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JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 164, Issue 9, Pages 4500-4506Publisher
AMER ASSOC IMMUNOLOGISTS
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.164.9.4500
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Proteasomes are the major source for the generation of peptides bound by MHC class I molecules, To study the functional relevance of the IFN-gamma-inducible proteasome subunits low molecular mass protein 2 (LMP2), LMP7, and mouse embryonal cell (MEC) ligand 1 in Ag processing and concomitantly that of immunoproteasomes, we established the tetracycline-regulated mouse cell line MEC217, allowing the titrable formation of immunoproteasomes. Infection of MEC217 cells with Adenovirus type 5 (Ad5) and analysis of Ag presentation with Ad5-specific CTL showed that cells containing immunoproteasomes processed the viral early 1B protein (E1B)-derived epitope E1B(192-200) with increased efficiency, thus allowing a faster detection of viral entry in induced cells. Importantly, optimal CTL activation was already achieved at submaximal immunosubunit expression. In contrast, digestion of E1B-polypeptide with purified proteasomes in vitro yielded E1B(192-200) at quantities that were proportional to the relative contents of immunosubunits. Our data provide evidence that the IFN-gamma-inducible proteasome subunits, when present at relatively low levels as at initial stages of infection, already increase the efficiency of antigenic peptide generation and thereby enhance MHC class I Ag processing in infected cells.
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