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Jonsson AH, Yang L, Kim S, Taffner SM, Yokoyama WM. Effects of MHC class I alleles on licensing of Ly49A+ NK cells. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2010; 184:3424-32. [PMID: 20194719 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0904057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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NK cells are innate immune lymphocytes that can react to cells lacking self-MHC class I. However, NK cells that cannot engage self-MHC through an inhibitory receptor are resistant to stimulation through their activation receptors. To become licensed (i.e., functionally competent to be triggered through its activation receptors), an NK cell must engage host MHC class I via a MHC class I-specific inhibitory receptor, such as a member of the murine Ly49 family. To explore potential determinants of NK cell licensing on a single Ly49 receptor, we have investigated the relative licensing impacts of the b, d, k, q, r, and s H2 haplotypes on Ly49A(+) NK cells. The results indicate that licensing is essentially analog but is saturated by moderate-binding MHC class I ligands. Interestingly, licensing exhibited a strong inverse correlation with a measure of cis engagement of Ly49A. Finally, licensing of Ly49A(+) NK cells was found to be less sensitive to MHC class I engagement than Ly49A-mediated effector inhibition, suggesting that licensing establishes a margin of safety against NK cell autoreactivity.
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Affiliation(s)
- A Helena Jonsson
- Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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Chung HA, Tajima K, Kato K, Matsumoto N, Yamamoto K, Nagamune T. Modulating the Actions of NK Cell-Mediated Cytotoxicity Using Lipid-PEG (n) and Inhibitory Receptor-Specific Antagonistic Peptide Conjugates. Biotechnol Prog 2008; 21:1226-30. [PMID: 16080706 DOI: 10.1021/bp049646b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Regulating the cell surface modulates the actions of the biological cell response, derives practical applications, and is of scientific interest. On the basis of our previous study using dioleylphosphatidylethanolamine poly(ethylene glycol) with multiple units of ethyleneoxide (DOPE-PEG (n)), we demonstrated the potency of DOPE-PEG (80) as a cell surface modulator. We prepared conjugates of DOPE-PEG (80) and two antagonistic peptides (C1, SGGGCLFNLPWLCG; C26, SGGGCPFSFLPWCG), specifically designed for the inhibitory receptor of natural killer (NK) cells. We confirmed that NK cells exhibited cytotoxicity against DOPE-PEG (80)-peptides-incorporated target cells. We further investigated whether the DOPE-PEG (80)-peptides could affect the cytotoxicity of NK cells in a concentration-dependent manner. C1 peptide showed down-regulation of cytotoxicity at higher concentration, whereas C26 peptide exhibited the saturated cytotoxicity of NK cells at the same concentration. These results suggest that DOPE-PEG (80) can achieve the role of a cell surface modulator without inhibiting the action of conjugated molecules, despite their relatively small size.
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Affiliation(s)
- Hyeyoung A Chung
- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 1-3-7 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo
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Combined deficiency of factors V and VIII (F5F8D) is a bleeding disorder caused by mutations in LMAN1 or MCFD2. LMAN1 encodes ERGIC-53, a cargo receptor with an L-type lectin domain, and MCFD2 is a EF-hand-containing protein. We prepared a biotinylated, soluble form of ERGIC-53, which we labeled with R-phycoerythrin conjugated streptavidin. By flow cytometry, sERGIC-53-SA bound to HeLaS3 cells in the presence of calcium but only after preincubation with MCFD2. Treating the cells with endo H or incubating them with high mannose-type oligosaccharides, especially M(8B), abrogated sERGIC-53-SA binding. Surface plasmon resonance experiments demonstrated that MCFD2 specifically bound to sERGIC-53 and 2 MCFD2 mutants found in F5F8D patients had a K(a) that was 3 or 4 orders of magnitude lower for sERGIC-53 than for wild-type MCFD2. The K(a) of sERGIC-53 and MCFD2 was measured at several pH values and calcium concentrations, and we found that at a calcium concentration less than 0.2 mM, this interaction became significantly weaker. These results demonstrate that the binding of ERGIC-53 to sugar is enhanced by its interaction with MCFD2, and defects in this interaction in F5F8D patients may be the cause for reduced secretion of factors V and VIII.
