Recognition of CD1d-sulfatide mediated by a type II natural killer T cell antigen receptor.

• Natural killer T cells (NKT cells) are divided into type I and type II subsets on the basis of differences in their T cell antigen receptor (TCR) repertoire and CD1d-antigen specificity. Although the mode by which type I NKT cell TCRs recognize CD1d-antigen has been established, how type II NKT cell TCRs engage CD1d-antigen is unknown. Here we provide a basis for how a type II NKT cell TCR, XV19, recognized CD1d-sulfatide. The XV19 TCR bound orthogonally above the A' pocket of CD1d, in contrast to the parallel docking of type I NKT cell TCRs over the F' pocket of CD1d. At the XV19 TCR-CD1d-sulfatide interface, the TCRα and TCRβ chains sat centrally on CD1d, where the malleable CDR3 loops dominated interactions with CD1d-sulfatide. Accordingly, we highlight the diverse mechanisms by which NKT cell TCRs can bind CD1d and account for the distinct antigen specificity of type II NKT cells.

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MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Medicinska och farmaceutiska grundvetenskaper (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Basic Medicine (hsv//eng)

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Animals

Antigens

CD1d

chemistry

immunology

Crystallization

Killer Cells

Natural

chemistry

immunology

Lymphocyte Activation

Mice

Polymerase Chain Reaction

Protein Structure

Quaternary

Receptors

Antigen

T-Cell

alpha-beta

chemistry

immunology

Sulfoglycosphingolipids

chemistry

immunology

Surface Plasmon Resonance

T-Lymphocyte Subsets

chemistry

immunology

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