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D'Orsogna LJ, Nguyen THO, Claas FHJ, Witt C, Mifsud NA. Endogenous-peptide-dependent alloreactivity: new scientific insights and clinical implications. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014; 81:399-407. [PMID: 23646948 DOI: 10.1111/tan.12115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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T-cell alloreactivity is generated via immune responsiveness directed against allogeneic (allo) human leucocyte antigen (HLA) molecules. Whilst the alloresponse is of extraordinary potency and frequency, it has often been assumed to be less peptide-specific than conventional T-cell reactivity. Recently, several human studies have shown that both alloreactive CD8(+) and CD4(+) T cells exhibit exquisite allo-HLA and endogenous peptide specificity that has also underpinned tissue-specific allorecognition. In this review, we summarize former and recent scientific evidence in support of endogenous peptide (self-peptide)-dependence of T-cell alloreactivity. The clinical implications of these findings will be discussed in the context of both solid organ transplantation and haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Insights into the understanding of the molecular basis of T-cell allorecognition will probably translate into improved allograft survival outcomes, lower frequencies of graft vs host disease and could potentially be exploited for selective graft vs leukaemia effect to improve clinical outcomes following HSCT.
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- L J D'Orsogna
- Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.
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Chen J, Yin H, Xu J, Wang Q, Edelblum KL, Sciammas R, Chong AS. Reversing endogenous alloreactive B cell GC responses with anti-CD154 or CTLA-4Ig. Am J Transplant 2013; 13:2280-92. [PMID: 23855587 PMCID: PMC3797532 DOI: 10.1111/ajt.12350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2013] [Revised: 05/07/2013] [Accepted: 05/27/2013] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Alloantibodies mediate acute antibody-mediated rejection as well as chronic allograft rejection in clinical transplantation. To better understand the cellular dynamics driving antibody production, we focused on the activation and differentiation of alloreactive B cells in the draining lymph nodes and spleen following sensitization to allogeneic cells or hearts. We used a modified staining approach with a single MHC Class I tetramer (K(d)) bound to two different fluorochromes to discriminate between the Class I-binding and fluorochrome-streptavidin-binding B cells with a high degree of specificity and binding efficiency. By Day 7-8 postsensitization, there was a 1.5- to 3.2-fold increase in the total numbers of K(d) -binding B cells. Within this K(d) -binding B cell population, approximately half were IgD(low) , MHC Class II(high) and CD86(+), 30-45% expressed a germinal center (Fas(+) GL7(+)) phenotype and 3-12% were IRF4(hi) plasma cells. Remarkably, blockade with anti-CD40 or CTLA-4Ig, starting on Day 7 postimmunization for 1 or 4 weeks, completely dissolved established GCs and halted further development of the alloantibody response. Thus MHC Class I tetramers can specifically track the in vivo fate of endogenous, Class I-specific B cells and was used to demonstrate the ability of delayed treatment with anti-CD154 or CTLA-4Ig to halt established allo-B cell responses.
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- J Chen
- Section of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
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Duquesnoy RJ, Marrari M, Jelenik L, Zeevi A, Claas FHJ, Mulder A. Structural aspects of HLA class I epitopes reacting with human monoclonal antibodies in Ig-binding, C1q-binding and lymphocytotoxicity assays. Hum Immunol 2013; 74:1271-9. [PMID: 23770250 DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2013.05.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2012] [Revised: 04/24/2013] [Accepted: 05/29/2013] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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This study addresses the reactivity patterns of human cytotoxic HLA class I epitope-specific monoclonal antibodies in Ig-binding and complement component C1q-binding Luminex assays in comparison with complement-dependent lymphocytotoxicity data reported at the 13th International HLA Workshop. Some monoclonal antibodies reacted similarly with epitope-carrying alleles in all three assays but others showed different reactivity patterns. These reactivity differences were analyzed with HLAMatchmaker and we incorporated the concept that eplets are essential parts of structural epitopes which can contact the six Complementarity Determining Regions (CDRs) of antibody. The data show that technique-dependent reactivity patterns are associated with distinct differences between polymorphic amino acid configurations on eplet-defined structural epitopes. The findings have been viewed in context of antigen-antibody complex formation that results in the release of free energy necessary to stabilize binding and to induce conformational changes in the antibody molecule to expose the C1q binding site, the first step of complement activation. Moreover the amount of free energy should be sufficient to induce a conformational change of C1q thereby initiating the first stages of the classical complement cascade leading to lymphocytotoxicity. The complement-fixing properties of HLA antibodies require not only specific recognition of eplets but also depend on interactions of other CDRs with critical amino acid configurations within the structural epitope. Eplet-carrying alleles that lack such configurations may only bind with antibody. This concept is important to our understanding whether or not complement-fixing donor-specific HLA antibodies can initiate antibody-mediated rejection.
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- Rene J Duquesnoy
- Division of Transplant Pathology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, United States.
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Duquesnoy RJ, Marrari M, Mulder A, Claas FHJ, Mostecki J, Balazs I. Structural aspects of human leukocyte antigen class I epitopes detected by human monoclonal antibodies. Hum Immunol 2011; 73:267-77. [PMID: 22227099 DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2011.11.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2011] [Revised: 11/08/2011] [Accepted: 11/30/2011] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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This study addresses the concept that human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I-specific alloantibodies are specific for epitopes that correspond to HLAMatchmaker-defined eplets. Eplets are essential parts of so-called structural epitopes that make contact with the 6 complementarity determining regions of an antibody. From published molecular models of crystallized protein antigen-antibody complexes, we have calculated that contact residues on structural HLA epitopes should reside within a 15-Å radius of a mismatched eplet. This study addresses the structural basis of high-frequency HLA class I epitopes reacting with human monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) derived from women sensitized during pregnancy. All mAbs were tested in Luminex assays with single HLA allele panels. The HLAMatchmaker algorithm was used to determine their specificity in context with eplet sharing between the immunizing allele and antibody-reactive alleles. To assess the autoreactive B cell origin of these antibodies, we have applied the recently developed nonself-self paradigm of epitope immunogenicity to analyze residue differences between the immunizer and the alleles of the antibody producer. A total of 9 mAbs were specific for epitopes associated with the 41T, 80NRG, 163LW, 69AA, or 80ERILR eplets. In each case, the immunizing allele had within 15 Å of the mismatched eplet, no residue differences with 1 of the alleles of the antibody producer. This observation is consistent with the concept that these mAbs originated from B cells with self HLA immunoglobulin receptors. Eplet-carrying alleles exhibited different levels of reactivity, which, when compared with the immunizing allele, ranged from high to intermediate to very low. In many cases, lower reactivities were associated with differences from self to nonself residues in surface locations within 15 Å of the specific eplet. Apparently, such locations may serve as critical contact sites for the antibody. In other cases, other residue differences did not appear to affect binding with the antibody, suggesting that these locations do not play a major role in antibody binding. For these mAbs we did not obtain convincing evidence that residue differences in hidden positions below the molecular surface had significant effects on antibody binding. These findings have increased our understanding of the structural basis of the immunogenicity and antigenicity of HLA class I epitopes and provide a basis for interpreting HLA antibody reactivity patterns in Luminex assays with single alleles.
