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Compartmentalized MHC class I antigen processing enhances immunosurveillance by circumventing the law of mass action.

ABSTRACT: MHC class I molecules function to display peptides generated from cellular and pathogen gene products for immune surveillance by CD8(+) T cells. Cells typically express approximately 100,000 class I molecules, or approximately 1 per 30,000 cellular proteins. Given "one protein, one peptide" representation, immunosurveillance would be heavily biased toward the most abundant cell proteins. Cells use several mechanisms to prevent this, including the predominant use of defective ribosomal products (DRiPs) to generate peptides from nascent proteins and, as we show here, compartmentalization of DRiP peptide generation to prevent competition from abundant cytosolic peptides. This provides an explanation for the exquisite ability of T cells to recognize peptides generated from otherwise undetected gene products.

SUBMITTER: Lev A

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2872426 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Compartmentalized MHC class I antigen processing enhances immunosurveillance by circumventing the law of mass action.

Lev Avital A Princiotta Michael F MF Zanker Damian D Takeda Kazuyo K Gibbs James S JS Kumagai Chiharu C Waffarn Elizabeth E Dolan Brian P BP Burgevin Anne A Van Endert Peter P Chen Weisan W Bennink Jack R JR Yewdell Jonathan W JW

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20100329 15

MHC class I molecules function to display peptides generated from cellular and pathogen gene products for immune surveillance by CD8(+) T cells. Cells typically express approximately 100,000 class I molecules, or approximately 1 per 30,000 cellular proteins. Given "one protein, one peptide" representation, immunosurveillance would be heavily biased toward the most abundant cell proteins. Cells use several mechanisms to prevent this, including the predominant use of defective ribosomal products ( ...[more]

PMID: 20351281

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Project description:The well described conventional antigen-processing pathway is accountable for most peptides that end up in MHC class I molecules at the cell surface. These peptides experienced liberation by the proteasome and transport by the peptide transporter TAP. However, there are multiple roads that lead to Rome, illustrated by the increasing number of alternative processing pathways that have been reported during last years. Interestingly, TAP-deficient individuals do not succumb to viral infections, suggesting that CD8 T cell immunity is sufficiently supported by alternative TAP-independent processing pathways. To date, a diversity of viral and endogenous TAP-independent peptides have been identified in the grooves of different MHC class I alleles. Some of these peptides are not displayed by normal TAP-positive cells and we therefore called them TEIPP, for "T-cell epitopes associated with impaired peptide processing." TEIPPs are hidden self-antigens, are derived from normal housekeeping proteins, and are processed via unconventional processing pathways. Per definition, TEIPPs are presented via TAP-independent pathways, but recent data suggest that part of this repertoire still depend on proteasome and metalloprotease activity. An exception is the C-terminal peptide of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-membrane-spanning ceramide synthase Trh4 that is surprisingly liberated by the signal peptide peptidase (SPP), the proteolytic enzyme involved in cleaving leader sequences. The intramembrane cleaving SPP is thereby an important contributor of TAP-independent peptides. Its family members, like the Alzheimer's related presenilins, might contribute as well, according to our preliminary data. Finally, alternative peptide routing is an emerging field and includes processes like the unfolded protein response, the ER-associated degradation, and autophagy-associated vesicular pathways. These data convince us that there is a world to be discovered in the field of unconventional antigen processing.

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Compartmentalized MHC class I antigen processing enhances immunosurveillance by circumventing the law of mass action.

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Compartmentalized MHC class I antigen processing enhances immunosurveillance by circumventing the law of mass action.

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