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- Title
Differential MHC class II synthesis and ubiquitination confers distinct antigen-presenting properties on conventional and plasmacytoid dendritic cells.
- Authors
Young, Louise J; Wilson, Nicholas S; Schnorrer, Petra; Proietto, Anna; ten Broeke, Toine; Matsuki, Yohei; Mount, Adele M; Belz, Gabrielle T; O'Keeffe, Meredith; Ohmura-Hoshino, Mari; Ishido, Satoshi; Stoorvogel, Willem; Heath, William R; Shortman, Ken; Villadangos, Jose A
- Abstract
The importance of conventional dendritic cells (cDCs) in the processing and presentation of antigen is well established, but the contribution of plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs) to these processes, and hence to T cell immunity, remains unclear. Here we showed that unlike cDCs, pDCs continued to synthesize major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II molecules and the MHC class II ubiquitin ligase MARCH1 long after activation. Sustained MHC class II–peptide complex formation, ubiquitination and turnover rendered pDCs inefficient in the presentation of exogenous antigens but enabled pDCs to continuously present endogenous viral antigens in their activated state. As the antigen-presenting abilities of cDCs and pDCs are fundamentally distinct, these two cell types may activate largely nonoverlapping repertoires of CD4+ T cells.
- Publication
Nature Immunology, 2008, Vol 9, Issue 11, p1244
- ISSN
1529-2908
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/ni.1665