U.S. patent application number 12/719712 was filed with the patent office on 2010-12-23 for method of selecting hla-dp4 ligands and the applications thereof.
This patent application is currently assigned to COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE. Invention is credited to Cecile Buhot, Florence Castelli, Bertrand Georges, Bernard MAILLERE.
Application Number | 20100324829 12/719712 |
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Family ID | 8868373 |
Filed Date | 2010-12-23 |
United States Patent
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20100324829 |
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MAILLERE; Bernard ; et
al. |
December 23, 2010 |
METHOD OF SELECTING HLA-DP4 LIGANDS AND THE APPLICATIONS
THEREOF
Abstract
A method of selecting a test molecule that binds to HLA-DP4 by
(i) incubating HLA-DP4 with the test molecule and a labeled peptide
of formula (I)
Z.sub.1X.sub.1X.sub.2X.sub.3X.sub.4X.sub.5X.sub.6X.sub.7X.sub.8X.sub.9Z.s-
ub.2 thereby forming respective complexes, wherein Z.sub.1 and
Z.sub.2, which may be identical or different, are each either zero
or from 1 to 100 amino acids; X.sub.1 is an aromatic or hydrophobic
amino acid, or S; X.sub.6 is an aromatic or hydrophobic amino acid,
or C; X.sub.9 is an aromatic or hydrophobic amino acid, or C, D, Q,
S, T, or E; and X.sub.2, X.sub.3, X.sub.4, X.sub.5, X.sub.7 and
X.sub.8 are each an amino acid; (ii) separating the respective
complexes formed; (iii) detecting the HLA-DP4/labeled peptide
complexes; and (iv) selecting the test molecule that exhibits a
binding activity of IC.sub.50<1000 nM, which corresponds to the
concentration of the test molecule that inhibits 50% of the
competitive HLA-DP4 binding of the labeled peptide.
Inventors: |
MAILLERE; Bernard;
(Versailles, FR) ; Castelli; Florence; (Montrouge,
FR) ; Buhot; Cecile; (Vitry-sur-Seine, FR) ;
Georges; Bertrand; (Bauvin, FR) |
Correspondence
Address: |
OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P.
1940 DUKE STREET
ALEXANDRIA
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22314
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Assignee: |
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE
ATOMIQUE
Paris
FR
SEDAC THERAPEUTICS
Loos
FR
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Family ID: |
8868373 |
Appl. No.: |
12/719712 |
Filed: |
March 8, 2010 |
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702/19 |
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G01N 33/5091 20130101;
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Claims
1-26. (canceled)
27. A method of identifying an HLA-DP4-ligand peptide or a modified
HLA-DP40-ligand peptide, which comprises at least one of the
following steps: (a) establishing an HLA-DP4-binding matrix by
calculating for all the mutants of a tracer peptide, representing
all the substitutions of the residues at positions 1, 4, 6 or 9 of
said tracer peptide with the other 19 natural amino acids, the
ratio of the IC.sub.50 values for said mutant peptides and for said
tracer peptide, wherein said ratios correspond to the concentration
of these molecules which inhibit 50% of the binding of the tracer
peptide; (b) evaluating the HLA-DP4-binding of peptides of at least
9 amino acids included in said amino acid sequence, by calculating,
for each fragment of 9 amino acids of said peptide, the sum of the
scores for HLA-DP4-binding of the residues at positions 1, 4, 6 and
9 of said fragment, using the binding matrix established in (a),
and/or (c) identifying the HLA-DP4-ligand peptides corresponding to
those to which the loss of HLA-DP4-binding, relative to said tracer
peptide, is smallest, i.e. those for which the sum of the binding
scores has the lowest value expressed as a logarithm (log); wherein
said tracer peptide is at least one peptide selected from the group
of consisting of the peptides exhibiting a signal/background noise
ratio greater than 5, at a concentration of 10 nM, in a direct
HLA-DP4-binding assay, and corresponding to a formula (I)
Z.sub.1X.sub.1X.sub.2X.sub.3X.sub.4X.sub.5X.sub.6X.sub.7X.sub.8X.sub.9Z.s-
ub.2; wherein Z.sub.1 and Z.sub.2, which may be identical or
different, are zero or each represent a peptide of 1 to 100 natural
or synthetic amino acids; X.sub.6 represents an aromatic or
hydrophobic amino acid, or a cysteine; X.sub.1 represents an
aromatic or hydrophobic amino acid and/or X.sub.9 represents an
aromatic or hydrophobic amino acid, or a cysteine (C), an aspartic
acid (D), a glutamine (Q), a serine (S), a threonine (T) or a
glutamic acid (E); and X.sub.2, X.sub.3, X.sub.4, X.sub.5, X.sub.7
and X.sub.8 each represent a natural or synthetic amino acid.
28. The method of claim 27, which comprises steps (a), (b), and
(c).
29. The method of claim 27, comprising selecting an HLA-DP4 peptide
or modified peptide that exhibits an HLA-DP4-binding activity of
less than 1000 nM.
30. The method of claim 27, which identifies an HLA-DP4 ligand
peptide.
31. The method of claim 27, which identities a modified HLA-DP4
ligand peptide.
32. The method of claim 27, wherein the HLA-DP4 peptide or modified
peptide sequence corresponds to formula (I)
Z.sub.1X.sub.1X.sub.2X.sub.3X.sub.4X.sub.5X.sub.6X.sub.7X.sub.8X.sub.9Z.s-
ub.2, wherein Z.sub.1 and Z.sub.2, which may be identical or
different, are zero or each represent a peptide of 1 to 100 natural
or synthetic amino acids; X.sub.6 represents an aromatic or
hydrophobic amino acid, or a cysteine; X.sub.1 represents an
aromatic or hydrophobic amino acid; and/or X.sub.9 represents an
aromatic or hydrophobic amino acid, or else a cysteine (C), an
aspartic acid (D), a glutamine (Q), a serine (S), a threonine (T)
or a glutamic acid (E); and X.sub.2, X.sub.3, X.sub.4, X.sub.5,
X.sub.7 and X.sub.8 each represent a natural or synthetic amino
acid, on condition that said HLA-DP4-ligand peptide of general
formula (I) does not correspond to any of the sequences SEQ ID NOS:
1 to 17.
33. The method of claim 32, wherein X.sub.6 is selected from the
group consisting of L, I, W, F, M, Y and C, and X.sub.1 is selected
from the group consisting of A, V, L, I, W, F, M and Y; and/or
X.sub.9 is selected from the group consisting of A, V, L, I, P, W,
F, M, Y, C, D, Q, S, T and E.
34. The method of claim 33, wherein the peptide or modified peptide
hinds specifically to the HLA-DPB1*0401 molecule and X.sub.6 is
different from C, and/or X.sub.1 is different from A and from V,
and/or X.sub.9 represents W or Y or X.sub.9 is different from E and
from C, and/or X.sub.4 is different from K and from R.
35. The method of claim 33, wherein the peptide or modified peptide
hinds specifically to the DPB1*0402 molecule and X.sub.6 represents
C, and/or X.sub.1 represents A or V, and/or X.sub.9 represents E or
C or X.sub.9 is different from Y and W, and/or X.sub.4 represents K
or R.
Description
[0001] The present invention relates to a method of selecting
HLA-DP4 ligands and to the applications thereof.
[0002] CD4+ T lymphocytes are among the main cells which regulate
the immune response. They are antigen-specific and are in fact
capable of recognizing the presence of a pathogenic agent, of an
allergen or of a tumor cell, and of triggering an immune response.
Recognition of these antigens in fact results in the activation of
the CD4+ T lymphocytes, which secrete most of the cytokines
necessary for the recruitment of effector cells, namely cytotoxic
CD8+ lymphocytes and antibody-producing B lymphocytes. CD4+ T
lymphocytes are also involved in the activation of cells by cell
contacts and, for example induce the activation, via the CD40
molecule, of antigen-presenting dendritic cells. CD4+ T lymphocyte
activation is a favorable prognostic in infections with viruses
such as the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), human papilloma
viruses (HPVs) or the hepatitis C virus (HCV), and these cells
appear to be necessary for antitumor immunity. Their role is not,
however, systematically beneficial for the organism. Autoimmune
diseases very commonly result from uncontrolled activation of CD4+
T lymphocytes. This is the case of multiple sclerosis and of
insulin-dependent diabetes. These lymphocytes also participate in
the establishment of allergic diseases. IL4, which is mainly
secreted by CD4+ T lymphocytes, is in fact the main factor which
results in the production of IgE. Finally, the role of CD4+ T
lymphocytes in the triggering of transplant rejection is well
established. Thus, depending on the disease, treatments are aimed
at triggering the activation of CD4+ T lymphocytes (immunization
against a pathogenic agent or a tumor cell) or at decreasing the
state of activation of CD4+T lymphocytes (desensibilization against
the allergy, prevention of transplant rejection).
[0003] The activation of CD4+ T lymphocytes takes place under the
effect of the presentation of antigenic peptides by the molecules
of the major histocompatibility complex type II borne by the
antigen-presenting cells (APCs); in humans, they are called HLA II
molecules for human leukocyte Antigen type II. These antigenic
peptides, called T epitopes, result from the proteolytic
degradation of the antigens by the antigen-presenting cells. They
are variable in length, generally from 13 to 25 amino acids, and
have a sequence which makes them capable of binding to the HLA II
molecules. It is well known that, just like the native antigen, a
T-epitope peptide is capable of stimulating, in vitro, CD4+ T
lymphocytes which are specific for them, or of recruiting them in
vivo. It is therefore sufficient to induce a CD4+ T response.
Interestingly, it is also known that, according to the modes of
presentation (route of administration, doses, possible addition of
an adjuvant), the recognition of these peptides leads either to
activation of the CD4+ T lymphocytes (ALEXANDER et al., J.
Immunol., 2000, 164, 1625-1633; DEL GUERCIO et al., Vaccine, 1997,
15, 441-448; FRANKE et al., Vaccine, 1999, 17, 1201-1205), or to
anergy thereof (MULLER et al., J. Allergy Clin. Immunol., 1998,
101, 747-754; OLDFIELD et al., J. Immunol., 2001, 167, 1734-1739).
These T-epitope peptides are therefore capable both of contributing
to the composition of a vaccine or of serving to decrease the
undesired activation of CD4+ T lymphocytes. They are also capable
of contributing to a test for diagnosing the immune state of
patients or of normal individuals, based on the direct detection
(lymphocyte proliferation assay) or indirect detection (production
of antibodies, of cytokines, etc.) of said activated CD4+ T
lymphocytes. One of the major problems which limits the use of
these peptides is the identification of these epitopes, given that
their sequence varies from one individual to another due to the
polymorphism of the HLA II molecules. In fact, the HLA II molecules
are hetero dimers consisting of an alpha (.alpha.)-chain and of a
beta (.beta.)-chain which are polymorphic. Four types of HLA II
molecules exist per individual (2 HLA-DR, 1 HLA-DQ and 1 HLA-DP).
The HLA-DR molecule, the beta (.beta.)-chain of which is encoded by
the DRB1 gene, is the most commonly expressed. To date, the
bet.alpha.-chain encoded by the DRB1 gene is the most polymorphic
and has 273 alleles. For the HLA-DQ and HLA-DP molecules, the two
chains (.alpha. and .beta.) of which they are formed are
polymorphic but they have fewer alleles. There are in fact 21 DQA1
alleles (.alpha.-chain of HLA-DQ), 45 DQB1 alleles (.beta.-chain of
HLA-DQ), 19 DPA1 alleles (.alpha.-chain of HLA-DP) and 93 DPB1
alleles (.beta.-chain of HLA-DP). However, combination between the
two .alpha.- and .beta.-chains encoded by these alleles gives rise
to many HLA-DQ and HLA-DP molecules. Because of this polymorphism,
these isoforms possess binding properties which are different from
one another, which implies that they can bind different peptides of
the same antigen. Thus, each individual recognizes in an antigen a
set of peptides, the nature of which depends on the HLA II
molecules which characterizes said individual. Since a large number
of HLA II alleles exists, it may be assumed that there exists, in a
given sequence, a considerable repertoire of T-epitope peptides
having very different sequences, each one specific for a different
allele.
[0004] However, this HLA II molecule diversity is not as great on
the scale of each population as on a worldwide scale, as
illustrated by table I below.
TABLE-US-00001 TABLE I Gene frequencies for the HLA class II
molecules that are most abundant in the Caucasian population
(Europe, USA)*, according to J. Colombani, 1993, HLA: immune
functions and medical applications, published by John Libbey
Eurotext. Molecules .alpha.-chain Frequency (%) .beta.-chain
Frequency (%) Abundant molecules HLA-DR DRA*0101 100 DRB1*0101 9.3
DRA*0101/DRB1*0101 DRB1*1501 8.0 DRA*0101/DRB1*1501 DRB1*0301 10.9
DRA*0101/DRB1*0301 DRB1*0401 5.6 DRA*0101/DRB1*0401 DRB1*1101 9.2
DRA*0101/DRB1*1101 DRB1*1301 6.0 DRA*0101/DRB1*1301 DRB1*0701 14.0
DRA*0101/DRB1*0701 DRB3*0101 9.2 DRA*0101/DRB3*0101 DRB3*0202 12.0
DRA*0101/DRB1*0202 DRB4*0101 28.4 DRA*0101/DRB4*0101 DRB5*0101 7.9
DRA*0101/DRB5*0101 HLA-DQ DQA1*0101 17.0 DQB1*0501 14.9
DQA1*0101/DQB1*0501 DQA1*0102 15.8 DQB1*0602 9.8
DQA1*0501/DQB1*0301 DQA1*0201 12.4 DQB1*0603 5.8
DQA1*0501/DQB1*0201 DQA1*0301 14.5 DQB1*0201 21.3
DQA1*0301/DQB1*0302 DQA1*0501 20.9 DQB1*0301 12.0
DQA1*0102/DQB1*0602 DQB1*0302 13.0 DQA1*0201/DQB1*0201 HLA-DP
DPA1*0103 78.2 DPB1*0101 7.1 DPA1*0201/DPB1*0101 DPA1*0201 21.2
DPB1*0201 11.9 DPA1*0103/DPB1*0201 DPB1*0301 9.1
DPA1*0103/DPB1*0301 DPB1*0401 40.1 DPA1*0103/DPB1*0401 DPB1*0402
11.0 DPA1*0103/DPB1*0402 *The gene frequencies for the 2 HLA-DP4
molecules are indicated in bold.
[0005] Thus, for the HLA-DR and HLA-DQ molecules, about ten alleles
are sufficient to cover more than 60% of the gene frequency found
in the Caucasian population and therefore to involve more than 85%
of the Caucasian population.
[0006] For the HLA-DP molecules, the most common molecule is the
DP4 molecule derived from the DPA1*0103 and DPB1*0401 alleles,
which have gene frequencies of 78.2% and 40%, respectively. Three
other DP molecules have frequencies which exceed 5%: a DP3 molecule
(DPA1*0103/DPB1*0301), a DP2 molecule (DPA1*0103/DPB1*0201) and a
DP4 molecule (DPA1*0103/DPB1*0402); the HLA II molecules are named
as a function of the DPB1 allele encoding the .beta.-chain which is
the most polymorphic.
[0007] Thus, four HLA-DP molecules (1 DP3 molecule, 1 DP2 molecule
and 2 DP4 molecules) are therefore sufficient to cover 71% of the
gene frequency of the Caucasian population, the two DP4 molecules
covering 51% by themselves. Each of these DP4 molecules comprises a
variable .alpha.-chain encoded either by DPA1*0103, which is the
most common (78.2%), or by DPA1*0201 (20.2%), the two
.alpha.-chains differing only at the level of 3 amino acids
(positions 31, 50 and 83; table II). The HLA-DP4 molecules which
exhibit a high allelic frequency in the Caucasian population (of
the order of 50% in Europe and 80% in North America) are also
present at not insignificant frequencies in the other populations
(allelic frequency of the order of 60% in South America, 60% in
India, 25% in Africa and 15% in Japan, Colombani et al., mentioned
above).
