title: Expression of medial class I histocompatibility antigens on RMA-S mutant cells.
abstract: The RMA-S mutant T cell line is defective in H-2b restricted antigen presentation and has markedly reduced surface expression of Kb and Db. We examined RMA-S for the expression of the medial class I histocompatibility antigens Qa1b and Mta. While RMA-S targets varied in their susceptibility to lysis by cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) specific for Qa1b, Mta levels were detectable but consistently low compared to the parent RMA cell line. Addition of synthetic ND1 alpha 1-26 or ND1 alpha 1-17 peptides that mimic MTF alpha (the ligand of Mta) increased killing of RMA-S by anti-Mta alpha CTL to levels comparable to or better than RMA, with 300 nM peptide being fully effective. None of the MTF peptides increased the killing of RMA-S by anti-H-2b or anti-Qa1b CTL, even at the highest (1 microM) peptide concentrations. RMA-S cells treated with 100 microM of either the ND1 alpha 4-26 or ND1 alpha 1-26 peptides showed a small increase in the fluorescent staining for beta 2-microglobulin but not for H-2Kb or H-2Db. These results show that Mta and Qa1b, although affected, are not obliterated by the defect in RMA-S cells; that the association of MTF peptides with HMT is exclusive; and that MTF enters the endoplasmic reticulum in the same fashion as other endogenous peptides.
authors.affiliation: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 75235-9050.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hermel
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Grigorenko
authors.forename: K F
authors.initials: KF
authors.lastname: Lindahl
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000938:Antigen-Presenting Cells / Q000276:immunology; D002460:Cell Line; D003602:Cytotoxicity, Immunologic; D006183:H-2 Antigens / Q000378:metabolism; D015395:Histocompatibility Antigens Class I / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D015778:Minor Histocompatibility Antigens; D009154:Mutation; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D006183:H-2 Antigens; D015395:Histocompatibility Antigens Class I; D015778:Minor Histocompatibility Antigens; C070532:Mta antigen, mouse; C032907:Q surface antigens