PMID- 28872140 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20180514 LR - 20190821 IS - 1940-087X (Electronic) IS - 1940-087X (Linking) IP - 126 DP - 2017 Aug 21 TI - Purification of the Membrane Compartment for Endoplasmic Reticulum-associated Degradation of Exogenous Antigens in Cross-presentation. LID - 10.3791/55949 [doi] LID - 55949 AB - Dendritic cells (DCs) are highly capable of processing and presenting internalized exogenous antigens upon major histocompatibility class (MHC) I molecules also known as cross-presentation (CP). CP plays an important role not only in the stimulation of naive CD8(+) T cells and memory CD8(+) T cells for infectious and tumor immunity but also in the inactivation of self-acting naive T cells by T cell anergy or T cell deletion. Although the critical molecular mechanism of CP remains to be elucidated, accumulating evidence indicates that exogenous antigens are processed through endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation (ERAD) after export from non-classical endocytic compartments. Until recently, characterizations of these endocytic compartments were limited because there were no specific molecular markers other than exogenous antigens. The method described here is a new vesicle isolation protocol, which allows for the purification of these endocytic compartments. Using this purified microsome, we reconstituted the ERAD-like transport, ubiquitination, and processing of the exogenous antigen in vitro, suggesting that the ubiquitin-proteasome system processed the exogenous antigen after export from this cellular compartment. This protocol can be further applied to other cell types to clarify the molecular mechanism of CP. FAU - Imai, Jun AU - Imai J AD - Laboratory of Physiological Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Takasaki University of Health and Welfare; jimai@takasaki-u.ac.jp. FAU - Otani, Mayu AU - Otani M AD - Laboratory of Physiological Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Takasaki University of Health and Welfare. FAU - Sakai, Takahiro AU - Sakai T AD - Laboratory of Physiological Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Takasaki University of Health and Welfare. FAU - Hatta, Shinichi AU - Hatta S AD - Laboratory of Physiological Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Takasaki University of Health and Welfare. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Video-Audio Media DEP - 20170821 PL - United States TA - J Vis Exp JT - Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE JID - 101313252 RN - 0 (Antigens) RN - 0 (Histocompatibility Antigens Class I) SB - IM MH - Antigen Presentation/*immunology MH - Antigens/*immunology MH - Cross-Priming/*genetics MH - Dendritic Cells/*immunology MH - Endoplasmic Reticulum-Associated Degradation/*genetics MH - Histocompatibility Antigens Class I/*immunology MH - Humans PMC - PMC5614360 EDAT- 2017/09/06 06:00 MHDA- 2018/05/15 06:00 PMCR- 2019/08/21 CRDT- 2017/09/06 06:00 PHST- 2017/09/06 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2017/09/06 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/05/15 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/08/21 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 55949 [pii] AID - 10.3791/55949 [doi] PST - epublish SO - J Vis Exp. 2017 Aug 21;(126):55949. doi: 10.3791/55949.