PMID- 33126487 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210329 LR - 20210329 IS - 1422-0067 (Electronic) IS - 1422-0067 (Linking) VI - 21 IP - 21 DP - 2020 Oct 28 TI - The Loss of HLA-F/KIR3DS1 Ligation Is Mediated by Hemoglobin Peptides. LID - 10.3390/ijms21218012 [doi] LID - 8012 AB - The human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-Ib molecule, HLA-F, is known as a CD4(+) T-cell protein and mediator of HIV progression. While HLA-Ia molecules do not have the chance to select and present viral peptides for immune recognition due to protein downregulation, HLA-F is upregulated. Post HIV infection, HLA-F loses the affinity to its activating receptor KIR3DS1 on NK cells leading to progression of the HIV infection. Several studies aimed to solve the question of the biophysical interface between HLA ligands and their cognate receptors. It became clear that even an invariant HLA molecule can be structurally modified by the variability of the bound peptide. We recently discovered the ability of HLA-F to select and present peptides and the HLA-F allele-specific peptide selection from the proteomic content using soluble HLA (sHLA) technology and a sophisticated MS method. We established recombinant K562 cells that express membrane-bound HLA-F*01:01, 01:03 or 01:04 complexes. While a recombinant soluble form of KIR3DS1 did not bind to the peptide-HLA-F complexes, acid elution of the peptides resulted in the presentation of HLA-F open conformers, and the binding of the soluble KIR3DS1 receptor increased. We used CD4(+)/HIV(-) and CD4(+)/HIV(+) cells and performed an MS proteome analysis. We could detect hemoglobin as significantly upregulated in CD4(+) T-cells post HIV infection. The expression of cellular hemoglobin in nonerythroid cells has been described, yet HLA-Ib presentation of hemoglobin-derived peptides is novel. Peptide sequence analysis from HLA-F allelic variants featured hemoglobin peptides as dominant and shared. The reciprocal experiment of binding hemoglobin peptide fractions to the HLA-F open conformers resulted in significantly diminished receptor recognition. These results underpin the molecular involvement of HLA-F and its designated peptide ligand in HIV immune escape. FAU - Ho, Gia-Gia T AU - Ho GT AD - Institute for Transfusion Medicine, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany. FAU - Hiemisch, Wiebke AU - Hiemisch W 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 - Behrens, Georg M N AU - Behrens GMN AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-3111-621X AD - Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany. AD - German Center for Infections Research, partner site Hannover-Braunschweig, Inhoffenstrasse 7, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany. FAU - Blasczyk, Rainer AU - Blasczyk R AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-3875-3190 AD - Institute for Transfusion Medicine, 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 foundation/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20201028 PL - Switzerland TA - Int J Mol Sci JT - International journal of molecular sciences JID - 101092791 RN - 0 (HLA-F antigens) RN - 0 (Hemoglobins) RN - 0 (Histocompatibility Antigens Class I) RN - 0 (KIR3DS1 protein, human) RN - 0 (Peptide Fragments) RN - 0 (Proteome) RN - 0 (Receptors, KIR3DS1) SB - IM MH - CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/*immunology MH - HIV Infections/*immunology/metabolism/virology MH - HIV-1/immunology MH - Hemoglobins/*metabolism MH - Histocompatibility Antigens Class I/*immunology/metabolism MH - Humans MH - Peptide Fragments/*metabolism MH - Protein Binding MH - Proteome/*analysis MH - Receptors, KIR3DS1/*immunology/metabolism PMC - PMC7672607 OTO - NOTNLM OT - HLA-F OT - KIR3DS1 OT - peptides OT - proteome COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2020/11/01 06:00 MHDA- 2021/03/30 06:00 PMCR- 2020/11/01 CRDT- 2020/10/31 01:01 PHST- 2020/08/25 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/10/16 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2020/10/21 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/10/31 01:01 [entrez] PHST- 2020/11/01 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/03/30 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/11/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - ijms21218012 [pii] AID - ijms-21-08012 [pii] AID - 10.3390/ijms21218012 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Int J Mol Sci. 2020 Oct 28;21(21):8012. doi: 10.3390/ijms21218012.