The Journal of Immunology, Vol 146, Issue 9 2944-2951, Copyright © 1991 by American Association of Immunologists

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Class II MHC-restricted T cell determinants processed from either endosomes or the cytosol show similar requirements for host protein transport but different kinetics of presentation

CJ Hackett, JW Yewdell, JR Bennink and M Wysocka
Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, PA 19104.

We have studied the role of APC protein transport in presentation of class II MHC-restricted T cell determinants of influenza virus glycoproteins that have distinct Ag processing requirements. Two I-Ed- restricted epitopes were analyzed: hemagglutinin (HA) 111-119, which is processed by the exogenous/endocytic pathway, and neuraminidase (NA) 79- 93, which has a requirement for cytosolic processing. NA 79-93 is presented from infectious but not non-replicative virus under ordinary conditions. This requirement for viral biosynthesis could be bypassed by using a soluble inhibitor of NA,2,3-dehydro-2-deoxy-N-acetyl neuraminic acid (DDAN), to facilitate cytosolic introduction of virus. APC exposed to UV virus/DDAN present HA and NA determinants derived directly from proteins of the input virus particles. This allows presentation of both endocytically and cytosolically processed epitopes in the same experiment using noninfectious virus. The inhibitor brefeldin A (BFA) was used to interrupt host protein transport at various times relative to virus/DDAN addition. We observed that BFA added simultaneously with virus blocked recognition of NA 79-93 but not HA 111-119. This distinction was found to be based upon different expression kinetics of the HA and NA determinants. Expression of NA 79- 93 required 6 to 9 h, whereas HA 111-119 was presented by 1 h after Ag addition. When APC were incubated with BFA at intervals before virus addition, presentation of HA 111-119 was also blocked as a function of time. Data indicate that about 5 h of BFA treatment is needed to deplete host protein pools required for presentation of I-Ed-restricted T cell determinants processed from either endosomes or the cytosol.

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