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Gul A, Pewe LL, Willems P, Mayer R, Thery F, Asselman C, Aernout I, Verbeke R, Eggermont D, Van Moortel L, Upton E, Zhang Y, Boucher K, Miret-Casals L, Demol H, De Smedt SC, Lentacker I, Radoshevich L, Harty JT, Impens F. Immunopeptidomics mapping of Listeria monocytogenes T cell epitopes in mice. Mol Cell Proteomics 2024:100829. [PMID: 39147027 DOI: 10.1016/j.mcpro.2024.100829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2024] [Revised: 07/21/2024] [Accepted: 08/12/2024] [Indexed: 08/17/2024] Open
Abstract
Listeria monocytogenes is a foodborne intracellular bacterial model pathogen. Protective immunity against Listeria depends on an effective CD8+ T cell response, but very few T cell epitopes are known in mice as a common animal infection model for listeriosis. To identify epitopes we screened for Listeria immunopeptides presented in the spleen of infected mice by mass spectrometry-based immunopeptidomics. We mapped more than 6,000 mouse self-peptides presented on MHC Class I molecules, including 12 high confident Listeria peptides from 12 different bacterial proteins. Bacterial immunopeptides with confirmed fragmentation spectra were further tested for their potential to activate CD8+ T cells, revealing VTYNYINI from the putative cell wall surface anchor family protein LMON_0576 as a novel bona fide peptide epitope. The epitope showed high biological potency in a prime boost model and can be used as a research tool to probe CD8+ T cell responses in mouse models of Listeria infection. Together, our results demonstrate the power of immunopeptidomics for bacterial antigen identification.
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- Adillah Gul
- VIB-UGent Center for Medical Biotechnology, VIB, Ghent, Belgium; Department of Biomolecular Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Pathology, University of Iowa-Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- VIB-UGent Center for Medical Biotechnology, VIB, Ghent, Belgium; Department of Biomolecular Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology, VIB, Ghent, Belgium; Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- VIB-UGent Center for Medical Biotechnology, VIB, Ghent, Belgium; Department of Biomolecular Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; VIB Proteomics Core, VIB, Ghent, Belgium
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- VIB-UGent Center for Medical Biotechnology, VIB, Ghent, Belgium; Department of Biomolecular Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- VIB-UGent Center for Medical Biotechnology, VIB, Ghent, Belgium; Department of Biomolecular Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Ghent Research Group on Nanomedicines, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; Cancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG), Ghent, Belgium
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- Ghent Research Group on Nanomedicines, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; Cancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG), Ghent, Belgium
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- VIB-UGent Center for Medical Biotechnology, VIB, Ghent, Belgium; Department of Biomolecular Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- VIB-UGent Center for Medical Biotechnology, VIB, Ghent, Belgium; Department of Biomolecular Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Iowa-Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, USA; Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Immunology, University of Iowa
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Iowa-Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- VIB-UGent Center for Medical Biotechnology, VIB, Ghent, Belgium; Department of Biomolecular Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; VIB Proteomics Core, VIB, Ghent, Belgium
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- VIB-UGent Center for Medical Biotechnology, VIB, Ghent, Belgium; Department of Biomolecular Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- VIB-UGent Center for Medical Biotechnology, VIB, Ghent, Belgium; Department of Biomolecular Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; VIB Proteomics Core, VIB, Ghent, Belgium
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- Ghent Research Group on Nanomedicines, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; Cancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG), Ghent, Belgium
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- Ghent Research Group on Nanomedicines, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; Cancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG), Ghent, Belgium.
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Iowa-Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, USA; Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Immunology, University of Iowa; Department of Immunology and Genomic Medicine, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, USA.
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- Department of Pathology, University of Iowa-Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, USA; Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Immunology, University of Iowa.
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- VIB-UGent Center for Medical Biotechnology, VIB, Ghent, Belgium; Department of Biomolecular Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; VIB Proteomics Core, VIB, Ghent, Belgium.
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Zhong J, Li Q, Holmdahl R. Natural Loss-of-Function Mutations in Qa2 and NCF1 Cause the Spread of Mannan-Induced Psoriasis. J Invest Dermatol 2021; 141:1765-1771.e4. [PMID: 33545139 DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2021.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2020] [Revised: 01/13/2021] [Accepted: 01/21/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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A basis for the genetic predisposition to psoriasis is a single locus, PSORS1, within the major histocompatibility complex I region. This murine major histocompatibility complex locus encodes nonclassical molecules such as Qa2. We hypothesized that a natural loss-of-function variant of Qa2 gene clusters promotes psoriasis. In this study, we have developed a mannan-induced psoriasis model with the double deficiency of Qa2 and ROS owing to natural mutations of Qa2 gene clusters and the Ncf1 gene in the C57BL/6 background, respectively. We report three key findings in mice with mannan-induced psoriasis. A complete deficiency of Qa2 resulted in the expansion of IL-17‒producing γδ T cells and group 3 innate lymphoid cells in draining lymph nodes, leading to ear psoriasis. A single copy of Qa2-encoding genes was enough to protect against mannan-induced psoriasis, and such a protection was erased by a mutated Ncf1. Double defects with Qa2 and Ncf1 elicited a spread of exaggerated ear psoriasis to the nails, and the deficiency of γδ T cells reduced the severity of nail psoriasis. Collectively, these findings in mice provide evidence for the importance of Ncf1 mutations and Qa2 gene clusters, possibly corresponding to the PSORS1 locus in the spread of psoriasis.
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- Jianghong Zhong
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Big Data-Based Precision Medicine, Beihang University, Beijing, China; Medical Inflammation Research, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Medical Inflammation Research, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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- Medical Inflammation Research, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden; The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University (Xibei Hospital), Xi'an, China.
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Goodall KJ, Nguyen A, Matsumoto A, McMullen JR, Eckle SB, Bertolino P, Sullivan LC, Andrews DM. Multiple receptors converge on H2-Q10 to regulate NK and γδT-cell development. Immunol Cell Biol 2019; 97:326-339. [PMID: 30537346 DOI: 10.1111/imcb.12222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2018] [Revised: 12/03/2018] [Accepted: 12/06/2018] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Class Ib major histocompatibility complex (MHC) is an extended family of molecules, which demonstrate tissue-specific expression and presentation of monomorphic antigens. These characteristics tend to imbue class Ib MHC with unique functions. H2-Q10 is potentially one such molecule that is overexpressed in the liver but its immunological function is not known. We have previously shown that H2-Q10 is a ligand for the natural killer cell receptor Ly49C and now, using H2-Q10-deficient mice, we demonstrate that H2-Q10 can also stabilize the expression of Qa-1b. In the absence of H2-Q10, the development and maturation of conventional hepatic natural killer cells is disrupted. We also provide evidence that H2-Q10 is a new high affinity ligand for CD8αα and controls the development of liver-resident CD8αα γδT cells. These data demonstrate that H2-Q10 has multiple roles in the development of immune subsets and identify an overlap of recognition within the class Ib MHC that is likely to be relevant to the regulation of immunity.
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- Katharine J Goodall
- Department of Immunology and Pathology, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Immunology and Pathology, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.,Department of Medicine, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia.,Department of Physiology, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Liver Immunology program Centenary Institute, AW Morrow Gastroenterology and Liver Centre and Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Immunology and Pathology, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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Jiang J, Natarajan K, Margulies DH. MHC Molecules, T cell Receptors, Natural Killer Cell Receptors, and Viral Immunoevasins-Key Elements of Adaptive and Innate Immunity. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2019; 1172:21-62. [PMID: 31628650 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-9367-9_2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Molecules encoded by the Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) bind self or foreign peptides and display these at the cell surface for recognition by receptors on T lymphocytes (designated T cell receptors-TCR) or on natural killer (NK) cells. These ligand/receptor interactions govern T cell and NK cell development as well as activation of T memory and effector cells. Such cells participate in immunological processes that regulate immunity to various pathogens, resistance and susceptibility to cancer, and autoimmunity. The past few decades have witnessed the accumulation of a huge knowledge base of the molecular structures of MHC molecules bound to numerous peptides, of TCRs with specificity for many different peptide/MHC (pMHC) complexes, of NK cell receptors (NKR), of MHC-like viral immunoevasins, and of pMHC/TCR and pMHC/NKR complexes. This chapter reviews the structural principles that govern peptide/MHC (pMHC), pMHC/TCR, and pMHC/NKR interactions, for both MHC class I (MHC-I) and MHC class II (MHC-II) molecules. In addition, we discuss the structures of several representative MHC-like molecules. These include host molecules that have distinct biological functions, as well as virus-encoded molecules that contribute to the evasion of the immune response.
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- Jiansheng Jiang
- Molecular Biology Section, Laboratory of Immune System Biology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bldg. 10, Room 11D07, 10 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD, 20892-1892, USA.
