PMID- 23569211 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20130806 LR - 20211021 IS - 1083-351X (Electronic) IS - 0021-9258 (Print) IS - 0021-9258 (Linking) VI - 288 IP - 22 DP - 2013 May 31 TI - Highly divergent T-cell receptor binding modes underlie specific recognition of a bulged viral peptide bound to a human leukocyte antigen class I molecule. PG - 15442-54 LID - 10.1074/jbc.M112.447185 [doi] AB - Human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-I molecules can present long peptides, yet the mechanisms by which T-cell receptors (TCRs) recognize featured pHLA-I landscapes are unclear. We compared the binding modes of three distinct human TCRs, CA5, SB27, and SB47, complexed with a "super-bulged" viral peptide (LPEPLPQGQLTAY) restricted by HLA-B*35:08. The CA5 and SB27 TCRs engaged HLA-B*35:08(LPEP) similarly, straddling the central region of the peptide but making limited contacts with HLA-B*35:08. Remarkably, the CA5 TCR did not contact the alpha1-helix of HLA-B*35:08. Differences in the CDR3beta loop between the CA5 and SB27 TCRs caused altered fine specificities. Surprisingly, the SB47 TCR engaged HLA-B*35:08(LPEP) using a completely distinct binding mechanism, namely "bypassing" the bulged peptide and making extensive contacts with the extreme N-terminal end of HLA-B*35:08. This docking footprint included HLA-I residues not observed previously as TCR contact sites. The three TCRs exhibited differing patterns of alloreactivity toward closely related or distinct HLA-I allotypes. Thus, the human T-cell repertoire comprises a range of TCRs that can interact with "bulged" pHLA-I epitopes using unpredictable strategies, including the adoption of atypical footprints on the MHC-I. FAU - Liu, Yu Chih AU - Liu YC AD - Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Biomedical Sciences, Monash University, Clayton 3800, Australia. FAU - Miles, John J AU - Miles JJ FAU - Neller, Michelle A AU - Neller MA FAU - Gostick, Emma AU - Gostick E FAU - Price, David A AU - Price DA FAU - Purcell, Anthony W AU - Purcell AW FAU - McCluskey, James AU - McCluskey J FAU - Burrows, Scott R AU - Burrows SR FAU - Rossjohn, Jamie AU - Rossjohn J FAU - Gras, Stephanie AU - Gras S LA - eng SI - PDB/4JRX SI - PDB/4JRY GR - 100326/WT_/Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20130408 PL - United States TA - J Biol Chem JT - The Journal of biological chemistry JID - 2985121R RN - 0 (Complementarity Determining Regions) RN - 0 (HLA-B35 Antigen) RN - 0 (Peptides) RN - 0 (Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell) RN - 0 (Viral Proteins) SB - IM MH - CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/cytology/*immunology MH - Complementarity Determining Regions/genetics/immunology MH - HLA-B35 Antigen/genetics/*immunology MH - Herpesvirus 4, Human/genetics/*immunology MH - Peptides/genetics/*immunology MH - Protein Structure, Secondary MH - Protein Structure, Tertiary MH - Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/genetics/*immunology MH - Viral Proteins/genetics/*immunology PMC - PMC3668706 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) OT - Structural Biology OT - T-cell Receptor OT - Viral Immunology OT - X-ray Crystallography EDAT- 2013/04/10 06:00 MHDA- 2013/08/07 06:00 PMCR- 2013/04/08 CRDT- 2013/04/10 06:00 PHST- 2013/04/10 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/04/10 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/08/07 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2013/04/08 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0021-9258(20)45936-8 [pii] AID - M112.447185 [pii] AID - 10.1074/jbc.M112.447185 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Biol Chem. 2013 May 31;288(22):15442-54. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M112.447185. Epub 2013 Apr 8.