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- Rene J Duquesnoy
- Division of Transplantation Pathology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA.
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STAGSTED JAN. Journey beyond immunology. Regulation of receptor internalization by major histocompatibility complex class I (MHC-I) and effect of peptides derived from MHC-I. APMIS 2011. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.1998.tb05657.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Gardiner A, Richards KA, Sant AJ, Arneson LS. Conformation of MHC class II I-Ag7 is sensitive to the P9 anchor amino acid in bound peptide. Int Immunol 2007; 19:1103-13. [PMID: 17855434 DOI: 10.1093/intimm/dxm081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Type I diabetes is a chronic autoimmune disease resulting in the destruction of insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas. In humans, disease incidence is linked to expression of specific MHC class II alleles and in mice type I diabetes is associated with the class II allele I-A(g7). I-A(g7) contains a polymorphism that is shared by human class II alleles associated with the disease, at position 57 in the beta chain, in which aspartic acid is changed to a serine. The P9 pocket in the peptide-binding groove is in part shaped by beta57, and therefore the structure of this pocket is modified in I-A(g7). Using mAbs, we have previously determined that alternative conformations of I-A(g7) form in response to peptide binding. In this study, we have extended these findings by examining how peptides induce I-A(g7) molecules to adopt different conformations. By mutating the amino acid in the P9 position of either class II-associated invariant chain peptide (CLIP) or glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) 65 (207-220), we have determined that the chemical nature of the P9 anchor amino acid, either acidic or small hydrophobic, affects the overall conformation of the I-A(g7) class II molecule. T cell hybridomas specific for GAD 65 (207-220) in the context of I-A(g7) were also examined for recognition of I-A(g7) bound to GAD 65 (207-220), in which Glu(217) in the P9 position was changed to alanine. We found that although some TCRs were able to recognize both peptides in the context of I-A(g7), and thus both class II conformations, approximately one-third of the T cells tested were not able to recognize the alternate class II conformation formed with the mutated peptide. These results indicate that the I-A(g7) conformations may affect functional activation of T cells, and thus may play a role in autoimmunity.
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- Amy Gardiner
- Department of Biology, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Avenue NW Washington, DC 20016, USA
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Racape J, Connan F, Hoebeke J, Choppin J, Guillet JG. Influence of dominant HIV-1 epitopes on HLA-A3/peptide complex formation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006; 103:18208-13. [PMID: 17116886 PMCID: PMC1654130 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0609029103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2006] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The binding of peptides to MHC class I molecules induces MHC/peptide complexes that have specific conformational features. Little is known about the molecular and structural bases required for an optimal MHC/peptide association able to induce a dominant T cell response. We sought to characterize the interaction between purified HLA-A3 molecules and four well known CD8 epitopes from HIV-1 proteins. To define the characteristics of HLA-peptide complex formation and to identify potential structural changes, we used biochemical assays that detect well formed complexes. We tested the amplitude, stability, and kinetic parameters of the interaction between HLA-A3, peptides, and anti-HLA mAbs. Our results show that the four epitopes Nef73-82, Pol325-333, Env37-46, and Gag20-28 bind strongly to HLA-A3 molecules and form very stable complexes that are detected with differential patterns of mAb reactivity. The most striking result is the nonrecognition of the HLA-A3/Gag20-28 complex by the A11.1M mAb specific to HLA-A3/-A11 alleles. To explain this observation, from the data published on HLA-A11 crystallographic structure, we propose molecular models of the HLA-A3 molecule complexed with Nef73-82, Pol325-333, and Gag20-28 epitopes. In the HLA-A3/Gag20-28 complex, we suggest that Arg at position P1 of the peptide may push the alpha2 helix residue Trp-167 of HLA-A3 and affect mAb recognition. Such observations may have great implications for T cell antigen receptor recognition and the immunogenicity of HLA/peptide complexes.
