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Nature communicationsAug 2023 |
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DOI:
10.1038/s41467-023-40821-w

Hydrophobic interactions dominate the recognition of a KRAS G12V neoantigen

Wright, Katharine M; DiNapoli, Sarah R; Miller, Michelle S; Aitana Azurmendi, P; Zhao, Xiaowei; Yu, Zhiheng; Chakrabarti, Mayukh; Shi, WuXian; Douglass, Jacqueline; Hwang, Michael S; Hsiue, Emily Han-Chung; Mog, Brian J; Pearlman, Alexander H; Paul, Suman; Konig, Maximilian F; Pardoll, Drew M; Bettegowda, Chetan; Papadopoulos, Nickolas; Kinzler, Kenneth W; Vogelstein, Bert; Zhou, Shibin; Gabelli, Sandra B
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Abstract
Specificity remains a major challenge to current therapeutic strategies for cancer. Mutation associated neoantigens (MANAs) are products of genetic alterations, making them highly specific therapeutic targets. MANAs are HLA-presented (pHLA) peptides derived from intracellular mutant proteins that are otherwise inaccessible to antibody-based therapeutics. Here, we describe the cryo-EM structure of an antibody-MANA pHLA complex. Specifically, we determine a TCR mimic (TCRm) antibody bound to its MANA target, the KRASG12V peptide presented by HLA-A*03:01. Hydrophobic residues appear to account for the specificity of the mutant G12V residue. We also determine the structure of the wild-type G12 peptide bound to HLA-A*03:01, using X-ray crystallography. Based on these structures, we perform screens to validate the key residues required for peptide specificity. These experiments led us to a model for discrimination between the mutant and the wild-type peptides presented on HLA-A*03:01 based exclusively on hydrophobic interactions.
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