TABLE-US-00002 TABLE II Polymorphism of the .alpha.- and
.beta.-chains of the HLA-DP molecules in the Caucasian population
(Europe, USA), according to J. Colombani, mentioned above.
Polymorphic positions* Alleles Freq (%) 8 9 11 37 38 57 58 59 67 71
78 86 87 88 89 .beta.-chain 401 40.1 L F G F A A A E I K M G G P M
402 11.0 -- -- -- -- V D E -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 201 11.9 -- --
-- -- V D E -- -- E -- -- -- -- -- 501 1.3 -- -- -- L V E -- -- --
-- -- D -- -- -- 101 7.1 V Y G Y -- -- -- -- -- -- -- D E A V 301
9.1 V Y L -- V D E D L -- V D E A V 901 1.1 V H L -- V D E D I E V
D E A V Alleles Freq (%) 31 50 83 .alpha.-chain 103 78.2 M Q T 201
21.2 Q R A *The sequences, available on the internet site
http://www.ebi.ac.uk/imgt/hla, are numbered according to the
numbering of STERN et al. (Nature, 1994, 368, 215-221) for the
HLA-DR molecule; as the residues at positions 23 and 24 are absent
in the DPB sequences, the residues indicated at positions 37, 38,
57, 59, 67, 71, 78, 86, 87, 88 and 89 correspond respectively to
positions 35, 36, 55, 56, 57, 65, 69, 76, 84, 85, 86 and 87 in the
DPB sequence.
[0008] However, despite the high frequencies, each of these DP4
molecules has only been very partially studied; the most common
studies in fact result from the isolation of HLA-DP4
molecule-restricted CD4+ T lymphocyte clones specific for the
peptides given in table III below, derived from the following
antigens: [0009] Antigens from pathogenic microorganisms, such as
the tetanus toxin (WYSS CORAY et al., Eur J. Immunol., 1992, 22,
2295), the Blastomyces dermatitidis WI-1 antigen (CHANG et al.,
Inf. Immun., 2000, 68, 502), the Mycobacterium Bovis hsp 65 protein
(GASTON et al., Int. Immunol., 1991, 3, 965-972), the hepatitis B
virus S antigen (HBsAg; CELIS et al., J. Virol., 1989, 63, 747),
the rabies virus non-structural phosphoprotein (RV-NS) or influenza
B virus neuraminidase (IBV-Nm; CELIS et al., J. Immunol., 1990,
145, 305) and the herpes simplex virus type 1 UL21 protein (KOELLE
et al., J. Virol., 2000, 74, 10930-10938), [0010] allergens such as
the major allergen of Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus (HIGGINS, J.
Allergy Clin. Immunol., 1992, 90, 749), and [0011] tumor antigens
such as MAGE-A3 (SCHULTZ et al., Cancer Res., 2000, 60, 6272) and
NY-ESO1 (ZENG et al., P.N.A.S., 2001, 98, 3964-3969).
TABLE-US-00003 [0011] TABLE III Sequences of the peptides which are
ligands for the HLA-DP4 molecules Peptides Sequences Identification
number Reference TT947-967 FNNFTVSFWLRVPKVSASHLE SEQ ID NO: 1 Wyss
Coray et al., 1992 PSN 265 DPYNCDWDPYHEKYDWDLWNK SEQ ID NO: 2 Chang
et al., 2000 WCN Sld (HBsAg 19-28) FFLLTRILTI SEQ ID NO: 3 Celis et
al., 1989 NS-p2 (RV NS 101-120) GVQIVRQIRSGERFLKIWSQ SEQ ID NO: 4
Celis et al. 1990 FLU-p1 (IBV Nm 247-260) GISKCRFLKIREGR SEQ ID NO:
5 Celis et al., 1990 MT451-466 IAFNSGMEPGVVAEKV SEQ ID NO: 6 Gaston
et al., 1991 MT456-471 GMEPGVVAEKVRNLSV SEQ ID NO: 7 Gaston et al.,
1991 Derp 101-119 PNAQRFGISNYCQIYP SEQ ID NO: 8 Higgins, 1992 MAG
247-258 TQHFVQENYLEY SEQ ID NO: 9 Schultz et al., 2000 NY-ESO1
161-180 MWITQCFLPVFLAQPPSGQR SEQ ID NO: 10 Zeng et al., 2001
NY-ESO1 156-175 QLSLLMWITQCFLPVFLAQPP SEQ ID NO: 11 Zeng et al.,
2001 UL21 283-293 RELWWVFYAGD SEQ ID NO: 12 Koelle et al., 2000 IL3
127-146 GPGAPADVQYDLYLNVANRR SEQ ID NO: 13 Falk et al., 1994 UNK1
(UNK 1-17) EKKYFAATQFEPLAARL SEQ ID NO: 14 Falk et al., 1994 UNK2
(UNK 2-17) KKYFAATQFEPLAARL SEQ ID NO: 15 Falk et al., 1994 UNK3
(UNK 1-13) EKKYFAATQFEPL SEQ ID NO: 16 Falk et al., 1994
[0012] The abovementioned studies which are based on the isolation
of HLA-DP4 molecule-restricted CD4+ T lymphocyte clones use a
functional assay (proliferation assay) which has not made it
possible to demonstrate a DP4 molecule-binding unit shared by all
these peptides. In addition, this assay is very laborious to
implement due to the fact that it requires a large number of
correctly sampled patients, so that they represent the diversity of
HLA II molecules of the entire population. In addition, the
epitopes defined are those used by the immune system of the
patients during natural infection with an antigen; these epitopes
are not necessarily the most effective for inducing an immune
response against this same antigen.
[0013] Using another approach, namely the analysis of four peptides
naturally present on DP4 molecules [peptide 127-146 of the
.alpha.-chain of the IL3 receptor (IL3 127-146; SEQ ID NO: 13) and
three peptides of unknown origin: UNK1 (SEQ ID NO:14), UNK2 (SEQ ID
NO:15) and UNK3 (SEQ ID NO:16); table III], FALK et al.
(Immunogenetics, 1994, 39, 230-242) have proposed a DP4
molecule-binding consensus sequence. This sequence comprises three
anchoring residues, respectively at positions P1, P7 and P9/P10. P1
and P7 are hydrophobic or aromatic (Y, V, L, F, I, A, M, W) and
P9/P10 are preferably aliphatic; however, a Y residue is tolerated
at positions P9/P10, but not an F residue. The residues P1 and P7
are preceded by groups of charged residues (K, R, E, N, Q for P1
and N, K, E for P7), and small residues (A, V) are common at
position P3 and position P9. Table III shows that the only other
DP4-ligand peptides exhibiting this unit are the overlapping
peptides NY-ESO1 161-180 and NY-ESO1 156-175. Consequently this
unit proposed by FALK et al. does not make it possible to define a
DP4 molecule-binding unit shared by all the peptides that are
ligands for the DP4 molecules, identified by functional assays.
[0014] Although DP9 molecule-binding assays (DONG et al., J.
Immunol. 1995, 154, 4536-4545) and DP2 molecule-binding assays
(CHICZ et al., J. Immunol., 1997, 159, 4935-4942), derived from
those developed from the DR molecules [MARSHALL et al., J.
Immunol., 1994, 152, 4946 (HLA-DR1); patent FR 99 0879 and TEXIER
et al., J. Immunol., 2000, 164, 3177 (HLA-DR1, -DR2, -DR3, -DR4,
-DR7, -DR11 and -DR13)] make it possible to isolate peptides
specific for, respectively, DP9 and DP2, these assays do not make
it possible to isolate peptides specific for DP4 (CHICZ et al.,
mentioned above): the peptides isolated using the DP2-binding assay
have a high affinity for DP2 (binding activity <10 nM), whereas
peptides known to be DP4-restricted, such as the HBsAg 14-33
peptide, exhibit moderate activity (20 .mu.M).
[0015] In addition, due to the considerable differences in the
residues of the binding site, between the principal DP molecules,
the binding assays developed for these molecules do not make it
possible to identify DP4-restricted peptides.
[0016] Thus, the binding units shared by all the peptides capable
of binding to HLA-DP4 molecules have not been identified, in
particular due to the fact that there is no method of identifying
such peptides which is simple to implement and suitable for the
simultaneous screening of a large number of peptides, such as banks
of overlapping peptides representing the antigen sequence of
interest.
[0017] Nevertheless, given the frequency of the DP4 molecules, the
peptides which bind to the DP4 molecules constitute candidate
peptides for specific immunotherapy and immunization and could be
used for diagnosing the immune state of patients or of normal
individuals.
[0018] The inventors have therefore developed a method of selecting
HLA-DP4 ligands, which has enabled them to isolate HLA-DP4-specific
ligands, in particular peptides, and to specify the binding units
shared by the HLA-DP4-ligand peptides, based on the peptides
obtained.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0019] Besides the above arrangements, the invention also comprises
other arrangements, which will emerge from the following
description which refers to examples of implementation of the
subject of the present invention, with references to the attached
drawings in which:
[0020] FIG. 1 illustrates the activity of binding of peptides to
the HLA-DP4 molecules encoded, respectively, by DPB1*0401 (A) and
DPB1*0402 (B), determined according to the method in accordance
with the invention with, as tracer peptide, the biotinylated UNK1
peptide (10 nM); the percentage of DP4 molecule-binding is
expressed as a function of the molar concentration of the peptides.
The maximum binding (100%) corresponds to the value obtained for
the tracer peptide alone, in the absence of competitor peptide.
UNK: UNK1 (SEQ ID NO:14), IL: IL3 127-146 (SEQ ID NO:13), MAG: MAG
245-258 (SEQ ID NO:19), NSP2: SEQ ID NO:4, TT: TT 947-963 (SEQ ID
NO:20), DQB: DQB 43-57 (SEQ ID NO:23), HCI 46-63: SEQ ID NO:24) and
HA: HA 306-318 (SEQ ID NO:21),
[0021] FIG. 2 illustrates the correlation between the
HLA-DP4-binding score (estimated by the method of identifying
HLA-DP4-ligand peptides in accordance with the invention) and the
affinity for the HLA-DP4 molecules (determined by the IC.sub.50
value, measured using the HLA-DP4-binding assay defined in the
method of selecting HLA-DP4-ligand peptides in accordance with the
invention) analyzed on a set of 44 peptides.
[0022] Consequently, a subject of the present invention is a method
of selecting HLA-DP4-ligand molecules, comprising the following
steps: [0023] (i) incubation of purified HLA-DP4 with a tracer
consisting of a prelabeled peptide and able to be detected by an
appropriate signal, which tracer peptide is chosen from the group
consisting of the peptides exhibiting a signal/background noise
ratio greater than 5, at a concentration of 10 nM, in a direct
HLA-DP4-binding assay, and corresponding to general formula (I)
Z.sub.1X.sub.1X.sub.2X.sub.3X.sub.4X.sub.5X.sub.6X.sub.7X.sub.8X.sub.9Z.s-
ub.2 in which: [0024] Z.sub.1 and Z.sub.2, which may be identical
or different, are zero or each represent a peptide of 1 to 100
natural or synthetic amino acids, preferably of 1 to 30 amino
acids, even more preferably of 1 to 10 amino acids; [0025] X.sub.6
represents an aromatic or hydrophobic amino acid, or a cysteine
(C); [0026] X.sub.1 represents an aromatic or hydrophobic amino
acid and/or X.sub.9 represents an aromatic or hydrophobic amino
acid, or a cysteine (C), an aspartic acid (D), a glutamine (Q), a
serine (S), a threonine (T) or a glutamic acid (E); and [0027]
X.sub.2, X.sub.3, X.sub.4, X.sub.5, X.sub.7 and X.sub.8 each
represent a natural or synthetic amino acid, in the presence of
various concentrations of test molecule(s); [0028] (ii) separation
of the various complexes formed; [0029] (iii) detection of the
HLA-DP4/tracer peptide complexes by measuring the signal associated
with said tracer peptide; and [0030] (iv) selection of the ligand
molecules which exhibit a binding activity IC.sub.50<1000 nM,
corresponding to the concentration of these molecules which
inhibits 50% of the binding of the tracer peptide.
[0031] The residues X.sub.1, X.sub.6 and X.sub.9 of general formula
(I) as defined above, which constitute the residues for anchoring
in the pockets of the HLA-DP4 molecule, are also called,
respectively, residues P1, P6 and P9. Among these residues, the
residues X1 (or P1) and X6 (or P6) are the residues which provide
the main contribution to the binding to HLA-DP4. The residue
X.sub.9 or P.sub.9 is less important and provides less contribution
to the binding to HLA-DP4.
[0032] For the purpose of the present invention: [0033] the
expression "natural or synthetic amino acids" is intended to mean
the 20 natural .alpha.-amino acids commonly found in proteins
(one-letter code: A, R, N, D, C, Q, E, G, H, I, L, K, M, F, P, S,
T, W, Y and V), certain amino acids rarely encountered in proteins
(hydroxyproline, hydroxylysine, methyllysine, dimethyl-lysine,
etc.), amino acids which do not exist in proteins, such as
.beta.-alanine, .gamma.-aminobutyric acid, homocysteine, ornithine,
citrulline, canavanine, norleucine, cyclohexylalanine, etc., and
the enantiomers and diastereoisomers of the above amino acids;
[0034] the term "hydrophobic amino acid" is intended to mean an
amino acid selected from (one-letter code): A, V, L, I, P, W, F and
M; [0035] the term "aromatic amino acid" is intended to mean an
amino acid selected from (one-letter code): F, W and Y.
[0036] The use of a tracer peptide, as defined in step (i), makes
it possible to effectively select ligands specific for HLA-DP4,
i.e. molecules, in particular peptides, which exhibit good affinity
for HLA-DP4, i.e. a binding activity <1000 nM.
[0037] A tracer peptide in accordance with the invention is
selected by carrying out a direct HLA-DP4-binding assay, for
example by following steps (i), (ii) and (iii) of the protocol
defined above, but in the absence of competitor, corresponding to
the test molecule. The appropriate signal detected (fluorescence,
etc.) reveals the HLA-DP4/tracer peptide complexes [step (iii)] and
the background noise represents the corresponding signal, obtained
in the absence of HLA-DP4.
[0038] Preferably: [0039] X.sub.6 is selected from L, I, W, F, M, Y
and C, and
[0040] X.sub.1 is selected from A, V, L, I, W, F, M and Y, and/or
X.sub.9 is selected from A, V, L, I, P, W, F, M, Y, C, D, Q, S, T
and E.
[0041] Tracer peptides in accordance with the invention are
represented by the peptides NS-p2 (SEQ ID NO:4), MAG 247-258 (SEQ
ID NO:9), UL21 283-293 (SEQ ID NO:12), IL3 127-146 (SEQ ID NO:13),
UNK1 (SEQ ID NO:14), UL21 283-302 (SEQ ID NO:18) and MAG 245-258
(SEQ ID NO:19).
[0042] According to an advantageous embodiment of said method, the
tracer peptide is chosen from the group consisting of biotinylated
peptides, radiolabeled peptides and peptides coupled to a
fluorochrome.
[0043] In step (ii), the separation of the formed complexes from
the unbound peptides is carried out, for example, by transfer of
the formed complexes onto a microtitration plate precoated with an
HLA-DP-specific antibody, by chromatography on a gel filtration
column or by centrifugation.
[0044] When the tracer peptide is radiolabeled or coupled to a
fluorochrome, in particular to europium, the HLA-DP4/tracer peptide
complexes are detected directly by measuring the radioactivity or
the fluorescence emitted by said complexes.
