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Malissen B, Ardouin L, Lin SY, Gillet A, Malissen M. Function of the CD3 subunits of the pre-TCR and TCR complexes during T cell development. Adv Immunol 1999; 72:103-48. [PMID: 10361573 DOI: 10.1016/s0065-2776(08)60018-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- B Malissen
- Centre d'Immunologie INSERM-CNRS de Marseille-Luminy, France
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Mora C, Wong FS, Chang CH, Flavell RA. Pancreatic Infiltration But Not Diabetes Occurs in the Relative Absence of MHC Class II-Restricted CD4 T Cells: Studies Using NOD/CIITA-Deficient Mice. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 1999. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.162.8.4576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The NOD (nonobese diabetic) mouse is a good animal model for human IDDM. MHC class II-restricted CD4 T cells are necessary for the onset of diabetes in NOD mice. Here, we demonstrate that NOD mice lacking the CIITA (class II transactivator) molecule, and hence deficient in MHC class II expression and peripheral CD4 T cells, show significant pancreatic infiltration but do not develop diabetes. CD4 T cell deficiency, then, does not prevent initial pancreatic infiltration, but does stop progression to insulitis. Adoptive transfer studies show that the paucity of CD4 T cells in NOD-CIITA knockout mice is responsible for the absence of diabetes, since the CD8 T cell and B cell compartments are functional. An autoaggressive CD8+ T cell clone can, however, transfer diabetes in CIITA knockout recipient mice without CD4 T cell help, albeit with some delay compared with that in CIITA-sufficient recipients. This highlights the fact that a high number of in vitro activated autoaggressive CD8 T cells can over-ride the requirement for CD4 T cell help for the onset of diabetes.
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- Conchi Mora
- *Section of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, and
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- *Section of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, and
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- ‡Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
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- *Section of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, and
- †Howard Hughes Medical Institute, New Haven, CT 06520; and
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Wu Z, Biro PA, Mirakian R, Hammond L, Curcio F, Ambesi-Impiombato FS, Bottazzo GF. HLA-DMB expression by thyrocytes: indication of the antigen-processing and possible presenting capability of thyroid cells. Clin Exp Immunol 1999; 116:62-9. [PMID: 10209506 PMCID: PMC1905228 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.1999.00831.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Expression of HLA class II molecules on thyrocytes is a characteristic feature of autoimmune thyroid disease and may lead the thyroid cells to present autoantigens to CD4+ T lymphocytes. Since HLA-DM is a critical molecule in class II-restricted antigen processing and presentation, we assessed the expression of HLA-DMB, -invariant chain (Ii), class II transactivator (CIITA) and DRA in an untransformed, pure thyrocyte strain HTV-59A. Here we report that both HLA-DMB mRNA and the protein are expressed in thyrocytes and that CIITA expression is enhanced by interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) treatment and occurs before DMB, Ii and DRA up-regulation, suggesting CIITA expression is a requirement for antigen processing in thyrocytes. These results indicate that thyrocytes are capable of antigen processing and possibly antigen presentation to T cells.
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- Z Wu
- Department of Immunology, St Bartholomew's, London, UK
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Suzuki K, Mori A, Ishii KJ, Saito J, Singer DS, Klinman DM, Krause PR, Kohn LD. Activation of target-tissue immune-recognition molecules by double-stranded polynucleotides. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1999; 96:2285-90. [PMID: 10051633 PMCID: PMC26775 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.96.5.2285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 147] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Abnormal expression of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I and class II in various tissues is associated with autoimmune disease. Autoimmune responses can be triggered by viral infections or tissue injuries. We show that the ability of a virus or a tissue injury to increase MHC gene expression is duplicated by any fragment of double-stranded (ds) DNA or dsRNA introduced into the cytoplasm of nonimmune cells. Activation is sequence-independent, is induced by ds polynucleotides as small as 25 bp in length, and is not duplicated by single-stranded polynucleotides. In addition to causing abnormal MHC expression, the ds nucleic acids increase the expression of genes necessary for antigen processing and presentation: proteasome proteins (e.g., LMP2), transporters of antigen peptides; invariant chain, HLA-DM, and the costimulatory molecule B7.1. The mechanism is different from and additive to that of gamma-interferon (gammaIFN), i.e., ds polynucleotides increase class I much more than class II, whereas gammaIFN increases class II more than class I. The ds nucleic acids also induce or activate Stat1, Stat3, mitogen-activated protein kinase, NF-kappaB, the class II transactivator, RFX5, and the IFN regulatory factor 1 differently from gammaIFN. CpG residues are not responsible for this effect, and the action of the ds polynucleotides could be shown in a variety of cell types in addition to thyrocytes. We suggest that this phenomenon is a plausible mechanism that might explain how viral infection of tissues or tissue injury triggers autoimmune disease; it is potentially relevant to host immune responses induced during gene therapy.
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- K Suzuki
- Cell Regulation Section, Metabolic Diseases Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Villard J, Muhlethaler-Mottet A, Bontron S, Mach B, Reith W. CIITA-induced occupation of MHC class II promoters is independent of the cooperative stabilization of the promoter-bound multi-protein complexes. Int Immunol 1999; 11:461-9. [PMID: 10221658 DOI: 10.1093/intimm/11.3.461] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Precise regulation of MHC class II expression plays a crucial role in the control of the immune response. The transactivator CIITA behaves as a master controller of constitutive and inducible MHC class II gene activation, but its exact mechanism of action is not known. Activation of MHC class II promoters requires binding of at least three distinct multi-protein complexes (RFX, X2BP and NF-Y). It is known that the stability of this binding results from cooperative interactions between these proteins. We show here that expression of CIITA in MHC class II- cells triggers occupation of the promoters by these complexes. This observation raised the possibility that the effect of CIITA on promoter occupation is mediated by an effect on the cooperative stabilization of the DNA-bound multi-protein complexes. We show, however, that the presence of CIITA does not affect the stability of the higher-order protein complex formed on DNA by RFX, X2BP and NF-Y. This suggests other mechanisms for CIITA-induced promoter occupancy, such as an effect on chromatin structure leading to increased accessibility of MHC class II promoters. This ability of CIITA to facilitate promoter occupation is undissociable from its transactivation potential. Finally, we conclude that this effect of CIITA is cell-type specific, since expression of CIITA is not required for normal occupation of MHC class II promoters in B lymphocytes.
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- J Villard
- Department of Genetics and Microbiology, University of Geneva Medical School, CMU, Switzerland
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Gourley T, Roys S, Lukacs NW, Kunkel SL, Flavell RA, Chang CH. A novel role for the major histocompatibility complex class II transactivator CIITA in the repression of IL-4 production. Immunity 1999; 10:377-86. [PMID: 10204493 DOI: 10.1016/s1074-7613(00)80037-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Class II transactivator (CIITA) is known as a coactivator for MHC class II gene expression in antigen-presenting cells. Surprisingly, when CIITA-/- CD4 T cells were stimulated in the presence of IL-12, they produced not only IFNgamma but also high levels of IL-4. The IL-4 production is due to the accumulation of IL-4 gene transcripts in Th1 cells. This transcriptional control is observed in T cells differentiating to the Th1 but not Th2 lineage, consistent with induction of expression of the CIITA gene in T cells by IFNgamma. Thus, in addition to its role in transactivation of genes involved in antigen presentation, CIITA plays a critical role during the T cell differentiation by negatively regulating the IL-4 gene transcription.
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- T Gourley
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor 48109, USA
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Moreno CS, Beresford GW, Louis-Plence P, Morris AC, Boss JM. CREB regulates MHC class II expression in a CIITA-dependent manner. Immunity 1999; 10:143-51. [PMID: 10072067 DOI: 10.1016/s1074-7613(00)80015-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 150] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The X2 box of MHC class II promoters is homologous to TRE/CRE elements and is required for expression of MHC class II genes. The X2 box-specific DNA binding activity, X2BP, was purified to homogeneity, sequenced, and identified as CREB. Transient transactivation experiments showed that CREB can cooperate with CIITA to enhance activation of transcription from MHC class II promoters in a dose-dependent manner. Binding of CREB to the class II promoter in vivo was demonstrated by a chromatin immunoprecipitation assay. Additionally, ICER, a dominant inhibitor of CREB function, was found to repress class II expression. These results demonstrate that CREB binds to the X2 box in vivo and cooperates with CIITA to direct MHC class II expression.
