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The Journal of Immunology, Vol 146, Issue 2 414-417, Copyright © 1991 by American Association of Immunologists

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Mutations affecting antigen processing impair class II-restricted allorecognition

T Cotner, E Mellins, AH Johnson and D Pious
Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle 98195.

Both exogenously derived and endogenously derived Ag generally require processing for their optimal binding and presentation by class I and class II major histocompatibility proteins. It is not known whether steps involved in Ag processing also affect the recognition of alloreactive T cells. We have recently described B cell mutants which have general defects in the processing and presentation of a variety of exogenous Ag to class II restricted T cells. In this report we have studied the ability of these processing mutants to stimulate a set of anti-DR3-specific alloreactive T cells clones. These processing/presentation mutants express normal MHC class II molecules, both in terms of primary sequence and cell surface abundance, but they appear unable to generate effective peptide-MHC complexes. When tested for their ability to stimulate MHC class II alloreactive T cell clones, only one of four T cell clones was stimulated by these mutants; the other three alloreactive T cell clones were not stimulated by either of two different mutants. Both of these mutants express normal levels of the accessory molecules, LFA-3 and ICAM-1. The inability of these mutants to stimulate three of four alloreactive clones indicates that the capacity to be recognized by many alloreactive T cells is linked to the Ag processing capacity of a stimulator cell.


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