In silico prediction and ex vivo evaluation of potential T-cell epitopes in glycoproteins 4 and 5 and nucleocapsid protein of genotype-I (European) of porcine …

I Díaz, J Pujols, L Ganges, M Gimeno, L Darwich… - Vaccine, 2009 - Elsevier
I Díaz, J Pujols, L Ganges, M Gimeno, L Darwich, M Domingo, E Mateu
Vaccine, 2009Elsevier
T-cell epitopes of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV)
glycoproteins 4 (GP4), 5 (GP5) and nucleocapsid (N) were predicted using bioinformatics
and later tested by IFN-γ ELISPOT in pigs immunized with either a modified live vaccine
(MLV) or DNA (open reading frames 4, 5 or 7). For MLV-vaccinated pigs, immunodominant
epitopes were found in N but T-epitopes were also found in GP4 and GP5. For DNA-
immunized pigs, some peptides were differently recognized. Using a large set of PRRSV …
T-cell epitopes of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) glycoproteins 4 (GP4), 5 (GP5) and nucleocapsid (N) were predicted using bioinformatics and later tested by IFN-γ ELISPOT in pigs immunized with either a modified live vaccine (MLV) or DNA (open reading frames 4, 5 or 7). For MLV-vaccinated pigs, immunodominant epitopes were found in N but T-epitopes were also found in GP4 and GP5. For DNA-immunized pigs, some peptides were differently recognized. Using a large set of PRRSV sequences it was shown that N contains a conserved epitope and that for GP5, the genotype-I counterparts of previously reported epitopes of genotype-II strains were also immunogenic.
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