[0045] When the tracer peptide is biotinylated, the HLA-DP4/tracer
peptide complexes are detected indirectly using conjugated
streptavidin, for example by immuno-enzymatic detection using
streptavidin conjugated to an enzyme such as alkaline phosphatase,
and a substrate for alkaline phosphatase such as
4-methylumbelliferyl phosphate (MUP).
[0046] According to another advantageous embodiment of said method,
the tracer peptide is used at a concentration <200 nM,
preferably less than 20 nM, even more preferably the tracer is used
at a concentration of 10 nM.
[0047] According to yet another advantageous embodiment of said
method, said HLA-DP4 in step (i) is chosen from the group
consisting of the molecules encoded by the DPA1*103/DPB1*0401 and
DPA1*103/DPB1*0402 alleles.
[0048] The method according to the invention advantageously makes
it possible to select any HLA-DP4 ligand; this involves both
mineral or organic molecules such as peptides and
pseudopeptides.
[0049] According to another advantageous embodiment of said method,
said test molecules represent a library of overlapping peptides
covering the sequence of an antigen.
[0050] A subject of the present invention is also HLA-DP4 ligands
which can be obtained by the method of selection as defined above,
corresponding to a mineral or organic, natural or synthetic
molecule exhibiting an HLA-DP4-binding activity of less than 1000
nM.
[0051] The HLA-DP4-binding activity of a ligand molecule, as
defined above, corresponds to the concentration of said ligand
molecule which inhibits 50% of the HLA-DP4-binding of a labeled
tracer peptide, in a competition assay such as the method of
selecting HLA-DP4 ligands defined above.
[0052] Among these ligand molecules, mention may in particular be
made of peptides and modified peptides such as glycopeptides,
lipopeptides, and peptides comprising D-amino acids, pseudopeptide
bonds (pseudopeptides) or modifications of the C- or N-terminal
ends.
[0053] The lipid portion of the ligand lipopeptide is in particular
obtained by addition of a lipid unit to an .alpha.-amino function
of said peptides or to a reactive function of the side chain of an
amino acid of the peptide portion; it may comprise one or more
chains, derived from C.sub.4-C.sub.20 fatty acids, which are
optionally branched or unsaturated (palmitic acid, oleic acid,
linoleic acid, linolenic acid, 2-aminohexadecanoic acid,
pimelautide, trimexautide) or derived from a steroid. The method of
preparing such lipopeptides is in particular described in
international applications WO 99/40113 and WO 99/51630. The
preferred lipid portion is in particular represented by an
N.sup..alpha.-acetyl-lysine N.sup..epsilon. (palmitoyl) group, also
referred to as Ac-K (Pam).
[0054] According to an advantageous embodiment of said
HLA-DP4-ligand peptide as defined above, its peptide sequence
corresponds to general formula (I)
Z.sub.1X.sub.1X.sub.2X.sub.3X.sub.4X.sub.5X.sub.6X.sub.7X.sub.8X.sub.9Z.s-
ub.2, in which: [0055] Z.sub.1 and Z.sub.2, which may be identical
or different, are zero or each represent a peptide of 1 to 10 amino
acids as defined above, preferably of 1 to 30 amino acids, even
more preferably of 1 to 100 amino acids; [0056] X.sub.6 represents
an aromatic or hydrophobic amino acid, or a cysteine (C); [0057]
X.sub.1 represents an aromatic or hydrophobic amino acid and/or
X.sub.9 represents an aromatic or hydrophobic amino acid, or else a
cysteine (C), an aspartic acid (D), a glutamine (Q), a serine (S),
a threonine (T) or a glutamic acid (E); and [0058] X.sub.2,
X.sub.3, X.sub.4, X.sub.5, X.sub.7 and X.sub.8 each represent a
natural or synthetic amino acid, on condition that said
HLA-DP4-ligand peptide of general formula (I) does not correspond
to any of the sequences SEQ ID NOS: 1 to 17.
[0059] According to an advantageous embodiment of said ligand
peptide: [0060] X.sub.6 is selected from L, I, W, F, M, Y and C,
and [0061] X.sub.1 is selected from A, V, L, I, W, F, M and Y,
and/or X.sub.9 is selected from A, V, L, I, P, W, F, M, Y, C, D, Q,
S, T and E.
[0062] According to an advantageous arrangement of this embodiment,
said ligand peptide binds specifically to DPB1*0401
(DPB1*0401-binding activity at least two times greater than the
DPB1*0402-binding activity) and X.sub.6 is different from C, and/or
X.sub.1 is different from A and from V, and/or X.sub.9 represents W
or Y or X.sub.9 is different from E and C, and/or X.sub.4 is
different from K and R.
[0063] According to another advantageous arrangement of this
embodiment, said ligand peptide binds specifically to DPB1*0402
(DPB1*0402-binding activity at least two times greater than the
DPB1*0401-binding activity) and X.sub.6 represents C, and/or
X.sub.1 represents A or V, and/or X.sub.9 represents E or C or
X.sub.9 is different from Y and W, and/or X.sub.4 represents K or
R.
[0064] According to another advantageous embodiment of said ligand
peptide, Z.sub.1 and Z.sub.2 are chosen from the group consisting
of: [0065] the sequences of the antigen which are adjacent to the
HLA-DP4-restricted CD4+ epitope as defined above, and/or [0066] one
or more CD8+ T epitopes, and/or [0067] multiple CD4+ epitopes, such
as peptide 830-846 of the tetanus toxin TT (O'SULLIVAN et al., J.
Immunol., 1991, 147, 2663-2669), peptide 307-319 of influenza virus
hemagglutinin HA (O'SULLIVAN et al., mentioned above), the Pan DR
or PADRE epitope (ALEXANDER et al., DEL GUERCIO et al., FRANKE et
al., mentioned above) and peptides derived from the antigens of
Plasmodium falciparum, such as the CS.T3 peptide (SINIGAGLIA et
al., Nature, 1988, 336, 778-780) and the CSP, SSP2, LSA-1 and EXP-1
peptides (DOOLAN et al., J. Immunol., 2000, 165, 1123-1137) and/or
[0068] one or more B epitopes, for example a peptide or a
glycopeptide in which said B epitope consists of a sugar (ALEXANDER
et al., mentioned above).
[0069] Such sequences advantageously make it possible to trigger or
to modulate an immune response in an appropriate manner.
[0070] According to yet another advantageous embodiment of said
ligand peptide, it has the sequence SEQ ID NO:84 corresponding to
the NY-ESO1 87-111 peptide.
[0071] The present invention also encompasses the ligand peptides
as defined above, which have been polymerized.
[0072] A subject of the present invention is also a method of
identifying HLA-DP4-ligand peptides as defined above, based on an
amino acid sequence, characterized in that it comprises at least
the following steps: [0073] a) establishing an HLA-DP4-binding
matrix by calculating--for all the mutants of a tracer peptide as
defined above, representing all the substitutions of the residues
at position 1, 4, 6 or 9 of said tracer peptide with the other 19
natural amino acids--the ratio of the IC.sub.50 values for said
mutant peptides and for said tracer peptide, using the
HLA-DP4-binding assay as defined in the method above, [0074] b)
evaluating the HLA-DP4-binding of peptides of at least 9 amino
acids included in said amino acid sequence, by calculating, for
each fragment of 9 amino acids of said peptide, the sum of the
scores for HLA-DP4-binding of the residues at positions 1, 4, 6 and
9 of said fragment, using the binding matrix established in a), and
[0075] c) identifying the HLA-DP4-ligand peptides corresponding to
those to which the loss of HLA-DP4-binding, relative to said tracer
peptide, is smallest, i.e. those for which the sum of the binding
scores has the lowest value expressed as a logarithm (log);
preferably less than 2, preferably less than 1, even more
preferably close to 0.
[0076] This HLA-DP4-binding matrix which is illustrated for the
reference peptide UNK 3-15 (SEQ ID NO:28), in table XIV of example
6, makes it possible to estimate the HLA-DP4-binding activity of
any peptide of at least 9 amino acids; peptides having binding
scores of, respectively, 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4 correspond to peptides
exhibiting a 1-fold, 10-fold, 100-fold, 1000-fold and 10 000-fold
loss of binding relative to the UNK 3-15 peptide (IC.sub.50 10 nM),
i.e. exhibiting an estimated binding activity of, respectively, 10
nM, 100 nM, 1000 nM, 10 .mu.M and 100 .mu.M.
[0077] For example, the tumor antigen NY-ESO1 comprises a peptide
WITQCFLPV having a DP*0401- and DP*0402-binding score of
0+0.3+0+0.3=0.6 corresponding to an estimated binding activity
(using the HLA-DP4-binding matrix) of 39 nM and a calculated
activity (using the DP*0401- and DP*0402-binding assay) of,
respectively, 20 nM and 67 nM.
[0078] The method of identifying HLA-DP4-ligand peptides according
to the invention, which is easy to implement and can be automated,
makes it possible, in particular using appropriate software, to
predict the sequence of the HLA-DP4-ligand peptides present in all
proteins representing antigens of interest. The peptide sequences
thus identified can then be verified using an HLA-DP4-binding
assay, defined in the method of selecting HLA-DP4 ligands according
to the invention.
[0079] A subject of the present invention is also a nucleic acid
molecule, characterized in that it encodes a ligand peptide as
defined above.
[0080] The subject of the invention also encompasses the
recombinant nucleic acid molecules comprising at least one nucleic
acid molecule in accordance with the invention, linked to at least
one heterologous sequence.
[0081] For the purpose of the present invention, the expression
"sequence which is heterologous relative to a nucleic acid sequence
encoding a ligand peptide" is intended to mean any nucleic acid
sequence other than those which, naturally, are immediately
adjacent to said nucleic acid sequence encoding a peptide.
[0082] The subject of the present invention encompasses in
particular: [0083] expression cassettes comprising at least one
nucleic acid molecule in accordance with the invention and the
sequences required for controlling the transcription and the
translation of said nucleic acid molecule (promoter, intron,
initiation codon (ATG), stop codon, polyadenylation signal), and
[0084] recombinant vectors comprising an insert consisting of a
nucleic acid molecule in accordance with the invention.
Advantageously, these expression vectors comprise at least one
expression cassette as defined above.
[0085] Many vectors into which a nucleic acid molecule of interest
can be inserted in order to introduce it into and to maintain it in
a eukaryotic or prokaryotic host cell are known in themselves; the
choice of a suitable vector depends on the use envisioned for this
vector (for example, replication of the sequence of interest,
expression of this sequence, maintenance of this sequence in
extrachromosomal form, or else integration into the host's
chromosomal material), and also on the nature of the host cell.
[0086] For example, use may be made, inter alia, of viral vectors
such as adenoviruses, retroviruses, lentiviruses and AAVs, into
which the sequence of interest has been inserted beforehand; said
sequence (isolated or inserted into a plasmid vector) can also be
combined with a substance which allows it to cross the host cell
membrane, for example a preparation of liposomes, of lipids or of
cationic polymers, or it can be injected directly into the host
cell, in the form of naked DNA.
[0087] A subject of the invention is also prokaryotic or eukaryotic
cells transformed with at least one nucleic acid molecule in
accordance with the invention.
[0088] Transformed cells in accordance with the invention can be
obtained by any means, known in themselves, making it possible to
introduce a nucleic acid molecule into a host cell. For example, in
the case of animal cells, use may be made of the vectors or the
lipid preparations as defined above.
[0089] A subject of the present invention is also an
immunomodulatory composition, characterized in that it comprises at
least one HLA-DP4 ligand or a nucleic acid molecule encoding an
HLA-DP4-ligand peptide as defined above, and a pharmaceutically
acceptable vehicle.
[0090] Advantageously, said nucleic acid molecule is included in a
vector as defined above.
[0091] Depending on the choice of the HLA-DP4 ligand and of its
mode of presentation (route of administration, dose, possible
addition of adjuvant) such an immunomodulatory composition results
in either activation of T lymphocytes, or the anergy thereof.
[0092] In fact, it has been shown that a single subcutaneous
injection of a small amount of peptide results in anergy (OLDFIELD
et al., J. Immunol., 2001, 167, 1734-1739). On the other hand, it
is known that repeated injections of large amounts of peptide in
the presence of adjuvant result in T lymphocyte activation. In
addition, culmination with Z.sub.1 and Z.sub.2 peptides as defined
above also makes it possible to increase the antigen-specific
immune response (ALEXANDER et al., mentioned above).
[0093] Consequently, said composition is used both for immunization
against a pathogenic agent or a tumor cell and for the treatment of
autoimmune diseases (multiple sclerosis, insulin-dependent
diabetes), of allergy or of transplant rejection.
[0094] A subject of the present invention is also a reagent for
diagnosing the immune state of an individual, characterized in that
it comprises at least one HLA-DP4 ligand as defined above,
optionally labeled or complexed, in particular complexed with
labeled (biotinylated) HLA-DP4 molecules, in the form of multimeric
complexes such as tetramers.
[0095] A subject of the present invention is also the use of an
HLA-DP4 ligand or of a nucleic acid molecule encoding an
HLA-DP4-ligand peptide as defined above, for preparing an
immunomodulatory medicinal product or a reagent for diagnosing the
immune state of an individual.
[0096] For the purpose of the present invention, the expression
"diagnosing the immune state of an individual" is intended to mean
detecting the presence, in said individual, of CD4+ T lymphocytes
specific for an antigen derived from a pathogenic agent or from a
tumor cell, for an allergen, for an alloantigen or for an
autoantigen.
[0097] The reagent in accordance with the invention which is
capable of detecting the presence of CD4+ T lymphocytes specific
for an antigen is used for detecting: an infection with a
pathogenic agent, a cancer, an autoimmune disease, an allergy or a
transplant rejection, based on a biological sample from a
patient.
[0098] A subject of the present invention is also a method of
diagnosing the immune state of an individual, comprising the steps
of: [0099] bringing a biological sample from said individual into
contact with a diagnostic reagent as defined above, and [0100]
detecting the CD4+ T lymphocytes specific for an antigen by any
suitable means.
[0101] A subject of the present invention is also a kit for
detecting the immune state of an individual, characterized in that
it comprises at least one reagent as defined above, combined with a
means for detecting CD4+ T lymphocytes specific for an antigen.
[0102] The CD4+ T lymphocytes specific for an antigen are detected
by any means known in themselves. For example, use may be made of
direct means such as lymphocyte proliferation assays or flow
cytometry in the presence of multimeric complexes as defined above,
or else indirect means, for instance the assaying of cytokines such
as IL2, IL4, IL5 or .gamma.IFN, in particular by immunoenzymatic
techniques (ELISA, RIA, ELISPOT).
[0103] More precisely: [0104] as regards the proliferation
assay:
[0105] A suspension of cells (PBMCs, CD8+ cell-depleted PBMCs, T
lymphocytes pre-enriched by a step consisting in culturing in vitro
with the peptides as defined above, or cloned T lymphocytes) is
cultured for 3 to 5 days in the presence of said HLA-DP4 ligands
and, as needed, of appropriate presenting cells, such as dendritic
cells, autologous or heterologous PBMCs, lymphoblastoid cells such
as those obtained after infection with the EBV virus or genetically
modified cells. The proliferation of the cells is measured by
incorporation of tritiated thymidine into the DNA of the cells. The
peptides as defined above make it possible to detect in the initial
suspension the presence of cells specific for these peptides.
[0106] as regards the ELISPOT assay:
[0107] The ELISPOT assay makes it possible to detect the presence
of .gamma.IFN-secreting T cells specific for a peptide as defined
above.
[0108] More precisely, the T cells are detected by measuring the
secretion of .gamma.IFN after incubation of the PBMCs from patients
with said peptides in accordance with the method described in
International Application WO 99/51630 or Gahery-Segard et al., (J.