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- Molecular Biology Section, Laboratory of Immune System Biology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bldg. 10, Room 11D07, 10 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD, 20892-1892, USA
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- Molecular Biology Section, Laboratory of Immune System Biology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bldg. 10, Room 11D12, 10 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD, 20892-1892, USA
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da Silva IL, Montero-Montero L, Ferreira E, Quintanilla M. New Insights Into the Role of Qa-2 and HLA-G Non-classical MHC-I Complexes in Malignancy. Front Immunol 2018; 9:2894. [PMID: 30574154 PMCID: PMC6292030 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2018.02894] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2018] [Accepted: 11/26/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
Abstract
It is well established that the immune system can identify and destroy neoplastic transformed cells in a process known as immunosurveillance. Most studies have focused on the classical major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class Ia molecules, which are known to play an important role on the presentation of tumor antigens to the immune system in order to activate a response against tumor cells. However, a larger family of non-classical MHC class Ib-related molecules has received less attention. In this mini-review, we discuss the role of class Ib murine Qa-2 and its proposed human HLA-G homolog on immunosurveillance during embryogenesis and cancer. Whereas, both HLA-G and Qa-2 are involved in immune tolerance in pregnancy, the current evidence suggests that they play opposite roles in cancer. HLA-G appears to promote tumor progression while Qa-2 acts as a tumor suppressor awaking the immune system to reject tumor cells, as suggested by studies on different cancer cell models, such as melanoma, lymphoma, lung carcinoma, and our own results in mammary carcinoma.
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- Istéfani L da Silva
- Center of Biological Sciences and Health, Federal University of the West of Bahia, Barreiras, Brazil
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas Alberto Sols, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Laboratory of Compared Pathology, Department of General Pathology, Biological Science Institute, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas Alberto Sols, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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Goodall KJ, Nguyen A, Sullivan LC, Andrews DM. The expanding role of murine class Ib MHC in the development and activation of Natural Killer cells. Mol Immunol 2018; 115:31-38. [PMID: 29789149 DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2018.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2017] [Revised: 04/21/2018] [Accepted: 05/02/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Major Histocompatibility Complex-I (MHC-I) molecules can be divided into class Ia and class Ib, with three distinct class Ib families found in the mouse. These families are designated as Q, T and M and are largely unexplored in terms of their immunological function. Among the class Ib MHC, H2-T23 (Qa-1b) has been a significant target for Natural Killer (NK) cell research, owing to its homology with the human class Ib human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-E. However, recent data has indicated that members of the Q and M family of class Ib MHC also play a critical role in the development and regulation NK cells. Here we discuss the recent advances in the control of NK cells by murine class Ib MHC as a means to stimulate further exploration of these molecules.
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- Katharine J Goodall
- Department of Immunology and Pathology, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Immunology and Pathology, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne, Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Immunology and Pathology, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
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Grille Coronel L, Acierno JP, Ermácora MR. Ultracompact states of native proteins. Biophys Chem 2017; 230:36-44. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2017.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2017] [Accepted: 08/16/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Qa-2 expression levels is related with tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes profile during solid Ehrlich tumor development. Biomed Pharmacother 2017; 92:750-756. [PMID: 28591688 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2017.05.135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2017] [Revised: 05/15/2017] [Accepted: 05/28/2017] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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The Qa-2 has been described as Human Leucocyte Antigen G (HLA-G) murine homolog. This homology is well accepted to gene and protein structure, in different pathology process and embryos implantation. However, in some neoplasm, this homology is questioned, where Qa-2 has been proposed as an immunogenic molecule, associated to tumor rejection. In this way, the aim of this study was to describe the pattern of Qa-2 expression and its relationship with the profile of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes in solid Ehrlich tumor. The Ehrlich tumor growth was evaluated in Balb/c female mice in different tumor stages. The inflammatory infiltration features were determined by histopathology and, both lymphocyte type and tissue Qa-2 expression by immunohistochemistry. ELISA kit was used to determine soluble Qa-2 in the serum from the animals. We observed that Qa-2 in neoplastic cells increases in intermediate tumor development stages, while, serum Qa-2 increases in the late stage. Qa-2 increasing is correlated with CD3+ increase. Our results suggest that Qa-2 has a role opposite to HLA-G in Ehrlich solid carcinoma, and may be modulating the immune response by attracting the inflammatory infiltrate, especially T CD8+ Lymphocytes.
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Sullivan LC, Berry R, Sosnin N, Widjaja JML, Deuss FA, Balaji GR, LaGruta NL, Mirams M, Trapani JA, Rossjohn J, Brooks AG, Andrews DM. Recognition of the Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) Class Ib Molecule H2-Q10 by the Natural Killer Cell Receptor Ly49C. J Biol Chem 2016; 291:18740-52. [PMID: 27385590 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m116.737130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2016] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Murine natural killer (NK) cells are regulated by the interaction of Ly49 receptors with major histocompatibility complex class I molecules (MHC-I). Although the ligands for inhibitory Ly49 were considered to be restricted to classical MHC (MHC-Ia), we have shown that the non-classical MHC molecule (MHC-Ib) H2-M3 was a ligand for the inhibitory Ly49A. Here we establish that another MHC-Ib, H2-Q10, is a bona fide ligand for the inhibitory Ly49C receptor. H2-Q10 bound to Ly49C with a marginally lower affinity (∼5 μm) than that observed between Ly49C and MHC-Ia (H-2K(b)/H-2D(d), both ∼1 μm), and this recognition could be prevented by cis interactions with H-2K in situ To understand the molecular details underpinning Ly49·MHC-Ib recognition, we determined the crystal structures of H2-Q10 and Ly49C bound H2-Q10. Unliganded H2-Q10 adopted a classical MHC-I fold and possessed a peptide-binding groove that exhibited features similar to those found in MHC-Ia, explaining the diverse peptide binding repertoire of H2-Q10. Ly49C bound to H2-Q10 underneath the peptide binding platform to a region that encompassed residues from the α1, α2, and α3 domains, as well as the associated β2-microglobulin subunit. This docking mode was conserved with that previously observed for Ly49C·H-2K(b) Indeed, structure-guided mutation of Ly49C indicated that Ly49C·H2-Q10 and Ly49C·H-2K(b) possess similar energetic footprints focused around residues located within the Ly49C β4-stand and L5 loop, which contact the underside of the peptide-binding platform floor. Our data provide a structural basis for Ly49·MHC-Ib recognition and demonstrate that MHC-Ib represent an extended family of ligands for Ly49 molecules.
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- Lucy C Sullivan
- From the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- the Infection and Immunity Program and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia, the ARC Centre of Excellence in Advanced Molecular Imaging, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia
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- the Cancer Cell Death Laboratory, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, East Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia, The Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Parkville, Australia
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- From the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- the Infection and Immunity Program and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia, the ARC Centre of Excellence in Advanced Molecular Imaging, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia
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- the Infection and Immunity Program and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia, the ARC Centre of Excellence in Advanced Molecular Imaging, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia
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- From the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia, the Infection and Immunity Program and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia
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- From the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- the Cancer Cell Death Laboratory, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, East Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia, The Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Parkville, Australia
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- the Infection and Immunity Program and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia, the ARC Centre of Excellence in Advanced Molecular Imaging, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia, the Institute of Infection and Immunity, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Heath Park, Cardiff CF14 4XN, Wales, United Kingdom, and
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- From the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia,
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- the Department of Immunology and Pathology, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria 3004, Australia
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Anderson CK, Brossay L. The role of MHC class Ib-restricted T cells during infection. Immunogenetics 2016; 68:677-91. [PMID: 27368413 DOI: 10.1007/s00251-016-0932-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2016] [Accepted: 05/22/2016] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Even though major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class Ia and many Ib molecules have similarities in structure, MHC class Ib molecules tend to have more specialized functions, which include the presentation of non-peptidic antigens to non-classical T cells. Likewise, non-classical T cells also have unique characteristics, including an innate-like phenotype in naïve animals and rapid effector functions. In this review, we discuss the role of MAIT and NKT cells during infection but also the contribution of less studied MHC class Ib-restricted T cells such as Qa-1-, Qa-2-, and M3-restricted T cells. We focus on describing the types of antigens presented to non-classical T cells, their response and cytokine profile following infection, as well as the overall impact of these T cells to the immune system.
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- Courtney K Anderson
- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Division of Biology and Medicine, Brown University, Box G-B618, Providence, RI, 02912, USA
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Division of Biology and Medicine, Brown University, Box G-B618, Providence, RI, 02912, USA.
