title: Molecular amino acid signatures in the MHC class II peptide-binding pocket predispose to autoimmune thyroiditis in humans and in mice.
abstract: Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT) is associated with HLA, but the associated allele is still controversial. We hypothesized that specific HLA-DR pocket-sequence variants are associated with HT and that similar variants in the murine I-E locus (homologous to HLA-DR) predispose to experimental autoimmune thyroiditis (EAT), a classical mouse model of HT. Therefore, we sequenced the polymorphic exon 2 of the HLA-DR gene in 94 HT patients and 149 controls. In addition, we sequenced exon 2 of the I-E gene in 22 strains of mice, 12 susceptible to EAT and 10 resistant. Using logistic regression analysis, we identified a pocket amino acid signature, Tyr-26, Tyr-30, Gln-70, Lys-71, strongly associated with HT (P = 6.18 x 10(-5), OR = 3.73). Lys-71 showed the strongest association (P = 1.7 x 10(-8), OR = 2.98). This association was seen across HLA-DR types. The 5-aa haplotype Tyr-26, Tyr-30, Gln-70, Lys-71, Arg-74 also was associated with HT (P = 3.66 x 10(-4)). In mice, the I-E pocket amino acids Val-28, Phe-86, and Asn-88 were strongly associated with EAT. Structural modeling studies demonstrated that pocket P4 was critical for the development of HT, and pockets P1 and P4 influenced susceptibility to EAT. Surprisingly, the structures of the HT- and EAT-susceptible pockets were different. We conclude that specific MHC II pocket amino acid signatures determine susceptibility to HT and EAT by causing structural changes in peptide-binding pockets that may influence peptide binding, selectivity, and presentation. Because the HT- and EAT-associated pockets are structurally different, it is likely that distinct antigenic peptides are associated with HT and EAT.
authors.affiliation: Division of Endocrinology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45267, USA.
authors.forename: Francesca
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Menconi
authors.forename: Maria C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Monti
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Greenberg
authors.forename: Taiji
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Oashi
authors.forename: Roman
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Osman
authors.forename: Terry F
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Davies
authors.forename: Yoshiyuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ban
authors.forename: Eric M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Jacobson
authors.forename: Erlinda S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Concepcion
authors.forename: Cheuk Wun
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yaron
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tomer
mesh_terms: D000596:Amino Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D006684:HLA-DR Antigens / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D010455:Peptides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism*; D017421:Sequence Analysis; D013967:Thyroiditis, Autoimmune / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D006684:HLA-DR Antigens; D010455:Peptides
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