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Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Kimmel Cancer Center, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA 19107;
Department of Molecular Genetics, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45267; and
Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology, Philadelphia, PA 19104
The factors that influence the intracellular location(s) of MHC class II-restricted epitope loading remain poorly understood. We present evidence that two I-Ed-restricted epitopes of the influenza hemagglutinin (HA) molecule, termed site 1 (S1; encompassing amino acid residues 107119) and site 3 (S3; encompassing amino acid residues 302313), are generated in distinct endocytic compartments. By means of an epitope-specific mAb, we show that S1 becomes detectable in late endocytic/lysosomal vesicles; using a mutant cell line, we also show that the presentation of S1 is dependent upon H2-DM expression. In contrast, S3; presentation is H2-DM-independent and appears in early endosomes as a result of acid-induced structural changes in HA. Presentation of both epitopes can be made H2-DM-independent by denaturing HA and made H2-DM-dependent by preventing the acid-induced conformational changes from occurring. These findings indicate that the structural context of a given epitope can determine where it is processed.
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