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- C S Moreno
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
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Nagarajan UM, Louis-Plence P, DeSandro A, Nilsen R, Bushey A, Boss JM. RFX-B is the gene responsible for the most common cause of the bare lymphocyte syndrome, an MHC class II immunodeficiency. Immunity 1999; 10:153-62. [PMID: 10072068 DOI: 10.1016/s1074-7613(00)80016-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 130] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The bare lymphocyte syndrome (BLS) is characterized by the absence of MHC class II transcription and humoral- and cellular-mediated immune responses to foreign antigens. Three of the four BLS genetic complementation groups have defects in the activity of the MHC class II transcription factor RFX. We have purified the RFX complex and sequenced its three subunits. The sequence of the smallest subunit describes a novel gene, termed RFX-B. RFX-B complements the predominant BLS complementation group (group B) and was found to be mutant in cell lines from this BLS group. The protein has no known DNA-binding domain but does contain three ankyrin repeats that are likely to be important in protein-protein interactions.
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- U M Nagarajan
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
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Cressman DE, Chin KC, Taxman DJ, Ting JP. A defect in the nuclear translocation of CIITA causes a form of type II bare lymphocyte syndrome. Immunity 1999; 10:163-71. [PMID: 10072069 DOI: 10.1016/s1074-7613(00)80017-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The severe immunodeficiency type II bare lymphocyte syndrome (BLS) lacks class II MHC gene transcription. One defect from a complementation group A type II BLS patient is a 24 aa deletion in the MHC class II transactivator (CIITA). We show here that the molecular defect present in this protein is a failure of CIITA to undergo nuclear translocation. This defect was mapped to a position-dependent, novel nuclear localization sequence that cannot be functionally replaced by a classical NLS. Fusion of this 5 aa motif to an unrelated protein leads to nuclear translocation. Furthermore, this motif is not critical for transactivation function. This is a description of a genetic disease resulting from a novel defect in the subcellular localization of a transcriptional coactivator.
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- D E Cressman
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599-7295, USA
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Quade MJ, Roth JA. Dual-color flow cytometric analysis of phenotype, activation marker expression, and proliferation of mitogen-stimulated bovine lymphocyte subsets. Vet Immunol Immunopathol 1999; 67:33-45. [PMID: 9950352 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-2427(98)00209-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Bovine peripheral blood mononuclear cells were cultured in vitro for 3 days with the mitogens concanavalin A (Con A), pokeweed mitogen (PWM), phytohemagglutinin (PHA), and anti-CD3 monoclonal antibody. Activation of T-lymphocyte subsets (CD4+, CD8+, and gammadelta T-cell receptor+) and of B-cells was measured by two-color flow cytometric analysis of subset expression of IL-2 receptor alpha (CD25) and MHC class II. Proliferation of lymphocyte subsets was directly measured by two-color flow cytometric analysis of fluorescence intensity of PKH2, a fluorescent dye that stably incorporates into cell membranes. CD4+ and CD8+ T-cell subsets were stimulated by all the mitogens to increase expression of IL2r and MHC II and to proliferate. Deltagamma+ T-cells responded to all four mitogens with increased IL2r and MHC II expression. Con A and PHA caused measurable proliferation of deltagamma+ T-cells, but PWM and anti-CD3 did not. B-cells generally responded to the mitogens with increased IL2r and MHC II expression. B-cells proliferated when incubated with Con A, but did not measurably proliferate in response to PWM, PHA, or anti-CD3.
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- M J Quade
- Department of Veterinary Microbiology, and Preventive Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames 50011, USA
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Czerwony G, Alten R, Gromnica-Ihle E, Hagemann D, Reuter U, Sörensen H, Müller B. Differential surface expression of HLA-DRB1 and HLA-DRB4 among peripheral blood cells of DR4 positive individuals. Hum Immunol 1999; 60:1-9. [PMID: 9952022 DOI: 10.1016/s0198-8859(98)00096-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Increasing interest in the functional consequences of differential expression of MHC class II molecules prompted us to examine the surface expression of HLA class II molecules on fresh peripheral blood mononuclear cells. Differential regulation of DR4 and DRB4 was shown for peripheral blood monocytes. In addition, DR4 expression is upregulated on B cells of patients suffering from chronic inflammation and is reduced under prednisolone-treatment. The expression levels of total DR molecules on a given cell type are almost identical comparing different haplotypes among non-RA controls, suggesting that the alpha-chain determines the level of surface expression. The present findings fit the hypothesis that the differential expression of HLA class II molecules is involved in regulation of the immune response and may thus contribute to determining susceptibility to immunological diseases.
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- G Czerwony
- Deutsches Rheuma ForschungsZentrum, Berlin, Germany
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Beutler AS, Banck MS, Wedekind D, Hedrich HJ. Tumor gene therapy made easy: allogeneic major histocompatibility complex in the C6 rat glioma model. Hum Gene Ther 1999; 10:95-101. [PMID: 10022534 DOI: 10.1089/10430349950019228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The C6 glioma in the immune-competent rat is a frequently used model in brain tumor gene therapy research. It displays the histologic hallmarks of the human glioblastoma and has been employed to demonstrate new mechanisms of anti-tumor immunity and therapeutic strategies. We noted that C6 tumors regressed spontaneously in three of five animals and that protective anti-tumor immunity ensued without therapeutic intervention. A review of the literature revealed that different rat strains are used as "syngeneic" host for the C6 cell glioma, namely, BDIX, BDX, Sprague-Dawley, and Wistar. Allelotyping of the RT1.A (rat MHC I homolog) by a serologic technique and of the RT1.B (rat MHC II homolog) by a newly developed molecular technique showed that C6 cells express the haplotype RT1u and are allogeneic in the preceding rat strains. Expression of the gene encoding the transactivator CIITA in C6 gliomas using an EBV-based transduction system led to induction of MHC I and II and thereby mimicked therapeutic responses that could not operate in syngeneic models. These data suggest that the C6 glioma model in the immune-competent rat should no longer be used to study gene therapy strategies, that the available data obtained in this model need to be critically reinterpreted, and that findings obtained in the C6 glioma model may not be sufficient to support a clinical trial in glioblastoma patients.
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- A S Beutler
- Department of Neurosurgery (Research), University Hospital Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland.
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Fontes JD, Kanazawa S, Jean D, Peterlin BM. Interactions between the class II transactivator and CREB binding protein increase transcription of major histocompatibility complex class II genes. Mol Cell Biol 1999; 19:941-7. [PMID: 9858618 PMCID: PMC83952 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.19.1.941] [Citation(s) in RCA: 125] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/1998] [Accepted: 10/14/1998] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Class II major histocompatibility (class II) genes are regulated in a B-cell-specific and gamma interferon-inducible fashion. The master switch for the expression of these genes is the class II transactivator (CIITA). In this report, we demonstrate that one of the functions of CIITA is to recruit the CREB binding protein (CBP) to class II promoters. Not only functional but also specific binding interactions between CIITA and CBP were demonstrated. Moreover, a dominant negative form of CBP decreased the activity of class II promoters and levels of class II determinants on the surface of cells. Finally, the inhibition of class II gene expression by the glucocorticoid hormone could be attributed to the squelching of CBP by the glucocorticoid receptor. We conclude that CBP, a histone acetyltransferase, plays an important role in the transcription of class II genes.
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- J D Fontes
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Departments of Medicine, Immunology, and Microbiology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143-0703, USA
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Piskurich JF, Linhoff MW, Wang Y, Ting JP. Two distinct gamma interferon-inducible promoters of the major histocompatibility complex class II transactivator gene are differentially regulated by STAT1, interferon regulatory factor 1, and transforming growth factor beta. Mol Cell Biol 1999; 19:431-40. [PMID: 9858567 PMCID: PMC83901 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.19.1.431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 154] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/1998] [Accepted: 09/28/1998] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II transactivator (CIITA) is the master regulatory factor required for appropriate expression of class II MHC genes. Understanding the expression of CIITA is key to understanding the regulation of class II MHC genes. This report describes the independent regulation of two distinct CIITA promoters by cytokines with opposing functions, gamma interferon (IFN-gamma) and transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta). A functional analysis of deletion mutations of the upstream promoter (promoter III) identified an IFN-gamma-responsive region located approximately 5 kb from the transcriptional start site. An in vivo DNase I hypersensitivity analysis detected a hypersensitive site in this area which supports the relevance of this region. When the downstream promoter (promoter IV) was studied by in vivo genomic footprinting, IFN-gamma-induced changes at putative binding sites for STAT1, interferon regulatory factor 1 (IRF-1), and E-box proteins were seen. Gel shift and supershift analyses for IRF-1 confirmed the in vivo footprint results. The role of the IFN-gamma-inducible transcription factor STAT1 was examined functionally. Although both promoters were controlled by STAT1, promoter-specific regulation was exhibited. The IFN-gamma response of promoter III was completely dependent on STAT1 and not IRF-1, while promoter IV was partially activated by IRF-1 in the total absence of STAT1 expression. While both promoters were affected by TGF-beta, activation of promoter III by IFN-gamma was more severely diminished by TGF-beta treatment. The differential control of CIITA promoters by TGF-beta, IRF-1, and STAT1 may be important in refining regulation of class II MHC genes in different cell types and under different stimulatory conditions.
