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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-8-5
pubmed:abstractText
Cell surface receptors and antigens, such as TfR and MHC molecules, are endocytosed and subsequently redisplayed on the plasma membrane. The internalization and recycling of MHC molecules is thought to play an important role in antigen presentation, but studying this process has been hindered due to the lack of a rapid and easily quantitated assay. The combination of a cleavable biotin reagent to label surface molecules and a capture ELISA to detect these molecules of interest, allows for the quantitation of their cell surface expression, endocytosis and recycling. The endocytosis of TfR and MHC II molecules was readily quantitated in B cell lines using this procedure with results nearly identical to previously published data using more laborious radioactive methods. Evidence for the recycling of class II antigens and TfR back to the plasma membrane was obtained by monitoring the exit of these molecules from endosomes. Exposing cells to hypertonic media blocks clathrin-dependent endocytosis and was found to inhibit the internalization of MHC class II proteins on B cells. This flexible assay to capture and quantitate the cell surface expression and endocytosis of MHC molecules and other surface antigens offers a sensitive and non-radioactive alternative to study the intracellular trafficking of diverse membrane proteins.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0022-1759
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
212
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
9-18
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Detection of biotinylated cell surface receptors and MHC molecules in a capture ELISA: a rapid assay to measure endocytosis.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University School of Medicine, and Walther Cancer Institute, Indianapolis 46202-5120, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.