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RNA was isolated using the TriZol protocol (Invitrogen). Poly-A selected RNA libraries were prepared
using the TruSeq RNA library protocol (Illumina), and the resulting libraries were sequenced on an
Illumina HiSeq2000 using 51bp paired-end reads. Reads were aligned to human reference genome
GRCh37 using Tophat 1.4 (28). Expression values were calculated as FPKM using Cufflinks (29).
Exome and RNA data of patients 002 and 003 were obtained and analyzed as described in Behjati S, et
al. (30). For all three tumors, obtained lists of mutations show a dominant UV signature (78-85% of
mutations, Table S7).
Minigene design
Minigenes for induction of T-cell responses were designed to encode 10-21 potential T-cell
epitopes without flanking sequences. The resulting protein sequences were analyzed with the NetChop
3.1 cleavage prediction algorithm to evaluate whether sites at the transition between all individual
predicted peptides were predicted to be cleaved. In case a certain epitope was not predicted to be
cleaved, epitopes were either shuffled, or K, QLGL or GVGT linker sequences were included up- or
downstream of the epitope to allow cleavage. Minigenes, including Kozak sequence and stop codon,
were codon-optimized and synthesized by Genscript. Subsequently, minigenes were cloned into the
pCIpA102 vector for in vitro mRNA transcription using the RiboMAX LargeScale RNA production
system (Promega), as previously described (16, 35). The minigenes yielded the following products:
Patient 1 nonamers
MK NLNCCSVPV ALSPVIPHI YLVDSVAKM WLIDMKSLV LLDSLPMDV SLFALGNVI
KINLSLFAL FALGNVISA STAFDFLAV ALCGQCVRI
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Patient 1 decamers
M KLYGLDWAEL FMTKINDLEV ALDPHSGHFV QLGL GLLPVLSWLL ALLETPSLLL
FALGNVISAL HMMGFRTQEV YLAPQESYGA QLGL KLFEFLVYGV QLGL FLVYGVRPGM
Patient 2 nonamers
M MLLAIPEAV FLSQRVAFL FLVFYVIPL SMLHFVTSI ALSPVIPHI GLMVIAWFI FQPSFSHLV
WLPNHVIYL FLMASISSF AVGSYVYSV ILAALFLGL LIIPFIHLI AQFKGAWIL LLFGMPPCL
FLQFRGNEV LMASISSFL GSLDVLMAV FIGPLMDAL KLSHQLVLL GMPPCLLAL
QQFAVGSYV
Patient 2 decamers
M FLMASISSFL FAVGSYVYSV ILPFTPEFLV FVFKLYYFEI LMASISSFLL YVIPLSIISV
SMLLAIPEAV FIAKNLIQSA AILPFTPEFL VTFAVSFYVV GLFRPYGSTV GTAWLEWWHV
KLPVGSQCLV SIISVYYYFI LLGSSCAPPL SLSSSGAPSL LMAVAILKEV
Patient 3 nonamers
M SLDLTTSPV TQFWCAVAL VMDSIDVKI TLAYSFQSL ILDVCSSGL KVDIFFLGL
VMKFKNPLV VTYSGKFLI ALAQKGVQL GVGT ALALAQKGV QLGL
Control minigene
MK ALKDVEERV LLFGLALIEV GLYDGMEHL SLFLGILSV SLLMWITQA MLMAQEALAFL
MLAVISCAV
Induction of neo-antigen reactive T cells and generation of CTL clones and lines
Generation of mature monocyte-derived dendritic cells (MoDCs) and induction of antigen-specific
T cells was carried out as previously described for the induction of allo-reactive T-cell responses (16,
35), but with minor changes. Briefly, mature MoDCs from HLA-A*02:01pos donors were transfected
with 30-60 µg minigene mRNA prior to co-culture with the non-adherent fraction of the autologous
PBMCs at a ratio of 0.6x106 MoDCs to 6x106 PBMCs in 2 ml medium per well in 24-well plates in
CellGro DC medium (CellGenix) supplemented with 10 ng/ml interleukin 7 (PeproTech) and 50 pg/ml
interleukin 12 (PeproTech). 50% of medium was changed on day 7, and on day 12 of co-culture cells
were restimulated with HLA-A*02:01pos EBV-LCL transfected with 20-40 µg minigene mRNA, at a
density of 0.6x106 mRNA-transfected EBV-LCL to 3x106 T cells in 2 ml of medium per well in 24-well
plates and cultured in X-Vivo 20 (Lonza) supplemented with 5% human pooled serum (HS; Trina
biotech) and 10 IU/ml interleukin 2 (IL-2; R&D Systems). On day 19, cultures were analysed for the
