PMID- 35173732 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220328 LR - 20220328 IS - 1664-3224 (Electronic) IS - 1664-3224 (Linking) VI - 13 DP - 2022 TI - Structural Basis for Unusual TCR CDR3beta Usage Against an Immunodominant HIV-1 Gag Protein Peptide Restricted to an HLA-B*81:01 Molecule. PG - 822210 LID - 10.3389/fimmu.2022.822210 [doi] LID - 822210 AB - In HIV infection, some closely associated human leukocyte antigen (HLA) alleles are correlated with distinct clinical outcomes although presenting the same HIV epitopes. The mechanism that underpins this observation is still unknown, but may be due to the essential features of HLA alleles or T cell receptors (TCR). In this study, we investigate how T18A TCR, which is beneficial for a long-term control of HIV in clinic, recognizes immunodominant Gag epitope TL9 (TPQDLTML180-188) from HIV in the context of the antigen presenting molecule HLA-B*81:01. We found that T18A TCR exhibits differential recognition for TL9 restricted by HLA-B*81:01. Furthermore, via structural and biophysical approaches, we observed that TL9 complexes with HLA-B*81:01 undergoes no conformational change after TCR engagement. Remarkably, the CDR3beta in T18A complexes does not contact with TL9 at all but with intensive contacts to HLA-B*81:01. The binding kinetic data of T18A TCR revealed that this TCR can recognize TL9 epitope and several mutant versions, which might explain the correlation of T18A TCR with better clinic outcomes despite the relative high mutation rate of HIV. Collectively, we provided a portrait of how CD8(+) T cells engage in HIV-mediated T cell response. CI - Copyright (c) 2022 Liu, Lei, San, Yang, Paek, Xia, Chen and Yin. FAU - Liu, Yang AU - Liu Y AD - State Key Laboratory of Virology, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China. FAU - Lei, Jun AU - Lei J AD - Department of Clinical Oncology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China. FAU - San, Dan AU - San D AD - State Key Laboratory of Virology, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China. FAU - Yang, Yi AU - Yang Y AD - State Key Laboratory of Virology, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China. FAU - Paek, Chonil AU - Paek C AD - State Key Laboratory of Virology, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China. FAU - Xia, Zixiong AU - Xia Z AD - State Key Laboratory of Virology, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China. FAU - Chen, Yongshun AU - Chen Y AD - Department of Clinical Oncology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China. FAU - Yin, Lei AU - Yin L AD - State Key Laboratory of Virology, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20220131 PL - Switzerland TA - Front Immunol JT - Frontiers in immunology JID - 101560960 RN - 0 (HLA-B Antigens) RN - 0 (Immunodominant Epitopes) RN - 0 (Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell) RN - 0 (gag Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus) SB - IM MH - CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology MH - HIV-1/*metabolism MH - HLA-B Antigens/*immunology MH - Humans MH - Immunodominant Epitopes/immunology MH - Mutation/*genetics MH - Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/*metabolism MH - gag Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus/chemistry/*genetics PMC - PMC8841528 OTO - NOTNLM OT - CD8+ T cells OT - HIV OT - HLA OT - T cell receptor OT - antigen presentation COIS- The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. EDAT- 2022/02/18 06:00 MHDA- 2022/03/29 06:00 PMCR- 2022/01/01 CRDT- 2022/02/17 05:35 PHST- 2021/11/25 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/01/12 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/02/17 05:35 [entrez] PHST- 2022/02/18 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/03/29 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.3389/fimmu.2022.822210 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Front Immunol. 2022 Jan 31;13:822210. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.822210. eCollection 2022.