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ArticleJournal of immunological methods2016

Differential scanning fluorimetry based assessments of the thermal and kinetic stability of peptide-MHC complexes.

Lance M Hellman, Liusong Yin, Yuan Wang, Sydney J Blevins, Timothy P Riley, Orrin S Belden, Timothy T Spear, Michael I Nishimura, Lawrence J Stern, Brian M Baker

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51 citing papers in PubMed.

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10 authors.

Lance M HellmanDepartment of Chemistry & Biochemistry and the Harper Cancer Research Institute, A224 Harper Hall, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA.
Liusong YinDepartment of Pathology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA.
Yuan WangDepartment of Chemistry & Biochemistry and the Harper Cancer Research Institute, A224 Harper Hall, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA.
Sydney J BlevinsDepartment of Chemistry & Biochemistry and the Harper Cancer Research Institute, A224 Harper Hall, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA.
Timothy P RileyDepartment of Chemistry & Biochemistry and the Harper Cancer Research Institute, A224 Harper Hall, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA.
Orrin S BeldenDepartment of Chemistry & Biochemistry and the Harper Cancer Research Institute, A224 Harper Hall, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA.
Timothy T SpearDepartment of Surgery and the Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL 60153, USA.
Michael I NishimuraDepartment of Surgery and the Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL 60153, USA.
Lawrence J SternDepartment of Pathology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA.
Brian M BakerDepartment of Chemistry & Biochemistry and the Harper Cancer Research Institute, A224 Harper Hall, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA. Electronic address: brian-baker@nd.edu.

Funding

Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences InstituteUL1TR001108 · NCATS · INDIANA UNIVERSITY INDIANAPOLIS · PI DENNE, SCOTT C., SHEKHAR, ANANTHA · 2013 to 2017
$23.3M
TCR TRANSDUCED CDB T CELLS FOR ADOPTIVE IMMUNOTHERAPYP01CA154778 · NCI · LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO · PI NISHIMURA, MICHAEL I. · 2011 to 2015
$15.4M
Structure and Function of MHC ProteinsR37AI038996 · NIAID · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI STERN, LAWRENCE J. · 2008 to 2017
$4.1M
Physical Basis for T Cell Receptor Binding and ActivityR01GM067079 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME · PI BAKER, BRIAN M · 2003 to 2015
$3.5M
Structure and Function of Class II MHC ProteinsR01AI038996 · NIAID · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI STERN, LAWRENCE J · 1996 to 2006
$1.6M
Development of a Computational Framework for TCR EngineeringR01GM103773 · NIGMS · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI BAKER, BRIAN M, WENG, ZHIPING · 2013 to 2016
$1.2M
TCR Engineering of Quiescent Primary Human T CellsR21CA153789 · NCI · MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA · PI NISHIMURA, MICHAEL I. · 2010 to 2011
$348k
Structure and Function of Class II MHC ProteinsR56AI038996 · NIAID · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI STERN, LAWRENCE J · 2007 to 2007
$324k
TCR Gene Transfer for Treating HCV-Associated MalignanciesF30CA180731 · NCI · LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO · PI SPEAR, TIMOTHY · 2014 to 2018
$154k
NCATS NIH HHS TR001108NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001108NCI NIH HHS CA153789NCI NIH HHS CA154778NCI NIH HHS CA180731NCI NIH HHS F30 CA180731NCI NIH HHS P01 CA154778NCI NIH HHS R21 CA153789NIAID NIH HHS AI038996NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI038996NIAID NIH HHS R37 AI038996NIAID NIH HHS R56 AI038996NIGMS NIH HHS GM067079NIGMS NIH HHS GM103773NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM067079NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM103773
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Measurements of thermal stability by circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy have been widely used to assess the binding of peptides to MHC proteins, particularly within the structural immunology community. Although thermal stability assays offer advantages over other approaches such as IC50 measurements, CD-based stability measurements are hindered by large sample requirements and low throughput. Here we demonstrate that an alternative approach based on differential scanning fluorimetry (DSF) yields results comparable to those based on CD for both class I and class II complexes. As they require much less sample, DSF-based measurements reduce demands on protein production strategies and are amenable for high throughput studies. DSF can thus not only replace CD as a means to assess peptide/MHC thermal stability, but can complement other peptide-MHC binding assays used in screening, epitope discovery, and vaccine design. Due to the physical process probed, DSF can also uncover complexities not observed with other techniques. Lastly, we show that DSF can also be used to assess peptide/MHC kinetic stability, allowing for a single experimental setup to probe both binding equilibria and kinetics.

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Hot TemperatureCircular DichroismFluorometryHLA-A2 AntigenHLA-DR1 AntigenHumansKineticsPeptidesProtein BindingProtein DenaturationProtein StabilityHLA-A*02:01 antigenHLA-A2 AntigenHLA-DR1 AntigenPeptidesBinding affinityDifferential scanning fluorimetryKinetic stabilityMHC proteinThermal stability

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