Patent Application: US-25674794-A

Abstract:
synthetic peptides have an amino acids sequence corresponding to at least one antigenic determinant of at least one protein , usually a structural protein , particularly the e1 , e2 or c proteins , of rubella virus , are used as is , in hybrid or chimeric tandem t - b form , in lipidated form , linked to a carrier molecule and / or polymerized to form molecular aggregates , in vaccines against rubella . analogs of peptides which are human t - cell determinants are used to treat rubella - associated autoimmune disorders .

Description:
the present invention relates to peptides corresponding to immunogenic epitopes of rv and synthetic vaccines made therefrom . these novel immunogenic agents are prepared by chemically synthesizing peptides sharing antigenic determinants with the structural proteins of rv . the peptides or lipopeptides are used individually or linked to carrier molecules ( and / or are polymerized ) as vaccines . these vaccines can be used to immunize against rv infection when administered to mammals , for example , by the intramuscular or parenteral route , or when delivered to the surface mucosal surface using microparticles , capsules , liposomes and targeting molecules such as toxins and antibodies . to design a synthetic peptide - based rubella vaccine , the rv - specific ctl determinants , the viral neutralization b - cell epitopes ( be ) and the functional t - helper epitopes ( thds ) of individual viral proteins must be identified . fifty - four overlapping synthetic peptides covering most of the e1 , e2 and c protein sequences , respectively ( tables 1 , 2 and 3 below ) were chemically synthesized using an automated abi 430a solid - phase peptide synthesizer , as described in example 2 below . the length of synthetic peptides was selected on the basis of their high index of hydrophilic β - turns as judged by secondary structure prediction analysis according to conventional algorithms ( ref . 9 , 12 , 20 ) ( fig1 to 3 ). such segments are likely to be surface - exposed and antigenic . long peptides were synthesized to better mimic the native epitopes on the protein as suggested by the work of van regenmortel ( ref . 48 ). occasionally , an additional cysteine residue was added to either the n - terminal or the c - terminal end of the peptides for conjugation purposes . the production of murine rv - specific mabs is described in example 3 below . antibodies were purified from ascites fluids using the bio - rad affi - gel protein a maps ii system . the subclass of the igg monoclonal antibodies was determined by double immunodiffusion in agar using monospecific goat anti - mouse igg subclass antisera ( tago , burlinghams , calif .). the results obtained are summarized in table 4 below . the immunological properties of each mabs were characterized by the haemagglutination inhibition ( hi ) and virus neutralization ( vn ) assays . of the 25 monoclonal antibodies ( mabs ) 3d9f , 3d5d , 12b2d and 16a10e were characterized to have hi activity of 1 : 16384 , 1 : 8192 , 1 : 4096 and 1 : 32 , respectively ( table 4 ). 21b9h and 16a10e were found to have vn activity . 21b9h neutralized both the m33 and ra - 27 / 3 strains in the presence of complement . the specificity of each mab was determined using immunoblot analysis . the results summarized in table 4 indicate that e1 - specific mabs such as 16a10e , 21b9h and 3d9f may be used to fine map the vn and hi epitopes of the e1 protein . overlapping synthetic peptides covering most of the sequence of e1 was prepared , were coated onto elisa plates and probed with e1 - specific mabs . although mab 21b9h reacted strongly with rv - ep25 , - ep27 and - ep28 , it failed to recognize rv - ep24 and - ep26 in the peptide - specific elisas ( fig4 ). this results suggest that mab 21b9h recognizes an epitope which is located in the amino acid sequence pdpgdlveyimnytgnqqsrwglgspnchgpdwasp ( seq id no : 25 ) corresponding to residues 198 - 233 . however , another viral neutralizing mab 16a10e reacted with both ep25 and ep26 . this indicates that there is at least another neutralization epitope which is present in the amino acid sequence glgspnchgpdwasp ( seq id no : 26 ) coresponding to residues 219 - 233 . mab 3d9f which had strong hi activity against rv , reacted with peptide rv - ep28 corresponding to residues 212 - 240 ( gnqqsrwglgspnchgpdwaspvcqrhsp -- seq id no : 28 ) ( fig4 b ), but not the long peptide rv - ep27 . we do not know why rv - ep27 is not recognized by mab 3d9f . in addition , two other mabs 3d5d and 12b2d which had hi activities against rv , failed to recognize any of the synthetic peptides tested . perhaps the hemagglutinin epitope ( s ) recognized by these two mabs is conformational and could not be mimicked by linear peptides . on the basis of the results , two conclusions can be drawn : ( 1 ) two distinct virus neutralization epitopes were mapped to residues 198 - 233 ( pdpgdlveyimnytgnqqsrwglgspnchgpdwasp -- seq id no : 25 ) and 219 - 233 ( glgspnchgpdwasp -- seq id no : 26 ) as defined by their reactivity with mabs 21b9h and 16a10e , respectively . ( 2 ) a haemagglutinin epitope defined by mab 3d9f was mapped to residues 212 - 240 ( gnqqsrwglgspnchgpdwaspvcqrhsp -- seq id no : 28 ). therefore , a mixture of peptides that comprises amino acid sequences corresponding to these e1 epitopes , can be used in a diagnostic kit to detect the presence of rv neutralizing and hi antibodies . peptides of the instant invention can also be used in standard immunoassays to detect the presence of rv antibodies . the ability of rv peptides to elicit peptide - specific antibody responses in mammals was examined by immunizing mice , guinea pigs and rabbits with individual peptides emulsified in freund &# 39 ; s adjuvant . after three injections ( 5 to 100 μg peptide per injection ), igg antibody responses were tested by peptide - specific elisas and immunoblotting against rv . all rabbit anti - e1 and anti - c peptide antisera reacted specifically with the immunizing peptide , and also recognized the corresponding parental protein in immunoblots ( for example , see fig5 and 6 ). on the contrary , only certain rabbit anti - e2 peptide antisera reacted with e2 in immunoblots . these antisera were raised against e2 - 2 , e2 - 3 , e2 - 5 , e2 - 7 , and e2 - 12 . since free rv peptides can elicit strong igg antibody responses , these results indicate that all synthetic peptides derived from the e1 and c proteins , as well as e2 - 2 ( residues 15 - 36 -- seq id no : 31 ) e2 - 3 ( residues 33 - 57 -- seq id no : 33 ), e2 - 5 ( residues 69 - 91 -- seq id no : 35 ), e2 - 7 ( residues 104 - 124 -- seq id no : 35 ), and e2 - 12 ( residues 195 - 220 -- seq id no : 40 ) from the e2 protein comprise of both t - and b - cell epitopes . furthermore , the presence of t - cell epitope ( s ) in these peptides was confirmed by human t - cell proliferation studies as described below . therefore , the ability of rabbit anti - rv peptide antisera to recognize rv structural proteins indicates that rv peptides ( or a mixture of rv synthetic peptides ) are capable of eliciting high titers of antibodies against rv in mammals . the rv - specific polyclonal antibodies raised against the peptides of the instant invention , can be used in immunoassays to detect the presence of rv in any biological sample . the immunological properties of each anti - e1 and anti - e2 peptides antisera were further characterized using haemagglutination inhibition ( hi ) and virus neutralization ( vn ) assays . all antisera raised against linear peptides failed to neutralize rv . however , guinea pig antisera raised against the oxidized form of either peptide rv - ep27 ( pdpgdlveyimnytgnqqsrwglgspnchgpdwaspvcqrhsp -- seq id no : 27 ) or its n - terminal truncated analog rv - ep28 ( gnqqsrwglgspnchgpdwaspvcqrhsp -- seq id no : 28 ) were capable of neutralizing m33 in the absence of complement ( table 11 below ). the oxidized rv - ep28 appears to be more immunogenic than the long peptide rv - ep27 . although terry et al . ( arch . virol . 