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Cao, T.P., Liao, G.R., Cheng, T.Y., Chen, Y., Ciacchi, L., Fulford, T.S., Farquhar, R., Kollmorgen, J., Mayfield, J.A., Uldrich, A.P., Ng, E.Z.Q., Ogg, G.S., Godfrey, D.I., Gherardin, N.A., Chen, Y.L., Moody, D.B., Shahine, A., Rossjohn, J.(2025) Nat Commun 17: 998-998
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- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-67732-2
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9OHT, 9OHU, 9OHV, 9OHW, 9OHX, 9OHY, 9OHZ, 9OI0 - PubMed Abstract:
For the MHC, MR1 and CD1 systems, antigen recognition involves contact of the membrane distal surfaces of both the αβ T cell receptor (TCR) and the antigen-presenting molecule. Whether other antigen display mechanisms by antigen-presenting molecules operate remains unknown. Here, we report mass spectrometry analyses of endogenous lipids captured by CD1c when bound to an autoreactive αβ TCR. CD1c binds twenty-six lipid species with bulky headgroups that cannot fit within the tight TCR-CD1c interface. We determined the crystal structures of CD1c presenting several gangliosides, revealing a general mechanism whereby two lipids, rather than one, are bound in the CD1c cleft. Bulky lipids are oriented sideways so that their polar headgroups protrude laterally through a side portal of the CD1c molecule - an evolutionarily conserved structural feature. The sideways-presented ganglioside headgroups do not hinder TCR binding and so represent a mechanism that allows autoreactive TCR recognition of CD1c. In addition, ex vivo studies showed that the sideways-presented gangliosides can also represent TCR recognition determinants. These findings reveal that CD1c simultaneously presents two lipid antigens from the top and side of its cleft, a general mechanism that differs markedly from other antigen-presenting molecules.
- Infection and Immunity Program and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia.
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