Comprehensive Analysis of CD4+ T Cell Response Cross-Reactive to SARS-CoV-2 Antigens at the Single Allele Level of HLA Class II

CD4+ T cells; HLA-DP; HLA-DQ; HLA-DR; MHC class II alleles; SARS-CoV-2; cross-reactive T cells; immunodominance.
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You-Seok Hyun, Yong-Hun Lee, Hyeong-A Jo, In-Cheol Baek, Sun-Mi Kim, Hyun-Jung Sohn, Tai-Gyu Kim

  • Front Immunol
  • 7.3
  • 2022 Jan 6;12:774491.
  • Human
  • Elispot
  • 呼吸系统
  • 呼吸系统
  • T细胞
  • 新冠
  • IFN-γ

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LXEHS01-1

Abstract

Common human coronaviruses have been circulating undiagnosed worldwide. These common human coronaviruses share partial sequence homology with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2); therefore, T cells specific to human coronaviruses are also cross-reactive with SARS-CoV-2 antigens. Herein, we defined CD4+ T cell responses that were cross-reactive with SARS-CoV-2 antigens in blood collected in 2016-2018 from healthy donors at the single allele level using artificial antigen-presenting cells (aAPC) expressing a single HLA class II allotype. We assessed the allotype-restricted responses in the 42 individuals using the aAPCs matched 22 HLA-DR alleles, 19 HLA-DQ alleles, and 13 HLA-DP alleles. The response restricted by the HLA-DR locus showed the highest magnitude, and that by HLA-DP locus was higher than that by HLA-DQ locus. Since two alleles of HLA-DR, -DQ, and -DP loci are expressed co-dominantly in an individual, six different HLA class II allotypes can be used to the cross-reactive T cell response. Of the 16 individuals who showed a dominant T cell response, five, one, and ten showed a dominant response by a single allotype of HLA-DR, -DQ, and -DP, respectively. The single allotype-restricted T cells responded to only one antigen in the five individuals and all the spike, membrane, and nucleocapsid proteins in the six individuals. In individuals heterozygous for the HLA-DPA and HLA-DPB loci, four combinations of HLA-DP can be expressed, but only one combination showed a dominant response. These findings demonstrate that cross-reactive T cells to SARS-CoV-2 respond with single-allotype dominance.Keywords:CD4+ T cells; HLA-DP; HLA-DQ; HLA-DR; MHC class II alleles; SARS-CoV-2; cross-reactive T cells; immunodominance.
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