98 : 189 - 197 , 1988 ) have identified three neutralization epitopes within residues 245 to 285 of e1 , none of these epitopes ( rv - ep 14 , residues 240 - 259 -- seq id no : 14 ; - ep15 , residues 256 - 275 -- seq id no : 15 ; and - ep16 , residues 272 - 291 -- seq id no : 16 ) elicited neutralizing antibody responses in our studies ( table 11 below ). in addition , three distinct human t - cell epitopes ( rv - ep11 , residues 190 - 209 -- seq id no : 11 ; rv - ep12 , residues 207 - 226 -- seq id no : 12 ; and rv - ep13 , residues 224 - 243 -- seq id no : 13 ) were identified within the rv - ep27 peptide as described below . rv - ep27 can be used as a novel vaccine candidate since it is capable of eliciting a neutralizing antibody response in mammals and contains three distinct human t - cell epitopes . therefore , peptides of the instant invention can have , for example , the sequence pdpgdlveyimnytgnqqsrwglgspnchgpdwaspvcqrhsp ( seq id no : 27 ), corresponding to amino acids 198 - 240 of e1 of the rv m33 strain , or any portion , variant or mutant thereof . peptides of the invention also can have sequences corresponding to the analogous rv - ep27 regions of rv isolates other than m33 , these sequences being designated &# 34 ; rv - ep27 - like &# 34 ;. peptides described in the invention can be further either modified with lipid as lipopeptides or linked to carrier molecules ( and / or polymerized ) to produce alternate vaccines . these vaccines can be used to immunize against rv infection when administered to mammals , for example , by the intramuscular or parenteral route , or when delivered to the mucosal surface using microparticles , capsules , liposomes and targeting molecules , such as toxins and antibodies . human rv - specific t - cell epitopes were determined using rv peptides and t - cell lines obtained from a panel of individuals of diverse immunologic experience with rv infection or immunization . the lymphocyte proliferative responses of the rv - specific t - cell lines to overlapping e1 peptides ( the first 23 peptides ), e2 peptides ( 15 peptides ) and c peptides ( 11 peptides ) were determined in conventional proliferation assays . the results indicated that each individal in the four study groups exhibited different responses to e1 , e2 and c peptides ( see tables 5 to 10 below ). not all the synthetic peptides elicited proliferative responses , and the recognition of t - cell epitopes was found to be mhc - restricted . synthetic peptides corresponding to residues 1 - 22 , 38 - 57 , 54 - 74 , 106 - 125 , 140 - 159 , 157 - 176 , 174 - 193 , 190 - 209 , 207 - 226 , 224 - 243 , 240 - 259 , 256 - 275 , 272 - 291 , ` 307 - 326 , 324 - 343 , 341 - 360 , 358 - 377 , 374 - 390 , and 391 - 412 of e1 ; residues 1 - 20 , 15 - 36 , 54 - 74 , 124 - 145 , 156 - 177 , 176 - 199 , 218 - 239 and 233 - 257 of e2 , and residues 1 - 30 , 52 - 78 , 74 - 100 , 96 - 123 , 119 - 152 , 151 - 178 , 177 - 204 , 205 - 233 , 231 - 257 and 255 - 280 of the c protein , when presented in the appropriate human mhc context , were shown to be highly stimulatory for rv - specific human t - cell lines . nineteen out of 23 e1 peptides , 8 out of 15 e2 peptides and 10 out 11 c peptides were active in the proliferation assays . these results suggest that dominant t - cell epitopes are presented mainly on the e1 and c proteins , and to a lesser extent in the e2 protein . synthetic peptides corresponding to residues 207 - 226 , 324 - 343 and 358 - 377 of e1 , residues 54 - 74 of e2 and residues 119 - 152 , 205 - 233 and 255 - 280 of the c protein were recognized by five or more human rv - specific t - cell lines . four e1 - specific t - cell clones ( clones r9 and r20 specific for rvep - 10 peptide , clones r2 and r12 specific for rvep - 18 ), two e2 - specific t - cell clones ( both clones a3 and a8 specific for peptide e2 - 4 ) and nine c - specific t - cell clones ( clones r5 , r8 , r10 , r11 and r18 specific for c6 peptide ; clones a2 and a11 specific for c9 peptide ; clones a10 and a12 specific for c11 peptide ) have been established . three c - specific t - cell clones have cytolytic activities against various targets prepared with ebv - transformed autologous lymphoblastoid cells in the presence of rv or c protein , or peptide c6 ( residues 119 - 151 ). thus , a cytotoxic t - cell epitope was mapped to residues 119 - 151 of the c protein . delesi and berzofsky et al . ( ref . 12 ) proposed that t - cell epitopes were amphipathic α - helices . rothbard and taylor ( embo j . 7 : 93 - 100 , 1988 ) suggested a different basic structure for t - cell epitope motives . a structure prediction analysis was performed with rv peptides containing functional human t - cell epitopes to determine whether their activity correlated with the presence of such structural features . we found that 5 out of 25 peptides with α - helical segments and 7 out of 29 peptides with a rothbard &# 39 ; s t - cell receptor - binding motif did not stimulate any of the 20 t - cell lines tested . conversely , three peptides with no characterictic t - cell epitope structure ( rv - ep19 , - ep23 and e2 - 13 ) were found stimulatory . these results indicate the conventional structure prediction algorithms for t - cell epitopes are not absolute criteria for identifying t - cell determinants and that only in vitro proliferation studies can determine whether a peptide contains a functional t - cell epitope . therefore , the identification of epitopes recognized by the t - cells of individuals of different genetic background and diverse immunologic experience with rv infection or immunization is important for the design of an effective synthetic vaccine . among the four subject groups tested , peptides containing human t - cell epitopes were more frequently detected in the group of healthy seropositive individuals and rubella vaccinees . of particular interest , three of the five patients with congenital rubella syndrome ( crs ) did not respond to any peptide . it is possible that in a proportion of crs patients there is a defective t - cell recognition of rv antigen that may lead to failure or delay in the termination of rv replication , and thus may play a critical role in the persistence of the virus . in view of the increasing recognition that rubella infector or immunization may be associated with the induction of autoimmune diseases , it is possible that particular immunoreactive t - cell epitopes need to be excluded from any rv vaccine . synthetic peptide - based rv vaccines can offer the flexibility to include of a mixture of potent human t - cell epitopes while excluding putative t - cell epitopes responsible for autoimmunity . generation of cell - mediated immunity ( cmi ) is a critical component of the immune response to rv . nineteen lipopeptides ( rv peptide modified with a lipid - linkage , n - palmitoyl - s -[ 2 , 3 - bis ( palmitoyloxy )- propyl ]- cysteine - serine - serine ) were selected from the structural proteins of rv and synthesized ( table 12 below ). some of these lipopeptides contain a ctl epitope allele - specific motif : x ( y ) xxxxx ( l , i , m ) x or x ( l , i , m ) xxxxxyx ( falk et al . nature , 351 : 290 , 1991 ; romero et al . j exp . med . 174 : 603 - 612 , 1991 ). these rv lipopeptides were assessed for their ability to elicit peptide - specific antibody and t - cell responses in three different strains of mice with mhc h - 2 a , h - 2 b and h - 2 d haplotypes . for example , in two strains of mice balb / c and a / j , lipopeptides tprv - c9 in freund &# 39 ; s adjuvant induced strong t - cell proliferations ( fig7 ). rv - c9 induced rv - c9 - specific antibody responses only when injected in the presence of cfa , but not with saline . by contrast , tprv - c9 lipopeptide in saline induced strong peptide - specific igg antibody response , although the best response was induced by priming with cfa . these results demonstrate that lipopeptides can be applied successfully to induce both t - and b - cell responses . thus , the present invention comprises a synthetic lipopeptide ( or a mixture of synthetic lipopeptides ) that , is capable of inducing both humoral and cell - mediated immunity responses against rv in vivo . the lipopeptide can have , for example , the sequence tripalmityl - cssvraynqpagdvrgvwgkgertyaeqdfrv ( seq id no : 74 ), corresponding to amino acids 205 - 233 of c protein of the rv m33 strain . it is understood that within the scope of the invention are any variants or functionally equivalent variants of the above peptides . the terms &# 34 ; variant &# 34 ; or &# 34 ; functionally equivalent variant &# 34 ; as used above , mean that if the peptide is modified by addition , deletion or derivatization of one or more of the amino acid residues , in any respect , and yet acts in a manner similar to that of e1 , e2 and c peptides for any rubella virus isolates , then it falls within the scope of the invention . given the amino acid sequence of these peptides ( tables 1 to 3 and 12 ) and any similar peptide , these are easily synthesized employing commercially available peptide synthesizers , such as the applied biosystems model 430a , or may be produced by recombinant dna technology . the above disclosure generally describes the present invention . a more complete understanding can be obtained by reference to the following specific examples . these examples are described solely for purposes of illustration and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention . changes in form and substitution of equivalents are contemplated as circumstances may suggest or render expedient . although specific terms have been employed herein , such terms are intended in a descriptive sense and not for purposes of limitations . immunological and virological methods may not explicitly described in this disclosure but are well within the scope of those skilled in the art . the rv strain m33 ( atcc , vr - 315 ) was grown in vero cells and isolated from the culture supernatant as described previously ( ref . 