Dual, HLA-B27 Subtype-dependent Conformation of a Self-peptide

Overview

Journal J Exp Med

Specialties Allergy & Immunology
General Medicine

Date 2004 Jan 22

PMID 14734527

Citations 46

Authors

Martin Hulsmeyer

Maria Teresa Fiorillo

Francesca Bettosini

Rosa Sorrentino

Wolfram Saenger

Andreas Ziegler

Barbara Uchanska-Ziegler

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Abstract

The products of the human leukocyte antigen subtypes HLA-B*2705 and HLA-B*2709 differ only in residue 116 (Asp vs. His) within the peptide binding groove but are differentially associated with the autoimmune disease ankylosing spondylitis (AS); HLA-B*2705 occurs in AS-patients, whereas HLA-B*2709 does not. The subtypes also generate differential T cell repertoires as exemplified by distinct T cell responses against the self-peptide pVIPR (RRKWRRWHL). The crystal structures described here show that pVIPR binds in an unprecedented dual conformation only to HLA-B*2705 molecules. In one binding mode, peptide pArg5 forms a salt bridge to Asp116, connected with drastically different interactions between peptide and heavy chain, contrasting with the second, conventional conformation, which is exclusively found in the case of B*2709. These subtype-dependent differences in pVIPR binding link the emergence of dissimilar T cell repertoires in individuals with HLA-B*2705 or HLA-B*2709 to the buried Asp116/His116 polymorphism and provide novel insights into peptide presentation by major histocompatibility antigens.

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