Multimodal HLA-I genotype regulation by human cytomegalovirus US10 and resulting surface patterning

  1. Carolin Gerke
  2. Liane Bauersfeld
  3. Ivo Schirmeister
  4. Chiara Noemi-Marie Mireisz
  5. Valerie Oberhardt
  6. Lea Mery
  7. Di Wu
  8. Christopher Sebastian Jürges
  9. Robbert M Spaapen
  10. Claudio Mussolino
  11. Vu Thuy Khanh Le-Trilling
  12. Mirko Trilling
  13. Lars Dölken
  14. Wolfgang Paster
  15. Florian Erhard
  16. Maike Hofmann
  17. Andreas Schlosser
  18. Hartmut Hengel
  19. Frank Momburg
  20. Anne Halenius  Is a corresponding author
  1. Institute of Virology, Medical Center University of Freiburg, Germany
  2. Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Germany
  3. Spemann Graduate School of Biology and Medicine (SGBM), University of Freiburg, Germany
  4. Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, Germany
  5. Rudolf Virchow Center, Center for Integrative and Translational Bioimaging, University of Würzburg, Germany
  6. Department of Medicine II (Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Endocrinology and Infectious Diseases), Medical Center University of Freiburg, Germany
  7. Institute for Virology and Immunobiology, University of Würzburg, Germany
  8. Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research, Netherlands
  9. Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
  10. Institute for Transfusion Medicine and Gene Therapy, Medical Center University of Freiburg, Germany
  11. Center for Chronic Immunodeficiency, Medical Center University of Freiburg, Germany
  12. Institute for Virology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
  13. Institute for the Research on HIV and AIDS-associated Diseases, University Hospital Essen, Germany
  14. Institute of Virology, Hannover Medical School, Germany
  15. St. Anna Children’s Cancer Research Institute (CCRI), Austria
  16. Clinical Cooperation Unit Applied Tumor Immunity, German Cancer Research Center, National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), Heidelberg University Hospital, Germany
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Figures

Geno- and allotype-specific regulation of HLA-I by US10.

(A) HeLa cells were transiently co-transfected with plasmids encoding HA-tagged (~) molecules or non-tagged HLA-A2E*01:01 (HLA-E was expressed with an HLA-A*02 signal peptide, a natural HLA-E …

Figure 2 with 1 supplement
US10 blocks human leucocyte antigen class I (HLA-I) interaction with the peptide loading complex (PLC).

(A) Control HeLa cells or cells stably expressing US10 were induced by IFNγ overnight and subsequently metabolically labeled for 30 min and chased as indicated. After immunoprecipitation by W6/32, …

Figure 2—figure supplement 1
US10 blocks human leucocyte antigen class I (HLA-I) interaction with the peptide loading complex (PLC).

(A) Experiment from Figure 2C showing the full size of the gel (Figure 2—figure supplement 1—source data 1). (B) Alignment of the sequences of HeLa HLA-I (HLA-A*68:02, -B*15:03, -C*12:03 and -E). …

Figure 3 with 1 supplement
Higher tapasin dependency in HLA-B correlates with increased sensitivity to US10.

(A) Wild-type or tapasin knockout HeLa cells were transiently co-transfected as indicated and treated with IFNγ overnight. Cell surface expression of the HA-tagged molecules or non-tagged HLA-A2E*01:…

Figure 3—figure supplement 1
HLA-B regulation by US10 correlates with HLA-B tapasin dependency.

(A) Wild-type and two clones of tapasin KO HeLa cells (31-I and 102-I) were metabolically labeled for 2 hr. Immunoprecipitations using anti-tapasin and anti-ERp57 were performed. Red asterisk: …

Figure 4 with 1 supplement
US10 binding to β2m/HC heterodimers correlates with human leucocyte antigen class I (HLA-I) endoplasmic reticulum (ER) retention.

(A) HLA-I KO HeLa cells were transiently co-transfected with indicated HA-HLA-I-expressing plasmids comprising a mutated gRNA binding site together with a US10- or a control-pIRES-EGFP plasmid. To …

Figure 4—figure supplement 1
US10 forms stable complexes with assembled HLA-C and -G, but not with HLA-A and -B.

