PMID- 21299528 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20110610 LR - 20131121 IS - 1399-0039 (Electronic) IS - 0001-2815 (Linking) VI - 77 IP - 3 DP - 2011 Mar TI - The HLA-DP2 protein binds the immunodominant epitope from myelin basic protein, MBP85-99, with high affinity. PG - 229-34 LID - 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2010.01614.x [doi] AB - Myelin basic protein (MBP) is a candidate autoantigen in multiple sclerosis (MS). The immunodominant epitope for T-cell responses is assigned to the amino acid sequence MBP84-102, which binds to human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DR2a (DRB5*0101) and HLA-DR2b (DRB1*1501) of the HLA-DR2 haplotype carrying the strongest genetic association with MS. In contrast with HLA-DR and -DQ molecules, HLA-DP molecules are poorly characterized with respect to the binding of self-peptides. We show here that HLA-DP2 binds MBP85-99 with high affinity, and that the amino acid residues in position MBP91, MBP92 and MBP93 are influencing the binding, as shown by alanine scans. We further used a series of truncated peptides to identify the core of the binding. Moving the frame along the peptide from residues 87-97 to 89-99 progressively decreased the binding affinity for HLA-DP2, while moving further towards the C-terminal completely abrogated the binding of peptides to HLA-DP2. The data suggest that the docking of the MBP85-99 peptide into the HLA-DP2 groove is dependent on MBP88V and MBP89V and may use either of them as primary anchor for the p1 position. HLA-DP2 might thus present the MBP85-99 peptide in the same register as the HLA-DRB1*1501, where the MBP89V is preferred as the p1 anchor. Notably, full-length MBP was able to compete for peptide binding with an affinity similar to that seen for the high-affinity binding peptides, DRalpha170-83 and IIP53-65. In summary, the HLA-DP2 molecule binds the immunodominant epitope in MS, MBP85-99, possibly in more than one register. CI - (c) 2011 John Wiley & Sons A/S. FAU - Hansen, B E AU - Hansen BE AD - Department of Rheumatology, Institute for Inflammation Research, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark. behmail@get2net.dk FAU - Nielsen, C H AU - Nielsen CH FAU - Madsen, H O AU - Madsen HO FAU - Ryder, L P AU - Ryder LP FAU - Jakobsen, B K AU - Jakobsen BK FAU - Svejgaard, A AU - Svejgaard A LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - England TA - Tissue Antigens JT - Tissue antigens JID - 0331072 RN - 0 (HLA-DP Antigens) RN - 0 (HLA-DP beta-Chains) RN - 0 (HLA-DPw2 antigen) RN - 0 (Immunodominant Epitopes) RN - 0 (Myelin Basic Protein) RN - 0 (Peptide Fragments) RN - 0 (Recombinant Proteins) RN - 0 (myelin basic protein 85-99) RN - 8PJ61P6TS3 (1-Butanol) SB - IM MH - 1-Butanol/pharmacology MH - Amino Acid Sequence MH - Animals MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Drosophila melanogaster MH - Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay MH - HLA-DP Antigens/chemistry/immunology/isolation & purification/*metabolism MH - HLA-DP beta-Chains MH - Humans MH - Immunodominant Epitopes/*metabolism MH - Multiple Sclerosis/immunology/metabolism MH - Myelin Basic Protein/immunology/*metabolism MH - Peptide Fragments/immunology/*metabolism MH - Protein Binding/immunology MH - Recombinant Proteins/immunology/metabolism MH - Substrate Specificity EDAT- 2011/02/09 06:00 MHDA- 2011/06/11 06:00 CRDT- 2011/02/09 06:00 PHST- 2011/02/09 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2011/02/09 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2011/06/11 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2010.01614.x [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Tissue Antigens. 2011 Mar;77(3):229-34. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2010.01614.x.