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Identification of a Novel HLA-B60-Restricted T Cell Epitope of the Minor Histocompatibility Antigen HA-1 Locus¹

Department of Immunohematology and Blood Transfusion, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

The polymorphic minor histocompatibility Ag HA-1 locus encodes two peptides, HA-1^H and HA-1^R, with a single amino acid difference. Whereas the immunogenicity of the HA-1^R allele has not yet been shown, the nonameric HA-1^H peptide induces HLA-A2-restricted cytotoxic T cells in vivo and in vitro. It is not known whether the mHag HA-1^H or HA-1^R associates with other HLA class I molecules. Therefore, the polymorphic regions of both HA-1 alleles were analyzed to identify HLA class I binding peptides that are properly processed by proteasomal degradation. Peptide binding analyses were performed for all nonameric HA-1^H/R peptides for binding to nine HLA class I molecules with >10% prevalence in the Caucasian population and for seven nonameric/decameric HA-1^H/R peptides predicted to bind to HLA-A3, -B14, and -B60. Only the nonameric KECVL^H/_RDDL and decameric KECVL^H/_RDDLL peptides showed strong and stable binding to HLA-B60. In vitro digestion of 29-aa-long HA-1 peptides by purified 20S proteasomes revealed proper cleavage at the COOH termini of both HLA-B60 binding HA-1^H and HA-1^R peptides. In subsequent analyses, dendritic cells pulsed with the nonameric HA-1^R peptide did not induce CTLs that recognize the natural HLA-B60/HA-1^R ligand. In contrast, dendritic cells pulsed with the nonameric HA-1^H peptide induced IFN--secreting T cells specific for the natural HLA-B60/HA-1^H ligand in three HLA-B60⁺ HA-1^RR individuals, demonstrating the immunogenicity of the HLA-B60/HA-1^H ligand. In conclusion, this study shows a novel HLA-B60-restricted T cell epitope of the minor histocompatibility Ag HA-1 locus.

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