Table 2 Binding affinities of 120 VEPs from SARS-CoV-2 with HLA-A allotypes as detected by competitive peptide binding assays using transfected HMy2.CIR cell lines

From: Screening HLA-A-restricted T cell epitopes of SARS-CoV-2 and the induction of CD8+ T cell responses in HLA-A transgenic mice

HLA-A

Epitope

Affinity

5 μM inhibition (%)

15 μM inhibition (%)

Epitope

Affinity

5 μM inhibition (%)

15 μM inhibition (%)

A0201

R12

High

91.70

91.10

R6

No

13.40

23.70

 

R8

High

85.50

89.90

D5

Low

10.00

37.80

 

B1

High

80

88.20

A5

No

9.40

6.20

 

R10

High

75.80

92.80

R13

No

8.66

28.90

 

R15

High

70.80

93.80

D80

No

6.38

5.25

 

B3

High

66.10

74.40

D42

No

5.93

6.72

 

R9

High

64.80

89.50

D72

No

5.93

6.38

 

R5

High

58.70

89.10

A4

No

4.80

4.00

 

R11

Inter

47.80

86.40

R14

No

4.50

13.30

 

B2

Inter

42.10

83.70

A1

No

3.30

2.90

 

R4

Inter

40.40

78.30

A3

No

1.90

1.40

 

B6

Inter

33.00

65.90

D13

No

0.70

1.20

 

D2

Inter

24.50

55.00

C1

No

0

10.30

 

D12

Low

20.10

32.60

C3

No

0

7.10

 

B4

No

16.70

20.70

D6

No

0

2.10

A1101

D38

High

80.70

87.70

D48

Low

34.38

48.05

 

D41

High

80.38

89.72

D50

Low

32.38

43.38

 

R43

High

79.50

89.20

B23

Low

32.30

41.00

 

R32

High

73.90

89.40

R41

Low

31.90

46.20

 

R30

High

72.60

84.90

B18

Low

21.55

34.38

 

D34

High

67.70

84.70

D82

Low

20.72

38.22

 

B20

High

61.88

55.88

A16

No

18.38

19.22

 

D72

High

58.05

76.05

D77

No

15.72

29.38

 

D40

High

56.70

82.60

D42

Low

14.70

47.80

 

D47

High

53.38

67.72

A12

No

14.38

15.00

 

R42

High

50.20

75.20

R38

Low

12.10

47.10

 

R44

Inter

47.60

81.4

B21

No

10.55

29.38

 

C49

Inter

47.38

74.22

D79

No

10.22

25.22

 

D81

Inter

0.4238

52.22

R34

No

10.00

25.90

 

D46

Inter

34.38

52.22

D80

No

4.22

5.55

 

R40

Inter

30.70

67.10

A19

No

0.20

2.60

 

C27

Inter

28.00

54.40

A18

No

0

4.00

 

R39

Inter

23.70

53.60

    
 

R35

Inter

22.50

52.30

    

A3303

D80

High

86.40

97.40

B23

Low

21.26

34.07

 

D76

High

75.40

94.20

B21

Low

20.36

46.43

 

R34

High

72.50

91.00

R38

Low

18.79

42.61

 

D77

High

64.20

81.80

D53

Low

14.94

35.87

 

R43

High

60.81

65.75

D48

Low

13.39

43.28

 

D82

High

49.40

75.90

C46

Low

10.90

42.80

 

B34

Inter

41.26

54.29

A18

No

8.90

11.15

 

D79

Inter

33.10

62.70

B35

Low

8.10

41.40

 

D81

Inter

16.00

74.00

B20

No

7.10

14.74

 

C47

Inter

9.90

60.20

A12

No

6.65

0.00

 

R41

Inter

8.00

51.15

D78

No

3.30

20.30

 

A16

Low

42.61

46.43

C45

No

0.00

29.10

A0203

D30

High

82.80

91.80

B16

Low

38.10

38.00

 

R24

High

61.30

78.80

D17

Low

21.83

43.31

 

B17

High

57.00

70.50

C3

No

11.44

28.39

 

B15

High

50

54.00

B6

Low

6.43

46.41

 

