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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-4-6
pubmed:abstractText
We recently have identified CD91 as a receptor for the heat shock protein gp96. CD91 was identified initially as a receptor for alpha(2)-macroglobulin (alpha(2)M). Gp96 and alpha(2)M are both ligands for CD91. Because gp96-chaperoned peptides can prime CD8(+) T cell responses and are re-presented by APCs, we tested alpha(2)M for similar properties. Our studies show that alpha(2)M binds peptides in vitro and that the peptides, chaperoned by alpha(2)M, efficiently prime peptide-specific CD8(+) T cell responses in mice immunized with alpha(2)M-peptide complexes. Furthermore, peptides chaperoned by alpha(2)M, like those chaperoned by gp96, can be re-presented by CD91(+) APCs on their MHC I molecules. These studies demonstrate that alpha(2)M molecules, like the heat shock protein molecules, are T cell adjuvants that can channel exogenous Ags into the endogenous pathway of Ag presentaion. The remarkable similarities between an intracellular chaperone and an extracellular serum chaperone may have interesting physiological ramifications.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0022-1767
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
166
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
4968-72
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11290775-Adjuvants, Immunologic, pubmed-meshheading:11290775-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:11290775-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11290775-Antigen Presentation, pubmed-meshheading:11290775-Antigen-Presenting Cells, pubmed-meshheading:11290775-Antigens, Neoplasm, pubmed-meshheading:11290775-CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:11290775-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:11290775-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:11290775-Cytotoxicity, Immunologic, pubmed-meshheading:11290775-Heat-Shock Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11290775-Injections, Intraperitoneal, pubmed-meshheading:11290775-Ligands, pubmed-meshheading:11290775-Low Density Lipoprotein Receptor-Related Protein-1, pubmed-meshheading:11290775-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:11290775-Mice, Inbred BALB C, pubmed-meshheading:11290775-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:11290775-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:11290775-Peptides, pubmed-meshheading:11290775-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:11290775-Receptors, Immunologic, pubmed-meshheading:11290775-Serum Albumin, pubmed-meshheading:11290775-Tumor Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:11290775-alpha-Macroglobulins
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Adjuvanticity of alpha 2-macroglobulin, an independent ligand for the heat shock protein receptor CD91.
pubmed:affiliation
Center for Immunotherapy of Cancer and Infectious Diseases, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT 06030, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't