Immunological Responses to the Combination of EBNA1 and LMP2 in Mice

Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection is closely associated with nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC)and considered one of the major risk factors[1]. A limited number of viral proteins, such as latent membrane proteins (LMP1, LMP2) and EB nuclear antigen1 (EBNA1), are expressed in NPC cells[2].Recognition epitopes for CD8+and CD4+T cells were included in the LMP2 antigen and EBNA1 C-terminal region (amino acid No. 380-641), respectively[3,4].Both CD4+and CD8+memory T-cell responses were efficiently reactivated by EBNA1 and LMP2[5;6].