PMID- 31457096 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20200507 LR - 20200507 IS - 2375-2548 (Electronic) IS - 2375-2548 (Linking) VI - 5 IP - 8 DP - 2019 Aug TI - Discriminative T cell recognition of cross-reactive islet-antigens is associated with HLA-DQ8 transdimer-mediated autoimmune diabetes. PG - eaaw9336 LID - 10.1126/sciadv.aaw9336 [doi] LID - eaaw9336 AB - Human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DQ8 transdimer (HLA-DQA1*0501/DQB1*0302) confers exceptionally high risk in autoimmune diabetes. However, little is known about HLA-DQ8 transdimer-restricted CD4 T cell recognition, an event crucial for triggering HLA-DQ8 transdimer-specific anti-islet immunity. Here, we report a high degree of epitope overlap and T cell promiscuity between susceptible HLA-DQ8 and HLA-DQ8 transdimer. Despite preservation of putative residues for T cell receptor (TCR) contact, stronger disease-associated responses to cross-reactive, immunodominant islet epitopes are elicited by HLA-DQ8 transdimer. Mutagenesis at the alpha chain of HLA-DQ8 transdimer in complex with the disease-relevant GAD65(250-266) peptide and in silico analysis reveal the DQ alpha52 residue located within the N-terminal edge of the peptide-binding cleft for the enhanced T cell reactivity, altering avidity and biophysical affinity between TCR and HLA-peptide complexes. Accordingly, a structurally promiscuous but nondegenerate TCR-HLA-peptide interface is pivotal for HLA-DQ8 transdimer-mediated autoimmune diabetes. FAU - Chow, I-Ting AU - Chow IT AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-7278-8157 AD - Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason, 1201 9th Ave., Seattle, WA 98101, USA. FAU - Gates, Theresa J AU - Gates TJ AD - Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason, 1201 9th Ave., Seattle, WA 98101, USA. FAU - Papadopoulos, George K AU - Papadopoulos GK AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-6944-6591 AD - Laboratory of Biophysics, Biochemistry, Bioprocessing and Bioproducts, Faculty of Agricultural Technology, Technological Educational Institute of Epirus, GR47100 Arta, Greece. FAU - Moustakas, Antonis K AU - Moustakas AK AD - Department of Food Technology, Ionian University, GR28100 Argostoli, Cephallonia, Greece. FAU - Kolawole, Elizabeth M AU - Kolawole EM AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-3138-0037 AD - Department of Pathology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84132, USA. FAU - Notturno, Richard J AU - Notturno RJ AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-1348-6359 AD - Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason, 1201 9th Ave., Seattle, WA 98101, USA. FAU - McGinty, John W AU - McGinty JW AD - Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason, 1201 9th Ave., Seattle, WA 98101, USA. FAU - Torres-Chinn, Nadia AU - Torres-Chinn N AD - Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason, 1201 9th Ave., Seattle, WA 98101, USA. FAU - James, Eddie A AU - James EA AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7217-5729 AD - Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason, 1201 9th Ave., Seattle, WA 98101, USA. FAU - Greenbaum, Carla AU - Greenbaum C AD - Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason, 1201 9th Ave., Seattle, WA 98101, USA. FAU - Nepom, Gerald T AU - Nepom GT AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-8063-1464 AD - Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason, 1201 9th Ave., Seattle, WA 98101, USA. AD - Department of Immunology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA. FAU - Evavold, Brian D AU - Evavold BD AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-3561-3494 AD - Department of Pathology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84132, USA. FAU - Kwok, William W AU - Kwok WW AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-4843-4599 AD - Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason, 1201 9th Ave., Seattle, WA 98101, USA. AD - Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA. LA - eng GR - DP3 DK097653/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - DP3 DK106909/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20190821 PL - United States TA - Sci Adv JT - Science advances JID - 101653440 RN - 0 (Autoantigens) RN - 0 (Epitopes) RN - 0 (HLA-DQ Antigens) RN - 0 (HLA-DQ8 antigen) SB - IM MH - Alleles MH - Amino Acid Sequence MH - Autoantigens/*immunology MH - Cross Reactions/*immunology MH - Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1/etiology/metabolism MH - Epitopes/chemistry/immunology MH - HLA-DQ Antigens/chemistry/genetics/*immunology MH - Humans MH - Islets of Langerhans/*immunology MH - Models, Molecular MH - Protein Multimerization MH - Structure-Activity Relationship MH - T-Cell Antigen Receptor Specificity MH - T-Lymphocytes/*immunology/*metabolism PMC - PMC6703875 EDAT- 2019/08/29 06:00 MHDA- 2020/05/08 06:00 PMCR- 2019/08/21 CRDT- 2019/08/29 06:00 PHST- 2019/02/07 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/07/11 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/08/29 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/08/29 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/05/08 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/08/21 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - aaw9336 [pii] AID - 10.1126/sciadv.aaw9336 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Sci Adv. 2019 Aug 21;5(8):eaaw9336. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aaw9336. eCollection 2019 Aug.