Virol., 2000, 74, 1964). [0109] as regards the use of multimeric
complexes and in particular of tetrameric complexes: [0110] a
biological sample, preferably peripheral blood mononuclear cells
(PBMCs), is brought into contact with tetrameric complexes as
defined above, and [0111] labeled cells are analyzed by flow
cytometry.
[0112] Advantageously, prior to bringing the biological sample into
contact with said complex, it is enriched in CD4+ T cells by
bringing it into contact with anti-CD4 antibodies so as to enrich
said sample.
[0113] The tetramers are prepared as specified, for example, in
NOVAK et al. (J. Clin. Investig., 1999, 104, R63-R67) or in KURODA
et al. (J. Virol., 2000, 74, 18, 8751-8756).
[0114] Briefly, the tetramers are produced by incubating, for 72
hours at 37.degree. C. and in a 10 mM citrate phosphate buffer
containing 0.15 M NaCl, at a pH of between 4.5 and 7, soluble and
biotinylated HLA II molecules with a 10-fold excess of HLA-DP4
ligands as defined above.
[0115] The tetramerized form is obtained by adding streptavidin
labeled with a fluorochrome to the preparation, in an amount four
times less (mole for mole) than the amount of HLA II molecules. The
entire mixture is incubated overnight at ambient temperature.
[0116] To use these tetramers, a suspension of cells (PBMCs, CD8+
cell-depleted PBMCs, T lymphocytes pre-enriched by a step
consisting in culturing in vitro with the HLA-DP4 ligands as
defined above, or cloned T lymphocytes) is brought into contact
with one or more tetramers (10 to 20 mg/ml) for 1 to 3 hours. After
washing, the suspension is analyzed by flow cytometry: the labeling
of the cells with the tetramers is visualized by virtue of the fact
that these constructs are fluorescent.
[0117] The flow cytometry makes it possible to separate the cells
labeled with the tetramers from the nonlabeled cells and to thus
perform cell sorting.
[0118] A subject of the present invention is thus also a method of
sorting CD4+ T lymphocytes specific for an antigen, characterized
in that it comprises at least the following steps: [0119] bringing
a cell sample into contact with tetramers labeled with a
fluorochrome, prepared from complexes between HLA-DP4 ligands as
defined above and soluble HLA-DP4 molecules, and [0120] sorting
these cells bound to said tetramers, by flow cytometry.
[0121] Besides the above arrangements, the invention also comprises
other arrangements, which will emerge from the following
description which refers to examples of implementation of the
subject of the present invention, with references to the attached
drawings in which: [0122] FIG. 1 illustrates the activity of
binding of peptides to the HLA-DP4 molecules encoded, respectively,
by DPB1*0401 (A) and DPB1*0402 (B), determined according to the
method in accordance with the invention with, as tracer peptide,
the biotinylated UNK1 peptide (10 nM); the percentage of DP4
molecule-binding is expressed as a function of the molar
concentration of the peptides. The maximum binding (100%)
corresponds to the value obtained for the tracer peptide alone, in
the absence of competitor peptide. UNK: UNK1 (SEQ ID NO:14), IL:
IL3 127-146 (SEQ ID NO:13), MAG: MAG 245-258 (SEQ ID NO:19), NSP2:
SEQ ID NO:4, TT: TT 947-963 (SEQ ID NO:20), DQB: DQB 43-57 (SEQ ID
NO:23), HCI 46-63: SEQ ID NO:24) and HA: HA 306-318 (SEQ ID NO:21),
[0123] FIG. 2 illustrates the correlation between the
HLA-DP4-binding score (estimated by the method of identifying
HLA-DP4-ligand peptides in accordance with the invention) and the
affinity for the HLA-DP4 molecules (determined by the IC.sub.50
value, measured using the HLA-DP4-binding assay defined in the
method of selecting HLA-DP4-ligand peptides in accordance with the
invention) analyzed on a set of 44 peptides.
EXAMPLE 1
Principle of the HLA-DP4/Peptide Binding Assay
1) Peptide Preparation
[0124] All the peptides were synthesized according to the Fmoc
strategy in parallel solid-phase synthesis, purified by HPLC and
controlled by mass spectrometry (ES-MS).
[0125] The peptides are biotinylated on their NH.sub.2-terminal
residue, according to the protocol as described in Texier et al.,
mentioned above.
2) Antibody Preparation
[0126] The HLA-DP molecule-specific antibodies, such as the
antibody B7/21 (WATSON, et al., Nature, 1983, 304, 358-361), are
purified from the culture supernatant of the corresponding
hybridomas, on protein A-sepharose columns. These antibodies are
then coupled onto sepharose 4B or protein A-sepharose columns for
purification of the HLA-DP4 molecules.
[0127] More precisely, after centrifugation at 1100 g, the culture
supernatant of the B7/21 antibody-producing cells is filtered
through 0.22 .mu.m and its pH is adjusted to 7-8 with 0.1 M
Tris-HCI buffer, pH 8. This supernatant is then applied to a 10 ml
protein A-sepharose 4 fast flow column prewashed with 100 ml of 0.1
M Tris-HCI buffer, pH 8. The column is then washed with 100 ml of
0.1 M Tris-HCI buffer, pH 8, and 100 ml of 0.01 M Tris-HCI buffer,
pH 8. The antibodies are eluted with 0.1 M glycine-HCI buffer, pH
3. The column is rinsed with 100 ml of 0.1 M Tris-HCI buffer, pH 8.
The eluted fraction which contains the B7/21 antibody is
immediately neutralized with 1 M Tris-HCI buffer, pH 8, before
being thoroughly dialyzed against 0.1 M borate buffer, pH 8.2. The
amount of antibodies obtained is determined based on the optical
density (OD) at 278 nm.
[0128] The affinity columns intended for purification of the
HLA-DP4 molecules are prepared in the following way: 0.75 g of
protein A-sepharose 4B (3 ml of final gel) is swollen in water and
then in 0.1 M borate buffer pH 8.2. 15 mg of monoclonal antibody,
such as B7/21, in 0.1 M borate buffer, pH 8.2, are added to the
gel, centrifuged beforehand. The coupling is carried out for two
hours at ambient temperature and then controlled by absorbence of
the supernatant at 278 nm. The gel is then washed successively with
100 ml of 0.1 M borate buffer, pH 8.2, 120 ml of 0.2 M
triethanolamine buffer, pH 8.2, 120 ml of 20 mM dimethylpyrimidate
buffer, 0.2 M triethanolamine, pH 8.2 and 150 ml of 0.2 M
ethanolamine buffer, pH 8.2. After the gel has been poured, it is
rinsed with 150 ml of 0.1 M borate buffer, pH 8.2. The final
control for the coupling is performed by an elution in 0.1 M
glycine buffer, pH 2.5, containing 0.5 M NaCl; the absorbence at
278 nm of the 1 ml fractions should be less than 0.1. The column is
immediately rinsed with 50 ml of 0.1 M borate buffer, pH 8.2, and
20 ml of 0.1 M borate buffer containing 0.02% NaN.sub.3, pH 8.2. It
is stored in this buffer at 4.degree. C. until use.
3) Purification of the HLA-DP4 Molecules
[0129] The HLA-DP4 molecules are purified from various human B
lymphocyte lines transformed with the Epstein Barr virus (EBV),
which are homozygotes for DP, by immunoaffinity using monoclonal
antibodies specific for all DP molecules. The origin of the lines
and the alleles which characterize them are indicated in table
IV.
TABLE-US-00004 TABLE IV DP DPA1 DPB1 Lines specificity allele
allele Reference HOM2 DP4 DPA1*0103 DPB1*0401 BOLETH DP4 DPA1*0103
DPB1*0401 PITOUT DP4 DPA1*0103 DPB1*0401 SOUTHWOOD et al.,
mentioned above HHKB DP4 DPA1*0103 DPB1*0401 DAVENPORTH et al.,
P.N.A.S., 1995, 92, 6567 SHU DP4 DPA1*0103 DPB1*0402 MLF DP4
DPA1*0103 DPB1*0402 BM92 DP4 DPA1*0103 DPB1*0402 the origin of the
lines is described on the internet site of the European cell
culture collection (http://fuseiv.co.uk/camr/).
[0130] The HLA-DP4 molecules are purified from a pellet of these
EBV-transformed human cells, according to a protocol derived from
those used for the HLA-DR molecules (GORGA et al., J. Biol. Chem.,
1987, 262, 16087; TEXIER et al., mentioned above).
[0131] More precisely, 5 to 6.times.10.sup.9 cells are lysed at a
concentration of approximately 10.sup.8 cells/ml in lysis buffer
(0.01 M Tris, 0.15 M NaCl, 0.02% NaN.sub.3, pH 7, 1% NP40, 10
.mu.g/ml aprotinin, 5 mM EDTA, 10 .mu.M PMSF) in ice for 30
minutes. The large cell debris is removed from the lysis medium by
centrifugation at 1100 g for 10 minutes at 4.degree. C. The
supernatant is then ultracentrifuged at 100 000 g at 4.degree. C.
for 1 hour. The rest of the purification takes place in a cold room
at 4.degree. C. The lysate is passed successively over a sepharose
4B column (10 ml of gel prepared in 1.times.PBS), a protein
A-sepharose 4B column (5 ml of gel prepared in 1.times..sup.2PBS)
and then over the anti-DP affinity column. The columns are then
rinsed with 250 ml of lysis buffer. The sepharose 4B column is
discarded. The protein A-sepharose 4B column is rinsed with 25 ml
of 1.times.TBS buffer (0.01 M Tris, 0.15 M NaCl, 0.02% NaN.sub.3,
pH 7), 50 ml of (0.1 M glycine; 0.5 M NaCl, pH 2.5) buffer and 200
ml of 1.times.PBS buffer, before being stored at 4.degree. C. The
anti-DP column is rinsed with 250 ml of TBS buffer containing 1 mM
of dodecyl maltoside (DM). It is then eluted individually with the
elution buffer (100 mM Na.sub.2CO.sub.3, 500 mM NaCl, 0.02%
NaN.sub.3, 1.1 mM DM, pH 11.5) in 15 fractions of 3 ml. The eluate
is immediately neutralized with 10% of buffer (2 M Tris-HCI, pH
6.8), and then thoroughly dialyzed at 4.degree. C. against
1.times.PBS buffer containing 1 mM of DM.
4) HLA-DP4-Peptide Binding Assay
[0132] The assay for binding of the peptides to the HLA-DP4
molecules is a competition assay with immunoenzymatic detection,
derived from that developed for HLA-DR molecules (HLA-DR1: MARSHALL
et al., mentioned above), HLA-DR1, -DR2, -DR3, -DR4, -DR7, -DR11
and -DR13: patent FR 99 0879 and TEXIER et al., mentioned above).
It is carried out in 96-well plates, which makes it possible to
study many samples in the same experiment. Briefly, the purified
HLA-DP4 molecules are incubated with a biotinylated peptide which
serves as a tracer, and various concentrations of the test peptide.
The biotinylated peptide is a DP4-ligand peptide; it is a peptide
recognized by DP4-specific CD4+ T lymphocytes, such as those
specified in table III above, or a new peptide isolated using the
present DP4-binding assay. Among these peptides, mention may be
made, for example, of the UNK1 peptide or the IL3 127-146 peptide.
The incubation is carried out in a buffer, the pH of which can
vary. It is generally 5, and the incubation generally lasts 24 h.
After incubation, the samples are neutralized, and then 100 .mu.l
of each sample is transferred onto an ELISA plate pre-coated with
an anti-DP antibody, such as B7/21. The HLA-DP
molecule/biotinylated peptide complexes attached to the bottom of
the plate via the antibody are revealed by means of streptavidin
phosphatase and a fluorescent substrate. The activity of each
peptide is characterized by the concentration which inhibits 50% of
the binding of the biotinylated peptide (IC.sub.50).
EXAMPLE 2
Determination of the Binding Assay Parameters
1) Tracer Peptide
a) Materials and Methods
[0133] The binding of peptides to the two DP4 molecules (DP401
encoded by the DPA1*0103/DPB1*0401 allele and DP402 encoded by the
DPA1*0103/DPB1*0402 allele) was analyzed by ELISA using the
following direct binding assay:
[0134] The HLA-DP4 molecules purified according to the protocol
described in example 1 are diluted 10 times in 10 mM phosphate
buffer (1/10 dilution). They are then incubated with various
concentrations of a biotinylated peptide (10.sup.-6 M, 10.sup.-7 M
and 10.sup.-8 M) in 10 mM phosphate buffer containing 150 mM NaCl,
1 mM DM, 10 mM citrate and 0.003% thimerosal, pH 5, in 96-well
polypropylene plates, for 24 h at 37.degree. C. Samples without DP4
molecules are used as a control. At the end of the incubation, the
samples are neutralized with 50 .mu.l of 450 mM Tris-HCI buffer, pH
7.5, containing 0.003% thimerosal, 0.3% BSA and 1 mM DM. They are
then transferred onto 96-well maxisorp ELISA plates onto which the
anti-DP antibodies have been pre-adsorbed. Specifically, 10
.mu.g/ml of anti-DP antibodies were incubated overnight at
4.degree. C. (100 .mu.l/well) and the plates were then saturated
with the 100 mM Tris-HCI buffer, pH 7.5, containing 0.3% BSA and
0.003% thimerosal overnight at 4.degree. C. The incubation of the
samples on these plates is carried out for two hours at ambient
temperature, like the remainder of the assay, and then extensive
washing is performed, between each step, in 0.1 M Tris-HCI buffer,
pH 7.5, containing 0.05% Tween-20. The biotinylated peptide bound
to the HLA-DP molecules is detected by adding 100 .mu.l/well of the
streptavidin-alkaline phosphatase conjugate (45 minutes) diluted
1/2000 in the 10 mM Tris buffer, pH 7, containing 0.15 M NaCl,
0.05% Tween 20, 0.2% BSA and 0.003% thimerosal, and then by adding
200 .mu.l/well of 100 .mu.M MUP substrate in 0.05 M NaHCO.sub.3
buffer, pH 9.8, containing 1 mM MgCl.sub.2. The emission of
fluorescence by the product of the enzymatic reaction is measured
at 450 nm after excitation at 365 nm, and the ratio of the values
obtained with or without DP4 is determined (R.sub.F=fluorescence
value in the presence of DP4/fluorescence value in the absence of
DP4).
b) Results
[0135] The DP401 molecule-binding of peptides derived from the
DP4-ligand peptides described above (table III) was assayed: [0136]
peptide bUL21 283-302 (RELWWVFYAGDRALEEPHAE; SEQ ID NO: 18) [0137]
peptide bIL3 127-146 (SEQ ID NO:13) [0138] peptide bMAG 245-258
(LLTQHFVQENYLEY; SEQ ID NO:19) [0139] peptide bMT 451-466 (SEQ ID
NO:6) [0140] peptide bNS-p2 (SEQ ID NO:4) [0141] peptide bTT
947-963 (FNNFTVSFWLRVPKVSA; SEQ ID NO:20) [0142] peptide bUNK1 (SEQ
ID NO:14)
[0143] Two peptides specific, respectively, for DR1 and for DR7
were used as control for the DP4-binding specificity: [0144]
peptide bHA 306-318 (PKYVKQNTLKLAT; SEQ ID NO:21) described by HILL
et al., J. Immunol., 1994, 152, 2890, and [0145] peptide bYKL
(AAYAAAKAAALAA; SEQ ID NO:22) described by MARSHALL et al.,
mentioned above.
[0146] The results are given in table V.
