PMID- 36442096 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20221206 LR - 20230530 IS - 1091-6490 (Electronic) IS - 0027-8424 (Print) IS - 0027-8424 (Linking) VI - 119 IP - 49 DP - 2022 Dec 6 TI - Human T cells recognize HLA-DP-bound peptides in two orientations. PG - e2214331119 LID - 10.1073/pnas.2214331119 [doi] LID - e2214331119 AB - Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) molecules present small peptide antigens to T cells, thereby allowing them to recognize pathogen-infected and cancer cells. A central dogma over the last 50+ y is that peptide binding to HLA molecules is mediated by the docking of side chains of particular amino acids in the peptide into pockets in the HLA molecules in a conserved N- to C-terminal orientation. Whether peptides can be presented in a reversed C- to N-terminal orientation remains unclear. Here, we performed large-scale identification of peptides bound to HLA-DP molecules and observed that in addition to peptide binding in an N- to C-terminal orientation, in 9 out of 14 HLA-DP allotypes, reverse motifs are found, compatible with C- to N-terminal peptide binding. Moreover, we isolated high-avidity human cytomegalovirus (CMV)-specific HLA-DP-restricted CD4(+) T cells from the memory repertoire of healthy donors and demonstrate that such T cells recognized CMV-derived peptides bound to HLA-DPB1*01:01 or *05:01 in a reverse C- to N-terminal manner. Finally, we obtained a high-resolution HLA-DPB1*01:01-CMVpp65((142-158)) peptide crystal structure, which is the molecular basis for C- to N-terminal peptide binding to HLA-DP. Our results point to unique features of HLA-DP molecules that substantially broaden the HLA class II bound peptide repertoire to combat pathogens and eliminate cancer cells. FAU - Klobuch, Sebastian AU - Klobuch S AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1364-0763 AD - Department of Hematology, Leiden University Medical Center, 2333 ZA Leiden, The Netherlands. FAU - Lim, Jia Jia AU - Lim JJ AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-6097-6238 AD - Infection and Immunity Program and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia. FAU - van Balen, Peter AU - van Balen P AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-9670-4664 AD - Department of Hematology, Leiden University Medical Center, 2333 ZA Leiden, The Netherlands. FAU - Kester, Michel G D AU - Kester MGD AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-8960-7348 AD - Department of Hematology, Leiden University Medical Center, 2333 ZA Leiden, The Netherlands. FAU - de Klerk, Wendy AU - de Klerk W AD - Department of Hematology, Leiden University Medical Center, 2333 ZA Leiden, The Netherlands. FAU - de Ru, Arnoud H AU - de Ru AH AD - Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics, Leiden University Medical Center, 2333 ZA Leiden, The Netherlands. FAU - Pothast, Cilia R AU - Pothast CR AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-9761-3123 AD - Department of Hematology, Leiden University Medical Center, 2333 ZA Leiden, The Netherlands. FAU - Jedema, Inge AU - Jedema I AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-9042-6459 AD - Department of Hematology, Leiden University Medical Center, 2333 ZA Leiden, The Netherlands. FAU - Drijfhout, Jan W AU - Drijfhout JW AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-4808-5296 AD - Department of Immunology, Leiden University Medical Center, 2333 ZA Leiden, The Netherlands. FAU - Rossjohn, Jamie AU - Rossjohn J AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-2020-7522 AD - Infection and Immunity Program and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia. AD - Institute of Infection and Immunity, Cardiff University, School of Medicine, Cardiff CF14 4XN, United Kingdom. FAU - Reid, Hugh H AU - Reid HH AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-6929-5001 AD - Infection and Immunity Program and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia. FAU - van Veelen, Peter A AU - van Veelen PA AD - Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics, Leiden University Medical Center, 2333 ZA Leiden, The Netherlands. FAU - Falkenburg, J H Frederik AU - Falkenburg JHF AD - Department of Hematology, Leiden University Medical Center, 2333 ZA Leiden, The Netherlands. FAU - Heemskerk, Mirjam H M AU - Heemskerk MHM AD - Department of Hematology, Leiden University Medical Center, 2333 ZA Leiden, The Netherlands. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20221129 PL - United States TA - Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A JT - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America JID - 7505876 RN - 0 (Amino Acids) RN - 0 (Histocompatibility Antigens Class II) RN - 0 (Peptides) RN - 0 (HLA-DP Antigens) SB - IM MH - Humans MH - Amino Acids MH - Cytomegalovirus MH - *Cytomegalovirus Infections MH - Histocompatibility Antigens Class II MH - *Peptides MH - HLA-DP Antigens/immunology MH - T-Lymphocytes/immunology PMC - PMC9894132 OTO - NOTNLM OT - HLA-DP OT - T cell OT - reverse peptides COIS- The authors declare no competing interest. EDAT- 2022/11/29 06:00 MHDA- 2022/12/01 06:00 PMCR- 2023/05/29 CRDT- 2022/11/28 17:23 PHST- 2022/11/28 17:23 [entrez] PHST- 2022/11/29 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/12/01 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2023/05/29 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 202214331 [pii] AID - 10.1073/pnas.2214331119 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2022 Dec 6;119(49):e2214331119. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2214331119. Epub 2022 Nov 29.