How peptide/MHC presence affects the dynamics of the LC13 T-cell receptor

Scientific Reports
Jose Luis Dominguez, Bernhard Knapp

Abstract

The interaction between T-cell receptors (TCRs) of T-cells and potentially immunogenic peptides presented by MHCs of antigen presenting cells is one of the most important mechanisms of the adaptive human immune system. A large number of structural simulations of the TCR/peptide/MHC system have been carried out. However, to date no study has investigated the differences of the dynamics between free TCRs and pMHC bound TCRs on a large scale. Here we present a study totalling 37 100 ns investigating the LC13 TCR in its free form as well as in complex with HLA-B*08:01 and different peptides. Our results show that the dynamics of the bound and unbound LC13 TCR differ significantly. This is reflected in (a) expected results such as an increased flexibility and increased solvent accessible surface of the CDRs of unbound TCR simulations but also in (b) less expected results such as lower CDR distances and compactness as well as alteration in the hydrogen bond network around CDR3α of unbound TCR simulations. Our study further emphasises the structural flexibility of TCRs and confirms the importance of the CDR3 loops for the adoption to MHC.

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