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Yamazaki R, Furukawa A, Hirayasu K, Yumoto K, Fukuhara H, Arase H, Maenaka K. Molecular mechanism of the recognition of bacterially cleaved immunoglobulin by the immune regulatory receptor LILRA2. J Biol Chem 2020; 295:9531-9541. [PMID: 32424043 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra120.013354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2020] [Revised: 05/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Human leukocyte immunoglobulin-like receptors (LILRs) typically regulate immune activation by binding to the human leukocyte antigen class I molecules. LILRA2, a member of the LILR family, was recently reported to bind to other unique ligands, the bacterially degraded Igs (N-truncated Igs), for the activation of immune cells. Therefore, LILRA2 is currently attracting significant attention as a novel innate immune receptor. However, the detailed recognition mechanisms required for this interaction remain unclear. In this study, using several biophysical techniques, we uncovered the molecular mechanism of N-truncated Ig recognition by LILRA2. Surface plasmon resonance analysis disclosed that LILRA2 specifically binds to N-truncated Ig with weak affinity (Kd = 4.8 μm) and fast kinetics. However, immobilized LILRA2 exhibited a significantly enhanced interaction with N-truncated Ig due to avidity effects. This suggests that cell surface-bound LILRA2 rapidly monitors and identifies bi- or multivalent abnormal N-truncated Igs through specific cross-linking to induce immune activation. Van't Hoff analysis revealed that this interaction is enthalpy-driven, with a small entropy loss, and results from differential scanning calorimetry indicated the instability of the putative LILRA2-binding site, the Fab region of the N-truncated Ig. Atomic force microscopy revealed that N truncation does not cause significant structural changes in Ig. Furthermore, mutagenesis analysis identified the hydrophobic region of LILRA2 domain 2 as the N-truncated Ig-binding site, representing a novel ligand-binding site for the LILR family. These results provide detailed insights into the molecular regulation of LILR-mediated immune responses targeting ligands that have been modified by bacteria.
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- Rika Yamazaki
- Laboratory of Biomolecular Science, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Biomolecular Science, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- WPI Immunology Frontier Research Center, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan.,Department of Immunochemistry, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan.,Advanced Preventive Medical Sciences Research Center, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan
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- Laboratory of Biomolecular Science, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Center for Research and Education on Drug Discovery, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- WPI Immunology Frontier Research Center, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan.,Department of Immunochemistry, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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- Laboratory of Biomolecular Science, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan .,Center for Research and Education on Drug Discovery, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.,Global Station for Biosurfaces and Drug Discovery, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.,Center for Life Innovation, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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Comrie WA, Burkhardt JK. Action and Traction: Cytoskeletal Control of Receptor Triggering at the Immunological Synapse. Front Immunol 2016; 7:68. [PMID: 27014258 PMCID: PMC4779853 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2016.00068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2015] [Accepted: 02/12/2016] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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It is well known that F-actin dynamics drive the micron-scale cell shape changes required for migration and immunological synapse (IS) formation. In addition, recent evidence points to a more intimate role for the actin cytoskeleton in promoting T cell activation. Mechanotransduction, the conversion of mechanical input into intracellular biochemical changes, is thought to play a critical role in several aspects of immunoreceptor triggering and downstream signal transduction. Multiple molecules associated with signaling events at the IS have been shown to respond to physical force, including the TCR, costimulatory molecules, adhesion molecules, and several downstream adapters. In at least some cases, it is clear that the relevant forces are exerted by dynamics of the T cell actomyosin cytoskeleton. Interestingly, there is evidence that the cytoskeleton of the antigen-presenting cell also plays an active role in T cell activation, by countering the molecular forces exerted by the T cell at the IS. Since actin polymerization is itself driven by TCR and costimulatory signaling pathways, a complex relationship exists between actin dynamics and receptor activation. This review will focus on recent advances in our understanding of the mechanosensitive aspects of T cell activation, paying specific attention to how F-actin-directed forces applied from both sides of the IS fit into current models of receptor triggering and activation.
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- William A Comrie
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia, PA , USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia, PA , USA
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Sauer EL, Cloake NC, Greer JM. Taming the TCR: antigen-specific immunotherapeutic agents for autoimmune diseases. Int Rev Immunol 2015; 34:460-85. [PMID: 25970132 DOI: 10.3109/08830185.2015.1027822] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Current treatments for autoimmune diseases are typically non-specific anti-inflammatory agents that affect not only the autoreactive cells but also the parts of the immune system that are required to maintain health. There is a need for the development of antigen-specific therapeutic agents that can effectively prevent the autoimmune attack while leaving the rest of the immune system functioning as normal. The simplest way to achieve this is using the autoantigen itself as a tolerizing agent; however, there is some risk involved with administering a potentially pathogenic antigen. In this review, we focus instead on the development and use of modified T cell receptor (TCR) ligands, in which the peptide ligand is modified to change the response by the T cell from a disease inducing to a protective response, and still retain the antigen-specificity necessary to target the autoreactive T cells. We review the use of modified TCR ligands as therapeutic agents in animal models of autoimmunity and in human autoimmune disease, and finally consider how they need to be improved in order to use them effectively in patients with autoimmune disease.
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- Evan L Sauer
- a UQ Centre for Clinical Research , The University of Queensland , Brisbane , Queensland , Australia
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- a UQ Centre for Clinical Research , The University of Queensland , Brisbane , Queensland , Australia
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- a UQ Centre for Clinical Research , The University of Queensland , Brisbane , Queensland , Australia
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Perica K, Kosmides AK, Schneck JP. Linking form to function: Biophysical aspects of artificial antigen presenting cell design. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2015; 1853:781-90. [PMID: 25200637 PMCID: PMC4344884 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2014.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2014] [Revised: 08/15/2014] [Accepted: 09/01/2014] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Artificial antigen presenting cells (aAPCs) are engineered platforms for T cell activation and expansion, synthesized by coupling T cell activating proteins to the surface of cell lines or biocompatible particles. They can serve both as model systems to study the basic aspects of T cell signaling and translationally as novel approaches for either active or adoptive immunotherapy. Historically, these reductionist systems have not been designed to mimic the temporally and spatially complex interactions observed during endogenous T cell-APC contact, which include receptor organization at both micro- and nanoscales and dynamic changes in cell and membrane morphologies. Here, we review how particle size and shape, as well as heterogenous distribution of T cell activating proteins on the particle surface, are critical aspects of aAPC design. In doing so, we demonstrate how insights derived from endogenous T cell activation can be applied to optimize aAPC, and in turn how aAPC platforms can be used to better understand endogenous T cell stimulation. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Nanoscale membrane organisation and signalling.
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- Karlo Perica
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA; Institute of Cell Engineering, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA; Institute of Cell Engineering, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Institute of Cell Engineering, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA; Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA; Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA; Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
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Comrie WA, Li S, Boyle S, Burkhardt JK. The dendritic cell cytoskeleton promotes T cell adhesion and activation by constraining ICAM-1 mobility. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015; 208:457-73. [PMID: 25666808 PMCID: PMC4332244 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201406120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Integrity of the dendritic cell (DC) actin cytoskeleton is essential for T cell priming, but the underlying mechanisms are poorly understood. We show that the DC F-actin network regulates the lateral mobility of intracellular cell adhesion molecule 1 (ICAM-1), but not MHCII. ICAM-1 mobility and clustering are regulated by maturation-induced changes in the expression and activation of moesin and α-actinin-1, which associate with actin filaments and the ICAM-1 cytoplasmic domain. Constrained ICAM-1 mobility is important for DC function, as DCs expressing a high-mobility ICAM-1 mutant lacking the cytoplasmic domain exhibit diminished antigen-dependent conjugate formation and T cell priming. These defects are associated with inefficient induction of leukocyte functional antigen 1 (LFA-1) affinity maturation, which is consistent with a model in which constrained ICAM-1 mobility opposes forces on LFA-1 exerted by the T cell cytoskeleton, whereas ICAM-1 clustering enhances valency and further promotes ligand-dependent LFA-1 activation. Our results reveal an important new mechanism through which the DC cytoskeleton regulates receptor activation at the immunological synapse.
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- William A Comrie
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19102
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19102
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19102
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19102
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Yin Y, Li Y, Mariuzza RA. Structural basis for self-recognition by autoimmune T-cell receptors. Immunol Rev 2013; 250:32-48. [PMID: 23046121 DOI: 10.1111/imr.12002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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T-cell receptors (TCRs) recognize peptides presented by major histocompatibility complex molecules (pMHC) to discriminate between foreign and self-antigens. Whereas T-cell recognition of foreign peptides is essential for protection against microbial pathogens, recognition of self-peptides by T cells that have escaped negative selection in the thymus can lead to autoimmune disease. Structural studies of autoimmune TCR-pMHC complexes have provided insights into the mechanisms underlying self-recognition and escape from thymic deletion. Two broad categories of self-reactive TCRs can be clearly distinguished: (i) TCRs with altered binding topologies to self-pMHC and (ii) TCRs that bind self-pMHC in the canonical diagonal orientation, but where there are structural defects or suboptimal anchors in the self-ligand. For both categories, however, the overall stability of the autoimmune TCR-pMHC complex is markedly reduced compared to anti-microbial complexes, allowing the autoreactive T cells to evade negative selection, yet retain the ability to be activated by self-antigens in target organs. Additionally, the structures provide insights into TCR cross-reactivity, which can contribute to autoimmunity by increasing the likelihood of self-pMHC recognition. Efforts are now underway to understand the impact of structural alterations in autoimmune TCR-pMHC complexes on higher order assemblies involved in TCR signaling, as well as on immunological synapse formation.
