The Journal of Immunology, Vol 156, Issue 10 3815-3820, Copyright © 1996 by American Association of Immunologists

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T cell recognition of MHC class II-associated peptides is independent of peptide affinity for MHC and sodium dodecyl sulfate stability of the peptide/MHC complex. Effects of conservative amino acid substitutions at anchor position 1 of influenza matrix protein19-31

S Wu, J Gorski, DD Eckels and DK Newton-Nash
Blood Research Institute, Blood Center of Southeastern Wisconsin, Milwaukee 53201, USA.

T cells recognize peptide fragments of Ags bound to MHC-encoded molecules. Pockets in the MHC peptide-binding groove accommodate a limited set of amino acid side chains present at anchor positions in peptide; however, the functional significance of accommodation of different side chains at an anchor position in peptide is not clear. A panel of T cell clones was evaluated to test the effect of conservative amino acid substitution at a primary peptide anchor position. Results of T cell stimulation studies were correlated with two well studied characteristics of the peptide/MHC complex, which are the affinity of peptide binding to MHC and the stability of the resulting complex upon PAGE in the presence of SDS. We found that formation of a functional complex required neither high affinity peptide binding nor SDS stability. Furthermore, T cell clones differed in their ability to recognize individual peptide variants, suggesting that some structural aspect of the peptide/MHC complex is influenced by interactions between peptide anchor residues and MHC pockets.

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