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Infection and Immunity, May 1999, p. 2665-2670, Vol. 67, No. 5
0019-9567/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

T-Cell Epitope Mapping of the Three Most Abundant Extracellular Proteins of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Outbred Guinea Pigs

Bai-Yu Lee, and Marcus A. Horwitz*

Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California 90095-1688

Received 4 December 1998/Returned for modification 20 January 1999/Accepted 12 February 1999

The three most abundant extracellular proteins of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the 30-, 32-, and 16-kDa major extracellular proteins, are particularly promising vaccine candidates. We have mapped T-cell epitopes of these three proteins in outbred guinea pigs by immunizing the animals with each protein and assaying splenic lymphocyte proliferation against a series of overlapping synthetic peptides covering the entire length of the mature proteins. The 30-kDa protein contained nine immunodominant epitopes, the 32-kDa protein contained two immunodominant epitopes, and the 16-kDa protein contained a highly immunodominant region at its N terminus. The immunodominant epitopes of the 30- and 32-kDa proteins in outbred guinea pigs were frequently identified in healthy purified-protein-derivative-positive or BCG-vaccinated individuals in previous studies. The immunodominant epitopes of these major extracellular proteins have potential utility in an epitope-based vaccine against tuberculosis.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Medicine, CHS 37-121, UCLA School of Medicine, 10833 Le Conte Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90095-1688. Phone: (310) 206-0074. Fax: (310) 794-7156. E-mail: MHorwitz{at}med1.medsch.ucla.edu.

Infection and Immunity, May 1999, p. 2665-2670, Vol. 67, No. 5
0019-9567/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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