Direct binding of myelin basic protein and synthetic copolymer 1 to class II major histocompatibility complex molecules on living antigen-presenting cells--specificity and promiscuity.
- 24 May 1994
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Vol. 91 (11) , 4872-4876
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.91.11.4872
Abstract
Copolymer 1 (Cop 1) is a synthetic basic random copolymer of amino acids that has been shown to be effective in suppression of experimental allergic encephalomyelitis and is being tested as a candidate drug for multiple sclerosis. It has been previously demonstrated that Cop 1 is immunologically cross-reactive with the autoantigen myelin basic protein (BP) and competitively inhibits the response to BP of T-cell lines and clones of different major histocompatibility complex (MHC) restrictions, of both mouse and human origin. In the present study we demonstrated the direct binding of Cop 1, using its biotinylated derivative, to MHC molecules on living antigen-presenting cells. Binding of biotinylated BP and peptide p84-102 (an immunodominant epitope of BP) was also demonstrated. Cop 1 and BP bound in a promiscuous manner to different types of antigen-presenting cells of various H-2 and HLA haplotypes. The specificity of the binding was confirmed by its inhibition with either the relevant anti-MHC class II antibodies or unlabeled analogs. Cop 1 exhibited the most extensive and fast binding to antigen-presenting cells. In addition, Cop 1 inhibited the binding of biotinylated derivatives of BP and of p84-102 to the MHC class II molecules and even displaced these antigens when already bound. Thus, these results suggest that Cop 1 indeed competes with BP for MHC binding and, thereby, inhibits T-cell responses to BP. The binding of Cop 1 to different DR alleles, probably because of its multiple MHC binding motifs, may indicate its potential as a broad-spectrum drug for multiple sclerosis.Keywords
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