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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ; 116(34): 16943-16948, 2019 08 20.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31315981

ABSTRACT

The T cell receptor (TCR)-peptide-MHC (pMHC) interaction is the only antigen-specific interaction during T lymphocyte activation. Recent work suggests that formation of catch bonds is characteristic of activating TCR-pMHC interactions. However, whether this binding behavior is an intrinsic feature of the molecular bond, or a consequence of more complex multimolecular or cellular responses, remains unclear. We used a laminar flow chamber to measure, first, 2D TCR-pMHC dissociation kinetics of peptides of various activating potency in a cell-free system in the force range (6 to 15 pN) previously associated with catch-slip transitions and, second, 2D TCR-pMHC association kinetics, for which the method is well suited. We did not observe catch bonds in dissociation, and the off-rate measured in the 6- to 15-pN range correlated well with activation potency, suggesting that formation of catch bonds is not an intrinsic feature of the TCR-pMHC interaction. The association kinetics were better explained by a model with a minimal encounter duration rather than a standard on-rate constant, suggesting that membrane fluidity and dynamics may strongly influence bond formation.


Subject(s)
HLA-A2 Antigen/chemistry , Models, Chemical , Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/chemistry , Cell-Free System , HLA-A2 Antigen/genetics , HLA-A2 Antigen/immunology , Humans , Kinetics , Protein Binding , Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/genetics , Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/immunology
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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ; 113(43): E6630-E6638, 2016 10 25.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27702900

ABSTRACT

T cells must respond differently to antigens of varying affinity presented at different doses. Previous attempts to map peptide MHC (pMHC) affinity onto T-cell responses have produced inconsistent patterns of responses, preventing formulations of canonical models of T-cell signaling. Here, a systematic analysis of T-cell responses to 1 million-fold variations in both pMHC affinity and dose produced bell-shaped dose-response curves and different optimal pMHC affinities at different pMHC doses. Using sequential model rejection/identification algorithms, we identified a unique, minimal model of cellular signaling incorporating kinetic proofreading with limited signaling coupled to an incoherent feed-forward loop (KPL-IFF) that reproduces these observations. We show that the KPL-IFF model correctly predicts the T-cell response to antigen copresentation. Our work offers a general approach for studying cellular signaling that does not require full details of biochemical pathways.


Subject(s)
HLA-A2 Antigen/immunology , Models, Immunological , Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/immunology , Signal Transduction/immunology , T-Lymphocytes/immunology , Brefeldin A/pharmacology , Dose-Response Relationship, Immunologic , Gene Expression Regulation , HLA-A2 Antigen/genetics , HLA-A2 Antigen/pharmacology , Humans , Interferon-gamma/pharmacology , Interleukin-2/pharmacology , Jurkat Cells , Kinetics , Lymphocyte Activation/drug effects , Phosphorylation , Primary Cell Culture , Protein Binding , Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/genetics , Recombinant Proteins/genetics , Recombinant Proteins/immunology , Recombinant Proteins/pharmacology , T-Lymphocytes/cytology , T-Lymphocytes/drug effects , beta 2-Microglobulin/genetics , beta 2-Microglobulin/immunology , beta 2-Microglobulin/pharmacology
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Eur J Immunol ; 45(6): 1635-42, 2015 Jun.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25782169

ABSTRACT

T lymphocytes need to detect rare cognate foreign peptides among numerous foreign and self-peptides. This discrimination seems to be based on the kinetics of TCRs binding to their peptide-MHC (pMHC) ligands, but there is little direct information on the minimum time required for processing elementary signaling events and deciding to initiate activation. Here, we used interference reflection microscopy to study the early interaction between transfected human Jurkat T cells expressing the 1G4 TCR and surfaces coated with five different pMHC ligands of 1G4. The pMHC concentration required for inducing 50% maximal IFN-γ production by T cells, and 1G4-pMHC dissociation rates measured in soluble phase or on surface-bound molecules, displayed six- to sevenfold variation among pMHCs. When T cells were dropped onto pMHC-coated surfaces, rapid spreading occurred after a 2-min lag. The initial spreading rate measured during the first 45 s, and the contact area, were strongly dependent on the encountered TCR ligand. However, the lag duration did not significantly depend on encountered ligand. In addition, spreading appeared to be an all-or-none process, and the fraction of spreading cells was tightly correlated to the spreading rate and spreading area. Thus, T cells can discriminate between fairly similar TCR ligands within 2 min.


