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Structural insight into MR1-mediated recognition of the mucosal associated invariant T cell receptor.

ABSTRACT: Mucosal-associated invariant T (MAIT) cells express a semiinvariant ?? T cell receptor (TCR) that binds MHC class I-like molecule (MR1). However, the molecular basis for MAIT TCR recognition by MR1 is unknown. In this study, we present the crystal structure of a human V?7.2J?33-V?2 MAIT TCR. Mutagenesis revealed highly conserved requirements for the MAIT TCR-MR1 interaction across different human MAIT TCRs stimulated by distinct microbial sources. Individual residues within the MAIT TCR ? chain were dispensable for the interaction with MR1, whereas the invariant MAIT TCR ? chain controlled specificity through a small number of residues, which are conserved across species and located within the V?-J? regions. Mutagenesis of MR1 showed that only two residues, which were centrally positioned and on opposing sides of the antigen-binding cleft of MR1, were essential for MAIT cell activation. The mutagenesis data are consistent with a centrally located MAIT TCR-MR1 docking that was dominated by the ? chain of the MAIT TCR. This candidate docking mode contrasts with that of the NKT TCR-CD1d-antigen interaction, in which both the ? and ? chain of the NKT TCR is required for ligation above the F'-pocket of CD1d.

SUBMITTER: Reantragoon R

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3328369 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Structural insight into MR1-mediated recognition of the mucosal associated invariant T cell receptor.

Reantragoon Rangsima R Kjer-Nielsen Lars L Patel Onisha O Chen Zhenjun Z Illing Patricia T PT Bhati Mugdha M Kostenko Lyudmila L Bharadwaj Mandvi M Meehan Bronwyn B Hansen Ted H TH Godfrey Dale I DI Rossjohn Jamie J McCluskey James J

The Journal of experimental medicine 20120312 4

Mucosal-associated invariant T (MAIT) cells express a semiinvariant αβ T cell receptor (TCR) that binds MHC class I-like molecule (MR1). However, the molecular basis for MAIT TCR recognition by MR1 is unknown. In this study, we present the crystal structure of a human Vα7.2Jα33-Vβ2 MAIT TCR. Mutagenesis revealed highly conserved requirements for the MAIT TCR-MR1 interaction across different human MAIT TCRs stimulated by distinct microbial sources. Individual residues within the MAIT TCR β chain ...[more]

PMID: 22412157

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Project description:A recently identified unconventional T cell population known as mucosal-associated invariant T (MAIT) cells are characterized by the expression of semi-invariant T cell receptor (TCR) with a canonical TRAV1-2/TRAJ33 (Vα7.2/Jα33). These evolutionary conserved, innate-like T cells recognize vitamin B metabolites, derived from some bacteria and fungi. Due to their presence not only in the T cell repertoire of mucosal surfaces but also in peripheral blood and liver, and their significant involvement in a wide range of diseases, in-depth characterization of human MAIT cells is a timely requirement. Studies that examined the transcriptome, immunoproteome, and whole-cell proteome characterized the role of cytotoxic molecules and cytokines in effector functions of MAIT cells and their relationship with some other immune cell subsets. As MAIT cells are classified under the CD3+ T cell compartment and the majority express surface receptor CD8, identifying their proteomic relationship with CD3+ and CD8+ T cells is pivotal. Thus, a high-resolution dataset was generated using the cell populations sorted from peripheral blood mononuclear cells of three healthy volunteers to describe the whole cell proteomes of MAIT, CD3+, and CD8+ T cells. Trypsin-digested peptide samples obtained from the methanol co-precipitation method were analyzed using an Orbitrap FusionTM TribridTM mass spectrometer (Thermo Fisher Scientific, USA) inline coupled to nanoACQUITY ultra-performance liquid chromatography system (Waters, USA) to acquire data-dependent shotgun proteomic data (DDA-MS) for label-free quantification. Analysis of raw DDA-MS data using MaxQuant software and maxLFQ identified and quantified 4,442 protein groups at a 1% false discovery rate. Further analysis identified 3,680 proteins which were detected with a single UniProt accession and a minimum of 2 unique or razor peptides. Thus this proteomic dataset can be used as a reference proteome for future studies on human MAIT cells.

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Structural insight into MR1-mediated recognition of the mucosal associated invariant T cell receptor.

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Structural insight into MR1-mediated recognition of the mucosal associated invariant T cell receptor.

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