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Koganei S, Ito M, Yamamoto K, Matsumoto N. B-1a cell origin of the murine B lymphoma line BCL1 characterized by surface markers and bacterial reactivity of its surface IgM. Immunol Lett 2005; 98:232-44. [PMID: 15860223 DOI: 10.1016/j.imlet.2004.11.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2004] [Revised: 11/19/2004] [Accepted: 11/20/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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B cells are divided into two categories: conventional or B-2B cells and B-1B cells, the latter of which are distinguished by their different ontogeny. B cell lymphoma 1 (BCL1), the first-reported case of a spontaneously developed mouse B-lymphoma, expresses CD5, surface IgM, Mac-1, CD43 and low level of B220, and is likely to have B-1a cell origin. However, antigens recognized by IgM produced by the BCL1 cells (BCL1-IgM) have not been identified. Here, we demonstrate that BCL1-IgM reacts with Escherichia coli (E. coli). Our initial finding that several recombinant proteins expressed in E. coli bound to BCL1-B20 prompted us to examine the possibility that BCL1 cells may bind E. coli. Indeed, BCL1 cells bound fluorescein-labeled E. coli. To elucidate the structure on the BCL1 cells responsible for E. coli-binding, we produced a monoclonal antibody capable of inhibiting BCL1 binding to E. coli. The antibody recognizes an idiotypic epitope on the BCL1-IgM. Moreover, polyclonal antibody against IgM and secreted BCL1-IgM purified from the supernatants inhibited BCL1 binding to E. coli. Finally, transfection of non-lymphoid cells with cDNA of heavy and light chains of BCL1-IgM conferred the cells ability to bind E. coli. These results clearly indicate that BCL1-IgM bind E. coli and suggest that BCL1 lymphoma is a typical B-1 cell-derived lymphoma, characterized not only by the surface phenotype, but also by the reactivity of its IgM with commensal bacteria.
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- Satoru Koganei
- Department of Integrated Biosciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Bioscience Building, Suite 602, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8562, Japan
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Doucey MA, Scarpellino L, Zimmer J, Guillaume P, Luescher IF, Bron C, Held W. Cis association of Ly49A with MHC class I restricts natural killer cell inhibition. Nat Immunol 2004; 5:328-36. [PMID: 14973437 DOI: 10.1038/ni1043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 169] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2003] [Accepted: 01/07/2004] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Natural killer (NK) cell function is negatively regulated by inhibitory receptors interacting with major histocompatibility complex class I molecules expressed on target cells. Here we show that the inhibitory Ly49A NK cell receptor not only binds to its H-2D(d) ligand expressed on potential target cells (in trans) but also is constitutively associated with H-2D(d) in cis (on the same cell). Cis association and trans interaction occur through the same binding site. Consequently, cis association restricts the number of Ly49A receptors available for binding of H-2D(d) on target cells and reduces NK cell inhibition through Ly49A. By lowering the threshold at which NK cell activation exceeds NK cell inhibition, cis interaction allows optimal discrimination of normal and abnormal host cells.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antigens, Ly/genetics
- Antigens, Ly/metabolism
- Antigens, Ly/physiology
- Binding Sites
- Cell Line
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Cytotoxicity Tests, Immunologic
- Cytotoxicity, Immunologic
- H-2 Antigens/metabolism
- Histocompatibility Antigen H-2D
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class I/metabolism
- Killer Cells, Natural/immunology
- Lectins, C-Type
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Transgenic
- Models, Immunological
- Mosaicism
- NK Cell Lectin-Like Receptor Subfamily A
- Neoplasms/immunology
- Receptors, Immunologic/metabolism
- Receptors, Immunologic/physiology
- Receptors, NK Cell Lectin-Like
- Transfection
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Affiliation(s)
- Marie-Agnès Doucey
- Institute of Biochemistry, University of Lausanne, Ch. des Boveresses 155, 1066 Epalinges, Switzerland
