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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
29
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-7-14
pubmed:abstractText
Major histocompatibility complex class I molecules can be expressed as single polypeptides wherein the antigenic peptide, beta2-microglobulin, and heavy chain are attached by flexible linkers. These molecules, single-chain trimers (SCTs), are remarkably stable at the cell surface compared with native (noncovalently attached) class I molecules. In this study, we used a structure-based approach to engineer an F pocket variant SCT of the murine class I molecule Kb that presents the SIINFEKL epitope of ovalbumin. Mutation of heavy chain residue Tyr84 (Y84A) in the SCT resulted in enhanced serological and cytolytic CD8 T cell recognition of the covalently linked peptide due to better accommodation of the linker extending from the C terminus of the peptide. These SCTs exhibit significant cell-surface stability, which we hypothesize is rendered by their ability to continuously and efficiently rebind the covalently attached peptide. In addition, we demonstrate that SCT technology can be applied to tetramer construction using recombinant SCTs expressed in Escherichia coli. SCT-based tetramers could have applications for the enumeration of T and natural killer cells that recognize peptide.class I complexes prone to dissociation.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
18
pubmed:volume
278
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
27105-11
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12732632-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:12732632-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12732632-Antigen Presentation, pubmed-meshheading:12732632-Egg Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12732632-H-2 Antigens, pubmed-meshheading:12732632-Immunodominant Epitopes, pubmed-meshheading:12732632-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:12732632-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:12732632-Mice, Knockout, pubmed-meshheading:12732632-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:12732632-Models, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:12732632-Mutagenesis, Site-Directed, pubmed-meshheading:12732632-Ovalbumin, pubmed-meshheading:12732632-Peptide Fragments, pubmed-meshheading:12732632-Protein Engineering, pubmed-meshheading:12732632-Protein Structure, Quaternary, pubmed-meshheading:12732632-Recombinant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12732632-T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic, pubmed-meshheading:12732632-beta 2-Microglobulin
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Enhanced immune presentation of a single-chain major histocompatibility complex class I molecule engineered to optimize linkage of a C-terminally extended peptide.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't