Journal: Science Advances
Article Title: Unconventional CD8 + T cell surveillance of cytomegalovirus via Qa-1/HLA-E–restricted epitope recognition
doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aea8707
Figure Lengend Snippet: ( A ) Schematic of the bioinformatics workflow used to generate the MCMV peptide library listed in table S1. ( B ) P815 cells were pulsed with peptides (non–Qa-1 binder M45 and known binders Qdm, FL9, and M-SL9), and Qa-1 staining was performed. Histograms are representative of eight independent experiments (gating strategy available in fig. S1). ( C ) Normalized Qa-1 antibody binding on the surface of P815 cells following incubation with each indicated peptide or dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) control. Peptides derived from the same MCMV protein are denoted by the first letter(s) of the peptide sequence in parentheses following the viral protein name. Data are pooled from eight independent experiments, n = 3 to 8 per group. Data are presented as the means ± standard error of the mean (SEM). Statistical significance was determined using a one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA), and significant differences are * P < 0.05; ** P < 0.01; *** P < 0.001; **** P < 0.0001. ( D ) Peptide sequence schematic highlighting anchor positions between known Qa-1 binders and MCMV peptides. Solid lines indicate the same or extremely similar amino acid (AA) usage, while dotted lines indicate somewhat similar AA usage, based on biochemical properties. The strongest m59 peptide, m59(RL), is indicated as the two m59 peptides differed by one AA.
Article Snippet: P815 [American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) no. TIB-64, RRID:CVCL_2154] and K562 (ATCC no. CCL-243, RRID:CVCL_0004) cells were cultured in Dulbecco’s modified Eagle’s medium (DMEM)/high glucose with l -glutamine (4 mM), glucose (4500 mg/liter), and sodium pyruvate (Thermo Fisher Scientific no. SH30243.01).
Techniques: Staining, Binding Assay, Incubation, Control, Derivative Assay, Sequencing