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- J F Piskurich
- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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Soos JM, Morrow J, Ashley TA, Szente BE, Bikoff EK, Zamvil SS. Astrocytes Express Elements of the Class II Endocytic Pathway and Process Central Nervous System Autoantigen for Presentation to Encephalitogenic T Cells. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 1998. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.161.11.5959] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Astrocytes are nonprofessional APCs that may participate in Ag presentation and activation of pathogenic CD4+ T cells involved in central nervous system (CNS) inflammatory diseases. Using immortalized pure astrocytes as a complement to the study of primary astrocytes, we investigated whether these astrocytes express elements involved in the class II endocytic pathway and if they are capable of processing native myelin basic protein (MBP), a step that could be necessary for initiating or perpetuating T cell recognition of this self-Ag in vivo. Upon IFN-γ-stimulation, primary and immortalized astrocytes up-regulate class II transactivator (CIITA), invariant chain (Ii) (p31 and p41), H-2Ma, and H-2Mb. Analysis of CIITA cDNA sequences demonstrated that CIITA transcription in astrocytes is directed by a promoter (type IV) that mediates IFN-γ-inducible CIITA expression and encodes a CIITA protein that differs in its N-terminal sequence from CIITA reported in professional APC. Comparing live and fixed APC for Ag presentation, we show that Ag processing by APC is required for presentation of native MBP to autopathogenic T cells specific for the major MBP epitope, Ac1-11. We have observed that primary astrocytes and some, but not all, astrocyte lines in the absence of contaminating microglia are capable of processing and presenting native MBP, suggesting that there may be heterogeneity. Our study provides definitive evidence that astrocytes are capable of processing CNS autoantigen, indicating that astrocytes have potential for processing and presentation of CNS autoantigen to proinflammatory T cells in CNS autoimmune disease.
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- Jeanne M. Soos
- *Center for Neurologic Diseases, Department of Neurology, and
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- *Center for Neurologic Diseases, Department of Neurology, and
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- †Vascular Research Division, Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA 02115
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- ‡Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138; and
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- *Center for Neurologic Diseases, Department of Neurology, and
- §Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143
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Ettinger RA, Liu AW, Nepom GT, Kwok WW. Exceptional Stability of the HLA-DQA1*0102/DQB1*0602 αβ Protein Dimer, the Class II MHC Molecule Associated with Protection from Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 1998. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.161.11.6439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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HLA-DQ alleles are closely associated with susceptibility and resistance to insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) but the immunologic mechanisms involved are not understood. Structural studies of the IDDM-susceptible allele, HLA-DQA1*0301/DQB1*0302, have classified it as a relatively unstable dimer, particularly at neutral pH. This is reminiscent of studies in the nonobese diabetic mouse, in which I-Ag7 is relatively unstable, in contrast to other murine I-A alleles, suggesting a correlation between unstable MHC class II molecules and IDDM susceptibility. We have addressed this question by analysis of dimer stability patterns among various HLA-DQ molecules. In EBV-transformed B-lymphoblastoid cell lines and PBL, the protein encoded by the IDDM-protective allele HLA-DQA1*0102/DQB1*0602 was the most SDS stable when compared with other HLA-DQ molecules, including HLA-DQA1*0102/DQB1*0604, a closely related allele that is not associated with protection from IDDM. Expression of six different HLA-DQ allelic proteins and three different HLA-DR allelic proteins in the bare lymphocyte syndrome cell line, BLS-1, revealed that HLA-DQA1*0102/DQB1*0602 is SDS stable even in the absence of HLA-DM, while other HLA class II molecules are not. These results suggest that the molecular property of HLA-DQ measured by resistance to denaturation of the αβ dimer in SDS may play a role in IDDM protection.
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- Ruth A. Ettinger
- *Virginia Mason Research Center and
- †Department of Immunology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98101
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- *Virginia Mason Research Center and
- †Department of Immunology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98101
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- *Virginia Mason Research Center and
- †Department of Immunology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98101
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Indovina P, Megiorni F, Ferrante P, Apollonio I, Petronzelli F, Mazzilli MC. Different binding of NF-Y transcriptional factor to DQA1 promoter variants. Hum Immunol 1998; 59:758-67. [PMID: 9831131 DOI: 10.1016/s0198-8859(98)00082-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Polymorphism in the HLA-DQA1 promoter (QAP) sequences could influence the gene expression through a differential binding of transcriptional factors. Considering the main role played by the Y-box in the transcription, we focused on the QAP4 variants differing for a G vs A transition from the QAP Y-box consensus sequence. Electrophoretic Mobility Shift Assay using the two Y-box sequences was performed to determine whether this mutation could be reflected in an allele-specific binding of transcriptional factors. Indeed, the NF-Y specific band, recognised by supershift experiments, was clearly observed using the Y-box consensus probe but it was barely detectable with the QAP4 one. On the contrary, two other complexes were found to more strongly interact with QAP4 Y-box in comparison to the consensus sequence. The analysis of a selected panel of HLA homozygous lymphoblastoid cell lines by competitive RT-PCR and by Northern blotting revealed that the DQA1 *0401, *0501,*0601 alleles regulated by the QAP4 promoters were less expressed at the mRNA level than the DQA1* 0201 allele regulated by the QAP2.1 variant. In conclusion, these results show an evident reduction of NF-Y binding to the mutated QAP4 Y-box and a decreased mRNA accumulation of the DQA1 alleles regulated by these variants.
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- P Indovina
- Department of Experimental Medicine and Pathology, La Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
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Molberg O, Lundin KE, Nilsen EM, Scott H, Kett K, Brandtzaeg P, Thorsby E, Sollid LM. HLA restriction patterns of gliadin- and astrovirus-specific CD4+ T cells isolated in parallel from the small intestine of celiac disease patients. TISSUE ANTIGENS 1998; 52:407-15. [PMID: 9864029 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.1998.tb03066.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Celiac disease is a common HLA-DQ2-associated enteropathy caused by an abnormal T-cell-mediated immune response to ingested wheat gliadin proteins. We have previously isolated in situ activated mucosal T cells from celiac disease patients and demonstrated that these T cells were gliadin specific and predominantly DQ2 restricted. In contrast to this, gliadin-specific T cells isolated from peripheral blood display a variable HLA restriction pattern, thereby indicating that the skewed DQ restriction of T cells resident in the celiac lesions could be dictated by a preference for DQ-mediated antigen presentation in the mucosa of CD patients. To address this, we analyzed the HLA restriction of T cells recognizing astrovirus, a common gastroentetitis virus, isolated from intestinal mucosa of six celiac disease patients. As an internal control, gliadin-specific T cells were isolated and analyzed in parallel. The gliadin-specific mucosal T cells were marked in their DQ2 restriction, whereas the parallel astrovirus-specific T cells were predominantly restricted by DR molecules. Our data indicate that the repertoire of T cells present in celiac lesions is determined by the priming antigen(s) and not by a skewing in the expression of functional HLA class II isotypes in the disease affected small intestinal mucosa.
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- O Molberg
- Institute of Transplantation Immunology, The National Hospital, University of Oslo, Norway
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Kretsovali A, Agalioti T, Spilianakis C, Tzortzakaki E, Merika M, Papamatheakis J. Involvement of CREB binding protein in expression of major histocompatibility complex class II genes via interaction with the class II transactivator. Mol Cell Biol 1998; 18:6777-83. [PMID: 9774691 PMCID: PMC109261 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.18.11.6777] [Citation(s) in RCA: 138] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/1998] [Accepted: 07/24/1998] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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The class II transactivator (CIITA) is a key regulatory factor that controls expression of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II genes that are essential components for antigen presentation and thus regulation of the immune response. We show here that the adenovirus E1A protein interferes with the action of CIITA and inhibits both B-cell-specific and gamma interferon (IFN-gamma)-induced expression of MHC class II promoters. Transfection studies provide evidence for the functional role of the CREB-binding protein (CBP) in IFN-gamma and CIITA-mediated MHC class II promoter activation. We demonstrate that the N-terminally located transcription activation domain of CIITA physically interacts with both the N-terminal and the E1A-binding (C/H3) regions of CBP. These results suggest the involvement of a multisubunit complex, which contains the gene-specific coactivator CIITA and the versatile coactivator CBP, in MHC class II gene regulation, which may be responsible for both high-level expression and modulation by different signaling pathways.
