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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-1-14
pubmed:abstractText
We have tested the involvement of the invariant chains (Ii) p31 and p41 in the presentation of peptides derived from hen egg lysozyme (HEL) constructs targeted to different intracellular compartments within transfected fibroblasts. The endogenous HEL constructs were either present in the cytosol (HELc), secreted (HELs), or linked to the mammalian (KDEL C-terminal sequence that causes retention of HEL in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER)/pre-Golgi recycling compartment (HELr). Using Ii-negative antigen-presenting cells, the presentation of HELr to a HEL 46-61 specific T cell hybridoma was far less efficient than the presentation of the HELs. High levels of Ii expression enhanced drastically the presentation of the HEL 46-61 determinant derived from both HELr and HELs. HELr and HELs presentation was fully sensitive to lysosomotropic agents such as chloroquine, indicating that the formation of complexes between major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II molecules and determinants derived from endogenous antigens entering the secretory pathway is taking place in an acidic compartment. The degradation and dissociation of Ii might be a prerequisite for the efficient presentation of endogenously derived determinants by MHC class II molecules, as for the presentation of most exogenous antigens. All our results are compatible with the notion that endogenous molecules being translocated into the lumen of the ER could be presented by class II molecules through a processing pathway involving an acidic compartment in which Ii chains dissociate from class II molecules.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0014-2980
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
23
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
3167-72
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Major histocompatibility complex class II-restricted presentation of secreted and endoplasmic reticulum resident antigens requires the invariant chains and is sensitive to lysosomotropic agents.
pubmed:affiliation
Centre d'Immunologie INSERM-CNRS de Marseille-Luminy, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't