Characterization of the major histocompatibility complex class II binding site on LAG-3 protein
AUTOR(ES)
Huard, Bertrand
FONTE
The National Academy of Sciences of the USA
RESUMO
The lymphocyte activation gene-3 (LAG-3), selectively transcribed in human activated T and NK cells, encodes a ligand for major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II molecules. Like CD4, LAG-3 ectodomain is composed of four Ig-like domains (D1–D4). Nothing is known about the LAG-3 regions or residues required to form a stable MHC class II binding site. In contrast to CD4, soluble LAG-3 molecules stably interact with MHC class II molecules expressed on the cell surface. In addition, the first two N-terminal domains of soluble LAG-3 (D1 and D2) molecules, alone, are capable of binding MHC class II. From a LAG-3 model structure, we designed mutants and tested their ability to bind MHC class II molecules in an intercellular adhesion assay. We found residues on the membrane-distal, CDR1–2-containing top face of D1 that are essential for either binding or repulsing MHC class II proteins. Most of these residues are clustered at the base of a large extra-loop structure that is a hallmark of the LAG-3 D1 Ig-like domain. In addition, as for CD4, oligomerization of LAG-3 on the cell surface may be required to form a stable MHC binding site because mutation of three residues in the ABED β-strands containing side of D1 results in a dominant negative effect (i.e., binding inhibition of coexpressed wild-type LAG-3).
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