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Norris PJ, Sumaroka M, Brander C, Moffett HF, Boswell SL, Nguyen T, Sykulev Y, Walker BD, Rosenberg ES. Multiple effector functions mediated by human immunodeficiency virus-specific CD4(+) T-cell clones. J Virol 2001; 75:9771-9. [PMID: 11559810 PMCID: PMC114549 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.75.20.9771-9779.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Mounting evidence suggests that human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) Gag-specific T helper cells contribute to effective antiviral control, but their functional characteristics and the precise epitopes targeted by this response remain to be defined. In this study, we generated CD4(+) T-cell clones specific for Gag from HIV-1-infected persons with vigorous Gag-specific responses detectable in peripheral blood mononuclear cells. Multiple peptides containing T helper epitopes were identified, including a minimal peptide, VHAGPIAG (amino acids 218 to 226), in the cyclophilin binding domain of Gag. Peptide recognition by all clones examined induced cell proliferation, gamma interferon (IFN-gamma) secretion, and cytolytic activity. Cytolysis was abrogated by concanamycin A and EGTA but not brefeldin A or anti-Fas antibody, implying a perforin-mediated mechanism of cell lysis. Additionally, serine esterase release into the extracellular medium, a marker for cytolytic granules, was demonstrated in an antigen-specific, dose-dependent fashion. These data indicate that T helper cells can target multiple regions of the p24 Gag protein and suggest that cytolytic activity may be a component of the antiviral effect of these cells.
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- P J Norris
- Partners AIDS Research Center and Infectious Disease Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
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Casares S, Bona CA, Brumeanu TD. Modulation of CD4 T cell function by soluble MHC II-peptide chimeras. Int Rev Immunol 2001; 20:547-73. [PMID: 11890612 DOI: 10.3109/08830180109045578] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Peptides antigens of 8 to 24 amino acid residues in length that are derived from processing of foreign proteins by antigen presenting cells (APC), and then presented to T cells in the context of major histocompatibility complex molecules (MHC) expressed by APC, are the only physiological ligands for T cell receptor (TCR). Co-ligation of TCR and CD4 co-receptor on T cells by MHC II-peptide complexes (signal 1) leads to various T cell functions depending on the nature of TCR and CD4 co-ligation, and whether costimulatory receptors (signal 2) such as CD28, CTLA-4, CD40L are involved in this interaction. Recently, the advance of genetic engineering led to the generation of a new class of antigen-specific ligands for TCR, i.e., soluble MHC class I-, and MHC class II-peptide chimeras. In principle, these chimeric molecules consist of an antigenic peptide which is covalently linked to the amino terminus of alpha-chain in the case of MHC I, or beta-chains in the case of MHC II molecules. Conceptually, such TCR/CD4 ligands shall provide the signal 1 to T cells. Since soluble MHC-peptide chimeras showed remarkable regulatory effects on peptide-specific T cells in vitro and in vivo, they may represent a new generation of immunospecific T cell modulators with potential therapeutic applicability in autoimmune and infectious diseases. This review is focused on the immunomodulatory effects of soluble, MHC class II-peptide chimeras, and discuss these effects in the context of the most accepted theories on T cell regulation.
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- S Casares
- Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
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Twenty years ago, antigenic and self peptides presented by MHC molecules were absent from the immunological scene. While foreign peptides could be assayed by immune reactions, self peptides, as elusive and invisible as they were at the time, were bound to have an immunological role. How self peptides are selected and presented by MHC molecules, and how self MHC-peptide complexes are seen or not seen by T cells raised multiple questions particularly related to MHC restriction, alloreactivity, positive and negative selection, the nature of tumor antigens and tolerance. These issues were addressed in the "peptiditic self model" (1986) and subsequent hypothesis. They are retrospectively and critically reviewed here in the context of our current understanding of these major immunological phenomena.
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- P Kourilsky
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology of the Gene, U.277 INSERM, Institute Pasteur, Paris, France
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Sasada T, Ghendler Y, Neveu JM, Lane WS, Reinherz EL. A naturally processed mitochondrial self-peptide in complex with thymic MHC molecules functions as a selecting ligand for a viral-specific T cell receptor. J Exp Med 2001; 194:883-92. [PMID: 11581311 PMCID: PMC2193488 DOI: 10.1084/jem.194.7.883] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Peptide fragments of self-proteins bound to major histocompatibility complex molecules within the thymus are important for positively selecting T cell receptor (TCR)-bearing CD4(+)CD8(+) double positive (DP) thymocytes for further maturation. The relationship between naturally processed thymic self-peptides and TCR-specific cognate peptides is unknown. Here we employ HPLC purification of peptides released from H-2K(b) molecules of the C57BL/6 thymus in conjunction with mass spectrometry (MS) and functional profiling to identify a naturally processed K(b)-bound peptide positively selecting the N15 TCR specific for the vesicular stomatitis virus octapeptide (VSV8) bound to K(b). The selecting peptide was identified in 1 of 80 HPLC fractions and shown by tandem MS (MS/MS) sequencing to correspond to residues 68-75 of the MLRQ subunit of the widely expressed mitochondrial NADH ubiquinone oxidoreductase (NUbO(68-75)). Of note, the peptide differs at six of its eight residues from the cognate peptide VSV8 and functions as a weak agonist for mature CD8 single positive (SP) N15 T cells, with activity 10,000-fold less than VSV8. In N15 transgenic (tg) recombinase activating gene 2(-/)- transporter associated with antigen processing 1(-/)- fetal thymic organ culture, NUbO(68-75) induces phenotypic and functional differentiation of N15 TCR bearing CD8 SP thymocytes. Failure of NUbO(68-75) to support differentiation of a second K(b)-restricted TCR indicates that its inductive effects are not general.
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- Tetsuro Sasada
- Laboratory of Immunobiology and Department of Cancer Immunology & AIDS, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115
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- Laboratory of Immunobiology and Department of Cancer Immunology & AIDS, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115
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- Microchemistry and Proteomics Analysis Facility, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138
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- Microchemistry and Proteomics Analysis Facility, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138
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- Laboratory of Immunobiology and Department of Cancer Immunology & AIDS, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115
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Guillet M, Sebille F, Soulillou J. TCR usage in naive and committed alloreactive cells: implications for the understanding of TCR biases in transplantation. Curr Opin Immunol 2001; 13:566-71. [PMID: 11544005 DOI: 10.1016/s0952-7915(00)00260-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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The direct pathway of allorecognition is involved in acute allograft rejection and is characterised by TCR-mediated recognition of the MHC framework; this is thought to occur in a peptide-dependent but not peptide-specific manner. In contrast, the indirect pathway is restricted to the recipient's own MHC molecules and prevails in chronic rejection. In this pathway, the peptide has a major influence on the TCR recognition and selects alloreactive T cells with altered TCR Vbeta usage. However, qualitative analysis of Vbeta usage alone might limit our understanding of alloreactivity. The advantages of a combined quantitative assessment of Vbeta mRNA usage are discussed.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Humans
- Interphase/immunology
- Isoantigens/immunology
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/immunology
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/metabolism
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/immunology
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/metabolism
- Transplantation Immunology/immunology
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- M Guillet
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Unité 437, Immunointervention dans les Allo- et les Xéno-transplantations, 30 Boulevard Jean Monnet, 44093 Nantes 01, Cedex, France
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Gebe JA, Novak EJ, Kwok WW, Farr AG, Nepom GT, Buckner JH. T cell selection and differential activation on structurally related HLA-DR4 ligands. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2001; 167:3250-6. [PMID: 11544312 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.167.6.3250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Plasticity of TCR interactions during CD4(+) T cell activation by an MHC-peptide complex accommodates variation in the peptide or MHC contact sites in which recognition of an altered ligand by the T cell can modify the T cell response. To explore the contribution of this form of TCR cross-recognition in the context of T cell selection on disease-associated HLA molecules, we have analyzed the relationship between TCR recognition of the DRB1*0401- and DRB1*0404-encoded HLA class II molecules associated with rheumatoid arthritis. Thymic reaggregation cultures demonstrated that CD4(+) T cells selected on either DRB1*0401 or DRB1*0404 could be subsequently activated by the other MHC molecule. Using HLA tetramer technology we identify hemagglutinin residue 307-319-specific T cells restricted by DRB1*0401, but activated by hemagglutinin residues 307-319, in the context of DRB1*0404. One such clone exhibits an altered cytokine profile upon activation with the alternative MHC ligand. This altered phenotype persists when both class II molecules are present. These findings directly demonstrate that T cells selected on an MHC class II molecule carry the potential for activation on altered self ligands when encountering Ags presented on a related class II molecule. In individuals heterozygous for these alleles the possibility of TCR cross-recognition could lead to an aberrant immune response.