TABLE-US-00005 TABLE V Selection of the tracers using a direct HLA-
DP4-binding assay R.sub.F = fluorescence value in the presence of
DP4/ fluorescence value in the absence of DP4 peptide 10.sup.-6M
10.sup.-7M 10.sup.-8M bUL21 283-302 8.3 13.3 10.1 bIL3 127-146 10
20 17.3 bMAG 245-258 1.5 6.7 5.4 bMT 451-466 5.5 4 2 bNS-p2 1 4.2
7.8 bTT 947-963 1.7 3.6 2.7 bUNK1 21.6 21.7 20 bHA 306-318 4.9 4.7
2.7 bYKL 4.8 3.2 3
[0147] The results show that: [0148] the bUNK1 and bIL3 127-146
peptides have a high DP4-binding capacity, [0149] the bTT 947-963
and bMT 451-466 peptides have a low binding capacity, and [0150]
the bNS-p2, pUL21 283-302 and bMAG 245-258 peptides have an
intermediate binding capacity.
[0151] The peptides exhibiting an R.sub.F>5 at the concentration
of 10.sup.-8 M are considered to be good tracers which can be used
in the binding assay.
[0152] The UNK1 peptide, which gave the best results, was used to
optimize the binding assay.
2) Time, pH, Concentration of the Tracer Peptide
[0153] In order to have a sensitive and DP4-specific assay, the
concentration of HLA-DP4 molecules, the concentration of the
biotinylated peptide, the pH and the peptide/HLA-DP4 molecule
incubation time were optimized with the bUNK1 peptide.
a) Materials and Methods
[0154] The HLA-DP4 molecules purified according to the protocol
described in example 1 were diluted 1/10, 1/20, 1/40 and 1/80 in 10
mM phosphate buffer containing 150 mM of NaCl, 1 mM DM, 10 mM
citrate and 0.003% thimerosal, at various pH values (pH 4, 5, 5.5,
6, 6.5 and 7), with the bUNK1 peptide at various concentrations and
several concentrations of competitor peptides, in 96-well
polypropylene plates. At the end of the incubation at 37.degree.
C., the samples were neutralized with 50 .mu.l of 450 mM Tris-HCI
buffer, pH 7.5, containing 0.003% thimerosal, 0.3% BSA and 1 mM DM.
They were then transferred onto 96-well maxisorp ELISA plates onto
which the anti-DP antibodies had been pre-adsorbed. Very
specifically, 10 .mu.g/ml of anti-DP antibodies were incubated
overnight at 4.degree. C. (100 .mu.l/well) and the plates were then
saturated with the 100 mM Tris-HCI buffer, pH 7.5, containing 0.3%
BSA and 0.003% thimerosal overnight at 4.degree. C. The incubation
of the samples on these plates was carried out for two hours at
ambient temperature, like the remainder of the assay, and then
thorough washing was performed, between each step, in 0.1 M
Tris-HCI buffer, pH 7.5, containing 0.05% Tween-20. The
biotinylated peptide bound to the HLA-DP molecules was detected by
adding 100 .mu.g/well of the streptavidin-alkaline phosphatase
conjugate (45 minutes) diluted 1/2000 in the 10 mM Tris buffer, pH
7, containing 0.15 M NaCl, 0.05% Tween 20, 0.2% BSA and 0.003%
thimerosal, and then by adding 200 .mu.l/well of 100 .mu.M MUP
substrate in 0.05 M NaHCO.sub.3 buffer, pH 9.8, containing 1 mM
MgCl.sub.2. The emission of fluorescence by the product of the
enzymatic reaction was measured at 450 nm after excitation at 365
nm. The maximum binding was determined by incubating the
biotinylated peptide with the MHC II molecule in the absence of
competitor peptide. The binding specificity was controlled by
adding an excess of nonbiotinylated peptide. The background noise
obtained does not differ significantly from that obtained by
incubating the biotinylated peptide in the absence of the MHC II
molecules.
[0155] The results are expressed in the form of the concentration
of competitor peptide which inhibits 50% of the maximum binding of
the labeled peptide (IC.sub.50).
b) Results
[0156] The optimum conditions are given in table VI:
TABLE-US-00006 TABLE VI Conditions for the DP4 molecule-binding
assay DPA1*0103/ DPA1*0103/ Molecules DPB1*0401 DPB1*0402
Biotinylated bUNK 1-17 bUNK 1-17 peptide Concentration 10 nM 10 nM
pH 5 5 Incubation 24 h 24 h time Concentration Dilution of HLA-DP4
1/20 to 1/4 he dilutions indicated are carried out using the
preparation of purified HLA-DP4 molecules obtained in example
1.
EXAMPLE 3
Sensitivity and Specificity of the DP4 Molecule-Binding Assay
a) Specificity
[0157] The results illustrated in FIG. 1 show that the binding
activity measured in the assay is specific for HLA-DP4 insofar as:
[0158] peptides known to be ligands for DP4 molecules effectively
bind the HLA-DP*0401 and 0402 molecules. They are the IL3 127-146
peptide (naturally present on a DP4 molecule), DP4-restricted CD4+
T lymphocyte-specific peptides: NS-p2 (or NSP2), TT 947-963 and, to
a lesser extent, the MAG 245-258 peptide, and [0159] peptides known
to bind other HLA II molecules do not bind to the HLA-DP*0401 and
0402 molecules. They are the peptides: DQB 43-57 (DVEVYRAVTPLGPPD,
SEQ ID NO:23), HCI 46-63 (EPRAPWIEQEGPEYWDQE, SEQ ID NO:24) and HA
306-318 (SEQ ID NO:21) which are known to bind, respectively, to
HLA-DQ3, HLA-DQ2 and HLA-DR molecules (MARSHALL et al., mentioned
above, JOHANSEN et al., Immunogenetics, 1996, 45, 142).
[0160] The specificity of the assay results from the use: [0161] of
an HLA-DP molecule-specific antibody for the purification and for
the adsorption of the ELISA plates, and [0162] of the biotinylated
peptide which binds with high affinity; FIG. 1 shows that the UNK
peptide, which is the nonbiotinylated counterpart of the bUNK
tracer peptide, completely inhibits the binding of the tracer both
to the HLA-DPB1*0401 molecule and to the DPB1*0402 molecule.
b) Sensitivity
[0163] The sensitivity of the assay is reflected by the IC.sub.50
observed with the nonbiotinylated peptide (UNK1) corresponding to
the tracer (bUNK1). FIG. 1 indicates that the values of,
respectively, 8 and 9 nM for DPB1*0401 and DPB1*0402 reflect good
sensitivity.
[0164] FIG. 1 also shows that the DPB1*401 molecule-binding and
DPB1*402 molecule-binding activities of the peptides, although
comparable, are different. These results confirm that the DPB1*401
and DPB1*402 molecules exhibit differences which can be detected by
this binding assay.
EXAMPLE 4
Screening for HLA-DP4-Ligand Peptides Using a Peptide Library
1) Materials and Methods
[0165] The overlapping peptides carrying the complete sequence of
the major allergen of bee venom (Api ml), described in patent FR 99
00879, were synthesized and subjected to the DP401 molecule-binding
and DP402 molecule-binding assays, under the conditions defined in
table VI.
2) Results
[0166] The results are given in table VII below:
TABLE-US-00007 TABLE VII Binding of the Api m1 peptides to the HLA-
DPB1*0401 and DPB1*0402 molecules IC.sub.50 (nM) Peptide DP0401
DP0402 1-18 >10 000 >10 000 5-22 >10 000 >10 000 9-26
>10 000 >10 000 13-30 >10 000 >10 000 17-34 >10 000
>10 000 21-38 >10 000 >10 000 25-42 >10 000 >10 000
29-46 >10 000 >10 000 33-50 >10 000 >10 000 37-54
>10 000 >10 000 41-58 >10 000 >10 000 45-62 >10 000
>10 000 49-66 >10 000 >10 000 53-70 >10 000 >10 000
57-74 >10 000 >10 000 61-78 >10 000 >10 000 65-82 50
000 6500 69-86 >10 000 >10 000 73-90 >10 000 >10 000
77-94 450 175 81-98 2250 1225 85-102 >10 000 >10 000 89-106
>10 000 >10 000 93-110 >10 000 >10 000 97-114 >10
000 >10 000 101-118 >10 000 >10 000 105-122 >10 000
>10 000 109-126 >10 000 >10 000 113-130 >10 000 >10
000 117-134 >10 000 >10 000
[0167] These results show that peptide 77-94 of the major antigen
of bee venom 94 (Api ml 77-94: TISSYFVGKMYFNLIDTK, SEQ ID NO:17) is
a peptide which is a ligand for the DPB1*0401 and DPB1*0402
molecules.
EXAMPLE 5
Determination of the DP4 Molecule-Binding Units
1) Materials and Methods
[0168] a) Determination of a Minimum Peptide Derived from UNK1
Capable of Binding to the DP4 Molecules
[0169] Peptides derived from the UNK1 peptide (UNK 1-17, SEQ ID
NO:14) comprising increasing deletions at one of the NH.sub.2 or
COOH ends, or at both ends, were synthesized. The sequence of these
peptides (UNK 1-11, 1-12, 1-13, 2-14, 3-15, 4-16, 5-17, 6-17, 7-17,
3-17 and 1-15) corresponding, respectively, to SEQ ID NOS:25-26, 16
and 27-34 is given in table VIII. The binding activity of the
peptides, expressed by the IC.sub.50 value, was determined using
the competition binding assay, under the conditions defined in
table VI.
b) Determination of the Residues of the UNK1 Peptide which are
Involved in Binding to the DP4 Molecules
[0170] Mutants of the UNK 3-15 peptide (KYFAATQFEPLAA; SEQ ID
NO:28) were synthesized; each mutant contains only one of the
residues Y4, F5, T8, Q9, F10, E11, P12 and L13 substituted with
alanine or with lysine, the residue K3 substituted with alanine, or
else one of the residues A6, A7, A14 and A15 substituted with
lysine.
[0171] The sequence of these peptides (UNK K3A, Y4A, FSA, TBA, Q9A,
F10A, E11A, P12A, L13A, Y4K, FSK, A6K, A7K, T8K, Q9K, F10K, E11K,
P12K, L13K, A14K and A15K) corresponding, respectively, to the
sequences SEQ ID NOS:35 to 55 is given in table IX.
[0172] The binding activity of the peptides, expressed by the
IC.sub.50 value, was determined using the competition binding
assay, under the conditions defined in table VI. The loss of
binding of the mutant peptides is expressed by the ratio of the
IC.sub.50 values for the mutant peptide and for the UNK1
peptide.
c) Determination of the DP401 Molecule-Binding and DP402
Molecule-Binding Units
[0173] The residues F in P1, T in P4, F in P6 or L in P9 of the
UNK1 peptide were substituted with one of the following residues:
[0174] P1: Y, L, E, N, T, D, G, H, I, M, P, Q, R, S, V or W, [0175]
P4: F, L, E, D, N, Y, R, S, G, H or P [0176] P6: Y, L, W, E, N, T,
D, G, H, I, M, P, Q, R, S, V, W or C, [0177] P9: F, Y, E, D, N, R,
V, G, H, I, P, Q, S, T or W.
[0178] The sequence of these peptides, corresponding to the
sequences SEQ ID NOS: 56 to 81 and SEQ ID NOS:96 to 129, is given,
respectively, in tables Xa and Xb.
[0179] The loss of DP4 molecule-binding of the mutant peptides was
determined using the assay described for the alanine and lysine
mutants.
2) Results
a) Determination of a Minimum UNK1 Peptide
[0180] The results are given in table VIII below:
TABLE-US-00008 TABLE VIII Binding to DP401 and DP402 of the
peptides derived from UNK1 (UNK 1-17) Position of the sequences
IC.sub.50 (nM) Peptides 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
401 402 UNK1-17 E K K Y F A A T Q F E P L A A R L 11 14 UNK1-11 E K
K Y F A A T Q F E 55 95 UNK1-12 E K K Y F A A T Q F E P 93 100
UNK1-13 E K K Y F A A T Q F E P L 14 28 UNK2-14 K K Y F A A T Q F E
P L A 15 23 UNK3-15 K Y F A A T Q F E P L A A 19 23 UNK4-16 Y F A A
T Q F E P L A A R 38 25 UNK5-17 F A A T Q F E P L A A R L 65 38
UNK6-17 A A T Q F E P L A A R L 15000 6000 UNK7-17 A T Q F E P L A
A R L 15000 12500 UNK3-17 K Y F A A T Q F E P L A A R L 18 14
UNK1-15 E K K Y F A A T Q F E P L A A 18 17
[0181] The results obtained show that: [0182] the loss of binding
observed with the UNK 1-11, UNK 1-12, UNK 4-16 and UNK 5-17
peptides suggests that the minimum peptide is 13 to 15 amino acids
in size, [0183] the loss of binding observed with the UNK 6-17 and
UNK 7-17 peptides suggests that the F residue at position 5 is the
first residue for anchoring of the peptides in the binding site of
the DP4 molecules (residue P1). b) Determination of the Residues of
the UNK1 Peptide which are Involved in Binding to the DP4
Molecules
[0184] The results are given in table IX below:
TABLE-US-00009 TABLE IX Loss of binding to DP401 and DP402 of the
alanine and lysine mutants PEPTIDE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 DP*0401 DP*0402 UNK1 E K K Y F A A T Q F E P L A A R L 1
1.00 UNK 3-15 K Y F A A T Q F E P L A A 1.5 1.7 P1 P4 P6 P9 UNK K3A
A Y F A A T Q F E P L A A 0.9 1 UNK Y4A K A F A A T Q F E P L A A
1.2 0.9 UNK F5A K Y A A A T Q F E P L A A 41 5.7 UNK T8A K Y F A A
A Q F E P L A A 0.8 0.8 UNK Q9A K Y F A A T A F E P L A A 0.8 0.6
UNK F10A K Y F A A T Q A E P L A A 336 62 UNK E11A K Y F A A T Q F
A P L A A 0.5 0.5 UNK P12A K Y F A A T Q F E A L A A 1.2 0.9 UNK
L13A K Y F A A T Q F E P A A A 3.1 2.3 UNK Y4K K K F A A T Q F E P
L A A 1.2 1 UNK F5K K Y K A A T Q F E P L A A 569 297 UNK A6K K Y F
K A T Q F E P L A A 1.6 1 UNK A7K K Y F A K T Q F E P L A A 2 1.2
UNK T8K K Y F A A K Q F E P L A A 31 3.6 UNK Q9K K Y F A A T K F E
P L A A 1.6 0.9 UNK F10K K Y F A A T Q K E P L A A 420 350 UNK E11K
K Y F A A T Q F K P L A A 1.3 0.7 UNK P12K K Y F A A T Q F E K L A
A 1.8 1.4 UNK L13K K Y F A A T Q F E P K A A 81 70 UNK A13K K Y F A
A T Q F E P L K A 1.7 1.4 UNK A15K K Y F A A T Q F E P L A K 1.7
1.4
[0185] The results show a loss of binding for F5A, F10A, F5K, F10K
and L13K, which strongly suggests that the residues for anchoring
of the peptides in the binding site of the DP4 molecules are,
respectively, F5 at position P1, F10 at position P6 and L13 at
position P9.
