H-2-restricted cytolysis of L cells doubly transformed with a cloned H-2Kb gene and cloned retroviral DNA
Abastado, J.P.; Plata, F.; Morello, D.; Daniel-Vedele, F.; Kourilsky, P.
Journal of Immunology 135(5): 3512-3519
1985
ISSN/ISBN: 0022-1767 PMID: 3930607 Document Number: 257037
We report the construction of target cells by the double transformation of mouse L cells with a cloned H-2Kb gene and molecular clones of Akv or Gross murine leukemia virus (MuLV) or the cloned gag gene of Akv MuLV. Cytolytic T lymphocytes (CTL) generated in BALB.B mice specific for Gross MuLV (closely related to Akv MuLV) kill these doubly transformed cells. This is a direct indication that a CTL subpopulation recognizes H-2Kb antigen in association with a viral antigen encoded by the gag gene of Gross MuLV.