PMID- 11454061 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20010809 LR - 20190513 IS - 0019-2805 (Print) IS - 1365-2567 (Electronic) IS - 0019-2805 (Linking) VI - 103 IP - 3 DP - 2001 Jul TI - Endocytosis and recycling of the complex between CD23 and HLA-DR in human B cells. PG - 319-31 AB - The presentation of extremely low doses of antigen to T cells is enhanced by immunoglobulin E (IgE)-dependent antigen focusing to CD23, the low-affinity receptor for IgE, expressed on activated B cells. CD23 contains a C-type lectin domain in its extracellular sequence and a targeting signal for coated pits, required for endocytosis, in its cytoplasmic sequence. CD23 is non-covalently associated with the major histocompatibility complex class II antigen, human leucocyte antigen HLA-DR, on the surface of human B cells, but the fate of this complex following endocytosis is unknown. To answer this question we have labelled these proteins on the surface of RPMI 8866 B cells and traced their route through the cytoplasm. Endocytosis mediated by anti-CD23 antibodies (BU38 and MHM6) led to the loss of CD23 from the cells. Endocytosis mediated by an antibody to HLA-DR (CR3/43) or an antigen-IgE complex (NP-BSA-anti-NP IgE), however, led to recycling of the HLA-DR-CD23 complex to the cell surface on a time scale (3-6 hr) consistent with the recycling of HLA-DR in antigen presentation. Along the latter pathway CD23 label was observed in cytoplasmic organelles that resembled the 'compartments for peptide loading' or 'class II vesicles' described by previous authors. Two features of the recycling process may contribute to the efficiency of antigen presentation. Peptide exchange may be facilitated by the proximity of HLA-DR and antigen in peptide loading compartments of the endosomal network. The return of CD23 with HLA-DR to the cell surface may then help to stabilize specific B-cell-T-cell interactions, contributing to T-cell activation. FAU - Karagiannis, S N AU - Karagiannis SN AD - The Randall Centre for Molecular Mechanisms of Cell Function, King's College London, UK. hjg@helios.rai.kcl.ac.uk FAU - Warrack, J K AU - Warrack JK FAU - Jennings, K H AU - Jennings KH FAU - Murdock, P R AU - Murdock PR FAU - Christie, G AU - Christie G FAU - Moulder, K AU - Moulder K FAU - Sutton, B J AU - Sutton BJ FAU - Gould, H J AU - Gould HJ LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - England TA - Immunology JT - Immunology JID - 0374672 RN - 0 (Antibodies, Monoclonal) RN - 0 (Antigen-Antibody Complex) RN - 0 (HLA-DR Antigens) RN - 0 (Receptors, IgE) RN - 37341-29-0 (Immunoglobulin E) SB - IM MH - Antibodies, Monoclonal/immunology MH - Antigen-Antibody Complex/immunology MH - B-Lymphocytes/*immunology/ultrastructure MH - Cell Culture Techniques MH - Cytoplasmic Vesicles/immunology MH - Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel MH - Endocytosis/*immunology MH - Endosomes/immunology/ultrastructure MH - HLA-DR Antigens/immunology/*metabolism MH - Humans MH - Immunoglobulin E/immunology MH - Microscopy, Confocal MH - Microscopy, Electron MH - Receptors, IgE/immunology/*metabolism PMC - PMC1783243 EDAT- 2001/07/17 10:00 MHDA- 2001/08/10 10:01 PMCR- 2002/07/01 CRDT- 2001/07/17 10:00 PHST- 2001/07/17 10:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2001/08/10 10:01 [medline] PHST- 2001/07/17 10:00 [entrez] PHST- 2002/07/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - imm1238 [pii] AID - 10.1046/j.1365-2567.2001.01238.x [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Immunology. 2001 Jul;103(3):319-31. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2567.2001.01238.x.