D5

High

70.87

83.76

R6

No

5.84

8.10

 

R5

High

60.37

81.49

A4

No

4.64

8.94

 

R9

High

59.30

81.61

A5

No

5.24

11.09

 

D2

High

53.45

55.36

D81

No

4.64

6.79

 

B2

High

51.90

68.84

D78

No

3.93

3.21

 

D33

Inter

42.30

81.20

D31

No

0

14.80

 

B1

Inter

37.82

57.74

A10

No

0

0

 

R14

Inter

37.10

65.74

D32

No

0

0

 

D13

Inter

25.29

55.48

    
 

C17

Inter

21.70

51.30

    
 

C1

Inter

20.39

54.54

    

A0206

D26

High

52.30

68.10

C10

Low

17.08

31.68

 

R23

Inter

39.30

50.10

D12

No

17.08

29.07

 

B3

Inter

42.63

57.11

A1

No

16.30

16.95

 

D2

Inter

41.72

63.49

C1

No

15.91

21.77

 

B1

Inter

41.20

60.37

A6

No

15.51

13.30

 

B2

Inter

37.29

54.89

R6

No

14.73

18.64

 

D33

Inter

35.72

68.19

C16

No

12.65

13.69

 

R9

Inter

30.12

73.53

C3

No

12.65

13.30

 

C12

Low

19.43

36.25

D42

No

9.26

12.78

 

B4

No

18.77

14.34

D78

No

8.47

8.34

 

B11

Low

18.30

43.40

A9

No

0

10.20

 

B12

Low

17.00

32.60

    

A2402

B30

High

88.65

91.49

B28

No

18.00

28.20

 

R47

High

88.50

88.70

A22

No

10.70

29.30

 

B26

High

83.60

82.60

D52

No

6.25

24.78

 

B31

High

81.10

86.30

A1

No

5.60

7.20

 

D55

High

73.07

78.50

A20

No

5.30

21.30

 

B29

High

70.10

74.90

C35

No

2.80

10.10

 

D53

High

59.85

62.21

A23

No

1.20

1.20

 

R48

Inter

40.10

51.00

A19

No

0.00

0.00

 

D62

Inter

37.53

75.19

A21

No

0.00

0.00

 

D64

Inter

35.05

69.41

D79

No

0.00

0.00

 

D56

Low

30.21

45.80

    

A0207

A7

High

68.52

69.58

R6

Low

35.22

48.64

 

B2

High

63.58

64.64

D72

Low

32.87

41.69

 

R17

High

57.11

62.75

D80

Low

20.64

47.93

 

B6

High

56.40

60.87

D79

No

18.75

29.58

 

A6

High

54.99

62.05

D17

No

16.40

21.11

 

B3

High

54.99

63.34

D5

Low

11.46

44.64

 

A1

Inter

45.22

50.16

B10

No

2.40

0.00

 

D6

Low

46.40

48.05

D12

No

0.00

0.00

 

A4

Low

36.40

40.40

    

A3001

D65

High

75.62

79.92

D72

Inter

44.70

62.45

 

D71

High

72.12

65.13

R34

Inter

31.53

54.11

 

B40

High

63.52

72.12

R40

Low

38.25

29.92

 

B41

High

60.30

60.30

A26

Low

37.18

18.90

 

B36

High

60.03

73.20

D40

Low

36.91

42.55

 

B37

High

54.11

60.03

A25

Low

20.51

33.15

 

B38

Inter

49.54

61.91

A18

Low

15.94

35.83

 

R39

Inter

46.05

55.46

    
  1. Binding affinity of the epitope peptide with indicated HLA-A allotype was assessed by IC50 value, which is the concentration of unlabeled competitor peptide required to inhibit the binding of fluorescently labeled reference peptide by 50%. IC50 < 5 μM (5 μM inhibition >50%) means high binding affinity; 5 μM < IC50 < 15 μM (5 μM inhibition < 50% but 15 μM inhibition > 50%) means intermediate binding affinity; IC50 > 15 μM means low or no binding affinity (5 μM inhibition 20–50% or 15 μM inhibition 30–50% means low binding affinity and 5 μM inhibition < 20% or 15 μM inhibition < 30% means no binding affinity)