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Title: Structural basis for IL-12 and IL-23 receptor sharing reveals a gateway for shaping actions on T versus NK cells

Abstract

Interleukin-12 (IL-12) and IL-23 are heterodimeric cytokines that are produced by antigen-presenting cells to regulate the activation and differentiation of lymphocytes, and they share IL-12Rβ1 as a receptor signaling subunit. In this paper, we present a crystal structure of the quaternary IL-23 (IL-23p19/p40)/IL-23R/IL-12Rβ1 complex, together with cryoelectron microscopy (cryo-EM) maps of the complete IL-12 (IL-12p35/p40)/IL-12Rβ2/IL-12Rβ1 and IL-23 receptor (IL-23R) complexes, which reveal “non-canonical” topologies where IL-12Rβ1 directly engages the common p40 subunit. We targeted the shared IL-12Rβ1/p40 interface to design a panel of IL-12 partial agonists that preserved interferon gamma (IFNγ) induction by CD8+ T cells but impaired cytokine production from natural killer (NK) cells in vitro. These cell-biased properties were recapitulated in vivo, where IL-12 partial agonists elicited anti-tumor immunity to MC-38 murine adenocarcinoma absent the NK-cell-mediated toxicity seen with wild-type IL-12. Thus, the structural mechanism of receptor sharing used by IL-12 family cytokines provides a protein interface blueprint for tuning this cytokine axis for therapeutics.

Authors:
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  1. Stanford Univ., CA (United States). School of Medicine
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States). Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Advanced Light Source (ALS)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Institutes of Health (NIH); Mathers Foundation; Ludwig Foundation; National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER); National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
OSTI Identifier:
1781662
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-76SF00515; R01-AI51321; DGE-1656518; AC02-05CH11231
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Cell
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 184; Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 0092-8674
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; IL-12; IL-23; immunology; receptor biology; structural biology; signaling

Citation Formats

Glassman, Caleb R., Mathiharan, Yamuna Kalyani, Jude, Kevin M., Su, Leon, Panova, Ouliana, Lupardus, Patrick J., Spangler, Jamie B., Ely, Lauren K., Thomas, Christoph, Skiniotis, Georgios, and Garcia, K. Christopher. Structural basis for IL-12 and IL-23 receptor sharing reveals a gateway for shaping actions on T versus NK cells. United States: N. p., 2021. Web. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2021.01.018.
Glassman, Caleb R., Mathiharan, Yamuna Kalyani, Jude, Kevin M., Su, Leon, Panova, Ouliana, Lupardus, Patrick J., Spangler, Jamie B., Ely, Lauren K., Thomas, Christoph, Skiniotis, Georgios, & Garcia, K. Christopher. Structural basis for IL-12 and IL-23 receptor sharing reveals a gateway for shaping actions on T versus NK cells. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2021.01.018
Glassman, Caleb R., Mathiharan, Yamuna Kalyani, Jude, Kevin M., Su, Leon, Panova, Ouliana, Lupardus, Patrick J., Spangler, Jamie B., Ely, Lauren K., Thomas, Christoph, Skiniotis, Georgios, and Garcia, K. Christopher. Thu . "Structural basis for IL-12 and IL-23 receptor sharing reveals a gateway for shaping actions on T versus NK cells". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2021.01.018. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1781662.
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title = {Structural basis for IL-12 and IL-23 receptor sharing reveals a gateway for shaping actions on T versus NK cells},
author = {Glassman, Caleb R. and Mathiharan, Yamuna Kalyani and Jude, Kevin M. and Su, Leon and Panova, Ouliana and Lupardus, Patrick J. and Spangler, Jamie B. and Ely, Lauren K. and Thomas, Christoph and Skiniotis, Georgios and Garcia, K. Christopher},
abstractNote = {Interleukin-12 (IL-12) and IL-23 are heterodimeric cytokines that are produced by antigen-presenting cells to regulate the activation and differentiation of lymphocytes, and they share IL-12Rβ1 as a receptor signaling subunit. In this paper, we present a crystal structure of the quaternary IL-23 (IL-23p19/p40)/IL-23R/IL-12Rβ1 complex, together with cryoelectron microscopy (cryo-EM) maps of the complete IL-12 (IL-12p35/p40)/IL-12Rβ2/IL-12Rβ1 and IL-23 receptor (IL-23R) complexes, which reveal “non-canonical” topologies where IL-12Rβ1 directly engages the common p40 subunit. We targeted the shared IL-12Rβ1/p40 interface to design a panel of IL-12 partial agonists that preserved interferon gamma (IFNγ) induction by CD8+ T cells but impaired cytokine production from natural killer (NK) cells in vitro. These cell-biased properties were recapitulated in vivo, where IL-12 partial agonists elicited anti-tumor immunity to MC-38 murine adenocarcinoma absent the NK-cell-mediated toxicity seen with wild-type IL-12. Thus, the structural mechanism of receptor sharing used by IL-12 family cytokines provides a protein interface blueprint for tuning this cytokine axis for therapeutics.},
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year = {Thu Feb 18 00:00:00 EST 2021},
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