presence of pMHC multimerpos CD8 cells restimulated, as described for day 12. On day 26, pMHC-
multimerpos CD8 cells were sorted. To generate neo-antigen reactive CTL clones, 96-well tissue-culture
treated plates were prepared with irradiated allogeneic feeder cells (1-2x105 per well) in 200 µl X-Vivo
20 medium supplemented with 5% HS, 1 µg/ml phytohaemagglutinin (PHA; Remel Thermo Scientific),
100 IU/ml IL-2 and 2 ng/ml interleukin 15 (IL-15; Peprotech), and pMHC-multimerpos CD8 cells were
sorted on a FACS Aria II cell sorter (BD Biosciences) as single-cells into the 96-well plates. To generate
CTL lines, pMHC-multimerpos CD8 cells were sorted in bulk and expanded with irradiated allogeneic
feeder cells at a ratio of 1:200 in X-Vivo 20 supplemented with 100 IU/ml IL-2, 2 ng/ml IL-15, and 30
ng/ml anti-CD3 (OKT-3) or 1 µg/ml PHA. To prepare allogeneic feeder cells, PBMCs from three donors
were irradiated with 30 Gy, washed once and pooled at a 1:1:1 ratio. For antigen-independent expansion
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of CTL clones and lines, medium was refreshed as needed and at least every 5-6 days. Presence of
relevant cells was confirmed by staining individual CTL clones and lines with pMHC-multimers labeled
with two fluorochromes, and only cultures with double pMHC-multimerpos and CD8pos cells were used
for further analysis.
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to an anchor sequence introduced in the poly-G domain. Libraries were made using the Kappa Illumina
kit and subsequently sequenced on an Illumina MiSeq. Sequence data were analysed using the MiTCR
script that identifies the CDR3 region between conserved serine and phenylalanine residues on
chromosome 7 and 14 (39). Full-length TCR chains were reconstructed using an in-house developed
python script, TCRprimer, which reads upstream from the CDR3 region into the variable domain and
generates a consensus sequence by cross-linking the input sequence data to a database containing all
human TCR variable domains. Output was manually verified for each sample in IMGT/V-Quest (40). A
variant pMP71 retroviral backbone for TCR cloning was utilized to rapidly exchange TCR V domains
(39). To maximize TCR expression, this vector contains codon-optimized mouse TCRαβ constant
domains with additional Cys residues and a porcine teschovirus–derived P2A sequence to link TCR
chains. Variable TCRα and TCRβ fragments of identified TCRs were codon optimized, synthesized and
cloned by Genscript.
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CRISPR/Cas9 knock out of mutant MLL2 gene
Single-guide RNA (sgRNA)-encoding oligonucleotides were individually designed (http://tools.genome-
engineering.org) and synthesized (Integrated DNA Technologies) to allow targeting of the MLL2 gene.
CACCG AGCCCAGATGAGGGAAACGA MLL2#1 for
AAAC TCGTTTCCCTCATCTGGGCT C MLL2#1 rev
CACCG ATGCTCTCAGGGGATGAAGC MLL2#2 for
AAAC GCTTCATCCCCTGAGAGCAT C MLL2#2 rev
Guide RNA-encoding sequences were cloned into pSpCas9n(BB)-2A-GFP (Addgene plasmid ID:
48140), as previously described (41), and resulting constructs were validated by Sanger sequencing.
Tumor cells (patient 1) were transfected with both guides using X-tremeGENE, and GFP positive cells
were sorted at 200 cells/ well, a concentration at which only some wells yield growing cells. After
expansion, tumor cell lines were analyzed by extraction of genomic DNA (QIAGEN DNeasy
purification kit), and PCR with MLL2 forward and reverse primers. Resulting products from 2 cell lines
were cloned into TOPO TA 2.1 vector and sequenced. Eight independent sequences from one of these
tumor cell lines revealed a frame shift within the mutant MLL2 allele that disrupted the ORF of the
MLL2 neo-antigen.
