PMID- 27846572 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20170407 LR - 20220129 IS - 1095-9203 (Electronic) IS - 0036-8075 (Linking) VI - 354 IP - 6310 DP - 2016 Oct 21 TI - A large fraction of HLA class I ligands are proteasome-generated spliced peptides. PG - 354-358 AB - The proteasome generates the epitopes presented on human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I molecules that elicit CD8(+) T cell responses. Reports of proteasome-generated spliced epitopes exist, but they have been regarded as rare events. Here, however, we show that the proteasome-generated spliced peptide pool accounts for one-third of the entire HLA class I immunopeptidome in terms of diversity and one-fourth in terms of abundance. This pool also represents a unique set of antigens, possessing particular and distinguishing features. We validated this observation using a range of complementary experimental and bioinformatics approaches, as well as multiple cell types. The widespread appearance and abundance of proteasome-catalyzed peptide splicing events has implications for immunobiology and autoimmunity theories and may provide a previously untapped source of epitopes for use in vaccines and cancer immunotherapy. CI - Copyright (c) 2016, American Association for the Advancement of Science. FAU - Liepe, Juliane AU - Liepe J AD - Centre for Integrative Systems Biology and Bioinformatics, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK. michele.mishto@charite.de j.liepe@imperial.ac.uk. FAU - Marino, Fabio AU - Marino F AD - Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics, Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research and Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University, 3584 CH Utrecht, Netherlands. AD - Netherlands Proteomics Centre, CH Utrecht, Netherlands. FAU - Sidney, John AU - Sidney J AD - Division of Vaccine Discovery, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA. FAU - Jeko, Anita AU - Jeko A AD - Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics, Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research and Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University, 3584 CH Utrecht, Netherlands. AD - Netherlands Proteomics Centre, CH Utrecht, Netherlands. FAU - Bunting, Daniel E AU - Bunting DE AD - Centre for Integrative Systems Biology and Bioinformatics, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK. FAU - Sette, Alessandro AU - Sette A AD - Division of Vaccine Discovery, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA. FAU - Kloetzel, Peter M AU - Kloetzel PM AD - Institut fur Biochemie, Charite-Universitatsmedizin Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany. AD - Berlin Institute of Health, 10117 Berlin, Germany. FAU - Stumpf, Michael P H AU - Stumpf MP AD - Centre for Integrative Systems Biology and Bioinformatics, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK. FAU - Heck, Albert J R AU - Heck AJ AD - Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics, Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research and Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University, 3584 CH Utrecht, Netherlands. AD - Netherlands Proteomics Centre, CH Utrecht, Netherlands. FAU - Mishto, Michele AU - Mishto M AD - Institut fur Biochemie, Charite-Universitatsmedizin Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany. michele.mishto@charite.de j.liepe@imperial.ac.uk. AD - Berlin Institute of Health, 10117 Berlin, Germany. LA - eng SI - Dryad/10.5061/dryad.r984n GR - BB/G007934/1/BB_/Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council/United Kingdom GR - NC/K001949/1/NC3RS_/National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research/United Kingdom PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20161020 PL - United States TA - Science JT - Science (New York, N.Y.) JID - 0404511 RN - 0 (Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte) RN - 0 (Histocompatibility Antigens Class I) RN - 0 (Ligands) RN - 0 (Peptides) RN - EC 3.4.25.1 (Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex) SB - IM MH - *Antigen Presentation MH - CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/*immunology MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Computational Biology MH - Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte/*metabolism MH - Histocompatibility Antigens Class I/*metabolism MH - Humans MH - Ligands MH - Peptides/immunology/metabolism MH - Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex/*metabolism MH - Protein Splicing EDAT- 2016/11/16 06:00 MHDA- 2017/04/08 06:00 CRDT- 2016/11/16 06:00 PHST- 2016/02/12 00:00 [received] PHST- 2016/09/19 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2016/11/16 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2016/11/16 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/04/08 06:00 [medline] AID - 354/6310/354 [pii] AID - 10.1126/science.aaf4384 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Science. 2016 Oct 21;354(6310):354-358. doi: 10.1126/science.aaf4384. Epub 2016 Oct 20.