MHC class I recognition by NK receptors in the Ly49 family is strongly influenced by the β2-microglobulin subunit
MHC class I recognition by NK receptors in the Ly49 family is strongly influenced by the β2-microglobulin subunit
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DOI:
10.4049/jimmunol.166.12.7327
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发表时间:
2001-06-15
影响因子:
4.4
通讯作者:
Kärre, K
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作者:
Michaëlsson, J;Achour, A;Kärre, K
NK cell recognition of targets is strongly affected by MHC class I specific receptors. The recently published structure of the inhibitory receptor Ly49A in complex with H-2D(d) revealed two distinct sites of interaction in the crystal. One of these involves the alpha (1), alpha (2), alpha (3), and beta (2)-microglobulin (beta (2)m) domains of the MHC class I complex. The data from the structure, together with discrepancies in earlier studies using MHC class I tetramers, prompted us to study the role of the beta (2)m subunit in MHC class I-Ly49 interactions. Here we provide, to our knowledge, the first direct evidence that residues in the beta (2)m subunit affect binding of MHC class I molecules to Ly49 receptors. A change from murine beta (2)m to human beta (2)m in three different MHC class I molecules, H-2D(b), H-2K(b), and H-2D(d), resulted in a loss of binding to the receptors Ly49A and Ly49C. Analysis of the amino acids involved in the binding of Ly49A to H-2D(d) in the published crystal structure, and differing between the mouse and the human beta (2)m, suggests the cluster formed by residues Lys(3), Thr(4), Thr(28), and Gln(29), as a potentially important domain for the Ly49A-H-2D(d) interaction. Another possibility is that the change of beta (2)m indirectly affects the conformation of distal parts of the MHC class I molecule, including the alpha, and alpha (2) domains of the heavy chain.