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Wang J, Whitman MC, Natarajan K, Tormo J, Mariuzza RA, Margulies DH. Binding of the natural killer cell inhibitory receptor Ly49A to its major histocompatibility complex class I ligand. Crucial contacts include both H-2Dd AND beta 2-microglobulin. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:1433-42. [PMID: 11696552 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110316200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Ly49A, an inhibitory C-type lectin-like mouse natural killer cell receptor, functions through interaction with the major histocompatibility complex class I molecule, H-2D(d). The x-ray crystal structure of the Ly49A.H-2D(d) complex revealed that homodimeric Ly49A interacts at two distinct sites of H-2D(d): Site 1, spanning one side of the alpha1 and alpha2 helices, and Site 2, involving the alpha1, alpha2, alpha3, and beta(2)m domains. Mutants of Ly49A, H-2D(d), and beta(2)-microglobulin at intermolecular contacts and the Ly49A dimer interface were examined for binding affinity and kinetics. Although mutations at Site 1 had little affect, several at Site 2 and at the dimer interface hampered the Ly49A.H-2D(d) interaction, with no effect on gross structure or T cell receptor interaction. The region surrounding the most critical residues (in H-2D(d), Asp(122); in Ly49A, Asp(229), Ser(236), Thr(238), Arg(239), and Asp(241); and in beta(2)-microglobulin, Gln(29) and Lys(58)) of the Ly49A.H-2D(d) interface at Site 2 includes a network of water molecules, suggesting a molecular basis for allelic specificity in natural killer cell recognition.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/metabolism
- Antigens, Ly
- Antigens, Surface/genetics
- Antigens, Surface/metabolism
- Binding Sites
- Carrier Proteins/chemistry
- Carrier Proteins/genetics
- Carrier Proteins/metabolism
- Dimerization
- H-2 Antigens/chemistry
- H-2 Antigens/genetics
- H-2 Antigens/metabolism
- Histocompatibility Antigen H-2D
- Killer Cells, Natural/physiology
- Lectins, C-Type
- Ligands
- Major Histocompatibility Complex/physiology
- Membrane Proteins/chemistry
- Membrane Proteins/genetics
- Membrane Proteins/metabolism
- Mice
- Models, Molecular
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutagenesis, Site-Directed
- NK Cell Lectin-Like Receptor Subfamily A
- Protein Binding
- Protein Structure, Quaternary
- Receptors, Immunologic/genetics
- Receptors, Immunologic/metabolism
- Receptors, NK Cell Lectin-Like
- Recombinant Proteins/chemistry
- Recombinant Proteins/genetics
- Recombinant Proteins/metabolism
- Surface Plasmon Resonance
- beta 2-Microglobulin/genetics
- beta 2-Microglobulin/metabolism
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Affiliation(s)
- Jian Wang
- Molecular Biology Section, Laboratory of Immunology, NIAID, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-1892, USA
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Zimmer J, Ioannidis V, Held W. H-2D ligand expression by Ly49A+ natural killer (NK) cells precludes ligand uptake from environmental cells: implications for NK cell function. J Exp Med 2001; 194:1531-9. [PMID: 11714759 PMCID: PMC2193685 DOI: 10.1084/jem.194.10.1531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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To study the adaptation of natural killer (NK) cells to their major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I environment we have established a novel mouse model with mosaic expression of H-2D(d) using a Cre/loxP system. In these mice, we noticed that NK cells expressing the inhibitory receptor for D(d), Ly49A, were specifically underrepresented among cells with low D(d) levels. That was due to the acquisition of D(d) molecules by the Ly49A+ NK cells that have lost their D(d) transgene. The uptake of H-2D molecules via the Ly49A receptor was restricted to strong ligands of Ly49A. Surprisingly, when Ly49A+ NK cells were D(d+), uptake of the alternative ligand D(k) was not detectable. Similarly, one anti-Ly49A mAb (A1) bound inefficiently when Ly49A was expressed on D(d+) NK cells. Concomitantly, functional assays demonstrated a reduced capacity of Ly49A to inhibit H-2(b)D(d) as compared with H-2(b) NK cells, rendering Ly49A+ NK cells in D(d+) mice particularly reactive. Minor reductions of D(d) levels and/or increases of activating ligands on environmental cells may thus suffice to abrogate Ly49A-mediated NK cell inhibition. The mechanistic explanation for all these phenomena is likely the partial masking of Ly49A by D(d) on the same cell via a lateral binding site in the H-2D(d) molecule.
