Cowpox virus protein CPXV012 eludes CTLs by blocking ATP binding to TAP
Luteijn, Rutger D.; Hoelen, Hanneke; Kruse, Elisabeth; van Leeuwen, Wouter F.; Grootens, Jennine; Horst, Daniëlle; Koorengevel, Martijn; Drijfhout, Jan W.; Kremmer, Elisabeth; Früh, Klaus; Neefjes, Jacques J.; Killian, Antoinette; Lebbink, Robert Jan; Ressing, Maaike E.; Wiertz, Emmanuel J H J
(2014) Journal of Immunology, volume 193, issue 4, pp. 1578 - 1589
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Abstract
CD8+ CTLs detect virus-infected cells through recognition of virus-derived peptides presented at the cell surface by MHC class I molecules. The cowpox virus protein CPXV012 deprives the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) lumen of peptides for loading onto newly synthesized MHC class I molecules by inhibiting the transporter associated with Ag processing
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(TAP). This evasion strategy allows the virus to avoid detection by the immune system. In this article, we show that CPXV012, a 9-kDa type II transmembrane protein, prevents peptide transport by inhibiting ATP binding to TAP. We identified a segment within the ER-luminal domain of CPXV012 that imposes the block in peptide transport by TAP. Biophysical studies show that this domain has a strong affinity for phospholipids that are also abundant in the ER membrane. We discuss these findings in an evolutionary context and show that a frameshift deletion in the CPXV012 gene in an ancestral cowpox virus created the current form of CPXV012 that is capable of inhibiting TAP. In conclusion, our findings indicate that the ER-luminal domain of CPXV012 inserts into the ER membrane, where it interacts with TAP. CPXV012 presumably induces a conformational arrest that precludes ATP binding to TAP and, thus, activity of TAP, thereby preventing the presentation of viral peptides to CTLs.
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Keywords: ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters/antagonists & inhibitors, Adenosine Triphosphate/metabolism, Antigen Presentation/genetics, Cell Line, Tumor, Cell Membrane/metabolism, Cowpox virus/genetics, Endoplasmic Reticulum/immunology, Frameshift Mutation, HEK293 Cells, Histocompatibility Antigens Class I/immunology, Humans, Immune Evasion/immunology, Protein Binding/immunology, Protein Transport/immunology, T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic/immunology, Viral Proteins/genetics, Immunology
ISSN: 0022-1767
Publisher: American Association of Immunologists
Note: Copyright © 2014 by The American Association of Immunologists, Inc.
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