Journal
STRUCTURE
Volume 24, Issue 10, Pages 1643-1657Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2016.07.010
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- Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
- Australian Research Council (ARC)
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In HLA-DQ8-associated celiac disease, TRAV26-2(+)-TRBV9(+) and TRAV8-3(+)-TRBV6(+) T cells recognize the immunodominant DQ8-glia-alpha 1 epitope, whereupon a non-germline-encoded arginine residue played a key role in binding HLA-DQ8-glia-alpha 1. Whether distinct T cell receptor (TCR) recognition modes exist for gliadin epitopes remains unclear. TCR repertoire analysis revealed populations of HLA-DQ8-glia-alpha 1 and HLA-DQ8.5-glia-gamma 1 restricted TRAV20(+)-TRBV9(+) T cells that did not possess a non-germline-encoded arginine residue. The crystal structures of a TRAV20(+)-TRBV9(+) TCR-HLA-DQ8glia-alpha 1 complex and two TRAV20(+)-TRBV9(+) TCRHLA-DQ8.5-glia-gamma 1 complexes were determined. This revealed that the differential specificity toward DQ8-glia-alpha 1 and DQ8.5-glia-gamma 1 was governed by CDR3b-loop-mediated interactions. Surprisingly, a germline-encoded arginine residue within the CDR1 alpha loop of the TRAV20(+) TCR substituted for the role of the non-germline-encoded arginine in the TRAV26-2(+)-TRBV9(+) and TRAV8-3(+)-TRBV6(+) TCRs. Thus, in celiac disease, the responding TCR repertoire is driven by a common mechanism that selects for structural elements within the TCR that have convergent binding solutions in HLA-DQ8-gliadin recognition.
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