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N-linked carbohydrate on human leukocyte antigen-C and recognition by natural killer cell inhibitory receptors

  • Eishi Baba
  • , Robert Erskine
  • , Jonathan E. Boyson
  • , George B. Cohen
  • , Daniel M. Davis
  • , Pratap Malik
  • , Ofer Mandelboim
  • , Hugh T. Reyburn
  • , Jack L. Strominger*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The possible role of carbohydrate in the interaction of HLA-C with a human inhibitory natural Killer cell Immunoglobulin-like Receptor with two Ig domains, KIR2DL1, was investigated. Transfectants of 721.221 (a class I MHC-negative human B cell line) expressing only HLA-Cw4 or -Cw6 or their respective non-glycosylated mutants (N86Q, S88A) were made. The binding of a KIR2DL1-Ig fusion protein to the nonglycosylated mutant HLA-Cw4- or -Cw6-expressing cells was markedly decreased compared to the wild type-expressing cells. The ability to induce an inhibitory signal in the NK tumor line YTS transfected with KIR2DL1 was also impaired in the nonglycosylated mutant expressing cells. Furthermore, in a second functional assay, mutant HLA-Cw4 and -Cw6 molecules had impaired ability to induce signal transduction in BW cells expressing a KIR2DL1-CD3 zeta chain chimeric protein. Thus, the deletion of the N-linked glycosylation signal in HLA-Cw4 and -Cw6 greatly reduced recognition by KIR2DL1. Alternative interpretations of the data are discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1202-1218
Number of pages17
JournalHuman Immunology
Volume61
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - 2000

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work was supported by a National Institutes of Health research grant (R35-CA47554); a postdoctoral fellowship from The Irvington Institute for Immunological Research, New York to D.M. Davis; and the Cancer Research Fund of The Damon Runyon-Walter Winchell Foundation Fellowship grant No. DRG1454 to O. Mandelboim.

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Keywords

  • Carbohydrate
  • Inhibitory receptor
  • MHC
  • NK cells

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