ISSN:
1432-1211
Quelle:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Thema:
Biologie
,
Medizin
Notizen:
Abstract A peptide-based vaccine must be bound and presented by major histocompatibility complex class I molecules to elicit a CD8+ T-cell response. Because class I HLA molecules are highly polymorphic, it has yet to be established how well a vaccine peptide that stimulates one individual’s CD8+ cytotoxic T lymphocytes will be presented by a second individual’s different class I molecules. Therefore, to facilitate precise comparisons of class I peptide binding overlaps, we uniquely combined hollow-fiber bioreactors and mass spectrometry to assign precise peptide binding signatures to individual class I HLA molecules. In applying this strategy to HLA-B*1501, we isolated milligram quantities of B*1501-bound peptides and mapped them using mass spectrometry. Repeated analyses consistently assign the same peptide binding signature to B*1501; the degree of peptide binding overlap between any two class I molecules can thus be determined through comparison of their peptide signatures.
Materialart:
Digitale Medien
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s002510050219
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