Interactions between NKG2x immunoreceptors and HLA-E ligands display overlapping affinities and thermodynamics |
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Authors: | Kaiser Brett K Barahmand-Pour Fariba Paulsene Wendy Medley Scott Geraghty Daniel E Strong Roland K |
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Institution: | Division of Basic Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA. |
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Abstract: | The NKG2x/CD94 family of C-type lectin-like immunoreceptors (x = A, B, C, E, and H) mediates surveillance of MHC class Ia cell surface expression, often dysregulated during infection or tumorigenesis, by recognizing the MHC class Ib protein HLA-E that specifically presents peptides derived from class Ia leader sequences. In this study, we determine the affinities and interaction thermodynamics between three NKG2x/CD94 receptors (NKG2A, NKG2C, and NKG2E) and complexes of HLA-E with four representative peptides. Inhibitory NKG2A/CD94 and activating NKG2E/CD94 receptors bind HLA-E with indistinguishable affinities, but with significantly higher affinities than the activating NKG2C/CD94 receptor. Despite minor sequence differences, the peptide presented by HLA-E significantly influenced the affinities; HLA-E allelic differences had no effect. These results reveal important constraints on the integration of opposing activating and inhibitory signals driving NK cell effector functions. |
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