The quantity of naturally processed peptides stably bound by HLA-A*0201 is significantly reduced in the absence of tapasin
Barber, L.D., Howarth, M., Bowness, P. and Elliott, T. (2001) The quantity of naturally processed peptides stably bound by HLA-A*0201 is significantly reduced in the absence of tapasin. Tissue Antigens, 58, (6), 363-368. (doi:10.1034/j.1399-0039.2001.580604.x).
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Description/Abstract
Tapasin plays a critical role in promoting peptide binding by major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I molecules in the endoplasmic reticulum. In its absence, cell surface expression of most allotypes is significantly reduced. Two exceptions are HLA-A*0201 and HLA-B*2705. In this study, the repertoire of peptides bound endogenously by these allotypes in the absence of tapasin was examined and stability of the HLA class I/peptide complexes assessed. Similar quantities of peptides were recovered from B*2705 complexes expressed in the absence and presence of tapasin and the composition of the peptide pools were not radically different. However, the stability of B*2705 molecules expressed at the surface of tapasin-deficient cells was found to be reduced which suggests there are subtle changes to the peptide repertoire. The impact of the absence of tapasin was more dramatic for A*0201. Although equivalent levels of cell surface A*0201 are expressed in the presence and absence of tapasin, very little A*0201 glycoprotein was recovered from tapasin-deficient cells suggesting the complexes readily dissociate. Consistent with reduced stability, A*0201 complexes were found to be rapidly lost from the surface of tapasin-deficient cells. Analysis of the small quantity of endogenously bound peptides recovered from A*0201 expressed in the absence of tapasin revealed a complex mixture typical of A*0201 molecules expressed in normal cells. Therefore these molecules are unable to exploit the alternative supply of TAP-independent A*0201-binding peptides present in the endoplasmic reticulum. Loading of A*0201 with peptides from both TAP-dependent and TAP-independent sources is significantly compromised without tapasin.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | R Medicine > R Medicine (General) Q Science > QH Natural history > QH426 Genetics |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Medicine > Cancer Sciences |
| Item ID: | 26211 |
| Date Deposited: | 24 Apr 2006 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Jun 2011 08:49 |
| Contributors: | Barber, L.D. (Author) Howarth, M. (Author) Bowness, P. (Author) Elliott, T. (Author) |
| Date: | 2001 |
| Status: | Published |
| Contact Email Address: | l.barber@rfc.ucl.ac.uk |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/26211 |
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