PMID- 37759665 OWN - NLM STAT- Publisher LR - 20231003 IS - 2079-7737 (Print) IS - 2079-7737 (Electronic) IS - 2079-7737 (Linking) VI - 12 IP - 9 DP - 2023 Sep 21 TI - Expanding the MAPPs Assay to Accommodate MHC-II Pan Receptors for Improved Predictability of Potential T Cell Epitopes. LID - 10.3390/biology12091265 [doi] LID - 1265 AB - A critical step in the immunogenicity cascade is attributed to human leukocyte antigen (HLA) II presentation triggering T cell immune responses. The liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS)-based major histocompatibility complex (MHC) II-associated peptide proteomics (MAPPs) assay is implemented during preclinical risk assessments to identify biotherapeutic-derived T cell epitopes. Although studies indicate that HLA-DP and HLA-DQ alleles are linked to immunogenicity, most MAPPs studies are restricted to using HLA-DR as the dominant HLA II genotype due to the lack of well-characterized immunoprecipitating antibodies. Here, we address this issue by testing various commercially available clones of MHC-II pan (CR3/43, WR18, and Tu39), HLA-DP (B7/21), and HLA-DQ (SPV-L3 and 1a3) antibodies in the MAPPs assay, and characterizing identified peptides according to binding specificity. Our results reveal that HLA II receptor-precipitating reagents with similar reported specificities differ based on clonality and that MHC-II pan antibodies do not entirely exhibit pan-specific tendencies. Since no individual antibody clone is able to recover the complete HLA II peptide repertoire, we recommend a mixed strategy of clones L243, WR18, and SPV-L3 in a single immunoprecipitation step for more robust compound-specific peptide detection. Ultimately, our optimized MAPPs strategy improves the predictability and additional identification of T cell epitopes in immunogenicity risk assessments. FAU - Hartman, Katharina AU - Hartman K AUID- ORCID: 0009-0006-0509-516X AD - Roche Pharma Research and Early Development, Roche Innovation Center Basel, Grenzacherstrasse 124, 4070 Basel, Switzerland. FAU - Steiner, Guido AU - Steiner G AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0062-4089 AD - Roche Pharma Research and Early Development, Roche Innovation Center Basel, Grenzacherstrasse 124, 4070 Basel, Switzerland. FAU - Siegel, Michel AU - Siegel M AUID- ORCID: 0009-0003-2858-4247 AD - Roche Pharma Research and Early Development, Roche Innovation Center Basel, Grenzacherstrasse 124, 4070 Basel, Switzerland. FAU - Looney, Cary M AU - Looney CM AD - Roche Pharma Research and Early Development, Roche Innovation Center Basel, Grenzacherstrasse 124, 4070 Basel, Switzerland. FAU - Hickling, Timothy P AU - Hickling TP AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-8918-2140 AD - Roche Pharma Research and Early Development, Roche Innovation Center Basel, Grenzacherstrasse 124, 4070 Basel, Switzerland. FAU - Bray-French, Katharine AU - Bray-French K AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-4184-1546 AD - Roche Pharma Research and Early Development, Roche Innovation Center Basel, Grenzacherstrasse 124, 4070 Basel, Switzerland. FAU - Springer, Sebastian AU - Springer S AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-5527-6149 AD - School of Science, Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Constructor University, Campus Ring 1, 28759 Bremen, Germany. FAU - Marban-Doran, Celine AU - Marban-Doran C AD - Roche Pharma Research and Early Development, Roche Innovation Center Basel, Grenzacherstrasse 124, 4070 Basel, Switzerland. FAU - Ducret, Axel AU - Ducret A AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1251-8520 AD - Roche Pharma Research and Early Development, Roche Innovation Center Basel, Grenzacherstrasse 124, 4070 Basel, Switzerland. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20230921 PL - Switzerland TA - Biology (Basel) JT - Biology JID - 101587988 PMC - PMC10525474 OTO - NOTNLM OT - HLA II receptors OT - MAPPs assay OT - NetMHCIIpan OT - T cell epitope OT - anti-drug antibody OT - immunogenicity OT - immunopeptidomics OT - in silico analysis OT - mass spectrometry OT - therapeutic antibodies COIS- K. Hartman, G. Steiner, M. Siegel, C.M. Looney, T.P. Hickling, K. Bray-French, C. Marban-Doran and A. Ducret are employees of the Roche Group. EDAT- 2023/09/28 06:42 MHDA- 2023/09/28 06:42 PMCR- 2023/09/21 CRDT- 2023/09/28 01:02 PHST- 2023/08/27 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/09/08 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2023/09/11 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/09/28 06:42 [medline] PHST- 2023/09/28 06:42 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/09/28 01:02 [entrez] PHST- 2023/09/21 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - biology12091265 [pii] AID - biology-12-01265 [pii] AID - 10.3390/biology12091265 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Biology (Basel). 2023 Sep 21;12(9):1265. doi: 10.3390/biology12091265.