c) Determination of the DP401 Molecule-Binding and DP402
Molecule-Binding Units
[0186] The results are given in tables Xa and Xb and table XI
below:
TABLE-US-00010 TABLE Xa Loss of binding to DP401 and DP40 of the
mutants at P1, P4, P6 and P9 (SEQ ID NOS: 56 to 81) PEPTIDE 1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 DP*0401 DP*0402 UNK1 E K K Y F A
A T Q F E P L A A R L 1.00 1.00 UNK 3-15 K Y F A A T Q F E P L A A
1.4 1.4 P1 P4 P6 P9 UNK F5Y K Y Y A A T Q F E P L A A 3 3.9 UNK F5L
K Y L A A T Q F E P L A A 3.6 6 UNK F5E K Y E A A T Q F E P L A A
117 123 UNK F5N K Y N A A T Q F E P L A A 398 76 UNK F5T K Y T A A
T Q F E P L A A 234 126 UNK T8F K Y F A A F Q F E P L A A 2.7 1.7
UNK T8L K Y F A A L Q F E P L A A 1.9 2.6 UNK T8E K Y F A A E Q F E
P L A A 2.7 3.7 UNK T8D K Y F A A D Q F E P L A A 2 2.3 UNK T8N K Y
F A A N Q F E P L A A 4.1 4.8 UNK T8Y K Y F A A Y Q F E P L A A 4.1
2.4 UNK T8R K Y F A A R Q F E P L A A 17 6.7 UNK T8S K Y F A A S Q
F E P L A A 2.7 3.4 UNK F10Y K Y F A A T Q Y E P L A A 2.4 3.4 UNK
F10L K Y F A A T Q L E P L A A 7.2 6.7 UNK F10W K Y F A A T Q W E P
L A A 2.2 2.5 UNK F10E K Y F A A T Q E E P L A A 1405 1190 UNK F10N
K Y F A A T Q N E P L A A 2460 1809 UNK F10T K Y F A A T Q T E P L
A A 1171 476 UNK L13F K Y F A A T Q F E P F A A 1.7 4 UNK L13Y K Y
F A A T Q F E P Y A A 2 15 UNK L13E K Y F A A T Q F E P E A A 11 8
UNK L13D K Y F A A T Q F E P D A A 9.4 9 UNK L13N K Y F A A T Q F E
P N A A 17 10 UNK L13R K Y F A A T Q F E P R A A 64 43 UNK L13V K Y
F A A T Q F E P V A A 2.5 1.9 he values greater than 10 are
indicated in bold
TABLE-US-00011 TABLE Xb Loss of binding to DP401 and DP40 of the
mutants at P1, P4, P6 and P9 (SEQ ID NOS: 96 to 129) Peptides 1 2 3
4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Loss UNK E K K Y F A A T Q F E
P L A A R L DP*0401 DP*0402 UNK F5D K Y D A A T Q F E P L A A 150
57 UNK F5G K Y G A A T Q F E P L A A 160 55 UNK F5H K Y H A A T Q F
E P L A A 150 36 UNK F5I K Y I A A T Q F E P L A A 3 2 UNK F5M K Y
M A A T Q F E P L A A 3 3 UNK F5P K Y P A A T Q F E P L A A 100 48
UNK F5Q K Y Q A A T Q F E P L A A 260 97 UNK F5R K Y R A A T Q F E
P L A A 140 54 UNK F5S K Y S A A T Q F E P L A A 160 42 UNK F5V K Y
V A A T Q F E P L A A 11 6 UNK F5W K Y W A A T Q F E P L A A 0.5 1
UNK T8G K Y F A A G Q F E P L A A 1 2 UNK T8P K Y F A A P Q F E P L
A A 3 2 UNK T8H K Y F A A H Q F E P L A A 6 2 UNK F10D K Y F A A T
Q D E P L A A 2700 120 UNK F10G K Y F A A T Q G E P L A A >7100
3700 UNK F10H K Y F A A T Q H E P L A A 2400 220 UNK F10I K Y F A A
T Q I E P L A A 7 6 UNK F10M K Y F A A T Q M E P L A A 4 1 UNK F10P
K Y F A A T Q P E P L A A 210 12 UNK F10Q K Y F A A T Q Q E P L A A
>7100 230 UNK F10R K Y F A A T Q R E P L A A >7100 370 UNK
F10S K Y F A A T Q S E P L A A 500 33 UNK F10V K Y F A A T Q V E P
L A A 42 22 UNK F10W K Y F A A T Q W E P L A A 1 1 UNK F10C K Y F A
A T Q C E P L A A 17 2 UNK L13G K Y F A A T Q F E P G A A 15 12 UNK
L13H K Y F A A T Q F E P H A A 13 35 UNK L13I K Y F A A T Q F E P I
A A 1 3 UNK L13P K Y F A A T Q F E P P A A 9 3 UNK L13Q K Y F A A T
Q F E P Q A A 8 2 UNK L13S K Y F A A T Q F E P S A A 9 5 UNK L13T K
Y F A A T Q F E P T A A 5 3 UNK L13W K Y F A A T Q F E P W A A 1 13
he values greater than 10 are indicated in bold
TABLE-US-00012 TABLE XI Specificity of the DP4 molecule bindin P1
P4 P6 P9 + - + - + - + - DP* F, Y, H, T, F, L, K, R F, Y, H, V, F,
Y, H, G, 0401 L, I, S, A, Y, H, L, W, A, G, V, A, K, R, M, W G, P,
T, A, I, M T, P, I, P, E, N, C K, R, S, G, S, K, W, L, D, E, P, I,
R, E, M, Q, N, Q, M, Q, D, N, S, T, C, V E, D, Q, C D N, V, W, C
DP* F, Y, H, T, F, L, F, Y, H, V, F, V, Y, H, 0402 L, A, S, G, Y,
H, L, W, A, G, A, I, W, G, I, M, P, K, T, A, I, M, C T, P, P, L, K,
R, N V, W R, D, S, G, S, K, M, C, E, N, P, I, R, E, Q, S, Q, C MQ,
D, N, T, D, E, D, Q E N, V, K, W, C, R he amino acids which caused,
respectively, a loss of binding by a factor greater than 10 and
less than 10 are indicated in the column (-) and the column (+);
the anchoring residues are represented in bold and the differences
between DPB1*0401 and DPB1*0402 are underlined.
[0187] The results obtained show that: [0188] pockets P1, P6 and P9
of the binding site of the DP4 molecules accept aromatic or
hydrophobic residues, [0189] pocket P4 of the binding site of the
DP4 molecules is very permissive, as is, to a lesser extent, pocket
P9, which also accepts Q, S, T and D residues, and [0190] the
DPB1*0401 allele accepts a tyrosine or tryptophan residue at P9 but
does not accept cysteine or glutamic acid residues at this
position, nor alanine or valine residues at P1, nor lysine or
arginine residues at P4, nor a cysteine residue at P6; the
DPB1*0402 allele accepts an alanine or valine residue at P1, a
lysine or arginine residue at P4, a cysteine residue at P6 and a
cysteine or glutamic acid residue at P9, but does not accept a
tyrosine or tryptophan residue at this position.
d) Identification of a Binding Unit in the Sequence of DP4-Ligand
Peptides
[0191] The binding activity of various DP4-ligand peptides was
measured using the competition binding assay, under the conditions
defined in table VI. The results are expressed by the IC.sub.50
values (table XIII) or by the value of the ratio of the IC.sub.50
values for the ligand peptide and for the UNK1 peptide (table
XII).
[0192] The peptides tested, corresponding respectively to the
following sequence SEQ ID NOS, are given in tables XII and XIII:
[0193] TT 947-963 (SEQ ID NO:20) [0194] UNK1 9 (SEQ ID NO:14)
[0195] NY-ESO1 87-11, 119-143, 158-180, 166-180, (SEQ ID NO:94, 83,
82, 95), [0196] UL21 283-302 (SEQ ID NO:18) [0197] IL3 127-146 (SEQ
ID NO:13) [0198] NS-P2 (SEQ ID NO:4) [0199] Api-ml 65-72, 69-86,
73-90, 77-94, 81-98 (SEQ ID NO: 85, 88, 89, 17, 86) [0200] MAG
245-258 (SEQ ID NO:19) [0201] MART1 1-20, 41-60, 51-73, 62-72,
103-118 (SEQ ID NO:90, 91, 87, 92, 93).
[0202] In parallel, the sequences of these DP4-ligand peptides were
aligned and the presence of a DP4-binding unit as defined in table
XI was sought (tables XII and XIII).
TABLE-US-00013 TABLE XII Alignment of the sequences of the
DP4-ligand peptides Peptides Sequences 040 040 P1 P6 P9 TT947-963
FNNFTVSFWLRVPKVSA 0.57 0.75 UNK1 EKKYFAATQFEPLAARL 1 1 NY-ESO1
LLMWITQCFLPVFLAQPPSGQRR 2 7 158-180 UL21 283-302
RELWWVFYAGDRALEEPHAE 2.86 2.78 IL3 127-146 GPGAPADVQYDLYLNVANRR
3.98 3.06 NS-p2 GVQIVRQIRSGERFLKIWSQ 4.69 3.89 NY-ESO1
PGVLLKEFTVSGNILTIRLTAADHR 12 12 119-143 NY-ESO1
PGVLLKEFTVSGNILTIRLTAADHR 12 12 119-143 NY-ESO1
PGVLLKEFTVSGNILTIRLTAADHR 12 12 119-143 NY-ES01
LLEFYLAMPFATPMEAELARRSLAQ 20 9 87-111 Api m1 77-94
TISSYFVGKMYFNLIDTK 30 10 Api m1 77-94 TISSYFVGKMYFNLIDTK 30 10 Api
m1 65-72 DKFYDCLKNSADTSSYF NT 371.4 MAG 245-258 LLTQHFVQENYLEY 30.2
38.89 MAG 245-258 LLTQHFVQENYLEY 30.2 38.89 Api m1 81-98
YFVGKMYFNLIDTKCYKL 150 70 MART1 51-73 RNGYRALMDKSLHVGTQCALTRR 857
414 401: relative DPB1*0401-binding activity of the peptides
compared to the UNK1 peptide (binding activity equal to 1) 402:
relative DPB1*0402-binding activity of the peptides compared to the
UNK1 peptide (binding activity equal to 1)
TABLE-US-00014 TABLE XIII Binding of the Api m1, NY-ESO1 and MART1
peptides to DPB1*0401 and DPB*040 IC50 (nM) peptides Sequences 401
402 UNK1 EKKYFAATQFEPLAARL 12 13 Api m1 65-72 DKFYDCLKNSADTISSYF
50000 6500 Api m1 69-86 DCLKNSADTISSYFVGKM >10000 >10000 Api
m1 73-90 NSADTISSYFVGKMYFNL >10000 >10000 Api m1 77-94
TISSYFVGKMYFNLIDTK 450 175 Api m1 81-98 YFVGKMYFNLIDTKCYKL 2250
1225 MART1 1-20 MPREDAHFIYGYPKKGHGHS >10000 >10000 MART1
41-60 LLIGCWYCRRRNGYRALMDK >10000 >10000 MART1 51-7
RRNGYRALMDKSLHVGTQCA 8000 4000 LTRR MART1 62-72
LMDKSLHVGTQCALTRRCPQ >10000 >10000 MART1 103-118
AYEKLSAEQSPPPYSP >10000 >10000 NY-ESO1 LLEFYLAMPFATPMEAELAR
183 83 87-111 RSLAQ NY-ESO1 PGVLLKEFTVSGNILTIRLT 110 117 119-14
AADHR NY-ESO1 LLMWITQCFLPVFLAQPPSGQRR 20 67 158-180 NY-ESO1
FLPVFLAQPPSGQRR >10000 >10000 166-180 he amino acids
compatible with the unit for binding to the DPB1*0401 and DPB1*0402
alleles are indicated in bold and the complete binding units are
underlined. he sequence of this peptide is described in Zarour et
al., PNAS, 2000, 97, 400-405. he sequence of this peptide is
described in Zarour et al., Cancer Res., 2000, 60, 4646-4952.
[0203] The results show that, for most of the DP4-ligand peptides,
a strong correlation exists between the presence of at least two
residues P1 and P6 or P6 and P9 as defined in table XI and a high
affinity for the DP4 molecules (IC.sub.50<1000 nM). These
results also show that the most important residues in the binding
to HLA-DP4 are the aromatic or hydrophobic residues at position P1
and P6; these same residues at position P9 are less important.
EXAMPLE 6
Prediction of the Sequence of HLA-DP4-Ligand Peptides Based on an
Amino Acid Sequence
1) Materials and Methods
[0204] An HLA-DP4 molecule-binding matrix was established based on
the binding activities (IC.sub.50) of the mutants of the UNK 3-15
peptide, measured using the assay for binding to the DP4 molecules
encoded by the DPB1*0401 and DPB1*0402 alleles, as defined above,
using the UNK 3-15 peptide as tracer peptide (example 5 and tables
IX, Xa, Xb and XI). The contribution of each of the amino acids at
positions P1, P4, P6 and P9 of said mutant peptides to the binding
to the DP*0401 and DP*0402 molecules is evaluated by a binding
score corresponding to the logarithm (log) of the ratio of the
IC.sub.50 values for the mutant peptide and for the UNK 3-15
peptide. The score for binding to the DP*0401 and DP*0402
molecules, obtained for each of the amino acids at positions P1,
P4, P6 and P9 of said mutant peptides, constitutes the
HLA-DP4-binding matrix shown in table XIV below:
TABLE-US-00015 TABLE XIV HLA-DP4-binding matrix Amino acid DP4
Position A D E F G H I K L M DP*0401 P1 1.6 1.7 1.85 0 2.2 2.17
0.48 2.6 0.48 0.48 P4 0 0.3 X0.3 0.3 0 0.78 0.3 1.48 0.3 0.3 P6
2.38 3.32 2.9 0 3.85 3.4 0.85 2.43 0.78 0.6 P9 0.6 0.85 1.04 0 1.18
1.11 0 1.85 0 0 DP*0402 P1 0.85 1.76 1.85 0 1.76 1.56 0.3 2.28 0.48
0.48 P4 0 0.3 0.48 0 0 0.3 0.3 0.7 0.3 0.3 P6 1.88 3.85 2.9 0 3.57
2.33 0.78 2.28 0.7 0 P9 0.6 0.9 0.9 0.7 1.08 1.54 0.48 1.9 0 0.3
Amino acid DP4 Position N P Q R S T V W Y C DP*0401 P1 2.32 1.98
2.41 2.14 2.2 2.15 1.04 0 0.48 2.32 P4 0.6 0.48 0.3 1.5 0.3 0 0.15
0.3 0.6 0.6 P6 3.15 2.32 3.85 3.85 2.7 2.85 1.62 0.3 0.3 1.23 P9
1.15 0.95 0.9 1.7 0.95 0.6 0.3 0 0.3 1.15 DP*0402 P1 1.78 1.68 1.99
1.72 1.62 1.85 0.78 0 0.48 1.78 P4 0.6 0.3 0.3 0.7 0.48 0 0.15 0 0
0.6 P6 3.08 1.08 2.36 2.57 1.52 2.48 1.34 0.3 0.48 0.3 P9 0.85 0.48
0.3 1.6 0.7 0.6 0.3 1.11 1.18 0.85
[0205] Starting with an amino acid sequence, the binding of the
peptides of at least 9 amino acids included in said sequence is
calculated, based on the matrix above, by adding, for each fragment
of 9 amino acids of said peptide, for example overlapping fragments
of 9 amino acids covering this entire sequence, the binding scores
for the residues at positions 1, 4, 6 and 9 of said fragment.
[0206] Peptides having binding scores of, respectively, 0, 1, 2, 3
and 4 correspond to peptides which exhibit a 1-, 10-, 100-, 1000-
and 10 000-fold loss of binding relative to the UNK 3-15 peptide
(IC.sub.50 10 nM), i.e. exhibiting an estimated binding activity
of, respectively, 10 nM, 100 nM, 1000 nM, 10 .mu.M and 100
.mu.M.
[0207] The peptides having the lowest binding scores, preferably
less than 2, preferably less than 1, even more preferably close to
0, are selected; these peptides correspond to those for which the
HLA-DP4-binding activity, estimated based on the binding matrix as
defined above, is the highest.
2) Results
[0208] The correlation between the binding score for the peptides
(estimated using the HLA-DP4-binding matrix, table XIV), and their
affinity for the HLA-DP4 molecules (residues in the binding assay
as defined above) was analyzed for 44 peptides studied in examples
4 and 5.
[0209] The results are given in table XV and FIG. 2.