10 ). the virus pellets were resuspended in a small volume of pbs and stored at - 70 ° c . the virus stock was titrated in rk 13 cells using an immunocytochemical focus assay modified from the methods described by fukuda , okuno and waxham et al . ( ref . 14 , 39 , 50 ). the virus stock ( 5 × 10 7 focus forming units [ ffu ]/ ml ) was inactivated by uv - light ( 254 nm model uvg - 54 uv products inc .) for 10 minutes before use . peptides were synthesized in an automated abi 430a peptide synthesizer using the solid - phase method ( ref . 31 ). fifty - four peptides covering most of the sequences of rubella viral structural proteins were synthesized . in some peptides , an additional cysteine residue as indicated by the notation ( c ) in the tables ) was added either at the n - terminal or the c - terminal end for coupling purposes . synthetic peptides were cleaved from the resin by hf , and purified by reversed - phase high - pressure liquid chromatography using a vydac c4 column . the purity of all peptide preparations exceeded 95 %. for all peptides , amino acid analyses were performed on a waters pico - tag system and found to be in good agreement with the theoretical compositions . four week old balb / c mice were immunized by intraperitoneal injection of purified rubella virus strain ra - 27 / 3 ( 500 haemagglutinin ( ha ) units / dose / mouse ) in complete freund &# 39 ; s adjuvant ( cfa ). five 250 ha units / mouse were administered within 3 week intervals . finally , 500 ha units / dose / mouse in saline were administered 3 days before fusion . immune spleen cells were fused with ns - 1 myeloma cells using polyethylene glycol 1500 ( ref . 15 ). supernatants were screened for the presence of rubella - specific antibodies by elisa , and cells from positive wells were subsequently cloned twice by single cell dilution cloning . each hybridoma cell line was expanded and seed stocks were stored in liquid nitrogen . ascites were generated from mice inoculated with hybridoma cells that secreted rv - specific mabs . antibodies from ascites fluids were purified using the bio - rad affi - gel protein a maps ii system . the subclass of the igg monoclonal antibodies were determined by double immunodiffusion in agar using monospecific goat anti - mouse igg subclass antisera ( tago , burlinghames , calif .). haemagglutination inhibition ( hi ) assays were performed using the heparin manganese chloride procedure ( ref . 26 ). virus neutralization ( vn ) was determined by plaque - assays ( ref . 14 ). to prepare peptide - specific antisera , mice ( balb / c ) or guinea pigs or nzw rabbits ( maple lane farm , ontario ) were immunized intramuscularly with 5 to 100 μg of purified peptide emulsified in freund &# 39 ; s complete adjuvant . fourteen and 28 days later , animals received booster injections with the same immunogens emsulfied in incomplete freund &# 39 ; s adjuvant . sera were collected two weeks after the final booster injection , heat - inactivated at 560 ° c ., then stored at - 20 ° c . peripheral blood mononuclear cells ( pbmc ) from rv - seropositive individuals were isolated from the heparinized blood by centrifugation through a ficoll / hypaque ( pharmacia lkb biotech . inc .) gradient as previously described ( ref . 5 , 6 ). pbmcs ( 2 . 5 × 10 6 cells / ml ) in a 24 well plate ( gibco ) were incubated with uv - inactivated rv ( 5 × 10 5 pfu / ml ) in &# 34 ; complete medium &# 34 ; ( rpmi 1640 medium ( sigma ) containing 2 mm l - glutamine , 25 mm hepes , 50 mm penicillin , 50 mm streptomycin and 5 × 10 - 5 m 2 - mercaptoethanol ) supplemented with 10 % autologous plasma . after incubation at 37 ° c . for 7 days , the cells were washed 3 times with medium and resuspended at 1 × 10 6 cells / ml in &# 34 ; complete medium &# 34 ; supplemented with 10 % fetal calf serum ( fcs ) and 100 u / ml of human recombinant il - 2 ( cetus ). after 7 day - incubation , an antigen - specific proliferation assay was performed . t - lymphocytes ( 2 × 10 4 pbmcs cells / well ) from immune individuals were incubated with autologous , γ - irradiated ( 3000 rad ) pbmcs ( 5 × 10 4 cells / well ) in complete medium containing 10 % fcs and varying concentrations of antigen ( individual peptides or inactivated rv ) in 96 - well round - bottomed plate for 3 days , as previously described ( ref . 6 , 7 ). the cell cultures were pulsed with 1 μci of [ 3 h ] thymidine ( dupont ) per well for the last 15 - 20 hours . the cells were harvested with a cell harvester ( cambridge technology phd ) and filters were counted in a liquid scintillation counter ( beckman le 6800 ). results are presented either as the mean counts per minute ( cpm ) of three replicate determinations with the standard error of the mean or as the &# 34 ; cell proliferative index &# 34 ; ( cpi ), which is the ratio of the mean cpm incorporated in the presence of antigen to the mean cpm obtained in the absence of antigen ( background ). a cpi of 2 or more was considered to be statistically significant . ebv - transformed b cell lines that were used as antigen - presenting cells ( apcs ) or target cells , were established by infection of 10 7 pbmcs with 10 7 pfu of ebv in 1 ml for 1 hr . at 37 ° c . cells were washed and cultured in complete medium . pha ( sigma ) was added once at a concentration of 5 μg / ml , adding fresh medium every day for 2 weeks . the t - cell clones used for this study were isolated from a cd4 + , cd8 - , t - cell line derived from a healthy male donor ( rm ) as described above in the example 5 . the hla phenotype of rm was determined to be hla - a , 2 , 11 ; hla - b , 13 , 61 , w4 , w6 ; hla - c w3 ; hla - dr , w9 , w53 ; hla - dq , w3 by the hla tissue typing laboratory of the st . vincent &# 39 ; s hospital ( vancouver , b . c ., canada ). rv - reactive lymphocytes were cloned by limiting dilution in 96 well round - bottom plates ( nunc ) at one cell per well in the presence of uv - inactivated rv ( 5 × 10 7 pfu / ml ), 5 % lymphocult - t - lf ( biotest , west germany ), 50 u / ml ril - 2 and γ - irradiated autologous pbmcs ( 5 × 10 4 / well ). after 7 days of incubation , all the wells were fed with complete medium containing 5 % lymphocult - t - lf and 50 u / ml ril - 2 , and by day 10 - 12 , clones of growing cells were easily identifiable with a low power inverted microscope . the cells from each one of these wells were transferred into 3 wells of a 96 - well flat bottom plate , adding fresh medium with ril - 2 as described above . after 5 - 7 days , the cells were transferred into a single well of a 4 - well plate ( nunc ) with uv - inactivated rv and irradiated autologous pbmcs , and at the same time the cells were tested for antigen - reactivity in a proliferation assay . autologous ebv - transformed lymphoblastoid cells ( 1 × 10 6 ) were incubated overnight at 37 ° c . with either 5 × 10 7 of uv - inactivated rv or 5 μg / ml of synthetic peptide in 1 ml of complete medium . the next day , cells were washed once and labeled with 100 μci of na 51 cr ( amersham ) for 1 hr . target cells then were washed 4 times with medium and incubated with different numbers of t - cells for 4 hrs . in round - bottomed 96 - well plates ( nunc ). percent specific cytotoxicity was calculated by the formula : 100 [( er - sr ) /( mr - sr )], where er ( experimental 51 cr release )= cpm released into the supernatant in the presence of t - cells using 5 × 10 3 target cells in triplicate samples ; sr ( spontaneous 51 cr release )= cpm in the absence of t cells determined from four replicate samples , and mr ( maximal 51 cr release )= cpm in supernatant of target cells incubated with 0 . 