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- A Kretsovali
- Department of Biology, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
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Masternak K, Barras E, Zufferey M, Conrad B, Corthals G, Aebersold R, Sanchez JC, Hochstrasser DF, Mach B, Reith W. A gene encoding a novel RFX-associated transactivator is mutated in the majority of MHC class II deficiency patients. Nat Genet 1998; 20:273-7. [PMID: 9806546 DOI: 10.1038/3081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 207] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Major histocompatibility class II (MHC-II) molecules are transmembrane proteins that have a central role in development and control of the immune system. They are encoded by a multigene family and their expression is tightly regulated. MHC-II deficiency (OMIM 209920) is an autosomal recessive immunodeficiency syndrome resulting from defects in trans-acting factors essential for transcription of MHC-II genes. There are four genetic complementation groups (A, B, C and D), reflecting the existence of four MHC-II regulators. The factors defective in groups A (CIITA), C (RFX5) and D (RFXAP) have been identified. CIITA is a non-DNA-binding co-activator that controls the cell-type specificity and inducibility of MHC-II expression. RFX5 and RFXAP are two subunits of RFX, a multi-protein complex that binds the X box motif of MHC-II promoters. Mutations in the genes encoding RFX5 (RFX5) or RFXAP (RFXAP) abolish binding of RFX (refs 7,8,12). Similar to groups C and D, group B is characterized by a defect in RFX binding, and although it accounts for the majority of patients, the factor defective in group B has remained unknown. We report here the isolation of RFX by a novel single-step DNA-affinity purification approach and the identification of RFXANK, the gene encoding a third subunit of RFX. RFXANK restores MHC-II expression in cell lines from patients in group B and is mutated in these patients. RFXANK contains a protein-protein interaction region consisting of three ankyrin repeats. Its interaction with RFX5 and RFXAP is essential for binding of the RFX complex to MHC-II promoters.
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- K Masternak
- Louis Jeantet Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Department of Genetics and Microbiology, University of Geneva Medical School, Switzerland
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Interferons play key roles in mediating antiviral and antigrowth responses and in modulating immune response. The main signaling pathways are rapid and direct. They involve tyrosine phosphorylation and activation of signal transducers and activators of transcription factors by Janus tyrosine kinases at the cell membrane, followed by release of signal transducers and activators of transcription and their migration to the nucleus, where they induce the expression of the many gene products that determine the responses. Ancillary pathways are also activated by the interferons, but their effects on cell physiology are less clear. The Janus kinases and signal transducers and activators of transcription, and many of the interferon-induced proteins, play important alternative roles in cells, raising interesting questions as to how the responses to the interferons intersect with more general aspects of cellular physiology and how the specificity of cytokine responses is maintained.
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- G R Stark
- Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio 44195, USA.
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Gobin SJ, Peijnenburg A, van Eggermond M, van Zutphen M, van den Berg R, van den Elsen PJ. The RFX complex is crucial for the constitutive and CIITA-mediated transactivation of MHC class I and beta2-microglobulin genes. Immunity 1998; 9:531-41. [PMID: 9806639 DOI: 10.1016/s1074-7613(00)80636-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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In type III bare lymphocyte syndrome (BLS) patients, defects in the RFX protein complex result in a lack of MHC class II and reduced MHC class I cell surface expression. Using type III BLS cell lines, we demonstrate that the RFX subunits RFX5 and RFXAP are crucial for constitutive and CIITA-induced MHC class I and beta2m transactivation. Similar to MHC class II, the promoters of MHC class I and beta2m contain an S-X-Y region of which the X1 box is crucial for constitutive and CIITA-induced MHC class I and beta2m transactivation. Thus, the RFX complex is part of a regulatory pathway linking the transactivation of MHC class I and II and their accessory genes.
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- S J Gobin
- Department of Immunohematology and Blood Bank, Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands
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Freeman GJ, Cardoso AA, Boussiotis VA, Anumanthan A, Groves RW, Kupper TS, Clark EA, Nadler LM. The BB1 Monoclonal Antibody Recognizes Both Cell Surface CD74 (MHC Class II-Associated Invariant Chain) as Well as B7-1 (CD80), Resolving the Question Regarding a Third CD28/CTLA-4 Counterreceptor. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 1998. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.161.6.2708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The identification of all CD28/CTLA-4 counterreceptors is critical to our understanding of this pivotal pathway of T cell activation. Clouding our understanding has been the reported discrepancies in expression and function of the B7-1 (CD80) molecule based upon the use of the BB1 vs other anti-B7-1 mAbs. To resolve this issue, we have cloned a BB1-binding molecule from the BB1+B7-1− NALM-6 pre-B cell line. Here, we demonstrate that this BB1-binding molecule is identical to the cell surface form of CD74 (MHC class II-associated invariant chain). CD74-transfected cells bound the BB1 mAb but not other anti-CD80 mAbs, CD28-Ig, or CTLA4Ig. Absorption and blocking experiments confirmed the reactivity of BB1 mAb with CD74. A region of weak homology was identified between CD74 and the region of B7-1 encoding the BB1 epitope. Therefore, the BB1 mAb binds to a protein distinct from B7-1, and this epitope is also present on the B7-1 protein. Many of the puzzling observations in the literature concerning the expression of human B7-1 are resolved by an understanding that BB1 staining is the summation of CD74 plus B7-1 expression. This observation requires the field to reconsider studies using BB1 mAb in the analysis of CD80 expression and function.
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- †Division of Dermatology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115; and
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- †Division of Dermatology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115; and
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- ‡Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195
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- *Department of Adult Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and
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Murphy SP, Tomasi TB. Absence of MHC class II antigen expression in trophoblast cells results from a lack of class II transactivator (CIITA) gene expression. Mol Reprod Dev 1998; 51:1-12. [PMID: 9712312 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2795(199809)51:1<1::aid-mrd1>3.0.co;2-l] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Although the mechanism(s) underlying the failure of the maternal immune system to reject the semiallogeneic fetus have not been clearly defined, the absence of MHC class II antigen expression by fetal trophoblast cells very likely plays a critical role in the maintenance of normal pregnancy. However, the regulation of class II antigen expression in trophoblast cells is poorly understood. Class II transactivator (CIITA) is a transacting factor that is required for both constitutive and IFN-gamma-inducible class II gene transcription. In this report we demonstrate that the inability of trophoblast cells to express class II antigens is due to a lack of CIITA gene expression. Trophoblast cell lines derived from human, mouse, and rat do not express CIITA, and expression is not inducible by IFN-gamma. The absence of CIITA gene expression in trophoblasts treated with IFN-gamma does not result from a defect in the IFN-gamma receptor or the JAK/STAT pathway, because the classical IFN-gamma inducible gene encoding the guanylate-binding protein is expressed. Transfection of CIITA expression vectors into trophoblast cells results in activation of class II promoters, endogenous class II mRNA expression, and subsequent expression of class II antigens on the cell surface. In contrast, class I mRNA is not expressed in human trophoblast cells transfected with CIITA expression vectors. Thus, trophoblast cells contain all of the DNA binding factors necessary for class II transcription, and ectopic expression of CIITA is sufficient to activate class II, but not class I expression. The failure of trophoblast cells to express CIITA, and therefore class II antigens, provides a potential mechanism by which the fetus is protected from the maternal immune system during pregnancy.
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- S P Murphy
- Department of Immunology, Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York 14263, USA
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Beilue Moore B, Cao ZA, McRae TL, Woo CH, Conley S, Jones PP. The Invariant Chain Gene Intronic Enhancer Shows Homology to Class II Promoter Elements. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 1998. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.161.4.1844] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Coordinate expression of MHC class II proteins and the class II-associated invariant chain (Ii) is important for proper MHC class II functioning in Ag processing and presentation. The coordinate regulation of these genes results, in part, from the sharing of transcriptional regulatory regions between MHC class II and Ii genes; the Ii has previously been shown to have an upstream enhancer closely related to the essential class II promoter elements. We report here the characterization of a second enhancer in the Ii gene, located within the first intron. This intronic enhancer is contained within a 155-bp region, enhances transcription from the Ii minimal promoter, and also contains elements that are homologous to class II promoter elements X1, X2, and Y boxes.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305
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Goñalons E, Barrachina M, García-Sanz JA, Celada A. Translational Control of MHC Class II I-A Molecules by IFN-γ. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 1998. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.161.4.1837] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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MHC class II molecules are expressed in a limited number of cell types, including B lymphocytes and macrophages (Mφ). IFN-γ increases the surface expression of class II molecules in a murine B cell line without inducing detectable changes in either I-A or I-A mRNA levels. In bone marrow-derived Mφ, IFN-γ causes an increase in class II expression at both the mRNA and surface levels. In addition to the increase in transcription rates described for Mφ, IFN-γ increases the rate of synthesis of IAα and IAβ proteins and the ribosome loading for both mRNA molecules in both cell types. Interestingly, there is a significant peak of free I-A mRNA in noninduced cells. Therefore, IFN-γ regulates the expression of MHC class II molecules at the translational level in both B cells and Mφ and, as already reported, at the transcriptional level only in Mφ. The actual mechanism of regulation causes changes in the translation initiation rates in both cell types, as demonstrated by an increase in ribosome loading in polysome gradients.
