PMID- 27529174 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20170731 LR - 20240210 IS - 1932-6203 (Electronic) IS - 1932-6203 (Linking) VI - 11 IP - 8 DP - 2016 TI - Allele-Independent Turnover of Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) Class Ia Molecules. PG - e0161011 LID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0161011 [doi] LID - e0161011 AB - Major histocompatibility complex class I (MHCI) glycoproteins present cytosolic peptides to CD8+ T cells and regulate NK cell activity. Their heavy chains (HC) are expressed from up to three MHC gene loci (human leukocyte antigen [HLA]-A, -B, and -C in humans), whose extensive polymorphism maps predominantly to the antigen-binding groove, diversifying the bound peptide repertoire. Codominant expression of MHCI alleles is thus functionally critical, but how it is regulated is not fully understood. Here, we have examined the effect of polymorphism on the turnover rates of MHCI molecules in cell lines with functional MHCI peptide loading pathways and in monocyte-derived dendritic cells (MoDCs). Proteins were labeled biosynthetically with heavy water (2H2O), folded MHCI molecules immunoprecipitated, and tryptic digests analysed by mass spectrometry. MHCI-derived peptides were assigned to specific alleles and isotypes, and turnover rates quantified by 2H incorporation, after correcting for cell growth. MHCI turnover half-lives ranged from undetectable to a few hours, depending on cell type, activation state, donor, and MHCI isotype. However, in all settings, the turnover half-lives of alleles of the same isotype were similar. Thus, MHCI protein turnover rates appear to be allele-independent in normal human cells. We propose that this is an important feature enabling the normal function and codominant expression of MHCI alleles. FAU - Prevosto, Claudia AU - Prevosto C AD - Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom. FAU - Usmani, M Farooq AU - Usmani MF AD - Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom. FAU - McDonald, Sarah AU - McDonald S AD - Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom. FAU - Gumienny, Aleksandra M AU - Gumienny AM AD - Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom. FAU - Key, Tim AU - Key T AD - Tissue Typing Laboratory, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom. FAU - Goodman, Reyna S AU - Goodman RS AD - Tissue Typing Laboratory, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom. FAU - Gaston, J S Hill AU - Gaston JS AD - Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom. FAU - Deery, Michael J AU - Deery MJ AD - Cambridge Centre for Proteomics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom. FAU - Busch, Robert AU - Busch R AD - Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom. AD - Department of Life Sciences, University of Roehampton, London, United Kingdom. LA - eng GR - 16491/CRUK_/Cancer Research UK/United Kingdom GR - 18543/VAC_/Versus Arthritis/United Kingdom GR - 20648/ARC_/Arthritis Research UK/United Kingdom GR - 20648/VAC_/Versus Arthritis/United Kingdom PT - Journal Article DEP - 20160816 PL - United States TA - PLoS One JT - PloS one JID - 101285081 RN - 0 (HLA Antigens) RN - J65BV539M3 (Deuterium Oxide) SB - IM MH - *Alleles MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Deuterium Oxide/chemistry MH - HLA Antigens/chemistry/*genetics/*metabolism MH - Humans MH - Isotope Labeling PMC - PMC4987023 COIS- Competing Interests: The authors have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: RB owns stock in KineMed, Inc., Emeryville, CA, USA, a biopharmaceutical company with intellectual property related to heavy water labeling. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. EDAT- 2016/08/17 06:00 MHDA- 2017/08/02 06:00 PMCR- 2016/08/16 CRDT- 2016/08/17 06:00 PHST- 2016/02/29 00:00 [received] PHST- 2016/07/28 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2016/08/17 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2016/08/17 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/08/02 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2016/08/16 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - PONE-D-16-08688 [pii] AID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0161011 [doi] PST - epublish SO - PLoS One. 2016 Aug 16;11(8):e0161011. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0161011. eCollection 2016.