5 % nonidet - p40 ( sigma ) determined from four replicate samples . sr was always & lt ; 20 % of mr . a short - term cultured t cells ( 2 × 10 5 ) were incubated with phycoerythrin ( pe )- labeled murine anti - cd3 [ iot3 - phyco ], anti - cd4 [ iot4 - phyco ], anti - cd8 [ iot8 - phyco ] monoclonal antibodies ( amac inc .) or normal mouse serum for 0 . 5 hour on ice ( ref . 5 ). the cells were washed three times with pbs containing 5 % fcs and then subjected to cytometric analysis in a fluorescence activated cell sorter ( facs ) ( epics , coulter electronic co .). pooled normal balb / c mouse serum was used as a negative control . microtiter plates ( nunc - immuno , nunc , denmark ) were coated with peptide ( 1 μg / well ) in coating buffer ( 15 mm na 2 co 3 , 35 mm nahco 3 , ph 9 . 6 ) overnight at room temperature as previously described ( 16 , 45 ). the wells were blocked with diluent ( 0 . 5 % bsa , 0 . 5 % tween 20 in pbs ) for 1 hour and serum samples ( human , or rabbit or mouse antisera ) were added at dilutions ranging from 1 : 16 to 1 : 2048 for one hour . the wells were washed five times with washing buffer ( pbs containing 0 . 1 % bsa and 0 . 5 % tween 20 ) and an affinity - purified , phosphatase - conjugated goat antibody to either human igg , or mouse igg , or rabbit igg ( kpl ) was added . after one hour incubation , the plates were washed 5 times , then developed by adding 160 μl / well of p - nitrophenyl phosphate ( 2 . 5 mg / ml in 10 % diethanolamine , 0 . 01 % mgcl 2 , ph 9 . 8 ) at 160 μl / well . after 0 . 5 hour , the optical density was measured at 405 nm using a bio - rad microplate reader , model 3550 . human rv - negative serum and pre - immune rabbit serum were used as negative controls . seropositivity for human serum was defined as any value greater than the mean of the negative control plus 3 standard deviations . negative control values for human peptide elisas were established by running each peptide with a panel of negative control sera and averaging the absorbance value . positivity was determined at a serum dilution of 1 : 64 . each specimen was tested at least three times . purified rubella virus particles were subjected to sds - page on 10 % polyacrylamide gels containing 0 . 1 % sds . after electrophoretic separation , proteins were transferred to nitro - cellulose membranes ( hybond c , amersham ). membranes were blocked in tbs ( 0 . 15m nacl , 0 . 02m tris - hcl , ph 7 . 5 ) containing 4 % powdered skimmed milk , and incubated with either human anti - rv serum ( 1 : 80 dilution ) or rabbit anti - peptide serum ( 1 : 100 dilution ). the proteins were visualized using peroxidase - conjugated anti - human igg or anti - rabbit igg antibody ( dako corporation ). densitometric tracings on the immunoblot strips were made using a video densitometer 620 ( bio - rad , richmond , calif .) and the relative density of bands was determined by integration of the areas of the absorbance peaks . this example illustrates inhibition of cytotoxic and t - helper cell proliferation by murine mabs to human mhc class i and ii antigens . mab l 243 , specific for a dr monomorphic determinant , was obtained from becton dickinson . mab g2a . 5 ( anti - dr dc - 1 , dr4 , dr5 ), mab ivd12 ( ant - dqw3 ), mab sfr - dr5 ( anti - dr5 ), mab w6 / 32 ( anti - hla a , b , c ) were obtained from hybridoma cells purchased from the american type culture collection . hla typing of class i and class ii ( dr and dq ) antigens of 20 donors was kindly performed on fresh pbmcs by the hla tissue typing laboratory of the st . vincent &# 39 ; s hospital ( vancouver , b . c ., canada ). the heparin / manganese chloride technique ( 26 ) was used for ha assays . in a 96 - well round bottomed microtitre plate , 25 μl of hsag buffer ( 0 . 025m hepes , 0 . 14m nacl , 0 . 025m cacl 2 . 2h 2 o , 1 % bsa , 0 . 025 mg gelatin / l , ph 6 . 5 ) were added to 10 wells and 50 μl ( cell control ) into a separate well , followed by 25 μl of reconstituted rubella ha antigen into the first well , making serial doubling dilutions of the antigen . twenty - five μl of hsag buffer were subsequently added to all wells containing the antigen and the plates were chilled at 4 ° c . fifty μl of a 0 . 25 % ( v / v ) day - old chick erythrocyte suspension in hsag buffer were added to each well . the plates were agitated , covered and left undisturbed at 4 ° c . for 1 . 5 to 2 hrs . the highest dilution exhibiting agglutination was designated as having 1 ha unit . the antigen dilution containing 4 ha units was used in all subsequent tests . non - specific serum inhibitors of rubella virus haemagglutinin were removed by heparin treatment ( ref . 26 ). twenty μl of serum and 30 μl of hsag buffer were mixed with 20 μl heparin - mncl 2 solution ( 1m mncl 2 , 2500 iu / ml heparin ) and incubated at 4 ° c . for 15 minutes followed by 20 μl of a 50 % chick erythrocyte suspension in hsag buffer , agitated and incubated at 4 ° c . for one hour . eighty μl of hsag buffer was then added and the erythrocytes pelleted by centrifugation for 15 minutes at 1500 rpm ( 600 g ), resulting in a supernatant diluted 1 : 8 . twenty - five μl of rubella antigen ( 4 ha units ) were added to each round - bottomed wells containing 25 μl of pretreated serum that had been serially doubly diluted in hsag buffer , and to a control well containing only 25 μl of hsag buffer ( serum control ). plates were incubated for one hour at 4 ° c . fifty μl of the 0 . 25 % ( w / v ) day - old chick erythrocyte suspension were added to all wells including two containing only 50 μl of hsag buffer ( cell control ), followed by incubation at 4 ° c . for one hour , then room temperature for 15 minutes . the highest dilution of serum showing no agglutination was designated as having one hi unit , and the hi titre of the serum was calculated as the reciprocal of the dilution . forty μl of ascites fluid or control serum were heated at 56 ° c . for 20 minutes to inactivate complement , diluted 1 : 5 in m199 medium with 2 % fcs and 1 % phosphatidylserine ( ps ), centrifuged for 10 minutes at 10 , 000 rpm and sterilized by filtration through a 0 . 22μ pore size gelman filter . serial doubling dilutions of the serum were performed in m199 medium with 2 % fcs / 1 % ps to which were added equal amounts of m33 or ra 27 / 3 rubella virus ( 2 pfu / μl , in m199 medium , 2 % fcs / 1 % ps ), with or without 2 . 5 % rabbit complement . the virus - antibody mixture were incubated at 37 ° c . for one hour , then 50 μl were incubated with one - day - old rk cell monolayers in the 96 well microtitre plates , mixing for one hour at 37 ° c . the virus - antibody mixture were removed and the monolayers were incubated in m199 medium containing 5 % fcs and 1 % ps at 35 ° c . for 60 to 72 hours . rk cell monolayers were gently washed twice with 0 . 2 ml of pbs , ph 7 . 4 , fixed with 0 . 2 ml 2 % neutral buffered formalin for 15 minutes at room temperature , and then washed twice with 0 . 2 ml pbs , ph 7 . 4 . monolayers were then wash with 70 %, then 95 % methanol , and endogenous peroxidase was inactivated with 0 . 2 ml of 0 . 5 % h 2 o 2 in absolute methanol for 15 minutes at room temperature . samples were rehydrated with 95 %, then 70 % methanol and washed twice with 0 . 2 ml pbs , ph 7 . 4 . the non - specific immunoglobulin binding sites of the monolayers were blocked by incubation for one hour at 37 ° c . with 0 . 2 ml of pre - immune rabbit serum ( diluted 1 : 200 in pbs / 0 . 5 % bsa ) and washed twice with wash buffer ( pbs , 0 . 1 % bsa , ph 7 . 4 ). two hundred μl of rubella immune mouse serum ( anti - m33 , diluted 1 : 200 in pbs / 0 . 5 % bsa ), was added and incubated at 37 ° c . for 60 minutes followed by three wash buffer rinses . peroxidase - conjugated ( hrp ) rabbit immunoglobulin anti - mouse igg ( dako - immunoglobulins a / s , guidborgvej 22 , dk - 2000 copenhagen f ., denmark , 1 : 500 in pbs / 0 . 5 % bsa , 0 . 1 ml per well ) was added and incubated for one hour at 37 ° c . and monolayers were rinsed three times with wash buffer . 