Escape from CD8+ T Cell Response by Natural Variants of an Immunodominant Epitope from Theileria parva Is Predominantly Due to Loss of TCR Recognition

Polymorphism of immunodominant CD8+ T cell epitopes can facilitate escape from immune recognition of pathogens, leading to strain-specific immunity. In this study, we examined the TCR β-chain (TRB) diversity of the CD8+ T cell responses of cattle against two immunodominant epitopes from Theileria pa...

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Main Authors: Connelley, Timothy K., MacHugh, Niall D., Pellé, Roger, Weir, William, Morrison, W. Ivan
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: American Association of Immunologists 2011
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/129357
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author Connelley, Timothy K.
MacHugh, Niall D.
Pellé, Roger
Weir, William
Morrison, W. Ivan
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MacHugh, Niall D.
Morrison, W. Ivan
Pellé, Roger
Weir, William
author_facet Connelley, Timothy K.
MacHugh, Niall D.
Pellé, Roger
Weir, William
Morrison, W. Ivan
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description Polymorphism of immunodominant CD8+ T cell epitopes can facilitate escape from immune recognition of pathogens, leading to strain-specific immunity. In this study, we examined the TCR β-chain (TRB) diversity of the CD8+ T cell responses of cattle against two immunodominant epitopes from Theileria parva (Tp1214–224 and Tp249–59) and investigated the role of TCR recognition and MHC binding in determining differential recognition of a series of natural variants of the highly polymorphic Tp249–59 epitope by CD8+ T cell clones of defined TRB genotype. Our results show that both Tp1214–224 and Tp249–59 elicited CD8+ T cell responses using diverse TRB repertoires that showed a high level of stability following repeated pathogenic challenge over a 3-y period. Analysis of single-alanine substituted versions of the Tp249–59 peptide demonstrated that Tp249–59-specific clonotypes had a broad range of fine specificities for the epitope. Despite this diversity, all natural variants exhibited partial or total escape from immune recognition, which was predominantly due to abrogation of TCR recognition, with mutation resulting in loss of the lysine residue at P8, playing a particularly dominant role in escape. The levels of heterozygosity in individual Tp249–59 residues correlated closely with loss of immune recognition, suggesting that immune selection has contributed to epitope polymorphism.
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spelling CGSpace1293572024-08-27T10:36:38Z Escape from CD8+ T Cell Response by Natural Variants of an Immunodominant Epitope from Theileria parva Is Predominantly Due to Loss of TCR Recognition Connelley, Timothy K. MacHugh, Niall D. Pellé, Roger Weir, William Morrison, W. Ivan theileria parva theileria variants Polymorphism of immunodominant CD8+ T cell epitopes can facilitate escape from immune recognition of pathogens, leading to strain-specific immunity. In this study, we examined the TCR β-chain (TRB) diversity of the CD8+ T cell responses of cattle against two immunodominant epitopes from Theileria parva (Tp1214–224 and Tp249–59) and investigated the role of TCR recognition and MHC binding in determining differential recognition of a series of natural variants of the highly polymorphic Tp249–59 epitope by CD8+ T cell clones of defined TRB genotype. Our results show that both Tp1214–224 and Tp249–59 elicited CD8+ T cell responses using diverse TRB repertoires that showed a high level of stability following repeated pathogenic challenge over a 3-y period. Analysis of single-alanine substituted versions of the Tp249–59 peptide demonstrated that Tp249–59-specific clonotypes had a broad range of fine specificities for the epitope. Despite this diversity, all natural variants exhibited partial or total escape from immune recognition, which was predominantly due to abrogation of TCR recognition, with mutation resulting in loss of the lysine residue at P8, playing a particularly dominant role in escape. The levels of heterozygosity in individual Tp249–59 residues correlated closely with loss of immune recognition, suggesting that immune selection has contributed to epitope polymorphism. 2011-12-01 2023-03-10T14:33:41Z 2023-03-10T14:33:41Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/129357 en Open Access American Association of Immunologists Connelley, Timothy K.; MacHugh, Niall D.; Pellé, Roger; Weir, William; Morrison, W. Ivan. 2011. Escape from CD8+ T Cell Response by Natural Variants of an Immunodominant Epitope from Theileria parva Is Predominantly Due to Loss of TCR Recognition. The Journal of Immunology 187: 5910-5920
spellingShingle theileria parva
theileria
variants
Connelley, Timothy K.
MacHugh, Niall D.
Pellé, Roger
Weir, William
Morrison, W. Ivan
Escape from CD8+ T Cell Response by Natural Variants of an Immunodominant Epitope from Theileria parva Is Predominantly Due to Loss of TCR Recognition
title Escape from CD8+ T Cell Response by Natural Variants of an Immunodominant Epitope from Theileria parva Is Predominantly Due to Loss of TCR Recognition
title_full Escape from CD8+ T Cell Response by Natural Variants of an Immunodominant Epitope from Theileria parva Is Predominantly Due to Loss of TCR Recognition
title_fullStr Escape from CD8+ T Cell Response by Natural Variants of an Immunodominant Epitope from Theileria parva Is Predominantly Due to Loss of TCR Recognition
title_full_unstemmed Escape from CD8+ T Cell Response by Natural Variants of an Immunodominant Epitope from Theileria parva Is Predominantly Due to Loss of TCR Recognition
title_short Escape from CD8+ T Cell Response by Natural Variants of an Immunodominant Epitope from Theileria parva Is Predominantly Due to Loss of TCR Recognition
title_sort escape from cd8 t cell response by natural variants of an immunodominant epitope from theileria parva is predominantly due to loss of tcr recognition
topic theileria parva
theileria
variants
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/129357
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