TAPBPR mediates peptide dissociation from MHC class I using a leucine lever
- University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
- University of Cape Town, South Africa
- University of Tübingen, Germany
Abstract
Tapasin and TAPBPR are known to perform peptide editing on major histocompatibility complex class I (MHC I) molecules, however, the precise molecular mechanism(s) involved in this process remain largely enigmatic. Here, using immunopeptidomics in combination with novel cell-based assays that assess TAPBPR-mediate peptide exchange, we reveal a critical role for the K22-D35 loop of TAPBPR in mediating peptide exchange on MHC I. We identify a specific leucine within this loop that enables TAPBPR to facilitate peptide dissociation from MHC I. Moreover, we delineate the molecular features of the MHC I F pocket required for TAPBPR to promote peptide dissociation in a loop-dependent manner. These data reveal that chaperone-mediated peptide editing of MHC I can occur by different mechanisms dependent on the C-terminal residue that the MHC I accommodates in its F pocket and provide novel insights that may inform the therapeutic potential of TAPBPR manipulation to increase tumour immunogenicity.
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All data generated or analysed during this study are included in the manuscript and supporting files. Source data files regarding the lists of peptides presented on MHC class I have been provided for Figures 5
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Data from: TAPBPR mediates peptide dissociation from MHC class I using a leucine leverDryad, doi:10.5061/dryad.p5k0156.
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Wellcome (104647/Z/14/Z)
- Andreas Neerincx
- Louise H Boyle
South African Medical Research Council
- Clemens Hermann
Royal Society (UF100371)
- Janet E Deane
Bosch-Forschungsstiftung
- Ana Marcu
- Stefan Stefvanovic
Wellcome (109076/Z/15/A)
- Florin Tudor Ilca
The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.
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© 2018, Ilca et al.
This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License permitting unrestricted use and redistribution provided that the original author and source are credited.
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TAPBPR mediates peptide dissociation from MHC class I using a leucine lever
eLife 7:e40126.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.40126
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