鼠标LAG3与MHCII类分子I-Ab的相互作用的结构基础
Qianqian Ming1, Daniel Antfolk1, David A Price2
1Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Department of Immunology, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA.
Nature communications
|August 29, 2024
概括
淋巴细胞激活基因-3 (LAG3) 与MHC-II结合,抑制T细胞激活. 这项结构研究揭示了LAG3的情况.
科学领域:
- 免疫学 免疫学 免疫学
- 结构生物学 结构生物学
- 癌症研究 癌症研究
背景情况:
- 淋巴细胞激活基因-3 (LAG3) 是一种免疫检查点蛋白质,它与主要基因相容性复合物II类 (MHC-II) 结合,以抑制T细胞反应.
- LAG3抑制剂已被批准用于黑色素瘤治疗,但LAG3-MHC-II相互作用的结构基础尚未完全理解.
- 了解这种相互作用对于开发新型癌症免疫疗法至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 确定小鼠LAG3蛋白与MHC-II分子I-Ab结合的高分辨率结构.
- 阐明LAG3与MHC-II结合抑制T细胞激活的分子机制.
- 研究针对LAG3-MHC-II途径的治疗策略的影响.
主要方法:
- 进行X射线晶体学以确定LAG3-MHC-II复合体的3.84 Å分辨率结构.
- 对蛋白质-蛋白质接口的分析,以确定关键的结合残留物和相互作用.
- 抗体表位图绘制以评估现有的LAG3抑制剂的结合部位.
主要成果:
- 该结构显示,LAG3的域1与MHC-II的保留区域结合,跨越α2和β2子域.
- LAG3二分化诱导MHC-II分子之间的特定间距,可能导致亚最佳的T细胞受体信号传递.
- LAG3-MHC-II结合接口与T细胞核受体CD4的结合部位重叠,这表明干扰了CD4-MHC-II相互作用.
- 现有的LAG3抑制剂发现没有针对LAG3.3的MHC-II结合接口.
结论:
- 结构洞察力提供了对LAG3如何在细胞表面接触MHC-II的详细了解.
- 通过破坏CD4-MHC-II相互作用和改变MHC-II集群,可能会发生LAG3介导的T细胞激活抑制.
- 当前抑制剂的独特结合部位表明LAG3抗的机制多样化,为下一代疗法开辟了道路.
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