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- Judith Racape
- Département d'Immunologie, Institut Cochin, F-75014 Paris, France
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Unité 567, F-75014 Paris, France
- Faculté de Médecine René Descartes, Université Paris 5, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Unité Mixte de Recherche 8104, F-75014 Paris, France; and
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- Département d'Immunologie, Institut Cochin, F-75014 Paris, France
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Unité 567, F-75014 Paris, France
- Faculté de Médecine René Descartes, Université Paris 5, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Unité Mixte de Recherche 8104, F-75014 Paris, France; and
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- Institut de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Unité Propre de la Recherche 9021, 15 Rue René Descartes, F67084 Strasbourg, France
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- Département d'Immunologie, Institut Cochin, F-75014 Paris, France
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Unité 567, F-75014 Paris, France
- Faculté de Médecine René Descartes, Université Paris 5, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Unité Mixte de Recherche 8104, F-75014 Paris, France; and
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- Département d'Immunologie, Institut Cochin, F-75014 Paris, France
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Unité 567, F-75014 Paris, France
- Faculté de Médecine René Descartes, Université Paris 5, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Unité Mixte de Recherche 8104, F-75014 Paris, France; and
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Mulder A, Eijsink C, Kester MGD, Franke MEI, Kardol MJ, Heemskerk MHM, van Kooten C, Verreck FA, Drijfhout JW, Koning F, Doxiadis IIN, Claas FHJ. Impact of Peptides on the Recognition of HLA Class I Molecules by Human HLA Antibodies. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2005; 175:5950-7. [PMID: 16237088 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.175.9.5950] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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MHC class I molecules expressed on cell surfaces are composed of H chain, beta2-microglobulin and any of a vast array of peptides. The role of peptide in the recognition of HLA class I by serum HLA Abs is unknown. In this study, the solid-phase assay of a series (n = 11) of HLA-A2-reactive, pregnancy-induced, human mAbs on a panel (n = 12) of recombinant monomeric HLA-A2 molecules, each containing a single peptide, revealed peptide selectivity of the mAbs. The flow cytometry membrane staining intensities on the HLA-A2-transduced cell line K562, caused by these mAbs, correlated with the number of monomer species detected by the mAbs. Flow cytometry staining on HLA-A2-bearing cell lines of a variety of lineages was indicative of tissue selectivity of these HLA-A2 mAbs. This tissue selectivity suggests that the deleterious effect on allografts is confined to alloantibodies recognizing only HLA class I loaded with peptides that are derived from tissue-specific and household proteins. Since Abs that are only reactive with HLA loaded with irrelevant peptides are expected to be harmless toward allografts, the practice of HLA Ab determination on lymphocyte-derived HLA deserves reconsideration.
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- Arend Mulder
- Department of Immunohematology and Bloodtransfusion, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
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Janković V, Remus K, Molano A, Nikolich-Zugich J. T cell recognition of an engineered MHC class I molecule: implications for peptide-independent alloreactivity. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2002; 169:1887-92. [PMID: 12165513 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.169.4.1887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Previously, we described H-2K(bW9) (K(bW9)), an engineered variant of the murine MHC class I molecule H-2K(b) (K(b)), devoid of the central anchor ("C") pocket owing to a point mutation on the floor of the peptide binding site; this substitution drastically altered selection of bound peptides, such that the peptide repertoires of K(b) and K(bW9) are largely nonoverlapping in vivo. On the basis of these observations, we used K(bW9) and K(b) to revisit the role of peptides in alloreactive T cell recognition. We first compared Ab and TCR recognition of K(bW9) and K(b). Six of six K(b)-specific mAbs, directed against different parts of the molecule, recognized K(bW9) well, albeit at different levels than K(b). Furthermore, K(bW9) readily served as a restriction element for a peptide-specific syngeneic CTL response. Therefore, K(bW9) mutation did not result in gross distortions of the TCR-interacting surface of class I, which was comparable between K(b) and K(bW9). Interestingly, when K(bW9) was used to stimulate allogeneic T cells, it induced an infrequent CTL population that cross-reacted against K(b) and was specific for peptide-independent MHC epitopes. By contrast, K(b)-induced alloreactive CTLs recognized K(b) in a peptide-specific manner, did not cross-react on K(bW9), and were present at much higher frequencies than those induced by K(bW9). Thus, induction of rare peptide-independent CTLs depended on unique structural features of K(bW9), likely due to the elevated floor of the peptide-binding groove and the consequent protruding position of the peptide. These results shed new light on the relationship between TCR and peptide-MHC complex in peptide-independent allorecognition.
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- Vladimir Janković
- Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute and Oregon National Primate Research Center, Oregon Health and Science University, Beaverton, OR 97006, USA
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Arneson LS, Peterson M, Sant AJ. The MHC class II molecule I-Ag7 exists in alternate conformations that are peptide dependent. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2000; 165:2059-67. [PMID: 10925290 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.165.4.2059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus is an autoimmune disease that is genetically linked to the HLA class II molecule DQ in humans and to MHC I-Ag7 in nonobese diabetic mice. The I-Ag7 beta-chain is unique and contains multiple polymorphisms, at least one of which is shared with DQ alleles linked to insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. This polymorphism occurs at position 57 in the beta-chain, in which aspartic acid is mutated to a serine, a change that results in the loss of an interchain salt bridge between alphaArg76 and betaAsp57 at the periphery of the peptide binding groove. Using mAbs we have identified alternative conformations of I-Ag7 class II molecules. By using an invariant chain construct with various peptides engineered into the class II-associated invariant chain peptide (CLIP) region we have found that formation of these conformations is dependent on the peptide occupying the binding groove. Blocking studies with these Abs indicate that these conformations are present at the cell surface and are capable of interactions with TCRs that result in T cell activation.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/metabolism
- Antigen Presentation/genetics
- Antigens, Differentiation, B-Lymphocyte/genetics
- Antigens, Differentiation, B-Lymphocyte/metabolism
- Binding Sites/genetics
- Binding Sites/immunology
- Cell Line
- Cell Membrane/chemistry
- Cell Membrane/genetics
- Cell Membrane/metabolism
- Genetic Vectors
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class II/chemistry
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class II/genetics
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class II/metabolism
- Lymphocyte Activation
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred CBA
- Mice, Inbred NOD
- Mutagenesis, Site-Directed
- Peptides/chemistry
- Peptides/genetics
- Peptides/immunology
- Peptides/metabolism
- Protein Conformation
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/metabolism
- T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- T-Lymphocytes/metabolism
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- L S Arneson
- Department of Pathology, Committee on Immunology and Cancer Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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Gakamsky DM, Boyd LF, Margulies DH, Davis DM, Strominger JL, Pecht I. An allosteric mechanism controls antigen presentation by the H-2K(b) complex. Biochemistry 1999; 38:12165-73. [PMID: 10508421 DOI: 10.1021/bi9905821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The mechanism of assembly/dissociation of a recombinant water-soluble class I major histocompatibility complex (MHC) H-2Kb molecule was studied by a real-time fluorescence resonance energy transfer method. Like the H-2Kd ternary complex [Gakamsky et al. (1996) Biochemistry 35, 14841-14848], the interactions among the heavy chain, beta2-microglobulin (beta2m), and antigenic peptides were found to be controlled by an allosteric mechanism. Association of the heavy chain with beta2m increased peptide binding rate constants by more than 2 orders of magnitude and enhanced affinity of the heavy-chain molecule for peptides. Interaction of peptides with the heavy-chain binding site, in turn, increased markedly the affinity of the heavy chain for beta2m. Binding of peptide variants of the ovalbumin sequence (257-264) to the heavy chain/beta2m heterodimer was found to be a biphasic reaction. The fast phase was a second-order process with nearly the same rate constants as those of binding of peptides derived from the influenza virus nucleoprotein 147-155 to the H-2Kd heavy chain/beta2m heterodimer [(3.0 +/- 1.0) x 10(-6) M-1 s-1 at 37 degrees C]. The slow phase was a result of both the ternary complex assembly from the "free" heavy chain, beta2m, and peptide as well as an intramolecular conformational transition within the heavy chain/beta2m heterodimer to a peptide binding conformation. Biexponential kinetics of peptide or beta2m dissociation from the ternary complex were observed. They suggest that it can exist in two conformations. The rate constants of beta2m dissociation from the H-2Kb ternary complex were, in the limits of experimental accuracy, independent of the structure of the bound peptide, though their affinities differed by an order of magnitude. Dissociation of peptides from the Kb heavy chain was always faster than from the ternary complexes, yet the heavy chain/peptide complexes were considerably more stable compared with their Kd/nucleoprotein peptide counterparts.
