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ArticleNature communications2023

Catch bond models may explain how force amplifies TCR signaling and antigen discrimination.

Hyun-Kyu Choi, Peiwen Cong, Chenghao Ge, Aswin Natarajan, Baoyu Liu, Yong Zhang, Kaitao Li, Muaz Nik Rushdi, Wei Chen, Jizhong Lou and 2 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers.

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43citing papers in PubMed
10.7field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

43 citing papers in PubMed, 65 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Hyun-Kyu ChoiWallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9192-891X
Peiwen CongWallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7753-8368
Chenghao GeWallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA.
Aswin NatarajanLaura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, 10016, USA.
Baoyu LiuWallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA.
Yong ZhangNational Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.
Kaitao LiWallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0617-3546
Muaz Nik RushdiWallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6406-1521
Wei ChenDepartment of Cell Biology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310058, China.ORCID 0000-0001-5366-7253
Jizhong LouNational Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.ORCID 0000-0003-4031-6125
Michelle KrogsgaardLaura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, 10016, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5006-7981
Cheng ZhuWallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA. cheng.zhu@bme.gatech.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-1718-565X
Georgia Institute of Technology · USChinese Academy of Sciences · CNNew York University · USSecond Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University · CN

Funding

Mechanisms of impaired T-cell mechanosensing of melanoma antigensU01CA214354 · NCI · GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI KROGSGAARD, MICHELLE, ZHU, CHENG · 2017 to 2021
$3.9M
Exploiting the Mechanobiology of PD-1 for Cancer ImmunotherapyU01CA250040 · NCI · GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI ZHU, CHENG · 2020 to 2024
$3.5M
T-cell intrinsic mechanisms of resistance to PD-1 checkpoint blockadeR01CA243486 · NCI · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI KROGSGAARD, MICHELLE, ZHU, CHENG · 2020 to 2024
$3.5M
Mechanisms of initiation of T-cell signaling by the TCR-CD3 complexR01GM124489 · NIGMS · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI KROGSGAARD, MICHELLE · 2018 to 2021
$2.1M
Visualizing ligand-induced signal propagation in the TCR-signaling complexR01GM085586 · NIGMS · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI KROGSGAARD, MICHELLE · 2008 to 2014
$1.5M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA243486NCI NIH HHS U01 CA214354NCI NIH HHS U01 CA250040NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM085586NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM124489
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The TCR integrates forces in its triggering process upon interaction with pMHC. Force elicits TCR catch-slip bonds with strong pMHCs but slip-only bonds with weak pMHCs. We develop two models and apply them to analyze 55 datasets, demonstrating the models' ability to quantitatively integrate and classify a broad range of bond behaviors and biological activities. Comparing to a generic two-state model, our models can distinguish class I from class II MHCs and correlate their structural parameters with the TCR/pMHC's potency to trigger T cell activation. The models are tested by mutagenesis using an MHC and a TCR mutated to alter conformation changes. The extensive comparisons between theory and experiment provide model validation and testable hypothesis regarding specific conformational changes that control bond profiles, thereby suggesting structural mechanisms for the inner workings of the TCR mechanosensing machinery and plausible explanations of why and how force may amplify TCR signaling and antigen discrimination.

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Receptors, Antigen, T-CellSignal TransductionGenes, MHC Class IILymphocyte ActivationMutagenesisProtein BindingReceptors, Antigen, T-Cell

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PMID37147290
PMCPMC10163261
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