title: Positioning of autoimmune TCR-Ob.2F3 and TCR-Ob.3D1 on the MBP85-99/HLA-DR2 complex.
abstract: Since the first determination of structure of the HLA-A2 complex, >200 MHC/peptide structures have been recorded, whereas the available T cell receptor (TCR)/peptide/MHC complex structures now are <20. Among these structures, only six are TCR/peptide/MHC Class II (MHCII) structures. The most recent of these structures, obtained by using TCR-Ob.1A12 from a multiple sclerosis patient and the MBP85-99/HLA-DR2 complex, was very unusual in that the TCR was located near the N-terminal end of the peptide-binding cleft of the MHCII protein and had an orthogonal angle on the peptide/MHC complex. The unusual structure suggested the possibility of a disturbance of its signaling capability that could be related to autoimmunity. Here, homology modeling and a new simulation method developed for TCR/peptide/MHC docking have been used to examine the positioning of the complex of two additional TCRs obtained from the same patient (TCR-Ob.2F3 or TCR-Ob.3D1 with MBP85-99/HLA-DR2). The structures obtained by this simulation are compatible with available data on peptide specificity of the TCR epitope. All three TCRs from patient Ob including that from the previously determined crystal structure show a counterclockwise rotation. Two of them are located near the N terminus of the peptide-binding cleft, whereas the third is near the center. These data are compatible with the hypothesis that the rotation of the TCRs may alter the downstream signaling.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA. zenkato@mac.com
authors.forename: Zenichiro
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: Joel N H
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Stern
authors.forename: Hironori K
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Kazuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kuwata
authors.forename: Naomi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kondo
authors.forename: Jack L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Strominger
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D015551:Autoimmunity; D015802:HLA-DR2 Antigen / Q000737:chemistry*; D006801:Humans; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D004676:Myelin Basic Protein / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000276:immunology*; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D011487:Protein Conformation; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
chemical_list: D015802:HLA-DR2 Antigen; D004676:Myelin Basic Protein; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell; C107908:myelin basic protein 85-99