Atypical sideways recognition of CD1a by autoreactive γδ T cell receptors

Marcin Wegrecki, Tonatiuh A. Ocampo, Sachith D. Gunasinghe, Anouk Borstel, Shin Yi Tin, Josephine F. Reijneveld, Thinh-Phat Cao, Benjamin S. Gully, Jérôme Nours, D. Branch Moody (), Ildiko Rhijn () and Jamie Rossjohn ()
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Marcin Wegrecki: Monash University
Tonatiuh A. Ocampo: Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School
Sachith D. Gunasinghe: Monash University
Anouk Borstel: Monash University
Shin Yi Tin: Monash University
Josephine F. Reijneveld: Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School
Thinh-Phat Cao: Monash University
Benjamin S. Gully: Monash University
Jérôme Nours: Monash University
D. Branch Moody: Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School
Ildiko Rhijn: Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School
Jamie Rossjohn: Monash University

Nature Communications, 2022, vol. 13, issue 1, 1-15

Abstract: Abstract CD1a is a monomorphic antigen-presenting molecule on dendritic cells that presents lipids to αβ T cells. Whether CD1a represents a ligand for other immune receptors remains unknown. Here we use CD1a tetramers to show that CD1a is a ligand for Vδ1+ γδ T cells. Functional studies suggest that two γδ T cell receptors (TCRs) bound CD1a in a lipid-independent manner. The crystal structures of three Vγ4Vδ1 TCR-CD1a-lipid complexes reveal that the γδ TCR binds at the extreme far side and parallel to the long axis of the β-sheet floor of CD1a’s antigen-binding cleft. Here, the γδ TCR co-recognises the CD1a heavy chain and β2 microglobulin in a manner that is distinct from all other previously observed γδ TCR docking modalities. The ‘sideways’ and lipid antigen independent mode of autoreactive CD1a recognition induces TCR clustering on the cell surface and proximal T cell signalling as measured by CD3ζ phosphorylation. In contrast with the ‘end to end’ binding of αβ TCRs that typically contact carried antigens, autoreactive γδ TCRs support geometrically diverse approaches to CD1a, as well as antigen independent recognition.

Date: 2022
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