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Article Dans Une Revue EMBO Journal Année : 2007

How much can a T-cell antigen receptor adapt to structurally distinct antigenic peptides?

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Binding degeneracy is thought to constitute a fundamental property of the T-cell antigen receptor (TCR), yet its structural basis is poorly understood. We determined the crystal structure of a complex involving the BM3.3 TCR and a peptide (pBM8) bound to the H-2K(bm8) major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecule, and compared it with the structures of the BM3.3 TCR bound to H-2K(b) molecules loaded with two peptides that had a minimal level of primary sequence identity with pBM8. Our findings provide a refined structural view of the basis of BM3.3 TCR cross-reactivity and a structural explanation for the long-standing paradox that a TCR antigen-binding site can be both specific and degenerate. We also measured the thermodynamic features and biological penalties that incurred during cross-recognition. Our data illustrate the difficulty for a given TCR in adapting to distinct peptide-MHC surfaces while still maintaining affinities that result in functional in vivo responses. Therefore, when induction of protective effector T cells is used as the ultimate criteria for adaptive immunity, TCRs are probably much less degenerate than initially assumed.

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Immunologie

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hal-00165493 , version 1 (26-07-2007)

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Catherine Mazza, Nathalie Auphan-Anezin, Claude Gregoire, Annick Guimezanes, Christine Kellenberger, et al.. How much can a T-cell antigen receptor adapt to structurally distinct antigenic peptides?. EMBO Journal, 2007, 26 (7), pp.1972-83. ⟨10.1038/sj.emboj.7601605⟩. ⟨hal-00165493⟩
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