The invention discloses a
toxoplasma gondii CTL epitope peptide identification method and application. The
toxoplasma gondii CTL epitope peptide identification method comprises the following steps: constructing a
toxoplasma gondii infection model of an HLA-A * 0201 transgenic mouse; capturing a natural
peptide fragment combined with the HLA-A * 0201 molecule from the
spleen lymphocyte surface of the infected model mouse through a weak acid
elution method; analyzing the captured
peptide fragment by adopting a liquid
chromatography-
tandem mass spectrometry technology, and screening a toxoplasma gondii-sourced specific
peptide fragment based on a toxoplasma gondii
protein database; through an in-vitro
protein renaturation experiment, the binding capacity of the screened candidate
peptide fragment and the HLA-A * 0201 molecule is verified; a TAP defect type T2 lymphoblastic
cell model is adopted, and the binding stability of the candidate peptide fragment and the HLA-A * 0201 molecule is verified through a
fluorescence index. According to the method, through a progressive screening strategy that after natural peptide group screening, a NetMHCpan-4.1
algorithm is adopted for filtering and eliminating host homology, in-vitro pMHC-I renaturation
verification and T2
cell binding stability detection are carried out, the clinical transformation value of
epitope screening is remarkably improved, and high-confidence candidate molecules are provided for toxoplasma gondii multi-
epitope vaccine design.