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Tompkins SM, Kraft JR, Dao CT, Soloski MJ, Jensen PE. Transporters associated with antigen processing (TAP)-independent presentation of soluble insulin to alpha/beta T cells by the class Ib gene product, Qa-1(b). J Exp Med 1998; 188:961-71. [PMID: 9730897 PMCID: PMC2213382 DOI: 10.1084/jem.188.5.961] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/1998] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
Abstract
T cell hybridomas isolated from nonresponder H-2(b) mice immunized with pork insulin were stimulated by insulin in the presence of major histocompatibility complex (MHC)-unmatched antigen presenting cells. The restriction element used by these CD4(-) T cells was mapped to an oligomorphic MHC class Ib protein encoded in the T region and identified as Qa-1(b) using transfectants. The antigenic determinant was localized to the insulin B chain, and experiments with truncated peptides suggested that it is unexpectedly long, comprising most or all of the 30 amino acid B chain. The antigen processing pathway used to present insulin to the Qa-1(b)- restricted T cells does not require transporters associated with antigen processing (TAP), and it is inhibited by chloroquine. A wide variety of cell lines from different tissues efficiently present soluble insulin to Qa-1(b)-restricted T cells, and insulin presentation is not enhanced by phagocytic stimuli. Our results demonstrate that Qa-1(b) can function to present exogenous protein to T cells in a manner similar to MHC class II molecules. Therefore, this class Ib protein may have access to a novel antigen processing pathway that is not available to class Ia molecules.
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MESH Headings
- ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 2
- ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters/immunology
- ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters/metabolism
- ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters/physiology
- Animals
- Antigen Presentation
- COS Cells
- Cattle
- Female
- Flow Cytometry
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class I/metabolism
- Hybridomas
- Insulin/immunology
- Insulin/metabolism
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred A
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Mice, Inbred C3H
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Knockout
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/immunology
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/metabolism
- Solubility
- Spleen
- Swine
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/immunology
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/metabolism
- Transfection
- Tumor Cells, Cultured
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Affiliation(s)
- S M Tompkins
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
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Cotterill LA, Stauss HJ, Millrain MM, Pappin DJ, Rahman D, Canas B, Chandler P, Stackpoole A, Simpson E, Robinson PJ, Dyson PJ. Qa-1 interaction and T cell recognition of the Qa-1 determinant modifier peptide. Eur J Immunol 1997; 27:2123-32. [PMID: 9341749 DOI: 10.1002/eji.1830270902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The peptide-binding properties of the nonclassical major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class 1b molecule Qa-1 were investigated using a transfected hybrid molecule composed of the alpha 1 and alpha 2 domains of Qa-1b and the alpha 3 domain of H-2Db. This allowed the use of a monoclonal antibody directed against H-2Db whilst retaining the peptide-binding groove of Qa-1b. By comparison with classical MHC class I molecules, intracellular maturation of the chimeric molecule was inefficient with weak intracellular association with beta 2-microglobulin. However, at the cell surface the hybrid molecules were stably associated with beta 2-microglobulin and were recognized by cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) clones specific for the Qa-1b-presented peptide Qdm (AMAPRTLLL). A whole-cell binding assay was used to determine which residues of Qdm were important for binding to Qa-1b and CTL clones served to identify residues important for T cell recognition. Substitutions at position 1 and 5 did not reduce the efficiency of binding and had little effect on CTL recognition. In contrast, substitutions at position 9 resulted in loss of MHC class I binding. Mass spectrometric analysis of peptides eluted from immunopurified Qa-1b/Db molecules indicated that Qdm was the dominant peptide. The closely related peptide, AMVPRTLLL, which is derived from the signal sequence of H-2Dk, was also present, although it was considerably less abundant. The mass profile suggested the presence of additional peptides the majority of which consisted of eight to ten amino acid residues. Finally, the finding that a peptide derived from Klebsiella pneumoniae can bind raises the possibility that this non-classical MHC class I molecule may play a role in the presentation of peptides of microorganisms.
