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  • 1
    ISSN: 1432-0428
    Keywords: Keywords Nerve conduction study, reproducibility, F-wave latency, diabetic polyneuropathy, serial study, drug trial, intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC), intertrial variation, nerve conduction velocity, sensory nerve action potential, motor conduction velocity.
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Aims/hypothesis. For use in future drug development for diabetic polyneuropathy, we conducted multicentre trials to assess the reproducibility of nerve conduction studies.¶Methods. All measurements were repeated twice at a time interval of 1–4 weeks in 132 healthy subjects (63 men) and 172 patients (99 men) with diabetic polyneuropathy. Using a standardised method, 32 centres participated in the study of control subjects and 65, in patients with diabetic polyneuropathy. Motor nerve conduction studies consisted of stimulating the left median and tibial nerves and recording the compound action potential from abductor policis and adductor hallucis for measuring amplitude, terminal latency and minimal F-wave latency. For sensory conduction studies, sensory nerve action potentials were recorded antidromically from the second digit and the posterior aspect of the lateral malleous after distal stimulation of the left median and sural nerves. We also calculated motor conduction velocity, F-wave conduction velocity and sensory conduction velocity. The relative intertrial variation and intraclass correlation coefficient were used as an index of reproducibility.¶Results. Of all the measurements, F-wave latency yielded the highest intraclass correlation coefficient with the smallest relative intertrial variation for both median and tibial nerves in both groups.¶Conclusion/interpretation. Median and tibial F-wave latency provide the most reproducible measures for a nerve conduction study, serving as one of the best measures in multicentre drug trials for diabetic polyneuropathies. [Diabetologia (2000) 43: 915–921]
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  • 2
    ISSN: 1432-1211
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Abstract  The interaction between 9-mer peptides and HLA-B51 molecules was investigated by quantitative peptide binding assay using RMA-S cells expressing human β2-microglobulin and HLA-B51 molecules. Of 147 chemically synthesized 9-mer peptides possessing two anchor residues corresponding to the motif of HLA-B*5101 binding self-peptides, 27 peptides bound to HLA-B*5101 molecules. Pro and Ala at position 2 as well as Ile at position 9 were confirmed to be main anchor residues, while Gly at position 2 as well as Val, Leu, and Met at position 9 were weak anchor residues for HLA-B*5101. The A-pocket is suspected to have a critical role in peptide binding to MHC class I molecules because this pocket corresponds to the N-terminus of peptides and has a strong hydrogen bond formed by conserved Tyr residues. Further analysis of peptide binding to HLA-B*5102 and B*5103 molecules showed that a single amino acid substitution of Tyr for His at residue 171(B*5102) and that of Gly for Trp at residue 167 (B*5103) has a minimum effect in HLA-B51-peptide binding. Since previous studies showed that some HLA-B51 alloreactive CTL clones failed to kill the cells expressing HLA-B*5102 or HLA-B*5103, these results imply that the structural change of the A-pocket among HLA-B51 subtypes causes a critical conformational change of the epitope for TCR recognition rather than influences the interaction between peptides and MHC class I molecules.
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  • 3
    ISSN: 1432-1211
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
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  • 4
    ISSN: 1432-1211
    Keywords: Key words  HLA-class I ; Peptide ; F-pocket ; HLA-B35 ; HLA-B51
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Abstract  HLA-B*3501 and -B*5101 molecules, which belong to the HLA-B5 cross-reactive group, bind peptides carrying similar anchor residues at P2 and the C-terminus, but differences are observed in the preference for a Tyr residue at the C-terminus and the affinity of peptides. A recent study of HLA-B*3501 crystal structure suggested that residue 116 on the floor of the F-pocket determines a preference for anchor residues at the C-terminus. In order to evaluate the role of the residue 116 in the peptide binding to both HLA-B*3501 and HLA-B*5101 molecules, we generated HLA-B*3501 mutant molecules carrying Tyr at residue 116 (B*3501–116Y) and tested the binding of a panel of nonamer peptides to the B*3501–116Y molecules by a stabilization assay with RMA-S transfectants expressing the mutant molecules. The substitution of Tyr for Ser at residue 116 markedly reduced the affinity of nonamer peptides carrying Tyr at P9, while it enhanced that of nonamer peptides carrying Ile and Leu at P9. On the other hand, the affinity of peptides carrying aliphatic hydrophobic residues at P9 to B*3501–116Y molecules was much higher than that to HLA-B*3501 and HLA-B*5101 molecules. These results indicate that residue 116 is critical for the structural difference of the F-pocket between HLA-B*3501 and HLA-B*5101 which determines the C-terminal anchor residues, while leaving other residues which differ between HLA-B*3501 and HLA-B*5101 may be responsible for the low peptide binding property of the latter.