Statistical analysis
GraphPad Prism 6 (GraphPad Software, Inc.) was used to calculate p-values using the Mann-
Whitney U test, to calculate Spearman correlation coefficients, and to create ROC curves where
indicated. ROC curves were compared using the package pROC for R, as previously described (43).
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A Irrelevant CT/CD20 Relevant
minigene mRNA minigene mRNA peptide
MAGE A10-
reactive
CTL clone
2% 92% 95%
CD20-
reactive
CTL line
87% 92% 91%
Fig. S1.
Efficient presentation of minigene-encoded T-cell epitopes. A. Mage A10- and Mage C2-reactive
CTL clones were incubated with target cells transfected with relevant (CT/CD20) or irrelevant minigene
mRNA, or with target cells pulsed with 10 µM relevant peptide, followed by measurement of
degranulation responses, shown as CD107 a/bpos events. B. A CD20-reactive CTL line was incubated
with target cells transfected with mRNA encoding the full-length CD20 gene, with relevant (CT/CD20)
minigene mRNA, or with target cells pulsed with 10 µM relevant peptide. All plots are gated on live
CD8 cells.
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A B
Mutant
peptide
WT
peptide
Fig. S2
Strategy for multiplexed analysis of CTL clones. A. Data depict SMARCD3H>Y-reactive clones of
donor 2, individually bar-coded with unique combinations of CFSE and CellTrace Violet concentrations,
combined and analyzed for recognition of peptide-pulsed T2 cells by degranulation (CD107a/b). Lower
plots depict data for clones 1-8. B. Representative analysis of degranulation for one CTL clone from a
set of 16 bar-coded MLL2L>H reactive clones following incubation with target cells pulsed with
indicated concentrations of mutant or corresponding WT peptide.
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A
No peptide WT peptide Mutant peptide
%CD107a/b+ cells
100 10 pM 1 nM 100 nM 10 pM 1 nM 100 nM
80 CDK4R>L-
60 reactive
40 CTL clones
20
0
1 3 5 7 2 4 6 1 3 5 7 2 4 6 1 3 5 7 2 4 6 1 3 5 7
CTL clone
No peptide WT peptide Mutant peptide
%CD107a/b+ cells
B
No peptide Mutant peptide
%CD107a/b+ cells
100 100 pM 10 nM 1 µM
80 ASTN1 P>L -
60 reactive
40 CTL clones
20
0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1011 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1011 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1011 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1011
CTL clone
No peptide Mutant peptide
%CD107a/b+ cells
100 100 pM 10 nM 1 µM
80 SMARCD3H>Y-
60 reactive
40 CTL clones
20
0
1 5 9 13 17 21 25 29 33 37 41 1 5 9 13 17 21 25 29 33 37 41 1 5 9 13 17 21 25 29 33 37 41 1 5 9 13 17 21 25 29 33 37 41
CTL clone
C
No peptide WT peptide Mutant peptide
%CD107a/b+ cells
Fig. S3
Reactivity of donor-derived pMHC-multimerpos CTL with mutant antigen. pMHC-multimerpos
CTL clones were bar-coded with CFSE and CellTrace Violet before incubation with peptide-pulsed
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target cells. A. The neo-antigen reactive CTL clones (donor 4) shown in Fig. 1 were incubated with
target cells pulsed with corresponding WT peptide or with non-pulsed target cells, as indicated.
Reactivity against cognate neo-antigen (Mutant peptide), as also depicted in Fig. 1, is included for
comparison. Culture conditions and response measurements are identical to those described in the
legend of Fig. 1. B. ASTN1P>L- and SMARCD3H>Y-reactive CTL clones from donor 2 were incubated
with target cells pulsed with the indicated concentrations of the relevant neo-antigen or with non-pulsed
target cells. C. MLL2L>H-, CDK4R>L- and SMARCD3H>Y-reactive CTL clones from donor 3 were
incubated with target cells pulsed with the relevant neo-antigen, with the corresponding WT peptide, or
with non-pulsed target cells. The percentage of CD107a/bpos cells of total CD8 cells is depicted. Values
reflect means of triplicates, error bars indicate SD.