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- D M Gakamsky
- Department of Immunology, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
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Saito NG, Chang HC, Paterson Y. Recognition of an MHC Class I-Restricted Antigenic Peptide Can Be Modulated by para-Substitution of Its Buried Tyrosine Residues in a TCR-Specific Manner. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 1999. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.162.10.5998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Conformational dependence of TCR contact residues of the H-2Kb molecule on the two buried tyrosine side chains of the vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV)-8 peptide was investigated by systematic substitutions of the tyrosines with phenylalanine, p-fluorophenylalanine (pFF), or p-bromophenylalanine (pBrF). The results of peptide competition CTL assays revealed that all of the peptide variants, except for the pBrF analogues, had near-native binding to the H-2Kb molecule. Epitope-mapped anti-H-2Kb mAbs detected conformational differences among H-2Kb molecules stabilized with these VSV-8 variants on RMA-S cells. Selective recognition of the VSV-8 analogues was displayed by a panel of three H-2Kb-restricted, anti-VSV-8 TCRs. Thus, these substitutions result in an antigenically significant conformational change of the MHC molecular surface structure at both C and D pockets, and the effect of this change on cognate T cell recognition is dependent on the TCR structure. Our results confirm that the structure of buried peptide side chains can determine the surface conformation of the MHC molecule and demonstrate that even a very subtle structural nuance of the buried side chain can be incorporated into the surface conformation of the MHC molecule. The ability of buried residues to modulate this molecular surface augments the number of residues on the MHC-peptide complex that can be recognized as “foreign” by the CD8+ T cell repertoire and allows for a higher level of antigenic discrimination. This may be an important mechanism to expand the total number of TCR specificities that can respond to a single peptide determinant.
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- Naoyuki G. Saito
- *Department of Microbiology and Eldridge Reeves Johnson Foundation for Molecular Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104; and
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- †Laboratory of Immunobiology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115
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- *Department of Microbiology and Eldridge Reeves Johnson Foundation for Molecular Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104; and
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Nishimura Y, Oiso M, Fujisao S, Kanai T, Kira J, Chen YZ, Matsushita S. Peptide-based molecular analyses of HLA class II-associated susceptibility to autoimmune diseases. Int Rev Immunol 1999; 17:229-62. [PMID: 10036633 DOI: 10.3109/08830189809054404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Recent advances in knowledge of crystal structures of MHC class II molecules has advanced understanding of the molecular basis for interactions between peptides and HLA class II molecules. Polymorphism of HLA class II molecules influences structures of peptides bound to HLA class II molecules. To better understand mechanisms related to particular HLA class II alleles and autoimmune diseases, it is important to identify self-peptides presented by disease-susceptible HLA class II molecules and triggering disease-causative autoreactive T cells. Autoimmune diseases occur in Caucasians, Blacks and Asians, albeit with a different incidence. In some autoimmune diseases, disease-susceptible HLA class II alleles are closely related but different, and clinical manifestations of diseases differ among ethnic groups. These phenomena strongly suggest that difference in autoimmune self-peptide(s) in the context of disease-susceptible HLA class II molecules may explain the different clinical manifestations of diseases. Therefore, a comparison among disease-susceptible HLA class II alleles, autoimmune self-peptides and clinical manifestations of autoimmune diseases in different ethnic groups would be instructive. We directed efforts to determining: (1) HLA-class II alleles specific to Asian populations and which are associated with susceptibility to autoimmune diseases, (2) binding-peptide motifs for these HLA class II molecules, and (3) self-peptides presented by susceptible HLA class II molecules to stimulate autoreactive T cells related to the development of autoimmune diseases in Asians. In this review, our related recent investigations are described and the uniqueness of HLA class II-associated autoimmune diseases in Asians is given emphasis.
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- Y Nishimura
- Department of Neuroscience and Immunology, Kumamoto University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Japan.
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Malarkannan S, Shih PP, Eden PA, Horng T, Zuberi AR, Christianson G, Roopenian D, Shastri N. The Molecular and Functional Characterization of a Dominant Minor H Antigen, H60. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 1998. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.161.7.3501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Minor histocompatibility (H) Ags elicit T cell responses and thereby cause chronic graft rejection and graft-vs-host disease among MHC identical individuals. Although numerous independent H loci exist in mice of a given MHC haplotype, certain H Ags dominate the immune response and are thus of considerable conceptual and therapeutic importance. To identify these H Ags and their genes, lacZ-inducible CD8+ T cell hybrids were generated by immunizing C57BL/6 (B6) mice with MHC identical BALB.B spleen cells. The cDNA clones encoding the precursor for the antigenic peptide/Kb MHC class I complex were isolated by expression cloning using the BCZ39.84 T cell as a probe. The cDNAs defined a new H locus (termed H60), located on mouse chromosome 10, and encoded a novel protein that contains the naturally processed octapeptide LTFNYRNL (LYL8) presented by the Kb MHC molecule. Southern blot analysis revealed that the H60 locus was polymorphic among the BALB and the B6 strains. However, none of the H60 transcripts expressed in the donor BALB spleen were detected in the host B6 strain. The expression and immunogenicity of the LYL8/Kb complex in BALB.B and CXB recombinant inbred strains strongly suggested that the H60 locus may account for one of the previously described antigenic activity among these strains. The results establish the source of an immunodominant autosomal minor H Ag that, by its differential transcription in the donor vs the host strains, provides a novel peptide/MHC target for host CD8+ T cells.