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- Eduard Goñalons
- *Departament de Fisiologia (Immunologia), Facultat de Biologia and Fundacio August Pi i Sunyer, Campus de Bellvitge, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; and
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- *Departament de Fisiologia (Immunologia), Facultat de Biologia and Fundacio August Pi i Sunyer, Campus de Bellvitge, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; and
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- †Basel Institute for Immunology, Basel, Switzerland and Department of Immunology and Oncology, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Madrid, Spain
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- *Departament de Fisiologia (Immunologia), Facultat de Biologia and Fundacio August Pi i Sunyer, Campus de Bellvitge, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; and
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McConnell TJ, Godwin UB, Norton SF, Nairn RS, Kazianis S, Morizot DC. Identification and mapping of two divergent, unlinked major histocompatibility complex class II B genes in Xiphophorus fishes. Genetics 1998; 149:1921-34. [PMID: 9691047 PMCID: PMC1460285 DOI: 10.1093/genetics/149.4.1921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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We have isolated two major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II B genes from the inbred fish strain Xiphophorus maculatus Jp 163 A. We mapped one of these genes, designated here as DXB, to linkage group III, linked to a malic enzyme locus, also syntenic with human and mouse MHC. Comparison of genomic and cDNA clones shows the gene consists of six exons and five introns. The encoded beta1 domain has three amino acids deleted and a cytoplasmic tail nine amino acids longer than in other teleost class II beta chains, more similar to HLA-DRB, clawed frog Xela-F3, and nurse shark Gici-B. Key residues for disulfide bonds, glycosylation, and interaction with alpha chains are conserved. These same features are also present in a swordtail (Xiphophorus helleri) genomic DXB PCR clone. A second type of class II B clone was amplified by PCR from X. maculatus and found to be orthologous to class II genes identified in other fishes. This DAB-like gene is 63% identical to the X. maculatus DXB sequence in the conserved beta2-encoding exon and was mapped to new unassigned linkage group LG U24. The DXB gene, then, represents an unlinked duplicated locus not previously identified in teleosts.
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- T J McConnell
- Department of Biology, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina 27858-4353, USA
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Currie RA. Biochemical characterization of the NF-Y transcription factor complex during B lymphocyte development. J Biol Chem 1998; 273:18220-9. [PMID: 9660784 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.273.29.18220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The transcription factor, NF-Y, plays a critical role in tissue-specific major histocompatibility complex class II gene transcription. In this report the biochemical properties of the heterotrimeric NF-Y complex have been characterized during stage-specific B-cell development, and in several class II- mutant B-cell lines, which represent distinct bare lymphocyte syndrome class II genetic complementation groups. The NF-Y complex derived from class II+ mature B-cells bound with high affinity to anion exchangers, and eluted as an intact trimeric complex, whereas, NF-Y derived from class II- plasma B-cells, and from bare lymphocyte syndrome group II cell lines, RJ2.2.5 and RM3, dissociated into discrete NF-YA and NF-YB:C subunit fractions. Recombination of the MPC11 plasma B-cell derived NF-Y A:B:C complex with the low molecular mass protein fraction, NF-Y-associated factors (YAFs), derived from mature A20 B-cell nuclei, conferred high affinity anion exchange binding to NF-Y as an intact trimeric complex. Recombination of the native NF-YA:B:C complex with the transcriptional cofactor, PC4, likewise conferred high affinity NF-Y binding to anion exchangers, and stabilized NF-Y interaction with CCAAT-box DNA motifs in vitro. Interaction between PC4 and NF-Y was mapped to the C-terminal region of PC4, and the subunit interaction subdomain of the highly conserved DNA binding-subunit interaction domain (DBD) of NF-YA. These results suggest that in class II+ mature B-cells NF-Y is associated with the protein cofactor, PC4, which may play an important role in NF-Y-mediated transcriptional control of class II genes.
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- R A Currie
- Laboratory of Gene Regulation, The Wheeler Institute for Biomedical Research, Huntington, New York 11743, USA
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Sartoris S, Valle MT, Barbaro ADL, Tosi G, Cestari T, D’Agostino A, Megiovanni AM, Manca F, Accolla2 RS. HLA Class II Expression in Uninducible Hepatocarcinoma Cells After Transfection of AIR-1 Gene Product CIITA: Acquisition of Antigen Processing and Presentation Capacity. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 1998. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.161.2.814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The AIR-1-encoded CIITA transcriptional activator is crucial for both constitutive and IFN-γ-induced MHC class II gene transcription. We show here that the MHC class II negative phenotype of the human hepatocarcinoma cell lines Alexander and HepG2 remains unmodified after treatment with IFN-γ, although MHC class I expression is up-modulated. This correlates with absence of CIITA mature transcripts. Transfection of an expressible CIITA cDNA in Alexander cells resulted in a very high cell surface expression of all three human class II subsets, HLA-DR, -DP and -DQ, indicating that normally observed induction of CIITA expression by IFN-γ is probably blocked, in the hepatocarcinoma cell lines, at the level of CIITA transcription and not at the level of IFN-γ receptor binding and signal transduction mechanisms. To assess whether MHC class II expression on CIITA-transfected Alexander cells could have functional relevance, we tested their capacity to present antigenic peptides to an HLA-DR-restricted T cell line specific for a peptide of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Ag85 protein. It was found that the transfected cells could not only present the exogenously supplemented peptide but also process Ag85 protein to generate the specific epitope recognized by the HLA-DR-restricted T cell line. Similar results were obtained with CIITA-transfected CFPAC-1 pancreatic adenocarcinoma cells, which differed from Alexander cells in that they were inducible by IFN-γ. These results suggest new strategies to act on CIITA for increasing the potential of a tumor cell to present putative tumor Ags to the immune system.
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- Silvia Sartoris
- *Institute of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- †Servizio/Cattedra di Immunologia, Ospedale S. Martino, Universitá di Genova, Genoa, Italy
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- ‡Unit of Cellular and Molecular Genetics, Advanced Biotechnology Center, Genoa, Italy; and
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- *Institute of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- ‡Unit of Cellular and Molecular Genetics, Advanced Biotechnology Center, Genoa, Italy; and
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- †Servizio/Cattedra di Immunologia, Ospedale S. Martino, Universitá di Genova, Genoa, Italy
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- †Servizio/Cattedra di Immunologia, Ospedale S. Martino, Universitá di Genova, Genoa, Italy
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- ‡Unit of Cellular and Molecular Genetics, Advanced Biotechnology Center, Genoa, Italy; and
- §Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Pavia, Varese, Italy
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The ability to rapidly activate new genes is essential for the biological effects mediated by IFN-gamma. Studies directed at understanding how these genes are induced by this ligand led to the identification of the STAT family of transcription factors. STATs are rapidly activated at the receptor, whereupon they translocate to the nucleus and bind to a unique enhancer found in the promoter of target genes. The ability to identify this IFN-gamma response element and the proteins that bind it was critical for the elucidation of this pathway. These techniques are the focus of this review.
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- C Park
- Department of Microbiology and Department of Medicine, Columbia University, New York, New York, 10032, USA
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van den Elsen PJ, Peijnenburg A, van Eggermond MC, Gobin SJ. Shared regulatory elements in the promoters of MHC class I and class II genes. IMMUNOLOGY TODAY 1998; 19:308-12. [PMID: 9666603 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-5699(98)01287-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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- P J van den Elsen
- Dept of Immunohaematology and Blood Bank, Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands
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Hernandez-Munain C, Roberts JL, Krangel MS. Cooperation among multiple transcription factors is required for access to minimal T-cell receptor alpha-enhancer chromatin in vivo. Mol Cell Biol 1998; 18:3223-33. [PMID: 9584163 PMCID: PMC108904 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.18.6.3223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/1998] [Accepted: 03/09/1998] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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To understand the molecular basis for the dramatic functional synergy between transcription factors that bind to the minimal T-cell receptor alpha enhancer (Ealpha), we analyzed enhancer occupancy in thymocytes of transgenic mice in vivo by genomic footprinting. We found that the formation of a multiprotein complex on this enhancer in vivo results from the occupancy of previously identified sites for CREB/ATF, TCF/LEF, CBF/PEBP2, and Ets factors as well as from the occupancy of two new sites 5' of the CRE site, GC-I (which binds Sp1 in vitro) and GC-II. Significantly, although all sites are occupied on a wild-type Ealpha, all sites are unoccupied on versions of Ealpha with mutations in the TCF/LEF or Ets sites. Previous in vitro experiments demonstrated hierarchical enhancer occupancy with independent binding of LEF-1 and CREB. Our data indicate that the formation of a multiprotein complex on the enhancer in vivo is highly cooperative and that no single Ealpha binding factor can access chromatin in vivo to play a unique initiating role in its assembly. Rather, the simultaneous availability of multiple enhancer binding proteins is required for chromatin disruption and stable binding site occupancy as well as the activation of transcription and V(D)J recombination.