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- J A Gebe
- Benaroya Research Institute, Virginia Mason Research Center, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
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Sebille F, Gagne K, Guillet M, Degauque N, Pallier A, Brouard S, Vanhove B, Delsuc MA, Soulillou JP. Direct recognition of foreign MHC determinants by naive T cells mobilizes specific Vbeta families without skewing of the complementarity-determining region 3 length distribution. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2001; 167:3082-8. [PMID: 11544292 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.167.6.3082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The capacity of T cells to interact with nonself-APC, also referred to as direct allorecognition, is an essential feature of the cellular response involved in graft rejection. However, there is no study on TCR repertoire biases associated with direct restricted T cell activation. In this paper, we have addressed the impact of direct recognition on the whole naive T cell repertoire, using a new approach that provides, for the first time, an integrated depiction of the quantitative and qualitative alterations in the TCR Vbeta transcriptome. This method can differentiate resting patterns from polyclonally activated ones, as evidenced by superantigen usage. According to this new readout, we show that direct recognition of nonself-MHC molecules triggers mRNA accumulation of several TCR Vbeta families, specific to the combination studied. Moreover, in marked contrast to the situation that prevails in indirect allorecognition, T cell activation through the direct presentation pathway was not associated with skewing of the complementarity determining region (CDR) 3 length distribution. Altogether, these data argue for the significance of TCR contacts with the MHC framework in direct allorecognition. In addition, the TCR diversity mobilized by this interaction and the massive TCRbeta mRNA accumulation observed after a few days of culture suggest that a significant proportion of naive T cells receive a signal leading to TCRbeta transcriptional activation even though only a few of them engage in mitosis.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antigen Presentation/immunology
- Antigens, Heterophile/immunology
- Bacterial Toxins
- Cells, Cultured
- Cricetinae
- Dendritic Cells/immunology
- Enterotoxins/immunology
- Gene Expression Profiling
- Gene Rearrangement, beta-Chain T-Cell Antigen Receptor
- Genes, Immunoglobulin
- Histocompatibility Antigens/immunology
- Humans
- Immunization
- Immunoglobulin Variable Region/genetics
- Isoantigens/immunology
- Lymphocyte Activation
- Mesocricetus
- Peptide Fragments/analysis
- RNA, Messenger/biosynthesis
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- Rats
- Rats, Inbred Lew
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/genetics
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/immunology
- Self Tolerance/immunology
- Species Specificity
- Superantigens
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/immunology
- Transcription, Genetic
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- F Sebille
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Medicale, Unité 437, "Immunointervention dans les Allo et Xenotransplantations" and Institut de Transplantation et de Recherche en Transplantation, Nantes, France
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Wang JH, Meijers R, Xiong Y, Liu JH, Sakihama T, Zhang R, Joachimiak A, Reinherz EL. Crystal structure of the human CD4 N-terminal two-domain fragment complexed to a class II MHC molecule. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2001; 98:10799-804. [PMID: 11535811 PMCID: PMC59561 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.191124098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 182] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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The structural basis of the interaction between the CD4 coreceptor and a class II major histocompatibility complex (MHC) is described. The crystal structure of a complex containing the human CD4 N-terminal two-domain fragment and the murine I-A(k) class II MHC molecule with associated peptide (pMHCII) shows that only the "top corner" of the CD4 molecule directly contacts pMHCII. The CD4 Phe-43 side chain extends into a hydrophobic concavity formed by MHC residues from both alpha 2 and beta 2 domains. A ternary model of the CD4-pMHCII-T-cell receptor (TCR) reveals that the complex appears V-shaped with the membrane-proximal pMHCII at the apex. This configuration excludes a direct TCR-CD4 interaction and suggests how TCR and CD4 signaling is coordinated around the antigenic pMHCII complex. Human CD4 binds to HIV gp120 in a manner strikingly similar to the way in which CD4 interacts with pMHCII. Additional contacts between gp120 and CD4 give the CD4-gp120 complex a greater affinity. Thus, ligation of the viral envelope glycoprotein to CD4 occludes the pMHCII-binding site on CD4, contributing to immunodeficiency.
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- J H Wang
- Laboratory of Immunobiology and Department of Cancer Immunology and AIDS, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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Walters KJ, Ferentz AE, Hare BJ, Hidalgo P, Jasanoff A, Matsuo H, Wagner G. Characterizing protein-protein complexes and oligomers by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Methods Enzymol 2001; 339:238-58. [PMID: 11462814 DOI: 10.1016/s0076-6879(01)39316-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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- K J Walters
- Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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Godkin AJ, Smith KJ, Willis A, Tejada-Simon MV, Zhang J, Elliott T, Hill AV. Naturally processed HLA class II peptides reveal highly conserved immunogenic flanking region sequence preferences that reflect antigen processing rather than peptide-MHC interactions. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2001; 166:6720-7. [PMID: 11359828 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.166.11.6720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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MHC class II heterodimers bind peptides 12-20 aa in length. The peptide flanking residues (PFRs) of these ligands extend from a central binding core consisting of nine amino acids. Increasing evidence suggests that the PFRs can alter the immunogenicity of T cell epitopes. We have previously noted that eluted peptide pool sequence data derived from an MHC class II Ag reflect patterns of enrichment not only in the core binding region but also in the PFRS: We sought to distinguish whether these enrichments reflect cellular processes or direct MHC-peptide interactions. Using the multiple sclerosis-associated allele HLA-DR2, pool sequence data from naturally processed ligands were compared with the patterns of enrichment obtained by binding semicombinatorial peptide libraries to empty HLA-DR2 molecules. Naturally processed ligands revealed patterns of enrichment reflecting both the binding motif of HLA-DR2 (position (P)1, aliphatic; P4, bulky hydrophobic; and P6, polar) as well as the nonbound flanking regions, including acidic residues at the N terminus and basic residues at the C terminus. These PFR enrichments were independent of MHC-peptide interactions. Further studies revealed similar patterns in nine other HLA alleles, with the C-terminal basic residues being as highly conserved as the previously described N-terminal prolines of MHC class II ligands. There is evidence that addition of C-terminal basic PFRs to known peptide epitopes is able to enhance both processing as well as T cell activation. Recognition of these allele-transcending patterns in the PFRs may prove useful in epitope identification and vaccine design.
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- A J Godkin
- Nuffield Department of Medicine, Molecular Immunology Group, Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom.
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Machius M, Cianga P, Deisenhofer J, Ward ES. Crystal structure of a T cell receptor Valpha11 (AV11S5) domain: new canonical forms for the first and second complementarity determining regions. J Mol Biol 2001; 310:689-98. [PMID: 11453680 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2001.4794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We describe the X-ray crystallographic structure of a murine T cell receptor (TCR) Valpha domain ("Valpha85.33"; AV11S5-AJ17) to 1.85 A resolution. The Valpha85.33 domain is derived from a TCR that recognizes a type II collagen peptide associated with the murine major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II molecule, I-A(q). Valpha85.33 packs as a Valpha-Valpha homodimer with a highly symmetric monomer-monomer interface. The first and second complementarity determining regions (CDR1 and CDR2) of this Valpha are shorter than the CDRs corresponding to the majority of other Valpha gene families, and three-dimensional structures of CDRs of these lengths have not been described previously. The CDR1 and CDR2 therefore represent new canonical forms that could serve as templates for AV11 family members. CDR3 of the Valpha85.33 domain is highly flexible and this is consistent with plasticity of this region of the TCR. The fourth hypervariable loop (HV4alpha) of AV11 and AV10 family members is one residue longer than that of other HV4alpha regions and shows a high degree of flexibility. The increase in length results in a distinct disposition of the conserved residue Lys68, which has been shown in other studies to play a role in antigen recognition. The X-ray structure of Valpha85.33 extends the database of canonical forms for CDR1 and CDR2, and has implications for antigen recognition by TCRs that contain related Valpha domains.
