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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 12.
Published in final edited form as: J Immunol. 2011 Sep 30;187(9):4705–4713. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.1100794

Table I.

Affinity measurements of C-glycoside analogues with Vβ8.2 TCR and Vβ7 TCR

ka (M−1s−1) kd (s−1) KD (μM) KD(eq)a (μM) t1/2 (s)
Vβ8.2 TCR
α-GalCer 1.62×105 ± 9.5×103 0.02 ± 4.5×10−4 0.13 ±0.01 0.31 ±0.02 34.65
α-C-GalCer 2.25×105 ± 4.1×104 0.29 ± 0.02 2.20 ± 0.73 1.95 ± 0.11 2.39
α-N-Cyc-Cer 5.67×104 ± 1.67×104 0.37 ± 0.01 7.10 ± 1.97 3.68 ± 0.27 1.87
α-C-alkyne-GalCer ND ND ND 1.64 ± 0.13 ND
α-1C-GalCer NB NB NB NB NB
α-C-O-GalCer NB NB NB NB NB
Vβ7 TCR
α-GalCer 2.31×105 ± 3.15×104 0.09 ± 0.003 0.38 ± 0.01 0.47 ± 0.03 7.70
α-C-GalCer ND ND ND 3.11 ± 0.23 ND
α-N-Cyc-Cer ND ND ND 4.06 ± 0.10 ND
α-C-alkyne-GalCer ND ND ND 3.23 ± 0.29 ND
α-1C-GalCer NB NB NB NB NB
α-C-O-GalCer NB NB NB NB NB
a

steady-state affinity determined in separate experiment (see materials and methods)

NB= No binding; ND=not determined