PMID- 36992131 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20231106 IS - 2076-393X (Print) IS - 2076-393X (Electronic) IS - 2076-393X (Linking) VI - 11 IP - 3 DP - 2023 Feb 25 TI - HLA-I and HLA-II Peptidomes of SARS-CoV-2: A Review. LID - 10.3390/vaccines11030548 [doi] LID - 548 AB - The adaptive (T-cell-mediated) immune response is a key player in determining the clinical outcome, in addition to neutralizing antibodies, after SARS-CoV-2 infection, as well as supporting the efficacy of vaccines. T cells recognize viral-derived peptides bound to major histocompatibility complexes (MHCs) so that they initiate cell-mediated immunity against SARS-CoV-2 infection or can support developing a high-affinity antibody response. SARS-CoV-2-derived peptides bound to MHCs are characterized via bioinformatics or mass spectrometry on the whole proteome scale, named immunopeptidomics. They can identify potential vaccine targets or therapeutic approaches for SARS-CoV-2 or else may reveal the heterogeneity of clinical outcomes. SARS-CoV-2 epitopes that are naturally processed and presented on the human leukocyte antigen class I (HLA-I) and class II (HLA-II) were identified for immunopeptidomics. Most of the identified SARS-CoV-2 epitopes were canonical and out-of-frame peptides derived from spike and nucleocapsid proteins, followed by membrane proteins, whereby many of which are not caught by existing vaccines and could elicit effective responses of T cells in vivo. This review addresses the detection of SARS-CoV-2 viral epitopes on HLA-I and HLA-II using bioinformatics prediction and mass spectrometry (HLA peptidomics). Profiling the HLA-I and HLA-II peptidomes of SARS-CoV-2 is also detailed. FAU - Abd El-Baky, Nawal AU - Abd El-Baky N AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-1738-2274 AD - Protein Research Department, Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Research Institute (GEBRI), City of Scientific Research and Technological Applications (SRTA-City), New Borg El-Arab City, Alexandria P.O. Box 21934, Egypt. FAU - Amara, Amro A AU - Amara AA AD - Protein Research Department, Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Research Institute (GEBRI), City of Scientific Research and Technological Applications (SRTA-City), New Borg El-Arab City, Alexandria P.O. Box 21934, Egypt. FAU - Redwan, Elrashdy M AU - Redwan EM AD - Biological Sciences Department, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah P.O. Box 80203, Saudi Arabia. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20230225 PL - Switzerland TA - Vaccines (Basel) JT - Vaccines JID - 101629355 PMC - PMC10058130 OTO - NOTNLM OT - HLA-I OT - HLA-II OT - MHCs OT - SARS-CoV-2 OT - T-cell-mediated immunity OT - immunopeptidomics COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2023/03/31 06:00 MHDA- 2023/03/31 06:01 PMCR- 2023/02/25 CRDT- 2023/03/30 01:04 PHST- 2023/01/29 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/02/18 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2023/02/23 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/03/31 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2023/03/30 01:04 [entrez] PHST- 2023/03/31 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/02/25 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - vaccines11030548 [pii] AID - vaccines-11-00548 [pii] AID - 10.3390/vaccines11030548 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Vaccines (Basel). 2023 Feb 25;11(3):548. doi: 10.3390/vaccines11030548.