Human cytomegalovirus encodes an MHC class I-like molecule (UL142) that functions to inhibit NK cell lysis

Wills, Mark R., Ashiru, Omodele, Reeves, Matthew B., Okecha, Georgina, Trowsdale, John, Tomasec, Peter, Wilkinson, Gavin William Grahame, Sinclair, John and Sissons, J.G. Patrick 2005. Human cytomegalovirus encodes an MHC class I-like molecule (UL142) that functions to inhibit NK cell lysis. J Immunol 175 , pp. 7457-65.

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Abstract

Clinical and low passage strains of human CMV (HCMV) encode an additional MHC class I-related molecule UL142, in addition to the previously described UL18. The UL142 open reading frame is encoded within the ULb' region which is missing from a number of common high passage laboratory strains. Cells expressing UL142 following transfection, and fibroblasts infected with a recombinant adenovirus-expressing UL142, were used to screen both polyclonal NK cells and NK cell clones, in a completely autologous system. Analysis of 100 NK cell clones derived from five donors, revealed 23 clones that were inhibited by fibroblasts expressing UL142 alone. Small-interfering RNA-mediated knockdown of UL142 mRNA expression in HCMV-infected cells resulted in increased sensitivity to lysis. From these data we conclude that UL142 is a novel HCMV-encoded MHC class I-related molecule which inhibits NK cell killing in a clonally dependent manner.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Medicine Systems Immunity Research Institute (SIURI)
Subjects:	R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
ISSN:	0022-1767
Last Modified:	28 Jun 2019 02:41
URI:	http://orca.cf.ac.uk/id/eprint/339

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