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NK Cell Inhibitory Receptor Ly-49C Residues Involved in MHC Class I Binding¹

Microbiology and Tumor Biology Center, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden

Mouse NK cells express Ly-49 receptors specific for classical MHC class I molecules. Several of the Ly-49 receptors have been characterized in terms of function and ligand specificity. However, the only Ly-49 receptor-ligand interaction previously described in detail is that between Ly-49A and H-2D^d, as studied by point mutations in the ligand and the crystal structure of the co-complex of these molecules. It is not known whether other Ly-49 receptors bind MHC class I in a similar manner as Ly-49A. Here we have studied the effect of mutations in Ly-49C on binding to the MHC class I molecules H-2K^b, H-2D^b, and H-2D^d. The MHC class I molecules were used as soluble tetramers to stain transiently transfected 293T cells expressing the mutated Ly-49C receptors. Three of nine mutations in Ly-49C led to loss of MHC class I binding. The three Ly-49C mutations that affected MHC binding correspond to Ly-49A residues that are in contact or close to H-2D^d in the co-crystal, demonstrating that MHC class I binding by Ly-49C is dependent on residues in the same area as that used by Ly-49A for ligand contacts.

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