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- L A Cotterill
- MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, London, GB
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- G Chaouat
- Hôpital Antoine Béclère, Clamart, France
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Cardell S, Tangri S, Chan S, Kronenberg M, Benoist C, Mathis D. CD1-restricted CD4+ T cells in major histocompatibility complex class II-deficient mice. J Exp Med 1995; 182:993-1004. [PMID: 7561702 PMCID: PMC2192275 DOI: 10.1084/jem.182.4.993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 302] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Rather unexpectedly, major histocompatibility complex class II-deficient mice have a significant population of peripheral CD4+ T lymphocytes. We have investigated these cells at the population and clonal levels. CD4+ T lymphocytes from class II-deficient animals are thymically derived, appear early in ontogeny, exhibit the phenotype of resting memory cells, are potentially functional by several criteria, and have a diverse T cell receptor repertoire. They do not include substantially elevated numbers of NK1.1+ cells. Hybridomas derived after polyclonal stimulation of the CD4+ lymphocytes from class II-deficient animals include a subset with an unusual reactivity pattern, responding to splenocytes from many mouse strains including the strain of origin. Most members of this subset recognize the major histocompatibility complex class Ib molecule CD1; their heterogeneous reactivities and T cell receptor usage further suggest the involvement of peptides and/or highly variable posttranslational modifications.
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- S Cardell
- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Université Louis Pasteur, Illkirch, CU de Strasbourg, France
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Soloski MJ, DeCloux A, Aldrich CJ, Forman J. Structural and functional characteristics of the class IB molecule, Qa-1. Immunol Rev 1995; 147:67-89. [PMID: 8847081 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-065x.1995.tb00088.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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- M J Soloski
- Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University Medical School, Baltimore MD 21205, USA
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Menu E, Chaouat G, Kinsky R, Delage G, Kapovic M, Thang MN, Jaulin C, Kourilsky P, Wegmann TG. Alloimmunization against well defined polymorphic major histocompatibility or class I MHC transfected L cells antigens can prevent poly IC induced fetal death in mice. Am J Reprod Immunol 1995; 33:200-11. [PMID: 7646771 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.1995.tb00885.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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METHOD It is possible to induce increased fetal resorption in a number of inbred murine matings by injecting Poly (I) Poly (C12U) 3.5 days postconception, a maneuver associated with natural killer-mediated damage to the feto placental unit such as occurs in spontaneous fetal resorptions. RESULTS We show here that alloimmunization can block this effect. In addition, maternal immune responses induced by alloimmunization against isolated mutant class I or class II, as well as by immunization with class I MHC alloantigens (Kd) transfected L cells are sufficient to restore normal fetal viability. It is not necessary that the maternal immune response be specifically directed against paternal alloantigens fr the fetal protection to ensue, since the effect occurs in inbred matings when the mother is immunized against unrelated class I or class II alloantigens. As in previous studies conducted in the murine species, not all MHC alloimmunizations are protective. In addition, as control, immunization with a monomorphic class I MHC molecular (37), transfected L cells, sheep red blood cells or hen egg lysozyme is without effect. CONCLUSION These results indicate that defined MHC antigens can mediate fetal protection from induced fetal resorption, and suggest that one driving force in promoting MHC antigen polymorphism in mammals is their capacity to confer protection from NK mediated fetal demise.