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- J Zimmer
- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Lausanne Branch, University of Lausanne, Ch. des Boveresses 155, 1066 Epalinges, Switzerland
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Matsumoto N, Yokoyama WM, Kojima S, Yamamoto K. The NK cell MHC class I receptor Ly49A detects mutations on H-2Dd inside and outside of the peptide binding groove. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2001; 166:4422-8. [PMID: 11254697 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.166.7.4422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The NK cell inhibitory receptor Ly49A recognizes the mouse MHC class I molecule H-2D(d) and participates in the recognition of missing self. Previous studies indicated that the determinant recognized by Ly49A exists in alpha1/alpha2 domain of H-2D(d). Here we have substituted polymorphic as well as conserved residues of H-2D(d) alpha1/alpha2 domain (when compared with H-2K(d), which does not interact with Ly49A). We then tested the ability of the H-2D(d) mutants to interact with Ly49A by soluble Ly49A tetramer binding and NK cell cytotoxicity inhibition assays. Individual introduction of mutations converting the H-2D(d) residue into the corresponding H-2K(d) residue (N30D, D77S, or A99F) in H-2D(d) partially abrogated the interaction between Ly49A and H-2D(d). Introduction of the three mutations into H-2D(d) completely abolished Ly49A recognition. Individual introduction of D29N or R35A mutation into the residues of H-2D(d) that are conserved among murine MHC class I severely impaired the interaction. The crystal structure of H-2D(d) reveals that D77 and A99 are located in the peptide binding groove and that N30, D29, and R35 are in the interface of the three structural domains of MHC class I: alpha1/alpha2, alpha3, and beta(2)-microglobulin. These data suggest that Ly49A can monitor mutations in MHC class I inside and outside of the peptide binding groove and imply that inhibitory MHC class I-specific receptors are sensitive to mutations in MHC class I as well as global loss of MHC class I. Our results also provide insight into the molecular basis of Ly49A to distinguish MHC class I polymorphism.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Amino Acid Substitution/genetics
- Amino Acid Substitution/immunology
- Animals
- Antigens, Ly
- Binding Sites/genetics
- Binding Sites/immunology
- Carrier Proteins/metabolism
- Conserved Sequence
- Cytotoxicity Tests, Immunologic
- Epitopes/genetics
- Epitopes/metabolism
- H-2 Antigens/genetics
- H-2 Antigens/metabolism
- Histocompatibility Antigen H-2D
- Killer Cells, Lymphokine-Activated/immunology
- Killer Cells, Natural/immunology
- Killer Cells, Natural/metabolism
- Lectins, C-Type
- Membrane Proteins/metabolism
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutagenesis, Site-Directed
- NK Cell Lectin-Like Receptor Subfamily A
- Peptide Fragments/genetics
- Peptide Fragments/immunology
- Peptide Fragments/metabolism
- Point Mutation
- Polymorphism, Genetic/genetics
- Polymorphism, Genetic/immunology
- Protein Structure, Tertiary/genetics
- Receptors, Immunologic/metabolism
- Receptors, NK Cell Lectin-Like
- Transfection
- Tumor Cells, Cultured
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Affiliation(s)
- N Matsumoto
- Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Department of Integrated Biosciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
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