Publication Date:
1994-12-02
Description:
Professional antigen-presenting cells (APCs) have a distinct compartment in which class II molecules are proposed to acquire antigenic peptides. Genetic evidence suggests that human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DM, an unusual class II molecule, participates in this process. Peptide acquisition was reconstituted in nonprofessional APCs by transfection of class II, invariant chain (li), and H-2M, the murine equivalent of DM. The H-2M heterodimer appeared in an endosomal compartment, not at the cell surface, and the localization was independent of li. The data presented show that H-2M, class II, and li are the minimally required components for efficient formation of stable class II-peptide complexes, and thus for a functional class II compartment.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Karlsson, L -- Peleraux, A -- Lindstedt, R -- Liljedahl, M -- Peterson, P A -- AI-26610/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Dec 2;266(5190):1569-73.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉R. W. Johnson Pharmaceutical Research Institute, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7985028" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Amino Acid Sequence
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Animals
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*Antigen Presentation
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Antigen-Presenting Cells/immunology
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*Antigens, Differentiation, B-Lymphocyte
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B-Lymphocytes/immunology
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Cell Line
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Cell Membrane/immunology
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Endosomes/*immunology
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Fluorescent Antibody Technique
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H-2 Antigens/analysis/genetics/*metabolism
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HLA-DR3 Antigen/*metabolism
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HeLa Cells
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Histocompatibility Antigens Class II/*metabolism
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Humans
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Mice
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Mice, Inbred Strains
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Transfection
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
