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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
卷 98, 期 12, 页码 6818-6823出版社
NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.111161198
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- NIAID NIH HHS [R01 AI/NS42949, R01 AI54840] Funding Source: Medline
- NIGMS NIH HHS [R01 GM58538] Funding Source: Medline
In the current study, cellular and molecular approaches have been used to analyze the biophysical nature of T cell receptor (TCR)peptide MHC(pMHC) interactions for two autoreactive TCRs. These two TCRs recognize the N-terminal epitope of myelin basic: protein (MBP1-11) bound to the MHC class II protein. I-AU, and are associated with murine experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. Mice transgenic for the TCRs have been generated and characterized in other laboratories. These analyses indicate that the mice either develop encephalomyelitis spontaneously (172.10 TCR) or only if immunized with autoantigen in adjuvant (1934.4 TCR). Here, we show that the 172.10 TCR binds MBP1-11:I-A(u) with a 4-5-fold higher affinity than the 1934.4 TCR, Consistent with the higher affinity, 172.10 T hybridoma cells are significantly more responsive to autoantigen than 1934.4 cells. The interaction of the 172.10 TCR with cognate ligand is more entropically unfavorable than that of the 1934.4 TCR, indicating that the 172.10 TCR undergoes greater conformational rearrangements upon ligand binding. The studies therefore suggest a correlation between the strength and plasticity of a TCR-pMHC interaction and the frequency of spontaneous disease in the corresponding TCR transgenic mice. The comparative analysis of these two TCRs has implications for understanding autoreactive T cell recognition and activation.
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