TABLE-US-00016 TABLE XV Binding score and HLA-DP4-binding activity
of various peptides DP*0401 DP*0402 Binding Binding Peptide
IC.sub.50 (nM) score IC.sub.50 (nM) score TT947-963 4.61 0.90 7
1.08 UNK 1 9.47 0.00 10.00 0.00 NY-ESO1 158-180 30.00 0.60 70.00
0.60 UL21 283-302 22.89 1.77 20.00 2.01 IL3 127-146 30.37 1.94
30.00 1.86 NSP2 40.00 2.44 40.00 2.69 NY-ESO1 119-143 100.00 2.16
100.00 1.90 NY-ESO1 87-11 186.12 1.73 87.00 1.26 MAG 245-258 250.00
0.90 400.00 1.68 MART1 51-73 8000.00 3.76 4000.00 2.45 Api-m1 1-18
10000.00 1.89 10000.00 2.08 Api-m1 5-22 10000.00 4.88 10000.00 3.33
Api-m1 9-26 10000.00 3.58 10000.00 3.33 Api-m1 13-30 10000.00 2.92
10000.00 2.38 Api-m1 17-34 10000.00 2.92 10000.00 2.38 Api-m1 21-38
10000.00 4.08 10000.00 3.40 Api-m1 25-42 10000.00 3.97 10000.00
2.64 Api-m1 29-46 10000.00 2.56 10000.00 1.86 Api-m1 33-50 10000.00
2.56 10000.00 1.86 Api-m1 37-54 10000.00 4.00 10000.00 3.07 Api-m1
41-58 10000.00 4.00 10000.00 3.07 Api-m1 45-62 10000.00 3.23
10000.00 2.45 Api-m1 49-66 10000.00 3.23 10000.00 2.45 Api-m1 53-70
10000.00 3.15 10000.00 2.45 Api-m1 57-74 10000.00 3.15 10000.00
2.90 Api-m1 61-78 10000.00 3.15 10000.00 2.90 Api-m1 65-82 50000.00
3.64 6500.00 2.90 Api-m1 69-86 10000.00 2.70 10000.00 1.94 Api-m1
73-90 10000.00 1.78 10000.00 1.18 Api-m1 77-94 450 1.34 175.00 1.18
Api-m1 81-98 2250 1.34 1225.00 0.78 Api-m1 85-102 10000.00 1.71
10000.00 0.78 Api-m1 89-106 10000.00 1.71 10000.00 0.78 Api-m1
93-110 10000.00 4.27 10000.00 3.02 Api-m1 97-114 10000.00 4.98
10000.00 3.46 Api-m1 101-118 10000.00 3.67 10000.00 3.21 Api-m1
105-122 10000.00 3.65 10000.00 3.21 Api-m1 109-126 10000.00 3.65
10000.00 3.44 Api-m1 113-130 10000.00 3.96 10000.00 3.50 Api-m1
117-134 10000.00 1.86 10000.00 1.98 MART1 1-20 10000.00 3.16
10000.00 2.16 MART1 41-60 10000.00 2.48 10000.00 2.20 MART1 62-72
10000.00 4.00 10000.00 2.46 MART1 103-118 10000.00 4.11 10000.00
2.95
[0210] These results show that a strong correlation exists between
the binding score and the affinity of the peptides for HLA-DP4.
Specifically, taking as activity threshold a binding score <2
and a binding activity IC.sub.50<1000 nM: [0211] 80% of the
peptides having a binding score <2 for the HLA-DP4 molecules
(DP*0401 and DP*0402) exhibit a high affinity for these molecules
(IC.sub.50<1000 nM, true positive peptides), and [0212] 82% and
76% of the peptides having a binding score .gtoreq.2 for the
HLA-DP4 molecules (respectively DP*0401 and DP*0402) exhibit a low
affinity for these molecules (IC.sub.50.ltoreq.1000 nM, true
negative peptides).
[0213] Consequently, the HLA-DP4-binding matrix can be used to
predict the sequence of HLA-DP4-ligand peptides from any amino acid
sequence, in particular a sequence representing an antigen of
interest.
Sequence CWU 1
1
134121PRTArtificial SequenceDescription of Artificial Sequence
Synthetic peptide 1Phe Asn Asn Phe Thr Val Ser Phe Trp Leu Arg Val
Pro Lys Val Ser1 5 10 15Ala Ser His Leu Glu 20224PRTArtificial
SequenceDescription of Artificial Sequence Synthetic peptide 2Asp
Pro Tyr Asn Cys Asp Trp Asp Pro Tyr His Glu Lys Tyr Asp Trp1 5 10
15Asp Leu Trp Asn Lys Trp Cys Asn 20310PRTArtificial
SequenceDescription of Artificial Sequence Synthetic peptide 3Phe
Phe Leu Leu Thr Arg Ile Leu Thr Ile1 5 10420PRTArtificial
SequenceDescription of Artificial Sequence Synthetic peptide 4Gly
Val Gln Ile Val Arg Gln Ile Arg Ser Gly Glu Arg Phe Leu Lys1 5 10
15Ile Trp Ser Gln 20514PRTArtificial SequenceDescription of
Artificial Sequence Synthetic peptide 5Gly Ile Ser Lys Cys Arg Phe
Leu Lys Ile Arg Glu Gly Arg1 5 10616PRTArtificial
SequenceDescription of Artificial Sequence Synthetic peptide 6Ile
Ala Phe Asn Ser Gly Met Glu Pro Gly Val Val Ala Glu Lys Val1 5 10
15716PRTArtificial SequenceDescription of Artificial Sequence
Synthetic peptide 7Gly Met Glu Pro Gly Val Val Ala Glu Lys Val Arg
Asn Leu Ser Val1 5 10 15816PRTArtificial SequenceDescription of
Artificial Sequence Synthetic peptide 8Pro Asn Ala Gln Arg Phe Gly
Ile Ser Asn Tyr Cys Gln Ile Tyr Pro1 5 10 15912PRTArtificial
SequenceDescription of Artificial Sequence Synthetic peptide 9Thr
Gln His Phe Val Gln Glu Asn Tyr Leu Glu Tyr1 5 101020PRTArtificial
SequenceDescription of Artificial Sequence Synthetic peptide 10Met
Trp Ile Thr Gln Cys Phe Leu Pro Val Phe Leu Ala Gln Pro Pro1 5 10
15Ser Gly Gln Arg 201121PRTArtificial SequenceDescription of
Artificial Sequence Synthetic peptide 11Gln Leu Ser Leu Leu Met Trp
Ile Thr Gln Cys Phe Leu Pro Val Phe1 5 10 15Leu Ala Gln Pro Pro
201211PRTArtificial SequenceDescription of Artificial Sequence
Synthetic peptide 12Arg Glu Leu Trp Trp Val Phe Tyr Ala Gly Asp1 5
101320PRTArtificial SequenceDescription of Artificial Sequence
Synthetic peptide 13Gly Pro Gly Ala Pro Ala Asp Val Gln Tyr Asp Leu
Tyr Leu Asn Val1 5 10 15Ala Asn Arg Arg 201417PRTArtificial
SequenceDescription of Artificial Sequence Synthetic peptide 14Glu
Lys Lys Tyr Phe Ala Ala Thr Gln Phe Glu Pro Leu Ala Ala Arg1 5 10
15Leu1516PRTArtificial SequenceDescription of Artificial Sequence
Synthetic peptide 15Lys Lys Tyr Phe Ala Ala Thr Gln Phe Glu Pro Leu
Ala Ala Arg Leu1 5 10 151613PRTArtificial SequenceDescription of
Artificial Sequence Synthetic peptide 16Glu Lys Lys Tyr Phe Ala Ala
Thr Gln Phe Glu Pro Leu1 5 101718PRTArtificial SequenceDescription
of Artificial Sequence Synthetic peptide 17Thr Ile Ser Ser Tyr Phe
Val Gly Lys Met Tyr Phe Asn Leu Ile Asp1 5 10 15Thr
Lys1820PRTArtificial SequenceDescription of Artificial Sequence
Synthetic peptide 18Arg Glu Leu Trp Trp Val Phe Tyr Ala Gly Asp Arg
Ala Leu Glu Glu1 5 10 15Pro His Ala Glu 201914PRTArtificial
SequenceDescription of Artificial Sequence Synthetic peptide 19Leu
Leu Thr Gln His Phe Val Gln Glu Asn Tyr Leu Glu Tyr1 5
102017PRTArtificial SequenceDescription of Artificial Sequence
Synthetic peptide 20Phe Asn Asn Phe Thr Val Ser Phe Trp Leu Arg Val
Pro Lys Val Ser1 5 10 15Ala2113PRTArtificial SequenceDescription of
Artificial Sequence Synthetic peptide 21Pro Lys Tyr Val Lys Gln Asn
Thr Leu Lys Leu Ala Thr1 5 102213PRTArtificial SequenceDescription
of Artificial Sequence Synthetic peptide 22Ala Ala Tyr Ala Ala Ala
Lys Ala Ala Ala Leu Ala Ala1 5 102315PRTArtificial
SequenceDescription of Artificial Sequence Synthetic peptide 23Asp
Val Glu Val Tyr Arg Ala Val Thr Pro Leu Gly Pro Pro Asp1 5 10
152418PRTArtificial SequenceDescription of Artificial Sequence
Synthetic peptide 24Glu Pro Arg Ala Pro Trp Ile Glu Gln Glu Gly Pro
Glu Tyr Trp Asp1 5 10 15Gln Glu2511PRTArtificial
SequenceDescription of Artificial Sequence Synthetic peptide 25Glu
Lys Lys Tyr Phe Ala Ala Thr Gln Phe Glu1 5 102612PRTArtificial
SequenceDescription of Artificial Sequence Synthetic peptide 26Glu
Lys Lys Tyr Phe Ala Ala Thr Gln Phe Glu Pro1 5 102713PRTArtificial
SequenceDescription of Artificial Sequence Synthetic peptide 27Lys
Lys Tyr Phe Ala Ala Thr Gln Phe Glu Pro Leu Ala1 5
102813PRTArtificial SequenceDescription of Artificial Sequence
Synthetic peptide 28Lys Tyr Phe Ala Ala Thr Gln Phe Glu Pro Leu Ala
Ala1 5 102913PRTArtificial SequenceDescription of Artificial
Sequence Synthetic peptide 29Tyr Phe Ala Ala Thr Gln Phe Glu Pro
Leu Ala Ala Arg1 5 103013PRTArtificial SequenceDescription of
Artificial Sequence Synthetic peptide 30Phe Ala Ala Thr Gln Phe Glu
Pro Leu Ala Ala Arg Leu1 5 103112PRTArtificial SequenceDescription
of Artificial Sequence Synthetic peptide 31Ala Ala Thr Gln Phe Glu
Pro Leu Ala Ala Arg Leu1 5 103211PRTArtificial SequenceDescription
of Artificial Sequence Synthetic peptide 32Ala Thr Gln Phe Glu Pro
Leu Ala Ala Arg Leu1 5 103315PRTArtificial SequenceDescription of
Artificial Sequence Synthetic peptide 33Lys Tyr Phe Ala Ala Thr Gln
Phe Glu Pro Leu Ala Ala Arg Leu1 5 10 153415PRTArtificial
SequenceDescription of Artificial Sequence Synthetic peptide 34Glu
Lys Lys Tyr Phe Ala Ala Thr Gln Phe Glu Pro Leu Ala Ala1 5 10
153513PRTArtificial SequenceDescription of Artificial Sequence
Synthetic peptide 35Ala Tyr Phe Ala Ala Thr Gln Phe Glu Pro Leu Ala
Ala1 5 103613PRTArtificial SequenceDescription of Artificial
Sequence Synthetic peptide 36Lys Ala Phe Ala Ala Thr Gln Phe Glu
Pro Leu Ala Ala1 5 103713PRTArtificial SequenceDescription of
Artificial Sequence Synthetic peptide 37Lys Tyr Ala Ala Ala Thr Gln
Phe Glu Pro Leu Ala Ala1 5 103813PRTArtificial SequenceDescription
of Artificial Sequence Synthetic peptide 38Lys Tyr Phe Ala Ala Ala
Gln Phe Glu Pro Leu Ala Ala1 5 103913PRTArtificial
SequenceDescription of Artificial Sequence Synthetic peptide 39Lys
Tyr Phe Ala Ala Thr Ala Phe Glu Pro Leu Ala Ala1 5
104013PRTArtificial SequenceDescription of Artificial Sequence
Synthetic peptide 40Lys Tyr Phe Ala Ala Thr Gln Ala Glu Pro Leu Ala
Ala1 5 104113PRTArtificial SequenceDescription of Artificial
Sequence Synthetic peptide 41Lys Tyr Phe Ala Ala Thr Gln Phe Ala
Pro Leu Ala Ala1 5 104213PRTArtificial SequenceDescription of
Artificial Sequence Synthetic peptide 42Lys Tyr Phe Ala Ala Thr Gln
Phe Glu Ala Leu Ala Ala1 5 104313PRTArtificial SequenceDescription
of Artificial Sequence Synthetic peptide 43Lys Tyr Phe Ala Ala Thr
Gln Phe Glu Pro Ala Ala Ala1 5 104413PRTArtificial
SequenceDescription of Artificial Sequence Synthetic peptide 44Lys
Lys Phe Ala Ala Thr Gln Phe Glu Pro Leu Ala Ala1 5
104513PRTArtificial SequenceDescription of Artificial Sequence
Synthetic peptide 45Lys Tyr Lys Ala Ala Thr Gln Phe Glu Pro Leu Ala
Ala1 5 104613PRTArtificial SequenceDescription of Artificial
Sequence Synthetic peptide 46Lys Tyr Phe Lys Ala Thr Gln Phe Glu
Pro Leu Ala Ala1 5 104713PRTArtificial SequenceDescription of
Artificial Sequence Synthetic peptide 47Lys Tyr Phe Ala Lys Thr Gln
Phe Glu Pro Leu Ala Ala1 5 104813PRTArtificial SequenceDescription
of Artificial Sequence Synthetic peptide 48Lys Tyr Phe Ala Ala Lys
Gln Phe Glu Pro Leu Ala Ala1 5 104913PRTArtificial
SequenceDescription of Artificial Sequence Synthetic peptide 49Lys
Tyr Phe Ala Ala Thr Lys Phe Glu Pro Leu Ala Ala1 5
105013PRTArtificial SequenceDescription of Artificial Sequence
Synthetic peptide 50Lys Tyr Phe Ala Ala Thr Gln Lys Glu Pro Leu Ala
Ala1 5 105113PRTArtificial SequenceDescription of Artificial
Sequence Synthetic peptide 51Lys Tyr Phe Ala Ala Thr Gln Phe Lys
Pro Leu Ala Ala1 5 105213PRTArtificial SequenceDescription of
Artificial Sequence Synthetic peptide 52Lys Tyr Phe Ala Ala Thr Gln
Phe Glu Lys Leu Ala Ala1 5 105313PRTArtificial SequenceDescription
of Artificial Sequence Synthetic peptide 53Lys Tyr Phe Ala Ala Thr
Gln Phe Glu Pro Lys Ala Ala1 5 105413PRTArtificial
SequenceDescription of Artificial Sequence Synthetic peptide 54Lys
Tyr Phe Ala Ala Thr Gln Phe Glu Pro Leu Lys Ala1 5
105513PRTArtificial SequenceDescription of Artificial Sequence
Synthetic peptide 55Lys Tyr Phe Ala Ala Thr Gln Phe Glu Pro Leu Ala
Lys1 5 105613PRTArtificial SequenceDescription of Artificial
Sequence Synthetic peptide 56Lys Tyr Tyr Ala Ala Thr Gln Phe Glu
Pro Leu Ala Ala1 5 105713PRTArtificial SequenceDescription of
Artificial Sequence Synthetic peptide 57Lys Tyr Leu Ala Ala Thr Gln
Phe Glu Pro Leu Ala Ala1 5 105813PRTArtificial SequenceDescription
