MR1 displays the microbial metabolome driving selective MR1-restricted T cell receptor usage.
Sci Immunol
; 3(25)2018 07 13.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-30006464
ABSTRACT
MR1-restricted T cells (MR1Ts) are a T cell subset that recognize and mediate host defense to a broad array of microbial pathogens, including respiratory pathogens (e.g., Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Streptococcus pyogenes, and Francisella tularensis) and enteric pathogens (e.g., Escherichia coli and Salmonella species). Mucosal-associated invariant T (MAIT) cells, a subset of MR1Ts, were historically defined by the use of a semi-invariant T cell receptor (TCR) and recognition of small molecules derived from the riboflavin biosynthesis pathway presented on MR1. We used mass spectrometry to identify the repertoire of ligands presented by MR1 from the microbes E. coli and Mycobacterium smegmatis We found that the MR1 ligandome is unexpectedly broad, revealing functionally distinct ligands derived from E. coli and M. smegmatis The identification, synthesis, and functional analysis of mycobacterial ligands reveal that MR1T ligands can be distinguished by MR1Ts with diverse TCR usage. These data demonstrate that MR1 can serve as an immune sensor of the microbial ligandome.
Full text:
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Collection:
01-internacional
Health context:
3_ND
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell
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Histocompatibility Antigens Class I
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Minor Histocompatibility Antigens
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Mycobacterium smegmatis
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Escherichia coli
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Metabolome
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Mucosal-Associated Invariant T Cells
Type of study:
Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Sci Immunol
Year:
2018
Document type:
Article