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- M Machius
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, TX 75390-9050, USA
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Messaoudi I, LeMaoult J, Metzner BM, Miley MJ, Fremont DH, Nikolich-Zugich J. Functional evidence that conserved TCR CDR alpha 3 loop docking governs the cross-recognition of closely related peptide:class I complexes. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2001; 167:836-43. [PMID: 11441090 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.167.2.836] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The TCR recognizes its peptide:MHC (pMHC) ligand by assuming a diagonal orientation relative to the MHC helices, but it is unclear whether and to what degree individual TCRs exhibit docking variations when contacting similar pMHC complexes. We analyzed monospecific and cross-reactive recognition by diverse TCRs of an immunodominant HVH-1 glycoprotein B epitope (HSV-8p) bound to two closely related MHC class I molecules, H-2K(b) and H-2K(bm8). Previous studies indicated that the pMHC portion likely to vary in conformation between the two complexes resided at the N-terminal part of the complex, adjacent to peptide residues 2-4 and the neighboring MHC side chains. We found that CTL clones sharing TCR beta-chains exhibited disparate recognition patterns, whereas those with drastically different TCRbeta-chains but sharing identical TCRalpha CDR3 loops displayed identical functional specificity. This suggested that the CDRalpha3 loop determines the TCR specificity in our model, the conclusion supported by modeling of the TCR over the actual HSV-8:K(b) crystal structure. Importantly, these results indicate a remarkable conservation in CDRalpha3 positioning, and, therefore, in docking of diverse TCRalphabeta heterodimers onto variant peptide:class I complexes, implying a high degree of determinism in thymic selection and T cell activation.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Cell Line
- Clone Cells
- Conserved Sequence/genetics
- Conserved Sequence/immunology
- Crystallization
- Crystallography, X-Ray
- Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte/genetics
- Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte/metabolism
- H-2 Antigens/genetics
- H-2 Antigens/metabolism
- Herpesvirus 1, Human/immunology
- Immunodominant Epitopes/genetics
- Immunodominant Epitopes/metabolism
- Lymphocyte Activation/genetics
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Models, Molecular
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Peptide Fragments/genetics
- Peptide Fragments/immunology
- Peptide Fragments/metabolism
- Protein Structure, Secondary/genetics
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/genetics
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/metabolism
- T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic/immunology
- T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic/metabolism
- Viral Envelope Proteins/immunology
- Viral Envelope Proteins/metabolism
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- I Messaoudi
- Immunology Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021, USA
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Marrack P, Bender J, Jordan M, Rees W, Robertson J, Schaefer BC, Kappler J. Major histocompatibility complex proteins and TCRs: do they really go together like a horse and carriage? JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2001; 167:617-21. [PMID: 11441061 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.167.2.617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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- P Marrack
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Immunology, National Jewish Medical and Research Center, 1400 Jackson Street, Denver, CO 80206, USA.
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Sun ZJ, Kim KS, Wagner G, Reinherz EL. Mechanisms contributing to T cell receptor signaling and assembly revealed by the solution structure of an ectodomain fragment of the CD3 epsilon gamma heterodimer. Cell 2001; 105:913-23. [PMID: 11439187 DOI: 10.1016/s0092-8674(01)00395-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 148] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The T cell receptor (TCR) consists of genetically diverse disulfide-linked alpha and beta chains in noncovalent association with the invariant CD3 subunits. CD3 epsilon and CD3 gamma are integral components of both the TCR and pre-TCR. Here, we present the solution structure of a heterodimeric CD3 epsilon gamma ectodomain complex. A unique side-to-side hydrophobic interface between the two C2-set immunoglobulin-like domains and parallel pairing of their respective C-terminal beta strands are revealed. Mutational analysis confirms the importance of the distinctive linkage as well as the membrane proximal stalk motif (RxCxxCxE) for domain-domain association. These biochemical and structural analyses offer insights into the modular pairwise association of CD3 invariant chains. More importantly, the findings suggest how the rigidified CD3 elements participate in TCR-based signal transduction.
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- Z J Sun
- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Heemskerk MH, de Paus RA, Lurvink EG, Koning F, Mulder A, Willemze R, van Rood JJ, Falkenburg JH. Dual HLA class I and class II restricted recognition of alloreactive T lymphocytes mediated by a single T cell receptor complex. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2001; 98:6806-11. [PMID: 11381117 PMCID: PMC34434 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.111162298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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The alloreactive human T cell clone MBM15 was found to exhibit dual specificity recognizing both an antigen in the context of the HLA class I A2 molecule and an antigen in the context of the HLA class II DR1. We demonstrated that the dual reactivity that was mediated via a single clonal T cell population depended on specific peptide binding. For complete recognition of the HLA-A2-restricted specificity the interaction of CD8 with HLA class I is essential. Interestingly, interaction of the CD8 molecule with HLA class I contributed to the HLA-DR1-restricted specificity. T cell clone MBM15 expressed two in-frame T cell receptor (TCR) Valpha transcripts (Valpha1 and Valpha2) and one TCR Vbeta transcript (Vbeta13). To elucidate whether two TCR complexes were responsible for the dual recognition or one complex, cytotoxic T cells were transduced with retroviral vectors encoding the different TCR chains. Only T cells transduced with the TCR Valpha1Vbeta13 combination specifically recognized both the HLA-A2(+) and HLA-DR1(+) target cells, whereas the Valpha2Vbeta13 combination did not result in a TCR on the cell surface. Thus a single TCRalphabeta complex can have dual specificity, recognizing both a peptide in the context of HLA class I as well as a peptide in the context of HLA class II. Transactivation of T cells by an unrelated antigen in the context of HLA class II may evoke an HLA class I-specific T cell response. We propose that this finding may have major implications for immunotherapeutic interventions and insight into the development of autoimmune diseases.
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- M H Heemskerk
- Department of Hematology, Leiden University Medical Center, C2-R, P.O. Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands.
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Garcia KC, Radu CG, Ho J, Ober RJ, Ward ES. Kinetics and thermodynamics of T cell receptor- autoantigen interactions in murine experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2001; 98:6818-23. [PMID: 11391002 PMCID: PMC34436 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.111161198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2000] [Accepted: 04/02/2001] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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In the current study, cellular and molecular approaches have been used to analyze the biophysical nature of T cell receptor (TCR)-peptide MHC (pMHC) interactions for two autoreactive TCRs. These two TCRs recognize the N-terminal epitope of myelin basic protein (MBP1-11) bound to the MHC class II protein, I-A(u), and are associated with murine experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. Mice transgenic for the TCRs have been generated and characterized in other laboratories. These analyses indicate that the mice either develop encephalomyelitis spontaneously (172.10 TCR) or only if immunized with autoantigen in adjuvant (1934.4 TCR). Here, we show that the 172.10 TCR binds MBP1-11:I-A(u) with a 4-5-fold higher affinity than the 1934.4 TCR. Consistent with the higher affinity, 172.10 T hybridoma cells are significantly more responsive to autoantigen than 1934.4 cells. The interaction of the 172.10 TCR with cognate ligand is more entropically unfavorable than that of the 1934.4 TCR, indicating that the 172.10 TCR undergoes greater conformational rearrangements upon ligand binding. The studies therefore suggest a correlation between the strength and plasticity of a TCR-pMHC interaction and the frequency of spontaneous disease in the corresponding TCR transgenic mice. The comparative analysis of these two TCRs has implications for understanding autoreactive T cell recognition and activation.
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- K C Garcia
- Center for Immunology and Cancer Immunobiology Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390-8576, USA
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The mechanism of T cell receptor signaling is unclear. Included among models for TCR signaling is ligand-induced oligomerization in a fashion analogous to other cell surface receptors. Published kinetic, saturation binding, and light scattering experiments have been interpreted to suggest a propensity for soluble alpha beta TCR/peptide/MHC ectodomain complexes to oligomerize. Upon performing these experiments with soluble ectodomains of human class I and class II restricted alpha beta TCRs, we find no evidence for dimerization or oligomerization of complexes. Apparently, oligomerization in solution to a detectable extent is not a general property of soluble alpha beta TCRs or their complexes with ligand. Our results suggest that membrane-anchored, fully assembled TCRs should be studied to determine the role oligomerization plays in T cell signaling.
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- B M Baker
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, 7 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
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Infectious agents are thought to play an important role in the development of autoimmune diseases. Sequence similarity between infectious agents and self-proteins (molecular mimicry) has been proposed as a mechanism for the induction of autoimmunity [1]. However, it has been difficult to identify microbial peptides that activate autoreactive T cells using conventional sequence alignments. This chapter reviews progress made in the identification of such microbial peptides based on the analysis of structural features that are important for TCR recognition of MHC-bound peptides [2].
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- K W Wucherpfennig
- Department of Cancer Immunology & AIDS, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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Wilson N, Fremont D, Marrack P, Kappler J. Mutations Changing the Kinetics of Class II MHC Peptide Exchange. Immunity 2001; 14:513-22. [PMID: 11371354 DOI: 10.1016/s1074-7613(01)00140-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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IE/DR MHC class II molecules have an extensive H-bonding network under the bound peptide. In IE(k), two alpha chain acidic amino acids in the core of this network were mutated to amides. At low pH, the mutant molecule exchanged peptide much more rapidly than the wild-type. The crystal structure of the mutant IE(k) revealed the loss of a single buried water molecule and a reorganization of the predicted H-bonding network. We suggest that these mutations enhance the transition of MHC class II to an open conformation at low pH allowing the bound peptide to escape. In wild-type IE(k), the need to protonate these amino acids also may be a bottleneck in the return to a closed conformation after peptide binding.
