Broadly targeted CD8+ T cell responses restricted by major histocompatibility complex E
Abstract
Major histocompatibility complex (MHC)-E is a highly conserved, ubiquitously expressed, nonclassical, MHC-Ib molecule with limited polymorphism primarily involved in regulation of NK cell reactivity via interaction with NKG2/CD94 receptors. We found that vaccination of rhesus macaques with Rh157.5/.4 gene-deleted rhesus Cytomegalovirus (RhCMV) vectors uniquely diverts MHC-E function to presentation of highly diverse peptide epitopes to CD8α/β + T cells, approximately 4 distinct epitopes per 100 amino acids, in all tested protein antigens. Computational structural analysis revealed that a relatively stable, open binding groove in MHC-E attains broad peptide binding specificity by imposing a similar backbone configuration on bound peptides with few restrictions based on amino acid side chains. Since MHC-E is up-regulated on cells infected with HIV/SIV and other persistent viruses to evade NK cell activity, MHC-E-restricted CD8 + T cell responses have the potential to exploit pathogen immune evasion adaptations, a capability that might endow these unconventional responses with superior efficacy.
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- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
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- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); National Institutes of Health (NIH); Work for Others (WFO)
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- 1355834
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Journal ID: ISSN 0036-8075; science.aac9475
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- Science
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- Journal Name: Science Journal Volume: 351 Journal Issue: 6274; Journal ID: ISSN 0036-8075
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- American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
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- United States
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- English
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- 59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; Biological Science; CD8+ T; Major histocompatibility complex E; MHC-E; HIV
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Hansen, S. G., Wu, H. L., Burwitz, B. J., Hughes, C. M., Hammond, K. B., Ventura, A. B., Reed, J. S., Gilbride, R. M., Ainslie, E., Morrow, D. W., Ford, J. C., Selseth, A. N., Pathak, R., Malouli, D., Legasse, A. W., Axthelm, M. K., Nelson, J. A., Gillespie, G. M., Walters, L. C., Brackenridge, S., Sharpe, H. R., Lopez, C. A., Fruh, K., Korber, B. T., McMichael, A. J., Gnanakaran, S., Sacha, J. B., and Picker, L. J. Broadly targeted CD8+ T cell responses restricted by major histocompatibility complex E. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.1126/science.aac9475.
Hansen, S. G., Wu, H. L., Burwitz, B. J., Hughes, C. M., Hammond, K. B., Ventura, A. B., Reed, J. S., Gilbride, R. M., Ainslie, E., Morrow, D. W., Ford, J. C., Selseth, A. N., Pathak, R., Malouli, D., Legasse, A. W., Axthelm, M. K., Nelson, J. A., Gillespie, G. M., Walters, L. C., Brackenridge, S., Sharpe, H. R., Lopez, C. A., Fruh, K., Korber, B. T., McMichael, A. J., Gnanakaran, S., Sacha, J. B., & Picker, L. J. Broadly targeted CD8+ T cell responses restricted by major histocompatibility complex E. United States. doi:10.1126/science.aac9475.
Hansen, S. G., Wu, H. L., Burwitz, B. J., Hughes, C. M., Hammond, K. B., Ventura, A. B., Reed, J. S., Gilbride, R. M., Ainslie, E., Morrow, D. W., Ford, J. C., Selseth, A. N., Pathak, R., Malouli, D., Legasse, A. W., Axthelm, M. K., Nelson, J. A., Gillespie, G. M., Walters, L. C., Brackenridge, S., Sharpe, H. R., Lopez, C. A., Fruh, K., Korber, B. T., McMichael, A. J., Gnanakaran, S., Sacha, J. B., and Picker, L. J. Thu .
"Broadly targeted CD8+ T cell responses restricted by major histocompatibility complex E". United States. doi:10.1126/science.aac9475.
@article{osti_1355834,
title = {Broadly targeted CD8+ T cell responses restricted by major histocompatibility complex E},
author = {Hansen, S. G. and Wu, H. L. and Burwitz, B. J. and Hughes, C. M. and Hammond, K. B. and Ventura, A. B. and Reed, J. S. and Gilbride, R. M. and Ainslie, E. and Morrow, D. W. and Ford, J. C. and Selseth, A. N. and Pathak, R. and Malouli, D. and Legasse, A. W. and Axthelm, M. K. and Nelson, J. A. and Gillespie, G. M. and Walters, L. C. and Brackenridge, S. and Sharpe, H. R. and Lopez, C. A. and Fruh, K. and Korber, B. T. and McMichael, A. J. and Gnanakaran, S. and Sacha, J. B. and Picker, L. J.},
abstractNote = {Major histocompatibility complex (MHC)-E is a highly conserved, ubiquitously expressed, nonclassical, MHC-Ib molecule with limited polymorphism primarily involved in regulation of NK cell reactivity via interaction with NKG2/CD94 receptors. We found that vaccination of rhesus macaques with Rh157.5/.4 gene-deleted rhesus Cytomegalovirus (RhCMV) vectors uniquely diverts MHC-E function to presentation of highly diverse peptide epitopes to CD8α/β+ T cells, approximately 4 distinct epitopes per 100 amino acids, in all tested protein antigens. Computational structural analysis revealed that a relatively stable, open binding groove in MHC-E attains broad peptide binding specificity by imposing a similar backbone configuration on bound peptides with few restrictions based on amino acid side chains. Since MHC-E is up-regulated on cells infected with HIV/SIV and other persistent viruses to evade NK cell activity, MHC-E-restricted CD8+ T cell responses have the potential to exploit pathogen immune evasion adaptations, a capability that might endow these unconventional responses with superior efficacy.},
doi = {10.1126/science.aac9475},
journal = {Science},
number = 6274,
volume = 351,
place = {United States},
year = {2016},
month = {1}
}
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