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Tetruashvily MM, Melson JW, Park JJ, Peng X, Boulanger LM. Expression and alternative splicing of classical and nonclassical MHCI genes in the hippocampus and neuromuscular junction. Mol Cell Neurosci 2016; 72:34-45. [PMID: 26802536 DOI: 10.1016/j.mcn.2016.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2015] [Revised: 12/01/2015] [Accepted: 01/15/2016] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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The major histocompatibility complex class I (MHCI) is a large gene family, with over 20 members in mouse. Some MHCIs are well-known for their critical roles in the immune response. Studies in mice which lack stable cell-surface expression of many MHCI proteins suggest that one or more MHCIs also play unexpected, essential roles in the establishment, function, and modification of neuronal synapses. However, there is little information about which genes mediate MHCI's effects in neurons. In this study, RT-PCR was used to simultaneously assess transcription of many MHCI genes in regions of the central and peripheral nervous system where MHCI has a known or suspected role. In the hippocampus, a part of the CNS where MHCI regulates synapse density, synaptic transmission, and plasticity, we found that more than a dozen MHCI genes are transcribed. Single-cell RT-PCR revealed that individual hippocampal neurons can express more than one MHCI gene, and that the MHCI gene expression profile of CA1 pyramidal neurons differs significantly from that of CA3 pyramidal neurons or granule cells of the dentate gyrus. MHCI gene expression was also assessed at the neuromuscular junction (NMJ), a part of the peripheral nervous system (PNS) where MHCI plays a role in developmental synapse elimination, aging-related synapse loss, and neuronal regeneration. Four MHCI genes are expressed at the NMJ at an age when synapse elimination is occurring in three different muscles. Several MHCI mRNA splice variants were detected in hippocampus, but not at the NMJ. Together, these results establish the first profile of MHCI gene expression at the developing NMJ, and demonstrate that MHCI gene expression is under tight spatial and temporal regulation in the nervous system. They also identify more than a dozen MHCIs that could play important roles in regulating synaptic transmission and plasticity in the central and peripheral nervous systems.
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- Mazell M Tetruashvily
- Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Washington Road, Princeton, NJ 08544, United States; Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 675 Hoes Lane West, Piscataway, NJ 08901, United States
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Washington Road, Princeton, NJ 08544, United States
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Washington Road, Princeton, NJ 08544, United States
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Washington Road, Princeton, NJ 08544, United States; Princeton Neuroscience Institute, Princeton University, Washington Road, Princeton, NJ 08544, United States
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Washington Road, Princeton, NJ 08544, United States; Princeton Neuroscience Institute, Princeton University, Washington Road, Princeton, NJ 08544, United States.
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Hofstetter AR, Evavold BD, Lukacher AE. Peptide immunization elicits polyomavirus-specific MHC class ib-restricted CD8 T cells in MHC class ia allogeneic mice. Viral Immunol 2013; 26:109-13. [PMID: 23374150 PMCID: PMC3578367 DOI: 10.1089/vim.2012.0052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Unlike the polymorphic MHC class Ia molecules, MHC class Ib molecules are oligomorphic or nonpolymorphic. We recently discovered a protective CD8 T cell response to mouse polyomavirus (MPyV) in H-2(b) haplotype mice that is restricted by H2-Q9, a member of the Qa-2 MHC class Ib family. Here, we demonstrate that immunization with a peptide corresponding to a virus capsid-derived peptide presented by Q9 also elicits MHC class Ib-restricted MPyV-specific CD8 T cells in mice of H-2(s) and H-2(g7) strains. These findings support the concept that immunization with a single MHC class Ib-restricted peptide can expand CD8 T cells in MHC class Ia allogeneic hosts.
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- Amelia R. Hofstetter
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.,Graduate Program in Immunology and Molecular Pathogenesis, Graduate Division of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania
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Adams EJ, Luoma AM. The adaptable major histocompatibility complex (MHC) fold: structure and function of nonclassical and MHC class I-like molecules. Annu Rev Immunol 2013; 31:529-61. [PMID: 23298204 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-immunol-032712-095912] [Citation(s) in RCA: 138] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The MHC fold is found in proteins that have a range of functions in the maintenance of an organism's health, from immune regulation to fat metabolism. Well adapted for antigen presentation, as seen for peptides in the classical MHC molecules and for lipids in CD1 molecules, the MHC fold has also been modified to perform Fc-receptor activity (e.g., FcRn) and for roles in host homeostasis (e.g., with HFE and ZAG). The more divergent MHC-like molecules, such as some of those that interact with the NKG2D receptor, represent the minimal MHC fold, doing away with the α3 domain and β2m while maintaining the α1/α2 platform domain for receptor engagement. Viruses have also co-opted the MHC fold for immune-evasive functions. The variations on the theme of a β-sheet topped by two semiparallel α-helices are discussed in this review, highlighting the fantastic adaptability of this fold for good and for bad.
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- Erin J Adams
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA.
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Hofstetter AR, Ford ML, Sullivan LC, Wilson JJ, Hadley A, Brooks AG, Lukacher AE. MHC class Ib-restricted CD8 T cells differ in dependence on CD4 T cell help and CD28 costimulation over the course of mouse polyomavirus infection. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2012; 188:3071-9. [PMID: 22393155 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1103554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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We recently identified a protective MHC class Ib-restricted CD8 T cell response to infection with mouse polyomavirus. These CD8 T cells recognize a peptide from aa 139-147 of the VP2 viral capsid protein bound to the nonpolymorphic H-2Q9 molecule, a member of the Qa-2 family of β(2)m-associated MHC class Ib molecules. Q9:VP2.139-specific CD8 T cells exhibit an unusual inflationary response characterized by a gradual expansion over 3 mo followed by a stable maintenance phase. We previously demonstrated that Q9:VP2.139-specific CD8 T cells are dependent on Ag for expansion, but not for long-term maintenance. In this study, we tested the hypothesis that the expansion and maintenance components of the Q9:VP2.139-specific T cell response are differentially dependent on CD4 T cell help and CD28 costimulation. Depletion of CD4(+) cells and CD28/CD40L blockade impaired expansion of Q9:VP2.139-specific CD8 T cells, and intrinsic CD28 signaling was sufficient for expansion. In contrast, CD4 T cell insufficiency, but not CD28/CD40L blockade, resulted in a decline in frequency of Q9:VP2.139-specific CD8 T cells during the maintenance phase. These results indicate that the Q9:VP2.139-specific CD8 T cell response to mouse polyomavirus infection depends on CD4 T cell help and CD28 costimulation for inflationary expansion, but only on CD4 T cell help for maintenance.
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- Amelia R Hofstetter
- Department of Pathology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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Zeng L, Sullivan LC, Vivian JP, Walpole NG, Harpur CM, Rossjohn J, Clements CS, Brooks AG. A structural basis for antigen presentation by the MHC class Ib molecule, Qa-1b. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2012; 188:302-10. [PMID: 22131332 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1102379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The primary function of the monomorphic MHC class Ib molecule Qa-1(b) is to present peptides derived from the leader sequences of other MHC class I molecules for recognition by the CD94-NKG2 receptors expressed by NK and T cells. Whereas the mode of peptide presentation by its ortholog HLA-E, and subsequent recognition by CD94-NKG2A, is known, the molecular basis of Qa-1(b) function is unclear. We have assessed the interaction between Qa-1(b) and CD94-NKG2A and shown that they interact with an affinity of 17 μM. Furthermore, we have determined the structure of Qa-1(b) bound to the leader sequence peptide, Qdm (AMAPRTLLL), to a resolution of 1.9 Å and compared it with that of HLA-E. The crystal structure provided a basis for understanding the restricted peptide repertoire of Qa-1(b). Whereas the Qa-1(b-AMAPRTLLL) complex was similar to that of HLA-E, significant sequence and structural differences were observed between the respective Ag-binding clefts. However, the conformation of the Qdm peptide bound by Qa-1(b) was very similar to that of peptide bound to HLA-E. Although a number of conserved innate receptors can recognize heterologous ligands from other species, the structural differences between Qa-1(b) and HLA-E manifested in CD94-NKG2A ligand recognition being species specific despite similarities in peptide sequence and conformation. Collectively, our data illustrate the structural homology between Qa-1(b) and HLA-E and provide a structural basis for understanding peptide repertoire selection and the specificity of the interaction of Qa-1(b) with CD94-NKG2 receptors.
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- Li Zeng
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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Hassan I, Ahmad F. Structural diversity of class I MHC-like molecules and its implications in binding specificities. ADVANCES IN PROTEIN CHEMISTRY AND STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY 2011; 83:223-70. [PMID: 21570669 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-381262-9.00006-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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The binding groove of class I major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class is essentially important for antigen binding and presentation on T cells. There are several molecules that have analogous conformations to class I MHC. However, they bind specifically to varying types of ligands and cell-surface receptors in order to elicit an immune response. To elucidate how such recognition is achieved in classical MHC-I like molecules, we have extensively analyzed the structure of human leukocyte antigen (HLA-1), neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn), hereditary hemochromatosis protein (HFE), cluster of differentiation 1 (CD1), gamma delta T cell receptor ligand (Τ22), zinc-α2-glycoprotein (ZAG), and MHC class I chain-related (MIC-A) proteins. All these molecules have analogous structural anatomy, divided into three distinct domains, where α1-α2 superdomains form a groove-like structure that potentially bind to certain ligand, while the α3 domain adopts a fold resembling immunoglobulin constant domains, and holds this α1-α2 platform and the light chain. We have observed many remarkable features of α1-α2 platform, which provide specificities to these proteins toward a particular class of ligands. The relative orientation of α1, α2, and α3 domains is primarily responsible for the specificity to the light chain. Interestingly, light chain of all these proteins is β₂-microglobulin (β₂M), except ZAG which has prolactin-induced protein (PIP). However, MIC-A is devoid of any light chain. Residues on β₂M recognize a sequence motif on the α3 domain that is essentially restricted to specific heavy chain of MHC class I molecules. Our analysis suggests that the structural features of class I molecules determine the recognition of different ligands and light chains, which are responsible for their corresponding functions through an inherent mechanism.
