Li Huiwen,He Weiwei,Tan Wenting,Wang Li,Chen Xiaoling,Deng Guohong.Screening and identification of HLA-DRB1*0803 and HLA-DRB1*0901 restricted epitopes from hepatitis B core antigen[J].J Amry Med Univ (J Third Mil Med Univ),2015,37(09):833-838.
Li Huiwen,He Weiwei,Tan Wenting,Wang Li,Chen Xiaoling,Deng Guohong.Screening and identification of HLA-DRB1*0803 and HLA-DRB1*0901 restricted epitopes from hepatitis B core antigen[J].J Amry Med Univ (J Third Mil Med Univ),2015,37(09):833-838.DOI:
Screening and identification of HLA-DRB1*0803 and HLA-DRB1*0901 restricted epitopes from hepatitis B core antigen
Objective To identify the specific epitopes of HLA-DRB1
*
0803 and HLA-DRB1
*
0901 alleles from hepatitis B virus for further understanding the difference of the epitopes restricted to the different HLA-DR alleles. Methods After incubating the peptide pool of pre-core and core sequence of hepatitis B virus with a B lymphoblastoid cell line (BLCL
homozygous human B cell lines of allele
HLA-DRB1
*
0803 or HLA-DRB1
*
0901 with cell surface highly expressing HLA-DR molecules)
the peptides were eluted and collected from the BLCL surface without affecting cell viability. Then the peptides were filtered
desalted
concentrated and analyzed by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS). Bioinformatics predictive tool NetMHCⅡpan 3.0 Server was employed to confirm the candidate epitopes. Results There were 8 potential epitopes restricted to HLA-DRB1
*
0803 finally identify from HBV
that is
HBc17-31
HBc22-36
HBc27-41
HBc82-96
HBc87-101
HBc92-106
HBc117-131
and HBc122-136
and 7 potential epitopes restricted to HLA-DRB1
*
0901
that is
HBc2-16
HBc7-21
HBc12-26
HBc27-41
HBc82-96
HBc87-101
and HBc122-136. Four of them were same epitopes. Conclusion We have found 6 new epitopes to HLA class Ⅱ
ie
HBc7-21
HBc22-36
HBc27-41
HBc82-96
HBc87-101 and HBc92-106
and there are some differences among the HBcAg epitopes restricted to different HLA-DR alleles.