PMID- 26552660 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20160506 LR - 20231213 IS - 1432-1211 (Electronic) IS - 0093-7711 (Print) IS - 0093-7711 (Linking) VI - 68 IP - 1 DP - 2016 Jan TI - The diversity of the HLA-E-restricted peptide repertoire explains the immunological impact of the Arg107Gly mismatch. PG - 29-41 LID - 10.1007/s00251-015-0880-z [doi] AB - Human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-E molecules are potent inhibitors of NK cell-mediated killing. Low in polymorphisms, two alleles are widely expressed among diverse populations: HLA-E*01:01 and HLA-E*01:03. Both alleles are distinguished by one SNP resulting in the substitution Arg107Gly. Both alleles present a limited set of peptides derived from class I leader sequences physiologically; however, HLA-E*01:01 presents non-canonical peptides in the absence of HLA class I molecules. To further assess the functional differences between both alleles, we analyzed the peptide repertoire of HLA-E*01:03 by applying soluble HLA technology followed by mass-spectrometric peptide sequencing. HLA-E*01:03 restricted peptides showed a length of 9-17 amino acids and differed in their biophysical properties, no overlap in the peptide repertoire of both allelic variants could be observed; however, both alleles shared marginal peptides from the same proteomic content. Artificial APCs expressing empty HLA-E*01:01 or E*01:03 molecules were generated and stabilized using cognate HLA class I-derived peptide ligands to analyze the impact of residue 107 within the HLA-E heavy chain on the NKG2/CD94 receptor engagement. Differences in peptide stabilization could be translated to the density and half-life time of peptide-HLA-E molecules on the cell surface that subsequently impacted NK cell inhibition as verified by cytotoxicity assays. Taken together, these data illustrate functional differences of HLA-E allelic variants induced by a single amino acid. Furthermore, the function of HLA-E in pathophysiologic situations when the HLA processing machinery is interrupted seems to be more emphasized than previously described, implying a crucial role for HLA-E in tumor or viral immune episodes. FAU - Celik, Alexander A AU - Celik AA AD - Institute for Transfusion Medicine, Hannover Medical School, Medical Park, Feodor-Lynen-Str. 5, 30625, Hannover, Germany. FAU - Kraemer, Thomas AU - Kraemer T AD - Institute for Transfusion Medicine, Hannover Medical School, Medical Park, Feodor-Lynen-Str. 5, 30625, Hannover, Germany. FAU - Huyton, Trevor AU - Huyton T AD - Institute for Transfusion Medicine, Hannover Medical School, Medical Park, Feodor-Lynen-Str. 5, 30625, Hannover, Germany. FAU - Blasczyk, Rainer AU - Blasczyk R AD - Institute for Transfusion Medicine, Hannover Medical School, Medical Park, Feodor-Lynen-Str. 5, 30625, Hannover, Germany. FAU - Bade-Doding, Christina AU - Bade-Doding C AD - Institute for Transfusion Medicine, Hannover Medical School, Medical Park, Feodor-Lynen-Str. 5, 30625, Hannover, Germany. bade-doeding.christina@mh-hannover.de. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20151109 PL - United States TA - Immunogenetics JT - Immunogenetics JID - 0420404 RN - 0 (Histocompatibility Antigens Class I) RN - 0 (Membrane Transport Proteins) RN - 0 (Peptides) RN - 0 (Protein Isoforms) RN - 0 (Protein Sorting Signals) RN - 0 (tapasin) RN - 94ZLA3W45F (Arginine) RN - TE7660XO1C (Glycine) SB - IM MH - Amino Acid Sequence MH - Arginine/genetics MH - Cell Line MH - Cytotoxicity Tests, Immunologic MH - Genes, MHC Class I MH - Glycine/genetics MH - Histocompatibility Antigens Class I/*genetics/*immunology/metabolism MH - Humans MH - Killer Cells, Natural/immunology MH - Lymphocytes/immunology MH - Membrane Transport Proteins/metabolism MH - Molecular Sequence Data MH - Peptides/metabolism MH - Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide MH - Protein Isoforms MH - Protein Sorting Signals/physiology MH - HLA-E Antigens PMC - PMC4701785 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Diverse HLA-E peptide repertoire OT - HLA-E*01:03 OT - Non-canonical peptides OT - Tumor immune escape EDAT- 2015/11/11 06:00 MHDA- 2016/05/07 06:00 PMCR- 2015/11/09 CRDT- 2015/11/11 06:00 PHST- 2015/09/18 00:00 [received] PHST- 2015/10/29 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2015/11/11 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/11/11 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/05/07 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2015/11/09 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1007/s00251-015-0880-z [pii] AID - 880 [pii] AID - 10.1007/s00251-015-0880-z [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Immunogenetics. 2016 Jan;68(1):29-41. doi: 10.1007/s00251-015-0880-z. Epub 2015 Nov 9.