PMID- 31601650 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20200615 LR - 20230106 IS - 1083-351X (Electronic) IS - 0021-9258 (Print) IS - 0021-9258 (Linking) VI - 294 IP - 49 DP - 2019 Dec 6 TI - ERAP1 enzyme-mediated trimming and structural analyses of MHC I-bound precursor peptides yield novel insights into antigen processing and presentation. PG - 18534-18544 LID - S0021-9258(20)30408-7 [pii] LID - 10.1074/jbc.RA119.010102 [doi] AB - Endoplasmic reticulum aminopeptidase 1 (ERAP1) and ERAP2 critically shape the major histocompatibility complex I (MHC I) immunopeptidome. The ERAPs remove N-terminal residues from antigenic precursor peptides and generate optimal-length peptides (i.e. 8-10-mers) to fit into the MHC class I groove. It is therefore intriguing that MHC class I molecules can present N-terminally extended peptides on the cell surface that can elicit CD8+ T-cell responses. This observation likely reflects gaps in our understanding of how antigens are processed by the ERAP enzymes. To better understand ERAPs' function in antigen processing, here we generated a nested set of N-terminally extended 10-20-mer peptides (RA) (n) AAKKKYCL covalently bound to the human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-B*0801. We used X-ray crystallography, thermostability assessments, and an ERAP1-trimming assay to characterize these complexes. The X-ray structures determined at 1.40-1.65 A resolutions revealed that the residue extensions (RA) (n) unexpectedly protrude out of the A pocket of HLA-B*0801, whereas the AAKKKYCL core of all peptides adopts similar, bound conformations. HLA-B*0801 residue 62 was critical to open the A pocket. We also show that HLA-B*0801 and antigenic precursor peptides form stable complexes. Finally, ERAP1-mediated trimming of the MHC I-bound peptides required a minimal length of 14 amino acids. We propose a mechanistic model explaining how ERAP1-mediated trimming of MHC I-bound peptides in cells can generate peptides of canonical as well as noncanonical lengths that still serve as stable MHC I ligands. Our results provide a framework to better understand how the ERAP enzymes influence the MHC I immunopeptidome. CI - (c) 2019 Li et al. FAU - Li, Lenong AU - Li L AD - Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois 60612. FAU - Batliwala, Mansoor AU - Batliwala M AD - Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois 60612. FAU - Bouvier, Marlene AU - Bouvier M AD - Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois 60612. Electronic address: mbouvier@uic.edu. LA - eng SI - PDB/1AGD SI - PDB/1AGB SI - PDB/6P2S SI - PDB/6P23 SI - PDB/6P27 SI - PDB/6P2C SI - PDB/6P2F GR - R01 AI045070/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 AI108546/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 AI114467/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20191010 PL - United States TA - J Biol Chem JT - The Journal of biological chemistry JID - 2985121R RN - 0 (HLA-B*08:01 antigen) RN - 0 (HLA-B8 Antigen) RN - 0 (Histocompatibility Antigens Class I) RN - 0 (Minor Histocompatibility Antigens) RN - EC 3.4.11.- (Aminopeptidases) RN - EC 3.4.11.- (ERAP1 protein, human) RN - EC 3.4.11.- (ERAP2 protein, human) SB - IM MH - Adaptive Immunity/physiology MH - Amino Acid Sequence MH - Aminopeptidases/chemistry/*metabolism MH - Antigen Presentation/physiology MH - CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/metabolism MH - Crystallography, X-Ray MH - HLA-B8 Antigen/metabolism MH - Histocompatibility Antigens Class I/chemistry/*metabolism MH - Humans MH - Minor Histocompatibility Antigens/chemistry/*metabolism MH - Protein Binding MH - X-Ray Diffraction PMC - PMC6901306 OTO - NOTNLM OT - CD8+ T cells OT - HLA-B*0801 OT - adaptive immunity OT - antigen presentation OT - antigen processing OT - endoplasmic reticulum (ER) OT - endoplasmic reticulum aminopeptidase (ERAP) OT - immunology OT - immunopeptidome OT - major histocompatibility complex I (MHC I) OT - structural biology COIS- The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest with the contents of this article EDAT- 2019/10/12 06:00 MHDA- 2020/06/17 06:00 PMCR- 2019/10/10 CRDT- 2019/10/12 06:00 PHST- 2019/07/08 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/09/20 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2019/10/12 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/06/17 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/10/12 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/10/10 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0021-9258(20)30408-7 [pii] AID - RA119.010102 [pii] AID - 10.1074/jbc.RA119.010102 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Biol Chem. 2019 Dec 6;294(49):18534-18544. doi: 10.1074/jbc.RA119.010102. Epub 2019 Oct 10.