Impact of CD8-MHC class I interaction in detection and sorting efficiencies of antigen-specific T cells using MHC class I/peptide multimers: contribution of pMHC valency.
Int Immunol
; 18(7): 1139-45, 2006 Jul.
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| ID: mdl-16751231
ABSTRACT
Recombinant soluble multimeric forms of MHC class I molecules loaded with antigenic peptides (pMHC) have turned out to be particularly useful to detect and isolate specific T cells. These applications both rely on the oligomerization of pMHC monomers in order to compensate for their inherent low affinity for the TCR. In this study, we have evaluated the precise contribution of CD8-pMHC interaction on the specificity and sorting efficiency of pMHC multimers according to their degree of oligomerization. To this end several wild-type versus mutated pMHC complexes (A*0201, B*0701, B*0801, B*3501) carrying point mutations known to reduce (245V mutants) or to abrogate (227,8KA mutants) CD8-pMHC interaction and showing various degrees of valency have been used. We show that irrespective of the HLA allele tested, 245V mutation strongly improves the binding specificity and immunomagnetic sorting efficiency of pMHC multimers. Our results also indicate that the contribution of CD8 to the binding of pMHC multimers to specific CD8+ T cells is inversely correlated to the degree of pMHC oligomerization. Consequently, efficient staining or specific sorting of high-affinity T cells (i.e. CD8 independent) can only be achieved using 227,8KA pMHC complexes with low-order oligomerization.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Peptídeos
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Receptores de Antígenos de Linfócitos T
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Antígenos de Histocompatibilidade Classe I
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Antígenos CD8
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Linfócitos T CD8-Positivos
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2006
Tipo de documento:
Article