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HLA tapasin independence: broader peptide repertoire and HIV control.

ABSTRACT: Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I allotypes vary in their ability to present peptides in the absence of tapasin, an essential component of the peptide loading complex. We quantified tapasin dependence of all allotypes that are common in European and African Americans (n = 97), which revealed a broad continuum of values. Ex vivo examination of cytotoxic T cell responses to the entire HIV-1 proteome from infected subjects indicates that tapasin-dependent allotypes present a more limited set of distinct peptides than do tapasin-independent allotypes, data supported by computational predictions. This suggests that variation in tapasin dependence may impact the strength of the immune responses by altering peptide repertoire size. In support of this model, we observed that individuals carrying HLA class I genotypes characterized by greater tapasin independence progress more slowly to AIDS and maintain lower viral loads, presumably due to increased breadth of peptide presentation. Thus, tapasin dependence level, like HLA zygosity, may serve as a means to restrict or expand breadth of the HLA-I peptide repertoire across humans, ultimately influencing immune responses to pathogens and vaccines.

SUBMITTER: Bashirova AA

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7668082 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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HLA tapasin independence: broader peptide repertoire and HIV control.

Bashirova Arman A AA Viard Mathias M Naranbhai Vivek V Grifoni Alba A Garcia-Beltran Wilfredo W Akdag Marjan M Yuki Yuko Y Gao Xiaojiang X O'hUigin Colm C Raghavan Malini M Wolinsky Steven S Bream Jay H JH Duggal Priya P Martinson Jeremy J Michael Nelson L NL Kirk Gregory D GD Buchbinder Susan P SP Haas David D Goedert James J JJ Deeks Steven G SG Fellay Jacques J Walker Bruce B Goulder Philip P Cresswell Peter P Elliott Tim T Sette Alessandro A Carlson Jonathan J Carrington Mary M

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20201023 45

Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I allotypes vary in their ability to present peptides in the absence of tapasin, an essential component of the peptide loading complex. We quantified tapasin dependence of all allotypes that are common in European and African Americans (<i>n</i> = 97), which revealed a broad continuum of values. Ex vivo examination of cytotoxic T cell responses to the entire HIV-1 proteome from infected subjects indicates that tapasin-dependent allotypes present a more limited ...[more]

PMID: 33097667

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Project description:BackgroundPolymorphic differences between donor and recipient human leukocyte antigen class I molecules can result in graft-versus-host disease due to distinct peptide presentation. As part of the peptide-loading complex, tapasin plays an important role in selecting peptides from the pool of potential ligands. Class I polymorphisms can significantly alter the tapasin-mediated interaction with the peptide-loading complex and although most class I allotypes are highly dependent upon tapasin, some are able to load peptides independently of tapasin. Several human leukocyte antigen B*44 allotypes differ exclusively at position 156 (B*44:02(156Asp), 44:03(156Leu), 44:28(156Arg), 44:35(156Glu)). From these alleles, only the high tapasin-dependency of human leukocyte antigen B*44:02 has been reported.Design and methodsWe investigated the influence of position 156 polymorphisms on both the requirement of tapasin for efficient surface expression of each allotype and their peptide features. Genes encoding human leukocyte antigen B*44 variants bearing all possible substitutions at position 156 were lentivirally transduced into human leukocyte antigen class I-negative LCL 721.221 cells and the tapasin-deficient cell line LCL 721.220.ResultsExclusively human leukocyte antigen B*44:28(156Arg) was expressed on the surface of tapasin-deficient cells, suggesting that the remaining B*44/156 variants are highly tapasin-dependent. Our computational analysis suggests that the tapasin-independence of human leukocyte antigen B*44:28(156Arg) is a result of stabilization of the peptide binding region and generation of a more peptide receptive state. Sequencing of peptides eluted from human leukocyte antigen B*44 molecules by liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry (LTQ-Orbitrap) demonstrated that both B*44:02 and B*44:28 share the same overall peptide motif and a certain percentage of their individual peptide repertoires in the presence and/or absence of tapasin.ConclusionsHere we report for the first time the influence of position 156 on the human leukocyte antigen/tapasin association. Additionally, the results of peptide sequencing suggest that tapasin chaperoning is needed to acquire peptides of unusual length.

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HLA tapasin independence: broader peptide repertoire and HIV control.

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HLA tapasin independence: broader peptide repertoire and HIV control.

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