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ArticleeLife2022

T cells discriminate between groups C1 and C2 HLA-C.

Malcolm J W Sim, Zachary Stotz, Jinghua Lu, Paul Brennan, Eric O Long, Peter D Sun

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Article in eLife, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Discovery of TCR-like antibodies to the KRAS G12D neoantigen via in silico-in vitro workflow.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Malcolm J W SimLaboratory of Immunogenetics, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-3407-9661
Zachary StotzLaboratory of Immunogenetics, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, United States.
Jinghua LuLaboratory of Immunogenetics, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, United States.
Paul BrennanLaboratory of Immunogenetics, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, United States.
Eric O LongLaboratory of Immunogenetics, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-7793-3728
Peter D SunLaboratory of Immunogenetics, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-0475-1891
National Institutes of Health · US

Funding

Structural Characterization Of ProteinsZIAAI000697 · NIAID · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES · PI SUN, PETER D. · 2009 to 2025
$12.3M
Regulation of innate lymphocyte functionZIAAI000525 · NIAID · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES · PI LONG, ERIC O · 2009 to 2024
$12.0M
MOLECULAR ANALYSIS OF HUMAN NATURAL KILLER CELLSZ01AI000525 · NIAID · NIAID EXTRAMURAL ACTIVITIES · PI LONG, ERIC O · 1988 to 2008
$4.7M
STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION OF PROTEINSZ01AI000697 · NIAID · NIAID EXTRAMURAL ACTIVITIES · PI SUN, PETER D. · 1994 to 2008
$2.0M
Intramural NIH HHS Z01 AI000525Intramural NIH HHS Z01 AI000697
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dimorphic amino acids at positions 77 and 80 delineate HLA-C allotypes into two groups, C1 and C2, which associate with disease through interactions with C1 and C2-specific natural killer cell receptors. How the C1/C2 dimorphism affects T cell recognition is unknown. Using HLA-C allotypes that differ only by the C1/C2-defining residues, we found that KRAS-G12D neoantigen-specific T cell receptors (TCRs) discriminated between C1 and C2 presenting the same KRAS-G12D peptides. Structural and functional experiments, and immunopeptidomics analysis revealed that Ser77 in C1 and Asn77 in C2 influence amino acid preference near the peptide C-terminus (pΩ), including the pΩ-1 position, in which C1 favors small and C2 prefers large residues. This resulted in weaker TCR affinity for KRAS-G12D-bound C2-HLA-C despite conserved TCR contacts. Thus, the C1/C2 dimorphism on its own impacts peptide presentation and HLA-C-restricted T cell responses, with implications in disease, including adoptive T cell therapy targeting KRAS-G12D-induced cancers.

Indexed as

HLA-C AntigensT-LymphocytesProto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras)Receptors, Antigen, T-CellHLA-C AntigensProto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras)Receptors, Antigen, T-CellC1/C2HLA-ChumanimmunologyinflammationKRAS-G12Dmolecular biophysicsneoantigenstructural biologyTCR

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PMID35587797
PMCPMC9177145
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