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Division of Immunology, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720
MHC class I molecules present peptides derived primarily from endogenously synthesized proteins on the cell surface as ligands for CD8+ T cells. However, CD8+ T cell responses to extracellular bacteria, virus-infected, or tumor cells can also be elicited because certain professional APC can generate peptide/MHC class I (MHC-I) complexes from exogenous sources. Whether the peptide/MHC-I complexes are generated because the exogenous proteins enter the classical cytosolic, TAP-dependent MHC-I processing pathway or an alternate pathway is controversial. Here we analyze the generation of peptide/MHC-I complexes from recombinant Escherichia coli as an exogenous Ag source that could be delivered to the phagosomes or directly into the cytosol. We show that peritoneal and bone marrow macrophages generate peptide/MHC-I complexes by the classical as well as an alternate, but relatively less efficient, TAP-independent pathway. Using a novel method to detect proteolytic intermediates we show that the generation of the optimal MHC-I binding peptide in the alternate pathway requires cysteine as well as other protease(s). This alternate TAP-independent pathway also operates in vivo and provides a potential mechanism for eliciting CD8+ T cell responses to exogenous Ags.
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