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- Yiyuan Yin
- Department of Antibody Engineering, Genentech, South San Francisco, CA, USA
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Gong Y, Wang Z, Liang Z, Duan H, Ouyang L, Yu Q, Xu Z, Shen G, Weng X, Wu X. Soluble MOG35-55/I-A(b) dimers ameliorate experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis by reducing encephalitogenic T cells. PLoS One 2012; 7:e47435. [PMID: 23077616 PMCID: PMC3471819 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/29/2012] [Accepted: 09/17/2012] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The MOG35-55 peptide-induced experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) model in C57BL/6 mice is a useful animal model to explore therapeutic approaches to T cell-mediated autoimmune diseases because the dominant T-cell epitope(s) have been defined. It is rational that antigen-specific immunosuppression can be induced by using MHC-peptide complexes as specific TCR ligand(s) that interact with autoreactive T cells in the absence of co-stimulation. In this study, a soluble divalent MOG35-55/I-A(b) fusion protein (MOG35-55/I-A(b) dimer) was constructed to specifically target the autoreactive CD4+ T cells in the EAE mouse. Intraperitoneal administration of the MOG35-55/I-A(b) dimer significantly delayed and ameliorated EAE symptoms by reducing EAE-related inflammation in the mouse CNS and reducing encephalitogenic Th1 and Th17 cells in the peripheral lymphoid organs. We observed that dimer intervention at a concentration of 1.2 nM suppressed MOG35-55 peptide-specific 2D2 transgenic T cells (2D2 T cells) proliferation by over 90% after in vitro activation with MOG35-55 peptide. The mechanisms involved in this antigen-specific dimer-mediated suppression were found to be downregulated TCR-CD3 expression as well as upregulated expression of membrane-bound TGF-β (mTGF-β) and IL-10 suppressive cytokines by the autoreactive CD4+ T cells. Collectively, our data demonstrates that soluble divalent MHC class II molecules can abrogate pathogenic T cells in EAE. Furthermore, our data suggests that this strategy may provide an efficient and clinically useful option to treat autoimmune diseases.
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- Yeli Gong
- Department of Immunology, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Immunology, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Immunology, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Immunology, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Immunology, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Immunology, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Immunology, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Immunology, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Immunology, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Immunology, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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Song Y, Sun W, Weng X, Liang Z, Yu Q, Wang Z, Ouyang L, Chen J, Wu X, Shen G, Wu X. Tumor rejection effects of allorestricted tumor peptide-specific CD4(+) T cells on human cervical cancer cell xenograft in nude mice. Cell Transplant 2012; 21:1503-14. [PMID: 22525838 DOI: 10.3727/096368912x640510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Generation of tumor specific alloreactive CD4(+) T cells is important to circumvent tumor tolerance. Here, we generate allorestricted peptide-specific CD4(+) T cells by coculture of lymphocytes and autologous monocytes bearing allogeneic HLA-DR15 molecule associated with its restricted peptide. Binding of a dimeric HLA-DR15/IgG1-Fc fusion protein (the dimer) to HLA-DR15 negative (HLA-DR15-ve) monocytes made the monocytes coated with the allogeneic epitope. An increased proliferation of CD4(+) T cells and induction of Th1 cells appeared after coculturing of HLA-DR15-ve lymphocytes and the autologous monocytes loaded with the dimer. The cocultural bulks showed an increased frequency of the specific dimer-stained CD4(+) T cells and the expanded CD4(+) T cells exhibited an elevated IFN-γ production in response to specific TCR ligand. Tumor rejection effects of the allorestricted E7-specific CD4(+) T cells raised by the coculture were observed in nude mice challenged with human cervical cancer cell SiHa expressing both HLA-DR15 and E7 antigens, as the tumor avoidance and life span of the mice were improved after adoptive transfer of the CD4(+) T cells. This study may help to develop strategies to separate graft-versus-leukemia or graft-versus-tumor reaction from graft-versus-host disease, and add to the pool of human high-avidity TCRs specific for tumor or virus antigens.
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- Yinhong Song
- Department of Immunology, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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Antigen targeting to major histocompatibility complex class II with streptococcal mitogenic exotoxin Z-2 M1, a superantigen-based vaccine carrier. CLINICAL AND VACCINE IMMUNOLOGY : CVI 2012; 19:574-86. [PMID: 22301693 DOI: 10.1128/cvi.05446-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Streptococcal mitogenic exotoxin Z-2 (SMEZ-2) is a streptococcal superantigen that primarily stimulates human T cells bearing Vβ8 and mouse T cells bearing Vβ11. Mutagenesis of T cell receptor (TCR)-binding residues (W75L, K182Q, D42C) produced a mutant called M1 that was >10(5)-fold less active toward human peripheral blood lymphocytes and splenocytes from transgenic mice that express human CD4 and either human HLA-DR3-DQ2 or HLA-DR4-DQ8. Similarly, cytokine production in response to M1 in lymphocyte culture was rendered undetectable, and no change in the frequency of Vβ11-bearing T cells in mice receiving M1 was observed. M1 toxoid was tested as a potential vaccine conjugate. Vaccination with 1 to 10 μg M1 conjugated to ovalbumin (M1-ovalbumin) resulted in more rapid and quantitatively higher levels of anti-ovalbumin IgG, with endpoint titers being 1,000- to 10,000-fold greater than those in animals immunized with unconjugated ovalbumin. Substantially higher levels of anti-ovalbumin IgG were observed in mice transgenic for human major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II. Substitution of M1 with an MHC class II binding mutant (DM) eliminated enhanced immunity, suggesting that M1 enhanced the delivery of antigen via MHC class II-positive antigen-presenting cells that predominate within lymphoid tissue. Immunization of animals with a conjugate consisting of M1 and ovalbumin peptide from positions 323 to 339 generated levels of anti-peptide IgG 100-fold higher than those in animals immunized with peptide alone. Coupling of a TCR-defective superantigen toxoid presents a new strategy for conjugate vaccines with the additional benefit of targeted delivery to MHC class II-bearing cells.
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Wen F, Sethi DK, Wucherpfennig KW, Zhao H. Cell surface display of functional human MHC class II proteins: yeast display versus insect cell display. Protein Eng Des Sel 2011; 24:701-9. [PMID: 21752831 PMCID: PMC3160208 DOI: 10.1093/protein/gzr035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2011] [Revised: 04/26/2011] [Accepted: 06/19/2011] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Reliable and robust systems for engineering functional major histocompatibility complex class II (MHCII) proteins have proved elusive. Availability of such systems would enable the engineering of peptide-MHCII (pMHCII) complexes for therapeutic and diagnostic applications. In this paper, we have developed a system based on insect cell surface display that allows functional expression of heterodimeric DR2 molecules with or without a covalently bound human myelin basic protein (MBP) peptide, which is amenable to directed evolution of DR2-MBP variants with improved T cell receptor (TCR)-binding affinity. This study represents the first example of functional display of human pMHCII complexes on insect cell surface. In the process of developing this pMHCII engineering system, we have also explored the potential of using yeast surface display for the same application. Our data suggest that yeast display is a useful system for analysis and engineering of peptide binding of MHCII proteins, but not suitable for directed evolution of pMHC complexes that bind with low affinity to self-reactive TCRs.
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- Fei Wen
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
- Present address: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Cancer Immunology & AIDS, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Cancer Immunology & AIDS, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
- Departments of Biochemistry, Chemistry, and Bioengineering, Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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Newell EW, Ely LK, Kruse AC, Reay PA, Rodriguez SN, Lin AE, Kuhns MS, Garcia KC, Davis MM. Structural basis of specificity and cross-reactivity in T cell receptors specific for cytochrome c-I-E(k). JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2011; 186:5823-32. [PMID: 21490152 PMCID: PMC3754796 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1100197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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T cells specific for the cytochrome c Ag are widely used to investigate many aspects of TCR specificity and interactions with peptide-MHC, but structural information has long been elusive. In this study, we present structures for the well-studied 2B4 TCR, as well as a naturally occurring variant of the 5c.c7 TCR, 226, which is cross-reactive with more than half of possible substitutions at all three TCR-sensitive residues on the peptide Ag. These structures alone and in complex with peptide-MHC ligands allow us to reassess many prior mutagenesis results. In addition, the structure of 226 bound to one peptide variant, p5E, shows major changes in the CDR3 contacts compared with wild-type, yet the TCR V-region contacts with MHC are conserved. These and other data illustrate the ability of TCRs to accommodate large variations in CDR3 structure and peptide contacts within the constraints of highly conserved TCR-MHC interactions.