Subject(s)
HLA Antigens/immunology , Peptides/immunology , Peptides/metabolism , Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/metabolism , T-Lymphocytes/immunology , T-Lymphocytes/metabolism , Cell Line , Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte/immunology , Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte/metabolism , HLA Antigens/chemistry , HLA Antigens/metabolism , Humans , Kinetics , Protein Binding/immunology , Time Factors
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PLoS One ; 5(11): e15374, 2010 Nov 05.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21179506

ABSTRACT

It has been suggested that receptor-ligand complexes segregate or co-localise within immune synapses according to their size, and this is important for receptor signaling. Here, we set out to test the importance of receptor-ligand complex dimensions for immune surveillance of target cells by human Natural Killer (NK) cells. NK cell activation is regulated by integrating signals from activating receptors, such as NKG2D, and inhibitory receptors, such as KIR2DL1. Elongating the NKG2D ligand MICA reduced its ability to trigger NK cell activation. Conversely, elongation of KIR2DL1 ligand HLA-C reduced its ability to inhibit NK cells. Whereas normal-sized HLA-C was most effective at inhibiting activation by normal-length MICA, only elongated HLA-C could inhibit activation by elongated MICA. Moreover, HLA-C and MICA that were matched in size co-localised, whereas HLA-C and MICA that were different in size were segregated. These results demonstrate that receptor-ligand dimensions are important in NK cell recognition, and suggest that optimal integration of activating and inhibitory receptor signals requires the receptor-ligand complexes to have similar dimensions.


Subject(s)
HLA-C Antigens/metabolism , Histocompatibility Antigens Class I/metabolism , Killer Cells, Natural/metabolism , NK Cell Lectin-Like Receptor Subfamily K/metabolism , Receptors, KIR2DL1/metabolism , Signal Transduction , Amino Acid Sequence , Cell Line , HLA-C Antigens/genetics , Histocompatibility Antigens Class I/genetics , Humans , Ligands , Luminescent Proteins/genetics , Luminescent Proteins/metabolism , Lymphocyte Activation , Microscopy, Confocal , Molecular Sequence Data , NK Cell Lectin-Like Receptor Subfamily K/genetics , Protein Binding , Receptors, KIR2DL1/genetics , Recombinant Fusion Proteins/genetics , Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism
5.
EMBO J ; 25(4): 701-12, 2006 Feb 22.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16456543

ABSTRACT

Type IIB receptor protein tyrosine phosphatases (RPTPs) are bi-functional cell surface molecules. Their ectodomains mediate stable, homophilic, cell-adhesive interactions, whereas the intracellular catalytic regions can modulate the phosphorylation state of cadherin/catenin complexes. We describe a systematic investigation of the cell-adhesive properties of the extracellular region of RPTPmu, a prototypical type IIB RPTP. The crystal structure of a construct comprising its N-terminal MAM (meprin/A5/mu) and Ig domains was determined at 2.7 A resolution; this assigns the MAM fold to the jelly-roll family and reveals extensive interactions between the two domains, which form a rigid structural unit. Structure-based site-directed mutagenesis, serial domain deletions and cell-adhesion assays allowed us to identify the four N-terminal domains (MAM, Ig, fibronectin type III (FNIII)-1 and FNIII-2) as a minimal functional unit. Biophysical characterization revealed at least two independent types of homophilic interaction which, taken together, suggest that there is the potential for formation of a complex and possibly ordered array of receptor molecules at cell contact sites.


Subject(s)
Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases/chemistry , Catalytic Domain/physiology , Cell Adhesion/physiology , Cell Line , Crystallography, X-Ray , Fibronectins/chemistry , Humans , Mutagenesis, Site-Directed , Protein Structure, Tertiary/physiology , Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases/genetics , Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases/metabolism , Receptor-Like Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases, Class 2 , Structural Homology, Protein
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