(A) Immunoprecipitations were performed as described in Figure 4A using the antibodies anti-β2m and anti-US10 (Figure 4—figure supplement 1—source data 1). (B) The ratio (US10/control) of single …

Figure 5 with 1 supplement
Quantitative human leucocyte antigen class I (HLA-I) ligandome analysis confirms genotype-dependent effects by US10.

(A) Wild-type HeLa cells or TagBFP-T2A-US10i clone #5 were treated with doxycycline (0.33 µg/mL) or DMSO for 24 hr. Subsequently. cells were stained by anti-CD71, anti-Bw6, or anti-HLA-C antibodies …

Figure 5—figure supplement 1
Quantitative human leucocyte antigen class I (HLA-I) ligandome analysis confirms genotype-dependent effects by US10.

(A, B) TagBFP-T2A-US10i HeLa cell pool and cell clones and wild-type HeLa cells were treated with doxycycline (0.33 µg/mL) for 24 hr. In (A), TagBFP expression was analyzed by flow cytometry (dot …

Figure 6 with 2 supplements
Downregulation of overlapping US10 and US11 transcripts in human cytomegalovirus (HCMV)-infected cells rescues human leucocyte antigen class I (HLA-I) interaction with the peptide loading complex (PLC).

(A) MRC-5 fibroblasts were nucleofected with US10-specific or non-targeting siRNA 24 hr prior to mock treatment or infection with HCMV ΔUS2-6 mutant BAC2 at an MOI (multiplicity of infection) of 5. …

Figure 6—figure supplement 1
Overlapping US10 and US11 transcripts in human cytomegalovirus (HCMV)-infected cells.

(A) Genome browser showing the US10/11 locus. The tracks show (from top to bottom) the genomic position, identified sequence motifs, the known open-reading frames (ORFs) encoding US10 and US11, the …

Figure 6—figure supplement 2
Downregulation of overlapping US10 and US11 transcripts in human cytomegalovirus (HCMV)-infected cells rescues human leucocyte antigen class I (HLA-I) interaction with the peptide loading complex (PLC).

(A) Depiction of the coding sequences (CDS) for US11 and US10 and binding sites for the primers used for RT-PCR in Figure 6A and of US10-targeting siRNA #1. (B) Stable HeLa-US10HA cells were …

Figure 7 with 2 supplements
US10 siRNA treatment of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV)-infected cells has little effect on HLA-A, but induce HLA-B1027 antigen presentation.

(A, B) MRC-5 (A) or HF99/7 (B) fibroblasts were nucleofected with US10-specific or non-targeting siRNA 24 hr prior to mock treatment or infection at an MOI of 5 with HCMV ΔUS2-6 mutant BAC2 or with …

Figure 7—figure supplement 1
Human leucocyte antigen class I (HLA-I) analysis of US10 siRNA-treated human cytomegalovirus (HCMV)-infected fibroblasts.

(A) Representative histograms for Figure 7A. (B) Representative histograms for Figure 7B.

Figure 7—figure supplement 2
CD8+ T-cell activation after co-culture with US10 siRNA-treated human cytomegalovirus (HCMV)-infected fibroblasts.

(A) Representative dot plot for Figure 7C. T-cells incubated with the pp65 peptide were used as positive control (+peptide). (B) Representative dot plot for Figure 7D (24 hr p.i.). PMA/Iono and …

Model of human leucocyte antigen class I (HLA-I) geno- and allotype-dependent targeting by US10.

US10 (red) is able to bind to all HLA-I heavy chains (HCs) early after their synthesis and prior to dimerization with β2m. HLA-A (blue) and HLA-B (green colors) molecules can escape from US10 by …

Tables

Table 1
Primer sequences for molecular cloning.
HA-HLA-A*24:02
  1. CGTATGCATTAGGAGGCTCCCACTCCATGAGG

