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ArticleBMC immunology2012

Association of HLA-DR1 with the allergic response to the major mugwort pollen allergen: molecular background.

Bernhard Knapp, Gottfried Fischer, Dries Van Hemelen, Ingrid Fae, Bernard Maillere, Christof Ebner, Wolfgang Schreiner, Barbara Bohle, Beatrice Jahn-Schmid

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Article in BMC immunology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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12 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Field Evaluation of an Automated Pollen Sensor.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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  2. How Do Pollen Allergens Sensitize?Frontiers in molecular biosciences · 2022
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  7. T Cell Epitope Peptide Therapy for Allergic Diseases.Current allergy and asthma reports · 2016
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  8. Immunoregulatory T cell epitope peptides: the new frontier in allergy therapy.Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology · 2015
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Bernhard KnappDepartment for Biomedical Computersimulation and Bioinformatics, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Gottfried Fischer
Dries Van Hemelen
Ingrid Fae
Bernard Maillere
Christof Ebner
Wolfgang Schreiner
Barbara Bohle
Beatrice Jahn-Schmid
Medical University of Vienna · ATChristian Doppler Laboratory for Thermoelectricity · ATCommissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives · FR

Funding

Austrian Science Fund FWF P 22258
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMugwort pollen allergens represent the main cause of pollinosis in late summer. The major allergen, Art v 1, contains only one single immunodominant, solely HLA-DR-restricted T cell epitope (Art v 125-36). The frequency of HLA-DRB1*01 is highly increased in mugwort-allergic individuals and HLA-DR1 serves as restriction element for Art v 125-36. However, Art v 125-36 also binds to HLA-DR4 with high affinity and DR1-restricted Art v 125-36 -specific T cell receptors can be activated by HLA-DR4 molecules. To understand the predominance of HLA-DR1 in mugwort allergy in spite of the degeneracy in HLA/peptide-binding and TCR-recognition, we investigated the molecular background of Art v 125-36 /MHC/TCR interactions in the context of HLA-DR1 compared to -DR4.

resultsThe majority of Art v 125-36 -specific T cell lines and clones from HLA-DR1 carrying, mugwort pollen-allergic donors reacted to synthetic and naturally processed Art v 1-peptides when presented by HLA-DR1 or HLA-DR4 expressing antigen presenting cells. However, at limiting peptide concentrations DR1 was more effective in T cell stimulation. In addition, the minimal epitope for 50% of Art v 125-36 -specific T cells was shorter for DR1 than for DR4. In vitro binding assays of Art v 125-36 mutant peptides to isolated DR1- and DR4-molecules indicated similar binding capacities and use of the same register. In silico simulation of Art v 125-36 binding to HLA-DR1 and -DR4 suggested similar binding of the central part of the peptide to either molecule, but a higher flexibility of the N- and C-terminal amino acids and detachment at the C-terminus in HLA-DR1.

conclusionsThe predominance of HLA-DR1 in the response to Art v 125-36 may be explained by subtle conformation changes of the peptide bound to DR1 compared to DR4. Computer simulation supported our experimental data by demonstrating differences in peptide mobility within the HLA-DR complex that may influence TCR-binding. We suggest that the minor differences observed in vitro may be more relevant in the microenvironment in vivo, so that only presentation by HLA-DR1, but not -DR4 permits successful T cell activation.

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AllergensAmino Acid SequenceAntigen PresentationAntigen-Presenting CellsAntigens, PlantArtemisiaComputer SimulationEpitopes, T-LymphocyteHLA-DR1 AntigenHLA-DR4 AntigenHumansHypersensitivityModels, MolecularMolecular Sequence DataMutationPeptidesAllergensAntigens, PlantArt v 1 protein, mugwortEpitopes, T-LymphocyteHLA-DR1 AntigenHLA-DR4 AntigenPeptidesPlant Proteins

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PMID22871092
PMCPMC3522052
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