PMID- 29513933 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190510 LR - 20190510 IS - 1615-9861 (Electronic) IS - 1615-9853 (Linking) VI - 18 IP - 12 DP - 2018 Jun TI - Gaining Insight Into Posttranslationally Modified HIV Antigens and Their Underlying Characteristics. PG - e1800041 LID - 10.1002/pmic.201800041 [doi] AB - Mass spectrometry (MS)-based immunopeptidomics has developed as one of the leading methodologies for comprehensive characterization of in vivo presented human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-bound peptides. Unveiling the identity of HLA-bound peptides derived from diseased cells is crucial to gain knowledge on the constitution of efficient disease-specific T cell responses. The HLA-presented peptidome reflects the status of the cellular proteome, hence disease-related aberrations of posttranslational modifications (PTMs) might lead to presentation of peptides harboring PTMs. Therefore, characterization of HLA-bound PTM peptides could shed light on their relevance in immune and disease processes. In this issue, Ramarathinam et al. investigate the presentation of HIV envelope (HIVenv) peptides bound to the HLA-B*57:01 allele. Among these peptides, the authors specifically focused on a kynurenine-modified peptide. To this end, they characterize the possible origin of the kynurenine modification, its effect on HLA binding affinity, stability, conformation within the complex, and its immunogenicity compared to the native counterpart. CI - (c) 2018 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. FAU - Marino, Fabio AU - Marino F AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-4211-5685 AD - Departement de Medecine-Oncology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Switzerland. LA - eng PT - Comment PT - Journal Article DEP - 20180414 PL - Germany TA - Proteomics JT - Proteomics JID - 101092707 RN - 0 (Epitopes) RN - 0 (HIV Antigens) RN - 0 (HLA-B Antigens) RN - 0 (HLA-B57 antigen) SB - IM CON - Proteomics. 2018 Jun;18(12):e1700253. PMID: 29437277 MH - *Antigen Presentation MH - Epitopes MH - HIV MH - *HIV Antigens MH - HLA-B Antigens MH - Humans OTO - NOTNLM OT - HIV OT - HLA-B*57:01 OT - Immunopeptidomics OT - Kynurenine EDAT- 2018/03/08 06:00 MHDA- 2019/05/11 06:00 CRDT- 2018/03/08 06:00 PHST- 2018/02/16 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/02/16 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2018/03/08 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/05/11 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/03/08 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1002/pmic.201800041 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Proteomics. 2018 Jun;18(12):e1800041. doi: 10.1002/pmic.201800041. Epub 2018 Apr 14.