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Epitope Stealing as a Mechanism of Dominant Protection by HLA-DQ6 in Type 1 Diabetes.
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Diabetes . Apr2019, Vol. 68 Issue 4, p787-795. 9p. 3 Diagrams, 1 Chart, 1 Graph. - Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- The heterozygous DQ2/8 (DQA1*05:01-DQB1*02:01/DQA1*03:01-DQB1*03:02) genotype confers the highest risk in type 1 diabetes (T1D), whereas the DQ6/8 (DQA1*02:01-DQB1*06:02/DQA1*03:01-DQB1*03:02) genotype is protective. The mechanism of dominant protection by DQ6 (DQB1*06:02) is unknown. We tested the hypothesis that DQ6 interferes with peptide binding to DQ8 by competition for islet epitope ("epitope stealing") by analysis of the islet ligandome presented by HLA-DQ6/8 and -DQ8/8 on dendritic cells pulsed with islet autoantigens preproinsulin (PPI), GAD65, and IA-2, followed by competition assays using a newly established "epitope-stealing" HLA/peptide-binding assay. HLA-DQ ligandome analysis revealed a distinct DQ6 peptide-binding motif compared with the susceptible DQ2/8 molecules. PPI and IA-2 peptides were identified from DQ6, of DQ6/8 heterozygous dendritic cells, but no DQ8 islet peptides were retrieved. Insulin B6-23, a highly immunogenic CD4 T-cell epitope in patients with T1D, bound to both DQ6 and DQ8. Yet, binding of InsB6-23 to DQ8 was prevented by DQ6. We obtained first functional evidence of a mechanism of dominant protection from disease, in which HLA molecules associated with protection bind islet epitopes in a different, competing, HLA-binding register, leading to "epitope stealing" and conceivably diverting the immune response from islet epitopes presented by disease-susceptible HLA molecules in the absence of protective HLA. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00121797
- Volume :
- 68
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Diabetes
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 135446039
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.2337/db18-0501