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Listeriolysin generates a route for the presentation of exogenous antigens by major histocompatibility complex class I

We have exploited the pore forming activity of listeriolysin, the hemolysin of Listeria monocytogenes, to activate CD8+ T cells with soluble proteins in vivo and in vitro. Immunization with soluble, hemolytically active listeriolysin induces both cytotoxic CD8+ T cells and CD4+ T cells, and the CD8+ T cells can be propagated with soluble listeriolysin in vitro. Moreover, conventional antigens like ovalbumin mixed together with listeriolysin are also efficiently introduced into the MHC class I pathway in vitro and in vivo. Hence, listeriolysin effectively directs itself and passenger molecules into the intracellular compartment that leads to the cytotoxic T cell response. In this way, we circumvent the bias of CD8+ T cells to recognize intracellular antigens presented by major histocompatibility complex class I molecules. As cytotoxic CD8+ T cells are of pivotal importance in eliminating viral and microbial pathogens, the findings reported here could prove to be useful in vaccine development.