of Artificial Sequence Synthetic peptide 58Lys Tyr Glu Ala Ala Thr
Gln Phe Glu Pro Leu Ala Ala1 5 105913PRTArtificial
SequenceDescription of Artificial Sequence Synthetic peptide 59Lys
Tyr Asn Ala Ala Thr Gln Phe Glu Pro Leu Ala Ala1 5
106013PRTArtificial SequenceDescription of Artificial Sequence
Synthetic peptide 60Lys Tyr Thr Ala Ala Thr Gln Phe Glu Pro Leu Ala
Ala1 5 106113PRTArtificial SequenceDescription of Artificial
Sequence Synthetic peptide 61Lys Tyr Phe Ala Ala Phe Gln Phe Glu
Pro Leu Ala Ala1 5 106213PRTArtificial SequenceDescription of
Artificial Sequence Synthetic peptide 62Lys Tyr Phe Ala Ala Leu Gln
Phe Glu Pro Leu Ala Ala1 5 106313PRTArtificial SequenceDescription
of Artificial Sequence Synthetic peptide 63Lys Tyr Phe Ala Ala Glu
Gln Phe Glu Pro Leu Ala Ala1 5 106413PRTArtificial
SequenceDescription of Artificial Sequence Synthetic peptide 64Lys
Tyr Phe Ala Ala Asp Gln Phe Glu Pro Leu Ala Ala1 5
106513PRTArtificial SequenceDescription of Artificial Sequence
Synthetic peptide 65Lys Tyr Phe Ala Ala Asn Gln Phe Glu Pro Leu Ala
Ala1 5 106613PRTArtificial SequenceDescription of Artificial
Sequence Synthetic peptide 66Lys Tyr Phe Ala Ala Tyr Gln Phe Glu
Pro Leu Ala Ala1 5 106713PRTArtificial SequenceDescription of
Artificial Sequence Synthetic peptide 67Lys Tyr Phe Ala Ala Arg Gln
Phe Glu Pro Leu Ala Ala1 5 106813PRTArtificial SequenceDescription
of Artificial Sequence Synthetic peptide 68Lys Tyr Phe Ala Ala Ser
Gln Phe Glu Pro Leu Ala Ala1 5 106913PRTArtificial
SequenceDescription of Artificial Sequence Synthetic peptide 69Lys
Tyr Phe Ala Ala Thr Gln Tyr Glu Pro Leu Ala Ala1 5
107013PRTArtificial SequenceDescription of Artificial Sequence
Synthetic peptide 70Lys Tyr Phe Ala Ala Thr Gln Leu Glu Pro Leu Ala
Ala1 5 107113PRTArtificial SequenceDescription of Artificial
Sequence Synthetic peptide 71Lys Tyr Phe Ala Ala Thr Gln Trp Glu
Pro Leu Ala Ala1 5 107213PRTArtificial SequenceDescription of
Artificial Sequence Synthetic peptide 72Lys Tyr Phe Ala Ala Thr Gln
Glu Glu Pro Leu Ala Ala1 5 107313PRTArtificial SequenceDescription
of Artificial Sequence Synthetic peptide 73Lys Tyr Phe Ala Ala Thr
Gln Asn Glu Pro Leu Ala Ala1 5 107413PRTArtificial
SequenceDescription of Artificial Sequence Synthetic peptide 74Lys
Tyr Phe Ala Ala Thr Gln Thr Glu Pro Leu Ala Ala1 5
107513PRTArtificial SequenceDescription of Artificial Sequence
Synthetic peptide 75Lys Tyr Phe Ala Ala Thr Gln Phe Glu Pro Phe Ala
Ala1 5 107613PRTArtificial SequenceDescription of Artificial
Sequence Synthetic peptide 76Lys Tyr Phe Ala Ala Thr Gln Phe Glu
Pro Tyr Ala Ala1 5 107713PRTArtificial SequenceDescription of
Artificial Sequence Synthetic peptide 77Lys Tyr Phe Ala Ala Thr Gln
Phe Glu Pro Glu Ala Ala1 5 107813PRTArtificial SequenceDescription
of Artificial Sequence Synthetic peptide 78Lys Tyr Phe Ala Ala Thr
Gln Phe Glu Pro Asp Ala Ala1 5 107913PRTArtificial
SequenceDescription of Artificial Sequence Synthetic peptide 79Lys
Tyr Phe Ala Ala Thr Gln Phe Glu Pro Asn Ala Ala1 5
108013PRTArtificial SequenceDescription of Artificial Sequence
Synthetic peptide 80Lys Tyr Phe Ala Ala Thr Gln Phe Glu Pro Arg Ala
Ala1 5 108113PRTArtificial SequenceDescription of Artificial
Sequence Synthetic peptide 81Lys Tyr Phe Ala Ala Thr Gln Phe Glu
Pro Val Ala Ala1 5 108223PRTArtificial SequenceDescription of
Artificial Sequence Synthetic peptide 82Leu Leu Met Trp Ile Thr Gln
Cys Phe Leu Pro Val Phe Leu Ala Gln1 5 10 15Pro Pro Ser Gly Gln Arg
Arg 208325PRTArtificial SequenceDescription of Artificial Sequence
Synthetic peptide 83Pro Gly Val Leu Leu Lys Glu Phe Thr Val Ser Gly
Asn Ile Leu Thr1 5 10 15Ile Arg Leu Thr Ala Ala Asp His Arg 20
258425PRTArtificial SequenceDescription of Artificial Sequence
Synthetic peptide 84Leu Leu Glu Phe Tyr Leu Ala Met Pro Phe Ala Thr
Pro Met Glu Ala1 5 10 15Glu Leu Ala Arg Arg Ser Leu Ala Gln 20
258517PRTArtificial SequenceDescription of Artificial Sequence
Synthetic peptide 85Asp Lys Phe Tyr Asp Cys Leu Lys Asn Ser Ala Asp
Thr Ser Ser Tyr1 5 10 15Phe8618PRTArtificial SequenceDescription of
Artificial Sequence Synthetic peptide 86Tyr Phe Val Gly Lys Met Tyr
Phe Asn Leu Ile Asp Thr Lys Cys Tyr1 5 10 15Lys
Leu8723PRTArtificial SequenceDescription of Artificial Sequence
Synthetic peptide 87Arg Asn Gly Tyr Arg Ala Leu Met Asp Lys Ser Leu
His Val Gly Thr1 5 10 15Gln Cys Ala Leu Thr Arg Arg
208818PRTArtificial SequenceDescription of Artificial Sequence
Synthetic peptide 88Asp Cys Leu Lys Asn Ser Ala Asp Thr Ile Ser Ser
Tyr Phe Val Gly1 5 10 15Lys Met8918PRTArtificial
SequenceDescription of Artificial Sequence Synthetic peptide 89Asn
Ser Ala Asp Thr Ile Ser Ser Tyr Phe Val Gly Lys Met Tyr Phe1 5 10
15Asn Leu9020PRTArtificial SequenceDescription of Artificial
Sequence Synthetic peptide 90Met Pro Arg Glu Asp Ala His Phe Ile
Tyr Gly Tyr Pro Lys Lys Gly1 5 10 15His Gly His Ser
209120PRTArtificial SequenceDescription of Artificial Sequence
Synthetic peptide 91Leu Leu Ile Gly Cys Trp Tyr Cys Arg Arg Arg Asn
Gly Tyr Arg Ala1 5 10 15Leu Met Asp Lys 209220PRTArtificial
SequenceDescription of Artificial Sequence Synthetic peptide 92Leu
Met Asp Lys Ser Leu His Val Gly Thr Gln Cys Ala Leu Thr Arg1 5 10
15Arg Cys Pro Gln 209316PRTArtificial SequenceDescription of
Artificial Sequence Synthetic peptide 93Ala Tyr Glu Lys Leu Ser Ala
Glu Gln Ser Pro Pro Pro Tyr Ser Pro1 5
10 159425PRTArtificial SequenceDescription of Artificial Sequence
Synthetic peptide 94Leu Leu Glu Phe Tyr Leu Ala Met Pro Phe Ala Thr
Pro Met Glu Ala1 5 10 15Glu Leu Ala Arg Arg Ser Leu Ala Gln 20
259515PRTArtificial SequenceDescription of Artificial Sequence
Synthetic peptide 95Phe Leu Pro Val Phe Leu Ala Gln Pro Pro Ser Gly
Gln Arg Arg1 5 10 159613PRTArtificial SequenceDescription of
Artificial Sequence Synthetic peptide 96Lys Tyr Asp Ala Ala Thr Gln
Phe Glu Pro Leu Ala Ala1 5 109713PRTArtificial SequenceDescription
of Artificial Sequence Synthetic peptide 97Lys Tyr Gly Ala Ala Thr
Gln Phe Glu Pro Leu Ala Ala1 5 109813PRTArtificial
SequenceDescription of Artificial Sequence Synthetic peptide 98Lys
Tyr His Ala Ala Thr Gln Phe Glu Pro Leu Ala Ala1 5
109913PRTArtificial SequenceDescription of Artificial Sequence
Synthetic peptide 99Lys Tyr Ile Ala Ala Thr Gln Phe Glu Pro Leu Ala
Ala1 5 1010013PRTArtificial SequenceDescription of Artificial
Sequence Synthetic peptide 100Lys Tyr Met Ala Ala Thr Gln Phe Glu
Pro Leu Ala Ala1 5 1010113PRTArtificial SequenceDescription of
Artificial Sequence Synthetic peptide 101Lys Tyr Pro Ala Ala Thr
Gln Phe Glu Pro Leu Ala Ala1 5 1010213PRTArtificial
SequenceDescription of Artificial Sequence Synthetic peptide 102Lys
Tyr Gln Ala Ala Thr Gln Phe Glu Pro Leu Ala Ala1 5
1010313PRTArtificial SequenceDescription of Artificial Sequence
Synthetic peptide 103Lys Tyr Arg Ala Ala Thr Gln Phe Glu Pro Leu
Ala Ala1 5 1010413PRTArtificial SequenceDescription of Artificial
Sequence Synthetic peptide 104Lys Tyr Ser Ala Ala Thr Gln Phe Glu
Pro Leu Ala Ala1 5 1010513PRTArtificial SequenceDescription of
Artificial Sequence Synthetic peptide 105Lys Tyr Val Ala Ala Thr
Gln Phe Glu Pro Leu Ala Ala1 5 1010613PRTArtificial
SequenceDescription of Artificial Sequence Synthetic peptide 106Lys
Tyr Trp Ala Ala Thr Gln Phe Glu Pro Leu Ala Ala1 5
1010713PRTArtificial SequenceDescription of Artificial Sequence
Synthetic peptide 107Lys Tyr Phe Ala Ala Gly Gln Phe Glu Pro Leu
Ala Ala1 5 1010813PRTArtificial SequenceDescription of Artificial
Sequence Synthetic peptide 108Lys Tyr Phe Ala Ala Pro Gln Phe Glu
Pro Leu Ala Ala1 5 1010913PRTArtificial SequenceDescription of
Artificial Sequence Synthetic peptide 109Lys Tyr Phe Ala Ala His
Gln Phe Glu Pro Leu Ala Ala1 5 1011013PRTArtificial
SequenceDescription of Artificial Sequence Synthetic peptide 110Lys
Tyr Phe Ala Ala Thr Gln Asp Glu Pro Leu Ala Ala1 5
1011113PRTArtificial SequenceDescription of Artificial Sequence
Synthetic peptide 111Lys Tyr Phe Ala Ala Thr Gln Gly Glu Pro Leu
Ala Ala1 5 1011213PRTArtificial SequenceDescription of Artificial
Sequence Synthetic peptide 112Lys Tyr Phe Ala Ala Thr Gln His Glu
Pro Leu Ala Ala1 5 1011313PRTArtificial SequenceDescription of
Artificial Sequence Synthetic peptide 113Lys Tyr Phe Ala Ala Thr
Gln Ile Glu Pro Leu Ala Ala1 5 1011413PRTArtificial
SequenceDescription of Artificial Sequence Synthetic peptide 114Lys
Tyr Phe Ala Ala Thr Gln Met Glu Pro Leu Ala Ala1 5
1011513PRTArtificial SequenceDescription of Artificial Sequence
Synthetic peptide 115Lys Tyr Phe Ala Ala Thr Gln Pro Glu Pro Leu
Ala Ala1 5 1011613PRTArtificial SequenceDescription of Artificial
Sequence Synthetic peptide 116Lys Tyr Phe Ala Ala Thr Gln Gln Glu
Pro Leu Ala Ala1 5 1011713PRTArtificial SequenceDescription of
Artificial Sequence Synthetic peptide 117Lys Tyr Phe Ala Ala Thr
Gln Arg Glu Pro Leu Ala Ala1 5 1011813PRTArtificial
SequenceDescription of Artificial Sequence Synthetic peptide 118Lys
Tyr Phe Ala Ala Thr Gln Ser Glu Pro Leu Ala Ala1 5
1011913PRTArtificial SequenceDescription of Artificial Sequence
Synthetic peptide 119Lys Tyr Phe Ala Ala Thr Gln Val Glu Pro Leu
Ala Ala1 5 1012013PRTArtificial SequenceDescription of Artificial
Sequence Synthetic peptide 120Lys Tyr Phe Ala Ala Thr Gln Trp Glu
Pro Leu Ala Ala1 5 1012113PRTArtificial SequenceDescription of
Artificial Sequence Synthetic peptide 121Lys Tyr Phe Ala Ala Thr
Gln Cys Glu Pro Leu Ala Ala1 5 1012213PRTArtificial
SequenceDescription of Artificial Sequence Synthetic peptide 122Lys
Tyr Phe Ala Ala Thr Gln Phe Glu Pro Gly Ala Ala1 5
1012313PRTArtificial SequenceDescription of Artificial Sequence
Synthetic peptide 123Lys Tyr Phe Ala Ala Thr Gln Phe Glu Pro His
Ala Ala1 5 1012413PRTArtificial SequenceDescription of Artificial
Sequence Synthetic peptide 124Lys Tyr Phe Ala Ala Thr Gln Phe Glu
Pro Ile Ala Ala1 5 1012513PRTArtificial SequenceDescription of
Artificial Sequence Synthetic peptide 125Lys Tyr Phe Ala Ala Thr
Gln Phe Glu Pro Pro Ala Ala1 5 1012613PRTArtificial
SequenceDescription of Artificial Sequence Synthetic peptide 126Lys
Tyr Phe Ala Ala Thr Gln Phe Glu Pro Gln Ala Ala1 5
1012713PRTArtificial SequenceDescription of Artificial Sequence
Synthetic peptide 127Lys Tyr Phe Ala Ala Thr Gln Phe Glu Pro Ser
Ala Ala1 5 1012813PRTArtificial SequenceDescription of Artificial
Sequence Synthetic peptide 128Lys Tyr Phe Ala Ala Thr Gln Phe Glu
Pro Thr Ala Ala1 5 1012913PRTArtificial SequenceDescription of
Artificial Sequence Synthetic peptide 129Lys Tyr Phe Ala Ala Thr
Gln Phe Glu Pro Trp Ala Ala1 5 101304PRTHomo sapiens 130Gly Gly Pro
Met11314PRTHomo sapiens 131Asp Glu Ala Val11329PRTArtificial
SequenceDescription of Artificial Sequence Synthetic peptide 132Trp
Ile Thr Gln Cys Phe Leu Pro Val1 513318PRTArtificial
SequenceDescription of Artificial Sequence Synthetic peptide 133Asp
Lys Phe Tyr Asp Cys Leu Lys Asn Ser Ala Asp Thr Ile Ser Ser1 5 10
15Tyr Phe13424PRTArtificial SequenceDescription of Artificial
Sequence Synthetic peptide 134Arg Arg Asn Gly Tyr Arg Ala Leu Met
Asp Lys Ser Leu His Val Gly1 5 10 15Thr Gln Cys Ala Leu Thr Arg Arg
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