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To ensure efficient and specific staining with our peptide-MHC reagents, we have developed several dedicated staining protocols for CD4+ and CD8+ T cells.

A tetramer assay (tetramer stain) is used to detect and quantify antigen specific T cells. The interaction between a peptide-MHC complex (pMHC) and a cognate T cell receptor (TcR) is of too low affinity to be detected in flow cytometry. Streptavidin-mediated tetramerization of monomeric biotinylated pMHC (Altman JD. et al, 1996) increases the avidity of the pMHC streptavidin tetramer towards cognate TcRs and allow detection of antigen specific T cells.

For optimal results, please follow our MHC peptide loading protocol and tetramer staining protocols developed to obtain high pMHC complex yields with the easYmer® kits and subsequently stain T cells:

easYmers®

HLA easYmers® – tetramer production protocol

H2 easYmers® – tetramer production protocol

Assessment of HLA-complex folding – FACS assay

Use this Support spreadsheet to calculate volume to prepare different test amounts

easYmer® setup spreadsheet

CD8+ T cells Tetramer staining protocol

Protocol for staining human CD8+ T cells using peptide-HLA class I tetramers.

Protocol for staining murine CD8+ T cells using peptide-H2 class I tetramers.

CD4+ T cells Tetramer staining protocol

Protocol for staining human CD4+ T cells using peptide-HLA class II tetramers.

Read more about our easYmers and Tetramers