title: Antigen processing by isolated rat intestinal villus enterocytes.
abstract: The processing of ovalbumin by isolated rat enterocytes and by splenic adherent cells (SAC) was compared. Paraformaldehyde fixation blocked presentation of ovalbumin to T cells by both cell types when given before, but not after, an antigen pulse. Presentation of ovalbumin by both cell types was blocked by treatment with chloroquine, ammonium chloride or monensin before the antigen pulse. Leupeptin treatment before the antigen pulse inhibited presentation by SAC, but not by enterocytes. Ovalbumin processed by enterocytes was not presented by fixed SAC. Radiolabelled ovalbumin was degraded to small molecular weight fragments by SAC, but not by enterocytes. It is suggested that, compared to the degradative processing seen in macrophages. B cells and dendritic cells, processing of ovalbumin by enterocytes comprises a more subtle, non-degradative mechanism.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bristol, Langford, U.K.
authors.forename: P W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Bland
authors.forename: C V
authors.initials: CV
authors.lastname: Whiting
mesh_terms: D000643:Ammonium Chloride / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D000938:Antigen-Presenting Cells / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology*; D002469:Cell Separation; D002738:Chloroquine / Q000494:pharmacology; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D007976:Leupeptins / Q000494:pharmacology; D008247:Lysosomes / Q000187:drug effects; D008871:Microvilli / Q000276:immunology; D008985:Monensin / Q000494:pharmacology; D010047:Ovalbumin / Q000276:immunology*; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D007976:Leupeptins; D000643:Ammonium Chloride; D002738:Chloroquine; D010047:Ovalbumin; D008985:Monensin