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Many peptide fragments of alien antigens are homologous with host proteins, thus canalizing T-cell responses.

Abstract：

:All proteins of this world are constructed in compliance with the same rule. Accordingly, two totally unrelated proteins, on the average, share 30 identical tripeptides, two tetrapeptides, and one pentapeptide per 500 residues. With this in mind, the 221-residue-long influenza virus hemagglutinin II (IVHA-II), as a representative of alien antigens, was compared with three diverse proteins representing the host: 533-residue-long chicken c-src protein kinase (c-src product of the cellular oncogene of Rous sarcoma virus), 595-residue-long human estrogen receptor, and 585-residue-long human serum albumin. Forty-three tripeptides, two tetrapeptides, and one pentapeptide of IVHA-II were also found in one or the other of the three host proteins. Six regions of IVHA-II (9-22 residues long) in which oligopeptides were clustered that were identical to their host oligopeptides were defined as "host-homologous" regions, and the remaining regions were called "nonself" or "pathogen-specific" regions. Because the total number of host proteins is vastly more than three, host-homologous regions were no doubt underestimated, while only one or two regions of IVHA-II must remain as truly pathogen-specific. Nevertheless, oligopeptide analysis of two known T-cell response-eliciting peptide fragments and one known inert peptide fragment of a virus and a malarial protozoan readily revealed the latter to be a host-homologous region. Of the two known T-cell response-eliciting peptide fragments, one was more nonself than the other. Not surprisingly, the more nonself fragment elicited helper T-cell response from individuals of diverse major histocompatibility complex haplotypes, whereas the less nonself fragment elicited cytotoxic T-cell response only from HLA-A2 human individuals.

journal_name

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A

journal_title

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors

Ohno S

doi

10.1073/pnas.88.8.3065

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1991-04-15 00:00:00

pages

3065-8

issue

eissn

0027-8424

issn

1091-6490

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Many peptide fragments of alien antigens are homologous with host proteins, thus canalizing T-cell responses.