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- Imtaiyaz Hassan
- Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Basic Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India
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Swanson PA, Hofstetter AR, Wilson JJ, Lukacher AE. Cutting edge: shift in antigen dependence by an antiviral MHC class Ib-restricted CD8 T cell response during persistent viral infection. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2009; 182:5198-202. [PMID: 19380764 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0900421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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The requirement for Ag in maintaining memory CD8 T cells often differs between infections that are acutely resolved and those that persist. Using the mouse polyoma virus (PyV) persistent infection model, we recently described a novel CD8 T cell response directed to a PyV peptide presented by Q9, an MHC class Ib molecule. This antiviral Q9-restricted CD8 T cell response is characterized by a 3-mo expansion phase followed by a long-term plateau phase. In this study, we demonstrate that viral Ag is required for this protracted inflation phase but is dispensable for the maintenance of this Q9-restricted CD8 T cell response. Moreover, proliferation by memory T cells, not recruitment of naive PyV-specific T cells, is primarily responsible for Q9-restricted, anti-PyV CD8 T cell inflation. These data reveal a dynamic shift in Ag dependence by an MHC class Ib-restricted memory CD8 T cell response during a persistent viral infection.
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- Phillip A Swanson
- Department of Pathology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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Swanson PA, Lukacher AE, Szomolanyi-Tsuda E. Immunity to polyomavirus infection: the polyomavirus-mouse model. Semin Cancer Biol 2009; 19:244-51. [PMID: 19505652 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcancer.2009.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2008] [Revised: 02/01/2009] [Accepted: 02/06/2009] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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A ubiquitous clinically silent murine pathogen, polyomavirus has enjoyed long-term co-evolution with the mouse, a highly tractable and genetically and immunologically informative small animal model. Thus, polyomavirus has provided a valuable experimental construct to decipher the host immune mechanisms that come into play to control systemic low-level persistent viral infections. Impaired immunosurveillance for infected cells puts the murine host at risk both to injury resulting from excessive direct virus cytolysis and development of virus-induced tumors. In this review, we present our current understanding of the multifaceted immune response invoked by the mouse to maintain détente with this potentially deleterious persistent natural pathogen, and discuss implications of these studies for therapeutic interventions for human polyomavirus infection.
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- Phillip A Swanson
- Department of Pathology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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Symposium: innovative techniques in human embryo viability assessment. Soluble human leukocyte antigen-G and pregnancy success. Reprod Biomed Online 2009; 17:470-85. [PMID: 18854100 DOI: 10.1016/s1472-6483(10)60233-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Non-invasive methods of assessing embryo quality are critical for pregnancy success following IVF or intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI). The addition of new non-invasive morphological and biochemical analyses may further improve pregnancy success, allowing the transfer of a single embryo, thereby reducing the risks involved in multiple births following IVF/ICSI. The presence of a protein, soluble human leukocyte antigen-G (sHLA-G), in embryo cultures has been suggested as a way to non-invasively predict embryo quality and pregnancy success, especially when used in conjunction with current embryo quality assessment methods. Detection of sHLA-G in embryo culture medium has been correlated with pregnancy success in 12 studies, but three studies were not able to detect sHLA-G. This is a review of the literature on sHLA-G detection in IVF/ICSI, and reasons are proposed for the reported discrepancies, as well as guidelines for reporting of data in future studies. Furthermore, it is suggested that the use of an HLA-G transgenic mouse model would advance understanding of the mechanism of action of sHLA-G in preimplantation embryos and its correlation to embryo health and viability. Research on a mouse model, combined with clinical studies, should enable the development of a fast and reliable method for utilizing sHLA-G detection to improve pregnancy success after IVF/ICSI.
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Jay DC, Reed-Loisel LM, Jensen PE. Polyclonal MHC Ib-restricted CD8+ T cells undergo homeostatic expansion in the absence of conventional MHC-restricted T cells. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2008; 180:2805-14. [PMID: 18292501 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.180.5.2805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Naive T cells have the capacity to expand in a lymphopenic environment in a process called homeostatic expansion, where they gain a memory-like phenotype. Homeostatic expansion is dependent on competition for a number of factors, including growth factors and interactions with their selecting self-MHC molecules. In contrast to conventional T cells, it is unclear whether class Ib-restricted CD8+ T cells have a capacity to undergo homeostatic expansion. In this study, we demonstrate that polyclonal MHC Ib-restricted CD8+ T cells can undergo homeostatic expansion and that their peripheral expansion is suppressed by conventional MHC-restricted T cells. The acute depletion of CD4+ T cells in MHC class Ia-deficient Kb-/-Db-/- mice led to the substantial expansion of class Ib-restricted CD8+ T cells. Adoptive transfer of class Ib-restricted CD8+ T cells to congenic lymphopenic recipients revealed their ability to undergo homeostatic expansion in a MHC Ib-dependent manner. To further study the homeostatic expansion of MHC Ib-restricted T cells in the absence of all conventional MHC-restricted T cells, we generated mice that express only MHC Ib molecules by crossing H-2Kb-/-Db-/- with CIITA-/- mice. CD8+ T cells in these mice exhibit all of the hallmarks of naive T cells actively undergoing homeostatic expansion with constitutive memory-like surface and functional phenotype. These findings provide direct evidence that MHC Ib-restricted CD8+ T cells have the capacity to undergo homeostatic expansion. Their peripheral expansion is suppressed under normal conditions by a numerical excess of conventional MHC class Ia- and class II-restricted T cells.
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- David C Jay
- Department of Pathology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
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Swanson PA, Pack CD, Hadley A, Wang CR, Stroynowski I, Jensen PE, Lukacher AE. An MHC class Ib-restricted CD8 T cell response confers antiviral immunity. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008; 205:1647-57. [PMID: 18541714 PMCID: PMC2442642 DOI: 10.1084/jem.20080570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Although immunity against intracellular pathogens is primarily provided by CD8 T lymphocytes that recognize pathogen-derived peptides presented by major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class Ia molecules, MHC class Ib–restricted CD8 T cells have been implicated in antiviral immunity. Using mouse polyoma virus (PyV), we found that MHC class Ia–deficient (Kb−/−Db−/−) mice efficiently control this persistently infecting mouse pathogen. CD8 T cell depletion mitigates clearance of PyV in Kb−/−Db−/− mice. We identified the ligand for PyV-specific CD8 T cells in Kb−/−Db−/− mice as a nonamer peptide from the VP2 capsid protein presented by Q9, a member of the β2 microglobulin–associated Qa-2 family. Using Q9-VP2 tetramers, we monitored delayed but progressive expansion of these antigen-specific CD8αβ T cells in Kb−/−Db−/− mice. Importantly, we demonstrate that Q9-VP2–specific CD8 T cells more effectively clear wild-type PyV than a VP2 epitopenull mutant PyV. Finally, we show that wild-type mice also generate Q9-restricted VP2 epitope–specific CD8 T cells to PyV infection. To our knowledge, this is the first evidence for a defined MHC class Ib–restricted antiviral CD8 T cell response that contributes to host defense. This study motivates efforts to uncover MHC class Ib–restricted CD8 T cell responses in other viral infections, and given the limited polymorphism of MHC class Ib molecules, it raises the possibility of developing peptide-based viral vaccines having broad coverage across MHC haplotypes.
