title: Structural requirements for glycolipid antigen recognition by CD1b-restricted T cells.
abstract: The human CD1b protein presents lipid antigens to T cells, but the molecular mechanism is unknown. Identification of mycobacterial glucose monomycolate (GMM) as a CD1b-presented glycolipid allowed determination of the structural requirements for its recognition by T cells. Presentation of GMM to CD1b-restricted T cells was not affected by substantial variations in its lipid tails, but was extremely sensitive to chemical alterations in its carbohydrate or other polar substituents. These findings support the view that the recently demonstrated hydrophobic CD1 groove binds the acyl chains of lipid antigens relatively nonspecifically, thereby positioning the hydrophilic components for highly specific interactions with T cell antigen receptors.
authors.affiliation: Lymphocyte Biology Section, Division of Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Moody
authors.forename: B B
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Reinhold
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Guy
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Beckman
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Frederique
authors.forename: S T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Furlong
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.forename: V N
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Reinhold
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Sieling
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Modlin
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Besra
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Porcelli
mesh_terms: D017951:Antigen Presentation; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology; D018949:Antigens, CD1 / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D000939:Epitopes / Q000276:immunology; D006017:Glycolipids / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D006031:Glycosylation; D006801:Humans; D008024:Ligands; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000276:immunology; D009171:Mycolic Acids / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D016176:T-Lymphocyte Subsets / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D018949:Antigens, CD1; D000939:Epitopes; D006017:Glycolipids; D008024:Ligands; D009171:Mycolic Acids; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell; C048938:glucose mycolate