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- Evan W. Newell
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305,The Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305,The Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305
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Yin Y, Li Y, Kerzic MC, Martin R, Mariuzza RA. Structure of a TCR with high affinity for self-antigen reveals basis for escape from negative selection. EMBO J 2011; 30:1137-48. [PMID: 21297580 DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2011.21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2010] [Accepted: 01/10/2011] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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The failure to eliminate self-reactive T cells during negative selection is a prerequisite for autoimmunity. To escape deletion, autoreactive T-cell receptors (TCRs) may form unstable complexes with self-peptide-MHC by adopting suboptimal binding topologies compared with anti-microbial TCRs. Alternatively, escape can occur by weak binding between self-peptides and MHC. We determined the structure of a human autoimmune TCR (MS2-3C8) bound to a self-peptide from myelin basic protein (MBP) and the multiple sclerosis-associated MHC molecule HLA-DR4. MBP is loosely accommodated in the HLA-DR4-binding groove, accounting for its low affinity. Conversely, MS2-3C8 binds MBP-DR4 as tightly as the most avid anti-microbial TCRs. MS2-3C8 engages self-antigen via a docking mode that resembles the optimal topology of anti-foreign TCRs, but is distinct from that of other autoreactive TCRs. Combined with a unique CDR3β conformation, this docking mode compensates for the weak binding of MBP to HLA-DR4 by maximizing interactions between MS2-3C8 and MBP. Thus, the MS2-3C8-MBP-DR4 complex reveals the basis for an alternative strategy whereby autoreactive T cells escape negative selection, yet retain the ability to initiate autoimmunity.
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- Yiyuan Yin
- Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research, University of Maryland, WM Keck Laboratory for Structural Biology, Rockville, MD, USA
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Huan J, Meza-Romero R, Mooney JL, Vandenbark AA, Offner H, Burrows GG. Single-chain recombinant HLA-DQ2.5/peptide molecules block α2-gliadin-specific pathogenic CD4+ T-cell proliferation and attenuate production of inflammatory cytokines: a potential therapy for celiac disease. Mucosal Immunol 2011; 4:112-20. [PMID: 20736999 PMCID: PMC3012747 DOI: 10.1038/mi.2010.44] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Celiac disease (CD) is a disorder of the small intestine caused by intolerance to wheat gluten and related proteins in barley and rye. CD4(+) T cells have a central role in CD, recognizing and binding complexes of HLA-DQ2.5 bearing gluten peptides that have survived digestion and that are deamidated by tissue transglutaminase (TG2), propagating a cascade of inflammatory processes that damage and eventually destroy the villous tissue structures of the small intestine. In this study, we present data showing that recombinant DQ2.5-derived molecules bearing covalently tethered α2-gliadin-61-71 peptide have a remarkable ability to block antigen-specific T-cell proliferation and inhibited proinflammatory cytokine secretion in human DQ2.5-restricted α2-gliadin-specific T-cell clones obtained from patients with CD. The results from our in vitro studies suggest that HLA-DQ2.5-derived molecules could significantly inhibit and perhaps reverse the intestinal pathology caused by T-cell-mediated inflammation and the associated production of proinflammatory cytokines.
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- J Huan
- Department of Neurology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239, Tykeson MS Research Laboratory, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239
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- Department of Neurology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239, Tykeson MS Research Laboratory, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239
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- Department of Neurology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239, Tykeson MS Research Laboratory, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239
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- Department of Neurology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239, Tykeson MS Research Laboratory, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239, Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239, Neuroimmunology Research, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Portland, OR 97239
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- Department of Neurology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239, Tykeson MS Research Laboratory, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239, Neuroimmunology Research, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Portland, OR 97239
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- Department of Neurology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239, Tykeson MS Research Laboratory, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239
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T cell receptor triggering by force. Trends Immunol 2010; 31:1-6. [PMID: 19836999 DOI: 10.1016/j.it.2009.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2009] [Revised: 09/21/2009] [Accepted: 09/24/2009] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Antigen recognition through the interaction between the T cell receptor (TCR) and peptide presented by major histocompatibility complex (pMHC) is the first step in T cell-mediated immune responses. How this interaction triggers TCR signalling that leads to T cell activation is still unclear. Taking into account the mechanical stress exerted on the pMHC-TCR interaction at the dynamic interface between T cells and antigen presenting cells (APCs), we propose the so-called receptor deformation model of TCR triggering. In this model, TCR conformational change induced by mechanical forces initiates TCR signalling. The receptor deformation model, for the first time, explains all three aspects of the TCR triggering puzzle: mechanism, specificity, and sensitivity.
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Wucherpfennig KW, Call MJ, Deng L, Mariuzza R. Structural alterations in peptide-MHC recognition by self-reactive T cell receptors. Curr Opin Immunol 2009; 21:590-5. [PMID: 19699075 DOI: 10.1016/j.coi.2009.07.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2009] [Revised: 07/08/2009] [Accepted: 07/10/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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The crystal structures of five autoimmune T cell receptor (TCR)-peptide-MHC complexes reveal substantial structural alterations compared to antimicrobial TCRs. The two human TCRs bind their self-peptide-MHC ligands with an altered topology, while the three mouse receptors recognize a self-peptide that only partially fills the MHC-binding groove. In most cases the peptide is contacted only by a subset of available TCR complementarity-determining loops and there is a paucity of hydrogen bonds from TCR to peptide. These suboptimal binding properties may have enabled escape from negative thymic selection. While only minute amounts of antigen are typically available for negative selection, the antigens recognized by many autoimmune TCRs are abundant in the target organ. Such compensatory mechanisms can allow self-reactive T cells with altered TCR-binding properties to be pathogenic.
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- Kai W Wucherpfennig
- Department of Cancer Immunology & AIDS, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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Justesen S, Harndahl M, Lamberth K, Nielsen LLB, Buus S. Functional recombinant MHC class II molecules and high-throughput peptide-binding assays. Immunome Res 2009; 5:2. [PMID: 19416502 PMCID: PMC2690590 DOI: 10.1186/1745-7580-5-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2009] [Accepted: 05/05/2009] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Molecules of the class II major histocompability complex (MHC-II) specifically bind and present exogenously derived peptide epitopes to CD4+ T helper cells. The extreme polymorphism of the MHC-II hampers the complete analysis of peptide binding. It is also a significant hurdle in the generation of MHC-II molecules as reagents to study and manipulate specific T helper cell responses. Methods to generate functional MHC-II molecules recombinantly, and measure their interaction with peptides, would be highly desirable; however, no consensus methodology has yet emerged. RESULTS We generated alpha and beta MHC-II chain constructs, where the membrane-spanning regions were replaced by dimerization motifs, and the C-terminal of the beta chains was fused to a biotinylation signal peptide (BSP) allowing for in vivo biotinylation. These chains were produced separately as inclusion bodies in E. coli , extracted into urea, and purified under denaturing and non-reducing conditions using conventional column chromatography. Subsequently, diluting the two chains into a folding reaction with appropriate peptide resulted in efficient peptide-MHC-II complex formation. Several different formats of peptide-binding assay were developed including a homogeneous, non-radioactive, high-throughput (HTS) binding assay. Binding isotherms were generated allowing the affinities of interaction to be determined. The affinities of the best binders were found to be in the low nanomolar range. Recombinant MHC-II molecules and accompanying HTS peptide-binding assay were successfully developed for nine different MHC-II molecules including the DPA1*0103/DPB1*0401 (DP401) and DQA1*0501/DQB1*0201, where both alpha and beta chains are polymorphic, illustrating the advantages of producing the two chains separately. CONCLUSION We have successfully developed versatile MHC-II resources, which may assist in the generation of MHC class II -wide reagents, data, and tools.
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- Sune Justesen
- Laboratory of Experimental Immunology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Ma Z, Sharp KA, Janmey PA, Finkel TH. Surface-anchored monomeric agonist pMHCs alone trigger TCR with high sensitivity. PLoS Biol 2008; 6:e43. [PMID: 18303949 PMCID: PMC2253636 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2006] [Accepted: 01/08/2008] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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At the interface between T cell and antigen-presenting cell (APC), peptide antigen presented by MHC (pMHC) binds to the T cell receptor (TCR) and initiates signaling. The mechanism of TCR signal initiation, or triggering, remains unclear. An interesting aspect of this puzzle is that although soluble agonist pMHCs cannot trigger TCR even at high concentrations, the same ligands trigger TCR very efficiently on the surface of APCs. Here, using lipid bilayers or plastic-based artificial APCs with defined components, we identify the critical APC-associated factors that confer agonist pMHCs with such potency. We found that CD4+ T cells are triggered by very low numbers of monomeric agonist pMHCs anchored on fluid lipid bilayers or fixed plastic surfaces, in the absence of any other APC surface molecules. Importantly, on bilayers, plastic surfaces, or real APCs, endogenous pMHCs did not enhance TCR triggering. TCR triggering, however, critically depended upon the adhesiveness of the surface and an intact T cell actin cytoskeleton. Based on these observations, we propose the receptor deformation model of TCR triggering to explain the remarkable sensitivity and specificity of TCR triggering. Using the T cell receptor (TCR) as a sensor, T cells of the immune system constantly migrate in lymphoid organs and probe the surface of antigen-presenting cells (APCs) for foreign antigens, a sign of pathogen infection. Antigen binding by TCRs leads to T cell activation and subsequent immune response to combat the pathogens. Interestingly, although T cells respond well to antigens on APCs, they do not recognize the same antigens in solution. What is it that makes antigens on APCs recognizable? To address this, we used lipid bilayers and plastic surfaces to construct artificial APCs with defined antigen number, composition, and configuration. We found that T cells respond to very few individual foreign antigens on artificial APCs, and contrary to some current opinion, formation of antigen clusters on APCs is not required for antigen recognition by T cells. TCR triggering, however, requires T cell adhesion to the APC surface and then occurs only if the T cells are able to move. We propose that at the dynamic T cell–APC interface, antigen on APCs activates T cells by applying force to the TCR and deforming its structure, which cannot be achieved by soluble antigens due to their lack of anchorage. Why is it that T cells are blind to antigens in solution but highly sensitive to antigens anchored on a surface? The authors show that this is not due to antigen clustering, but could involve mechanical forces associated with cell locomotion.
