Table 1.
β cell–derived peptide families identified in the MHC-II peptidome of blood leukocytes
DescriptionProtein coverageSequenceGlucoseNo glucose
Ins1C Ins1C:37–56 PQVEQLELGGSPGDLQTLAL 22, 18 
Ins2B Ins2B:9–23 SHLVEALYLVCGERG 10, 11 
Ins1C Ins1C:51–61 LQTLALEVARQ 7, 6 
Insulin-2 C-peptide Ins2C:37–47 PQVAQLELGGG 2, 2 
Vitamin D–binding protein Gc:389–405 SPLLKRQLTSFIEKGQE 1, 1 
60-kD heat shock protein Hspd1:164–183 TPEEIAQVATISANGDKDIG 0, 2 
Zinc transporter 8 ZnT8:313–322 ILSVHVATAA 0, 1 
Insulin-2 C-peptide Ins2C:48–58 PGAGDLQTLAL 0, 1 
DescriptionProtein coverageSequenceGlucoseNo glucose
Ins1C Ins1C:37–56 PQVEQLELGGSPGDLQTLAL 22, 18 
Ins2B Ins2B:9–23 SHLVEALYLVCGERG 10, 11 
Ins1C Ins1C:51–61 LQTLALEVARQ 7, 6 
Insulin-2 C-peptide Ins2C:37–47 PQVAQLELGGG 2, 2 
Vitamin D–binding protein Gc:389–405 SPLLKRQLTSFIEKGQE 1, 1 
60-kD heat shock protein Hspd1:164–183 TPEEIAQVATISANGDKDIG 0, 2 
Zinc transporter 8 ZnT8:313–322 ILSVHVATAA 0, 1 
Insulin-2 C-peptide Ins2C:48–58 PGAGDLQTLAL 0, 1 

MHC-II–bound peptides were isolated from blood leukocytes from NOD mice after glucose challenge and analyzed by LC-MS/MS. The table summarizes all the peptide families derived from pancreatic β cell proteins. The numbers of the individual peptides belonging to each family identified in mice subjected to a glucose challenge (two independent experiments) relative to those without glucose challenge (a single experiment) are shown. The two experiments of the glucose challenge condition used 3 × 107 total blood leukocytes from 20 mice and 7.5 × 107 cells from 40 mice, respectively. The experiment of the no glucose condition used 3 × 107 cells isolated from 19 mice. Columns are as follows: Description, protein name; Protein coverage, gene name and amino acid residues covered; Sequence, amino acid sequence encompassing all peptides identified for a particular family; Glucose, the number of peptides identified in the specified family for the two biological replicates of the glucose challenge experiments; and No glucose, peptides identified in the mice that did not receive glucose.

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