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- Phillip A Swanson
- Department of Pathology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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Lampton PW, Goldstein CY, Warner CM. The role of tapasin in MHC class I protein trafficking in embryos and T cells. J Reprod Immunol 2007; 78:28-39. [PMID: 18061684 DOI: 10.1016/j.jri.2007.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2006] [Revised: 09/20/2007] [Accepted: 10/04/2007] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Preimplantation mouse embryos express both classical (class Ia) and nonclassical (class Ib) MHC class I proteins, and yet are not rejected by the maternal immune system. Although the function of the embryonic MHC class Ia proteins is unknown, one MHC class Ib protein, Qa-2, the product of the preimplantation embryo development (Ped) gene, actually enhances reproductive success. Similar in structure to MHC class Ia proteins, Qa-2 protein is a trimer of the alpha (heavy) chain, beta(2) microglobulin and a bound peptide. Studies on the folding, assembly and trafficking of MHC class Ia molecules to the cell surface have revealed this process to be dependent on multiple protein chaperone molecules, but information on the role of chaperone molecules in Qa-2 expression is incomplete. Here, we report the detection of mRNA for four chaperone molecules (TAP1, TAP2, calnexin and tapasin) in preimplantation embryos. We then focused on the role of the MHC-dedicated chaperone, tapasin, on Qa-2 protein expression. First, we demonstrated that tapasin protein is expressed by preimplantation embryos. Then, we used tapasin knockout mice to evaluate the role of tapasin in Qa-2 protein expression on both T cells and preimplantation embryos. We report here that optimal cell surface expression of Qa-2 is dependent on tapasin in both T cells and preimplantation embryos. Identification of the molecules involved in regulation of MHC class I protein expression in early embryos is an important first step in gaining insight into mechanisms of escape of embryos from destruction by the maternal immune system.
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- Paula W Lampton
- Department of Biology, 134 Mugar Hall, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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De Fazio SR, Warner CM. Activation of T cells by cross-linking Qa-2, the ped gene product, requires Fyn. Am J Reprod Immunol 2007; 58:315-24. [PMID: 17845201 PMCID: PMC2529476 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2007.00503.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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PROBLEM Qa-2, the product of the Ped (preimplantation development) gene, regulates the rate of cell division of preimplantation mouse embryos by an unknown mechanism. Due to the limited availability of preimplantation embryos, T cells were used as a model system to assess the possible roles of Fyn and Lck, and two downstream effectors, PI-3 kinase and Akt, in Qa-2 induced cell proliferation. METHOD OF STUDY Resting T cells were stimulated to proliferate by treating with mouse anti-Qa-2 antibody, cross-linking with anti-mouse immunoglobulin, and adding PMA. The effects of kinase inhibitors on this proliferation were studied. Co-immunoprecipitates of T-cell lysates were analyzed for possible associations between Qa-2 and Fyn or Lck. Fyn knockout mice (Fyn-/-) were used to determine whether Fyn is required for T-cell activation induced by cross-linking Qa-2. RESULTS An inhibitor of Src family kinases and inhibitors of PI-3 kinase and Akt suppressed proliferation of resting T cells induced by cross-linking Qa-2. Fyn, but not Lck, co-immunoprecipitated with Qa-2. Fyn-/- T cells failed to proliferate in response to Qa-2 cross-linking. CONCLUSION Fyn, PI-3 kinase, and Akt are required for the activation of T cells by cross-linking Qa-2.
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- Sally R De Fazio
- Biology Department, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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There are more cases of tuberculosis in the world today than at any other time in history. The global epidemic has generated intense interest into the immunological mechanisms that control infection. Although CD4+ T cells play a critical role in host immunity to Mycobacterium tuberculosis, there is considerable interest in understanding the role of other T cell subsets in preventing disease development following infection. CD8+ T cells are required for optimum host defense following M. tuberculosis infection, which has led to investigation into how this protective effect is mediated. A critical review of recent literature regarding the role of CD8+ T cells in protective immunity to M. tuberculosis infection is now required to address the strengths and weaknesses of these studies. In this article, we evaluate the evidence that CD8+ T cells are critical in immunity to M. tuberculosis infection. We discuss the specific mycobacterial proteins that are recognized by CD8+ T cells elicited during infection. Finally, we examine the effector mechanisms of CD8+ T cells generated during infection and synthesize recent studies to consider the protective roles that these T cells serve in vivo.
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- Joshua S M Woodworth
- Division of Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Clements CS, Kjer-Nielsen L, McCluskey J, Rossjohn J. Structural studies on HLA-G: implications for ligand and receptor binding. Hum Immunol 2006; 68:220-6. [PMID: 17400055 DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2006.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2006] [Accepted: 09/27/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Human leukocyte antigen-G (HLA-G) is a class Ib major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecule that is specifically expressed in immune-privileged tissues. The overall structure of HLA-G resembles other class I MHC molecules, in which a heavy chain comprised of three domains is noncovalently associated with beta(2)microglobulin (beta(2)m). A nine-residue self-peptide is bound within a cleft formed by two alpha-helices and a beta-sheet floor. An extensive network of contacts is formed between the peptide and the binding cleft, leading to a constrained mode of binding reminiscent of that observed in HLA-E. The alpha3 domain of HLA-G, the putative binding site for leukocyte immunoglobulinlike receptor-1 (LIR-1) and -2, is structurally distinct from class Ia MHC molecules, providing a basis for the observed differences in affinity for these ligands. In addition, a disulfide-bonded dimer adopts an oblique conformation, providing the possibility of a 1:2 (HLA-G dimer:receptor) complex stoichiometry. The relative orientation of the HLA-G protomers in the dimer structure suggests that it is unlikely that dimerization is involved in killer immunoglobulinlike receptor 2DL4 (KIR2DL4) binding.
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- Craig S Clements
- Protein Crystallography Unit, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Biomedical Sciences, Monash University, Victoria, Australia.
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Chiang EY, Stroynowski I. The role of structurally conserved class I MHC in tumor rejection: contribution of the Q8 locus. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2006; 177:2123-30. [PMID: 16887971 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.177.4.2123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [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 mouse multimember family of Qa-2 oligomorphic class I MHC genes is continuously undergoing duplications and deletions that alter the number of the two "prototype" Qa-2 sequences, Q8 and Q9. The frequent recombination events within the Q region lead to strain-specific modulation of the cumulative Qa-2 expression levels. Q9 protects C57BL/6 hosts from multiple disparate tumors and functions as a major CTL restriction element for shared tumor-associated Ags. We have now analyzed functional and structural properties of Q8, a class I MHC that differs significantly from Q9 in the peptide-binding, CTL-interacting alpha(1) and alpha(2) regions. Unexpectedly, we find that the extracellular domains of Q8 and Q9 act similarly during primary and secondary rejection of tumors, are recognized by cross-reactive antitumor CTL, have overlapping peptide-binding motifs, and are both assembled via the transporter associated with the Ag processing pathway. These findings suggest that shared Ag-presenting functions of the "odd" and "even" Qa-2 loci may contribute to the selective pressures shaping the haplotype-dependent quantitative variation of Qa-2 protein expression.
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- Eugene Y Chiang
- Center for Immunology, Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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Sullivan LC, Hoare HL, McCluskey J, Rossjohn J, Brooks AG. A structural perspective on MHC class Ib molecules in adaptive immunity. Trends Immunol 2006; 27:413-20. [PMID: 16860610 DOI: 10.1016/j.it.2006.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2006] [Revised: 06/26/2006] [Accepted: 07/12/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The highly polymorphic MHC class Ia molecules have a central role in adaptive immunity. By contrast, the closely related MHC class Ib molecules, which show limited polymorphism, are best known for regulating innate immune responses. Nevertheless, a recent area of interest is the emerging role of class Ib molecules in adaptive immunity, particularly in response to tumours and pathogens such as Mycobacteria, Listeria and Salmonella. Here, we review recent findings in this area, highlighting the structure of a T-cell receptor complexed with a cytomegalovirus peptide bound to the class Ib molecule, HLA-E. Collectively, these findings have implications for immunity, transplantation and autoimmunity, and our understanding of the evolution and plasticity of the molecular interactions mediating adaptive immunity.
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- Lucy C Sullivan
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, 3010, Australia
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Olson R, Dulac C, Bjorkman PJ. MHC homologs in the nervous system — they haven’t lost their groove. Curr Opin Neurobiol 2006; 16:351-7. [PMID: 16698261 DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2006.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2006] [Accepted: 05/05/2006] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules have been implicated in a number of non-immune roles in the central nervous system, particularly in synaptic development and plasticity. The discovery of M10 (50% sequence identity to classical MHC molecules) proteins expressed in the vomeronasal organ adds to the list of non-traditional roles of MHC homologs. M10 molecules associate with the V2R class of vomeronasal receptors, a family of G-protein coupled receptors thought to function as pheromone receptors. Recent studies showing that classical MHC-binding peptides activate V2R-expressing neurons offer tempting clues that M10s might participate directly in the recognition of pheromone ligands, but M10 proteins do not bind to these peptides with significant affinity. Instead of presenting MHC-binding peptides, M10s might function as molecular chaperones to V2R receptors or more generally as modulators of neuronal function, as demonstrated elsewhere in the brain for classical MHC molecules.