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Affiliation(s)
- E Menu
- INSERM/CJF, Biologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire de la Relation Materno Fetal, Bâtiment de Gyńecologie/Obstétrique, Hôpital Antoine Béclère, Clamont, France
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Wolf PR, Cook RG. The class I-b molecule Qa-1 forms heterodimers with H-2Ld and a novel 50-kD glycoprotein encoded centromeric to I-E beta. J Exp Med 1995; 181:657-68. [PMID: 7836920 PMCID: PMC2191872 DOI: 10.1084/jem.181.2.657] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Recent biochemical characterization of the T23-encoded Qa-1 molecule revealed an additional higher molecular mass species of 50 kD coprecipitated with the 48-kD Qa-1 molecule in H-2b and H-2d mouse strains. We now demonstrate that the 50-kD protein coprecipitated with Qa-1 is the class I-a antigen Ld in all H-2Ld-positive mouse strains examined. Furthers analyses of a panel of recombinants revealed that the 50-kD protein coprecipitated with Qa-1 in H-2b haplotype mouse strains is encoded or controlled by a gene centromeric to major histocompatibility complex class II I-E beta. We have designated this gene and corresponding protein product as Qsm, Qa-1 structure modifier. Both Ld and Qsm can interact with Qa-1 to form cell surface-expressed heterodimers in vivo. These Qa-1 heterodimers are not expressed in H-2k haplotype cells. The Qa-1/Ld and Qa-1/Qsm heterodimers are associated by noncovalent interactions and occur only between fully processed proteins. In addition, we show that the Qsm-encoded protein can form heterodimers with Ld as well, and that the Ld molecules participating in these interactions with Qa-1 and Qsm may be devoid of beta 2-microglobulin and/or peptide. These data represent the first demonstration that class I molecules can be expressed as heterodimers (Qa-1/Ld) on the cell surface, and map a gene (Qsm) that may potentially encode a novel class I molecule, or another protein, that associates with both Qa-1 and Ld. These interactions may enable increased levels of Qa-1 to reach the cell surface and may subsequently influence T cell recognition of Qa-1 and/or Ld molecules.
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- P R Wolf
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030
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Yewdell JW, Bennink JR. Cell biology of antigen processing and presentation to major histocompatibility complex class I molecule-restricted T lymphocytes. Adv Immunol 1992; 52:1-123. [PMID: 1442305 DOI: 10.1016/s0065-2776(08)60875-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 282] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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- J W Yewdell
- Laboratory of Viral Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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Imani F, Soloski MJ. Heat shock proteins can regulate expression of the Tla region-encoded class Ib molecule Qa-1. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1991; 88:10475-9. [PMID: 1961712 PMCID: PMC52951 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.88.23.10475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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T cells recognize foreign antigens in association with the highly polymorphic class I and class II molecules encoded in the major histocompatibility complex (MHC). In addition to these highly polymorphic molecules, the murine MHC also encodes, in the Qa/Tla region, several less polymorphic structures referred to as class I-like or class Ib molecules. Although no specific function has been assigned to these molecules, their overall structural similarities to the classical class I molecules and their association with beta 2-microglobulin suggest a role in antigen recognition. Recent data have suggested that the class Ib molecule Qa-1 may be involved in antigen presentation to T cells expressing gamma delta receptors. In addition, several reports have demonstrated that gamma delta T cells can respond to mycobacterial heat shock proteins. We report that transfection of a mouse fibroblast line with gene T23b leads to the surface expression of a molecule that is structurally identical to lymphocyte Qa-1b. In the transfected cells the predominant Qa-1 species was present in an immature intracellular form. The expression of mature cell surface Qa-1 was dramatically and selectively increased following heat shock. Furthermore, the addition of a tryptic digest of Mycobacterium bovis 65-kDa heat shock protein stabilized the surface expression of Qa-1b. These observations suggest that the Qa-1 molecule may be involved in the presentation of heat shock protein-derived peptides to the immune system.
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- F Imani
- Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205
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Einhorn GP, Qin L, Soloski MJ. Biosynthesis of glycophospholipid bound and secreted murine class I Qa-2 polypeptides. Mol Immunol 1991; 28:1299-310. [PMID: 1961202 DOI: 10.1016/0161-5890(91)90017-e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Murine T cells synthesize and express a cell-surface glycophospholipid anchored 40 kDa and a secreted water-soluble 39 kDa Qa-2 polypeptide. We have examined the biosynthetic pathways which lead to the production of the membrane-bound and water-soluble isoforms of the Qa-2 molecule. Using the detergent TX-114, both detergent (membrane)-bound and soluble Qa-2 polypeptides can be identified in cell lysates and can be distinguished by charge and molecular weight. Two membrane-bound forms, a 40-kDa Endo H resistant cell-surface form and a 38 kDa-Endo H sensitive form can be identified, both of which can be biosynthetically labeled with 3H-ethanolamine and can be converted to water soluble forms by digestion with a phosphatidylinositol specific phospholipase C. In addition, several water soluble polypeptides at 39, 37, 35 kDa, and a minor species at 33 kDa were identified, none of which radiolabel with 3H-ethanolamine. While the 39-kDa polypeptide was Endo H resistant, the other isoforms were sensitive to Endo H digestion. Pulse chase experiments and molecular weights of the deglycosylated core polypeptides suggest a precursor to product relationship between the intracellular water-soluble species and the mature 39-kDa secreted Qa-2 molecule. This relationship is supported by the observation that murine L cells transfected with the Qa-2 encoding class I gene Q7 fail to express membrane-bound Qa-2 molecules yet synthesize both intracellular water-soluble and secreted Qa-2 molecules. These findings argue for a pathway in which secreted soluble Qa-2 molecules are derived from intracellular precursors.
