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JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 165, Issue 10, Pages 5451-5461Publisher
AMER ASSOC IMMUNOLOGISTS
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.165.10.5451
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- NCI NIH HHS [CA52527] Funding Source: Medline
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MHC class II-restricted tumor Ags presented by class II+ tumor cells identified to date are derived from proteins expressed in the cytoplasm or plasma membrane of tumor cells. It is unclear whether MMC class II+ tumor cells present class II-restricted epitopes derived from other intracellular compartments, such as nuclei and/or mitochondria, and whether class II+ tumor cells directly present Ag in vivo. To address these questions, a model Ag, hen egg lysozyme, was targeted to various subcellular compartments of mouse sarcoma cells, and the resulting cells were tested for presentation of three lysozyme epitopes in vitro and for presentation of nuclear Ag in vivo, In in vitro studies, Ags localized to all tested compartments (nuclei, cytoplasm, mitochondria, and endoplasmic reticulum) are presented in the absence invariant chain and H-2M, Coexpression of invariant chain and H-2M inhibit presentation of some, but not all, of the epitopes, In vivo studies demonstrate that class II+ tumor cells, and not host-derived cells, are the predominant APC for class II-restricted nuclear Ags, Because class II+ tumor cells are effective APC in vivo and probably present novel tumor Ag epitopes not presented by host-derived APC, their inclusion in cancer vaccines may enhance activation of tumor-reactive CD4(+) T cells.
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