Proteasomes can either generate or destroy MHC class I epitopes : evidence for nonproteasomal epitope generation in the cytosol

Proteasomes have been implicated in the production of the majority of peptides that associate with MHC class I molecules. We used two different proteasome inhibitors, the peptide aldehyde N-acetyl-L-leucyl-L-leucyl-L-norleucinal (LLnL) and the highly specific inhibitor lactacystin, to examine the role of proteasomes in generating peptide epitopes associated with HLA-A*0201. Neither LLnL nor lactacystin was able to completely block the expression of the HLA-A*0201. Furthermore, the effects of LLnL and lactacystin on the expression of different categories of specific epitopes, TAP independent vs TAP dependent and derived from either cytosolic or membrane proteins, were assessed. As predicted, presentation of two TAP-dependent epitopes was blocked by LLnL and lactacystin, while a TAP-independent epitope that is processed in the endoplasmic reticulum was unaffected by either inhibitor. Surprisingly, both LLnL and lactacystin increased rather than inhibited the expression of a cytosolically transcribed and TAP-dependent peptide from the influenza A virus M1 protein. Mass spectrometric analyses of in vitro proteasome digests of a synthetic 24 mer containing this epitope revealed no digestion products of any length that included the intact epitope. Instead, the major species resulted from cleavage sites within the epitope. Although cleavage at these sites was inhibitable by LLnL and lactacystin, epitope-containing species were still not produced. We conclude that proteasomes may in some cases actually destroy epitopes that would otherwise be destined for presentation by class I molecules. These results suggest that some epitopes are generated by nonproteasomal proteases in the cytosol.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

1998

Erschienen:

1998

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:161

Enthalten in:

Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 161(1998), 1 vom: 01. Juli, Seite 112-21

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Luckey, C J [VerfasserIn]
King, G M [VerfasserIn]
Marto, J A [VerfasserIn]
Venketeswaran, S [VerfasserIn]
Maier, B F [VerfasserIn]
Crotzer, V L [VerfasserIn]
Colella, T A [VerfasserIn]
Shabanowitz, J [VerfasserIn]
Hunt, D F [VerfasserIn]
Engelhard, V H [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

110044-82-1
133343-34-7
ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 2
ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters
Acetylcysteine
Acetylleucyl-leucyl-norleucinal
Cysteine Endopeptidases
Cysteine Proteinase Inhibitors
EC 3.4.22.-
EC 3.4.25.1
Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte
Glycine
HLA-A Antigens
Histocompatibility Antigens Class I
Journal Article
Lactacystin
Leupeptins
M-protein, influenza virus
M1 protein, Influenza A virus
Membrane Proteins
Multienzyme Complexes
Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
TAP1 protein, human
TE7660XO1C
Tap1 protein, mouse
Viral Matrix Proteins
WYQ7N0BPYC

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 09.07.1998

Date Revised 01.12.2018

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM095871322