Germline bias dictates cross-serotype reactivity in a common dengue-virus-specific CD8+ T cell response.

Adaptive immune responses protect against infection with dengue virus (DENV), yet cross-reactivity with distinct serotypes can precipitate life-threatening clinical disease. We found that clonotypes expressing the T cell antigen receptor (TCR) β-chain variable region 11 (TRBV11-2) were 'preferentially' activated and mobilized within immunodominant human-leukocyte-antigen-(HLA)-A*11:01-restricted CD8+ T cell populations specific for variants of the nonstructural protein epitope NS3133 that characterize the serotypes DENV1, DENV3 and DENV4. In contrast, the NS3133-DENV2-specific repertoire was largely devoid of such TCRs. Structural analysis of a representative TRBV11-2+ TCR demonstrated that cross-serotype reactivity was governed by unique interplay between the variable antigenic determinant and germline-encoded residues in the second β-chain complementarity-determining region (CDR2β). Extensive mutagenesis studies of three distinct TRBV11-2+ TCRs further confirmed that antigen recognition was dependent on key contacts between the serotype-defined peptide and discrete residues in the CDR2β loop. Collectively, these data reveal an innate-like mode of epitope recognition with potential implications for the outcome of sequential exposure to heterologous DENVs.

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Abigail Culshaw, Kristin Ladell, Stephanie Gras, James E McLaren, Kelly L Miners, Carine Farenc, Heleen van den Heuvel, Emma Gostick, Wanwisa Dejnirattisai, Apirath Wangteeraprasert, Thaneeya Duangchinda, Pojchong Chotiyarnwong, Wannee Limpitikul, Sirijitt Vasanawathana, Prida Malasit, Tao Dong, Jamie Rossjohn, Juthathip Mongkolsapaya, David A Price, Gavin R Screaton. Germline bias dictates cross-serotype reactivity in a common dengue-virus-specific CD8+ T cell response. Nature immunology. 2017 Nov;18(11):1228-1237

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