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- Subramaniam Malarkannan
- *Division of Immunology, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720; and
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- *Division of Immunology, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720; and
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- *Division of Immunology, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720; and
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- *Division of Immunology, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720; and
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Chervonsky AV, Medzhitov RM, Denzin LK, Barlow AK, Rudensky AY, Janeway CA. Subtle conformational changes induced in major histocompatibility complex class II molecules by binding peptides. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1998; 95:10094-9. [PMID: 9707606 PMCID: PMC21467 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.95.17.10094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Intracellular trafficking of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II molecules is characterized by passage through specialized endocytic compartment(s) where antigenic peptides replace invariant chain fragments in the presence of the DM protein. These changes are accompanied by structural transitions of the MHC molecules that can be visualized by formation of compact SDS-resistant dimers, by changes in binding of mAbs, and by changes in T cell responses. We have observed that a mAb (25-9-17) that is capable of staining I-Ab on the surface of normal B cells failed to interact with I-Ab complexes with a peptide derived from the Ealpha chain of the I-E molecule but bound a similar covalent complex of I-Ab with the class II binding fragment (class II-associated invariant chain peptides) of the invariant chain. Moreover, 25-9-17 blocked activation of several I-Ab-reactive T cell hybridomas but failed to block others, suggesting that numerous I-Ab-peptide complexes acquire the 25-9-17(+) or 25-9-17(-) conformation. Alloreactive T cells were also able to discriminate peptide-dependent variants of MHC class II molecules. Thus, peptides impose subtle structural transitions upon MHC class II molecules that affect T cell recognition and may thus be critical for T cell selection and autiommunity.
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- A V Chervonsky
- Section of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
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Molano A, Erdjument-Bromage H, Fremont DH, Messaoudi I, Tempst P, Nikolić-Žugić J. Peptide Selection by an MHC H-2Kb Class I Molecule Devoid of the Central Anchor (“C”) Pocket. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 1998. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.160.6.2815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The peptide-binding site of the murine MHC class I molecule H-2Kb contains a deep C pocket, that is critical for peptide binding, as it accepts the anchor phenylalanine or tyrosine residue located in the middle (position 5, P5F/Y) of H-2Kb binding peptides. H-2Kb predominantly binds octameric peptides. By both criteria, H-2Kb is unique among the known murine and human class I molecules, none of which have a deep C pocket or preferentially select octamers. We investigated the relative importance of the C pocket in peptide selection and binding by the MHC. An MHC class I H-2Kb variant, KbW9, predicted to contain no C pocket, was engineered by replacing valine at MHC9 with tryptophan. This mutation drastically altered the selection of peptides bound to KbW9. The KbW9 molecule predominantly, if not exclusively, bound nonamers. New peptide anchor residues substituted for the loss of the P5F/Y:C pocket interaction. P3P/Y, which plays an auxiliary role in binding to Kb, assumed the role of a primary anchor, and P5R was selected as a new primary anchor, most likely contacting the E pocket. These experiments demonstrate that the presence of a deep C pocket is responsible for the selection of octameric peptides as the preferred ligands for Kb and provide insight into the adaptation of peptides to a rearranged MHC groove.
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- Alberto Molano
- †Sloan-Kettering Division, Cornell University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, New York, NY 10021; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10168; and
- Immunology and
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- *Molecular Biology Programs, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021
- Immunology and
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- §National Jewish Center for Immunology and Respiratory Medicine, Denver, CO 80206
- Immunology and
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- †Sloan-Kettering Division, Cornell University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, New York, NY 10021; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10168; and
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- *Molecular Biology Programs, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021
- Immunology and
- †Sloan-Kettering Division, Cornell University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, New York, NY 10021; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10168; and
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- †Sloan-Kettering Division, Cornell University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, New York, NY 10021; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10168; and
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Froloff N, Windemuth A, Honig B. On the calculation of binding free energies using continuum methods: application to MHC class I protein-peptide interactions. Protein Sci 1997; 6:1293-301. [PMID: 9194189 PMCID: PMC2143728 DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560060617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 166] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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This paper describes a methodology to calculate the binding free energy (delta G) of a protein-ligand complex using a continuum model of the solvent. A formal thermodynamic cycle is used to decompose the binding free energy into electrostatic and non-electrostatic contributions. In this cycle, the reactants are discharged in water, associated as purely nonpolar entities, and the final complex is then recharged. The total electrostatic free energies of the protein, the ligand, and the complex in water are calculated with the finite difference Poisson-Boltzmann (FDPB) method. The nonpolar (hydrophobic) binding free energy is calculated using a free energy-surface area relationship, with a single alkane/water surface tension coefficient (gamma aw). The loss in backbone and side-chain configurational entropy upon binding is estimated and added to the electrostatic and the nonpolar components of delta G. The methodology is applied to the binding of the murine MHC class I protein H-2Kb with three distinct peptides, and to the human MHC class I protein HLA-A2 in complex with five different peptides. Despite significant differences in the amino acid sequences of the different peptides, the experimental binding free energy differences (delta delta Gexp) are quite small (< 0.3 and < 2.7 kcal/mol for the H-2Kb and HLA-A2 complexes, respectively). For each protein, the calculations are successful in reproducing a fairly small range of values for delta delta Gcalc (< 4.4 and < 5.2 kcal/mol, respectively) although the relative peptide binding affinities of H-2Kb and HLA-A2 are not reproduced. For all protein-peptide complexes that were treated, it was found that electrostatic interactions oppose binding whereas nonpolar interactions drive complex formation. The two types of interactions appear to be correlated in that larger nonpolar contributions to binding are generally opposed by increased electrostatic contributions favoring dissociation. The factors that drive the binding of peptides to MHC proteins are discussed in light of our results.
