TAPBPR bridges UDP-glucose: glycoprotein glucosyltransferase 1 onto MHC class I to provide quality control in the antigen presentation pathway

Andreas Neerincx, Clemens Hermann, Robin Antrobus, Andy van Hateren, Huan Cao, Nico Trautwein, Stefan Stevanović, Tim Elliott, Janet E. Deane, Louise H. Boyle

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Abstract

Recently we revealed that TAPBPR is a peptide exchange catalyst important for optimal peptide selection by MHC class I molecules. Here we asked if any other co-factors associate with TAPBPR which would explain its effect on peptide selection. We identify an interaction between TAPBPR and UDP-glucose:glycoprotein glucosyltransferase 1 (UGT1), a folding sensor in the calnexin/calreticulin quality control cycle known to regenerate the Glc1Man9GlcNAc2 moiety on glycoproteins. Our results suggest the formation of a multimeric complex, dependent on a conserved cysteine at position 94 in TAPBPR, in which TAPBPR promotes the association of UGT1 with peptide-receptive class I molecules. We reveal that the interaction between TAPBPR and UGT1 facilities the reglucosylation of the glycan on class I, promoting their recognition by calreticulin. Our results suggest that in addition to being a peptide-editor, TAPBPR improves peptide optimisation by promoting peptide-receptive MHC class I molecules to associate with the peptide-loading complex.

Original languageEnglish
Article numbere23049
Pages (from-to)1-25
Number of pages25
JournaleLife
Volume6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 20 Apr 2017

Bibliographical note

Funding
Wellcome: Senior Research Fellowship 104647, Andreas Neerincx, Louise H Boyle
Royal Society: University Research Fellowship, UF100371, Janet E Deane
Cancer Research UK: Programme Grant, C7056A, Andy van Hateren, Tim Elliott
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft: SFB 685, Nico Trautwein, Stefan Stevanović
Wellcome: PhD studentship, 089563, Clemens Hermann
Wellcome: Strategic Award 100140, Robin Antrobus
Wellcome: Programme grant, WT094847MA, Huan Cao

Acknowledgements
We are extremely grateful to Peter Cresswell and Najla Arshad (Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT) for valuable advice, tapasin and TAP-specific antibody reagents, and the recombinant calreticulin proteins. We thank John Trowsdale (University of Cambridge, UK) for his mentorship and critical reading of this manuscript, and Jim Kaufman (University of Cambridge, UK) for useful discussions. We also thank Yi Cao (Cranfield University, UK) for MATLAB programming for densitometry analysis, and Mark Vickers and Sadie Henderson (Scottish National Blood Transfusion Services, UK) for permitting the use of and assistance with the Amersham WB system. The reagent ARP7099 FEC peptide pool was obtained from the Centre for AIDS Reagents, National Institute for Biological Standards and Control (NIBSC), and was donated by the NIH AIDS Reagent Program, Division of AIDS, NIAID, NIH.

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