PMID- 21940994 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20120227 LR - 20201222 IS - 1530-6860 (Electronic) IS - 0892-6638 (Linking) VI - 26 IP - 1 DP - 2012 Jan TI - gamma-Interferon-regulated chaperone governs human lymphocyte antigen class II expression. PG - 104-16 LID - 10.1096/fj.11-189670 [doi] AB - Antigen presentation by human lymphocyte antigen (HLA) class II peptide receptors alerts the immune system to infections. In antigen-presenting cells (APCs), HLA class II, HLA-DM, and associated invariant chain-encoding genes are exclusively regulated by the interferon gamma (IFNgamma)-inducible class II transactivator (CIITA). Control of CIITA expression could therefore govern expression of class II peptide receptors in the diverse group of APCs. We discovered that elevation of the HLA class III region encoded B-associated transcript 3 (BAT3) increases and depletion of BAT3 decreases expression of HLA class II, HLA-DM, and invariant chain. IFNgamma strongly elevates BAT3 transcription in various tumor cell lines and in primary macrophages. BAT3 chaperones the simultaneously IFNgamma-induced CIITA. Following IFNgamma-treatment, both CIITA and BAT3 translocate from the cytosol to the nucleus. The nuclear import of CIITA mediated by IFNgamma controls activation of HLA class II genes. BAT3 is a novel key regulator of components of the HLA class II processing pathway. We present a mechanism explaining how parallel IFNgamma-mediated regulation of CIITA and of its chaperone BAT3 controls the level of components of the HLA class II processing pathway. FAU - Kamper, Nadine AU - Kamper N AD - Institute of Genetics, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany. FAU - Franken, Sebastian AU - Franken S FAU - Temme, Sebastian AU - Temme S FAU - Koch, Susanne AU - Koch S FAU - Bieber, Thomas AU - Bieber T FAU - Koch, Norbert AU - Koch N LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20110922 PL - United States TA - FASEB J JT - FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology JID - 8804484 RN - 0 (BAG6 protein, human) RN - 0 (Histocompatibility Antigens Class II) RN - 0 (MHC class II transactivator protein) RN - 0 (Molecular Chaperones) RN - 0 (Nuclear Proteins) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 0 (Trans-Activators) RN - 82115-62-6 (Interferon-gamma) SB - IM MH - Antigen-Presenting Cells/immunology/metabolism MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Cell Nucleus/metabolism MH - Cytoplasm/metabolism MH - Fibroblasts/cytology/immunology/metabolism MH - Gene Expression/drug effects/immunology MH - Histocompatibility Antigens Class II/genetics/*metabolism MH - Humans MH - Interferon-gamma/*metabolism/pharmacology MH - Lung/cytology MH - Lymphocytes/immunology/*metabolism MH - Macrophages/cytology/immunology/metabolism MH - Melanoma MH - Molecular Chaperones/genetics/immunology/*metabolism MH - Nuclear Proteins/genetics/*metabolism MH - Primary Cell Culture MH - Promoter Regions, Genetic/physiology MH - RNA, Messenger/metabolism MH - Trans-Activators/genetics/*metabolism EDAT- 2011/09/24 06:00 MHDA- 2012/03/01 06:00 CRDT- 2011/09/24 06:00 PHST- 2011/09/24 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2011/09/24 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/03/01 06:00 [medline] AID - fj.11-189670 [pii] AID - 10.1096/fj.11-189670 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - FASEB J. 2012 Jan;26(1):104-16. doi: 10.1096/fj.11-189670. Epub 2011 Sep 22.