Chemical Control over T-Cell Activation in Vivo Using Deprotection of trans-Cyclooctene-Modified Epitopes
2018
Activation of a cytotoxic T-cell is a complex multistep process, and tools to study the molecular events and their dynamics that result in T-cell activation in situ and in vivo are scarce. Here, we report the design and use of conditional epitopes for time-controlled T-cell activation in vivo. We show that trans-cyclooctene-protected SIINFEKL (with the lysine amine masked) is unable to elicit the T-cell response characteristic for the free SIINFEKL epitope. Epitope uncaging by means of an inverse-electron demand Diels–Alder (IEDDA) event restored T-cell activation and provided temporal control of T-cell proliferation in vivo.
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