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A subset of HLA-I peptides are not genomically templated: evidence for cis- and trans-spliced peptide ligands

Faridi, Pouya, Li, Chen, Ramarathinam, Sri H., Vivian, Julian P., Illing, Patricia T., Mifsud, Nicole A., Ayala, Rochelle, Song, Jiangning, Gearing, Linden J., Hertzog, Paul J., Ternette, Nicola, Rossjohn, Jamie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2020-7522, Croft, Nathan P. and Purcell, Anthony W. 2018. A subset of HLA-I peptides are not genomically templated: evidence for cis- and trans-spliced peptide ligands. Science Immunology 3 (28) , eaar3947. 10.1126/sciimmunol.aar3947

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Abstract

The diversity of peptides displayed by class I human leukocyte antigen (HLA) plays an essential role in T cell immunity. The peptide repertoire is extended by various posttranslational modifications, including proteasomal splicing of peptide fragments from distinct regions of an antigen to form nongenomically templated cis-spliced sequences. Previously, it has been suggested that a fraction of the immunopeptidome constitutes such cis-spliced peptides; however, because of computational limitations, it has not been possible to assess whether trans-spliced peptides (i.e., the fusion of peptide segments from distinct antigens) are also bound and presented by HLA molecules, and if so, in what proportion. Here, we have developed and applied a bioinformatic workflow and demonstrated that trans-spliced peptides are presented by HLA-I, and their abundance challenges current models of proteasomal splicing that predict cis-splicing as the most probable outcome. These trans-spliced peptides display canonical HLA-binding sequence features and are as frequently identified as cis-spliced peptides found bound to a number of different HLA-A and HLA-B allotypes. Structural analysis reveals that the junction between spliced peptides is highly solvent exposed and likely to participate in T cell receptor interactions. These results highlight the unanticipated diversity of the immunopeptidome and have important implications for autoimmunity, vaccine design, and immunotherapy.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: Medicine
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science
ISSN: 2470-9468
Date of First Compliant Deposit: 23 October 2018
Date of Acceptance: 31 August 2018
Last Modified: 06 Nov 2023 19:32
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/116124

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