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The Journal of Immunology, 1999, 162: 7271-7276.
Copyright © 1999 by The American Association of Immunologists

Recognition of Class I MHC by NK Receptor Ly-49C: Identification of Critical Residues1

Rebecca H. Lian*, Yan Li*, Satoko Kubota*, Dixie L. Mager*,{dagger} and Fumio Takei2,*,{ddagger}

* Terry Fox Laboratory, British Columbia Cancer Agency, and Departments of {dagger} Medical Genetics and {ddagger} Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

The Ly-49 family of inhibitory receptors plays a major role in regulating mouse NK cell cytotoxicity. Two of its members, Ly-49C and I, are recognized by the mAb 5E6, which also defines a subset of NK cells involved in the hybrid resistance phenomenon. Previous studies have shown that Ly-49C binds to a broad spectrum of class I MHC molecules, while Ly-49I apparently does not bind to any class I MHC molecules tested. In the present investigation we have defined the amino acid residues of Ly-49C that are critical for determining its ligand specificities. First, using quantitative COS cell adhesion assays, we demonstrated that Ly-49CB6 bound to Dd, Db, Kb, or Kk as well as to murine leukemic cell lines GM979 (H-2s) and IC-21 (H-2b). In contrast, COS cells expressing Ly-49IB6 did not significantly bind to any of the class I MHC tested. To determine which amino acid residues of Ly-49C are critical for their specific binding to class I MHC, a series of chimeric and mutant Ly-49C and I were generated and tested. Exchanging the critical residues between Ly-49C and I significantly affected their binding specificities. Finally, we identified the epitopes on Ly-49C recognized by mAbs 5E6 and 4LO3311 that functionally inhibit Ly-49C recognition of its ligands. These results further define the class I specificities of Ly-49C and provide insight into the structural basis for how class I MHC is recognized by the Ly-49 family of NK receptors.




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