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- N Wilson
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Integrated Department of Immunology, Zuckerman Family/Canyon, Ranch Crystallography Laboratory, National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Denver, CO 80206, USA
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Fan QR, Long EO, Wiley DC. Crystal structure of the human natural killer cell inhibitory receptor KIR2DL1-HLA-Cw4 complex. Nat Immunol 2001; 2:452-60. [PMID: 11323700 DOI: 10.1038/87766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 215] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Inhibitory natural killer (NK) cell receptors down-regulate the cytotoxicity of NK cells upon recognition of specific class I major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules on target cells. We report here the crystal structure of the inhibitory human killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor 2DL1 (KIR2DL1) bound to its class I MHC ligand, HLA-Cw4. The KIR2DL1-HLA-Cw4 interface exhibits charge and shape complementarity. Specificity is mediated by a pocket in KIR2DL1 that hosts the Lys80 residue of HLA-Cw4. Many residues conserved in HLA-C and in KIR2DL receptors make different interactions in KIR2DL1-HLA-Cw4 and in a previously reported KIR2DL2-HLA-Cw3 complex. A dimeric aggregate of KIR-HLA-C complexes was observed in one KIR2DL1-HLA-Cw4 crystal. Most of the amino acids that differ between human and chimpanzee KIRs with HLA-C specificities form solvent-accessible clusters outside the KIR-HLA interface, which suggests undiscovered interactions by KIRs.
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- Q R Fan
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard University, 7 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
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Basu D, Horvath S, O'Mara L, Donermeyer D, Allen PM. Two MHC surface amino acid differences distinguish foreign peptide recognition from autoantigen specificity. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2001; 166:4005-11. [PMID: 11238647 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.166.6.4005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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KRN T cells can recognize two self MHC alleles with differing biological consequences. They respond to the foreign peptide RN(42--56) bound to I-A(k) or alternatively initiate autoimmune arthritis by interacting with a self Ag, GPI(282--294), on I-A(g7). Five surface amino acid differences between the two MHC molecules collectively alter which peptide side chains are recognized by the KRN TCR. In this study, it is shown that mutation of only two of these residues, alpha 65 and beta 78, in I-A(k) to their I-A(g7) counterparts is sufficient to allow recognition of the TCR contacts from GPI(282--294). To provide a detailed mechanism for the specificity change, the distinct contributions of each of these two mutations to the global effect on peptide specificity were analyzed. The alpha65 mutation is shown to broaden the spectrum of amino acids permissible at P8 of the peptide. In contrast, the beta 78 mutation alone blocks KRN TCR interaction with I-A(k) and requires the simultaneous presence of the alpha 65 mutation to preserve recognition. In the presence of the alpha 65 mutation, the beta 78 residue broadens peptide recognition at P3 and prevents recognition of the P8 L in RN(42--56), thus producing the observed specificity shift. These results localize the functionally relevant differences between the surfaces of two self-restricted MHC molecules to two residues that have counterbalanced positive and negative contributions to interaction with a single TCR. They highlight how subtle structural distinctions attributable to single amino acids can stand at the interface between foreign Ag responsiveness and pathogenic autoreactivity.
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- D Basu
- Department of Pathology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- S Bahram
- Centre de Recherche d'Immunologie et d'Hématologie, Strasbourg, France
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Baker BM, Turner RV, Gagnon SJ, Wiley DC, Biddison WE. Identification of a crucial energetic footprint on the alpha1 helix of human histocompatibility leukocyte antigen (HLA)-A2 that provides functional interactions for recognition by tax peptide/HLA-A2-specific T cell receptors. J Exp Med 2001; 193:551-62. [PMID: 11238586 PMCID: PMC2193388 DOI: 10.1084/jem.193.5.551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Structural studies have shown that class I major histocompatibility complex (MHC)-restricted peptide-specific T cell receptor (TCR)-alpha/betas make multiple contacts with the alpha1 and alpha2 helices of the MHC, but it is unclear which or how many of these interactions contribute to functional binding. We have addressed this question by performing single amino acid mutagenesis of the 15 TCR contact sites on the human histocompatibility leukocyte antigen (HLA)-A2 molecule recognized by the A6 TCR specific for the Tax peptide presented by HLA-A2. The results demonstrate that mutagenesis of only three amino acids (R65, K66, and A69) that are clustered on the alpha1 helix affected T cell recognition of the Tax/HLA-A2 complex. At least one of these three mutants affected T cell recognition by every member of a large panel of Tax/HLA-A2-specific T cell lines. Biacore measurements showed that these three HLA-A2 mutations also altered A6 TCR binding kinetics, reducing binding affinity. These results show that for Tax/HLA-A2-specific TCRs, there is a location on the central portion of the alpha1 helix that provides interactions crucial to their function with the MHC molecule.
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- Brian M. Baker
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
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- Molecular Immunology Section, Neuroimmunology Branch, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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- Molecular Immunology Section, Neuroimmunology Branch, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
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- Molecular Immunology Section, Neuroimmunology Branch, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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Rudolph MG, Speir JA, Brunmark A, Mattsson N, Jackson MR, Peterson PA, Teyton L, Wilson IA. The crystal structures of K(bm1) and K(bm8) reveal that subtle changes in the peptide environment impact thermostability and alloreactivity. Immunity 2001; 14:231-42. [PMID: 11290333 DOI: 10.1016/s1074-7613(01)00105-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The K(bm1) and K(bm8) natural mutants of the murine MHC class I molecule H-2K(b) were originally identified by allograft rejection. They also bind viral peptides VSV8 and SEV9 with high affinity, but their peptide complexes have substantially decreased thermostability, and the K(bm1) complexes do not elicit alloreactive T cell responses. Crystal structures of the four mutant complexes at 1.7-1.9 A resolution are similar to the corresponding wild-type K(b) structures, except in the vicinity of the mutated residues, which alter the electrostatic potential, topology, hydrogen bonding, and local water structure of the peptide binding groove. Thus, these natural K(b) mutations define the minimal perturbations in the peptide environment that alter antigen presentation to T cells and abolish alloreactivity.
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- M G Rudolph
- Department of Molecular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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Kersh GJ, Miley MJ, Nelson CA, Grakoui A, Horvath S, Donermeyer DL, Kappler J, Allen PM, Fremont DH. Structural and functional consequences of altering a peptide MHC anchor residue. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2001; 166:3345-54. [PMID: 11207290 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.166.5.3345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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To better understand TCR discrimination of multiple ligands, we have analyzed the crystal structures of two Hb peptide/I-E(k) complexes that differ by only a single amino acid substitution at the P6 anchor position within the peptide (E73D). Detailed comparison of multiple independently determined structures at 1.9 A resolution reveals that removal of a single buried methylene group can alter a critical portion of the TCR recognition surface. Significant variance was observed in the peptide P5-P8 main chain as well as a rotamer difference at LeuP8, approximately 10 A distal from the substitution. No significant variations were observed in the conformation of the two MHC class II molecules. The ligand alteration results in two peptide/MHC complexes that generate bulk T cell responses that are distinct and essentially nonoverlapping. For the Hb-specific T cell 3.L2, substitution reduces the potency of the ligand 1000-fold. Soluble 3.L2 TCR binds the two peptide/MHC complexes with similar affinity, although with faster kinetics. These results highlight the role of subtle variations in MHC Ag presentation on T cell activation and signaling.
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- G J Kersh
- Department of Pathology and Center for Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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Xiong Y, Kern P, Chang H, Reinherz E. T Cell Receptor Binding to a pMHCII Ligand Is Kinetically Distinct from and Independent of CD4. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:5659-67. [PMID: 11106664 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m009580200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Immune recognition of pMHCII ligands by a helper T lymphocyte involves its antigen-specific T cell receptor (TCR) and CD4 coreceptor. We have characterized the binding of both molecules to the same pMHCII. The D10 alphabeta TCR heterodimer binds to conalbumin/I-A(k) with virtually identical kinetics and affinity as the single chain ValphaVbeta domain module (scD10) (Kd = 6-8 microm). The CD4 ectodomain does not alter either interaction. Moreover, CD4 alone demonstrates weak pMHCII binding (Kd = 200 microm), with no discernable affinity for the alphabeta TCR heterodimer. Hence, rather than providing a major contribution to binding energy, the critical role for the coreceptor in antigen-specific activation likely results from transient inducible recruitment of the CD4 cytoplasmic tail-associated lck tyrosine kinase to the pMHCII-ligated TCR complex.
