title: Generation and use of alternative multimers of peptide/MHC complexes.
abstract: For many years, the detection of antigen-specific T cells has relied on indirect in vitro assays such as cytokine secretion, proliferation or chromium release assays. Things have dramatically changed during the past few years, thanks to the imagination of several investigators who have developed very elegant strategies to produce multivalent peptide/MHC complexes. One of these strategies has been to produce peptide-loaded monomeric biotinylated MHC molecules, which could be obtained as tetramers upon incubation with tetravalent streptavidin. Although this latter approach has been by far the most popular, this review focuses on other strategies which have also been successful.
authors.affiliation: Institut de Pharmacologie Moleculaire et Cellulaire UMR6097, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 660 Route des Lucioles, 06560 Valbonne, France.
authors.forename: Stéphanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hugues
authors.forename: Laurent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Malherbe
authors.forename: Christophe
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Filippi
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Glaichenhaus
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D015395:Histocompatibility Antigens Class I / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics; D000949:Histocompatibility Antigens Class II / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008958:Models, Molecular; D020836:Protein Structure, Quaternary; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D013194:Staining and Labeling; D013205:Staphylococcal Protein A; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents; D015395:Histocompatibility Antigens Class I; D000949:Histocompatibility Antigens Class II; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D013205:Staphylococcal Protein A