PMID- 29603667 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190710 LR - 20240426 IS - 1615-9861 (Electronic) IS - 1615-9853 (Print) IS - 1615-9853 (Linking) VI - 18 IP - 11 DP - 2018 Jun TI - A Targeted LC-MS Strategy for Low-Abundant HLA Class-I-Presented Peptide Detection Identifies Novel Human Papillomavirus T-Cell Epitopes. PG - e1700390 LID - 10.1002/pmic.201700390 [doi] LID - 1700390 AB - For rational design of therapeutic vaccines, detailed knowledge about target epitopes that are endogenously processed and truly presented on infected or transformed cells is essential. Many potential target epitopes (viral or mutation-derived), are presented at low abundance. Therefore, direct detection of these peptides remains a challenge. This study presents a method for the isolation and LC-MS(3) -based targeted detection of low-abundant human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class-I-presented peptides from transformed cells. Human papillomavirus (HPV) was used as a model system, as the HPV oncoproteins E6 and E7 are attractive therapeutic vaccination targets and expressed in all transformed cells, but present at low abundance due to viral immune evasion mechanisms. The presented approach included preselection of target antigen-derived peptides by in silico predictions and in vitro binding assays. The peptide purification process was tailored to minimize contaminants after immunoprecipitation of HLA-peptide complexes, while keeping high isolation yields of low-abundant target peptides. The subsequent targeted LC-MS(3) detection allowed for increased sensitivity, which resulted in successful detection of the known HLA-A2-restricted epitope E7(11-19) and ten additional E7-derived peptides on the surface of HPV16-transformed cells. T-cell reactivity was shown for all the 11 detected peptides in ELISpot assays, which shows that detection by our approach has high predictive value for immunogenicity. The presented strategy is suitable for validating even low-abundant candidate epitopes to be true immunotherapy targets. CI - (c) 2018 The Authors. Proteomics Published by Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA. FAU - Blatnik, Renata AU - Blatnik R AD - Immunotherapy and Immunoprevention, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany. AD - Molecular Vaccine Design, German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany. FAU - Mohan, Nitya AU - Mohan N AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-8189-1399 AD - Immunotherapy and Immunoprevention, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany. FAU - Bonsack, Maria AU - Bonsack M AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-2087-7451 AD - Immunotherapy and Immunoprevention, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany. AD - Molecular Vaccine Design, German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany. FAU - Falkenby, Lasse G AU - Falkenby LG AD - Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense M, Denmark. FAU - Hoppe, Stephanie AU - Hoppe S AD - Immunotherapy and Immunoprevention, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany. AD - Molecular Vaccine Design, German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany. FAU - Josef, Kathrin AU - Josef K AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-9026-7048 AD - Immunotherapy and Immunoprevention, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany. AD - Molecular Vaccine Design, German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany. FAU - Steinbach, Alina AU - Steinbach A AD - Immunotherapy and Immunoprevention, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany. AD - Molecular Vaccine Design, German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany. FAU - Becker, Sara AU - Becker S AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-5182-2360 AD - Immunotherapy and Immunoprevention, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany. FAU - Nadler, Wiebke M AU - Nadler WM AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7673-1147 AD - Division of Stem Cells and Cancer, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and Heidelberg Institute for Stem Cell Technology and Experimental Medicine (HI-STEM), Heidelberg, Germany. FAU - Rucevic, Marijana AU - Rucevic M AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1003-2666 AD - Massachusetts General Hospital, Center for Cancer Research, Charlestown, MA, USA. FAU - Larsen, Martin R AU - Larsen MR AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-6203-0123 AD - Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense M, Denmark. FAU - Salek, Mogjiborahman AU - Salek M AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-6664-4752 AD - Immunotherapy and Immunoprevention, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany. AD - Molecular Vaccine Design, German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany. FAU - Riemer, Angelika B AU - Riemer AB AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-5865-0714 AD - Immunotherapy and Immunoprevention, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany. AD - Molecular Vaccine Design, German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20180502 PL - Germany TA - Proteomics JT - Proteomics JID - 101092707 RN - 0 (Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte) RN - 0 (Histocompatibility Antigens Class I) RN - 0 (Peptide Fragments) SB - IM MH - Chromatography, Liquid/*methods MH - Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte/immunology/*metabolism MH - Female MH - Histocompatibility Antigens Class I/immunology/*metabolism MH - Humans MH - Papillomaviridae/*immunology MH - Papillomavirus Infections/immunology/metabolism/virology MH - Peptide Fragments/*analysis MH - Tandem Mass Spectrometry/*methods MH - Tumor Cells, Cultured MH - Uterine Cervical Neoplasms/immunology/*metabolism/virology PMC - PMC6033010 OTO - NOTNLM OT - human papillomavirus (HPV) OT - immunopeptidomics OT - immunotherapy OT - neoepitopes OT - targeted mass spectrometry (MS) EDAT- 2018/04/01 06:00 MHDA- 2019/07/11 06:00 PMCR- 2018/07/05 CRDT- 2018/04/01 06:00 PHST- 2017/10/21 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/03/16 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2018/04/01 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/07/11 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/04/01 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2018/07/05 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - PMIC12864 [pii] AID - 10.1002/pmic.201700390 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Proteomics. 2018 Jun;18(11):e1700390. doi: 10.1002/pmic.201700390. Epub 2018 May 2.