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ASTN1P>L-reactive CTL clones SMARCD3H>Y-reactive CTL clones
% positive cells
% positive cells
40 Donor 2 30 Donor 2
30
20
20
10 10
0 0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 11 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 11 1 11 13 34 1 11 13 34
% positive cells
30 Donor 4 40 Donor 4
30
20
20
10 10
0 0
1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 1 3 5 6 8 9 10121316 1 3 5 6 8 9 10121316
80
60 Donor 4
40
20
0
1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15
CD107a/b+ IFN-γ- CD107a/b+ IFN-γ+ CD107a/b- IFN-γ+
Fig. S4
Tumor recognition by donor-derived ASTN1P>L-, SMARCD3H>Y- and GNL3LR>C-reactive CTL
clones. Clones were incubated with a melanoma line derived from patient 1 that carried the indicated
mutated (MUT) gene, or with a third party HLA-A*02:01pos melanoma line carrying the corresponding
WT gene, and analyzed as shown in Fig. 2. Data shown represent the percentage of IFN-γpos and/or
CD107a/bpos cells among live CD8 cells. Arrows indicate ASTN1P>L- and SMARCD3H>Y-reactive CTL
clones that were selected for TCR sequencing. GNL3LR>C-reactive CTL clones did not respond to
matched or non-matched melanoma cells unless tumor cells were pulsed with the corresponding mutant
peptide. Values reflect means of duplicates, error bars indicate SD.
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A B
Relevant mRNA Irrelevant mRNA
0.218%
10
USP28C>F PGM5 H>Y-465-473
SNX24 P>L
MRM1 T>P
Multimer BV421 USP28 C>F
SLC38A1 W>L
1.26%
1 PGM5 H>Y-462-470
SLC38A1W>L
PGM5H>Y-37
PGM5H>Y-38
0.001
Multimer Qd655 5 6 7 8
Donor
100 80 80 100
40
% repsponding cells
80 80
of CD8+ cells
60 60 30
60 60
40 40 20
40 40
20 20 20 10 20
0 0 0 0 0
100 1 0.1 100 1 0.1 100 1 0.1 100 1 0.1 100 1 0.1
[nM] [nM] [nM] [nM] [nM]
Mutant peptide WT peptide
Mutated mRNA
WT mRNA
No mRNA/peptide
100 nM peptide
Minigene mRNA
Fig. S5
Donor-derived neo-antigen specific T-cell responses for patient 2. A. T-cell responses from donor 8
to four predicted neo-antigens from patient 2. Dot plots are gated on live CD8pos cells, colored double
positive populations represent CD8pos cells staining with 2-fluorochrome coded relevant pMHC-
multimers. Values reflect the percentage pMHC-multimerpos cells of total CD8 cells. B. T-cell responses
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from four healthy donors (donor 5-8) to predicted neo-antigens from Patient 2 after stimulation with
minigene mRNA-transfected APCs. Data depict the percentage of pMHC-multimerpos cells of total CD8
cells. C. CTL lines reactive with USP28C>F (donor 8), SNX24P>L (donor 5), PGM5H>Y-462-470 (donor 8)
and PGM5H>Y-465-473 (donors 7 and 8) were incubated with target cells pulsed with indicated
concentrations of the relevant mutant peptide or the corresponding WT peptide (top row). Values reflect
the percentage of IFN-γpos and/or CD107a/bpos cells of total CD8 cells. CTL lines were also incubated
for 24 hours with target cells transfected with either a minigene construct encoding the predicted neo-
antigens PGM5H>Y, USP28C>F and SNX24P>L, each flanked on both sides by 10 naturally occurring
amino acids (Mutated mRNA), a minigene construct encoding the corresponding WT sequences (WT
mRNA), or the minigene construct used to induce T-cell responses (Minigene mRNA) (bottom row).
Values reflect the percentage of CD137pos cells of total CD8 cells. Percentages of pMHC-multimerpos
cells within each CTL line are indicated. Data represent means of duplicates (top row) or triplicates
(bottom row), error bars indicate SD.
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Mock transduced MLL2 TCR 41 CDK4 TCR 53 CDK4 TCR 55 CDK4 TCR 57 CDK4 TCR 17 ASTN1 TCR52 ASTN1 TCR 65 SMARCD3 TCR59 SMARCD3 TCR67
0.6% 52% 28% 35% 15% 37% 44% 11% 56% 31%
Counts
Mouse TCRβ PE
Fig. S6
Transduction efficiency of neo-epitope reactive TCRs. Peripheral blood T cells were transduced with
indicated TCRs, and an aliquot was stained with anti-mouse TCRβ chain antibody to evaluate
transduction efficiency immediately prior to co-culture of T cells with melanoma cells. All histograms
are gated on live CD8pos cells and numbers indicate percentage of CD8pos cells staining positively for
anti-mouse TCRβ. Note that the fraction of TCR-expressing T cells is underestimated by staining with
anti-mouse TCRβ antibody for TCRs 57 and 65 (see Fig. 3B,D).
