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NetMHCpan, a method for quantitative predictions of peptide binding to any HLA-A and -B locus protein of known sequence.


ABSTRACT:

Background

Binding of peptides to Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) molecules is the single most selective step in the recognition of pathogens by the cellular immune system. The human MHC class I system (HLA-I) is extremely polymorphic. The number of registered HLA-I molecules has now surpassed 1500. Characterizing the specificity of each separately would be a major undertaking.

Principal findings

Here, we have drawn on a large database of known peptide-HLA-I interactions to develop a bioinformatics method, which takes both peptide and HLA sequence information into account, and generates quantitative predictions of the affinity of any peptide-HLA-I interaction. Prospective experimental validation of peptides predicted to bind to previously untested HLA-I molecules, cross-validation, and retrospective prediction of known HIV immune epitopes and endogenous presented peptides, all successfully validate this method. We further demonstrate that the method can be applied to perform a clustering analysis of MHC specificities and suggest using this clustering to select particularly informative novel MHC molecules for future biochemical and functional analysis.

Conclusions

Encompassing all HLA molecules, this high-throughput computational method lends itself to epitope searches that are not only genome- and pathogen-wide, but also HLA-wide. Thus, it offers a truly global analysis of immune responses supporting rational development of vaccines and immunotherapy. It also promises to provide new basic insights into HLA structure-function relationships. The method is available at http://www.cbs.dtu.dk/services/NetMHCpan.

SUBMITTER: Nielsen M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1949492 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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NetMHCpan, a method for quantitative predictions of peptide binding to any HLA-A and -B locus protein of known sequence.

Nielsen Morten M   Lundegaard Claus C   Blicher Thomas T   Lamberth Kasper K   Harndahl Mikkel M   Justesen Sune S   Røder Gustav G   Peters Bjoern B   Sette Alessandro A   Lund Ole O   Buus Søren S  

PloS one 20070829 8


<h4>Background</h4>Binding of peptides to Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) molecules is the single most selective step in the recognition of pathogens by the cellular immune system. The human MHC class I system (HLA-I) is extremely polymorphic. The number of registered HLA-I molecules has now surpassed 1500. Characterizing the specificity of each separately would be a major undertaking.<h4>Principal findings</h4>Here, we have drawn on a large database of known peptide-HLA-I interactions to  ...[more]

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