TY - JOUR
T1 - The convergent roles of tapasin and HLA-DM in antigen presentation
AU - Sadegh-Nasseri, Scheherazade
AU - Chen, Mingnan
AU - Narayan, Kedar
AU - Bouvier, Marlene
N1 - Funding Information:
We acknowledge support from National Institutes of Health grants R01AI063764 and R01GM53549 to S.S-.N. and R01AI045070 and R56AI065943 to M.B.
PY - 2008/3
Y1 - 2008/3
N2 - Cytotoxic and helper T cells respond to peptides derived from endogenous and exogenous sources that bind to major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I and class II molecules and are presented on antigen-presenting cells. MHC class I and class II structures and maturation pathways have evolved to optimize antigen presentation to their respective T cells. The accessory proteins tapasin and HLA-DM (DM) crucially influence the selection of peptides that bind to the MHC molecules. We discuss here the dynamic interactions of tapasin and DM with their corresponding MHC molecules that indicate striking parallels. Utilization of a common mode of peptide selection by two different, but related, biological systems argue for its mechanistic validity.
AB - Cytotoxic and helper T cells respond to peptides derived from endogenous and exogenous sources that bind to major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I and class II molecules and are presented on antigen-presenting cells. MHC class I and class II structures and maturation pathways have evolved to optimize antigen presentation to their respective T cells. The accessory proteins tapasin and HLA-DM (DM) crucially influence the selection of peptides that bind to the MHC molecules. We discuss here the dynamic interactions of tapasin and DM with their corresponding MHC molecules that indicate striking parallels. Utilization of a common mode of peptide selection by two different, but related, biological systems argue for its mechanistic validity.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.it.2008.01.001
DO - 10.1016/j.it.2008.01.001
M3 - Review article
C2 - 18261958
AN - SCOPUS:39749142543
SN - 1471-4906
VL - 29
SP - 141
EP - 147
JO - Trends in Immunology
JF - Trends in Immunology
IS - 3
ER -