Research Article

Identification of Candidate Tolerogenic CD8+ T Cell Epitopes for Therapy of Type 1 Diabetes in the NOD Mouse Model

Table 1

The amino acid numbers of the primary translation product of each peptide are indicated. Asterisk for indicates amino acid substitution (G>V) at position 9 that was shown to enhance MHC binding stability [22].

InsulinInsulin

2–10ALLVHFLPL 6–14HFLPLLALL
3–11LLVHFLPLL22–30TQAFVKQHL
22–30TQAFVKQHL39–47LYLVCGERV
31–39CGPHLVEAL71–79SPGDLQTLA
70–78GSPGDLQTL 92–100QCCTSICSL
95–103TSICSLYQL

IGRPIGRP

33–41GDPRNIFSI18–26DYRTYYGFL
207–215YLKTNVFLF41–49IYFPLWFQL
216–225FALGFYLLL123–131WYVMVTAAL
251–259KWCANPDWI151–159SFLWSVFWL
258–265GLVRNLGVL206–214VYLKTNVFL
271–279FAINSEMFL255–263PFAGLVRNL
296–304CALTSLTTM392–401RLLCALTSL
311–319KIPTHAEPL

ICAp69ICAp69

62–70FHSIQRTCL14–22RFAQDKSVV
199–207LAKKNFDKL78–86LYQKRICFL
221–229SRCNLLSHM111–119MMQATGKAL
258–266YQPYEFTTL189–197KFRKVQTQV
390–398AAVFGDDQL285–293SWRENREAV
425–433LLDQNMKDL

GAD65GAD65

84–92KGDVNYAFL178–186YFNQLSTGL
151–160DQPQNLEEI206–214TYEIAPVFV
243–251GAISNMYAM340–348VYGAFDPLL
389–397SVTWNPHKM436–444SYDTGDKAL
551–559GDKVNFFRM546–554SYQPLGDKV

ZnT8ZnT8

28–36QKPVNKDQC 7–15TYLVNDQAT
76–84ASAICFIFM112–120SFLLSLFSL
77–185SAICFIFMV158–166LYLACERLL
174–182CAASAICFI237–245IYFKPDYKI
186–194AANIVLTMI282–290SYNSVKEII
306–314SLTVNQVIL325–333DSQSVRTGI

DHDβH

64–72ELSWNVSYV233–241TYWCYITEL
97–105GEMENADLI363–371RYDAGIMEL
411–419FASQLHTHL420–428TGRKVVTVL
548–556WNSFNRNML471–479TYNTENKTL
578–586PGEWNLQPL498–506YYPQTELEL