Publication Date:
1997-04-18
Description:
Membrane-bound immunoglobulin (mIg) of the IgG, IgA, and IgE classes have conserved cytoplasmic tails. To investigate the function of these tails, a B cell line was transfected with truncated or mutated gamma2a heavy chains. Transport to the endosomal compartment of antigen bound by the B cell antigen receptor did not occur in the absence of the cytoplasmic tail; and one or two mutations, respectively, in the Tyr-X-X-Met motif of the tail partially or completely interrupted the process. Experiments with chimeric antigen receptors confirmed these findings. Thus, a role for the cytoplasmic tail of mIg heavy chains in endosomal targeting of antigen is revealed.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Weiser, P -- Muller, R -- Braun, U -- Reth, M -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1997 Apr 18;276(5311):407-9.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Max-Planck-Institut fur Immunbiologie, Stubeweg 51, D-79108 Freiburg, Germany.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9103197" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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*Antigen Presentation
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B-Lymphocytes/*immunology
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Biological Transport
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Cytoplasm
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Dimerization
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Endosomes/*immunology
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Immunoglobulin gamma-Chains/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism
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Immunologic Memory
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Mice
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Mutation
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Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism
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Recombinant Fusion Proteins/chemistry/metabolism
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Transfection
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Tumor Cells, Cultured
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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