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CURRENT OPINION IN IMMUNOLOGY
卷 21, 期 6, 页码 590-595出版社
CURRENT BIOLOGY LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.coi.2009.07.008
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- NIH [PO1 AI045757, R01AI064177]
- RAM [AI036900]
- National Multiple Sclerosis Society
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES [R37AI036900, R01AI064177, P01AI045757, R01AI036900] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
The crystal structures of five autoimmune T cell receptor (TCR)-peptide-MHC complexes reveal substantial structural alterations compared to antimicrobial TCRs. The two human TCRs bind their self-peptide-MHC ligands with an altered topology, while the three mouse receptors recognize a self-peptide that only partially fills the MHC-binding groove. In most cases the peptide is contacted only by a subset of available TCR complementarity-determining loops and there is a paucity of hydrogen bonds from TCR to peptide. These suboptimal binding properties may have enabled escape from negative thymic selection, While only minute amounts of antigen are typically available for negative selection, the antigens recognized by many autoimmune TCRs are abundant in the target organ. Such compensatory mechanisms can allow self-reactive T cells with altered TCR-binding properties to be pathogenic.
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