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MESH Headings
- Antigen Presentation
- CD4 Antigens/genetics
- CD4 Antigens/metabolism
- Genes, MHC Class II
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class II
- Humans
- Kinetics
- Ligands
- Lymphocyte Activation
- Models, Immunological
- Peptide Fragments/genetics
- Peptide Fragments/metabolism
- Peptides/metabolism
- Protein Binding
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/genetics
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/metabolism
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/genetics
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/metabolism
- Recombinant Fusion Proteins/immunology
- Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism
- Signal Transduction
- T-Lymphocytes, Helper-Inducer/immunology
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- Y Xiong
- Laboratory of Immunobiology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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Kraj P, Pacholczyk R, Ignatowicz L. Alpha beta TCRs differ in the degree of their specificity for the positively selecting MHC/peptide ligand. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2001; 166:2251-9. [PMID: 11160279 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.166.4.2251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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We have tested the peptide specificity of positive selection using three transgenic alphabetaTCRs, originally selected on class II MHC (A(b)) covalently bound with one peptide Ealpha (52-68) (Ep). The transgenic TCR specific for the cytochrome c-derived (43-58) peptide was selected on A(b) bound with different arrays of endogenous peptides or the analogue of Ep covalently bound to A(b), but not on the original A(b)Ep complex. In contrast, transgenic TCRs specific for two different analogues of the Ep peptide and A(b) did not mature as CD4(+) T cells in various thymic environments, including the A(b)EpIi(-) mice. These results show that TCRs can be promiscuous or specific for the selecting MHC/peptide complex, and suggest that in mice described in this study transgenic expression of the TCR changes the original requirements for the positively selecting MHC/peptide complex. Future studies will determine whether the latter phenomenon is general or specific for this system.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Autoantigens/metabolism
- Bone Marrow/immunology
- CD4 Antigens/biosynthesis
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/cytology
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/metabolism
- CD8 Antigens/biosynthesis
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/cytology
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/metabolism
- Cell Differentiation/immunology
- Columbidae
- Cytochrome c Group/immunology
- Cytochrome c Group/metabolism
- Epithelial Cells/immunology
- Epithelial Cells/metabolism
- Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte/biosynthesis
- Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte/immunology
- Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte/metabolism
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class II/biosynthesis
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class II/metabolism
- Hybridomas
- Ligands
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Inbred CBA
- Mice, Knockout
- Mice, Transgenic
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Peptide Fragments/immunology
- Peptide Fragments/metabolism
- Protein Binding/immunology
- Radiation Chimera/immunology
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/immunology
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/metabolism
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/cytology
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/immunology
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/metabolism
- Thymus Gland/cytology
- Thymus Gland/immunology
- Thymus Gland/metabolism
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- P Kraj
- Institute of Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA 30912, USA
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Pacholczyk R, Kraj P, Ignatowicz L. An incremental increase in the complexity of peptides bound to class II MHC changes the diversity of positively selected alpha beta TCRs. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2001; 166:2357-63. [PMID: 11160293 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.166.4.2357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Positive selection of the normal repertoire of TCRs results from low-avidity interactions with a set of self-peptides bound to the MHC molecules expressed by thymic epithelial cells. The contribution of the individual peptide to positive selection remains a matter of debate. Here, for the first time, we show that two covalent class II MHC-peptide complexes positively select different TCRs expressing a common transgenic TCRbeta-chain and endogenous TCRalpha-chains. Simultaneous expression of both A(b)-peptide complexes changed the diversity of positively selected TCRs, indicating an additive and possibly synergistic effect of various peptides in this process.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/metabolism
- Cell Separation
- Crosses, Genetic
- Fetus
- Flow Cytometry
- Gene Expression Regulation/immunology
- Gene Rearrangement, alpha-Chain T-Cell Antigen Receptor/genetics
- Gene Rearrangement, alpha-Chain T-Cell Antigen Receptor/immunology
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class II/biosynthesis
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class II/metabolism
- Hybridomas
- Macromolecular Substances
- Mice
- Mice, Knockout
- Mice, Transgenic
- Organ Culture Techniques
- Peptide Fragments/biosynthesis
- Peptide Fragments/immunology
- Peptide Fragments/metabolism
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/genetics
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- R Pacholczyk
- Institute of Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA 30912, USA
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- J Hennecke
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
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Li Y, Li H, Dimasi N, McCormick JK, Martin R, Schuck P, Schlievert PM, Mariuzza RA. Crystal structure of a superantigen bound to the high-affinity, zinc-dependent site on MHC class II. Immunity 2001; 14:93-104. [PMID: 11163233 DOI: 10.1016/s1074-7613(01)00092-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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MHC class II molecules possess two binding sites for bacterial superantigens (SAGs): a low-affinity site on the alpha chain and a high-affinity, zinc-dependent site on the beta chain. Only the former has been defined crystallographically. We report the structure of streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxin C (SPE-C) complexed with HLA-DR2a (DRA*0101, DRB5*0101) bearing a self-peptide from myelin basic protein (MBP). SPE-C binds the beta chain through a zinc bridge that links the SAG and class II molecules. Surprisingly, SPE-C also makes extensive contacts with the MBP peptide, such that peptide accounts for one third of the surface area of the MHC molecule buried in the complex, similar to TCR-peptide/MHC complexes. Thus, SPE-C may optimize T cell responses by mimicking the peptide dependence of conventional antigen presentation and recognition.
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- Y Li
- Center for Advanced Research in Biotechnology, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
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By combining a TCRbeta transgene with a TCRalpha minilocus comprised of a single V and two J gene segments, we engineered a mouse line exhibiting ample but focused TCR diversity, restricted to CDR3alpha. Using single-cell PCR and high-throughput sequencing, we have exploited this system to scrutinize T cell repertoire selection and evolution. Some striking observations emerged: (1) thymic selection produces a repertoire that is very "bumpy," with marked overrepresentation of a subset of sequences; (2) MHC class I- and class II-restricted TCRs can be distinguished by minute, single-residue changes in CDR3alpha; and (3) homeostatic expansion and survival in the periphery can markedly remold the postselection repertoire, likely reflecting variability in the potential of cells displaying different TCRs to respond to homeostatic cues.
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- M Correia-Neves
- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire, et Cellulaire (CNRS/INSERM/ULP), 1 rue Laurent Fries, 67404, Strasbourg, France
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Metzler DE, Metzler CM, Sauke DJ. Biochemical Defense Mechanisms. Biochemistry 2001. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-012492543-4/50034-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Fukui Y, Oono T, Cabaniols JP, Nakao K, Hirokawa K, Inayoshi A, Sanui T, Kanellopoulos J, Iwata E, Noda M, Katsuki M, Kourilsky P, Sasazuki T. Diversity of T cell repertoire shaped by a single peptide ligand is critically affected by its amino acid residue at a T cell receptor contact. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2000; 97:13760-5. [PMID: 11087837 PMCID: PMC17649 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.250470797] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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T cell differentiation in the thymus is driven by positive selection through the interaction of alphabeta T cell receptors (TCRs) with self-peptides bound to self-major histocompatibility complex molecules, yet the influence of the peptide sequence on this process remains unknown. To address this issue, we have compared CD4(+) T cell differentiation between two sets of mouse lines in which MHC class II I-A(b) molecules are occupied with either Ealpha chain-derived peptide ((p)Ealpha) or its variant, (p)60K, with one amino acid substitution from leucine to lysine at P5 residue of TCR contacts. Here, we show that despite the comparable expression of I-A(b)-peptide complex in the thymus, this substitution from leucine to lysine affects efficiency of positive selection, resulting in extremely small numbers of CD4(+) T cells to be selected to mature on I-A(b)-(p)60K complex. Furthermore, we show that, although I-A(b)-(p)Ealpha complex selects diverse T cells, T cell repertoire shaped by I-A(b)-(p)60K complex is markedly constrained. Our findings thus suggest that positive selection is both specific and degenerate, depending on the amino acid residues at TCR contacts of the selecting self-peptides.
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- Y Fukui
- Department of Genetics, CREST (Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology), Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
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Wang Y, Kalka-Moll WM, Roehrl MH, Kasper DL. Structural basis of the abscess-modulating polysaccharide A2 from Bacteroides fragilis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2000; 97:13478-83. [PMID: 11106392 PMCID: PMC17600 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.97.25.13478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Zwitterionic capsular polysaccharides from pathogenic bacteria have peculiar immunological properties. They are capable of eliciting T-cell proliferation and modulating the course of abscess formation. To understand the molecular basis of this characteristic immune response, we are conducting detailed structure-function studies on these polysaccharides. We have identified, purified, and characterized an abscess-modulating polysaccharide, PS A2, from the clinical strain Bacteroides fragilis 638R. Here, we report the elucidation of both the chemical and three-dimensional structures of PS A2 by NMR spectroscopy, chemical methods, gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, and restrained molecular dynamics calculations. PS A2 consists of a pentasaccharide repeating unit containing mannoheptose, N-acetylmannosamine, 3-acetamido-3,6-dideoxyglucose, 2-amino-4-acetamido-2,4,6-trideoxygalactose, fucose, and 3-hydroxybutanoic acid. PS A2 is zwitterionic and carries one cationic free amine and one anionic carboxylate in each repeating unit. It forms an extended right-handed helix with two repeating units per turn and a pitch of 20 A. Positive and negative charges are exposed on the outer surface of the polymer in a regularly spaced pattern, which renders them easily accessible to other molecules. The helix is characterized by repeated large grooves whose lateral boundaries are occupied by the charges. The three-dimensional structure of PS A2 explicitly suggests mechanisms of interaction between zwitterionic polysaccharides and proteins.
