TY - JOUR
T1 - Allorecognition of HLA-DP by CD4+ T cells is affected by polymorphism in its alpha chain
AU - Lauterbach, Nina
AU - Crivello, Pietro
AU - Wieten, Lotte
AU - Zito, Laura
AU - Groeneweg, Mathijs
AU - Voorter, Christina E M
AU - Fleischhauer, Katharina
AU - Tilanus, Marcel G J
PY - 2014/5
Y1 - 2014/5
N2 - Alloreactivity to HLA-DP molecules, class II heterodimers of an oligomorphic alpha and a polymorphic beta chain, is increasingly being studied due to its relevance in clinical transplantation. We hypothesized that not only polymorphisms in the peptide binding groove encoded by exon 2 of HLA-DPB1, but also in other regions of the molecule and the alpha chain, could play a role in CD4+ T cell allorecognition. To test this possibility, we comparatively investigated CD4+ T cell allorecognition, measured by upregulation of the activation marker CD137, against HLA-DPB1*13:01, *05:01, *03:01, *17:01 or their allele counter parts DPB1*107:01, *135:01, *104:01, *131:01, with identical exon 2 sequences but polymorphism in exons 1, 3 or 4, in the context of different HLA-DPA1 (DPA1) polymorphisms (DPA1*01:03 and *02:01). No significant differences in CD4+ T cell allorecognition levels could be demonstrated for any of the beyond exon 2 DPB1 variants studied. Interestingly, however, the mean fold change in CD4+ CD137+ cells was significantly higher when the target shared at least one DPA1 allele with the allogeneic stimulator, compared to a distinct DPA1 background (1.65 vs 0.23, P
AB - Alloreactivity to HLA-DP molecules, class II heterodimers of an oligomorphic alpha and a polymorphic beta chain, is increasingly being studied due to its relevance in clinical transplantation. We hypothesized that not only polymorphisms in the peptide binding groove encoded by exon 2 of HLA-DPB1, but also in other regions of the molecule and the alpha chain, could play a role in CD4+ T cell allorecognition. To test this possibility, we comparatively investigated CD4+ T cell allorecognition, measured by upregulation of the activation marker CD137, against HLA-DPB1*13:01, *05:01, *03:01, *17:01 or their allele counter parts DPB1*107:01, *135:01, *104:01, *131:01, with identical exon 2 sequences but polymorphism in exons 1, 3 or 4, in the context of different HLA-DPA1 (DPA1) polymorphisms (DPA1*01:03 and *02:01). No significant differences in CD4+ T cell allorecognition levels could be demonstrated for any of the beyond exon 2 DPB1 variants studied. Interestingly, however, the mean fold change in CD4+ CD137+ cells was significantly higher when the target shared at least one DPA1 allele with the allogeneic stimulator, compared to a distinct DPA1 background (1.65 vs 0.23, P
KW - Allorecognition
KW - HLA-DPA1
KW - HLA-DPB1
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U2 - 10.1016/j.molimm.2013.12.006
DO - 10.1016/j.molimm.2013.12.006
M3 - Article
C2 - 24462895
AN - SCOPUS:84892841330
VL - 59
SP - 19
EP - 29
JO - Molecular Immunology
JF - Molecular Immunology
SN - 0161-5890
IS - 1
ER -