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A TCR17
B TCR55 TCR57
50 TCR53 30 50
% responding cells
% responding cells
% responding cells
% responding cells
30 25
40 25 40
30
20 30
20
15 15
20 10 20
10
10 5 5 10
0 0 0 0
10-6 10-4 10-2 100 102 10-6 10-4 10-2 100 102 10-6 10-4 10-2 100 102 10-6 10-4 10-2 100 102
[nM] [nM] [nM] [nM]
Fig. S7
Peptide-sensitivity of patient- and donor-derived CDK4R>L-reactive TCRs. Healthy donor
peripheral blood T cells transduced with the indicated patient-derived (A) or donor-derived (B) TCRs
were incubated with T2 cells pulsed with the indicated concentrations of CDK4R>L peptide. Graphs
depict means of duplicates, error bars indicate SD.
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A No peptide Flu NP265-273 (A3) Flu MP58-66 (A2) gp100280-288 A288V
80000 80000 80000 80000
60000
HLA-A2 MFI
60000
HLA-A2 MFI
60000 60000
HLA-A2 MFI
HLA-A2 MFI
40000 40000 40000 40000
20000 20000 20000 20000
0 0 0 0
0 24 48 72 96 120 144 0 24 48 72 96 120 144 0 24 48 72 96 120 144 0 24 48 72 96 120 144
Time (hours) Time (hours) Time (hours) Time (hours)
MART-126-35 WT MART-126-35 A27L CD20187-195 CMV pp65495-503
80000 80000 80000 80000
60000 60000
HLA-A2 MFI
HLA-A2 MFI
60000 60000
HLA-A2 MFI
HLA-A2 MFI
40000 40000 40000 40000
0 0 0 0
0 24 48 72 96 120 144 0 24 48 72 96 120 144 0 24 48 72 96 120 144 0 24 48 72 96 120 144
Time (hours) Time (hours) Time (hours) Time (hours)
B C
100 1.0
Measured t1/2 β2m (hours)
0.8
Measured t1/2 β2m
Sensitivity
Fig. S8
pMHC stability predicts neo-antigen immunogenicity. A. UV-mediated exchange reactions of
biotinylated soluble, monomeric HLA-A*02:01 molecules were performed in the presence of indicated
HLA-A*02:01-restricted T-cell epitopes, in the presence of a negative control peptide (the HLA-
A*03:01-restricted influenza A NP265 epitope), or in the absence of rescue peptide. Peptides and
predicted affinities are listed in Table S5. Samples were then left for 24 hours at room temperature to
reach equilibrium, combined with streptavidin-coated microspheres and incubated at 37oC for the
indicated time periods. Subsequently, samples were stained with a conformation-dependent anti-HLA-
A2-antibody and analyzed by flow cytometry to measure unfolding of the HLA-A*02:01 heavy chain as
a decrease in fluorescence intensity. Dots represent means of triplicates, error bars indicate SD. B.
Stability of HLA-A*02:01 in complex with the 57 candidate neo-epitopes (Tables S1-S3) and the 6
validated T-cell epitopes (Table S5) was measured either by a decrease in anti-HLA-A2 binding as
described in A, or by a decrease in anti-β2-microglobulin binding, in separate samples. Spearman
correlation between pMHC stability measured by a decrease in anti-β2-microglobulin binding and
pMHC stability measured by a decrease in anti-HLA-A2 binding. D. Receiver-operating characteristic
(ROC) curves illustrating superior predictive value of measured pMHC stability relative to predicted
HLA-A*02:01 binding affinity alone, for the peptides in Tables S1,2,3 and 5. NetMHC 4.0 was used to
predict affinities. Statistical comparison of ROC curves was performed as described in materials and
methods.