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- Y Wang
- Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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Seal SN, Monestier M, Radic MZ. Diverse roles for the third complementarity determining region of the heavy chain (H3) in the binding of immunoglobulin Fv fragments to DNA, nucleosomes and cardiolipin. Eur J Immunol 2000; 30:3432-40. [PMID: 11093161 DOI: 10.1002/1521-4141(2000012)30:12<3432::aid-immu3432>3.0.co;2-h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Autoantibodies to DNA and chromatin employ junctional diversity and somatic mutations to generate or enhance antigen recognition. To define the role of diversity generating mechanisms in the etiology of autoantibodies to nuclear antigens, the heavy (H) chain of a murine autoantibody, 3H9, was used in its somatically mutated or germ-line form in conjunction with its own or with heterologous CDR3 (H3) domains. The resulting H chains were expressed together with the 3H9 light (L) chain as single-chain Fv (scFv) in Escherichia coli and assayed for binding to DNA, nucleosomes, or cardiolipin by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. All recombinant scFv exhibited nearly identical binding to cardiolipin. In contrast, the binding to nuclear antigens was drastically reduced by the reversion of mutations in 3H9 or the exchange of H3, such that only 3H9 itself bound strongly to single-stranded DNA, double-stranded DNA and nucleosomes. The results illustrate diverse interactions between a single combining site and different autoantigens. The analysis of these interactions suggests that the 3H9 VH domain, as encoded by the germ line, directs binding to cardiolipin, whereas structural determinants of H3, in concert with the remainder of the combining site, guide the maturation of antibody binding toward nuclear autoantigens.
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- S N Seal
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, MCP-Hahnemann University, Philadelphia, USA
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Dittel BN, Janeway CA. Differential sensitivity to mutations in a single peptide by two TCRs having identical beta-chains and closely related alpha-chains. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2000; 165:6334-40. [PMID: 11086070 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.165.11.6334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The TCR on CD4 T cells binds to and recognizes MHC class II:antigenic peptide complexes through molecular contacts with the peptide amino acid residues that face up and out of the peptide-binding groove. This interaction primarily involves the complementarity-determining regions (CDR) of the TCR alpha- and ss-chains contacting up to five residues of the peptide. We have used two TCRs that recognize the same antigenic peptide and have identical Vss8.2 chains, but differ in all three CDR of their related Valpha2 chains, to examine the fine specificity of the TCR:peptide contacts that lead to activation. By generating a peptide library containing all 20 aa residues in the five potential TCR contact sites, we were able to demonstrate that the two similar TCRs responded differentially when agonist, nonagonist, and antagonist peptide functions were examined. Dual substituted peptides containing an agonist residue at the N terminus, which interacts with CDR2alpha, and an antagonist residue at the C terminus, which interacts with the CDR3ss, were used to show that the nature of the overall signal through the TCR is determined by a combination of the type of signal received through both the TCR alpha- and ss-chains.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Amino Acid Substitution/genetics
- Amino Acid Substitution/immunology
- Animals
- Arginine/genetics
- Arginine/immunology
- Cells, Cultured
- Conalbumin/analogs & derivatives
- Conalbumin/genetics
- Conalbumin/immunology
- Conalbumin/metabolism
- Glutamic Acid/genetics
- Glutamic Acid/immunology
- Glycine/genetics
- Glycine/immunology
- Growth Inhibitors/immunology
- Interleukin-4/metabolism
- Isoleucine/genetics
- Isoleucine/immunology
- Lymphocyte Activation/genetics
- Lymphocyte Activation/immunology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Peptide Fragments/genetics
- Peptide Fragments/immunology
- Peptide Fragments/metabolism
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/chemistry
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/genetics
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/metabolism
- T-Lymphocytes/cytology
- T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- T-Lymphocytes/metabolism
- Tryptophan/genetics
- Tryptophan/immunology
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- B N Dittel
- Section of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, New Haven, CT 06510, USA.
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During the past year, advances in our understanding of receptor-ligand interactions between opposing cell surfaces have occurred at a structural level. These include adhesion involving CD2-CD58, antigen-specific T-cell receptor interactions with peptides bound to major histocompatibility complex molecules (both pMHCI and pMHCII), the CD8alphaalpha co-receptor-pMHCI interaction and the binding of two distinct classes of natural killer receptors to self-MHC ligands.
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- J Wang
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Department of Pediatrics and Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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Li Y, Li H, Martin R, Mariuzza RA. Structural basis for the binding of an immunodominant peptide from myelin basic protein in different registers by two HLA-DR2 proteins. J Mol Biol 2000; 304:177-88. [PMID: 11080454 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2000.4198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Susceptibility to multiple sclerosis (MS) is associated with certain MHC class II haplotypes, in particular HLA-DR2. Two DR beta chains, DRB1*1501 and DRB5*0101, are co-expressed in the HLA-DR2 haplotype, resulting in the formation of two functional cell surface heterodimers, HLA-DR2a (DRA*0101, DRB5*0101) and HLA-DR2b (DRA*0101, DRB1*1501). Both isotypes can present an immunodominant peptide of myelin basic protein (MBP 84-102) to MBP-specific T cells from MS patients. We have determined the crystal structure of HLA-DR2a complexed with MBP 86-105 to 1.9 A resolution. A comparison of this structure with that of HLA-DR2b complexed with MBP 85-99, reported previously, reveals that the peptide register is shifted by three residues, such that the MBP peptide is bound in strikingly different conformations by the two MHC molecules. This shift in binding register is attributable to a large P1 pocket in DR2a, which accommodates Phe92, in conjunction with a relatively shallow P4 pocket, which is occupied by Ile95. In DR2b, by contrast, the small P1 pocket accommodates Val89, while the deep P4 pocket is filled by Phe92. In both complexes, however, the C-terminal half of the peptide is positioned higher in the binding groove than in other MHC class II/peptide structures. As a result of the register shift, different side-chains of the MBP peptide are displayed for interaction with T cell receptors in the DR2a and DR2b complexes. These results demonstrate that MHC molecules can impose different alignments and conformations on the same bound peptide as a consequence of topological differences in their peptide-binding sites, thereby creating distinct T cell epitopes.
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- Y Li
- Center for Advanced Research in Biotechnology, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, 9600 Gudelsky Drive, MD, 20850, USA
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Wellner E, Gustafsson T, Bäcklund J, Holmdahl R, Kihlberg J. Synthesis of a C-glycoside analogue of beta-D-galactosyl hydroxynorvaline and its use in immunological studies. Chembiochem 2000; 1:272-80. [PMID: 11828419 DOI: 10.1002/1439-7633(20001117)1:4<272::aid-cbic272>3.0.co;2-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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A C-linked isostere of beta-D-galactosylated hydroxynorvaline has been prepared in eight steps from per-O-benzylated galactopyranolactone. Addition of a homoallylic Grignard reagent to the lactone, reduction of the resulting hemiacetal with triethylsilane, and a Wittig reaction with Garner's aldehyde were key steps in this synthesis. The C-linked building block was then incorporated at position 264 into the fragment CII(256--270) from typeII collagen by solid-phase synthesis using a combination of the tert-butoxycarbonyl (Boc) and 9-fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl (Fmoc) protective group strategies. Deprotection of the benzylated C-linked galactosyl moiety was achieved simultaneously with cleavage of the glycopeptide from the solid phase by using triethylsilyl trifluoromethanesulfonate in TFA. Helper T-cell hybridomas obtained in a mouse model for rheumatoid arthritis responded to the C-linked glycopeptide when presented by classII MHC molecules. However, 10- to 20-fold higher concentrations were required as compared to when O-linked beta-D-galactosylated hydroxynorvaline or hydroxylysine (Hyl) were present at position 264 of CII(256--270). Thus, replacement of a single oxygen atom by a methylene group in the carbohydrate moiety of a glycopeptide antigen had a substantial influence on the T-cell response. This reveals that T cells are able to recognize the carbohydrate moiety of glycopeptide antigens with high specificity. Finally, the results suggest that structural modifications of beta-D-Gal-Hyl(264) in CII(256--270) may give altered peptide ligands that can be used for induction of tolerance in autoimmune rheumatoid arthritis.
