7 - PubMed (original) (raw)

Induction of primary anti-viral cytotoxic T cells by in vitro stimulation with short synthetic peptide and interleukin-7

F J Kos et al. Eur J Immunol. 1992 Dec.

Abstract

The present study investigated whether a short synthetic peptide NPP, with a modified sequence (147-158 R156-) derived from influenza A virus nucleoprotein with high affinity for Kd major histocompatibility complex class I molecules, could induce primary influenza virus-specific cytotoxic T (Tc) cells in vitro. Naive BALB/c (H-2d) splenocytes did not respond to the stimulation with only NPP with the generation of effector Tc cells specific for influenza A virus-infected target cells in vitro. However, they were able to do so if cultured with NPP in the presence of IL-7. IL-7 activity in this system differed significantly from IL-2 activity in the specificity of the effect. The use of exogenous IL-2, instead of IL-7, with NPP resulted in the induction of lytic cells that lysed both influenza virus-infected and uninfected syngeneic target cells. These results suggest that IL-7 is a potent regulatory cytokine in the antigen-specific activation of resting naive Tc cell precursors and may provide the necessary conditions for the induction of human primary Tc cells in vitro.

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