The Journal of Immunology, Vol 157, Issue 7 2982-2988, Copyright © 1996 by American Association of Immunologists

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Staphylococcal protein A simultaneously interacts with framework region 1, complementarity-determining region 2, and framework region 3 on human VH3-encoded Igs

KN Potter, Y Li and JD Capra
Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 75235, USA.

Staphylococcal protein A (SPA) is a B cell superantigen that binds to human VH3-encoded Igs independently of the D- and JH-encoded regions and light chain sequences. The SPA-binding structure formed by VH3- encoded Igs remains controversial. We localized the regions in a VH3- encoded Ab required for SPA binding by producing mutant Abs in the baculovirus expression system in which regions of a human-derived Ab known to bind SPA were exchanged with those from a mouse Ab of the J558 family, a family not associated with SPA binding. The pattern of SPA binding indicates not only that residues in FR1, CDR2, and FR3 are involved but also that the three regions are required to interact simultaneously with SPA for binding to occur. When any one of the three regions was replaced with the corresponding region from the nonbinding Ab, SPA binding was severely disrupted. These data indicate that SPA requires simultaneous interaction with three distinct regions of a VH3 structure, which together in three-dimensional space form an extended solvent-exposed surface. These studies more precisely define the genetic requirements for VH3-encoded Ig binding to SPA.

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