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ArticleCell reports methods2025

MR1-ligand cross-linking identifies vitamin B6 metabolites as TCR-reactive antigens.

Thierry Schmidlin, Enas Behiry, Hannah Thomas, Garry Dolton, Fabio Marino, Samiul Hasan, Magdalena von Essen, Rose M Gathungu, Barbara A Steigenberger, Hayden Selvadurai and 6 more

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Article in Cell reports methods, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors.

Thierry SchmidlinInstitute of Immunology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany; Research Center for Immunotherapy (FZI), University Medical Center of the Johannes-Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany; Nuffield Department of Medicine, Centre for Immuno-Oncology, Oxford OX3 7DQ, UK. Electronic address: schmidlt@uni-mainz.de.
Enas BehiryDivision of Infection and Immunity, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff CF14 4XN, UK.
Hannah ThomasDivision of Infection and Immunity, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff CF14 4XN, UK.
Garry DoltonDivision of Infection and Immunity, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff CF14 4XN, UK.
Fabio MarinoEnara Bio Ltd., The Bellhouse Building, Oxford Science Park, Sanders Road, Oxford OX4 4GD, UK; Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics, Utrecht Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
Samiul HasanDivision of Infection and Immunity, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff CF14 4XN, UK.
Magdalena von EssenEnara Bio Ltd., The Bellhouse Building, Oxford Science Park, Sanders Road, Oxford OX4 4GD, UK.
Rose M GathunguEnara Bio Ltd., The Bellhouse Building, Oxford Science Park, Sanders Road, Oxford OX4 4GD, UK.
Barbara A SteigenbergerMass Spectrometry Core Facility, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany.
Hayden SelvaduraiEnara Bio Ltd., The Bellhouse Building, Oxford Science Park, Sanders Road, Oxford OX4 4GD, UK.
Joseph DukesEnara Bio Ltd., The Bellhouse Building, Oxford Science Park, Sanders Road, Oxford OX4 4GD, UK.
Paul E BrennanCentre for Medicines Discovery and NIHR, Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Centre for Medicines Discovery, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7FZ, UK; Alzheimer's Research UK, Oxford Drug Discovery Institute, Centre for Medicines Discovery, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7FZ, UK.
Owen B SpillerDivision of Infection and Immunity, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff CF14 4XN, UK.
Jonathan D SilkEnara Bio Ltd., The Bellhouse Building, Oxford Science Park, Sanders Road, Oxford OX4 4GD, UK.
Andrew K SewellDivision of Infection and Immunity, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff CF14 4XN, UK; Systems Immunology Research Institute, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, UK; Division of Infection and Immunity, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan. Electronic address: sewellak@cardiff.ac.uk.
Nicola TernetteNuffield Department of Medicine, Centre for Immuno-Oncology, Oxford OX3 7DQ, UK; University of Dundee, School of Life Sciences, Dow Street, Dundee, Scotland DD1 5EH, UK. Electronic address: nternette001@dundee.ac.uk.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Major histocompatibility complex class I-related protein 1 (MR1) plays a central role in the immune recognition of infected cells and can mediate T cell detection of cancer. Knowledge of the nature of the ligands presented by MR1 is still sparse and has been limited by a lack of efficient approaches for MR1 ligand discovery. Here, we present a cross-linking strategy to investigate Schiff base-bound MR1 ligands. Our methodology employs reductive amination to stabilize the labile Schiff base bond between MR1 and its ligand, allowing for the detection of ligands as covalent MR1 adducts by mass spectrometry-based proteomics. We apply our approach to identifying vitamin B6 vitamers pyridoxal and pyridoxal 5'-phosphate (PLP) as MR1 ligands and show that both compounds are recognized by T cells expressing either A-F7, a mucosal-associated invariant T (MAIT) cell T cell receptor (TCR), or MC.7.G5, an MR1-restricted TCR reported to recognize cancer cells, highlighting them as immunogenic MR1 ligands.

Indexed as

Cross-Linking ReagentsHistocompatibility Antigens Class IMinor Histocompatibility AntigensReceptors, Antigen, T-CellVitamin B 6HumansLigandsPyridoxal PhosphateT-LymphocytesCross-Linking ReagentsHistocompatibility Antigens Class ILigandsMinor Histocompatibility AntigensMR1 protein, humanPyridoxal PhosphateReceptors, Antigen, T-CellVitamin B 6antigen presentationCP: Immunologycross-linkingMAITmass spectrometrymetabolite antigensMR1pyridoxalT cellTCRvitamin B6

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PMID40763744
PMCPMC12461623

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