The Journal of Immunology, Vol 144, Issue 7 2493-2498, Copyright © 1990 by American Association of Immunologists

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The use of peptide analogs with improved stability and MHC binding capacity to inhibit antigen presentation in vitro and in vivo

AG Lamont, MF Powell, SM Colon, C Miles, HM Grey and A Sette
Cytel, La Jolla, CA 92037.

The identification of a core region for OVA 323-339, which is critical in determining binding to IAd, has enabled us to generate a series of analog peptides in which this core region was extended at both the N and C termini with different amino acid residues. When assessed for binding capacity, several peptides were shown to have increased affinity for IAd compared with the parent sequence, and in addition, some peptides had acquired binding specificities for class II MHC haplotypes not present for OVA 323-339. These peptides were next examined for their ability to inhibit T cell responses in vitro and in vivo. The correlation between binding and the ability to inhibit T cell activation in vitro was good. However, when assessed in vivo, it was clear that high Ia binding was not sufficient in itself to define the inhibitory capacity of a given peptide. That this discrepancy was due to differences in degradation of the core-extended peptides was suggested by 1) results from an inhibition of Ag presentation assay, in which the pulse period with Ag and inhibitor was extended to 20 h; and 2) direct analysis of peptide stability by using reverse phase HPLC. Finally, by protecting the peptide from degradation with N- and C- terminal substitutions of D-amino acids, the inhibitory capacity of an unstable core-extended peptide in vitro could be greatly enhanced. These data indicate that the core extension approach may be one method by which antagonists for MHC class II molecules may be generated.

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