  2. CGAGGATCCTCACACTTTACAAGCTGTGAGAGAC

HA-HLA-C*04:01
  1. CGAATGCATTAGGAGGCTCCCACTCCATGAGG

  2. CGTGGATCCTCAGGCTTTACAAGCGATGAGAG

HA-HLA-C*05:01
  1. CGTATGCATTAGGATGCTCCCACTCCATGAGG

  2. CGAGGATCCTCAGGCTTTACAAGCGATGAGAG

HA-HLA-G*01:01
  1. CGAATGCATTAGGAGGCTCCCACTCCATGAGG

  2. CGTGGATCCTCAATCTGAGCTCTTCTTCCTCCAC

HA-H-2Kb
  1. CGTATGCATGGCCCACACTCGCTGAGG

  2. CGAGGATCCTCACGCTAGAGAATGAGGG

HA-MICA*004
  1. CGTGCTAGCGCCGCCACCATGGG

  2. CGTGGATCCCTAGGCGCCCTCAGTGG

HLA-A2E*01:01
  1. CGTGCTAGCATGGCCGTCATGGCGCCCCGAACCCTCGTCCTGCTACTCTCGGGGGCTCTGGCCCTGACCCAGACCTGGGCGGGCTCCCACTCCTTGAAGTATTTCC

  2. CGTGGATCCTTACAAGCTGTGAGACTCAGACC

ΔCRISPR2-HA-HLA-A*02:01
  1. AAGACTATATTGCCCTGAAAGAGGACCTG

  2. TACCATCGTACGCGTACTGGTGGTACCCG

ΔCRISPR2-HA-HLA-B*07:02
  1. AAGACTATATTGCCCTGAACGAGGACCTG*

  2. TACCATCGTACGCGTACTGGTCATGCCCG

ΔCRISPR2-HA-HLA-B*44:02
  1. AAGACTATATTGCCCTGAACGAGGACCTG*

  2. TACCATCGTACGCGTCCTGGTCATACCCG

ΔCRISPR2-HA-HLA-C*05:01
  1. AAGACTATATTGCCCTGAATGAGGACCTG

  2. TACCATCGTACGCGAACTGGTTATACCCG

ΔCRISPR2-HA-HLA-C*07:02
  1. AAGACTATATTGCCCTGAACGAGGACCTG*

  2. TACCATCGTACGCGGACTGGTCATACCCG

ΔCRISPR2-HA-HLA-E*01:01
  1. AAGACTATCTTACCCTGAATGAGGACCTG

  2. TACCATCGTACGCGAACTGTTCATACCCG

ΔCRISPR2-HA-HLA-G*01:01
  1. AAGACTATCTTGCCCTGAACGAGGACCTG

  2. TACCATCGTACGCATACTGTTCATACCCGC

RL8
  1. CGGGCTAGCATGCCTCACGGCCATCTC

  2. GCAGGATCCTCAGCTAAAAACAGCGGACAGTC

US10
  1. CGGGCTAGCATGCTACGCCGGGGAAGC

  2. GCCGGATCCTTATTCGCGAGGTGGATAATAACCG

US10HA
  1. CGGGCTAGCATGCTACGCCGGGGAAGC

  2. GCCGGATCCTCATGCGTAATCTGGAACATCGTATGGGTATTCGCGAGGTGGATAATAA CCG

US2
  1. CGTCTCGAGATGAACAATCTCTGGAAAGCCTG

  2. GCAGGATCCTCAGCACACGAAAAACCGCAT

US2HA
  1. CGTCTCGAGATGAACAATCTCTGGAAAGCCTG

  2. GCAGGATCCTCATGCGTAATCTGGAACATCGTATGGGTATGCACACGAAAAACCGCATCC

US3HA
  1. CGAGCTAGCATGAAGCCGGTGTTGGTG

  2. CGTGGATCCTTACGCGTAATCTGGAACATCGTATGGGTAAATAAATCGCAGACGGGCG

US9HA
  1. CGGGCTAGCATGATCCTGTGGTCCCCG

  2. GCCGGATCCTCATGCGTAATCTGGAACATCGTATGGGTAATCGTCTTTAGCCTCTTCTTCC

UL40
  1. GCAGCTAGCGCCGCCACCATGAACAAATTCAGCAACACTCG

  2. CGAGGATCCTCAAGCCTTTTTCAAGGCG

  1. *

    Primers written in italics are identical.

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