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- C Hernandez-Munain
- Department of Immunology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
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Information is increasingly available concerning the molecular events that occur during primary and antigen-dependent stages of B cell development. In this review the roles of transcription factors and coactivators are discussed with respect to changes in expression patterns of various genes during B cell development. Transcriptional regulation is also discussed in the context of developmentally regulated immunoglobulin gene V(D)J recombination, somatic hypermutation, and isotype switch recombination.
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- A Henderson
- Department of Veterinary Science, Pennsylvania State University, University Park 16802, USA.
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Van Wagoner NJ, O'Keefe GM, Benveniste EN. Kinase inhibitors abrogate IFN-gamma-induced class II transactivator and class II MHC gene expression in astroglioma cell lines. J Neuroimmunol 1998; 85:174-85. [PMID: 9630166 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-5728(98)00010-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Multiple kinase events, involving both tyrosine (tyr) kinase and serine/threonine (ser/thr) kinase activity, are required for IFN-gamma-induced class II MHC mRNA and protein expression in primary rat astrocytes. In this study, we examined the necessity of ser/thr and tyr kinase activity for IFN-gamma-induced stimulation of class II MHC gene expression in the human astroglioma cell lines CRT and CH235, as well as the involvement of these kinases in IFN-gamma-induced expression of the class II transactivator (CIITA), a protein critical for IFN-gamma-induced transcription of class II MHC genes. We show that general ser/thr kinase inhibitors, inhibitors of the ser/thr kinase mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK), and tyr kinase inhibitors reduce IFN-gamma-induced class II MHC mRNA and protein expression in a dose-dependent manner. As well, these inhibitors abrogate IFN-gamma-induced CIITA mRNA expression in the astroglioma cell lines. We have further demonstrated that cells constitutively expressing the CIITA protein (2fTGH.CIITA) show no decrease in CIITA or class II MHC mRNA expression in the presence of ser/thr and tyr kinase inhibitors. Collectively, these data indicate that ser/thr kinase activity, possibly MAPK, and tyr kinase activity are required for IFN-gamma-induced expression of CIITA mRNA, and the subsequent expression of class II MHC genes.
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- N J Van Wagoner
- Department of Cell Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35294-0005, USA
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Cornille F, Emery P, Schüler W, Lenoir C, Mach B, Roques BP, Reith W. DNA binding properties of a chemically synthesized DNA binding domain of hRFX1. Nucleic Acids Res 1998; 26:2143-9. [PMID: 9547272 PMCID: PMC147513 DOI: 10.1093/nar/26.9.2143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The RFX DNA binding domain (DBD) is a novel highly conserved motif belonging to a large number of dimeric DNA binding proteins which have diverse regulatory functions in eukaryotic organisms, ranging from yeasts to human. To characterize this novel motif, solid phase synthesis of a 76mer polypeptide corresponding to the DBD of human hRFX1 (hRFX1/DBD), a prototypical member of the RFX family, has been optimized to yield large quantities (approximately 90 mg) of pure compound. Preliminary two-dimensional1H NMR experiments suggested the presence of helical regions in this sequence in agreement with previously reported secondary structure predictions. In gel mobility shift assays, this synthetic peptide was shown to bind in a cooperative manner the 23mer duplex oligodeoxynucleotide corresponding to the binding site of hRFX1, with a 2:1 stoichoimetry due to an inverse repeat present in the 23mer. The stoichiometry of this complex was reduced to 1:1 by decreasing the length of the DNA sequence to a 13mer oligonucleotide containing a single half-site. Surface plasmon resonance measurements were achieved using this 5'-biotylinated 13mer oligonucleotide immobilized on an avidin-coated sensor chip. Using this method an association constant (K a = 4 x 10(5)/M/s), a dissociation constant (K d = 6 x 10(-2)/s) and an equilibrium dissociation constant (K D = 153 nM) were determined for binding of hRFX1/DBD to the double-stranded 13mer oligonucleotide. In the presence of hRFX1/DBD the melting temperature of the 13mer DNA was increased by 16 degreesC, illustrating stabilization of the double-stranded conformation induced by the peptide.
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- F Cornille
- Département de Pharmacochimie Moléculaire et Structurale, INSERM U266, CNRS URA D1500, UFR des Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques, 4 Avenue de l'Observatoire, 75270 Paris Cedex 06, France.
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Eibl MM, Wolf HM. Biologic consequences of defective major histocompatibility complex class II presentation. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol 1998; 232:217-40. [PMID: 9557400 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-72045-1_10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- M M Eibl
- Institute of Immunology, University of Vienna, Austria
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Mammals have evolved complex developmental pathways to generate a large repertoire of B and T lymphocytes capable of mounting effective immune responses. Analysis of natural and engineered immunodeficiencies constitutes a powerful approach to delineating these pathways and identifying the molecular sensors that couple the survival of developing lymphocytes to the achievement of successful gene rearrangements at the loci coding for B and T cell antigen receptors. Besides identifying cytokines, growth factors, and transcription factors involved in lymphocyte development, genetic analysis also makes it possible to organize most of these protagonists into gene networks that control critical events in the life of developing lymphocytes.
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- Animals
- B-Lymphocytes/cytology
- B-Lymphocytes/immunology
- Cytokines/physiology
- Gene Rearrangement, T-Lymphocyte
- Gene Transfer Techniques
- Humans
- Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes/genetics
- Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes/immunology
- Mice
- Mutagenesis
- Mutation
- Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell/genetics
- Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell/immunology
- Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell/metabolism
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/genetics
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/immunology
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/metabolism
- Signal Transduction
- T-Lymphocytes/cytology
- T-Lymphocytes/immunology
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- A Fischer
- Unité INSERM U.429, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades 149, Rue de Sèvres, 75743, Paris Cedex 15, France
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Alvarez-Zapata D, de Miguel Olalla S, Fontán G, Ferreira A, García-Rodríguez MC, Madero L, van den Elsen P, Regueiro JR. Phenotypical and functional characterization of Herpesvirus saimiri-immortalized human major histocompatibility complex class II-deficient T lymphocytes. TISSUE ANTIGENS 1998; 51:250-7. [PMID: 9550325 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.1998.tb03099.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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CD8+ T lymphocytes from two unrelated cases of MHC class II deficiency were immortalized in vitro using Herpesvirus saimiri. In both cases, a lack of expression of surface MHC class II molecules was ascertained, whereas variable defects were shown for MHC class I, CD74 (invariant chain) and LAG-3 (an MHC class II ligand). The functional analysis of both H. saimiri-immortalized T-cell lines revealed the existence of a proliferation impairment in response to anti-CD3 but not to other surface or transmembrane stimuli. Further characterization of this functional defect indicated that it was not associated with impaired early activation events (like calcium flux) but, rather, with certain late events, like the induction of IL-2. H. saimiri-immortalized T cells may be valuable in studying the biological role of MHC class II molecules in activated human T cells.
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- D Alvarez-Zapata
- Immunología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
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Tartour E, Gey A, Sastre-Garau X, Lombard Surin I, Mosseri V, Fridman WH. Prognostic value of intratumoral interferon gamma messenger RNA expression in invasive cervical carcinomas. J Natl Cancer Inst 1998; 90:287-94. [PMID: 9486814 DOI: 10.1093/jnci/90.4.287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The production of the cytokine interferon gamma (IFN gamma) by activated peripheral blood mononuclear cells may be reduced in patients with invasive cervical carcinoma. This study was designed to assess the prognostic value of intratumoral IFN gamma messenger RNA (mRNA) levels in such patients. METHODS Biopsy specimens of primary cervical lesions were obtained from 27 patients with invasive squamous cell carcinoma before they received any therapy. Two prognostic groups were considered: 1) a group of 14 patients who had no apparent disease recurrence and who were alive 2 years after diagnosis (good-prognosis group) and 2) a group of 13 patients who had disease recurrence or died during the 2-year follow-up (poor-prognosis group). A competitive reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction assay was used to measure levels of IFN gamma and beta actin mRNA. The expression of human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class II proteins (which is stimulated by IFN gamma) in tumor cells was studied by immunostaining. RESULTS Tumor specimens from all 14 patients in the good-prognosis group contained more than 10(3) IFN gamma mRNA copies per 5 x 10(5) beta actin mRNA copies, whereas tumor specimens from only six of the 13 patients in the poor-prognosis group contained this level of IFN gamma mRNA (two-sided P = .006). No clear relationship was observed between levels of IFN gamma mRNA and T-cell or natural killer cell infiltration in tumors; however, a statistically significant association was observed between HLA class II expression on tumor cells and IFN gamma mRNA levels (two-sided P = .01). CONCLUSIONS A subgroup of poor-prognosis cervical carcinoma patients who have low levels of intratumoral IFN gamma mRNA was identified.
