T cells were isolated from a leukoreduction system chamber from an HLA-A
∗02 positive healthy donor from the Stanford institutional blood bank using the
RosetteSep human T cell enrichment cocktail (Stem Cell Technologies) and viably stored in liquid nitrogen. For T cell activation, T cells were thawed and stimulated with
anti-CD3/CD28 beads (Life Technologies) in the presence of IL-2 (100 IU/mL). On days 1 and 2, activated T cells were retrovirally transduced using
Retronectin (Takara) coated plates in media containing 100 IU/mL IL-2.
anti-CD3/CD28 beads were removed on day 3 and media containing IL-2 were replenished once every 2 days. Following 8 days of
in vitro expansion, T cells were co-cultured with 293A2 cells expressing full-length TMEM161A, EntS, LMP2, FluM1, or GFP alone at a 1:1 ratio. Following 18 h incubation, cells were stained with
anti-CD3 (OKT3, Biolegend),
anti-CD69 (FN50, Biolegend),
anti-TCR⍺/β (IP26, Biolegend),
anti-CD137 (4B4-1, BD Biosciences), and
live/dead near-IR dye (Invitrogen). Data were acquired using
FACS Fortessa (BD Biosciences) automated high throughput sampler and analyzed using FlowJo software (Treestar).
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