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- E Wellner
- Organic Chemistry Department of Chemistry Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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Polakova K, Plaksin D, Chung DH, Belyakov IM, Berzofsky JA, Margulies DH. Antibodies directed against the MHC-I molecule H-2Dd complexed with an antigenic peptide: similarities to a T cell receptor with the same specificity. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2000; 165:5703-12. [PMID: 11067928 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.165.10.5703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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alphabeta TCRs, which use an Ab-like structure to form a combining site, recognize molecular complexes consisting of peptides bound to MHC class I (MHC-I) or class II (MHC-II) molecules. To explore the similarities and differences between Ab and T cell recognition of similar structures, we have isolated two mAbs, KP14 and KP15, that specifically bind H-2D(d) complexed with an HIV envelope gp160-derived peptide, P18-I10. These Abs are MHC and peptide specific. Fine specificity of mAb binding was analyzed using a panel of synthetic peptides, revealing similarities between the mAb and a cloned TCR with the same specificity. These two mAbs used the same V(H) and J(H) gene segments, but different D, Vkappa, and Jkappa genes. Administered in vivo, mAb KP15 blocked the induction of CTL specific for recombinant vaccinia virus-encoded gp160, indicating its ability to bind endogenously generated MHC/peptide complexes. Analysis of the fine specificity of these mAbs in the context of their encoded amino acid sequences and the known three-dimensional structure of the H-2D(d)/P18-I10 complex suggests that they bind in an orientation similar to that of the TCR. Thus, the plasticity of the B cell receptor repertoire and the structural similarities among BCR and TCR allow Abs to effectively mimic alphabeta TCRs. Such mAbs may be useful in the therapeutic modulation of immune responses against infectious agents or harmful self Ags as well as in tracing steps in Ag processing.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Antibodies, Blocking/pharmacology
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/administration & dosage
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/biosynthesis
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/chemistry
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/metabolism
- Antibody Specificity
- Base Sequence
- Binding Sites, Antibody
- Binding, Competitive/immunology
- Cytotoxicity, Immunologic/immunology
- Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte/metabolism
- H-2 Antigens/immunology
- H-2 Antigens/metabolism
- Histocompatibility Antigen H-2D
- Humans
- Immunosuppressive Agents/administration & dosage
- Immunosuppressive Agents/metabolism
- Immunosuppressive Agents/pharmacology
- Injections, Intraperitoneal
- Jurkat Cells
- Lymphocyte Activation
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Inbred DBA
- Mice, Transgenic
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Oligopeptides/immunology
- Oligopeptides/metabolism
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/chemistry
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/metabolism
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
- Structure-Activity Relationship
- Surface Plasmon Resonance
- T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic/immunology
- Tumor Cells, Cultured
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- K Polakova
- Molecular Biology Section, Laboratory of Immunology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and Metabolism Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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The application of surface plasmon resonance biosensors in life sciences and pharmaceutical research continues to increase. This review provides a comprehensive list of the commercial 1999 SPR biosensor literature and highlights emerging applications that are of general interest to users of the technology. Given the variability in the quality of published biosensor data, we present some general guidelines to help increase confidence in the results reported from biosensor analyses.
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- R L Rich
- Center for Biomolecular Interaction Analysis, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City 84132, USA
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Hennecke J, Carfi A, Wiley DC. Structure of a covalently stabilized complex of a human alphabeta T-cell receptor, influenza HA peptide and MHC class II molecule, HLA-DR1. EMBO J 2000; 19:5611-24. [PMID: 11060013 PMCID: PMC305780 DOI: 10.1093/emboj/19.21.5611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 211] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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An alphabeta T-cell receptor (alphabetaTCR)/hemagglutinin (HA) peptide/human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DR1 complex was stabilized by flexibly linking the HA peptide with the human HA1.7 alphabetaTCR, to increase the local concentration of the interacting proteins once the peptide has been loaded onto the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecule. The structure of the complex, determined by X-ray crystallography, has a binding mode similar to that of the human B7 alphabetaTCR on a pMHCI molecule. Twelve of the 15 MHC residues contacted are at the same positions observed earlier in class I MHC/peptide/TCR complexes. One contact, to an MHC loop outside the peptide-binding site, is conserved and specific to pMHCII complexes. TCR gene usage in the response to HA/HLA-DR appears to conserve charged interactions between three lysines of the peptide and acidic residues on the TCR.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Binding Sites/genetics
- Crystallography, X-Ray
- Drug Stability
- HLA-DR1 Antigen/chemistry
- HLA-DR1 Antigen/genetics
- Hemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza Virus/chemistry
- Hemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza Virus/genetics
- Humans
- In Vitro Techniques
- Macromolecular Substances
- Models, Molecular
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Protein Conformation
- Protein Engineering
- Protein Folding
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/chemistry
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/genetics
- Recombinant Proteins/chemistry
- Recombinant Proteins/genetics
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
- Static Electricity
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- J Hennecke
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 7 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
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Melián A, Watts GF, Shamshiev A, De Libero G, Clatworthy A, Vincent M, Brenner MB, Behar S, Niazi K, Modlin RL, Almo S, Ostrov D, Nathenson SG, Porcelli SA. Molecular recognition of human CD1b antigen complexes: evidence for a common pattern of interaction with alpha beta TCRs. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2000; 165:4494-504. [PMID: 11035089 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.165.8.4494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Ag-specific T cell recognition is mediated through direct interaction of clonotypic TCRs with complexes formed between Ag-presenting molecules and their bound ligands. Although characterized in substantial detail for class I and class II MHC encoded molecules, the molecular interactions responsible for TCR recognition of the CD1 lipid and glycolipid Ag-presenting molecules are not yet well understood. Using a panel of epitope-specific Abs and site-specific mutants of the CD1b molecule, we showed that TCR interactions occur on the membrane distal aspects of the CD1b molecule over the alpha1 and alpha2 domain helices. The location of residues on CD1b important for this interaction suggested that TCRs bind in a diagonal orientation relative to the longitudinal axes of the alpha helices. The data point to a model in which TCR interaction extends over the opening of the putative Ag-binding groove, making multiple direct contacts with both alpha helices and bound Ag. Although reminiscent of TCR interaction with MHC class I, our data also pointed to significant differences between the TCR interactions with CD1 and MHC encoded Ag-presenting molecules, indicating that Ag receptor binding must be modified to accommodate the unique molecular structure of the CD1b molecule and the unusual Ags it presents.
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MESH Headings
- Antibodies, Blocking/pharmacology
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/pharmacology
- Antigen Presentation/genetics
- Antigens, CD1/blood
- Antigens, CD1/genetics
- Antigens, CD1/immunology
- Antigens, CD1/metabolism
- Cell Line
- Clone Cells
- Glycolipids/immunology
- Glycolipids/metabolism
- Humans
- Macromolecular Substances
- Major Histocompatibility Complex/genetics
- Major Histocompatibility Complex/immunology
- Models, Immunological
- Mutagenesis, Site-Directed
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/metabolism
- T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- T-Lymphocytes/metabolism
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Affiliation(s)
- A Melián
- Division of Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Latek RR, Petzold SJ, Unanue ER. Hindering auxiliary anchors are potent modulators of peptide binding and selection by I-Ak class II molecules. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2000; 97:11460-5. [PMID: 11016975 PMCID: PMC17222 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.210384197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Selection of particular antigen-derived peptides by class II MHC molecules determines the population of complexes represented on the antigen-presenting cell surface and available for T cell receptor engagement. This discriminating selection process results from unique interactions between the spectrum of peptides generated during antigen processing and the MHC molecules. Here, we examined the selection of peptides by the class II MHC, I-A(k). Our results indicate that although peptide primary anchors are key in MHC binding, auxiliary anchors are a powerful regulatory component in the selection of peptides by I-A(k). Study of the segments surrounding the dominant hen egg white lysozome(48-61) epitope demonstrates that auxiliary anchors also are involved in determining the binding register of I-A(k) along an extended peptide. In addition, we found that unique combinations of auxiliary anchors can act in concert to modulate the binding of peptides to I-A(k).