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- E Tartour
- Laboratoire d'Immunologie Clinique, INSERM U255, Institut Curie, Paris, France.
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Activation of T lymphocytes is quantitatively controlled by the level of expression of MHC class II molecules. Both constitutive and inducible expression of MHC class II genes is regulated by the transactivator CIITA, which is itself tightly regulated. Since the level of MHC class II molecules expressed is a functionally essential parameter, it was of interest to explore whether MHC class II expression is quantitatively controlled by the level of the transactivator. This report shows that in a variety of experimental conditions one does indeed observe, in both mouse and man, a quantitative control of MHC class II expression by the level of CIITA. This relationship between the regulator gene, which behaves as a rate-limiting factor, and its target genes clarifies our understanding of the quantitative modulation of MHC class II expression, and thus of T lymphocyte activation.
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- L A Otten
- L. Jeantet Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Department of Genetics and Microbiology, University of Geneva Medical School, Switzerland
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Muhlethaler-Mottet A, Di Berardino W, Otten LA, Mach B. Activation of the MHC class II transactivator CIITA by interferon-gamma requires cooperative interaction between Stat1 and USF-1. Immunity 1998; 8:157-66. [PMID: 9491997 DOI: 10.1016/s1074-7613(00)80468-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 285] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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CIITA is the mediator of MHC class II gene induction by interferon-gamma (IFNgamma). The CIITA gene is itself selectively activated via one of its four promoters (PIV). We show here that three cis-acting elements, the GAS, the E box, and the IRF-1-binding site, as well as the transacting factors Stat1 and IRF-1, are essential for activation of CIITA promoter IV by IFNgamma. Stat1 binds to the GAS site only in the presence of the ubiquitous factor USF-1, which binds to the adjacent E box. Indeed, Stat1 and USF-1 bind to the GAS/E box motif in a cooperative manner. The specificity for CIITA activation by IFNgamma is thus dictated by the GAS/E box motif and by the selective interaction of IFNgamma-activated Stat1 and USF-1. This clarifies the missing link in the overall pathway of IFNgamma activation of MHC-II expression.
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- A Muhlethaler-Mottet
- Louis Jeantet Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Department of Genetics and Microbiology, University of Geneva Medical School, Switzerland
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Clausen BE, Waldburger JM, Schwenk F, Barras E, Mach B, Rajewsky K, Förster I, Reith W. Residual MHC class II expression on mature dendritic cells and activated B cells in RFX5-deficient mice. Immunity 1998; 8:143-55. [PMID: 9491996 DOI: 10.1016/s1074-7613(00)80467-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Patients with major histocompatibility complex class II (MHC-II) deficiency are known to carry mutations in either the RFX complex or the trans-activator CIITA. While the pivotal role of CIITA for MHC-II gene transcription is supported by the essential absence of MHC-II molecules in CIITA-deficient mice, we demonstrate here that RFX5-/- mice retain expression of MHC-II in thymic medulla, mature dendritic cells, and activated B cells. Nevertheless, RFX5-/- mice develop a severe immunodeficiency due to the lack of MHC-II in thymic cortex, failure of positive selection of CD4+ T cells, and absence of MHC-II on resting B cells and resident or IFNgamma-activated macrophages. This differential requirement for CIITA and RFX5 in subsets of antigen-presenting cells may be specific for the mouse; it may, however, also exist in humans without having been noticed so far.
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- B E Clausen
- Institute for Genetics, University of Cologne, Germany
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Roos A, Schilder-Tol EJ, Chand MA, Claessen N, Lakkis FG, Pascual DW, Weening JJ, Aten J. Differential regulation of expression of the MHC class II molecules RT1.B and RT1.D on rat B lymphocytes: effects of interleukin-4, interleukin-13 and interferon-gamma. Immunology 1998; 93:33-40. [PMID: 9536116 PMCID: PMC1364103 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2567.1998.00389.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Susceptibility to induction of both T helper 1- (Th1) and Th2-mediated autoimmunity is multifactorial and involves genetic linkage to the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II haplotype. Brown Norway (BN) rats exposed to mercuric chloride develop a Th2-dependent systemic autoimmunity, whereas Lewis rats, which are highly susceptible to Th1-mediated autoimmunity, develop immune suppression after mercuric chloride exposure. Exposure to mercuric chloride is known to enhance B-lymphocyte expression of the MHC class II molecule RT1.B, predominantly in BN rats. We demonstrate that, in contrast, expression of RT1.D was unmodified on these B cells, whereas both RT1.B and RT1.D were up-regulated on epithelial cells. Regulation of B-cell MHC class II isotype expression was further studied in vitro, using BN rat lymph node (LN) cells. Interleukin-4 (IL-4) strongly enhanced B-cell expression of RT1.B (2.8-fold), whereas RT1.D expression was only slightly, although significantly, modified (1.2-fold). B cells from Lewis rats showed a similar IL-4-induced enhancement of RT1.B expression (2.5-fold), whereas, in contrast, RT1.D expression was unmodified. Exposure of LN cells from BN rats to interferon-gamma induced a moderate increase of B-cell MHC class II expression, predominantly of RT1.B. Strong and rapid enhancement of B-cell RT1.D expression was observed after stimulation by phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate and ionomycin. Rat IL-13 did not modify B-cell MHC class II expression; however, it induced typical morphological changes in peritoneal macrophages. These experiments demonstrate isotype-specific and strain-dependent regulation of MHC class II expression on rat B lymphocytes, which may be of pathophysiological relevance for the strain-dependent susceptibility for Th1- or Th2-mediated autoimmunity.
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- A Roos
- Department of Pathology, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Piskurich JF, Wang Y, Linhoff MW, White LC, Ting JPY. Identification of Distinct Regions of 5′ Flanking DNA That Mediate Constitutive, IFN-γ, STAT1, and TGF-β-Regulated Expression of the Class II Transactivator Gene. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 1998. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.160.1.233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Class II transactivator (CIITA) is a master regulator required for constitutive and IFN-γ-inducible expression of class II MHC genes. Although the role of CIITA is greatly appreciated, the mechanisms underlying constitutive and IFN-γ-induced expression of CIITA are not understood. The study of CIITA induction is extremely important, but has been fraught with difficulty. This study describes for the first time a large (7-kb) fragment of 5′ flanking sequences that mediates the B cell-specific, IFN-γ-induced, and TGF-β-suppressed expression of CIITA. This pattern of expression matches the authentic expression of the endogenous gene. Within the 7-kb fragment, sequences that lie between nucleotides −545 and −113 relative to the transcriptional start site are critical for constitutive promoter expression in B cells. In contrast, inducible activation of CIITA by IFN-γ requires sequences contained in an additional 4 kb of upstream DNA. This region mediates an IFN-γ response when linked to either the endogenous CIITA promoter or a heterologous promoter. A role for STAT1 in regulation of the CIITA promoter is shown by the rescue of IFN-γ induction by expression of STAT1 in STAT1-defective U3A cells. TGF-β significantly inhibits IFN-γ-mediated induction of the CIITA promoter in 2fTGH fibroblasts, which indicates that the promoter is a target for TGF-β. This inhibition is achieved by suppression of the basal promoter. This study provides a focal point for understanding the mechanism of B cell-specific, IFN-γ-induced, and TGF-β-suppressed expression of CIITA.