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  • 5
    ISSN: 1432-1211
    Keywords: Key words HLA ; Peptide motif ; TFA extraction ; Pockets ; MHC ligands
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
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  • 6
    ISSN: 1432-1211
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Abstract  The binding capacity of one-hundred-and-seventy-two 8-mer to 11-mer peptides carrying HLA-A24 anchor residues to HLA-A*2402 molecules was analyzed by using a HLA class I stabilization assay. Most (76.2%) of these peptides bound to HLA-A*2402 molecules. These results confirmed previous findings that Tyr and Phe at P2 as well as Phe, Trp, Ile, and Leu at the C-terminus were main anchor residues for HLA-A*2402. Tyr at P2 was a stronger anchor residue than Phe, while bulky aromatic hydrophobic residues Phe and Trp at the C-terminus are stronger anchors than aliphatic hydrophobic residues Ile and Leu. These results were also supported by an analysis using a panel of mutated 9-mer peptides at P2 and P9. Taken together, these results suggest that HLA-A*2402 molecules have deep B- and F-pockets because they favor peptides carrying bulky aromatic hydrophobic residues at P2 and the C-terminus. The affinity of 8-mer peptides was significantly lower than that of 9-mer to 11-mer peptides, while there was no difference in affinity between 9-mer, 10-mer, and 11-mer peptides. The affinity of peptides carrying bulky aromatic hydrophobic residues at the C-terminus was higher than that of peptides carrying aliphatic hydrophobic residues in each of the 8-mer to 11-mer peptides, though the greatest difference in affinity was observed in 11-mer peptides. The strong interaction of side chains of these anchor residues with the corresponding pockets may permit the effective binding of 10-mer and 11-mer peptides to HLA-A*2402 molecules.
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  • 7
    ISSN: 1432-1211
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Abstract  The binding of 303 8-mer to 11-mer peptides carrying the anchor residues at P2 and the C-terminus to HLA-B*5101 molecules was examined by a stabilization assay in which peptides were incubated with RMA-S-B*5101 cells at 26 °C for 3 h. Analysis of the binding of these peptides to HLA-B*5101 molecules showed that Pro and Ala at P2, and Ile, Val, and Leu at the C-terminus functioned as anchor residues, while Gly at P2 and Met at the C-terminus were weak anchors. Pro was a stronger anchor residue than Ala at P2, while Ile was the strongest anchor at the C-terminus. Among 8-mer to 11-mer peptides, the 9-mer peptides showed the strongest binding to HLA-B*5101 molecules. This is in contrast to our recent findings that 10-mer and 11-mer peptides bind to HLA-B*3501 molecules as effectively as 9-mer peptides. Since both HLA class I molecules have the same B-pocket and the binding peptides carry the same anchor residues, it is assumed that the structure of the F-pocket may restrict the length of binding peptides. The ability of HLA-B*5101 binding peptides to stabilize the HLA-B*5101 molecules was markedly lower than that of HLA-B*3501 binding peptides to stabilize the HLA-B*3501 molecules. It is known that HLA-B*5101 is a slow assembling molecule, while HLA-B*3501 assembles rapidly. The results imply that the slow assembling of HLA-B*5101 molecules results from the low affinity of peptides to HLA-B*5101 molecules.
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  • 8
    ISSN: 1432-1211
    Keywords: Key words HLA class I ; Peptide ; Antibody ; Epitope
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Abstract  The monoclonal antibody (mAb) 4D12 specific for the HLA-B5, -B35 cross-reacting group (CREG) bound to a fraction of HLA-B*3501 and HLA-B*5101 molecules carrying self-peptides. Analysis of the binding of mAb 4D12 to HLA-B*3501 and -B*5101 molecules pulsed with chemically synthesized peptides revealed that this mAb recognizes a restricted number of peptides and that P1 of the bound peptides critically influences its binding. The 4D12 mAb bound only to HLA-B*3501 molecules carrying peptides with Asn, Asp, Glu, Ser, and Val at P1. Analysis using an HLA-B*3501 crystallographic model suggested that 4D12 may recognize the side chain of the P1 residue that is pointing to the solvent. On the other hand, 4D12 bound only to HLA-B*5101 molecules carrying peptides with Asn or Asp at P1, suggesting that the 4D12 epitope formed by Glu, Ser, or Val at P1 and the A-pocket was changed by the substitution of His for Tyr at residue 171 of HLA-B*3501 molecules. This was confirmed by testing the binding of mAb 4D12 to HLA-B*3501 mutant molecules at residue 171 carrying these peptides. These results together suggest that the conformation of the A-pocket and its hydrogen bound network with the P1 residue is also critical for the binding of mAb 4D12. The present study shows the molecular basis of the specificity of 4D12 for the peptide-HLA class I complex.
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  • 9
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    Immunogenetics 45 (1997), S. 226-228 
    ISSN: 1432-1211
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
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  • 10
    ISSN: 1432-1211
    Keywords: Key words HLA-B*5301 ; HLA-B*3501 ; Peptide ; Bw4/Bw6 epitope ; Anchor
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
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