Research Article

HLA-A2-Restricted Epitopes Identified from MTA1 Could Elicit Antigen-Specific Cytotoxic T Lymphocyte Response

Table 1

The data of ESI–MS and HLA-A0201 binding affinity/stability properties of the peptides evaluated in this study.

PeptideSequenceNetCTL1.2 rankPredicted IC50 (nM)ESI–MS[M + H/Na]+FIaDC50b
CalculatedObserved

P22YLIRRIEEL14.91204.491204.62.08>2 h
P57ALADKHATL569.6939.4939.51.56>6 h
P109FLSRQLESL210.11092.11092.62.61>6 h
P129TLLNETESL3761019.511019.51.28>6 h
P173YQADITDLL414.41051.941051.50.22
COX-2321-329ILIGETIKI999.61000.31.905>6 h
HBcAg18–27FLPSDFFPSV1155.321155.61.21>6 h

aFI = [mean fluorescence intensity (MFI) of the peptide − MFI background]/[MFI background]. bDC50: time (h) required for the loss of 50% of the HLA-A0201/peptide complexes stabilized at 0 h.