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- Zhengyu Ma
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- * To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: (ZM); (THF)
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Institute for Medicine and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- * To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: (ZM); (THF)
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Cecconi V, Moro M, Del Mare S, Dellabona P, Casorati G. Use of MHC class II tetramers to investigate CD4+T cell responses: Problems and solutions. Cytometry A 2008; 73:1010-8. [DOI: 10.1002/cyto.a.20603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Vollers SS, Stern LJ. Class II major histocompatibility complex tetramer staining: progress, problems, and prospects. Immunology 2008; 123:305-13. [PMID: 18251991 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2567.2007.02801.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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The use of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) tetramers in the detection and analysis of antigen-specific T cells has become more widespread since its introduction 11 years ago. Early challenges in the application of tetramer staining to CD4+ T cells centred around difficulties in the expression of various class II MHC allelic variants and the detection of low-frequency T cells in mixed populations. As many of the technical obstacles to class II MHC tetramer staining have been overcome, the focus has returned to uncertainties concerning how oligomer valency and T-cell receptor/MHC affinity affect tetramer binding. Such issues have become more important with an increase in the number of studies relying on direct ex vivo analysis of antigen-specific CD4+ T cells. In this review we discuss which problems in class II MHC tetramer staining have been solved to date, and which matters remain to be considered.
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- Sabrina S Vollers
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA
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Common themes in the assembly and architecture of activating immune receptors. Nat Rev Immunol 2007; 7:841-50. [PMID: 17960150 DOI: 10.1038/nri2186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Each of the many different cell types of the immune system expresses one or several activating receptors which serve a central role in the cell's surveillance function. Many of these cell-surface receptors share a distinctive modular design that consists of a ligand-binding module with no intrinsic signalling capability that is non-covalently associated with one or more dimeric signalling modules. Receptor assembly is directed by unique polar contacts within the transmembrane domains, whereas extracellular contacts can contribute to stability and specificity. This Review discusses the structural basis of receptor assembly and the implications of these findings for the mechanisms of receptor triggering.
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Deng L, Mariuzza RA. Recognition of self-peptide-MHC complexes by autoimmune T-cell receptors. Trends Biochem Sci 2007; 32:500-8. [PMID: 17950605 DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2007.08.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2007] [Revised: 08/08/2007] [Accepted: 08/13/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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T cell receptors (TCR) recognize antigenic peptides displayed by MHC molecules. Whereas T-cell recognition of foreign peptides is essential for immune defense against microbial pathogens, recognition of self-peptides can cause autoimmune disease. Structural studies of anti-foreign TCR showed remarkable similarities in the topology of TCR binding to peptide-MHC, which maximize interactions with the ligand. However, recent structures involving autoimmune and tumor-specific TCR have revealed that they engage self-peptide-MHC with different topologies, which are suboptimal for TCR binding. These differences might reflect the distinct selection pressures exerted on anti-microbial versus autoreactive T cells. The structures also provide new insights into TCR cross-reactivity, which can contribute to autoimmunity by increasing the likelihood of self-peptide-MHC recognition.
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- Lu Deng
- Center for Advanced Research in Biotechnology, W.M. Keck Laboratory for Structural Biology, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
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Veldman C, Eming R, Wolff-Franke S, Sonderstrup G, Kwok WW, Hertl M. Detection of low avidity desmoglein 3-reactive T cells in pemphigus vulgaris using HLA-DR beta 1*0402 tetramers. Clin Immunol 2006; 122:330-7. [PMID: 17113829 DOI: 10.1016/j.clim.2006.09.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2006] [Revised: 09/14/2006] [Accepted: 09/23/2006] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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In the present study, we developed a HLA class II tetramer-based detection system utilizing DRB1*0402 tetramers loaded with recently identified immunodominant peptides of desmoglein 3 (Dsg3), the major autoantigen of pemphigus vulgaris (PV). Initial experiments demonstrated staining of a Dsg3-reactive T cell hybridoma which was derived from HLA-DR0402-transgenic mice with loaded PE-labeled DRbeta1*0402 tetramers. However, staining of autoreactive T cell clones (TCC) derived from PV patients resulted only in positive staining by addition of exogenous peptides to the staining reactions. There was a dose-dependent specific binding of TCC to the tetramers with the agonistic Dsg3 peptide which was not altered by exogenous unrelated Dsg3 peptide. Noteworthy, the TCC did not stain with HLA-DR4 tetramers complexed with unrelated Dsg3 peptides. The findings of this study suggest that HLA class II tetramers may provide a highly specific approach to monitor ex vivo the T cellular autoimmune response against Dsg3 in patients with PV.
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- Christian Veldman
- Department of Dermatology and Allergology, University of Marburg, Deutschhausstrasse 9, D-35033 Marburg, Germany.
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Brischwein K, Schlereth B, Guller B, Steiger C, Wolf A, Lutterbuese R, Offner S, Locher M, Urbig T, Raum T, Kleindienst P, Wimberger P, Kimmig R, Fichtner I, Kufer P, Hofmeister R, da Silva AJ, Baeuerle PA. MT110: A novel bispecific single-chain antibody construct with high efficacy in eradicating established tumors. Mol Immunol 2006; 43:1129-43. [PMID: 16139892 DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2005.07.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 197] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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We have developed a novel single-chain Ep-CAM-/CD3-bispecific single-chain antibody construct designated MT110. MT110 redirected unstimulated human peripheral T cells to induce the specific lysis of every Ep-CAM-expressing tumor cell line tested. MT110 induced a costimulation independent polyclonal activation of CD4- and CD8-positive T cells as seen by de novo expression of CD69 and CD25, and secretion of interferon gamma, tumor necrosis factor alpha, and interleukins 2, 4 and 10. CD8-positive T cells made the major contribution to redirected tumor cell lysis by MT110. With a delay, CD4-positive cells could also contribute presumably as consequence of a dramatic upregulation of granzyme B expression. MT110 was highly efficacious in a NOD/SCID mouse model with subcutaneously growing SW480 human colon cancer cells. Five daily doses of 1 microg MT110 on days 0-4 completely prevented tumor outgrowth in all mice treated. The bispecific antibody construct also led to a durable eradication of established tumors in all mice treated with 1 microg doses of MT110 on days 8-12 after tumor inoculation. Finally, MT110 could eradicate patient-derived metastatic ovarian cancer tissue growing under the skin of NOD/SCID mice. MT110 appears as an attractive bispecific antibody candidate for treatment of human Ep-CAM-overexpressing carcinomas.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antibodies, Bispecific/immunology
- Antibodies, Bispecific/therapeutic use
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/immunology
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/therapeutic use
- Antibody Specificity
- Antigens, CD19/metabolism
- CD3 Complex/metabolism
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/metabolism
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/metabolism
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Cytotoxicity, Immunologic
- Disease Models, Animal
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Humans
- Kinetics
- Lymphocyte Activation/immunology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred NOD
- Mice, SCID
- Neoplasms/drug therapy
- Neoplasms/pathology
- Recombinant Proteins/isolation & purification
- Single-Chain Antibodies
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Shiroishi M, Kuroki K, Ose T, Rasubala L, Shiratori I, Arase H, Tsumoto K, Kumagai I, Kohda D, Maenaka K. Efficient leukocyte Ig-like receptor signaling and crystal structure of disulfide-linked HLA-G dimer. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:10439-47. [PMID: 16455647 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m512305200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 169] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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HLA-G is a nonclassical major histocompatibility complex class I (MHCI) molecule, which is expressed in trophoblasts and confers immunological tolerance in the maternal-fetal interface by binding to leukocyte Ig-like receptors (LILRs, also called as LIR/ILT/CD85) and CD8. HLA-G is expressed in disulfide-linked dimer form both in solution and at the cell surface. Interestingly, MHCI dimer formations have been involved in pathogenesis and T cell activation. The structure and receptor binding characteristics of MHCI dimers have never been evaluated. Here we performed binding studies showing that the HLA-G dimer exhibited higher overall affinity to LILRB1/2 than the monomer by significant avidity effects. Furthermore, the cell reporter assay demonstrated that the dimer formation remarkably enhanced the LILRB1-mediated signaling at the cellular level. We further determined the crystal structure of the wild-type dimer of HLA-G with the intermolecular Cys(42)-Cys(42) disulfide bond. This dimer structure showed the oblique configuration to expose two LILR/CD8-binding sites upward from the membrane easily accessible for receptors, providing plausible 1:2 (HLA-G dimer:receptors) complex models. These results indicated that the HLA-G dimer conferred increased avidity in a proper structural orientation to induce efficient LILR signaling, resulting in the dominant immunosuppressive effects. Moreover, structural and functional implications for other MHCI dimers observed in activated T cells and the pathogenic allele, HLA-B27, are discussed.