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Table S1. Neo-peptides from patient 1
Wildtype Neo-peptide
Neo-peptide predicted predicted Neo-peptide CD8+ T cell CD8+ T cell
Wildtype amino
Peptide HUGO amino acid binding binding t1/2 β2 response response
acid sequence
ID symbol sequence affinity to affinity to microglobulin observed in induced in
HLA- HLA- (hours) patient donor
A*02:01* A*02:01*
1 GNL3L NLNRCSVPV NLNCCSVPV 49 17 23.5 No Yes
2 MLL2 ALSPVIPLI ALSPVIPHI 13 18 47.7 No Yes
3 MAP2K3 YLVDSVAKT YLVDSVAKM 40 10 17.9 No No
4 AKAP6 WLIDMESLV WLIDMKSLV 14 24 12.3 No No
5 GDAP1 LLDSLPMDA LLDSLPMDV 605 54 6.7 No No
6 KIF3B SLSALGNVI SLFALGNVI 1240 110 3.6 No No
7 KIF3B KINLSLSAL KINLSLFAL 2938 136 4.1 No No
8 KIF3B SALGNVISA FALGNVISA 3352 238 4.6 No No
9 LAMA1 STASDFLAV STAFDFLAV 150 363 3.7 No No
10 SIVA1 ALCGQCVRT ALCGQCVRI 6527 633 5.0 No No
11 ASTN1 KPYGLDWAEL KLYGLDWAEL 16920 43 8.4 No Yes
12 DNAH8 FMTKINGLEV FMTKINDLEV 47 31 15.4 No No
13 CDK4 ARDPHSGHFV ALDPHSGHFV 21304 119 47.5 Yes Yes
14 SLC26A9 GLLPVLSWLP GLLPVLSWLL 678 30 6.4 No No
15 GCN1L1 ALLETLSLLL ALLETPSLLL 31 27 39.9 Yes No
16 KIF3B SALGNVISAL FALGNVISAL 703 160 4.6 No No
17 WDR59 HMMEWFRTQE HMMGFRTQEV 2183 18 7.2 No No
18 PRAMEF11 YPAPQESYGA YLAPQESYGA 19663 39 5.0 No No
19 SMARCD3 KLFEFLVHGV KLFEFLVYGV 10 6 83.7 No Yes
20 SMARCD3 FLVHGVRPGM FLVYGVRPGM 173 102 3.2 No No
*Predicted with NetMHC 3.2.
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Table S2. Neo-peptides from patient 2
Wildtype Neo-peptide
Neo-peptide predicted predicted Neo-epitope CD8+ T cell CD8+ T cell
Wildtype amino
Peptide HUGO amino acid binding binding t1/2 β2 response response
acid sequence
ID symbol sequence affinity to affinity to microglobulin observed in induced in
HLA- HLA- (hours) patient donor
A*02:01* A*02:01*
21 SSPN FLMASISSS FLMASISSF 15 11.79 4.6 No No
22 FAT4 FVSKLYYFEI FVFKLYYFEI 17 9.57 5.4 No No
23 USP28 LIIPCIHLI LIIPFIHLI 37 28.01 10.0 No Yes
24 SSPN FLMASISSSL FLMASISSFL 3 2.42 17.8 No No
25 SSPN LMASISSSLL LMASISSFLL 19 7.28 6.7 No No
26 ARHGEF12 AISPFTPEFL AILPFTPEFL 101 73.1 4.8 No No
27 TGIF1 LLGSSCAPPP LLGSSCAPPL 5669 30.05 3.2 No No
28 BRWD3 SLSSSGAPSP SLSSSGAPSL 11433 54.63 2.8 No No
29 ENTPD7 FLRQRVAFL FLSQRVAFL 51 5.47 23.5 No No
30 SLC38A1 IWAALFLGL ILAALFLGL 4258 18.6 6.9 No Yes
31 TRPM8 AQSKGAWIL AQFKGAWIL 299 34.06 4.0 No No
32 MRM1 LLFGMTPCL LLFGMPPCL 17 37.68 14.3 No Yes
33 SSPN LMASISSSL LMASISSFL 18 7.28 19.2 No No
34 TARBP1 IIGPLMDAL FIGPLMDAL 1989 95.66 2.9 No No
35 SNX24 KLSHQPVLL KLSHQLVLL 180 42.49 24.2 No Yes
36 MRM1 GMTPCLLAL GMPPCLLAL 21 48.85 5.4 No No
37 ARHGEF12 ISPFTPEFLV ILPFTPEFLV 2097 36.36 3.4 No No
38 TMEM127 VTFAVSFYLV VTFAVSFYVV 26 73.92 4.9 No No
39 MEF2D GLFRRYGSTV GLFRPYGSTV 78 87.28 4.1 No No
40 CSPG4 GTAWLEWRHV GTAWLEWWHV 2153 140.49 4.3 No No
41 TNC KLPVGSQCSV KLPVGSQCLV 86 92.08 4.1 No No
42 GIGYF1 PMAVAILKEV LMAVAILKEV 821 18.74 11.7 No No
43 ZNF169 FQPSFPHLV FQPSFSHLV 16 8.01 10.0 No No
44 AGFG2 FLQSRGNEV FLQFRGNEV 15 23.73 3.8 No No
45 GIGYF1 GSLDVPMAV GSLDVLMAV 351 38.59 5.0 No No
46 PGM5 QQFAVGSHV QQFAVGSYV 441 73.53 5.4 No Yes
47 PGM5 AVGSHVYSV AVGSYVYSV 37 15.89 12.4 No Yes
*Predicted with NetMHCpan 2.0.