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- N Froloff
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032, USA
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Smith KD, Kurago ZB, Lutz CT. Conformational changes in MHC class I molecules. Antibody, T-cell receptor, and NK cell recognition in an HLA-B7 model system. Immunol Res 1997; 16:243-59. [PMID: 9379075 DOI: 10.1007/bf02786393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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In this article we review the role of MHC conformation, including peptide-induced MHC conformation, in forming antibody (Ab), T-cell receptor (TCR), and natural killer (NK) cell receptor epitopes. Abs recognize conformational major histocompatibility (MHC) epitopes that often are influenced by the identity of MHC-bound peptide. Diverse TCRs recognize a common docking site on peptide/MHC complexes and directly contact peptide. Human NK cell inhibitory receptors (KIR) appear to recognize limited regions of the HLA alpha (1) helix. DX9+ KIR specifically focus on HLA-B residues 82 and 83. However, NK cells recognize much broader regions of HLA class I molecules and are sensitive to bound peptides. Thus, several classes of lymphocyte receptors are peptide-specific. Peptide specificity could be the result of direct contact with the receptor, or to conformational shifts in MHC residues that interact with both receptor and bound peptide.
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- K D Smith
- Department of Pathology, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City 52242-1182, USA
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Lang J, Jackson M, Teyton L, Brunmark A, Kane K, Nemazee D. B cells are exquisitely sensitive to central tolerance and receptor editing induced by ultralow affinity, membrane-bound antigen. J Exp Med 1996; 184:1685-97. [PMID: 8920858 PMCID: PMC2192881 DOI: 10.1084/jem.184.5.1685] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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To assess the sensitivity of B cell tolerance with respect to receptor/autoantigen affinity, we identified low affinity ligands to the 3-83 (anti-major histocompatibility complex class I) antibody and tested the ability of these ligands to induce central and peripheral tolerance in 3-83 transgenic mice. Several class I protein alloforms, including Kbm3 and Dk, showed remarkably low, but detectable, affinity to 3-83. The 3-83 antibody bound Kb with K lambda approximately 2 x 10(5) M-1 and bound 10-fold more weakly to the Kbm3 (K lambda approximately 2 x 10(4) M-1) and Dk antigens. Breeding 3-83 immunoglobulin transgenic mice with mice expressing these ultralow affinity Kbm3 and Dk ligands resulted in virtually complete deletion of the autoreactive B cells from the peripheral lymphoid tissues. These low affinity antigens also induced receptor editing, as measured by elevated RAG mRNA levels in the bone marrow and excess levels of id- variant B cells bearing lambda light chains in the spleen. Reactive class I antigens were also able to mediate deletion of mature B cells when injected into the peritoneal cavity of 3-83 transgenic mice. Although the highest affinity ligand, Kk, was consistently able to induce elimination of the 3-83 peritoneal B cells, the lower affinity ligands were only partially effective. These results demonstrate the remarkable sensitivity of the deletion and receptor-editing mechanisms in immature B cells, and may suggest a higher affinity threshold for deletion of peripheral, mature B cells.
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- J Lang
- Department of Immunology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver 80220, USA
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Feucht HE, Opelz G. The humoral immune response towards HLA class II determinants in renal transplantation. Kidney Int 1996; 50:1464-75. [PMID: 8914011 DOI: 10.1038/ki.1996.460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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T cell receptors (TCR) have a low affinity for the MHC and the presented peptides (MHCpep). The low affinity of the TCR is crucial in T cell recognition and activation. Nevertheless, I propose that the TCR is perfectly capable of specifically binding MHCpep with high affinity. This hypothesis is supported by several data. Among them, the frequency of negatively selected immature T cells and of high affinity alloreactive T cells. Structural and functional analysis indicates that the TCR binding regions are quite similar to those of immunoglobulins. This implies similar binding strategies and suggests that there are no structural constraints on TCR affinity. The possible existence of high affinity TCR is relevant for current views on immune recognition, alloreactivity and peptide antagonism. In particular, it supports a model of immune recognition as unselected higher affinity binding to newly encountered peptides. The actual production of specific affinity TCR may also prove crucial for a soluble T cell receptor-based immunotherapy and for the co-crystallization of TCR with MHC and peptides.
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- S Alberti
- Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Consorzio Mario Negri Sud, Santa Maria Imbaro, Italy
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Margulies DH, Plaksin D, Khilko SN, Jelonek MT. Studying interactions involving the T-cell antigen receptor by surface plasmon resonance. Curr Opin Immunol 1996; 8:262-70. [PMID: 8725950 DOI: 10.1016/s0952-7915(96)80066-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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T-lymphocyte activation is initiated by the interaction of the alpha beta TCR with a complex consisting of a class I or class II MHC-encoded molecule and an antigenic peptide, displayed on the surface of an antigen-presenting cell. Real-time binding measurements using surface plasmon resonance have revealed kinetic and equilibrium parameters for the interactions between purified MHC molecules and peptides, between TCR and MHC-peptide complexes, and between TRC and superantigens. The MHC-peptide interaction is characterized by its high affinity and long half-life, the TCR-MHC/peptide interaction by its low affinity and short half-life, and the TCR-superantigen interaction by its low-to-moderate affinity, which is dependent on the particular superantigen involved. The consistent finding is that both MHC-peptide complexes and superantigens interact with TCR with a low affinity attributable to rapid dissociation. That an MHC-peptide complex that encounters a single TCR only briefly can still deliver the necessary activation signals offers a mechanistic conundrum for which several solutions have been proposed.
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- D H Margulies
- Molecular Biology Section, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, MD 20892-1892, USA.