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- Mitsunori Shiroishi
- Division of Structural Biology, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
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Moro M, Cecconi V, Martinoli C, Dallegno E, Giabbai B, Degano M, Glaichenhaus N, Protti MP, Dellabona P, Casorati G. Generation of functional HLA-DR*1101 tetramers receptive for loading with pathogen- or tumour-derived synthetic peptides. BMC Immunol 2005; 6:24. [PMID: 16329759 PMCID: PMC1325046 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2172-6-24] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2005] [Accepted: 12/05/2005] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND MHC class I-peptide tetramers are currently utilised to characterize CD8+ T cell responses at single cell level. The generation and use of MHC class II tetramers to study antigen-specific CD4+ T cells appears less straightforward. Most MHC class II tetramers are produced with a homogeneously built-in peptide, reducing greatly their flexibility of use. We attempted the generation of "empty" functional HLA-DR*1101 tetramers, receptive for loading with synthetic peptides by incubation. No such reagent is in fact available for this HLA-DR allele, one of the most frequent in the Caucasian population. RESULTS We compared soluble MHC class II-immunoglobulin fusion proteins (HLA-DR*1101-Ig) with soluble MHC class II protein fused with an optimised Bir site for enzymatic biotynilation (HLA-DR*1101-Bir), both produced in insect cells. The molecules were multimerised by binding fluorochrome-protein A or fluorochrome-streptavidin, respectively. We find that HLA-DR*1101-Bir molecules are superior to the HLA-DR*1101-Ig ones both in biochemical and functional terms. HLA-DR*1101-Bir molecules can be pulsed with at least three different promiscuous peptide epitopes, derived from Tetanus Toxoid, influenza HA and the tumour associated antigen MAGE-3 respectively, to stain specific CD4+ T cells. Both staining temperature and activation state of CD4+ T cells are critical for the binding of peptide-pulsed HLA-DR*1101-Bir to the cognate TCR. CONCLUSION It is therefore possible to generate a soluble recombinant HLA-DR*1101 backbone that is receptive for loading with different peptides to stain specific CD4+ T cells. As shown for other HLA-DR alleles, we confirm that not all the strategies to produce soluble HLA-DR*1101 multimers are equivalent.
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- Monica Moro
- Experimental Immunology Unit, Cancer Immunotherapy and Gene Therapy Program, Dept. of Oncology, DIBIT San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milano, Italy
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- Experimental Immunology Unit, Cancer Immunotherapy and Gene Therapy Program, Dept. of Oncology, DIBIT San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milano, Italy
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- Experimental Immunology Unit, Cancer Immunotherapy and Gene Therapy Program, Dept. of Oncology, DIBIT San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milano, Italy
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- Experimental Immunology Unit, Cancer Immunotherapy and Gene Therapy Program, Dept. of Oncology, DIBIT San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milano, Italy
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- Biocrystallography Unit, DIBIT San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milano, Italy
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- Biocrystallography Unit, DIBIT San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milano, Italy
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- Tumour Immunology Unit, Cancer Immunotherapy and Gene Therapy Program, Dept. of Oncology, DIBIT San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milano, Italy
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- Experimental Immunology Unit, Cancer Immunotherapy and Gene Therapy Program, Dept. of Oncology, DIBIT San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milano, Italy
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- Experimental Immunology Unit, Cancer Immunotherapy and Gene Therapy Program, Dept. of Oncology, DIBIT San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milano, Italy
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Nicholson MJ, Hahn M, Wucherpfennig KW. Unusual features of self-peptide/MHC binding by autoimmune T cell receptors. Immunity 2005; 23:351-60. [PMID: 16226501 PMCID: PMC3417822 DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2005.09.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2005] [Revised: 09/20/2005] [Accepted: 09/22/2005] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Structural studies on T cell receptors (TCRs) specific for foreign antigens demonstrated a remarkably similar topology characterized by a central, diagonal TCR binding mode that maximizes interactions with the MHC bound peptide. However, three recent structures involving autoimmune TCRs demonstrated unusual interactions with self-peptide/MHC complexes. Two TCRs from multiple sclerosis patients bind with unconventional topologies, and both TCRs are shifted toward the peptide N terminus and the MHC class II beta chain helix. A TCR from the experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) model binds in a conventional orientation, but the structure is unusual because the self-peptide only partially fills the binding site. For all three TCRs, interaction with the MHC bound self-peptide is suboptimal, and only two or three TCR loops contact the peptide. Optimal TCR binding modes confer a competitive advantage for antimicrobial T cells during an infection, whereas altered binding properties may permit survival of a subset of autoreactive T cells during thymic selection.
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- Melissa J. Nicholson
- Department of Cancer Immunology and AIDS, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
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- Department of Cancer Immunology and AIDS, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
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- Department of Cancer Immunology and AIDS, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
- Program in Immunology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
- Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
- Correspondence:
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Recognition of a peptide-MHC complex by the T cell receptor (TCR) is a key interaction that initiates T lymphocyte activation or silencing during an immune response. Fluorochrome-labeled recombinant MHC class II-peptide reagents function as soluble mimetics of this interaction, bind to their specific TCR, and allow for detection of antigen-specific CD4+ T cells. These reagents are now under scrutiny for "immune staging" of patients at risk of type 1 diabetes, in an effort to diagnose islet autoimmunity early enough to block immune-mediated beta cell destruction. Several issues are currently being addressed to improve the performance of these T cell assays: enrichment steps for better sensitivity, multiplexing of several islet epitopes, simultaneous monitoring of CD4+ and CD8+ responses, detection of low avidity T cells, combination of quantitative (number of positive cells) and qualitative (cytokine secretion, naive/memory phenotype) readouts. CD4+ T cells are key effectors of autoimmunity, and these MHC class II peptide reagents, through their signaling properties, might also provide therapeutics to block the autoimmune process at its onset, analogous to the use of OKT3gammao1(AlaAla) anti-CD3 antibody but in an antigen-specific fashion. The aim of such therapeutics is to potentiate different physiological control mechanisms to restore immune tolerance. Mechanisms initiated by this pathway may be capable of triggering elimination of pathogenic T cells through antigen-specific apoptosis and anergy, combined with the induction of regulatory T cells with broad suppressive function.
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- Roberto Mallone
- Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason and Department of Immunology
University of Washington School of MedicineUS
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- Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason and Department of Immunology
University of Washington School of MedicineUS
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Stöcker M, Klockenbring T, Huhn M, Nachreiner T, Wicklein D, Petersen A, Bauer R, Goerlich R, Fischer R, Barth S. Antigen-specific targeting and elimination of EBV-transformed B cells by allergen toxins. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2005; 116:910-5. [PMID: 16210069 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2005.07.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2005] [Revised: 07/25/2005] [Accepted: 07/26/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND With the exception of antigen-specific immunotherapy, current treatments for atopic diseases provide only symptomatic relief. Because of the increasing incidence of such diseases, the development of novel strategies and concepts for the treatment of allergies is urgently needed. OBJECTIVE Here we present a new approach for the treatment of atopic diseases. The strategy is comparable to the application of immunotoxins in cancer therapy, in which a cytotoxic peptide is coupled to a cancer cell-specific antibody fragment or ligand. In the case of so-called allergen toxins (ATs), the target cell-specific moiety is an allergen or allergen-derived fragment, which should be bound only by allergen-reactive cells. After receptor-mediated internalization, allergen-specific cells are killed, and the allergic pathogenesis is interrupted. METHODS Proof of the AT principle was shown by using a human ex vivo system in which EBV was used to transform human B cells specific for the timothy grass pollen allergen Phl p 5b. The AT is composed of the major B-cell and T-cell epitopes of the Phl p 5b (P5) allergen fused to a truncated form of the highly toxic Pseudomonas aeruginosa exotoxin A (ETA'). RESULTS Allergen-specific and nonspecific B cells were challenged with P5-ETA', but only the Phl p 5b-reactive B cells showed selective binding and cytotoxicity. CONCLUSION This approach represents an initial step toward a novel therapeutic strategy in the treatment of atopic diseases.
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- Michael Stöcker
- University Aachen, Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, Aachen, Germany
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Hahn M, Nicholson MJ, Pyrdol J, Wucherpfennig KW. Unconventional topology of self peptide-major histocompatibility complex binding by a human autoimmune T cell receptor. Nat Immunol 2005; 6:490-6. [PMID: 15821740 PMCID: PMC3415330 DOI: 10.1038/ni1187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 212] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2005] [Accepted: 02/22/2005] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Autoimmune diseases are caused by self-reactive lymphocytes that have escaped deletion. Here we have determined the structure of the trimolecular complex for a T cell receptor (TCR) from a patient with multiple sclerosis that causes autoimmunity in transgenic mice. The structure showed a TCR topology notably different from that of antimicrobial TCRs. Rather than being centered on the peptide-major histocompatibility complex, this TCR contacted only the N-terminal peptide segment and made asymmetrical interactions with the major histocompatibility complex helices. The interaction was dominated by the hypervariable complementarity-determining region 3 loops, indicating that unconventional topologies are possible because of the unique complementarity-determining region 3 sequences created during rearrangement. This topology reduces the interaction surface with peptide and alters the geometry for CD4 association. We propose that unusual TCR-binding properties can permit autoreactive T cells to escape deletion.
