PMID- 31970435 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20200511 LR - 20220103 IS - 1432-1211 (Electronic) IS - 0093-7711 (Linking) VI - 72 IP - 3 DP - 2020 Apr TI - Development of a novel monoclonal antibody that binds to most HLA-A allomorphs in a conformation-dependent yet peptide-promiscuous fashion. PG - 143-153 LID - 10.1007/s00251-020-01154-w [doi] AB - Specificity analyses of peptide binding to human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-A molecules have been hampered due to a lack of proper monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) for certain allomorphs, such as the prevalent HLA-A1 for Caucasians and HLA-A11 for Asians. We developed a mAb that recognizes a conformational epitope common to most HLA-A allomorphs. The mAb, named A-1, does not discriminate peptides by amino acid sequences, making it suitable for measuring peptide binding. A stabilization assay using TAP-deficient cell lines and A-1 was developed to investigate the specificity of peptide binding to HLA-A molecules. Regarding the evolution of HLA-A genes, the A-1 epitope has been conserved among most HLA-A allomorphs but was lost when the HLA-A gene diversified into the HLA-A*32, HLA-A*31, and HLA-A*33 lineages together with HLA-A*29 after bifurcating from the HLA-A*25 and HLA-A*26 branchs. The establishment of A-1 is expected to help researchers investigate the peptide repertoire and develop computational tools to identify cognate peptides. Since no HLA-A locus-specific mAb has been available, A-1 will also be useful for analyzing the locus-specific regulation of the HLA gene expression. FAU - Komatsu, Toshihiro AU - Komatsu T AD - Department of Immunology, Kochi University, Kochi, Japan. FAU - Shimizu, Takeyuki AU - Shimizu T AD - Department of Immunology, Kochi University, Kochi, Japan. FAU - Kanoh, Makoto AU - Kanoh M AD - Department of Immunology, Kochi University, Kochi, Japan. FAU - Miyakawa, Tomoya AU - Miyakawa T AD - Corporate Business Development Division, NEC, Tokyo, Japan. FAU - Satta, Yoko AU - Satta Y AD - Department of Evolutionary Studies of Biosystems, SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Hayama, Japan. FAU - Yasukochi, Yoshiki AU - Yasukochi Y AD - Department of Evolutionary Studies of Biosystems, SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Hayama, Japan. AD - Department of Human Functional Genomics, Advanced Science Research Promotion Center, Mie University, Tsu, Japan. FAU - Fujimoto, Rika AU - Fujimoto R AD - Department of Immunology, Kochi University, Kochi, Japan. AD - Research Institute at Kanagawa Cancer Centre, Yokohama, Japan. FAU - Tada, Motoki AU - Tada M AD - Department of Immunology, Kochi University, Kochi, Japan. AD - Japan Manned Space Systems Corporation, Tokyo, Japan. FAU - Machida, Kaori AU - Machida K AD - Department of Immunology, Kochi University, Kochi, Japan. FAU - Kataoka, Sayo AU - Kataoka S AD - Science Research Center, School of Medicine, Kochi University, Kochi, Japan. FAU - Udaka, Keiko AU - Udaka K AD - Department of Immunology, Kochi University, Kochi, Japan. udaka@kochi-u.ac.jp. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20200122 PL - United States TA - Immunogenetics JT - Immunogenetics JID - 0420404 RN - 0 (Antibodies, Monoclonal) RN - 0 (Epitopes) RN - 0 (HLA-A Antigens) RN - 0 (HLA-A1 Antigen) RN - 0 (Peptides) SB - IM MH - Amino Acid Sequence MH - Antibodies, Monoclonal/immunology/*metabolism MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Epitopes/immunology MH - HLA-A Antigens/chemistry/*immunology MH - HLA-A1 Antigen/chemistry/*immunology MH - Humans MH - Models, Molecular MH - Peptides/immunology MH - Protein Binding/immunology MH - Protein Conformation OTO - NOTNLM OT - Conformational epitope OT - HLA-A OT - Locus-specific OT - Monoclonal antibody OT - Peptide-promiscuous EDAT- 2020/01/24 06:00 MHDA- 2020/05/12 06:00 CRDT- 2020/01/24 06:00 PHST- 2019/11/21 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/01/13 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/01/24 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/05/12 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/01/24 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1007/s00251-020-01154-w [pii] AID - 10.1007/s00251-020-01154-w [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Immunogenetics. 2020 Apr;72(3):143-153. doi: 10.1007/s00251-020-01154-w. Epub 2020 Jan 22.