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Huang F, Hermann E, Wang J, Cheng XK, Tsai WC, Wen J, Kuipers JG, Kellner H, Ackermann B, Roth G, Williams KM, Yu DK, Raybourne RB. A patient-derived cytotoxic T-lymphocyte clone and two peptide-dependent monoclonal antibodies recognize HLA-B27-peptide complexes with low stringency for peptide sequences. Infect Immun 1996; 64:120-7. [PMID: 8557329 PMCID: PMC173736 DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.1.120-127.1996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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HLA-B27 molecules expressed on the T2 mutant cell line do not have peptides. Such empty HLA-B27 molecules were not recognized by an HLA-B27-restricted cytotoxic T-lymphocyte (CTL) clone (auto-1) derived from synovial fluid. To test for peptide dependency of the clone, B27-T2 cells were incubated with a panel of 48 different peptides. This lack of stringency was compared with that of a peptide-dependent monoclonal antibody, B27.M2. Positive B27.M2 reactivity resulted when the B27-T2 cells were incubated with two peptides: RRKAMFEDI and RRMGPPVGHR, derived from Chlamydia HSP60 and human ribonucleoprotein, respectively. Because of the limited availability of CTL versus monoclonal antibody, the specificity of B27.M2 was studied in greater detail. The importance of the HLA-B27 heavy chain in antibody recognition of class I-peptide complexes was demonstrated by site-directed mutagenesis. The stringency of the peptide residues was tested by making analogs of each of the nine residues in RRKAMFEDI, creating a panel of 180 analogs. Although stringency was highest for the sixth position, as many as six different amino acids provided positive reactivity. These results indicate that immune recognition of HLA-B27-peptide complexes might have rather low stringency for the peptide sequences. In theory, then, pathogen-derived peptides which induce autoimmunity by generating autoreactive CTL might not share much sequence similarity with the responsible self peptides.
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- F Huang
- Department of Medicine, University of California-Los Angeles 90024, USA
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Adams EJ, Scott I, Shah A, Arnett KL, Marsh SG, Madrigal JA, Parham P. Homogeneity of allelic sequence for serological variants of HLA-B53. TISSUE ANTIGENS 1995; 46:330-2. [PMID: 8560454 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.1995.tb02502.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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- E J Adams
- Department of Structural Biology, Stanford University, California, USA
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Shen L, Kane KP. Differential ability of isolated H-2 Kb subsets to serve as TCR ligands for allo-specific CTL clones: potential role for N-linked glycosylation. J Exp Med 1995; 181:1773-83. [PMID: 7722454 PMCID: PMC2192001 DOI: 10.1084/jem.181.5.1773] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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It is not known whether all forms of cell surface peptide-class I complexes, when bound with relevant peptide antigen, are recognized by T cells. We demonstrate herein that two distinct subsets of the murine H-2 Kb molecule can be separately isolated from H-2b-expressing cell lines using Y3 mAb immunoaffinity chromatography. Although both isolated Kb subsets were found to be strongly reactive with Y3 mAb by ELISA, one Kb subset is S19.8 mAb reactive (Ly-m11+Kb subset) and exhibits low reactivity with the M1/42 antibody, while the other subset is negative for the Ly-m11 epitope and highly reactive with the M1/42 antibody (M1/42high Kb subset). More importantly, whereas the M1/42high Kb subset is a very effective ligand for both TCR and CD8, the Ly-m11+ Kb subset could only function as a CD8 ligand, as determined in allo-specific CD8+ CTL clone adhesion and degranulation assays. Peptides acid-eluted from both Kb subsets sensitized Kb-transfected T2 cells expressing "peptide empty" Kb for lysis to a similar extent by allo-CTL clones, indicating that relevant endogenous peptide antigens are not limiting in the Ly-m11+ Kb subset. The major distinction identified between the two Kb subsets is that they differ substantially in their degree of N-linked glycosylation, with the Ly-m11+ subset containing Kb molecules with larger and more complex carbohydrate modifications than the M1/42high subset. The differences in glycosylation may explain the functional differences observed between the two Kb subsets. It is therefore possible that some forms of glycosylation on class I molecules interfere with TCR recognition and may limit CD8+ T cell responses, perhaps under circumstances where peptide antigen is limiting.
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- L Shen
- Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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Rodgers JR, Mehta V, Cook RG. Surface expression of beta 2-microglobulin-associated thymus-leukemia antigen is independent of TAP2. Eur J Immunol 1995; 25:1001-7. [PMID: 7737270 DOI: 10.1002/eji.1830250421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Mouse thymus-leukemia antigen (TL), like other major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I-b antigens, displays signs of a specialized function. It is normally expressed at high levels on immature thymocytes and at moderate levels on gut epithelium and activated mature T cells. A promoter/enhancer region unique among class I genes accounts for this narrow range of tissue distribution. Like most other class I molecules, TL is dependent upon endogenous beta 2-microglobulin (beta 2m) for transport to the surface. However, here we show that unlike most other MHC class I molecules, TL is expressed efficiently in the absence of functional transporter associated with antigen processing subunit 2 (TAP2). A putative fourth TLa gene cloned from A.SL1 cells was expressed in RMA and RMA-S cells. In bulk transformants, TL expression is higher in TAP2-RMA-S cells than in wild-type RMA cells, and is not elevated by incubation at reduced temperatures or exposure to exogenous beta 2m. Analysis of immunoprecipitated molecules by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis in the presence of sodium dodecyl sulfate indicates that TL is processed normally in RMA-S cells and is associated with beta 2m both intracellularly and at the cell surface. However, TL heavy chains expressed on the cell surface in the absence of TAP2 are cleaved to a predominant 38 kDa fragment, presumably the result of an altered conformation that renders TL more susceptible to proteolysis. These results suggest that while TL may normally acquire TAP2-dependent peptides, this class I-b molecule does not require them for efficient export to, and stable expression at the cell surface.
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- J R Rodgers
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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Loftus DJ, Kubo RT, Sakaguchi K, Celis E, Sette A, Appella E. Analysis of MHC-specific peptide motifs. Applications in immunotherapy. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 1995; 383:201-10. [PMID: 8644503 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-1891-4_21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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The structural features which underlie peptide binding to MHC molecules permit the binding of a diverse array of peptides. Polymorphic residues of class I, and to a lesser extent, class II molecules, determine the peptide selectivities associated with various allomorphs. The motifs which are described here and elsewhere in the literature mainly reflect peptide features which contribute to high affinity binding. While high affinity MHC binding is not an absolute prerequisite for the immunologic relevance of a peptide, motifs provide general guidelines for eliciting and characterizing cellular responses to epitopes presented by a given MHC allomorph or group of related allomorphs. The utility of motifs is underscored by emerging developments in the clinical application of peptides to elicit specific and effective cellular responses.