0 . 1 ml of cold pbs containing 0 . 02 % h 2 o 2 and 3 , 3 &# 39 ; diaminobenzidine tetrahydrochloride ( 0 . 5 mg / ml , ph 7 . 4 ) was applied and monolayers were incubated at room temperature . when brown deposits developed , reactions were halted by removing the substrate with a pbs rinse and adding 10 % neutral buffered formalin . plaques were enumerated from three wells per antibody dilution , and averaged . the neutralization titre ( nt ) was defined as the reciprocal of the dilution that demonstrated at least a 50 % reduction in plaque formation compared to control wells ( 50 to 100 pfu / well ). nineteen potential ctl epitopes of rv ( see table 12 below ) were synthesized with two additional serine residues at their n - terminal end using solid - phase peptide synthesis . lipopeptides were prepared by coupling the n - terminal end of the potential ctl epitopes with n - palmitoyl - s -[ 2 , 3 - bis ( palmitoyloxy )- propyl ]- cysteine ( p3c ) which was prepared according to metzger et al . ( int . j . protein res . 38 : 545 - 554 , 1991 ). synthetic lipopeptides were cleaved from the resin by hf , and purified by gel filtration high - pressure liquid chromatography using a tsk column ( bio - sil sec125 , 7 . 5 × 600 mm ) using pbs as butfer . for all lipopeptides , amino acid analyses were performed on a waters pico - tag system and found to be in good agreement with the theoretical compositions . the amount of palmitic acid in the lipopeptides was determined from the lipopeptide acid - hydrolysates by gas chromatography . six to eight week old mice ( balb / c , c57bl / 6 and a / j ) were purchased from the jackson lab . three mice per strain were immunized subcutaneously in foot pads with either individual lipopeptide for example , 20 to 200 μg of tprv - c9 in 100 μl of pbs , or 20 to 200 μg of tprv - c9 emulsifed in 100 μl of cfa , or 20 to 200 μg of tprv - c9 emulsifed in 100 μl of incomplete freund &# 39 ; s adjuvant ( ifa ), or 100 μl of pbs : cfa ( v / v , 50 : 50 ) as control . suspensions of lymphocytes were prepared from lymph nodes removed 9 days after immunization . lymphocytes ( 2 . 5 × 10 5 cells / well ) were incubated for 3 days with varying amounts of the immunizing peptide ( for example rv - c9 ), followed by a further 20 hr incubation in the presence of 1 uci [ 3 h ]- thymidine . the effect of anti - cd4 ( gk1 . 5 ) and anti - cd8 ( 53 - 6 . 72 ) mabs on t - cell proliferation was analysed by pre - incubating lymph node cells with either anti - cd4 ( gk1 . 5 ) or anti - cd8 ( 53 - 6 . 72 ) for 60 min at 4 ° c . in the presence and absence of rabbit complement ( 1 : 10 ). lymphocyte proliferation was expressed as the average counts per minute ( cpm ) of triplicate determination plus / minus one standard deviation ( sd ). this example illustrates the preparation of an oxidized form of peptide rv - ep27 . hplc - purified rv - ep27 ( 5 mg in 10 ml of pbs ) was oxidized in the presence of 10 to 20 % ( v / v ) of dimethylsulfoxide ( dmso ) for 1 h at room temperature according to the procedure described by tam et al . ( proceedings of the 12th american peptide symposium , escom , leiden , 1992 , pp . 499 - 501 ). the oxidized rv - ep27 containing the intra - chain disulfide bond ( cys 225 -- cys 235 ) was purified by reversed - phase hplc using a vydac c4 semi - preparative column ( 1 × 30 cm ) and a 15 to 55 % acetonitrile gradient in 0 . 1 % tfa developed over 40 min at a flow rate of 2 ml / min . the integrity of the oxidized rv - ep27 peptide was confirmed by mass spectrum analysis and the oberved molecular mass was found to agree with the calculated value . in summary of this disclosure , the present invention provides immunogenic synthetic peptides which are useful in vaccines against rubella . modifications are possible within the scope of this invention . 1 . aichele , p ., h . hengartner , r . m . zinkernagel and m . schulz . 1990 . antiviral cytotoxic t cell response induced in vivo priming with free synthetic peptide . j . exp . med . 171 : 1815 - 1820 . 2 . assad , f ., k . ljungars - esteves . 1985 . rubella - 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114 . 48 . van regenmortel , m . h . v ., muller , s ., quesniaux , v . f ., altchuh , d ., and j . p . briand . 1988 . operational aspects of epitope identification : structural features of proteins recognized by antibodies . in vaccines : new concepts and developments , pp . 113 - 122 . edited by h . kohler and p . t . laverde . london : longman . 49 . veskari , t . and e . buimovici - klein . 1975 . lymphocytes response to rubella antigens and phytohemagglutinin after administration of the ra27 / 3 strain of live attenuated rubella vaccine . infect and imm . 11 : 748 - 753 . 50 . waxham , m . n . and j . s . wolinsky . 1985 . detailed immunologic analysis of the structural polypeptides of rubella virus using monoclonal antibodies . virology 143 : 153 - 165 . 51 . wolinsky , j . s . 1988 . rubella virus and its effect on the developing nervous system . in virus infections and the developing nerous system , pp125 - 142 . edited by r . t . johnson and g . lyon . kluwer academic publishers , dordrecht . table 1__________________________________________________________________________amino acid sequences of overlapping synthetic peptides of rubella virus protein e1peptides residues sequence seq id no : __________________________________________________________________________rv - ep1 1 - 22 eeaftylctapgcatqtpvpvr 1 rv - ep2 19 - 38 vpvrlagvgfeskivdggcf 2 rv - ep3 38 - 57 fapwdleatgaciceiptdv 3 rv - ep4 54 - 74 ptdvsceglgawvptapcari 4 rv - ep5 71 - 91 cariwngtqractfwavnays 5 rv - ep6 106 - 125 gsyykqyhptacevepafgh 6 rv - ep7 122 - 141 afghsdaacwgfptdtvmsv 7 rv - ep8 140 - 159 svfalasyvqhphktvrvkf 8 rv - ep9 157 - 176 vkfhtetrtvwqlsvagvsc 9 rv - ep10 174 - 193 vscnvttehpfcntphgqle 10 rv - ep11 190 - 209 gqlevqvppdpgdlveyimn 11 rv - ep12 207 - 226 imnytgnqqsrwglgspnch 12 rv - ep13 224 - 243 nchgpdwaspvcqrhspdcs 13 rv - ep14 240 - 259 pdcsrlvgatperprlrlvd 14 rv - ep15 256 - 275 rlvdaddpllrtapgpgevw 15 rv - ep16 272 - 291 gevwvtpvigsqarkcglhi 16 rv - ep17 289 - 308 lhiragpyghatvempewih 17 rv - ep18 307 - 326 ihahttsdpwhppgplglkf 18 rv - ep19 324 - 343 lkfktvrpvalpralapprn 19 rv - ep20 341 - 360 prnvrvtgcyqcgtpalveg 20 rv - ep21 358 - 377 veglapgggnchltvngedv 21 rv - ep22 374 - 390 gedvgafppgkfvtaal 22 rv - ep23 391 - 412 lntpppyqvscggesdrasagh 23 rv - ep24 196 - 212 vppdpgdlveyimnytg 24 rv - ep25 198 - 233 pdpgdlveyimnytgnqqsrwglgspnchgpdwasp 25 rv - ep26 219 - 233 glgspnchgpdwasp 26 rv - ep27 198 - 240 pdpgdlveyimnytgnqqsrwglgspnchgpdwaspvcqrhsp 27 rv - ep28 212 - 240 gnqqsrwglgspnchgpdwaspvcqrhsp 28__________________________________________________________________________ table 2__________________________________________________________________________amino acid sequences of overlapping synthetic peptides of rubella virus protein e2peptides residues sequence seq id no : __________________________________________________________________________e2 - 1 1 - 20 glqpradmaappnppqppra ( c ) 29 e2 - 2 15 - 36 pqpprahgqhyghhhhqlpflg ( c ) 30 e2 - 3 33 - 57 ( c ) pflghdghhggtlrvgqhhrnasdv 31 e2 - 4 54 - 74 asdvlpghwlqggwgcynlsd 32 e2 - 5 69 - 91 cynlsdwhqgthvchtkhmdfwc 33 e2 - 6 87 - 107 mdfwcvehdrppppatptsltt 34 e2 - 7 104 - 124 slttaanyiaaatpatapppc 35 e2 - 8 124 - 145 chaaglndscggflsgcgpmrlp 36 e2 - 9 139 - 159 cgpmrlptaltpgavgdlrav 37 e2 - 10 156 - 177 lravhhrpvpaypvccamrwgl 38 e2 - 11 176 - 199 glppwelviltarpedgwtcrgvp 39 e2 - 12 195 - 220 crgvpahpgtrcpelvspmgratcsp 40 e2 - 13 218 - 239 cspasalwlatanalsldhafa 41 e2 - 14 233 - 257 sldhafaafvllvpwvlifmvcrra 42 e2 - 15 254 - 281 crracrrpappppspqsscrgttppayg 43__________________________________________________________________________ table 3__________________________________________________________________________amino acid sequences of overlapping peptides of rubella virus capsid ( c ) proteinpeptides sequences seq id no : __________________________________________________________________________rv - c1 ( 1 - 30 ) masttpitmedlqkaleaqsralraglaag ( c ) 44 *-------------------- rv - c1a - rv - c2 ( 28 - 56 )( c ) aagasqsrrprpprharaqhlpemtpavt45 *-------------------- rv - c2a - rv - c3 ( 52 - 78 ) tpavtpegpapprtgawqrkdwsrapp ( c ) 46 *------------------- rv - c3a - rv - c4 ( 74 - 100 ) srappppeerqesrsqtpapkpsrapp ( c ) 47 *---------------------- rv - c4a - rv - c5 ( 96 - 123 ) srappqqpqpprmqtgrggsaprpelgp ( c ) 48 *------------------- rv - c5a - rv - c6 ( 119 - 152 ) pelgpptnpfqaavarglrpplhdpdteapteac49 *--------------- rv - c6a - rv - c7 ( 151 - 179 ) cvtswlwsegegavfyrvdlhfinlgtp50 *------------------- rv - c7a - rv - c8 ( 177 - 204 ) gtppldedgrwdpalmynpcgpeppahv51 *-------------------- rv - c8a - rv - c9 ( 205 - 233 )( c ) vraynqpagdvrgvwgkgertyaeqdfrv52 *------------------ rv - c9a - rv - c10 ( 231 - 257 ) frvggtrwhrllrmpvrgldgdtaplp ( c ) 53 *-------------------- rv - c10a - rv - c11 ( 255 - 280 ) plpphtterietrsarhpwrirfgap ( c ) 54 *------------------- rv - c11a__________________________________________________________________________ table 4______________________________________summary of immunochemical results obtained with monoclonal antibodies directed against the ra 27 / 3 vaccine and m33 wild - strain rubella virus neutralizationprotein igg m33 ra 27 / 3specificity hi sub - no nom33 ra m33 class comp * comp comp comp______________________________________2f4b e1 e1 & lt ; 8 1 10 5 5 & lt ; 2f12f e1 & lt ; 8 2a & lt ; & lt ; & lt ; & lt ; 3d5d ** ** 8192 2b & lt ; & lt ; & lt ; & lt ; 3d9f e1 e1 & gt ; 16384 2b & lt ; & lt ; & lt ; & lt ; 4g6a e1 & lt ; 8 1 & lt ; & lt ; & lt ; & lt ; 4g12e 32 2a 5 & lt ; & lt ; & lt ; 12b2d e1 4096 2a 5 20 na 5 12b3g e1 e1 & lt ; 8 2a & lt ; & lt ; 5 & lt ; 13a1f e1 32 2b & lt ; & lt ; & lt ; & lt ; 13a4h e1 & lt ; 8 2b & lt ; & lt ; & lt ; 5 13g6h & lt ; 8 1 & lt ; & lt ; & lt ; & lt ; 14b1f e1 e1 & lt ; 8 1 & lt ; & lt ; & lt ; & lt ; 14b3d & lt ; 8 1 & lt ; & lt ; & lt ; & lt ; 15c3e & lt ; 8 2b & lt ; & lt ; & lt ; & lt ; 15c11b & lt ; 8 1 & lt ; & lt ; & lt ; & lt ; 16a3c e1 e1 & lt ; 8 2b 20 na 10 na 16a10e e1 e1 32 1 5 & lt ; & lt ; & lt ; 16b2c ** ** & gt ; 16384 2b & lt ; & lt ; & lt ; & lt ; 16b8d ** ** & gt ; 16384 2b & lt ; & lt ; & lt ; & lt ; 16d9d 64 1 & lt ; 10 & lt ; & lt ; m6d11c & lt ; 8 1 & lt ; & lt ; & lt ; & lt ; 21b8h e1 & lt ; 8 1 & lt ; & lt ; & lt ; 10 21b9h e1 & lt ; 8 1 & lt ; 5 & lt ; 20 21d9c & lt ; 8 2a & lt ; & lt ; & lt ; & lt ; 21d10b & lt ; 8 2a & lt ; & lt ; & lt ; & lt ; ______________________________________ * complement . ** precipitates both e1 and e2 glycoproteins . table 5__________________________________________________________________________proliferative responses to synthetic peptides of e1 by rv - specific t - celllines from rv patients cell proliferation indices . sup . a rubella in pregnancy ( a ) congenital infection ( b ) peptide position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10__________________________________________________________________________e1 11 - 22 3 . 7 2 . 4 0 . 98 1 . 32 0 . 92 1 . 11 0 . 89 0 . 61 0 . 63 0 . 56 e1 2 18 - 38 0 . 5 1 . 48 0 . 4 0 . 19 0 . 75 0 . 73 0 . 64 0 . 84 0 . 17 0 . 14 e1 3 38 - 57 1 . 6 0 . 90 1 . 2 0 . 87 0 . 71 0 . 92 1 . 10 0 . 94 0 . 76 0 . 86 e1 4 54 - 74 0 . 9 1 . 3 1 . 1 1 . 1 0 . 69 0 . 88 0 . 54 0 . 98 0 . 65 1 . 76 e1 5 71 - 91 1 . 2 1 . 0 1 . 2 1 . 8 0 . 72 0 . 75 0 . 68 0 . 93 0 . 82 1 . 45 e1 6 106 - 125 0 . 8 1 . 15 1 . 3 0 . 99 0 . 72 0 . 65 0 . 78 0 . 65 0 . 79 0 . 52 e1 7 122 - 141 1 . 8 0 . 9 1 . 2 1 . 19 0 . 72 0 . 94 0 . 84 0 . 85 1 . 05 0 . 69 e1 8 140 - 159 1 . 4 0 . 82 0 . 8 0 . 51 0 . 63 0 . 54 0 . 72 0 . 91 0 . 87 0 . 52 e1 9 157 - 176 1 . 2 1 . 02 0 . 9 0 . 79 1 . 01 0 . 71 0 . 66 0 . 82 2 . 05 0 . 60 e1 10 174 - 193 3 . 6 0 . 85 1 . 3 1 . 01 0 . 58 0 . 96 0 . 85 1 . 12 1 . 59 0 . 90 e1 11 190 - 209 2 . 1 3 . 65 3 . 6 0 . 94 0 . 56 0 . 63 0 . 79 0 . 84 0 . 88 6 . 68 . sup . b e1 12 207 - 226 1 . 2 0 . 98 1 . 1 0 . 94 0 . 56 0 . 58 0 . 60 0 . 70 1 . 92 0 . 64 e1 13 224 - 243 1 . 2 1 . 13 1 . 5 7 . 76 0 . 71 1 . 03 0 . 94 0 . 54 1 . 73 0 . 89 e1 14 240 - 259 0 . 8 1 . 13 1 . 0 1 . 26 0 . 51 0 . 89 0 . 74 0 . 81 0 . 64 0 . 58 e1 15 256 - 275 0 . 8 2 . 23 1 . 0 0 . 91 0 . 73 0 . 64 0 . 86 0 . 83 1 . 19 0 . 99 e1 16 272 - 291 3 . 0 0 . 98 1 . 0 1 . 48 0 . 83 0 . 76 0 . 98 1 . 02 3 . 11 0 . 69 e1 17 289 - 308 1 . 1 0 . 72 0 . 8 1 . 10 0 . 79 0 . 58 0 . 65 0 . 65 1 . 11 0 . 44 e1 18 307 - 326 3 . 2 1 . 01 1 . 4 2 . 2 0 . 63 0 . 62 0 . 55 0 . 67 0 . 97 0 . 61 e1 19 324 - 343 1 . 3 3 . 7 1 . 5 1 . 23 0 . 58 0 . 89 0 . 76 0 . 82 0 . 81 5 . 63 e1 20 341 - 360 0 . 8 3 . 0 1 . 7 1 . 06 0 . 62 1 . 02 0 . 98 1 . 08 0 . 81 1 . 38 e1 21 358 - 377 1 . 1 2 . 4 1 . 8 1 . 55 0 . 61 0 . 82 0 . 62 1 . 06 3 . 18 7 . 45 e1 22 374 - 390 1 . 0 2 . 9 2 . 1 0 . 94 1 . 04 0 . 54 0 . 88 1 . 17 1 . 23 5 . 47 e1 23 391 - 412 1 . 5 2 . 3 1 . 7 1 . 44 0 . 59 0 . 74 0 . 68 0 . 97 1 . 17 5 . 94__________________________________________________________________________ . sup . a a total of 2 × 10 . sup . 4 t cells from each cell line was tested for proliferative response to each synthetic peptide at a final concentration of 10 μg / ml in the presence of irradiated autologous pbm cells 5 × 10 . sup . 4 as apc . . sup . b underlined numbers represent significant cell proliferation indice (≧ 2 ). table 6__________________________________________________________________________proliferative responses to synthetic peptides of e1 by rv - specific t - celllines from seropositive healthy donors and rv vaccinees cell proliferation indices . sup . a seropositive healthy donors ( c ) vaccine recipients ( d ) peptide position 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20__________________________________________________________________________e1 11 - 22 0 . 57 1 . 32 0 . 80 1 . 92 0 . 81 1 . 36 1 . 59 0 . 78 1 . 53 1 . 13 e1 2 18 - 38 0 . 47 0 . 51 0 . 69 1 . 17 0 . 05 0 . 14 0 . 08 0 . 25 0 . 15 0 . 02 e1 3 38 - 57 0 . 73 1 . 34 1 . 14 1 . 73 0 . 84 2 . 55 1 . 82 1 . 12 1 . 84 0 . 96 e1 4 54 - 74 0 . 83 1 . 42 0 . 98 2 . 25 0 . 34 0 . 64 1 . 42 2 . 23 1 . 62 0 . 98 e1 5 71 - 91 0 . 80 1 . 57 0 . 90 1 . 40 0 . 50 1 . 92 1 . 64 1 . 19 1 . 86 1 . 01 e1 6 106 - 125 1 . 20 1 . 61 0 . 80 1 . 80 1 . 48 0 . 72 1 . 47 2 . 19 1 . 34 1 . 26 e1 7 122 - 141 0 . 66 1 . 94 0 . 88 1 . 62 0 . 78 0 . 56 1 . 50 1 . 38 1 . 41 1 . 02 e1 8 140 - 159 0 . 45 2 . 71 0 . 80 1 . 47 0 . 44 0 . 35 1 . 58 1 . 10 0 . 83 1 . 42 e1 9 157 - 176 0 . 99 3 . 30 1 . 60 1 . 56 0 . 94 0 . 80 1 . 42 0 . 85 1 . 67 1 . 46 e1 10 174 - 193 0 . 85 3 . 34 3 . 90 2 . 53 1 . 07 0 . 85 1 . 33 1 . 15 1 . 69 1 . 42 e1 11 190 - 209 0 . 81 2 . 62 2 . 45 1 . 27 1 . 07 12 . 7 1 . 51 1 . 10 3 . 32 1 . 14 e1 12 207 - 226 0 . 84 1 . 97 0 . 80 2 . 36 0 . 57 0 . 48 1 . 63 0 . 87 1 . 82 1 . 23 e1 13 224 - 243 1 . 19 2 . 93 1 . 32 2 . 03 0 . 91 0 . 49 1 . 55 0 . 83 2 . 25 1 . 65 e1 14 240 - 259 0 . 45 3 . 42 0 . 79 2 . 69 1 . 17 2 . 73 0 . 89 2 . 13 1 . 51 0 . 95 e1 15 256 - 275 0 . 62 1 . 73 0 . 90 1 . 46 0 . 90 1 . 01 1 . 51 1 . 47 1 . 50 3 . 18 . sup . b e1 16 272 - 291 2 . 48 1 . 78 2 . 85 1 . 74 0 . 22 0 . 44 1 . 79 2 . 19 1 . 26 1 . 20 e1 17 289 - 308 0 . 75 1 . 82 0 . 77 1 . 93 0 . 79 0 . 99 1 . 16 1 . 26 1 . 68 1 . 10 e1 18 307 - 326 2 . 62 3 . 33 0 . 82 1 . 60 0 . 62 0 . 40 1 . 37 2 . 36 1 . 37 1 . 25 e1 19 324 - 343 0 . 87 2 . 84 3 . 15 2 . 36 0 . 64 9 . 80 4 . 84 1 . 21 4 . 58 0 . 95 e1 20 341 - 360 0 . 95 3 . 36 3 . 47 2 . 27 1 . 45 7 . 29 1 . 37 0 . 57 1 . 75 1 . 22 e1 21 358 - 377 2 . 19 3 . 15 2 . 40 2 . 54 0 . 73 6 . 92 2 . 40 2 . 39 1 . 44 2 . 24 e1 22 374 - 390 2 . 98 1 . 64 1 . 58 1 . 64 1 . 07 10 . 00 1 . 41 0 . 90 1 . 84 1 . 52 e1 23 391 - 412 1 . 17 2 . 55 2 . 20 1 . 60 1 . 52 8 . 28 2 . 03 1 . 14 1 . 39 1 . 33__________________________________________________________________________ . sup . a a total of 2 × 10 . sup . 4 t cells from each cell line was tested for proliferative response to each e1 synthetic peptide at a final concentration of 10 μg / ml in the presence of irradiated autologous pbm cells as apc . . sup . b underlined numbers represent significant cell proliferation indice (≧ 2 ). table 7__________________________________________________________________________proliferative responses to synthetic peptides of e2 by rv - specific t - celllines from rv patients cell proliferation indices . sup . a rubella in pregnancy ( a ) congenital infection ( b ) peptide position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10__________________________________________________________________________e2 11 - 20 0 . 9 0 . 92 1 . 0 1 , 13 0 . 62 0 . 82 1 . 02 0 . 63 0 . 92 0 . 50 e2 2 15 - 36 0 . 9 1 . 17 0 . 9 0 . 91 0 . 62 0 . 71 0 . 81 0 . 99 0 . 63 0 . 90 e2 3 33 - 57 0 . 94 0 . 79 0 . 9 0 . 59 0 . 87 1 . 13 1 . 11 0 . 72 0 . 70 0 . 83 e2 4 54 - 74 1 . 1 0 . 94 0 . 8 1 . 04 0 . 71 1 . 31 0 . 84 0 . 66 0 . 81 3 . 91 . sup . b e2 5 69 - 91 1 . 