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- Rich Olson
- Division of Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, California Institute of Technology, 1200 East California Boulevard, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
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Yan J, Parekh VV, Mendez-Fernandez Y, Olivares-Villagómez D, Dragovic S, Hill T, Roopenian DC, Joyce S, Van Kaer L. In vivo role of ER-associated peptidase activity in tailoring peptides for presentation by MHC class Ia and class Ib molecules. J Exp Med 2006; 203:647-59. [PMID: 16505142 PMCID: PMC2118255 DOI: 10.1084/jem.20052271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 135] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2005] [Accepted: 02/01/2006] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-associated aminopeptidase (ERAP)1 has been implicated in the final proteolytic processing of peptides presented by major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I molecules. To evaluate the in vivo role of ERAP1, we have generated ERAP1-deficient mice. Cell surface expression of the class Ia molecules H-2Kb and H-2Db and of the class Ib molecule Qa-2 was significantly reduced in these animals. Although cells from mutant animals exhibited reduced capacity to present several self- and foreign antigens to Kb-, Db-, or Qa-1b-restricted CD8+ cytotoxic T cells, presentation of some antigens was unaffected or significantly enhanced. Consistent with these findings, mice generated defective CD8+ T cell responses against class I-presented antigens. These findings reveal an important in vivo role of ER-associated peptidase activity in tailoring peptides for presentation by MHC class Ia and class Ib molecules.
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- Jingbo Yan
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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Olson R, Huey-Tubman KE, Dulac C, Bjorkman PJ. Structure of a pheromone receptor-associated MHC molecule with an open and empty groove. PLoS Biol 2005; 3:e257. [PMID: 16089503 PMCID: PMC1174912 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2005] [Accepted: 05/18/2005] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Neurons in the murine vomeronasal organ (VNO) express a family of class Ib major histocompatibility complex (MHC) proteins (M10s) that interact with the V2R class of VNO receptors. This interaction may play a direct role in the detection of pheromonal cues that initiate reproductive and territorial behaviors. The crystal structure of M10.5, an M10 family member, is similar to that of classical MHC molecules. However, the M10.5 counterpart of the MHC peptide-binding groove is open and unoccupied, revealing the first structure of an empty class I MHC molecule. Similar to empty MHC molecules, but unlike peptide-filled MHC proteins and non-peptide–binding MHC homologs, M10.5 is thermally unstable, suggesting that its groove is normally occupied. However, M10.5 does not bind endogenous peptides when expressed in mammalian cells or when offered a mixture of class I–binding peptides. The F pocket side of the M10.5 groove is open, suggesting that ligands larger than 8–10-mer class I–binding peptides could fit by extending out of the groove. Moreover, variable residues point up from the groove helices, rather than toward the groove as in classical MHC structures. These data suggest that M10s are unlikely to provide specific recognition of class I MHC–binding peptides, but are consistent with binding to other ligands, including proteins such as the V2Rs. MHC-like protein M10.5 is expressed in the vomeronasal organ. The structure does not bind endogenous class I-binding peptides, but is thought to interact with a larger V2R pheromone receptor.
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- Rich Olson
- 1 Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States of America
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- 1 Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States of America
- 2 Howard Hughes Medical Institute, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States of America
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- 3 Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- 1 Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States of America
- 2 Howard Hughes Medical Institute, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States of America
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Chiang EY, Stroynowski I. Protective immunity against disparate tumors is mediated by a nonpolymorphic MHC class I molecule. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2005; 174:5367-74. [PMID: 15843534 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.174.9.5367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Current peptide-based immunotherapies for treatment of model cancers target tumor Ags bound by the classical MHC class I (class Ia) molecules. The extensive polymorphism of class Ia loci greatly limits the effectiveness of these approaches. We demonstrate in this study that the murine nonpolymorphic, nonclassical MHC class I (class Ib) molecule Q9 (Qa-2) promotes potent immune responses against multiple syngeneic tumors. We have previously shown that ectopic expression of Q9 on the surface of class Ia-negative B78H1 melanoma led to efficient CTL-mediated rejection of this tumor. In this study, we report that surface-expressed Q9 on 3LLA9F1 Lewis lung carcinoma and RMA T cell lymphoma also induces potent antitumor CTL responses. Importantly, CTL harvested from animals surviving the initial challenge with Q9-positive 3LLA9F1, RMA, or B78H1 tumors recognized and killed their cognate tumors as well as the other cancer lines. Furthermore, immunization with Q9-expressing 3LLA9F1 or RMA tumor cells established immunological memory that enhanced protection against subsequent challenge with a weakly immunogenic, Q9-bearing melanoma variant. Collectively, the generation of cross-reactive CTL capable of eliminating multiple disparate Q9-expressing tumors suggests that this nonpolymorphic MHC class I molecule serves as a restriction element for a shared tumor Ag(s) common to lung carcinoma, T cell lymphoma, and melanoma.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Carcinoma, Hepatocellular/immunology
- Carcinoma, Hepatocellular/prevention & control
- Carcinoma, Lewis Lung/immunology
- Carcinoma, Lewis Lung/prevention & control
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Cytotoxicity Tests, Immunologic
- Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte/immunology
- Graft Rejection/immunology
- Graft Rejection/metabolism
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class I/biosynthesis
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class I/genetics
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class I/physiology
- Immune Tolerance/immunology
- Liver Neoplasms, Experimental/immunology
- Liver Neoplasms, Experimental/prevention & control
- Lymphocyte Activation/immunology
- Lymphoma, T-Cell/immunology
- Lymphoma, T-Cell/prevention & control
- Melanocytes/immunology
- Melanoma/immunology
- Melanoma/prevention & control
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Neoplasm Transplantation/immunology
- Polymorphism, Genetic/immunology
- T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic/immunology
- Transfection
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- Eugene Y Chiang
- Center for Immunology, Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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Our understanding of the classical MHC class I molecules (MHC class Ia molecules) has long focused on their extreme polymorphism. These molecules present peptides to T cells and are central to discrimination between self and non-self. By contrast, the functions of the non-polymorphic MHC class I molecules (MHC class Ib molecules) have been elusive, but emerging evidence reveals that, in addition to antigen presentation, MHC class Ib molecules are involved in immunoregulation. As we discuss here, the subset of MHC class Ib molecules that presents peptides to T cells bridges innate and acquired immunity, and this provides insights into the origins of acquired immunity.
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- John R Rodgers
- Department of Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.
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Huang S, Gilfillan S, Cella M, Miley MJ, Lantz O, Lybarger L, Fremont DH, Hansen TH. Evidence for MR1 antigen presentation to mucosal-associated invariant T cells. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:21183-93. [PMID: 15802267 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m501087200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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The novel class Ib molecule MR1 is highly conserved in mammals, particularly in its alpha1/alpha2 domains. Recent studies demonstrated that MR1 expression is required for development and expansion of a small population of T cells expressing an invariant T cell receptor (TCR) alpha chain called mucosal-associated invariant T (MAIT) cells. Despite these intriguing properties it has been difficult to determine whether MR1 expression and MAIT cell recognition is ligand-dependent. To address these outstanding questions, monoclonal antibodies were produced in MR1 knock-out mice immunized with recombinant MR1 protein, and a series of MR1 mutations were generated at sites previously shown to disrupt the ability of class Ia molecules to bind peptide or TCR. Here we show that 1) MR1 molecules are detected by monoclonal antibodies in either an open or folded conformation that correlates precisely with peptide-induced conformational changes in class Ia molecules, 2) only the folded MR1 conformer activated 2/2 MAIT hybridoma cells tested, 3) the pattern of MAIT cell activation by the MR1 mutants implies the MR1/TCR orientation is strikingly similar to published major histocompatibility complex/alphabetaTCR engagements, 4) all the MR1 mutations tested and found to severely reduce surface expression of folded molecules were located in the putative ligand binding groove, and 5) certain groove mutants of MR1 that are highly expressed on the cell surface disrupt MAIT cell activation. These combined data strongly support the conclusion that MR1 has an antigen presentation function.
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- Shouxiong Huang
- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
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Clements CS, Kjer-Nielsen L, Kostenko L, Hoare HL, Dunstone MA, Moses E, Freed K, Brooks AG, Rossjohn J, McCluskey J. Crystal structure of HLA-G: a nonclassical MHC class I molecule expressed at the fetal-maternal interface. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2005; 102:3360-5. [PMID: 15718280 PMCID: PMC552935 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0409676102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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HLA-G is a nonclassical major histocompatibility complex class I (MHC-I) molecule that is primarily expressed at the fetal-maternal interface, where it is thought to play a role in protecting the fetus from the maternal immune response. HLA-G binds a limited repertoire of peptides and interacts with the inhibitory leukocyte Ig-like receptors LIR-1 and LIR-2 and possibly with certain natural killer cell receptors. To gain further insights into HLA-G function, we determined the 1.9-A structure of a monomeric HLA-G complexed to a natural endogenous peptide ligand from histone H2A (RIIPRHLQL). An extensive network of contacts between the peptide and the antigen-binding cleft reveal a constrained mode of binding reminiscent of the nonclassical HLA-E molecule, thereby providing a structural basis for the limited peptide repertoire of HLA-G. The alpha3 domain of HLA-G, a candidate binding site for the LIR-1 and -2 inhibitory receptors, is structurally distinct from the alpha3 domains of classical MHC-I molecules, providing a rationale for the observed affinity differences for these ligands. The structural data suggest a head-to-tail mode of dimerization, mediated by an intermolecular disulfide bond, that is consistent with the observation of HLA-G dimers on the cell surface.