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- D J Loftus
- Laboratory of Cell Biology, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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- P Kisielow
- Basel Institute for Immunology, Switzerland
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Catipović B, Talluri G, Oh J, Wei T, Su XM, Johansen TE, Edidin M, Schneck JP. Analysis of the structure of empty and peptide-loaded major histocompatibility complex molecules at the cell surface. J Exp Med 1994; 180:1753-61. [PMID: 7525837 PMCID: PMC2191740 DOI: 10.1084/jem.180.5.1753] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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We compared the conformation of empty and peptide-loaded class I major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules at the cell surface. Molecular conformations were analyzed by fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) between fluorescent-labeled Fab fragments bound to the alpha 2 domain of the MHC heavy chain and fluorescent-labeled Fab fragments bound to beta 2-microglobulin. No FRET was found between Fab fragments bound to empty H-2Kb, but FRET was detected when empty H-2Kb molecules were loaded with peptide. The magnitude of FRET depended on the sequence of the peptide used. The results imply that empty H-2Kb molecules are in a relatively extended conformation, and that this conformation becomes more compact when peptide is bound. These changes, which are reflected in peptide-dependent binding of monoclonal antibodies, affect the surfaces of MHC molecules available for contact with T cell receptors and hence may influence T cell-receptor recognition of MHC molecules.
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- B Catipović
- Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21224
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Matsushita S, Takahashi K, Motoki M, Komoriya K, Ikagawa S, Nishimura Y. Allele specificity of structural requirement for peptides bound to HLA-DRB1*0405 and -DRB1*0406 complexes: implication for the HLA-associated susceptibility to methimazole-induced insulin autoimmune syndrome. J Exp Med 1994; 180:873-83. [PMID: 8064238 PMCID: PMC2191632 DOI: 10.1084/jem.180.3.873] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Self-peptides bound to HLA-DR4 (DRA-DRB1*0405 complex) were eluted from the purified DR4 complex, fractionated on reverse-phase HPLC, and subjected to NH2-terminal sequencing. Seven independent sequences were obtained, and all putative peptides synthesized bound to DRB1*0405 as well as DRB1*0406 complex, which differ only at DR beta residues 37, 57, 74, and 86. Binding assay using analogue peptides of a DR4 binder GSTVFDNLPNPE revealed that FxxLxN is an important anchor motif necessary for binding (where x is any amino acid), which was common to DRB1*0405 and 0406. Determination of the binding affinity of 60 synthetic AAFAALANAA-based analogue peptides showed that substituting F to W or C; L to F, W, or Y; and N to Q or S on AAFAALANAA changed the affinity substantially between DRB1*0405 and DRB1*0406. It is noteworthy that all patients with methimazole-induced insulin autoimmune syndrome are positive for DRB1*0406 and negative for DRB1*0405. Interestingly, the quantitative structural motif identified in this study predicted that 8TSICSLYQLE17 of human insulin alpha chain may bind specifically to DRB1*0406 using its 10IxxLxQ15 motif. Indeed, DRB1*0406 complex bound 8TSICSLYQLE17 with a high affinity, and in striking contrast, DRB1*0405 complex did not. Furthermore, a short-term T cell line specific to human insulin established from a DRB1*0406-bearing individual did show reactivity with a peptide fragment containing the 10IxxLxQ15 motif. Although this fragment probably exists at a very low level under normal physiological conditions due to the disulfide bond between flanking cysteine residues (6Cys-11Cys), a reducing compound such as methimazole may cleave the disulfide bond in vivo and allow DR alpha-DRB1*0406 complex on antigen-presenting cells to bind much of the linear fragment of insulin alpha chain, which may lead to the activation of self-insulin-specific T-helper cells.
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- S Matsushita
- Department of Neuroscience and Immunology, Kumamoto University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Japan
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Domena JD, Arnett KL, Marsh SG, Bodmer JG, Parham P. Alloantibodies can discriminate three populations of HLA-B40 molecules encoded by B*4002. TISSUE ANTIGENS 1994; 44:57-8. [PMID: 7974470 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.1994.tb02358.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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- J D Domena
- Department of Cell Biology, Stanford University, CA
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McKinney DM, Chen P, McMillan M. Single Dd amino acid substitutions in the H-2Ld molecule identify antibody epitopes. Immunogenetics 1994; 39:440-3. [PMID: 7514573 DOI: 10.1007/bf00176164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- D M McKinney
- Department of Microbiology, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles 90033
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Chattopadhyay S, Theobald M, Biggs J, Sherman LA. Conformational differences in major histocompatibility complex-peptide complexes can result in alloreactivity. J Exp Med 1994; 179:213-9. [PMID: 8270866 PMCID: PMC2191347 DOI: 10.1084/jem.179.1.213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
Abstract
Mutations within the class I major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecule that affect a peptide binding can result in strong allogeneic responses. It is believed this reflects, in part, binding of a different set of endogenous peptides by each MHC molecule. We have examined the representation of allopeptides recognized by Kb-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) clones among targets that express either the Kb or the Kbm8 mutant. These class I molecules mutationally differ by several residues at the base of the peptide binding groove resulting in lack of recognition of bm8 targets by most Kb-specific CTL, and in strong mutual alloreactivity. Since these differences involve pockets in the base of the peptide binding groove that are presumed to contribute to the affinity of peptide binding, and there is evidence for differences in peptide binding by the mutant and wild type molecule, it was considered most likely that alloreactivity was due to binding of different sets of peptides by each of these molecules. Surprisingly, the allopeptides recognized by Kb-specific clones from a variety of responders, including bm8, are often found associated with both the wild type and mutant class I molecules. Although for some allopeptides the amount of peptide normally found associated with bm8 is less than that associated with Kb, reactivity could not be restored by increasing the amount of the relevant peptide. Thus, the basis for much of the alloreactivity observed in this particular mutant and wild type combination is not the presence or absence of the relevant allopeptide but rather the different conformation adapted by the peptide-MHC complex. These results allow us to conclude that strong alloreactive responses can result from T cell recognition of conformational differences between the stimulation and responder MHC molecules.
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- S Chattopadhyay
- Department of Immunology, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037
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