High throughput pMHC-I tetramer library production using chaperone-mediated peptide exchange

Nat Commun. 2020 Apr 20;11(1):1909. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-15710-1.

Abstract

Peptide exchange technologies are essential for the generation of pMHC-multimer libraries used to probe diverse, polyclonal TCR repertoires in various settings. Here, using the molecular chaperone TAPBPR, we develop a robust method for the capture of stable, empty MHC-I molecules comprising murine H2 and human HLA alleles, which can be readily tetramerized and loaded with peptides of choice in a high-throughput manner. Alternatively, catalytic amounts of TAPBPR can be used to exchange placeholder peptides with high affinity peptides of interest. Using the same system, we describe high throughput assays to validate binding of multiple candidate peptides on empty MHC-I/TAPBPR complexes. Combined with tetramer-barcoding via a multi-modal cellular indexing technology, ECCITE-seq, our approach allows a combined analysis of TCR repertoires and other T cell transcription profiles together with their cognate antigen specificities in a single experiment. The new approach allows TCR/pMHC interactions to be interrogated easily at large scale.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Alleles
  • Animals
  • Carrier Proteins / chemistry*
  • Carrier Proteins / genetics
  • Carrier Proteins / metabolism
  • Gene Library
  • Histocompatibility Antigens Class I / chemistry*
  • Histocompatibility Antigens Class I / genetics
  • Histocompatibility Antigens Class I / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Immunity, Cellular
  • Immunochemistry
  • Membrane Transport Proteins / chemistry*
  • Membrane Transport Proteins / genetics
  • Membrane Transport Proteins / metabolism
  • Mice
  • Models, Molecular
  • Molecular Chaperones / chemistry*
  • Molecular Chaperones / metabolism
  • Peptides / chemistry*
  • Protein Interaction Domains and Motifs*
  • T-Lymphocytes

Substances

  • Carrier Proteins
  • Histocompatibility Antigens Class I
  • Membrane Transport Proteins
  • Molecular Chaperones
  • Peptides
  • tapasin