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Van Kaer L, Wu M, Ichikawa Y, Ito K, Bonneville M, Ostrand-Rosenberg S, Murphy DB, Tonegawa S. Recognition of MHC TL gene products by gamma delta T cells. Immunol Rev 1991; 120:89-115. [PMID: 1830863 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-065x.1991.tb00589.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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We have studied the ligand specificity of a gamma delta T-cell receptor (TCR) derived from a mouse T-cell hybridoma (KN6). KN6 cells reacted with syngeneic (C57BL/6) cells from various origins (splenocytes, thymocytes, peritoneal exudate cells, etc.) and cells from many different mouse strains. KN6 reactivity against cells from a panel of congenic and recombinant mouse strains demonstrated that the ligand recognized by KN6 is controlled by an MHC-linked gene that most probably maps in the TL region. We cloned this gene and formally proved that it does map in the TL region. This gene turned out to be a novel class I gene (designated T22b) belonging to a hitherto unidentified cluster of TL region genes in strain C57BL/6. This gene was expressed in many different tissues and cell types. We also examined the tissue expression of several other TL genes. One of these, the structural gene (T3b) encoding the thymus leukemia (TL) antigen from C57BL/6 mice, was specifically expressed in the epithelium of the small intestine. Since the intestinal epithelium of the mouse is known to be the homing site for a subset of gamma delta T cells (i-IEL) bearing diverse TCR with V7 rearranged gamma chains, we propose that the T3b gene product is part of the ligand recognized by some of the i-IEL. Our data support the idea that gamma delta T cells might be specific for non-classical class I or class I-like molecules and suggest that gamma delta TCR and non-classical MHC co-evolved for the recognition of a conserved set of endogenous or foreign peptides.
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MESH Headings
- Age Factors
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte/metabolism
- Base Sequence
- CD8 Antigens
- Gene Expression Regulation
- Gene Rearrangement, T-Lymphocyte
- HLA-A2 Antigen/chemistry
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class I/immunology
- Hybridomas/immunology
- Lymphocyte Activation
- Major Histocompatibility Complex
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred Strains/genetics
- Mice, Inbred Strains/immunology
- Models, Molecular
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Organ Specificity
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/genetics
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta
- Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/immunology
- beta 2-Microglobulin/metabolism
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Affiliation(s)
- L Van Kaer
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 02139
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Of all the biochemically defined mouse MHC class I molecules, the Qa-1 antigens are the only ones for which a gene has not been identified. Recent evidence has suggested that Qa-1 antigens are functional class I molecules and can function as restriction elements for gamma/delta T cells. We have examined the relationship between Qa-1 and the product of gene 37, a presumed novel class I antigen encoded within the TL region. Immunoprecipitation and polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis analysis of the molecules reactive with anti-Qa-1 and anti-37 sera show that the Qa-1 molecule of Qa-1b (Qa-1.2) mouse strains is identical to the product of gene 37 on the basis of molecular weight, pI, and strain distribution. Immunodepletion, biosynthetic labeling, and tunicamycin treatment confirm that the protein encoded by gene 37 in Qa-1b mice is Qa-1.2. In contrast, the anti-37 serum was unable to recognize the Qa-1 molecule in Qa-1a strains. Given the fact that the only allele to gene 37 thus far identified in a Qa-1a strain (A/J) has a termination codon in the alpha 3 domain, our data lead us to conclude that the Qa-1 molecule expressed in Qa-1a mice is not a true allelic product of the gene 37 encoded antigen of Qa-1b mouse strains.
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Affiliation(s)
- P R Wolf
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030
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