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- Michael Hahn
- Department of Cancer Immunology and AIDS, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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Burrows GG. Systemic immunomodulation of autoimmune disease using MHC-derived recombinant TCR ligands. CURRENT DRUG TARGETS. INFLAMMATION AND ALLERGY 2005; 4:185-93. [PMID: 15853741 PMCID: PMC3457802 DOI: 10.2174/1568010053586363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Human autoimmune disease involves local activation of antigen-specific CD4(+) T cells that produce inflammatory Th1 cytokines leading to the further recruitment and activation of lymphocytes and monocytes, resulting ultimately in the destruction of target tissue. Antigen presenting cells (APCs) initiate activation of CD4(+) T cells in a multistep process that minimally involves co-ligation of the TCR and CD4 by the MHC class II/peptide complex and costimulation through additional T cell surface molecules such as CD28. Disruption of this highly orchestrated series of events can result in the direct modulation of CD4(+) T cell behavior. The interaction between MHC and TCR holds unique promise as a focal point for therapeutic intervention in the pathology of CD4(+) T cell-mediated diseases, and MHC class II-derived Recombinant TCR Ligands ("RTLs") have emerged as a new class of therapeutics with potent clinical efficacy in a diverse set of animal models for multiple sclerosis. Here I review the systemic effect that RTL therapy has on the intact immune system and present an overview of a molecular mechanism by which RTL therapy could induce these systemic changes.
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- Gregory G Burrows
- Department of Neurology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA.
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Nolte-'t Hoen ENM, Amoroso MG, Veenstra J, Grosfeld-Stulemeyer MC, van Eden W, Broeren CPM, Wauben MHM. Effector and regulatory T?cells derived from the same T?cell clone differ in MHC class II-peptide multimer binding. Eur J Immunol 2004; 34:3359-69. [PMID: 15549773 DOI: 10.1002/eji.200425563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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MHC class II-peptide multimers are a valuable tool for antigen-specific detection of CD4(+) T cells. However, it has been proposed that T cells in a hypo-responsive state can have diminished binding of such multimers. In the present study, we investigated this phenomenon at the clonal level. We found that anergic CD4(+) T cells had a reduced capacity to bind MHC class II-peptide multimers compared to their non-anergic counterparts. Increasing the incubation temperature, time, or MHC-peptide valency could not equalize multimer binding by anergic and non-anergic T cells. Neither anergic T cells nor non-anergic T cells internalized the MHC class II-peptide dimers efficiently, and in both cases the dimers bound to the plasma membrane at locations containing a low amount of raft-associated lipids. Disruption of lipid rafts, however, led to decreased dimer binding by non-anergic T cells and to a lesser extent by anergic T cells. Finally, we show that the depth of the anergic state of the T cell, which determines its ability to regulate other T cell responses, correlates with the reduced dimer binding. We here demonstrate for the first time differential MHC class II-peptide multimer binding by regulatory (anergic) and effector T cells with identical TCR.
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- Esther N M Nolte-'t Hoen
- Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Division of Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Yang J, Jaramillo A, Shi R, Kwok WW, Mohanakumar T. In vivo biotinylation of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II/peptide complex by coexpression of BirA enzyme for the generation of MHC class II/tetramers. Hum Immunol 2004; 65:692-9. [PMID: 15301857 DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2004.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Success in generation of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) tetramer relies on application of a key technique, biotinylation of MHC molecule specifically on a single lysine residue using the BirA enzyme. However, in vitro biotinylation of MHC-BSP (BirA enzyme substrate peptide) fusion protein using BirA enzyme is laborious and is prone to losses of target proteins to unacceptable levels. To circumvent this problem, an in vivo biotinylation strategy was developed where the BirA enzyme was coexpressed with target protein, HLA-DR2BSP/MBP, in an insect cell expression system. Bacterial BirA enzyme expressed in Drosophila melanogaster 2 (D. Mel-2) cell lines was biologically functional and was able to biotinylate secretary target protein (on specific lysine residue present on the BSP tag). Biotinylation efficiency was maximized by providing exogenous d-biotin in the culture medium and optimization of the expression vector ratios for cotransfection. By limiting dilution cloning, a clone was identified where the expressed DR2BSP/MBP protein was completely biotinylated. DR2BSP/MBP protein expressed and purified from such a clone was ready to be tetramerized with streptavidin to be used for staining antigen-specific T cells.
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- Junbao Yang
- Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, MO 63110-1093, USA
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Fourneau JM, Cohen H, van Endert PM. A chaperone-assisted high yield system for the production of HLA-DR4 tetramers in insect cells. J Immunol Methods 2004; 285:253-64. [PMID: 14980439 DOI: 10.1016/j.jim.2003.11.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2003] [Revised: 11/06/2003] [Accepted: 11/20/2003] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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MHC tetramers have become essential tools for the analysis of antigen specific responses of CD8+ and CD4+ T cells. However, the use of MHC class II tetramers is hampered by the relatively low yields of most current expression systems. We have devised an insect cell/baculovirus expression system in which yields of 50-70 mg of recombinant HLA-DR4 molecules, with or without covalently linked peptide, per liter of insect cell supernatant, are routinely obtained. These yields are rendered possible by an optimized design and use of DRalpha and DRbeta expression cassettes and by co-expression of a housekeeping chaperone of the endoplasmic reticulum, calreticulin, which, due to its co-secretion, increases secretion of HLA-DR molecules two- to threefold. A tetramer produced in the system specifically was shown to stain an HLA-DR4 restricted T cell line obtained from a healthy donor by in vitro priming, but which recognizes a type I diabetes autoantigen. Co-expression of chaperones may represent a general strategy for enhancing yields of recombinant proteins expressed in insect cells and facilitate production of MHC class II tetramers in the future.
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- Jean-Marie Fourneau
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité 580, Hôpital Necker, 161 rue de Sèvres, 75015 Paris, France
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Mallone R, Kochik SA, Laughlin EM, Gersuk VH, Reijonen H, Kwok WW, Nepom GT. Differential recognition and activation thresholds in human autoreactive GAD-specific T-cells. Diabetes 2004; 53:971-7. [PMID: 15047612 DOI: 10.2337/diabetes.53.4.971] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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The activation requirements of autoreactive CD4(+) T-cells were investigated in GAD65-specific HLA-DR0401-restricted clones derived from a diabetic patient using major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II tetramers (TMrs) as stimulating agents. Despite the fact that TMrs loaded with an immunodominant-altered GAD peptide (TMr-GAD) bound a limited number of T-cell receptors, they were capable of efficiently delivering activation signals. These signals ranged from the early steps of phospholipase C (PLC)-gamma(1) phosphorylation and Ca(2+) mobilization to more complex events, such as CD69 upregulation, cytokine mRNA transcription and secretion, and proliferation. All the effects triggered by TMr-GAD were dose dependent. On the contrary, [(3)H]-thymidine incorporation decreased at high TMr-GAD concentrations because of activation-induced cell death (AICD) after initial proliferation. Lower-avidity clones (as defined by TMr-GAD binding) were less sensitive to activation as well as less susceptible to AICD compared with higher-avidity clones. Induction of apoptosis is a potential immunomodulatory target for therapeutic applications of MHC class II multimers, but the relative resistance of low-avidity T-cells may limit its benefits.
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- Roberto Mallone
- Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason, Seattle, Washington 98101, USA
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Mallone R, Nepom GT. MHC Class II tetramers and the pursuit of antigen-specific T cells: define, deviate, delete. Clin Immunol 2004; 110:232-42. [PMID: 15047201 DOI: 10.1016/j.clim.2003.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2003] [Accepted: 11/10/2003] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Selective expansion and activation of a very small number of antigen-specific CD4(+) T cells is a remarkable and essential property of the adaptive immune response. Antigen-specific T cells were until recently identified only indirectly by functional assays, such as antigen-induced cytokine secretion and proliferation. The advent of MHC Class II tetramers has added a pivotal tool to our research armamentarium, allowing the definition of allo- and autoimmune responses in deeper detail. Rare antigen-specific CD4(+) cells can now be selectively identified, isolated and characterized. The same tetramer reagents also provide a new mean of stimulating T cells, more closely reproducing the MHC-peptide/TCR interaction. This property allows the use of tetramers to direct T cells toward the more desirable outcome, that is, activation (in malignancies and infectious diseases) or Th2/T regulatory cell deviation, anergy and deletion (in autoimmune diseases). These experimental approaches hold promise for diagnostic, prognostic and therapeutic applications.
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- Roberto Mallone
- Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason, Seattle, WA 98101, USA.
