预先形成的重链二硫键有助于HLA-A2-抗原肽复合物体外折叠

目的: 提高可溶性HLA -A2 肽复合物体外折叠效率。方法: 在变性非还原条件下提取原核表达的HLA重链(HC)。通过离子交换及硫酸铵沉淀初步纯化后, 在β2微球蛋白(β2m)及特异性抗原肽 (Try369-377 )存在的情况下, 于pH6. 6的折叠缓冲体系中稀释复性。利用Westernblot及ELISA检测折叠产物。结果: 折叠复合物中主要含有HLA-A2 抗原肽复合物和β2m, 较少含有HC聚合体; 折叠效率较传统方法提高 2. 5倍。结论: 通过与传统方法作比较, 证实此法折叠效率比传统方法高, 为进一步HLA 肽四聚体及人工抗原提呈细胞的制备可提供足够可溶性的HLA -A2 肽单体。

Improvement of refolding efficiency of HLA-A2-peptide complex in vitro by preformed disulfide bonds in heavy chain

AIM: To improve the refolding efficiency of soluble HLA-A2-peptide complex in vitro. METHODS: The heavy chain (HC) of MHC class I was extracted from bacteria under denaturing and non-reducing conditions. Anion-exchange and (NH4)2SO4 precipitation were applied to purify the HC. Then the purified HC, beta2m and an antigenic peptide (N-YMDGTMSQV-COOH of Try(369-377)) were refolded to form an HLA-A2-peptide complex by dilution method in the buffer of pH 6.6. The refolded products were detected by Western blot and ELISA with W6/32 and anti-human beta2m antibody. RESULTS: The refolded products consisted of HLA-A2-peptide complex, beta2m, and a little amount of HC polymer. The refolding efficiency was 2.5 fold higher than that of the conventional method. CONCLUSION: This study confirmed that the refolding efficiency of the method reported in this paper is higher as compared with the conventional method, which is of importance to the preparation of HLA-peptide tetramers and artificial antigen presenting cells.