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Measurement of cytotoxic T lymphocyte activity of human cytomegalovirus seropositive individuals by a highly sensitive coupled luminescent method.

Ogbomo, Henry, Geiler, Janina, Leutz, Anke, von Kietzell, Kristina, Michaelis, Martin, Doerr, Hans Wilhelm, Cinatl, Jindrich (2009) Measurement of cytotoxic T lymphocyte activity of human cytomegalovirus seropositive individuals by a highly sensitive coupled luminescent method. Medical Microbiology and Immunology, 198 (4). pp. 257-62. ISSN 1432-1831. (doi:10.1007/s00430-009-0126-5) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:34072)

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00430-009-0126-5

Abstract

A coupled luminescent method (CLM) based on glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase released from injured target cells was used to evaluate the cytotoxicity of antigen-specific HLA class I-restricted CTLs. In contrast to established methods, CLM does not require the pretreatment of target cells with radioactive or toxic labeling substances. CTLs from healthy HLA-A2 positive donors were stimulated by autologous dendritic cells (DCs) pulsed with HLA-A2 restricted HCMV-pp65 nonamer peptides. HLA-A2 positive T2 cells or autologous monocytes pulsed with HCMV-pp65 nonamer peptide served as target cells. Lysis was detected only in HCMV-pp65-pulsed target cells incubated with CTLs from seropositive donors stimulated by HCMV-pp65-pulsed DCs. After 3 days, stimulation 38% of T2 cells and 17% of monocytes were lysed at an effector to target ratio of 8:1. In conclusion, CLM represents a highly sensitive, fast, material-saving and non-toxic/non-radioactive method for the measurement of antigen-specific CTL cytotoxic activity.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1007/s00430-009-0126-5
Subjects: Q Science > QR Microbiology > QR180 Immunology
Q Science > QR Microbiology > QR355 Virology
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Natural Sciences > Biosciences
Depositing User: Martin Michaelis
Date Deposited: 05 Jun 2013 19:27 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 10:11 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/34072 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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