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The nonpolymorphic MHC Qa-1b mediates CD8+ T cell surveillance of antigen-processing defects.


ABSTRACT: The nonclassical major histocompatibility complex (MHC) Qa-1b accommodates monomorphic leader peptides and functions as a ligand for germ line receptors CD94/NKG2, which are expressed by natural killer cells and CD8+ T cells. We here describe that the conserved peptides are replaced by a novel peptide repertoire of surprising diversity as a result of impairments in the antigen-processing pathway. This novel peptide repertoire represents immunogenic neoantigens for CD8+ T cells, as we found that these Qa-1b-restricted T cells dominantly participated in the response to tumors with processing deficiencies. A surprisingly wide spectrum of target cells, irrespective of transformation status, MHC background, or type of processing deficiency, was recognized by this T cell subset, complying with the conserved nature of Qa-1b. Target cell recognition depended on T cell receptor and Qa-1b interaction, and immunization with identified peptide epitopes demonstrated in vivo priming of CD8+ T cells. Our data reveal that Qa-1b, and most likely its human homologue human leukocyte antigen-E, is important for the defense against processing-deficient cells by displacing the monomorphic leader peptides, which relieves the inhibition through CD94/NKG2A on lymphocytes, and by presenting a novel repertoire of immunogenic peptides, which recruits a subset of cytotoxic CD8+ T cells.

SUBMITTER: Oliveira CC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2812552 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The nonpolymorphic MHC Qa-1b mediates CD8+ T cell surveillance of antigen-processing defects.

Oliveira Cláudia C CC   van Veelen Peter A PA   Querido Bianca B   de Ru Arnoud A   Sluijter Marjolein M   Laban Sandra S   Drijfhout Jan W JW   van der Burg Sjoerd H SH   Offringa Rienk R   van Hall Thorbald T  

The Journal of experimental medicine 20091228 1


The nonclassical major histocompatibility complex (MHC) Qa-1b accommodates monomorphic leader peptides and functions as a ligand for germ line receptors CD94/NKG2, which are expressed by natural killer cells and CD8+ T cells. We here describe that the conserved peptides are replaced by a novel peptide repertoire of surprising diversity as a result of impairments in the antigen-processing pathway. This novel peptide repertoire represents immunogenic neoantigens for CD8+ T cells, as we found that  ...[more]

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