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CELL REPORTS
Volume 42, Issue 4, Pages -Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.112321
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ligand; weak lateral; interactions; Target cell; Resting state P Ag sensitised state
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Vy9V82 T cells play critical roles in microbial immunity by detecting target cells exposed to pathogen-derived phosphoantigens (P-Ags). The interaction between BTN2A1, a direct ligand for T cell receptor (TCR) Vy9, and BTN3A1, the P-Ag sensor, is essential for this process. This study characterizes the BTN2A1 interactions with Vy9V82 TCR and BTN3A1, and identifies a molecular surface on BTN3A1-IgV essential to P-Ag sensing.
Vy9V82 T cells play critical roles in microbial immunity by detecting target cells exposed to pathogen-derived phosphoantigens (P-Ags). Target cell expression of BTN3A1, the P-Ag sensor,and BTN2A1, a direct ligand for T cell receptor (TCR) Vy9, is essential for this process; however, the molecular mechanisms involved are unclear. Here, we characterize BTN2A1 interactions with Vy9V82 TCR and BTN3A1. Nuclear magnetic reso-nance (NMR), modeling, and mutagenesis establish a BTN2A1-immunoglobulin V (IgV)/BTN3A1-IgV struc-tural model compatible with their cell-surface association in cis. However, TCR and BTN3A1-IgV binding to BTN2A1-IgV is mutually exclusive, owing to binding site proximity and overlap. Moreover, mutagenesis in-dicates that the BTN2A1-IgV/BTN3A1-IgV interaction is non-essential for recognition but instead identifies a molecular surface on BTN3A1-IgV essential to P-Ag sensing. These results establish a critical role for BTN3A-IgV in P-Ag sensing, in mediating direct or indirect interactions with the y8-TCR. They support a composite-ligand model whereby intracellular P-Ag detection coordinates weak extracellular germline TCR/BTN2A1 and clonotypically influenced TCR/BTN3A-mediated interactions to initiate Vy9V82 TCR triggering.
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