8 0 . 8 0 . 6 0 . 42 0 . 71 0 . 42 0 . 52 0 . 23 0 . 62 0 . 50 e2 6 87 - 107 0 . 9 0 . 81 1 . 2 0 . 84 0 . 60 0 . 82 0 . 63 0 . 29 1 . 02 0 . 54 e2 7 104 - 124 0 . 53 0 . 81 1 . 0 0 . 87 0 . 83 0 . 95 0 . 91 0 . 90 0 . 74 0 . 65 e2 8 124 - 145 1 . 4 0 . 84 1 . 0 0 . 75 0 . 54 1 . 22 0 . 92 0 . 90 0 . 88 0 . 76 e2 9 139 - 159 1 . 22 0 . 63 1 . 1 0 . 78 0 . 97 0 . 42 0 . 83 0 . 94 0 . 82 0 . 61 e2 10 156 - 177 0 . 85 1 . 2 1 . 6 0 . 87 0 . 66 0 . 53 1 . 04 0 . 74 2 , 93 1 . 76 e2 11 176 - 199 1 . 12 0 . 97 1 . 8 1 . 31 0 . 68 0 . 64 0 . 64 0 . 75 2 . 18 0 . 77 e2 12 195 - 220 0 . 82 1 . 03 1 . 2 0 . 99 0 . 96 0 . 82 1 . 39 0 . 84 0 . 75 0 . 51 e2 13 218 - 239 2 . 30 1 . 00 1 . 7 1 . 28 0 . 48 1 . 13 0 . 61 0 . 67 0 . 96 0 . 87 e2 14 233 - 257 0 . 71 1 . 1 1 . 3 1 . 43 0 . 43 0 . 74 0 . 92 0 . 74 0 . 75 1 . 47 e2 15 254 - 281 1 . 13 0 . 95 1 . 2 1 . 34 0 . 60 0 . 56 0 . 64 1 . 16 1 . 68 0 . 83__________________________________________________________________________ . sup . a a total of 2 × 10 . sup . 4 t cells from each cell line was tested for proliferative response to each e2 synthetic peptide at a final concentration of 10 μg / ml in the presence of irradiated autologous pbm cells 5 × 10 . sup . 4 as apc . . sup . b underlined numbers represent significant cell proliferation indice (≧ 2 ). table 8__________________________________________________________________________proliferative responses to synthetic peptides of e2 by rv - specific t - celllines from seropositive healthy donors and vaccinees cell proliferation indices . sup . a seropositive healthy donors ( c ) vaccine recipients ( d ) peptide position 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20__________________________________________________________________________e2 11 - 20 7 . 02 1 . 17 1 . 56 1 . 70 0 . 83 0 . 80 1 . 94 0 . 78 2 . 06 0 . 98 e2 2 15 - 36 1 . 13 0 . 84 0 . 54 1 . 46 0 . 87 9 . 66 1 . 90 1 . 46 2 . 09 1 . 03 e2 3 33 - 57 0 . 73 0 . 91 0 . 82 1 . 36 0 . 62 0 . 56 1 . 48 0 . 73 1 . 25 0 . 84 e2 4 54 - 74 3 . 50 0 . 86 5 . 60 2 . 70 0 . 93 17 . 6 1 . 80 0 . 62 2 . 06 1 . 04 e2 5 69 - 91 0 . 53 0 . 83 1 . 69 1 . 23 0 . 60 1 . 03 0 . 80 0 . 61 0 . 89 0 . 56 e2 6 87 - 107 0 . 76 0 . 92 0 . 87 1 . 56 1 . 01 1 . 82 1 . 67 0 . 88 1 . 08 1 . 05 e2 7 104 - 124 0 . 65 0 . 93 1 . 10 1 . 70 0 . 69 0 . 48 0 . 66 1 . 18 1 . 33 0 . 87 e2 8 124 - 146 1 . 29 0 . 91 1 . 25 2 . 30 0 . 59 1 . 67 1 . 20 1 . 11 1 . 45 0 . 83 e2 9 139 - 159 0 . 81 0 . 84 1 . 21 0 . 91 0 . 76 0 . 84 1 . 41 0 . 95 1 . 80 1 . 03 e2 10 156 - 177 7 . 01 0 . 65 0 . 92 2 . 08 0 . 86 1 . 16 1 . 53 0 . 85 1 . 12 0 . 66 e2 11 176 - 199 3 . 22 0 . 73 1 . 22 1 . 97 1 . 54 1 . 15 1 . 42 0 . 76 3 . 08 0 . 91 e2 12 195 - 220 0 . 32 1 . 02 1 . 45 1 . 50 0 . 93 1 . 21 1 . 56 0 . 66 1 . 95 0 . 83 e2 13 218 - 239 1 . 94 0 . 74 2 . 00 3 . 12 0 . 91 1 . 48 2 . 08 0 . 65 2 . 09 0 . 69 e2 14 233 - 257 1 . 21 0 . 72 1 . 27 2 . 30 3 . 65 2 . 37 1 . 61 0 . 51 1 . 61 0 . 84 e2 15 254 - 281 0 . 75 0 . 88 1 . 07 1 . 97 1 . 65 1 . 44 0 . 63 0 . 61 1 . 38 1 . 10__________________________________________________________________________ . sup . a a total of 2 × 10 . sup . 4 t cells from each cell line was tested for proliferation response to each e2 synthetic peptide at the final concentration of 10 μg / ml in the presence of irradiated autologous pbmc cells as apc . underlined numbers represent significant cell proliferation indices (≧ 2 ). table 9__________________________________________________________________________proliferative responses to synthetic peptides of capsid protein byrv - specific t - cell lines from rv patients cell proliferation indices . sup . a rubella in pregnancy ( a ) congenital infection ( b ) peptide position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10__________________________________________________________________________c1 1 - 30 2 . 0 7 . 8 1 . 1 1 . 53 0 . 60 1 . 02 0 . 80 0 . 67 1 . 05 0 . 42 c2 28 - 56 1 . 2 1 . 46 1 . 4 1 . 01 0 . 93 0 . 92 0 . 80 1 . 07 1 . 71 0 . 97 c3 52 - 78 0 . 97 1 . 40 1 . 0 1 . 32 1 . 63 1 . 10 0 . 84 0 . 90 0 . 72 1 . 52 c4 74 - 100 0 . 72 1 . 40 1 . 5 1 . 32 0 . 74 0 . 85 0 . 83 0 . 76 0 . 61 0 . 80 c5 96 - 123 1 . 1 1 . 9 1 . 7 1 . 34 0 . 71 0 . 66 1 . 02 0 . 99 0 . 98 2 . 31 c6 119 - 152 1 . 48 2 . 0 3 . 7 2 . 10 0 . 86 0 . 85 1 . 22 0 . 95 1 . 73 2 . 50 c7 151 - 179 2 . 7 1 . 5 4 . 1 5 . 2 0 . 76 1 . 32 0 . 60 0 . 80 1 . 73 6 . 15 c8 177 - 204 1 . 2 1 . 8 1 . 2 3 . 4 0 . 89 1 . 32 0 . 50 1 , 09 0 . 96 0 . 74 c9 205 - 233 2 , 82 4 , 7 1 , 9 4 . 5 0 . 62 1 . 13 0 . 80 1 . 64 0 . 85 0 . 61 c10 231 - 257 1 . 24 1 . 1 1 . 4 1 . 9 0 . 72 0 . 84 0 . 80 0 . 81 1 . 34 1 . 52 c11 255 - 280 0 . 95 3 . 7 1 . 4 2 . 7 0 . 81 1 . 23 0 . 70 1 . 01 2 . 10 2 . 09__________________________________________________________________________ . sup . a a total of 2 × 10 . sup . 4 t cells from each clone was tested for proliferation response to each synthetic c peptide at a final concentration of 10 μg / ml in the presence of irradiated autologous pbm cells 5 × 10 . sup . 4 as apc . underlined numbers represent significant cell proliferation indices (≧ 2 ). table 10__________________________________________________________________________proliferative responses to synthetic peptides of capsid protein byrv - specific t - cell lines from seropositive healthy donors and vaccinees cell proliferation indices . sup . a seropositive healthy donors ( c ) vaccine recipients ( d ) peptide position 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20__________________________________________________________________________c1 1 - 30 0 . 64 1 . 52 1 . 20 0 . 93 1 . 02 0 . 63 1 . 69 0 . 49 2 . 11 0 . 38 c2 28 - 56 0 . 62 1 . 37 1 . 01 1 . 01 1 . 13 1 . 14 1 . 94 0 . 52 1 . 45 1 . 01 c3 52 - 78 1 . 50 1 . 05 0 . 92 1 . 02 1 . 44 2 . 23 1 . 10 0 . 69 1 . 42 0 . 02 c4 74 - 100 1 . 01 1 . 10 1 . 54 1 . 04 1 . 11 0 . 75 2 . 28 0 . 66 1 . 42 1 . 13 c5 96 - 123 1 . 43 2 . 34 2 . 62 0 . 92 1 . 12 2 . 71 2 . 98 0 . 71 2 . 47 1 . 14 c6 119 - 152 1 . 14 13 . 9 8 . 13 1 . 00 1 . 32 2 . 03 3 . 75 2 . 47 3 . 32 1 . 29 c7 151 - 179 0 . 62 0 . 92 1 . 03 1 . 54 1 . 05 3 . 29 2 . 67 0 . 59 1 . 88 1 . 11 c8 177 - 204 0 . 91 1 . 24 0 . 94 0 . 91 1 . 43 1 . 03 1 . 23 0 . 71 1 . 55 1 . 06 c9 205 - 233 1 . 14 0 . 82 3 . 95 0 . 90 0 . 81 20 . 4 3 . 13 4 . 31 1 . 54 0 . 87 c10 231 - 257 0 . 63 0 . 75 1 . 32 0 . 94 0 . 72 4 . 00 0 . 99 1 . 34 1 . 30 1 . 01 c11 255 - 280 0 . 60 6 . 24 5 . 04 4 . 01 8 . 24 22 . 5 2 . 20 4 . 42 1 . 29__________________________________________________________________________ 1 . 57 . sup . a a total of 2 × 10 . sup . 4 t cells from each clone was tested for proliferation response to each synthetic peptide at a final concentration of 10 μg / ml in the presence of irradiated autologous pbm cells 5 × 10 . sup . 4 as apc . underlined numbers represent significant cell proliferation indices (≧ 2 ). table 11______________________________________immunological properties of animal antisera raised against rv peptides reactive titer vn hi immunogens against peptides . sup . 1 titer . sup . 2 titer . sup . 3______________________________________rv - ep14 + cfa +++ 0 nd rv - ep15 + cfa +++ 0 nd rv - ep16 + cfa +++ 0 nd rv - ep25 + cfa ++++ 0 nd rv - ep27 + cfa +++++ 0 nd rv - ep27 + alum ++++ 0 nd rv - ep27 . sup . 4 + cfa +++++ 1 / 160 nd rv - ep27 . sup . 4 + alum ++++ nd nd rv - ep28 + cfa +++++ 0 nd rv - ep28 + alum ++++ 0 nd rv - ep28 . sup . 4 + cfa +++++ 1 / 320 nd rv - ep28 . sup . 4 + alum ++++ nd nd______________________________________ . sup . 1 +++, ++++, and +++++ are average reactive titers of antipeptide antisera determined by peptidespecific elisas at 1 / 5 , 000 , 1 / 20 , 000 , and & gt ; 1 / 100 , 000 , respectively . . sup . 2 the viral neutralization titer are determined by plaque assay without complement . . sup . 3 the haemaggultinin inhibition assay was not done at the present time . . sup . 4 both peptides rvep27 and ep28 were the oxidized form containing cys . sup . 225 and cys . sup . 