PMID- 9379076 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19971112 LR - 20230315 IS - 0257-277X (Print) IS - 0257-277X (Linking) VI - 16 IP - 3 DP - 1997 TI - Selection of the MHC class II-associated peptide repertoire by HLA-DM. PG - 261-72 AB - During the past five years considerable progress has been made in the field of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II-restricted antigen presentation. Several observations made in mutant cell lines with a presentation defect led to the identification of a novel protein, the nonclassic MHC class II molecule human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DM. Cell biological and biochemical characterization of HLA-DM provided deeper insight into the molecular mechanism underlying the loading process: HLA-DM accumulates in acidic compartments where it binds to classic class II molecules as long as no high-stability ligand occupies the peptide-binding groove. Thus, HLA-DM prevents empty alpha beta dimers from functional inactivation in a chaperone-like fashion. At the same time HLA-DM acts as an editor by removing low-stability ligands, thereby skewing the class II peptide repertoire presentable to T-helper cells. FAU - Arndt, S O AU - Arndt SO AD - Department of Molecular Immunology, German Cancer Research Center, Heildelberg, Germany. FAU - Vogt, A B AU - Vogt AB FAU - Hammerling, G J AU - Hammerling GJ FAU - Kropshofer, H AU - Kropshofer H LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review PL - United States TA - Immunol Res JT - Immunologic research JID - 8611087 RN - 0 (H2-M antigens) RN - 0 (HLA-D Antigens) RN - 0 (HLA-DM antigens) RN - 0 (Histocompatibility Antigens Class II) RN - 0 (Ligands) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - *Antigen Presentation MH - HLA-D Antigens/*immunology MH - Histocompatibility Antigens Class II/*immunology MH - Humans MH - Ligands MH - Peptide Mapping RF - 75 EDAT- 1997/01/01 00:00 MHDA- 1997/10/10 00:01 CRDT- 1997/01/01 00:00 PHST- 1997/01/01 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1997/10/10 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1997/01/01 00:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1007/BF02786394 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Immunol Res. 1997;16(3):261-72. doi: 10.1007/BF02786394.