Identification of MHC Class Ib Ligands for Stimulatory and Inhibitory Ly49 Receptors and Induction of Potent NK Cell Alloresponses in Rats

  • Dai K
  • Ryan J
  • Naper C
  • et al.
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Abstract

Early studies indicate that rats may have a repertoire of MHC class Ib–reactive Ly49 stimulatory receptors capable of mounting memory-like NK cell alloresponses. In this article, we provide molecular and functional evidence for this assumption. Pairs of Ly49 receptors with sequence similarities in the lectin-like domains, but with opposing signaling functions, showed specificity for ligands with class Ia–like structural features encoded from the first telomeric MHC class Ib gene cluster, RT1-CE, which is syntenic with the H2-D/H2-L/H2-Q cluster in mice. The activating Ly49s4 receptor and its inhibitory counterparts, Ly49i4 and Ly49i3, reacted with all allelic variants of RT1-U, whereas Ly49s5 and Ly49i5 were specific for RT1-Eu. NK cell cytolytic responses were predictably activated and inhibited, and potent in vivo NK alloresponses were induced by repeated MHC class Ib alloimmunizations. Additional Ly49–class Ib interactions, including RT1-Cl with the Ly49s4/Ly49i4/Ly49i3 group of receptors, were characterized using overexpressed receptor/ligand pairs, in vitro functional assays, and limited mutational analyses. Obvious, as well as subtle, Ly49–class Ib interactions led to ligand-induced receptor calibration and NK subset expansions in vivo. Together, these studies suggest that in vivo NK alloresponses are controlled by pleomorphic Ly49–class Ib interactions, some of which may not be easily detectable in vitro.

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Dai, K.-Z., Ryan, J. C., Naper, C., & Vaage, J. T. (2018). Identification of MHC Class Ib Ligands for Stimulatory and Inhibitory Ly49 Receptors and Induction of Potent NK Cell Alloresponses in Rats. The Journal of Immunology, 200(8), 2847–2859. https://doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.1701464

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