235 intradisulfide bridge . table 12__________________________________________________________________________amino acid sequence of lipopeptideslipopeptides sequences seq id no : __________________________________________________________________________tprv - ep1 tripalmitoyl - csseeaftylctapgcatqtpvpvr 57 tprv - ep6 tripalmitoyl - cssgsyykqyhptacevepafgh 58 tprv - ep8 tripalmitoyl - csssvfalasyvqhphktvrvkf 59 tprv - ep12 tripalmitoyl - cssimnytgnqqsrwglgspnch 60 tprv - ep17 tripalmitoyl - csslhiragpyghatvempewih 61 tprv - ep19 tripalmitoyl - csslkfktvrpvalpralapprn 62 tprv - ep21 tripalmitoyl - cssveglapgggnchltvngedv 63 tprv - ep25 tripalmitoyl - csspdpgdlveyimnytgnqqsrrwglgspnchgpdwasp 64 tprv - ep27 tripalmitoyl - csspdp gdlveyimnytgnqqsrwglgspnchgpdw aspcqrhsp 65 tpe2 - 2 tripalmitoyl - csspqpprahgqhyghhhhqlpflgc 66 tpe2 - 4 tripalmitoyl - cssasdvlpghwlqggwgcynlsd 67 tpe2 - 5 tripalmitoyl - csscynlsdwhqgthvchtkhmdfwc 68 tpe2 - 7 tripalmitoyl - cssslttaaanyiaaatpatappc 69 tpe2 - 10 tripalmitoyl - csslravhhrpvpaypvccamrwgl 70 tprv - c6 tripalmitoyl - csspelgpptnpfqaavarglrpplhdpdteapteac 71 tprv - c7 tripalmitoyl - csscvtswlwsegegavfyrvdlhfinlgtp 72 tprv - c8 tripalmitoyl - cssgtppldedgrwdpalmynpcgpeppahv 73 tprv - c9 tripalmitoyl - csscvraynqpagdvrgvwgkgertyaeqdfrv 74 tprv - c11 tripalmitoyl - cssplpphtterietrsarhpwrirfgapc 75__________________________________________________________________________ the potential ctl epitopes are highlighted by italic letters . __________________________________________________________________________ # sequence listing - - - - ( 1 ) general information : - - ( iii ) number of sequences : 78 - - - - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 1 : - - ( i ) sequence characteristics : ( a ) length : 22 amino - # acids ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear - - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 1 : - - glu glu ala phe thr tyr leu cys - # thr ala pro gly cys alathr gln 1 - # 5 - # 10 - # 15 - - thr pro val pro val arg 20 - - - - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 2 : - - ( i ) sequence characteristics : ( a ) length : 20 amino - # acids ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear - - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 2 : - - val pro val arg leu ala gly val - # gly phe glu ser lys ileval asp 1 - # 5 - # 10 - # 15 - - gly gly cys phe 20 - - - - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 3 : - - ( i ) sequence characteristics : ( a ) length : 20 amino - # acids ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear - - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 3 : - - phe ala pro trp asp leu glu ala - # thr gly ala cys ile cysglu ile 1 - # 5 - # 10 - # 15 - - pro thr asp val 20 - - - - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 4 : - - ( i ) sequence characteristics : ( a ) length : 21 amino - # acids ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear - - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 4 : - - pro thr asp val ser cys glu gly - # leu gly ala trp val prothr ala 1 - # 5 - # 10 - # 15 - - pro cys ala arg ile 20 - - - - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 5 : - - ( i ) sequence characteristics : ( a ) length : 21 amino - # acids ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear - - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 5 : - - cys ala arg ile trp asn gly thr - # gln arg ala cys thr phetrp ala 1 - # 5 - # 10 - # 15 - - val asn ala tyr ser 20 - - - - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 6 : - - ( i ) sequence characteristics : ( a ) length : 20 amino - # acids ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear - - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 6 : - - gly ser tyr tyr lys gln tyr his - # pro thr ala cys glu valglu pro 1 - # 5 - # 10 - # 15 - - ala phe gly his 20 - - - - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 7 : - - ( i ) sequence characteristics : ( a ) length : 20 amino - # acids ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear - - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 7 : - - ala phe gly his ser asp ala ala - # cys trp gly phe pro thrasp thr 1 - # 5 - # 10 - # 15 - - val met ser val 20 - - - - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 8 : - - ( i ) sequence characteristics : ( a ) length : 20 amino - # acids ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear - - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 8 : - - ser val phe ala leu ala ser tyr - # val gln his pro his lysthr val 1 - # 5 - # 10 - # 15 - - arg val lys phe 20 - - - - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 9 : - - ( i ) sequence characteristics : ( a ) length : 20 amino - # acids ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear - - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 9 : - - val lys phe his thr glu thr arg - # thr val trp gln leu serval ala 1 - # 5 - # 10 - # 15 - - gly val ser cys 20 - - - - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 10 : - - ( i ) sequence characteristics : ( a ) length : 20 amino - # acids ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear - - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 10 : - - val ser cys asn val thr thr glu - # his pro phe cys asn thrpro his 1 - # 5 - # 10 - # 15 - - gly gln leu glu 20 - - - - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 11 : - - ( i ) sequence characteristics : ( a ) length : 20 amino - # acids ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear - - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 11 : - - gly gln leu glu val gln val pro - # pro asp pro gly asp leuval glu 1 - # 5 - # 10 - # 15 - - tyr ile met asn 20 - - - - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 12 : - - ( i ) sequence characteristics : ( a ) length : 20 amino - # acids ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear - - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 12 : - - ile met asn tyr thr gly asn gln - # gln ser arg trp gly leugly ser 1 - # 5 - # 10 - # 15 - - pro asn cys his 20 - - - - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 13 : - - ( i ) sequence characteristics : ( a ) length : 20 amino - # acids ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear - - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 13 : - - asn cys his gly pro asp trp ala - # ser pro val cys gln arghis ser 1 - # 5 - # 10 - # 15 - - pro asp cys ser 20 - - - - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 14 : - - ( i ) sequence characteristics : ( a ) length : 20 amino - # acids ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear - - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 14 : - - pro asp cys ser arg leu val gly - # ala thr pro glu arg proarg leu 1 - # 5 - # 10 - # 15 - - arg leu val asp 20 - - - - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 15 : - - ( i ) sequence characteristics : ( a ) length : 20 amino - # acids ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear - - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 15 : - - arg leu val asp ala asp asp pro - # leu leu arg thr ala progly pro 1 - # 5 - # 10 - # 15 - - gly glu val trp 20 - - - - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 16 : - - ( i ) sequence characteristics : ( a ) length : 20 amino - # acids ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear - - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 16 : - - gly glu val trp val thr pro val - # ile gly ser gln ala arglys cys 1 - # 5 - # 10 - # 15 - - gly leu his ile 20 - - - - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 17 : - - ( i ) sequence characteristics : ( a ) length : 20 amino - # acids ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear - - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 17 : - - leu his ile arg ala gly pro tyr - # gly his ala thr val glumet pro 1 - # 5 - # 10 - # 15 - - glu trp ile his 20 - - - - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 18 : - - ( i ) sequence characteristics : ( a ) length : 20 amino - # acids ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear - - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 18 : - - ile his ala his thr thr ser asp - # pro trp his pro pro glypro leu 1 - # 5 - # 10 - # 15 - - gly leu lys phe 20 - - - - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 19 : - - ( i ) sequence characteristics : ( a ) length : 20 amino - # acids ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear - - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 19 : - - leu lys phe lys thr val arg pro - # val ala leu pro arg alaleu ala 1 - # 5 - # 10 - # 15 - - pro pro arg asn 20 - - - - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 20 : - - ( i ) sequence characteristics : ( a ) length : 20 amino - # acids ( b ) type : amino acid ( c ) strandedness : single ( d ) topology : linear - 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