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Table S3. Neo-peptides from patient 3
Wildtype Neo-peptide
Neo-peptide predicted predicted Neo-peptide CD8+ T cell CD8+ T cell
Wildtype amino
Peptide HUGO amino acid binding binding t1/2 β2 response response
acid sequence
ID symbol sequence affinity to affinity to microglobulin observed in induced in
HLA- HLA- (hours) patient donor
A*02:01* A*02:01*
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Table S4. T-cell receptor sequences
Donor/
TCR CDR3 amino acid V J CDR3 amino acid V J D
Reactivity Clone
# sequence segment segment sequence segment segment segment
#
TRAV38-2/
ASTN1P>L 2/1 62 CAYFGAQKLVF TRAJ54 CASRPSRGTNYGYTF TRBV6-1 TRBJ1-2 TRBD1
DV8
TRAV38-2/
ASTN1P>L 2/2 63 CAYFGAQKLVF TRAJ54 CASRPSRGTNYGYTF TRBV6-1 TRBJ1-2 TRBD1
DV8
TRAV38-2/
ASTN1P>L 2/3 64 CAYFGAQKLVF TRAJ54 CASRPSRGTNYGYTF TRBV6-1 TRBJ1-2 TRBD1
DV8
TRAV38-2/
ASTN1P>L 2/5 65 CAYFGAQKLVF TRAJ54 CASRPSRGTNYGYTF TRBV6-1 TRBJ1-2 TRBD1
DV8
TRAV38-2/
ASTN1P>L 2/6 66 CAYFGAQKLVF TRAJ54 CASRPSRGTNYGYTF TRBV6-1 TRBJ1-2 TRBD1
DV8
TRAV38-2/
ASTN1P>L 4/2 51 CARYYGQNFVF TRAJ26 CASSERGMVEAFF TRBV25-1 TRBJ1-1 TRBD1
DV8
ASTN1P>L 4/3 52 CALDDRGSTLGRLYF TRAV19 TRAJ18 CASSPRNLGPSGSYEQYF TRBV9 TRBJ2-7 TRBD2
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Table S5. Well-characterized T-cell epitopes used for validation of peptide-MHC stability assay
Predicted
t1/2 β2-
Amino acid binding affinity t1/2 HLA-A*02:01
Name/protein microglobulin Reference
sequence (nM) to HLA- (hours)
(hours)
A*02:01*
Flu NP265-273 (A*03:01) ILRGSVAHK 24732 ** ** M. DiBrino et al., J. Immunol.
151, 5930-5935 (1993)
MART-126-35 WT EAAGIGILTV 5322.6 3.4 4.2 Y. Kawakami et al., J. Exp. Med.
180, 347-352 (1994)
MART-126-35 A27L ELAGIGILTV 253.9 14.5 16.8 D. Valmori et al., J. Immunol.
160, 1750-1758 (1998)
Flu MP58-66 (A*02:01) GILGFVFTL 15.7 25.5 28.9 J. Morrison et al., Eur. J.
Immunol. 22, 903-907 (1992)
gp100280-288 A288V YLEPGPVTV 17 23.6 27.5 M. R. Parkhurst et al., J.
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**Peptide does not bind HLA-A*02:01.
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Table S6. HLA types of patients and healthy donors
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Table S7. Summary of exome sequencing data and potential neo-epitopes (separate file)
Table S8. All potential neo-epitopes from patient 1, 2 and 3 (separate file)
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