Production of Class II MHC Proteins in Lentiviral Vector-Transduced HEK-293T Cells for Tetramer Staining Reagents

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Class II major histocompatibility complex peptide (MHC-IIp) multimers are precisely engineered reagents used to detect T cells specific for antigens from pathogens, tumors, and self-proteins. While the related Class I MHC/peptide (MHC-Ip) multimers are usually produced from subunits expressed in E. coli, most Class II MHC alleles cannot be produced in bacteria, and this has contributed to the perception that MHC-IIp reagents are harder to produce. Herein, we present a robust constitutive expression system for soluble biotinylated MHC-IIp proteins that uses stable lentiviral vector-transduced derivatives of HEK-293T cells. The expression design includes allele-specific peptide ligands tethered to the amino-terminus of the MHC-II β chain via a protease-cleavable linker. Following cleavage of the linker, HLA-DM is used to catalyze efficient peptide exchange, enabling high-throughput production of many distinct MHC-IIp complexes from a single production cell line. Peptide exchange is monitored using either of two label-free methods, native isoelectric focusing gel electrophoresis or matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometry of eluted peptides. Together, these methods produce MHC-IIp complexes that are highly homogeneous and that form the basis for excellent MHC-IIp multimer reagents. © 2021 Wiley Periodicals LLC. Basic Protocol 1: Lentivirus production and expression line creation Support Protocol 1: Six-well assay for estimation of production cell line yield Support Protocol 2: Universal ELISA for quantifying proteins with fused leucine zippers and His-tags Basic Protocol 2: Cultures for production of Class II MHC proteins Basic Protocol 3: Purification of Class II MHC proteins by anti-leucine zipper affinity chromatography Alternate Protocol 1: IMAC purification of His-tagged Class II MHC Support Protocol 3: Protein concentration measurements and adjustments Support Protocol 4: Polishing purification by anion-exchange chromatography Support Protocol 5: Estimating biotinylation percentage by streptavidin precipitation Basic Protocol 4: Peptide exchange Basic Protocol 5: Analysis of peptide exchange by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) mass spectrometry Alternate Protocol 2: Native isoelectric focusing to validate MHC-II peptide loading Basic Protocol 6: Multimerization Basic Protocol 7: Staining cells with Class II MHC tetramers.

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ErratumIn: Curr Protoc. 2022 Aug;2(8):e552. - PMID 36005902

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:1

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Current protocols - 1(2021), 2 vom: 09. Feb., Seite e36

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Willis, Richard A [VerfasserIn]
Ramachandiran, Vasanthi [VerfasserIn]
Shires, John C [VerfasserIn]
Bai, Ge [VerfasserIn]
Jeter, Kelly [VerfasserIn]
Bell, Donielle L [VerfasserIn]
Han, Lixia [VerfasserIn]
Kazarian, Tamara [VerfasserIn]
Ugwu, Kyla C [VerfasserIn]
Laur, Oskar [VerfasserIn]
Contreras-Alcantara, Susana [VerfasserIn]
Long, Dale L [VerfasserIn]
Altman, John D [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antigen-specific T cells
Class II MHC multimers
Class II MHC tetramers
Flow cytometry
Histocompatibility Antigens Class II
Indicators and Reagents
Journal Article
Lentiviral transduction
Protein engineering
Protein expression
Protein purification

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Date Completed 17.06.2021

Date Revised 11.02.2024

published: Print

ErratumIn: Curr Protoc. 2022 Aug;2(8):e552. - PMID 36005902

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/cpz1.36

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NLM321003454