Listeria monocytogenes-infected hepatocytes are targets of major histocompatibility complex class Ib-restricted antilisterial cytotoxic T lymphocytes

H. G.Archie Bouwer, Ailin Bai, James Forman, Stephen H. Gregory, Edward J. Wing, Ronald A. Barry, David J. Hinrichs

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Abstract

Subclinical infection of BALB/c mice with the intracellular bacterial pathogen Listeria monocytogenes results in the development of protective antilisterial immunity. L. monocytogenes can infect hepatocytes, and antilisterial cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) lyse Listeria-infected hepatocytes in a major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class Ia-restricted manner. It remained to be determined whether L. monocytogenes-infected hepatocytes are susceptible to MHC class Ib-restricted cytolysis. In this study, we showed that hepatocytes express MHC class Ib molecule Qa-1(b) mRNA and protein. We further showed that Listeria-infected hepatocytes are susceptible to MHC class Ib-restricted cytolysis, since C57BL/6-derived Listeria-infected hepatocytes were lysed by BALB/c-derived antilisterial CTL. These results establish that Listeria-infected hepatocytes are susceptible to cytolysis by MHC class lb restricted Listeria-specific CTL.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)2814-2817
Number of pages4
JournalInfection and immunity
Volume66
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 1998

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Parasitology
  • Microbiology
  • Immunology
  • Infectious Diseases

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