Predominant role of N-terminal residue of nonamer peptides in their binding to HLA-B* 5101 molecules
Predominant role of N-terminal residue of nonamer peptides in their binding to HLA-B* 5101 molecules
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九聚肽 N 端残基在与 HLA-B* 5101 分子结合中的主要作用
作者:
T. Sakaguchi;M. Ibe;K. Miwa;S. Yokota;Katsuaki Tanaka;C. Schönbach;Masafumi Takiguchi
Previous studies on the binding of HLA class I molecules to chemically synthesized peptides carrying primary anchor residues (Ruppert et al. 1993; Parker et al. 1994; Scho ̈nbach et al. 1995, 1996) have shown that not only are primary anchor residues critical for major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I peptide binding, but also that secondary residues play an important role in MHC class I peptide binding. Our recent studies (Scho ̈nbach et al. 1995, 1996) have demonstrated that in addition to two primary anchor residues at position 2 (P2) and the C-terminus, secondary anchor residues can be identified by statistical analysis. However, there are other methods to analyze the effect of secondary anchors on MHC class I peptide binding, as shown by Udaka and co-workers (1995). In a previous study using the HLA-B*5101 stabilization assay (Kikuchi et al. 1996), we failed to clarify the role of secondary anchor residues of HLA-B*5101 binding peptides by statistical analysis because the ability of HLAB*5101 binding peptides to stabilize HLA-B*5101 molecules is very weak. We therefore improved the stabilization assay for HLA-B*5101 binding peptides by extending the incubation time as follows: RMA-S-B*5101 cells cultured at 26°C for 18–24 h were incubated at 26 °C for 3 h with various concentrations of peptides followed by a 3 h incubation at 37°C. The cells were then stained with TP25.99 HLA class Iα3 domain specific monoclonal antibody (mAb) (D’Urso et al. 1991: Tanabe et al. 1992) and FITC-conjugated IgG of sheep mouse-specific Ig antibodies. The mean linear fluorescence intensity (MFI) of the cells was measured by using a FACScan. The relative MFI was obtained by subtracting the MFI of cells not l aded with peptide and stained with TP25.99 mAb from the MFI of peptide-loaded cells stained with TP25.99 mAb. The affinity of a peptide was represented by the halfmaximal binding level (BL50) which is the peptide concentration yielding the half-maximal mean fluorescence intensity. Binding peptides were classified according to the BL50 into three categories: high binder (BL 50 # 10–4 M), medium binder (10 –45 BL50 # 10–3 M), and low binder (10–3 M 5 BL50). High, medium, low, and nonbinders were given ranks 3, 2, 1, and 0, respectively, and the mean binding rank (MBR) was calculated. We tested 127 nonamer peptides (Sakaguchi et al. 1997) carrying the anchor residues at P2 (Pro, Ala, and Gly) and P9 (Ile, Val, Leu and Met) which were selected from the sequence of the SF2 strain of human immunodeficiency virus-1 (Sanchez-Pescador et al. 1985) and the JT strain of hepatitis C virus protein (Tanaka et al. 1992). The MBR of these peptides increased from 0.22 to 0.42 by the improved stabilization assay (Sakaguchi et al. 1997). Subsequently we conducted an analysis of these nonamer peptides to determine secondary anchor residues which contribute to the HLA-B*5101-peptide interaction. The frequency of binding peptides and the MBR was calculated for each amino acid or groups of amino acids at each non-primary anchor position (positions 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8) in a MannWhitney U-test (Table 1). Positive effects on the peptide binding to HLA-B*5101 molecules were found for aromatic (Tyr, Phe, Trp, and His) and aliphatic (Leu, Val, Ile, and Met) hydrophobic residues at P1 ( P50.01). Likewise, small amino acids, Ala and Gly at P6, significantly enhanced the binding to HLA-B*5101 molecules ( P50.05). In contrast, negative effects on the peptide binding to HLAB*5101 molecules were observed for Gly and Ala at P1 (p50.05). In order to confirm the effect of the secondary anchor residues, the binding of peptides mutated at P1 and P6 was tested. The substitution of hydrophobic residues Tyr and Leu for Asn at P1 of NPPIPVGEI increased the binding to HLA-B*5101 molecules. Moreover, two mutations, Tyr and Val for Leu at P1 of LPCRIKQII did not affect the binding T. Sakaguchi? M. Ibe ? C. Schönbach? M. Takiguchi ( ) Department of Tumor Biology, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Shirokanedai 4-6-1, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108, Japan
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发表时间:
1992
期刊:
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)
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作者:
Tanabe,M;Sekimata,M;Ferrone,S;Takiguchi,M
通讯作者:
Takiguchi,M