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- R R Latek
- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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Ding W, Huang X, Yang X, Dunn JJ, Luft BJ, Koide S, Lawson CL. Structural identification of a key protective B-cell epitope in Lyme disease antigen OspA. J Mol Biol 2000; 302:1153-64. [PMID: 11183781 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2000.4119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Outer surface protein A (OspA) is a major lipoprotein of the Borrelia burgdorferi spirochete, the causative agent of Lyme disease. Vaccination with OspA generates an immune response that can prevent bacterial transmission to a mammalian host during the attachment of an infected tick. However, the protective capacity of immune sera cannot be predicted by measuring total anti-OspA antibody. The murine monoclonal antibody LA-2 defines an important protective B-cell epitope of OspA against which protective sera have strong levels of reactivity. We have now mapped the LA-2 epitope of OspA using both NMR chemical-shift perturbation measurements in solution and X-ray crystal structure determination. LA-2 recognizes the three surface-exposed loops of the C-terminal domain of OspA that are on the tip of the elongated molecule most distant from the lipid-modified N terminus. The structure suggests that the natural variation at OspA sequence position 208 in the first loop is a major limiting factor for antibody cross-reactivity between different Lyme disease-causing Borrelia strains. The unusual Fab-dominated lattice of the crystal also permits a rare view of antigen flexibility within an antigen:antibody complex. These results provide a rationale for improvements in OspA-based vaccines and suggest possible designs for more direct tests of antibody protective levels in vaccinated individuals.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Antigen-Antibody Complex/chemistry
- Antigen-Antibody Complex/immunology
- Antigens, Bacterial/chemistry
- Antigens, Bacterial/genetics
- Antigens, Bacterial/immunology
- Antigens, Surface/chemistry
- Antigens, Surface/genetics
- Antigens, Surface/immunology
- Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins/chemistry
- Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins/genetics
- Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins/immunology
- Bacterial Vaccines
- Borrelia burgdorferi Group/chemistry
- Borrelia burgdorferi Group/genetics
- Borrelia burgdorferi Group/immunology
- Crystallography, X-Ray
- Epitope Mapping
- Epitopes, B-Lymphocyte/chemistry
- Epitopes, B-Lymphocyte/genetics
- Epitopes, B-Lymphocyte/immunology
- Genetic Variation/genetics
- Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments/chemistry
- Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments/immunology
- Lipoproteins
- Lyme Disease/immunology
- Lyme Disease Vaccines/chemistry
- Lyme Disease Vaccines/genetics
- Lyme Disease Vaccines/immunology
- Models, Molecular
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
- Protein Structure, Secondary
- Protein Structure, Tertiary
- Sequence Alignment
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- W Ding
- Biology Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973, USA
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Moody DB, Guy MR, Grant E, Cheng TY, Brenner MB, Besra GS, Porcelli SA. CD1b-mediated T cell recognition of a glycolipid antigen generated from mycobacterial lipid and host carbohydrate during infection. J Exp Med 2000; 192:965-76. [PMID: 11015438 PMCID: PMC2193317 DOI: 10.1084/jem.192.7.965] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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T cells recognize microbial glycolipids presented by CD1 proteins, but there is no information regarding the generation of natural glycolipid antigens within infected tissues. Therefore, we determined the molecular basis of CD1b-restricted T cell recognition of mycobacterial glycosylated mycolates, including those produced during tissue infection in vivo. Transfection of the T cell receptor (TCR) alpha and beta chains from a glucose monomycolate (GMM)-specific T cell line reconstituted GMM recognition in TCR-deficient T lymphoblastoma cells. This TCR-mediated response was highly specific for natural mycobacterial glucose-6-O-(2R, 3R) monomycolate, including the precise structure of the glucose moiety, the stereochemistry of the mycolate lipid, and the linkage between the carbohydrate and the lipid. Mycobacterial production of antigenic GMM absolutely required a nonmycobacterial source of glucose that could be supplied by adding glucose to media at concentrations found in mammalian tissues or by infecting tissue in vivo. These results indicate that mycobacteria synthesized antigenic GMM by coupling mycobacterial mycolates to host-derived glucose. Specific T cell recognition of an epitope formed by interaction of host and pathogen biosynthetic pathways provides a mechanism for immune response to those pathogenic mycobacteria that have productively infected tissues, as distinguished from ubiquitous, but innocuous, environmental mycobacteria.
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- D B Moody
- Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
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Baker BM, Gagnon SJ, Biddison WE, Wiley DC. Conversion of a T cell antagonist into an agonist by repairing a defect in the TCR/peptide/MHC interface: implications for TCR signaling. Immunity 2000; 13:475-84. [PMID: 11070166 DOI: 10.1016/s1074-7613(00)00047-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The structure of the A6 alphabetaTCR/HTLV-1 Tax-peptide/MHC I complex with proline 6 of Tax substituted with alanine (P6A), an antagonist, is nearly identical to the structure with wild-type Tax agonist. Neither the proline in the agonist nor the alanine in the antagonist is contacted by the alphabetaTCR. Here, we demonstrate that antagonist activity of P6A is associated with low affinity of the A6 alphabetaTCR for Tax-P6A/HLA-A2. We show that stepwise repair of a packing defect in the TCR/MHC interface using N-alkylated amino acids results in stepwise increases in TCR affinity and activity. Kinetic and thermodynamic measurements suggest that for some ligands the range of T cell outcomes does not correlate with either their alphabetaTCR affinity or the half-life of the alphabetaTCR/peptide/MHC complex.
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MESH Headings
- Alanine/metabolism
- Amino Acid Substitution/immunology
- Cells, Cultured
- Crystallography, X-Ray
- Cytotoxicity Tests, Immunologic
- Gene Products, tax/chemistry
- Gene Products, tax/metabolism
- Glycine/metabolism
- HLA-A2 Antigen/metabolism
- Humans
- Ligands
- Peptides/chemistry
- Peptides/metabolism
- Proline/metabolism
- Protein Binding/immunology
- Protein Folding
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/agonists
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/antagonists & inhibitors
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/metabolism
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/physiology
- Sarcosine/metabolism
- Signal Transduction/immunology
- T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic/immunology
- T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic/metabolism
- Thermodynamics
- Ultracentrifugation/methods
- Water
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Affiliation(s)
- B M Baker
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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De Oliveira DB, Harfouch-Hammoud E, Otto H, Papandreou NA, Stern LJ, Cohen H, Boehm BO, Bach J, Caillat-Zucman S, Walk T, Jung G, Eliopoulos E, Papadopoulos GK, van Endert PM. Structural analysis of two HLA-DR-presented autoantigenic epitopes: crucial role of peripheral but not central peptide residues for T-cell receptor recognition. Mol Immunol 2000; 37:813-25. [PMID: 11257303 DOI: 10.1016/s0161-5890(00)00109-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
Abstract
Specific and major histocompatibility complex (MHC)-restricted T-cell recognition of antigenic peptides is based on interactions of the T-cell receptor (TCR) with the MHC alpha helices and solvent exposed peptide residues termed TCR contacts. In the case of MHC class II-presented peptides, the latter are located in the positions p2/3, p5 and p7/8 between MHC anchor residues. For numerous epitopes, peptide substitution studies have identified the central residue p5 as primary TCR contact characterized by very low permissiveness for peptide substitution, while the more peripheral positions generally represent auxiliary TCR contacts. In structural studies of TCR/peptide/MHC complexes, this has been shown to be due to intimate contact between the TCR complementarity determining region (CDR) three loops and the central peptide residue. We asked whether this model also applied to two HLA-DR presented epitopes derived from an antigen targeted in type 1 diabetes. Large panels of epitope variants with mainly conservative single substitutions were tested for human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class II binding affinity and T cell stimulation. Both epitopes bind with high affinity to the presenting HLA-DR molecules. However, in striking contrast to the standard distribution of TCR contacts, recognition of the central p5 residue displayed high permissiveness even for non-conservative substitutions, while the more peripheral p2 and p8 TCR contacts showed very low permissiveness for substitution. This suggests that intimate TCR interaction with the central peptide residue is not always required for specific antigen recognition and can be compensated by interactions with positions normally acting as auxiliary contacts.
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- D B De Oliveira
- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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Kim KS, Sun ZY, Wagner G, Reinherz EL. Heterodimeric CD3epsilongamma extracellular domain fragments: production, purification and structural analysis. J Mol Biol 2000; 302:899-916. [PMID: 10993731 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2000.4098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The CD3 polypeptides (epsilon, gamma, and delta) are non-covalently associated signaling subunits of the T cell receptor which form non-disulfide linked epsilongamma and epsilondelta heterodimers. With the goal of investigating their structure, Escherichia coli expression was utilized to produce CD3 ectodomain fragments including the murine CD3epsilon subunit N-terminal Ig-like extracellular domain alone or as a single chain construct with that of CD3gamma. The latter links the CD3gamma segment to the C terminus of the CD3epsilon segment via a 26 amino acid peptide (scCD3epsilongamma26). Although CD3epsilon could be produced at high yield when directed to inclusion bodies, the refolded monomeric CD3epsilon was not native as judged by monoclonal antibody binding using surface plasmon resonance and was largely unstructured by (15)N-(1)H two-dimensional NMR analysis. In contrast, scCD3epsilongamma26 could be refolded readily into a native state as shown by CD, NMR and mAb reactivity. The linker length between CD3epsilon and CD3gamma is critical since scCD3epsilongamma16 containing a 16 residue connector failed to generate a stable heterodimer. Collectively, the results demonstrate that: (i) soluble heterodimeric fragments of CD3 can be produced; (ii) cotranslation of CD3 chains insures proper folding even in the absence of the conserved ectodomain stalk region (CxxCxE); and (iii) CD3epsilon has a more stable tertiary protein fold than CD3gamma.
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- K S Kim
- Laboratory of Immunobiology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Department of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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