Epitope length variants balance protective immune responses and viral escape in HIV-1 infection
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Epitope length variants balance protective immune responses and viral escape in HIV-1 infection. / Pymm, Phillip; Tenzer, Stefan; Wee, Edmund; Weimershaus, Mirjana; Burgevin, Anne; Kollnberger, Simon; Gerstoft, Jan; Josephs, Tracy M.; Ladell, Kristin; McLaren, James E.; Appay, Victor; Price, David A.; Fugger, Lars; Bell, John I.; Schild, Hansjörg; van Endert, Peter; Harkiolaki, Maria; Iversen, Astrid K.N.
In: Cell Reports, Vol. 38, No. 9, 110449, 2022.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Epitope length variants balance protective immune responses and viral escape in HIV-1 infection
AU - Pymm, Phillip
AU - Tenzer, Stefan
AU - Wee, Edmund
AU - Weimershaus, Mirjana
AU - Burgevin, Anne
AU - Kollnberger, Simon
AU - Gerstoft, Jan
AU - Josephs, Tracy M.
AU - Ladell, Kristin
AU - McLaren, James E.
AU - Appay, Victor
AU - Price, David A.
AU - Fugger, Lars
AU - Bell, John I.
AU - Schild, Hansjörg
AU - van Endert, Peter
AU - Harkiolaki, Maria
AU - Iversen, Astrid K.N.
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2022 The Author(s)
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) and natural killer (NK) cell responses to a single optimal 10-mer epitope (KK10) in the human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV-1) protein p24Gag are associated with enhanced immune control in patients expressing human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-B∗27:05. We find that proteasomal activity generates multiple length variants of KK10 (4–14 amino acids), which bind TAP and HLA-B∗27:05. However, only epitope forms ≥8 amino acids evoke peptide length-specific and cross-reactive CTL responses. Structural analyses reveal that all epitope forms bind HLA-B∗27:05 via a conserved N-terminal motif, and competition experiments show that the truncated epitope forms outcompete immunogenic epitope forms for binding to HLA-B∗27:05. Common viral escape mutations abolish (L136M) or impair (R132K) production of KK10 and longer epitope forms. Peptide length influences how well the inhibitory NK cell receptor KIR3DL1 binds HLA-B∗27:05 peptide complexes and how intraepitope mutations affect this interaction. These results identify a viral escape mechanism from CTL and NK responses based on differential antigen processing and peptide competition.
AB - Cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) and natural killer (NK) cell responses to a single optimal 10-mer epitope (KK10) in the human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV-1) protein p24Gag are associated with enhanced immune control in patients expressing human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-B∗27:05. We find that proteasomal activity generates multiple length variants of KK10 (4–14 amino acids), which bind TAP and HLA-B∗27:05. However, only epitope forms ≥8 amino acids evoke peptide length-specific and cross-reactive CTL responses. Structural analyses reveal that all epitope forms bind HLA-B∗27:05 via a conserved N-terminal motif, and competition experiments show that the truncated epitope forms outcompete immunogenic epitope forms for binding to HLA-B∗27:05. Common viral escape mutations abolish (L136M) or impair (R132K) production of KK10 and longer epitope forms. Peptide length influences how well the inhibitory NK cell receptor KIR3DL1 binds HLA-B∗27:05 peptide complexes and how intraepitope mutations affect this interaction. These results identify a viral escape mechanism from CTL and NK responses based on differential antigen processing and peptide competition.
KW - crystal structures
KW - cytotoxic T lymphocytes
KW - differential antigen processing
KW - HIV-1
KW - HLA-B27:05
KW - immune-response inhibition
KW - KIR3DL1
KW - natural killer cells
KW - peptide competition
KW - viral escape
U2 - 10.1016/j.celrep.2022.110449
DO - 10.1016/j.celrep.2022.110449
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 35235807
AN - SCOPUS:85125270755
VL - 38
JO - Cell Reports
JF - Cell Reports
SN - 2211-1247
IS - 9
M1 - 110449
ER -
ID: 314279016