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Danke NA, Kwok WW. HLA class II-restricted CD4+ T cell responses directed against influenza viral antigens postinfluenza vaccination. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2003; 171:3163-9. [PMID: 12960344 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.171.6.3163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The memory T cell response is polyclonal, with the magnitude and specificity of the response controlled in part by the burst size of T cells expanded from effector/memory precursors. Sensitive assays using HLA class II multimers were used to detect low-frequency Ag-specific T cells directed against influenza viral Ags in subjects immunized with the influenza vaccine. Direct ex vivo tetramer staining of PBMC from five individuals identified frequencies of hemagglutinin (HA) 306-318 tetramer binding CD4(+) T cells in the peripheral blood ranging from 1 in 600 to 1 in 30,000 CD4(+) T cells. These frequencies were validated by counting CFSE(low), tetramer-positive T cells after in vitro expansion. Low frequency of T cells directed to other influenza epitopes, including DRA1*0101/DRB1*0401-restricted matrix protein 60-73, DRA1*0101/DRB1*0101-restricted matrix protein 18-29, DRA1*0101/DRB1*0701-restricted HA 232-244 and DRA1*0101/DRB1*0101-restricted nucleoprotein 206-217 were also determined. T cells which occurred at a frequency as low as 1 in 350,000 could be ascertained by in vitro expansion of precursors. Peripheral HA(306-318)-responsive T cells expanded 2- to 5-fold following influenza vaccination. Examination of phenotypic markers of the HA(306-318)-responsive T cells in the peripheral blood indicated that the majority were CD45RA(-), CD27(+), CD25(-), CD28(+), and CD62L(-), while T cell clones derived from this population were CD45RA(-), CD27(-), CD25(+), CD28(+), and CD62L(-).
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- Nancy A Danke
- Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
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- William W Kwok
- Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason, 1201 Ninth Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101, USA.
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Arnold PY, Vignali KM, Miller TB, La Gruta NL, Cauley LS, Haynes L, Scott Adams P, Swain SL, Woodland DL, Vignali DAA. Reliable generation and use of MHC class II:gamma2aFc multimers for the identification of antigen-specific CD4(+) T cells. J Immunol Methods 2002; 271:137-51. [PMID: 12445737 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-1759(02)00343-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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MHC tetramers have proven to be powerful reagents for the analysis of MHC class I-restricted T cells. However, generating similarly reliable reagents for MHC class II-restricted T cells has been elusive. Here we evaluated the utility of MHC class II:gamma2aFc multimers, which contain the MHC class II extracellular domains, with or without recombinantly attached peptides, dimerized via a fos-jun leucine zipper and attached to the hinge of murine IgG2a. We have successfully generated 24 multimers in either myeloma or Drosophila melanogaster S2 cells, with an average yield of 7 mg/L. 'Empty' MHC class II:gamma2aFc multimers were effectively used in peptide binding assays. Similar versions that contained recombinantly attached peptides stimulated T cells in an antigen-specific, MHC-restricted manner, and identified antigen-specific nai;ve and effector T cells by flow cytometry. Furthermore, we have successfully used these reagents to stain T cells generated following viral infection. Thus, MHC class II:gamma2aFc multimers are robust and reliable reagents for the analysis of MHC class II-restricted T cells.
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- Paula Y Arnold
- Department of Immunology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 332 N. Lauderdale, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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Cunliffe SL, Wyer JR, Sutton JK, Lucas M, Harcourt G, Klenerman P, McMichael AJ, Kelleher AD. Optimization of peptide linker length in production of MHC class II/peptide tetrameric complexes increases yield and stability, and allows identification of antigen-specific CD4+T cells in peripheral blood mononuclear cells. Eur J Immunol 2002; 32:3366-75. [PMID: 12432567 DOI: 10.1002/1521-4141(200212)32:12<3366::aid-immu3366>3.0.co;2-#] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Reliable, efficient systems for producing soluble HLA-DR molecules, suitable for multimerization and use as staining reagents, have proved elusive. We found that the addition of a flexible linker between peptide and N terminus of the DRB1*0101-chain (Crawford, F., Kozono, H., White, J., Marrack, P. and Kappler, J., Immunity 1998. 8: 675-682.), results in greater in vitro folding efficiency of Escherichia coli-expressed alpha- and beta-chains, and increases both the yield and stability of the DRA1*0101/DRB1*0101/peptide complexes. Although a 10-amino acid linker functioned efficiently for a 20mer epitope from HIV p24, a longer linker was required to produce a DR1 MHC class II tetramer with the influenza hemagglutinin epitope (HA(306-318)). The DR1-HA tetramer was able to stain positively over 98% of a specific clone (HA 1.7) with only a brief 30-min incubation. The tetrameric complexes detected clone cells diluted into PBMC, with high sensitivity, coupled with low background staining in CD4(+) cells. It was possible to detect antigen-specific CD4(+) T cells within a population of PBMC stimulated with the HA peptide. This demonstrates the potential to monitor CD4(+) T cell responses in peripheral blood in a number of clinical scenarios.
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Hugues S, Malherbe L, Filippi C, Glaichenhaus N. Generation and use of alternative multimers of peptide/MHC complexes. J Immunol Methods 2002; 268:83-92. [PMID: 12213345 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-1759(02)00202-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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For many years, the detection of antigen-specific T cells has relied on indirect in vitro assays such as cytokine secretion, proliferation or chromium release assays. Things have dramatically changed during the past few years, thanks to the imagination of several investigators who have developed very elegant strategies to produce multivalent peptide/MHC complexes. One of these strategies has been to produce peptide-loaded monomeric biotinylated MHC molecules, which could be obtained as tetramers upon incubation with tetravalent streptavidin. Although this latter approach has been by far the most popular, this review focuses on other strategies which have also been successful.
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- Stéphanie Hugues
- Institut de Pharmacologie Moleculaire et Cellulaire UMR6097, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 660 Route des Lucioles, 06560 Valbonne, France
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Cameron TO, Norris PJ, Patel A, Moulon C, Rosenberg ES, Mellins ED, Wedderburn LR, Stern LJ. Labeling antigen-specific CD4(+) T cells with class II MHC oligomers. J Immunol Methods 2002; 268:51-69. [PMID: 12213343 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-1759(02)00200-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Class I MHC-peptide oligomers (MHC tetramers) have become popular reagents for the detection and characterization of antigen-specific CD8(+) T cells. Class II MHC proteins can be produced by expression in Escherichia coli followed by in vitro folding, or by native expression in insect cells; biotin can be introduced by site-specific chemical modification of cysteine, or by enzymatic modification of a peptide tag; and a variety of fluorescent streptavidin preparations can be used for oligomerization. Here we review methodologies for production of fluorescent oligomers of soluble class II MHC proteins and discuss their use in analysis of antigen-specific CD4(+) T cells. We explore the experimental conditions necessary for efficient staining of CD4(+) T cells using oligomers of class II MHC proteins, and we establish a standard protocol. Finally, we consider complications and challenges associated with these reagents, discuss the interpretation of staining results, and suggest future directions for investigation, in particular the use of MHC oligomers for the study of T cell avidity modulation.
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- Thomas O Cameron
- Department of Chemistry, MIT, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge 02139, USA
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Kwok WW, Ptacek NA, Liu AW, Buckner JH. Use of class II tetramers for identification of CD4+ T cells. J Immunol Methods 2002; 268:71-81. [PMID: 12213344 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-1759(02)00201-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Multivalent MHC class II molecules containing peptide antigens are useful tools for the detection of antigen specific human CD4+ T cells. Tetramers produced by exogenous peptide loading onto empty class II molecules are comparable to tetramers with peptide tethered to the class II chain covalently, but have many practical advantages. Conditions for optimal peptide loading to generate tetramers are discussed and optimal conditions of using tetramers for staining T cells are examined. As the frequency of antigen specific CD4+ T cells in peripheral blood is low, we demonstrate that an in vitro expansion step is effective in detecting low frequency T cells. Two new applications with tetramers, their uses for mapping T cell epitopes and for the detection of low affinity T cells are described. In a clinical setting, potential applications include using these reagents for monitoring disease progression during clinical intervention.
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- William W Kwok
- The Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason, 1201 Ninth Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101, USA.
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Lorenz RR, Solares CA, Williams P, Sikora J, Pelfrey CM, Hughes GB, Tuohy VK. Interferon-gamma production to inner ear antigens by T cells from patients with autoimmune sensorineural hearing loss. J Neuroimmunol 2002; 130:173-8. [PMID: 12225899 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-5728(02)00190-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Autoimmune sensorineural hearing loss (ASNHL) typically produces bilateral rapidly progressive loss of hearing over a few days or weeks, but may also produce sudden loss over a few hours. The diagnosis is made by excluding ototoxicity, systemic disease, and other factors that mimic ASNHL and by showing a therapeutic response to corticosteroid treatment. Antibody production and T-cell proliferative responses to inner ear antigens have been implicated in the etiopathogenesis of ASNHL. In the current study, we have extended these autoimmune investigations by determining the frequencies of inner ear specific IFN-gamma producing T cells in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from ASNHL patients and from age- and sex-matched control subjects. ELISPOT analysis showed that 25% of ASNHL patients have significant increased frequencies of inner ear specific IFN-gamma producing T cells in their PBMC. All control subjects were relatively unresponsive. Our results implicate inner ear specific IFN-gamma producing proinflammatory T cells in the pathogenesis of ASNHL.
