PMID- 31717259 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20200413 LR - 20200413 IS - 1422-0067 (Electronic) IS - 1422-0067 (Linking) VI - 20 IP - 22 DP - 2019 Nov 8 TI - HLA-F Allele-Specific Peptide Restriction Represents an Exceptional Proteomic Footprint. LID - 10.3390/ijms20225572 [doi] LID - 5572 AB - Peptide-dependent engagement between human leucocyte antigens class I (HLA-I) molecules and their cognate receptors has been extensively analyzed. HLA-F belongs to the non-classical HLA-Ib molecules with marginal polymorphic nature and tissue restricted distribution. The three common allelic variants HLA-F*01:01/01:03/01:04 are distinguished by polymorphism outside the peptide binding pockets (residue 50, alpha1 or residue 251, alpha3) and are therefore not considered relevant for attention. However, peptide selection and presentation undergoes a most elaborated extraction from the whole available proteome. It is known that HLA-F confers a beneficial effect on disease outcome during HIV-1 infections. The interaction with the NK cell receptor initiates an antiviral downstream immune response and lead to delayed disease progression. During the time of HIV infection, HLA-F expression is upregulated, while its interaction with KIR3DS1 is diminished. The non-polymorphic nature of HLA-F facilitates the conclusion that understanding HLA-F peptide selection and presentation is essential to a comprehensive understanding of this dynamic immune response. Utilizing soluble HLA technology we recovered stable pHLA-F*01:01, 01:03 and 01:04 complexes from K562 cells and analyzed the peptides presented. Utilizing a sophisticated LC-MS-method, we analyzed the complete K562 proteome and matched the peptides presented by the respective HLA-F subtypes with detected proteins. All peptides featured a length of 8 to 24 amino acids and are not N-terminally anchored; the C-terminus is preferably anchored by Lys. To comprehend the alteration of the pHLA-F surface we structurally compared HLA-F variants bound to selected peptides. The peptides were selected from the same cellular content; however, no overlap between the proteomic source of F*01:01, 01:03 or 01:04 selected peptides could be observed. Recognizing the balance between HLA-F expression, HLA-F polymorphism and peptide selection will support to understand the role of HLA-F in viral pathogenesis. FAU - Ho, Gia-Gia T AU - Ho GT AD - Institute for Transfusion Medicine, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany. FAU - Heinen, Funmilola J AU - Heinen FJ AD - Institute for Transfusion Medicine, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany. FAU - Blasczyk, Rainer AU - Blasczyk R AD - Institute for Transfusion Medicine, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany. FAU - Pich, Andreas AU - Pich A AD - Institute of Toxicology, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany. FAU - Bade-Doeding, Christina AU - Bade-Doeding C AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-5826-1989 AD - Institute for Transfusion Medicine, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany. LA - eng GR - MED1912/Hector Stiftung/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20191108 PL - Switzerland TA - Int J Mol Sci JT - International journal of molecular sciences JID - 101092791 RN - 0 (HLA-F antigens) RN - 0 (Histocompatibility Antigens Class I) RN - 0 (Peptides) RN - 0 (Receptors, Natural Killer Cell) SB - IM MH - *Alleles MH - Amino Acid Motifs MH - Gene Ontology MH - Histocompatibility Antigens Class I/chemistry/*genetics MH - Humans MH - K562 Cells MH - Peptides/*metabolism MH - Protein Binding MH - *Proteomics MH - Receptors, Natural Killer Cell/metabolism PMC - PMC6888383 OTO - NOTNLM OT - HLA-F OT - peptide selection OT - peptides OT - proteome COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2019/11/14 06:00 MHDA- 2020/04/14 06:00 PMCR- 2019/11/01 CRDT- 2019/11/14 06:00 PHST- 2019/10/18 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/11/04 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2019/11/06 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/11/14 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/11/14 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/04/14 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/11/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - ijms20225572 [pii] AID - ijms-20-05572 [pii] AID - 10.3390/ijms20225572 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Int J Mol Sci. 2019 Nov 8;20(22):5572. doi: 10.3390/ijms20225572.