Abstract
We investigated the immune response to proteolipid protein (PLP), the most abundant central nervous system myelin protein in humans. A total of 8207 short-term T cell lines were generated from 49 individuals, 39 patients with multiple sclerosis and 10 control subjects. As we have reported previously, the frequency of PLP-reactive T cells did not differ between the two groups. To determine immunodominant PLP epitopes, proliferative responses of 971 PLP-specific lines were tested with 27 overlapping 20-amino acid peptides encompassing the human PLP sequence and the binding affinities of the PLP peptides to DRB5*0101 and DRB1*1501, DR2 MHC class II isotypes associated with multiple sclerosis, were determined. The T cell response after primary PLP stimulation was focused on two immunodominant epitopes comprising residues p30-49 and p180-199. These two fragments were recognized after processing of native protein by APCs and were situated in hydrophilic regions of PLP exhibiting only moderate affinity to DR2 molecules. In contrast, when T cells from DR2+ subjects were stimulated initially by individual synthetic peptides with either high or low affinity to DRB5*0101 and DRB1*1501 isotypes, additional cryptic epitopes were recognized....Continue Reading
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