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- Robert R Lorenz
- Department of Otolaryngology and Communicative Disorders, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 44195, Cleveland, OH, USA
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Buckner JH, Holzer U, Novak EJ, Reijonen H, Kwok WW, Nepom GT. Defining antigen-specific responses with human MHC class II tetramers. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2002; 110:199-208. [PMID: 12170258 DOI: 10.1067/mai.2002.125976] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Antigen-specific CD4(+) T lymphocytes play key roles in the orchestration of immune responses, including the initiation and amplification of allergic and immune-mediated disorders. Direct detection and quantitation of these cells is made possible by the use of HLA class II tetramers, soluble recombinant forms of a complex of HLA molecule and antigenic peptide that bind the antigen-specific T-cell receptor used for T-cell recognition. By using flow cytometry with fluorescent tetramers, specific T cells can be identified, recovered, and analyzed for functional markers and transcripts, helping to characterize the lineage and commitment program for individual lymphocytes. Several newly emerging uses for tetramers in clinical immunology are under development for patient management or prognosis when the number or nature of antigen-specific T cells can be clinically important. Tetramers might be useful as patient-monitoring tools for evaluating response to immunotherapy, providing a surrogate marker for the immunologic response foreshadowing a clinical response to either immune stimulation, suppression, or deviation therapeutic modalities.
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- Jane H Buckner
- Benaroya Research Institute, Virginia Mason Research Center, 1201 Ninth Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101-2795, USA
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Arnold PY, La Gruta NL, Miller T, Vignali KM, Adams PS, Woodland DL, Vignali DAA. The majority of immunogenic epitopes generate CD4+ T cells that are dependent on MHC class II-bound peptide-flanking residues. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2002; 169:739-49. [PMID: 12097376 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.169.2.739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Peptides bind to MHC class II molecules with a defined periodicity such that the peptide-flanking residues (PFRs) P-1 and P11, which lie outside the core binding sequence (P1-P9), are solvent exposed and accessible to the TCR. Using a novel MHC class II:peptide binding assay, we defined the binding register for nine immunogenic epitopes to formally identify the flanking residues. Seven of the nine epitopes, restricted by H-2A(k), H-2A(g7), or H-2E(k), were found to generate T cells that were completely dependent on either P-1 or P11, with dependency on P-1 favored over P11. Such PFR dependency appears to be influenced by the type of amino acid exposed, in that residues that can form salt bridges or hydrogen bonds are favored over small or hydrophobic residues. Peptides containing alanine substitutions at P-1 or P11 in place of PFRs that mediate dependency were considerably less immunogenic and mediated a substantially reduced in vitro recall response to the native protein, inferring that PFR recognition increases immunogenicity. Our data suggest that PFR recognition is a common event characteristic of all MHC class II-restricted T cell responses. This key feature, which is not shared by MHC class I-restricted responses, may underlie the broad functional diversity displayed by MHC class II-restricted T cells.
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- Paula Y Arnold
- Department of Immunology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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Luttrell LM. Activation and targeting of mitogen-activated protein kinases by G-protein-coupled receptors. Can J Physiol Pharmacol 2002; 80:375-82. [PMID: 12056542 DOI: 10.1139/y02-045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Over the past decade, it has become apparent that many G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) generate signals that control cellular differentiation and growth, including stimulation of Ras family GTPases and activation of mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase pathways. The mechanisms that GPCRs use to control the activity of MAP kinases vary between receptor and cell type but fall broadly into one of three categories: signals initiated by classical G protein effectors, e.g., protein kinase (PK)A and PKC, signals initiated by cross-talk between GPCRs and classical receptor tyrosine kinases, e.g., "transactivation" of epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptors, and signals initiated by direct interaction between beta-arrestins and components of the MAP kinase cascade, e.g., beta-arrestin "scaffolds". While each of these pathways results in increased cellular MAP kinase activity, emerging data suggest that they are not functionally redundant. MAP kinase activation occurring via PKC-dependent pathways and EGF receptor transactivation leads to nuclear translocation of the kinase and stimulates cell proliferation, while MAP kinase activation via beta-arrestin scaffolds primarily increases cytosolic kinase activity. By controlling the spatial and temporal distribution of MAP kinase activity within the cell, the consequences of GPCR-stimulated MAP kinase activation may be determined by the mechanism by which they are activated.
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- Louis M Luttrell
- Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
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Casares S, Hurtado A, McEvoy RC, Sarukhan A, von Boehmer H, Brumeanu TD. Down-regulation of diabetogenic CD4+ T cells by a soluble dimeric peptide-MHC class II chimera. Nat Immunol 2002; 3:383-91. [PMID: 11862219 DOI: 10.1038/ni770] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Type 1 diabetes is an organ-specific autoimmune disease that is mediated by autoreactive T cells. We show here that administration of a soluble dimeric peptide-major histocompatibility complex (pMHC) class II chimera (DEF) to prediabetic double-transgenic mice prevents the onset of disease or, in animals that are already diabetic, restores normoglycemia. The antidiabetogenic effects of DEF rely on the induction of anergy in splenic autoreactive CD4+ T cells via alteration of early T cell receptor signaling and stimulation of interleukin 10-secreting T regulatory type 1 cells in the pancreas. Soluble dimeric pMHC class II may be useful in the development of immunospecific therapies for type 1 diabetes.
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Affiliation(s)
- Sofia Casares
- Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA.
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Nepom GT, Buckner JH, Novak EJ, Reichstetter S, Reijonen H, Gebe J, Wang R, Swanson E, Kwok WW. HLA class II tetramers: tools for direct analysis of antigen-specific CD4+ T cells. ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM 2002; 46:5-12. [PMID: 11817608 DOI: 10.1002/1529-0131(200201)46:1<5::aid-art10063>3.0.co;2-s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Immunotherapies for human autoimmune and immune-mediated diseases are proliferating rapidly, and with these changes comes the opportunity to monitor patients for immune responses to therapy based on early surrogate markers for clinical responses. Class II tetramers have the potential to serve as these sorts of markers for immune monitoring, and thereby assist with patient management, therapy selection, and improved outcomes. However, important issues of TCR avidity require resolution, because much is still unknown regarding location, quantitation, and characterization of the human T cell response. Opportunities for application of tetramer technologies in the near future will enable both clinical progress and the development of new insights into human CD4+ T cell biology in vivo.
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- Gerald T Nepom
- Virginia Mason Research Center and University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle 98101-2795, USA.
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Stone JD, Cochran JR, Stern LJ. T-cell activation by soluble MHC oligomers can be described by a two-parameter binding model. Biophys J 2001; 81:2547-57. [PMID: 11606269 PMCID: PMC1301723 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(01)75899-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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T-cell activation is essential for initiation and control of immune system function. T cells are activated by interaction of cell-surface antigen receptors with major histocompatibility complex (MHC) proteins on the surface of other cells. Studies using soluble oligomers of MHC-peptide complexes and other types of receptor cross-linking agents have supported an activation mechanism that involves T cell receptor clustering. Receptor clustering induced by incubation of T cells with MHC-peptide oligomers leads to the induction of T-cell activation processes, including downregulation of engaged receptors and upregulation of the cell-surface proteins CD69 and CD25. Dose-response curves for these T-cell activation markers are bell-shaped, with different maxima and midpoints, depending on the valency of the soluble oligomer used. In this study, we have analyzed the activation behavior using a mathematical model that describes the binding of multivalent ligands to cell-surface receptors. We show that a simple equilibrium binding model accurately describes the activation data for CD4(+) T cells treated with MHC-peptide oligomers of varying valency. The model can be used to predict activation and binding behavior for T cells and MHC oligomers with different properties.
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MESH Headings
- Antigens, CD/metabolism
- Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte/metabolism
- Binding Sites/physiology
- Binding, Competitive/physiology
- Cross-Linking Reagents/metabolism
- Dose-Response Relationship, Immunologic
- Down-Regulation/physiology
- Humans
- Lectins, C-Type
- Lymphocyte Activation/physiology
- Major Histocompatibility Complex/physiology
- Models, Biological
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/metabolism
- Receptors, Interleukin-2/metabolism
- T-Lymphocytes/cytology
- T-Lymphocytes/metabolism
- Up-Regulation/physiology
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- J D Stone
- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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Casares S, Bona CA, Brumeanu TD. Modulation of CD4 T cell function by soluble MHC II-peptide chimeras. Int Rev Immunol 2001; 20:547-73. [PMID: 11890612 DOI: 10.3109/08830180109045578] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Peptides antigens of 8 to 24 amino acid residues in length that are derived from processing of foreign proteins by antigen presenting cells (APC), and then presented to T cells in the context of major histocompatibility complex molecules (MHC) expressed by APC, are the only physiological ligands for T cell receptor (TCR). Co-ligation of TCR and CD4 co-receptor on T cells by MHC II-peptide complexes (signal 1) leads to various T cell functions depending on the nature of TCR and CD4 co-ligation, and whether costimulatory receptors (signal 2) such as CD28, CTLA-4, CD40L are involved in this interaction. Recently, the advance of genetic engineering led to the generation of a new class of antigen-specific ligands for TCR, i.e., soluble MHC class I-, and MHC class II-peptide chimeras. In principle, these chimeric molecules consist of an antigenic peptide which is covalently linked to the amino terminus of alpha-chain in the case of MHC I, or beta-chains in the case of MHC II molecules. Conceptually, such TCR/CD4 ligands shall provide the signal 1 to T cells. Since soluble MHC-peptide chimeras showed remarkable regulatory effects on peptide-specific T cells in vitro and in vivo, they may represent a new generation of immunospecific T cell modulators with potential therapeutic applicability in autoimmune and infectious diseases. This review is focused on the immunomodulatory effects of soluble, MHC class II-peptide chimeras, and discuss these effects in the context of the most accepted theories on T cell regulation.
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- S Casares
- Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
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