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The Journal of Immunology, 2004, 172: 1661-1669.
Copyright © 2004 by The American Association of Immunologists

The Nonclassical MHC Class I Molecule Qa-1 Forms Unstable Peptide Complexes1

Taku Kambayashi, Jennifer R. Kraft-Leavy, Joseph G. Dauner, Barbara A. Sullivan, Oskar Laur and Peter E. Jensen2

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322

The MHC class Ib molecule Qa-1 is the primary ligand for mouse CD94/NKG2A inhibitory receptors expressed on NK cells, in addition to presenting Ags to a subpopulation of T cells. CD94/NKG2A receptors specifically recognize Qa-1 bound to the MHC class Ia leader sequence-derived peptide Qdm. Qdm is the dominant peptide loaded onto Qa-1 under physiological conditions and this peptide has an optimal sequence for binding to Qa-1. Peptide dissociation experiments demonstrated that Qdm dissociates from soluble or cell surface Qa-1b molecules with a t1/2 of ~1.5 h at 37°C. In comparison, complexes of an optimal peptide (SIINFEKL) bound to the MHC class Ia molecule H-2Kb dissociated with a t1/2 in the range from 11 to 31 h. In contrast to Kb, the stability of cell surface Qa-1b molecules was independent of bound peptides, and several observations suggested that empty cell surface Qa-1b molecules might be unusually stable. Consistent with the rapid dissociation rate of Qdm from Qa-1b, cells become susceptible to lysis by CD94/NKG2A+ NK cells under conditions in which new Qa-1b/Qdm complexes cannot be continuously generated at the cell surface. These results support the hypothesis that Qa-1 has been selected as a specialized MHC molecule that is unable to form highly stable peptide complexes. We propose that the CD94/NKG2A-Qa-1/Qdm recognition system has evolved as a rapid sensor of the integrity of the MHC class I biosynthesis and Ag presentation pathway.




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