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- Janet F. Piskurich
- University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Department of Microbiology-Immunology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
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- University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Department of Microbiology-Immunology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
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- University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Department of Microbiology-Immunology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
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- University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Department of Microbiology-Immunology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
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- University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Department of Microbiology-Immunology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
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Montani V, Taniguchi SI, Shong M, Suzuki K, Ohmori M, Giuliani C, Napolitano G, Saji M, Fiorentino B, Reimold AM, Ting JP, Kohn LD, Singer DS. Major histocompatibility class II HLA-DR alpha gene expression in thyrocytes: counter regulation by the class II transactivator and the thyroid Y box protein. Endocrinology 1998; 139:280-9. [PMID: 9421426 DOI: 10.1210/endo.139.1.5673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Aberrant expression of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II proteins on thyrocytes, which is associated with autoimmune thyroid disease, is mimicked by gamma-interferon (gamma-IFN). To define elements and factors that regulate class II gene expression in thyrocytes and that might be involved in aberrant expression, we have studied gamma-IFN-induced HLA-DR alpha gene expression in rat FRTL-5 thyroid cells. The present report shows that class II expression in FRTL-5 thyrocytes is positively regulated by the class II transactivator (CIITA), and that CIITA mimics the action of gamma-IFN. Thus, as is the case for gamma-IFN, several distinct and highly conserved elements on the 5'-flanking region of the HLA-DR alpha gene, the S, X1, X2, and Y boxes between -137 to -65 bp, are required for class II gene expression induced by pCIITA transfection in FRTL-5 thyroid cells. CIITA and gamma-IFN do not cause additive increases in HLA-DR alpha gene expression in FRTL-5 cells, consistent with the possibility that CIITA is an intermediate factor in the gamma-IFN pathway to increased class II gene expression. Additionally, gamma-IFN treatment of FRTL-5 cells induces an endogenous CIITA transcript; pCIITA transfection mimics the ability of gamma-IFN treatment of FRTL-5 thyroid cells to increase the formation of a specific and novel protein/DNA complex containing CBP, a coactivator of CRE binding proteins important for cAMP-induced gene expression; and the action of both gamma-IFN and CIITA to increase class II gene expression and increase complex formation is reduced by cotransfection of a thyroid Y box protein, which suppresses MHC class I gene expression in FRTL-5 thyroid cells and is a homolog of human YB-1, which suppresses MHC class II expression in human glioma cells. We conclude that CIITA and TSH receptor suppressor element binding protein-1 are components of the gamma-IFN-regulated transduction system which, respectively, increase or decrease class II gene expression in thyrocytes and may, therefore, be involved in aberrant class II expression associated with autoimmune thyroid disease.
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- V Montani
- Metabolic Diseases Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Sims TN, Goes NB, Ramassar V, Urmson J, Halloran PF. In vivo class II transactivator expression in mice is induced by a non-interferon-gamma mechanism in response to local injury. Transplantation 1997; 64:1657-64. [PMID: 9422398 DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199712270-00005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND Tissue injury induces MHC class II expression, which could be important in the recognition of that tissue as an allograft. The class II transcriptional activator (CIITA) is the major regulator of basal and induced MHC class II expression and is essential for antigen presentation. The role of CIITA in the induction of class II by tissue injury is unknown. In this study, we examined CIITA induction in the course of acute ischemic or toxic renal injury in mice, including the role of interferon (IFN)-gamma and of the transcription factor, interferon regulatory factor (IRF)-1. METHODS Kidneys were injured by ischemia or by gentamicin toxicity and were then studied for changes in gene expression using Northern blot, reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction, radioimmunoassay, and tissue staining. We compared wild-type (WT) mice to IFN-gamma knockout (GKO) or IRF-1 knockout mice. RESULTS Ischemic injury induced CIITA and class II expression in the kidney, in WT and GKO mice. Gentamicin injury also induced both CIITA and class II expression, independent of IFN-gamma, in WT and GKO mice. After ischemic injury, the induction of class II protein levels and CIITA and class II mRNA levels were induced, to a lesser degree, in IRF-1 knockout mice. CONCLUSIONS These data indicate that CIITA is induced by tissue injury, and probably accounts for class II induction during tissue injury. CIITA induction by injury is largely IFN-gamma independent but requires IRF-1. The similarities of the pattern of CIITA and class II induction in ischemic and toxic injury suggest that this is a stereotyped response of injured tissue and not a consequence of a particular mechanism of injury.
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- T N Sims
- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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Lloberas J, Soler C, Celada A. Repression mechanisms of the I-A beta gene of the major histocompatibility complex. Immunobiology 1997; 198:249-63. [PMID: 9442396 DOI: 10.1016/s0171-2985(97)80045-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The mechanisms of regulation of I-A beta gene expression in the murine major histocompatibility complex by transcriptional repression are reviewed. Active and passive repression mechanisms are presented. The transcription factor PU.1 actively inhibits the expression of I-A beta through the binding to a DNA sequence near the Y box, a cis-element in the promoter necessary for transcription. This interaction probably interferes with the preinitiation complex assembly. NF-Y is a transcription factor that binds to the Y box and has two constituents: NF-YA (that binds weakly to DNA) and NF-YB (that increases the binding of NF-YA to DNA). The dbpA protein represses the expression of I-A beta by a quenching mechanism, forming a complex with NF-YA and the dbpB protein by sequestering the NF-YB protein. A similar mechanism is observed with the glucocorticoid receptor that binds to the X-box binding proteins and inhibits their interaction with the X box. These results are examples of cross-talk between proteins, which may help us to understand the regulation of I-A beta gene expression.
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- J Lloberas
- Department of Physiology (Immunology), Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona, Spain
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MHC class II deficiency is a severe primary immunodeficiency characterized by the absence of Major Histocompatibility Complex class II gene expression. It is genetically heterogenous and can result from defects in several different transacting regulatory factors required for transcription of MHC class II genes. Cell lines from MHC class II deficiency patients have been assigned to three complementation groups (A, B, C). An in vitro generated cell line (6.1.6) was reported to be the sole representative of a fourth group (group D). The molecular defect in 6.1.6 resides in the recently cloned RFXAP gene. Direct complementation experiments and mutation analysis were performed with cell lines from several MHC class II deficiency patients in which the affected gene had not been identified. These experiments have allowed us to define a previously unrecognized MHC class II deficiency complementation group containing patients having mutations in the RFXAP gene.
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- J Villard
- Department of Genetics and Microbiology, University of Geneva Medical School, Switzerland
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McDouall RM, Batten P, McCormack A, Yacoub MH, Rose ML. MHC class II expression on human heart microvascular endothelial cells: exquisite sensitivity to interferon-gamma and natural killer cells. Transplantation 1997; 64:1175-80. [PMID: 9355836 DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199710270-00016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND Immunocytochemical analysis of human organs in situ reveals differential expression of MHC class II antigens by microvascular endothelial cells (MVEC) and endothelial cells (EC) from large vessels. In view of the role of EC as initiators of allograft rejection, it is of interest to understand the regulation of MHC class II regulation by human MVEC. We have previously isolated, cultured, and characterized MVEC from the human heart, showing that although these cells were initially MHC class II positive, the antigens were lost after about 14 days in culture. These results suggest that basal expression in vivo is maintained by circulating factors. METHODS Here we have compared the sensitivity of human heart MVEC, human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC), and adult large vessel EC (aorta, coronary artery, and pulmonary artery) to interferon (IFN)-gamma and natural killer (NK) cell-mediated induction of MHC class II antigens. MVEC and HUVEC were cultured with 1, 5, 10, 50, 100, and 500 U/ml of IFN-gamma for 4 days, the cells were washed, and flow cytometry was used to examine HLA-DR expression at days 1, 2, 4, 7, 10, 14, and 21. EC were also cultured with purified NK cells in the presence and absence of neutralizing antibodies to IFN-gamma, and MHC class II expression was analyzed. RESULTS As little as 5 U/ml of IFN-gamma produced 98% positive cells in heart MVEC compared with 100-500 U/ml needed for the same effect in HUVEC or other large vessel EC (coronary, aorta, pulmonary). Class II expression was maintained longer by MVEC (for 17 days) compared with HUVEC (for 10 days). NK cells and supernatant from MVEC/NK cultures induced MHC class II antigens on MVEC and HUVEC in a dose-dependent fashion; the MVEC showed an enhanced sensitivity compared with the HUVEC. The NK effects were inhibited by neutralizing antibodies to IFN-gamma. The allostimulatory ability of MHC class II-positive EC was shown to be proportional to the amount of MHC class II on the cell surface. CONCLUSIONS The results suggest that basal expression of MHC class II on human MVEC is maintained by circulating IFN-gamma and NK cells. This conclusion has implications for therapeutic interventions.
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- R M McDouall
- Department of Cardiac Surgery, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College School of Medicine at Harefield Hospital, Middlesex, United Kingdom
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Denzin LK, Sant'Angelo DB, Hammond C, Surman MJ, Cresswell P. Negative regulation by HLA-DO of MHC class II-restricted antigen processing. Science 1997; 278:106-9. [PMID: 9311912 DOI: 10.1126/science.278.5335.106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 182] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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HLA-DM is a major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II-like molecule that facilitates antigen processing by catalyzing the exchange of invariant chain-derived peptides (CLIP) from class II molecules for antigenic peptides. HLA-DO is a second class II-like molecule that physically associates with HLA-DM in B cells. HLA-DO was shown to block HLA-DM function. Purified HLA-DM-DO complexes could not promote peptide exchange in vitro. Expression of HLA-DO in a class II+ and DM+, DO- human T cell line caused the accumulation of class II-CLIP complexes, indicating that HLA-DO blocked DM function in vivo and suggesting that HLA-DO is an important modulator of class II-restricted antigen processing.
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- L K Denzin
- Section of Immunobiology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Yale University School of Medicine, 310 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
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