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. 1992 May;66(5):3011-7.
doi: 10.1128/JVI.66.5.3011-3017.1992.

An early event in murine cytomegalovirus replication inhibits presentation of cellular antigens to cytotoxic T lymphocytes

A E Campbell  1 , J S Slater, V J Cavanaugh, R M Stenberg
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An early event in murine cytomegalovirus replication inhibits presentation of cellular antigens to cytotoxic T lymphocytes

A E Campbell et al. J Virol. 1992 May.

Abstract

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection of simian virus 40 (SV40)-immune mice inhibits priming of SV40-specific helper and cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) in vivo (A. E. Campbell, J. S. Slater, and W. S. Futch, Virology 173:268-275, 1989; J. S. Slater, W. S. Futch, V. J. Cavanaugh and A. E. Campbell, Virology 185:132-139, 1991). We now demonstrate that murine CMV (MCMV) infection of SV40-transformed macrophages and fibroblasts prevents presentation of SV40 T antigen to SV40-specific CTL. MCMV-infected macrophages failed to stimulate SV40-immune CTL precursors in vitro. In addition, MCMV-infected, SV40-transformed macrophage and fibroblast target cells lost their susceptibility to lysis by major histocompatibility complex class I-restricted, SV40-specific CTL clones. MCMV infection did not alter the synthesis of SV40 T antigen in the target cells. MCMV early gene expression was required for inhibition of SV40 T-antigen presentation; immediate-early gene expression was insufficient for this effect. Early viral gene expression also resulted in significant reduction of H-2K and H-2D molecules on the surface of MCMV-infected fibroblasts. However, this reduction occurred independently from suppression of antigen presentation to CTL. The same target cells which were resistant to lysis by SV40 CTL were susceptible to lysis by MCMV-specific CTL. MCMV early gene products therefore interfere with the processing and/or presentation of SV40 T-antigen determinants to CTL independent of alterations in the major histocompatibility complex.

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