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- Craig S Clements
- Protein Crystallography Unit, Monash Centre for Synchrotron Science, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Biomedical Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia
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Leinders-Zufall T, Brennan P, Widmayer P, S PC, Maul-Pavicic A, Jäger M, Li XH, Breer H, Zufall F, Boehm T. MHC class I peptides as chemosensory signals in the vomeronasal organ. Science 2004; 306:1033-7. [PMID: 15528444 DOI: 10.1126/science.1102818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 391] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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The mammalian vomeronasal organ detects social information about gender, status, and individuality. The molecular cues carrying this information remain largely unknown. Here, we show that small peptides that serve as ligands for major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I molecules function also as sensory stimuli for a subset of vomeronasal sensory neurons located in the basal Gao- and V2R receptor-expressing zone of the vomeronasal epithelium. In behaving mice, the same peptides function as individuality signals underlying mate recognition in the context of pregnancy block. MHC peptides constitute a previously unknown family of chemosensory stimuli by which MHC genotypic diversity can influence social behavior.
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- Trese Leinders-Zufall
- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
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Chiang EY, Stroynowski I. A Nonclassical MHC Class I Molecule Restricts CTL-Mediated Rejection of a Syngeneic Melanoma Tumor. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2004; 173:4394-401. [PMID: 15383569 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.173.7.4394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Although CTL and polymorphic, classical MHC class I molecules have well defined roles in the immune response against tumors, little is currently known regarding the participation of nonpolymorphic, nonclassical MHC class I in antitumor immunity. Using an MHC class I-deficient melanoma as a model tumor, we demonstrate that Q9, a murine MHC class Ib molecule from the Qa-2 family, expressed on the surface of tumor cells, protects syngeneic hosts from melanoma outgrowth. Q9-mediated protective immunity is lost or greatly diminished in mice deficient in CTL, including beta(2)-microglobulin knockout (KO), CD8 KO, and SCID mice. In contrast, the Q9 antitumor effects are not detectably suppressed in CD4 KO mice with decreased Th cell activity. Killing by antitumor CTL in vitro is Q9 specific and can be blocked by anti-Q9 and anti-CD8 Abs. The adaptive Q9-restricted CTL response leads to immunological memory, because mice that resist the initial tumor challenge reject subsequent challenges with less immunogenic tumor variants and show expansion of CD8(+) T cell populations with an activated/memory CD44(high) phenotype. Collectively, these studies demonstrate that a MHC class Ib molecule can serve as a restriction element for antitumor CTL and mediate protective immune responses in a syngeneic setting.
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MESH Headings
- ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 3
- ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters/administration & dosage
- ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters/genetics
- ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters/immunology
- Animals
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Dose-Response Relationship, Immunologic
- Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte/administration & dosage
- Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte/genetics
- Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte/immunology
- Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte/physiology
- Graft Rejection/genetics
- Graft Rejection/immunology
- Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor/administration & dosage
- Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor/genetics
- Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor/immunology
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class I/administration & dosage
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class I/biosynthesis
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class I/genetics
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class I/immunology
- Immunologic Memory/genetics
- Lymphocyte Activation/genetics
- Melanoma, Experimental/genetics
- Melanoma, Experimental/immunology
- Melanoma, Experimental/prevention & control
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Knockout
- Mice, SCID
- Neoplasm Transplantation/immunology
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/immunology
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/metabolism
- T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic/immunology
- T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic/metabolism
- Transplantation, Isogeneic
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- Eugene Y Chiang
- Center for Immunology, Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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Ploss A, Lauvau G, Contos B, Kerksiek KM, Guirnalda PD, Leiner I, Lenz LL, Bevan MJ, Pamer EG. Promiscuity of MHC class Ib-restricted T cell responses. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2004; 171:5948-55. [PMID: 14634106 PMCID: PMC2791464 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.171.11.5948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Murine infection with the Gram-positive intracellular bacterium Listeria monocytogenes activates CD8(+) T cells that recognize bacterially derived N-formyl methionine peptides in the context of H2-M3 MHC class Ib molecules. Three peptides, fMIGWII, fMIVIL, and fMIVTLF, are targets of L. monocytogenes-specific CD8(+) T cells. To investigate epitope cross-recognition by H2-M3-restricted CD8(+) T cells, we deleted the sequence encoding fMIGWII from a virulent strain of L. monocytogenes. Infection with fMIGWII-deficient L. monocytogenes unexpectedly primed CD8(+) T cells that stain with fMIGWII/H2-M3 tetramers and lyse fMIGWII-coated target cells in vivo. Because the fMIGWII sequence is nonredundant, we speculated that other bacterially derived Ags are priming these responses. HPLC peptide fractionation of bacterial culture supernatants revealed several distinct L. monocytogenes-derived peptides that are recognized by fMIGWII-specific T cells. Our results demonstrate that the dominant H2-M3-restricted CD8(+) T cell population, although reactive with fMIGWII, is primed by other, non-fMIGWII peptides derived from L. monocytogenes. Although this degree of Ag receptor promiscuity is unusual for the adaptive immune system, it may be a more common feature of T cell responses restricted by nonpolymorphic MHC class Ib molecules.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/metabolism
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/microbiology
- Cell Line
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Clone Cells
- Cytotoxicity, Immunologic
- Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte/genetics
- Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte/immunology
- Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte/metabolism
- Female
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class I/genetics
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class I/immunology
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class I/metabolism
- Immunodominant Epitopes/genetics
- Immunodominant Epitopes/immunology
- Immunodominant Epitopes/metabolism
- Injections, Intravenous
- Ligands
- Listeria monocytogenes/genetics
- Listeria monocytogenes/immunology
- Mast-Cell Sarcoma/immunology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Sequence Deletion
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/immunology
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/metabolism
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/microbiology
- T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic/immunology
- T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic/metabolism
- T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic/microbiology
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- Alexander Ploss
- Infectious Diseases Service, Department of Medicine and Laboratory of Antimicrobial Immunity, Immunology Program, Sloan-Kettering Institute, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021
- Weill Graduate School of Medical Sciences of Cornell University, Immunology Program, New York, NY 10021
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- Institute National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale-E0344, Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis, Institut de Pharmacologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Valbonne Sophia-Antipolis, France
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- Section of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520
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- Infectious Diseases Service, Department of Medicine and Laboratory of Antimicrobial Immunity, Immunology Program, Sloan-Kettering Institute, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720
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- Department of Immunology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195
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- Infectious Diseases Service, Department of Medicine and Laboratory of Antimicrobial Immunity, Immunology Program, Sloan-Kettering Institute, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021
- Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Eric G. Pamer, Infectious Diseases Service, Department of Medicine and Laboratory of Antimicrobial Immunity, Immunology Program, Sloan-Kettering Institute, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021.
