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Editor, Senior Moderator
J Biol Chem
. 2024 May 18:107395.
doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2024.107395. Online ahead of print. Revealing novel and conservative T-cell epitopes with MHC B2 restriction on H9N2 Avian Influenza Virus (AIV)
Yusheng Jia[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Qingxin Wu[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Yilin Li[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Mulin Ma[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Wei Song[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Rongmao Chen[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Yongxiu Yao[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Venugopal Nair[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Nianzhi Zhang[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Ming Liao[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Manman Dai[SUP] 6 [/SUP]
Affiliations
B2 haplotype MHC has been extensively reported to confer resistance to various avian diseases. But its peptide-binding motif is unknown and the presenting peptide is rarely identified. Here, we identified the peptide-binding motif of B2 haplotype MHC Ⅰ molecules (X-A/V/I/L/P/S/G-X-X-X-X-X-X-V/I/L) in vitro using Random Peptide Library-based MHC-Ⅰ LC-MS/MS analysis. To further clarify the structure basis of the peptide binding motif, we determined the crystal structure of the BF2*02:01-PB2[SUB]552-560[/SUB] complex at 1.9 Å resolution. We found that BF2*02:01 had a relatively wide antigen-binding groove, and the structural characterization of pockets of BF2*02:01 was consistent with the characterization of peptide-binding motif. The wider features of the peptide-binding motif and increased number of peptides bound by BF2*02:01 than BF2*04:01 might resolve the puzzles for the presence of potential H9N2 resistance in B2 chickens. Afterwards, we explored the H9N2 AIV-induced cellular immune response in B2 haplotype chickens in vivo. We found that ratio of CD8[SUP]+[/SUP] T cell and kinetic expression of cytotoxicity genes including Granzyme K, IFN-γ, NK lysin, and PARP in PBMCs were significantly increased in defending against H9N2 AIV infection. Especially, we selected 411 epitopes as candidate epitopes based on the peptide-binding motif and further identified four CD8[SUP]+[/SUP] T-cell epitopes on H9N2 AIV including NS1[SUB]98-106[/SUB], PB2[SUB]552-560[/SUB], NP[SUB]182-190[/SUB], and NP[SUB]455-463[/SUB] via ELI-spot IFN-γ detections after stimulating memory lymphocytes with peptides. More importantly, these epitopes were found to be conserved in H7N9 AIV and H9N2 AIV. These findings provide direction for developing effective T cell epitope vaccines using well-conserved internal viral antigens in chickens.
Keywords: Crystal structure; H9N2 AIV; MHC B2 haplotype; Peptide-binding motif; T-cell epitope.
. 2024 May 18:107395.
doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2024.107395. Online ahead of print. Revealing novel and conservative T-cell epitopes with MHC B2 restriction on H9N2 Avian Influenza Virus (AIV)
Yusheng Jia[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Qingxin Wu[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Yilin Li[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Mulin Ma[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Wei Song[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Rongmao Chen[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Yongxiu Yao[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Venugopal Nair[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Nianzhi Zhang[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Ming Liao[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Manman Dai[SUP] 6 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 38768812
- DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2024.107395
B2 haplotype MHC has been extensively reported to confer resistance to various avian diseases. But its peptide-binding motif is unknown and the presenting peptide is rarely identified. Here, we identified the peptide-binding motif of B2 haplotype MHC Ⅰ molecules (X-A/V/I/L/P/S/G-X-X-X-X-X-X-V/I/L) in vitro using Random Peptide Library-based MHC-Ⅰ LC-MS/MS analysis. To further clarify the structure basis of the peptide binding motif, we determined the crystal structure of the BF2*02:01-PB2[SUB]552-560[/SUB] complex at 1.9 Å resolution. We found that BF2*02:01 had a relatively wide antigen-binding groove, and the structural characterization of pockets of BF2*02:01 was consistent with the characterization of peptide-binding motif. The wider features of the peptide-binding motif and increased number of peptides bound by BF2*02:01 than BF2*04:01 might resolve the puzzles for the presence of potential H9N2 resistance in B2 chickens. Afterwards, we explored the H9N2 AIV-induced cellular immune response in B2 haplotype chickens in vivo. We found that ratio of CD8[SUP]+[/SUP] T cell and kinetic expression of cytotoxicity genes including Granzyme K, IFN-γ, NK lysin, and PARP in PBMCs were significantly increased in defending against H9N2 AIV infection. Especially, we selected 411 epitopes as candidate epitopes based on the peptide-binding motif and further identified four CD8[SUP]+[/SUP] T-cell epitopes on H9N2 AIV including NS1[SUB]98-106[/SUB], PB2[SUB]552-560[/SUB], NP[SUB]182-190[/SUB], and NP[SUB]455-463[/SUB] via ELI-spot IFN-γ detections after stimulating memory lymphocytes with peptides. More importantly, these epitopes were found to be conserved in H7N9 AIV and H9N2 AIV. These findings provide direction for developing effective T cell epitope vaccines using well-conserved internal viral antigens in chickens.
Keywords: Crystal structure; H9N2 AIV; MHC B2 haplotype; Peptide-binding motif; T-cell epitope.