Calreticulin maintains the low threshold of peptide required for efficient antigen presentation
Calreticulin maintains the low threshold of peptide required for efficient antigen presentation
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钙网蛋白维持有效抗原呈递所需的肽的低阈值
DOI:
10.1016/j.molimm.2009.08.012
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发表时间:
2009-10-01
影响因子:
3.6
通讯作者:
Gao, Bin
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作者:
Fu, Hongmei;Liu, Changzhen;Gao, Bin
Calreticulin (CRT) plays a critical role in MHC class I antigen processing and elicits pepticle-specific CD8(+) T cell responses against tumours when administered with peptides. However, how CRT contributes to class I antigen processing and the mechanism of its adjuvant effect in anti-tumour responses, remain to be elucidated. Here we show that reduced class I expression in CRT deficient cells can be restored by the direct delivery of peptides into the ER or by incubation at low temperature. CRT deficient cells exhibited a TAP-deficient phenotype in terms of class I assembly, without loss of TAP expression or functionality. Furthermore, a higher concentration of antigen in the cytosol is required for specific T cell stimulation, suggesting that CRT has a functional role in the maintenance of the low peptide concentration threshold required in the ER for efficient antigen presentation. In the absence of CRT, ERp57 is up-regulated, which indicates that they collaborate with each other in class I antigen processing. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.