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Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Jefferson Medical College and Kimmel Cancer Institute, Thomas Jefferson University, Bluemle Life Sciences Building, Philadelphia, PA, 19107
The proteasome is primarily responsible for the generation of MHC class I-restricted CTL epitopes. However, some epitopes, such as NP147–155 of the influenza nucleoprotein (NP), are presented efficiently in the presence of proteasome inhibitors. The pathways used to generate such apparently "proteasome-independent" epitopes remain poorly defined. We have examined the generation of NP147–155 and a second proteasome-dependent NP epitope, NP50–57, using cells adapted to growth in the presence of proteasome inhibitors and also through protease overexpression. We observed that: 1) Ag processing and presentation proceeds in proteasome-inhibitor adapted cells but may become more dependent, at least in part, on nonproteasomal protease(s), 2) tripeptidyl peptidase II does not substitute for the proteasome in the generation of NP147–155, 3) overexpression of leucine aminopeptidase, thymet oligopeptidase, puromycin-sensitive aminopeptidase, and bleomycin hydrolase, has little impact on the processing and presentation of NP50–57 or NP147–155, and 4) proteasome-inhibitor treatment altered the specificity of substrate cleavage by the proteasome using cell-free digests favoring NP147–155 epitope preservation. Based on these results, we propose a central role for the proteasome in epitope generation even in the presence of proteasome inhibitors, although such inhibitors will likely alter cleavage patterns and may increase the dependence of the processing pathway on postproteasomal enzymes.
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