Focused B cell response to recurring gluten motif with implications for epitope spreading in celiac disease
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Antibodies to deamidated gluten peptides are accurate diagnostic markers of celiac disease. However, binding of patient antibodies to all possible gluten epitopes has not previously been investigated. Here, we assess serum antibody specificity across the gluten proteome by use of high-density peptide arrays. We confirm the importance of deamidation for antibody binding, and we show that the response is remarkably focused on the known epitope QPEQPFP (where E results from deamidation of Q). In addition, we describe an epitope in native (non-deamidated) gluten, QQPEQII (where E is gene encoded), which is associated with both B cell and T cell reactivity. Antibodies to this native epitope are cross-reactive with the major deamidated epitope due to recognition of the shared PEQ motif. Since cross-reactive B cells can present peptides to different gluten-specific T cells, we propose that such B cells play a role in epitope spreading by engaging T cells with multiple specificities.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 111541 |
Journal | Cell Reports |
Volume | 41 |
Issue number | 4 |
ISSN | 2211-1247 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2022 |
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- antibodies, celiac disease, CP: Immunology, cross-reactivity, epitope spreading, gluten, peptide arrays, plasma cells, T cell-B cell collaboration
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