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Lau P, Amadou C, Brun H, Rouillon V, McLaren F, Le Rolle AF, Graham M, Butcher GW, Joly E. Characterisation of RT1-E2, a multigenic family of highly conserved rat non-classical MHC class I molecules initially identified in cells from immunoprivileged sites. BMC Immunol 2003; 4:7. [PMID: 12837137 PMCID: PMC183868 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2172-4-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2003] [Accepted: 07/01/2003] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND So-called "immunoprivileged sites" are tissues or organs where slow allograft rejection correlates with low levels of expression of MHC class I molecules. Whilst classical class I molecules are recognised by cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL), some MHC class I molecules are called "non-classical" because they exhibit low polymorphism and are not widely expressed. These last years, several studies have shown that these can play different, more specialised roles than their classical counterparts. In the course of efforts to characterise MHC class I expression in rat cells obtained from immunoprivileged sites such as the central nervous system or the placenta, a new family of non-classical MHC class I molecules, which we have named RT1-E2, has been uncovered. RESULTS Members of the RT1-E2 family are all highly homologous to one another, and the number of RT1-E2 loci varies from one to four per MHC haplotype among the six rat strains studied so far, with some loci predicted to give rise to soluble molecules. The RT1n MHC haplotype (found in BN rats) carries a single RT1-E2 locus, which lies in the RT1-C/E region of the MHC and displays the typical exon-intron organisation and promoter features seen in other rat MHC class I genes. We present evidence that: i) RT1-E2 molecules can be detected at the surface of transfected mouse L cells and simian COS-7 cells, albeit at low levels; ii) their transport to the cell surface is dependent on a functional TAP transporter. In L cells, their transport is also hindered by protease inhibitors, brefeldin A and monensin. CONCLUSIONS These findings suggest that RT1-E2 molecules probably associate with ligands of peptidic nature. The high homology between the RT1-E2 molecules isolated from divergent rat MHC haplotypes is particularly striking at the level of their extra-cellular portions. Compared to other class I molecules, this suggests that RT1-E2 molecules may associate with well defined sets of ligands. Several characteristics point to a certain similarity to the mouse H2-Qa2 and human HLA-G molecules.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- COS Cells
- Cell Line
- Cells, Cultured
- Chlorocebus aethiops
- Cloning, Molecular
- Conserved Sequence/genetics
- DNA, Complementary/chemistry
- DNA, Complementary/genetics
- Female
- Flow Cytometry
- Gene Expression
- Green Fluorescent Proteins
- Histocompatibility Antigens/genetics
- Luminescent Proteins/genetics
- Luminescent Proteins/metabolism
- Male
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Multigene Family/genetics
- Neostriatum/cytology
- Neostriatum/metabolism
- Phylogeny
- Promoter Regions, Genetic/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Rats
- Rats, Inbred Lew
- Recombinant Fusion Proteins/genetics
- Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Sequence Alignment
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
- Transfection
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- Pierre Lau
- IFR Claude de Préval, INSERM U563, CHU Purpan, 31300 Toulouse, France
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- IFR Claude de Préval, INSERM U563, CHU Purpan, 31300 Toulouse, France
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- IFR Claude de Préval, INSERM U563, CHU Purpan, 31300 Toulouse, France
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- IFR Claude de Préval, INSERM U563, CHU Purpan, 31300 Toulouse, France
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- The Functional Immunogenetics Laboratory, The Babraham Institute, Cambridge CB2 4AT, UK
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- The Functional Immunogenetics Laboratory, The Babraham Institute, Cambridge CB2 4AT, UK
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- The Functional Immunogenetics Laboratory, The Babraham Institute, Cambridge CB2 4AT, UK
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- The Functional Immunogenetics Laboratory, The Babraham Institute, Cambridge CB2 4AT, UK
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- IFR Claude de Préval, INSERM U563, CHU Purpan, 31300 Toulouse, France
- The Functional Immunogenetics Laboratory, The Babraham Institute, Cambridge CB2 4AT, UK
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López-Briones S, Lamoyi E, Fragoso G, Soloski MJ, Sciutto E. Taenia crassiceps cysticercosis: immune response in susceptible and resistant BALB/c mouse substrains. Parasitol Res 2003; 90:236-42. [PMID: 12783314 DOI: 10.1007/s00436-003-0848-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2002] [Accepted: 01/27/2003] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Taenia crassiceps can naturally and experimentally infect rodents in which they reproduce by budding. Differences in the susceptibility to T. crassiceps cysticercosis were found between two BALB/c substrains: BALB/cAnN (susceptible) and BALB/cJ (resistant). In chimeric mice, resistance was transferred to susceptible mice with bone marrow cells from the resistant mice, which argues in favor of an immune mediation of the resistant phenotype. To further explore the immune response that could underlie these differences in susceptibility, the specific cellular immune response elicited by the parasite was explored in both substrains. An increased proliferative response and IL-2 levels were induced by cysticercal antigens only in splenocytes from resistant mice. A decrease in the percentage of CD4(+) (11.1%), CD8(+) (17.5%) was found in splenocytes from susceptible BALB/cAnN mice. A study of the TCRV beta repertoire revealed a significant decrease in V beta 2 in both CD4(+) and CD8(+) splenocytes only in the susceptible BALB/cAnN strain.
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- Sergio López-Briones
- Department of Immunology, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado Postal 70-228, 04510 Mexico City, Mexico
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Chiang EY, Henson M, Stroynowski I. Correction of defects responsible for impaired Qa-2 class Ib MHC expression on melanoma cells protects mice from tumor growth. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2003; 170:4515-23. [PMID: 12707328 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.170.9.4515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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One of the principal mechanisms of tumor immune evasion is alteration of class I MHC expression. We have identified defects contributing to down-regulation of class I MHC expression in the widely studied murine B16 melanoma and its variants B16F1, B16F10, BL6-2, BL6-8 and B78H1. Transcription of the nonclassical class I MHC genes Q8 and Q9 (Qa-2 Ags) has been switched off in the entire panel of melanoma lines, suggesting that this event occurred early during tumor progression. B78H1, unlike B16F1 and B16F10 sublines, is also selectively devoid of TAP2 and low molecular weight protein 7 as well as classical class I MHC K(b) and D(b) transcripts. Cotransfection of B78H1 with TAP2 and class I H chain genes is sufficient to reconstitute surface expression of exogenously delivered class I MHC without concomitant re-expression of endogenous beta(2)-microglobulin-associated class I. The serological absence of endogenous class Ia and Ib at the surface of TAP2-negative as well as TAP2-transfected B78H1 makes this system a suitable model for studying the properties of isolated class I proteins in tumors. We used this system to demonstrate that B78H1 cells genetically manipulated to re-express Q9 Ag have reduced tumor potential in syngeneic B6 mice compared with TAP2-transfected parental melanoma. Both NK cells and CTLs appear to collaborate in restraining growth of Q9-positive tumors. The results implicate Qa-2 in antitumor responses and illustrate the utility of the B78H1 system for identifying in vivo interactions between class I MHC molecules of interest and immune cells of innate and/or adaptive immunity.
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MESH Headings
- ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 3
- ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters/genetics
- Animals
- Antigen Presentation/genetics
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- Cell Division/genetics
- Cell Division/immunology
- Cell Line, Transformed
- Down-Regulation/genetics
- Down-Regulation/immunology
- Genetic Vectors
- Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor/genetics
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class I/biosynthesis
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class I/genetics
- Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes/genetics
- Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes/immunology
- Killer Cells, Natural/immunology
- Melanoma, Experimental/immunology
- Melanoma, Experimental/pathology
- Melanoma, Experimental/prevention & control
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Neoplasm Transplantation
- Transduction, Genetic/methods
- Transfection
- Tumor Cells, Cultured
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Affiliation(s)
- Eugene Y Chiang
- Center for Immunology, Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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Liu Y, Xiong Y, Naidenko OV, Liu JH, Zhang R, Joachimiak A, Kronenberg M, Cheroutre H, Reinherz EL, Wang JH. The crystal structure of a TL/CD8alphaalpha complex at 2.1 A resolution: implications for modulation of T cell activation and memory. Immunity 2003; 18:205-15. [PMID: 12594948 DOI: 10.1016/s1074-7613(03)00027-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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TL is a nonclassical MHC class I molecule that modulates T cell activation through relatively high-affinity interaction with CD8alphaalpha. To investigate how the TL/CD8alphaalpha interaction influences TCR signaling, we characterized the structure of the TL/CD8alphaalpha complex using X-ray crystallography. Unlike antigen-presenting molecules, the TL antigen-binding groove is occluded by specific conformational changes. This feature eliminates antigen presentation, severely hampers direct TCR recognition, and prevents TL from participating in the TCR activation complex. At the same time, the TL/CD8alphaalpha interaction is strengthened through subtle structure changes in the TL alpha3 domain. Thus, TL functions to sequester and redirect CD8alphaalpha away from the TCR, modifying lck-dependent signaling.
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Affiliation(s)
- Yiwei Liu
- Laboratory of Immunobiology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Chiang EY, Henson M, Stroynowski I. The nonclassical major histocompatibility complex molecule Qa-2 protects tumor cells from NK cell- and lymphokine-activated killer cell-mediated cytolysis. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2002; 168:2200-11. [PMID: 11859106 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.168.5.2200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The cytotoxic activity of NK cells is regulated by class I MHC proteins. Although much has been learned about NK recognition of class I autologous targets, the mechanisms of NK self-tolerance are poorly understood. To examine the role of a nonpolymorphic, ubiquitously expressed class Ib Ag, Q9, we expressed it on class I-deficient and NK-sensitive B78H1 melanoma. Presence of this Qa-2 family member on tumor cells partially protected targets from lysis by bulk lymphokine-activated killer (LAK) cells. H-2K(b)-expressing B78H1 targets also reduced LAK cell activity, while H-2D(b) offered no protection. Importantly, blocking with F(ab')(2) specific for Q9 or removal of this GPI-attached molecule by phospholipase C cleavage restored killing to the level of vector-transfected cells. Experiments with LAK cells derived from H2(b) SCID and B6 mice established that NK1.1(+)TCR(-) NK and NK1.1(+)TCR(+) LAK cells were the prevalent cytolytic populations inhibitable by Q9. Treatment of mice with poly(I:C) also resulted in generation of Q9-regulated splenic cytotoxicity. LAK cells from different mouse strains responded to Q9, suggesting that the protective effect of this molecule is not detectably influenced by Ly49 polymorphisms or the presence/absence of Q9 in NK-harboring hosts. We propose that Q9 expressed on melanoma cells serves as a ligand for yet unidentified NK inhibitory receptor(s) expressed on NK1.1(+) NK/T cells.
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Affiliation(s)
- Eugene Y Chiang
- Center for Immunology, Departments of Microbiology and Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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