MHC/peptide tetramer 技术广泛地被用来学习抗原特定的 T 房间,特别为识别在人的病毒特定的 CD8+ T 房间。tetramer 分子由 HLA 重链, 2-microglobulin (2m ) , antigenic 肽,和荧光灯标签的 streptavidin 组成。为了推进,调查 HLA --*1101 对人的 cytomegalovirus (HCMV ) 限制了 CD8+ T 房间回答,我们建立了一条途径准备 HLA -- 有从 HCMV 的肽的 *1101 tetramer complexed。编码 HLA 的 cDNA --*1101 重链被克隆并且为 HLA 的 ectodomain 的原核生物的表示向量 -- 与 BirA 底层肽熔化的 *1101 (HLA -- 在它的 carboxyl 终点的 *1101 -BSP) 被构造。熔化蛋白质高度在 Escherichia coli 在优化条件下面被表示为包括身体。而且, HLA --*1101 -BSP 蛋白质面对 2m 和 HCMV 肽 pp6516-24 是 refolded (GPISGHVLK, GPI ) 。可溶的 HLA --*1101 -GPI 单体是 biotinylated 并且净化了到 95% 的纯净,它随后与 streptavidin 被相结合在 80% 的收益形成 tetramers。HLA --*1101 -GPI tetramers 能绑在病毒特定的 CD8+ T 房间,建议可溶的 HLA --*1101 -GPI tetramers 是生物学上功能的。这研究为 HLA 的进一步的评估提供基础 --*1101 对 HCMV 感染限制了 CD8+ T 房间回答。
MHC/peptide tetramer technology has been widely used to study antigen-specific T cells, especially for identifying virus-specific CD8^+ T cells in humans. The tetramer molecule is composed of HLA heavy chain, β2-microglobulin (β2m), an antigenic peptide, and fluorescent-labeled streptavidin. To further investigate the HLA-A*1101-restricted CD8^+ T cell responses against human cytomegalovirus (HCMV), we established an approach to prepare HLA-A*1101 tetramer complexed with a peptide from HCMV. The cDNA encoding HLA-A*1101 heavy chain was cloned and the prokaryotic expression vector for the ectodomain of HLA-A*1101 fused with a BirA substrate peptide (HLA-A*1101-BSP) at its carboxyl terminus was constructed. The fusion protein was highly expressed as inclusion bodies under optimized conditions in Escherichla coli. Moreover, HLA-A*1101-BSP protein was refolded in the presence of β2m and an HCMV peptide pp6516.24 (GPISGHVLK, GPI). Soluble HLA-A*1101-GPI monomer was biotinylated and purified to a purity of 95%, which was subsequently combined with streptavidin to form tetramers at a yield of 〉 80%. The HLA-A*1101-GPI tetramers could bind to virus-specific CD8^+ T cells, suggesting soluble HLA-A*1101-GPI tetramers were biologically functional. This study provides the basis for further evaluation of HLA-A*1101-restricted CD8^+ T cell responses against HCMV infection.