title: Responses of peptide-specific T cells to stimulation with polystyrene beads carrying HLA class I molecules loaded with single peptides.
abstract: Cell-sized microbeads carrying single peptide-loaded HLA class I molecules were prepared for HLA-A2 and HLA-B7 by a simple procedure which transfers single peptide-loaded HLA class I molecules from cultured cells to polystyrene beads using anti-peptide antibodies directed to an intracellular segment of HLA-A alpha chains. The surface density of peptide-loaded HLA class I molecules on beads was comparable to that on the peptide-loaded cells. HLA-A2 beads loaded with an HCV peptide HCV1073 were tested for stimulation activity on an HCV1073-specific CD8+ T cell clone NS3-1. A substantial level of gamma-IFN production was induced. The stimulation was peptide-specific. The efficiency was dependent on the bead concentration and the surface HLA class I density on beads and enhanced significantly by co-coupling of anti-CD28 to peptide-loaded beads. The peptide-loading efficiency on HLA class I molecules and the transfer efficiency of HLA class I molecules to polystyrene beads were reasonably high for HLA-A2 and HLA-B7. Thus, polystyrene beads carrying these single peptide-loaded HLA class I molecules are potentially useful in further analysis of the co-stimulatory or inhibitory factors involved in CD8+ T cell responses and eventually in detection of cytotoxic T cells in PBLs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Regina Elena Institute for Cancer Research, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chersi
authors.forename: Rossella
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Galati
authors.forename: Daniele
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Accapezzato
authors.forename: Vittorio
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Francavilla
authors.forename: Vincenzo
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Barnaba
authors.forename: Richard H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Butler
authors.forename: Nobuyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tanigaki
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000906:Antibodies / Q000276:immunology; D018106:CD28 Antigens / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D002460:Cell Line; D015395:Histocompatibility Antigens Class I / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D008863:Microspheres; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D011137:Polystyrenes; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D018106:CD28 Antigens; D015395:Histocompatibility Antigens Class I; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D011137:Polystyrenes