PMID- 21151101 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20110509 LR - 20211020 IS - 1529-2916 (Electronic) IS - 1529-2908 (Linking) VI - 12 IP - 1 DP - 2011 Jan TI - Antigen processing by nardilysin and thimet oligopeptidase generates cytotoxic T cell epitopes. PG - 45-53 LID - 10.1038/ni.1974 [doi] AB - Cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) recognize peptides presented by HLA class I molecules on the cell surface. The C terminus of these CTL epitopes is considered to be produced by the proteasome. Here we demonstrate that the cytosolic endopeptidases nardilysin and thimet oligopeptidase (TOP) complemented proteasome activity. Nardilysin and TOP were required, either together or alone, for the generation of a tumor-specific CTL epitope from PRAME, an immunodominant CTL epitope from Epstein-Barr virus protein EBNA3C, and a clinically important epitope from the melanoma protein MART-1. TOP functioned as C-terminal trimming peptidase in antigen processing, and nardilysin contributed to both the C-terminal and N-terminal generation of CTL epitopes. By broadening the antigenic peptide repertoire, nardilysin and TOP strengthen the immune defense against intracellular pathogens and cancer. FAU - Kessler, Jan H AU - Kessler JH AD - Department of Immunohematology and Blood Transfusion, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands. j.h.kessler@amc.uva.nl FAU - Khan, Selina AU - Khan S FAU - Seifert, Ulrike AU - Seifert U FAU - Le Gall, Sylvie AU - Le Gall S FAU - Chow, K Martin AU - Chow KM FAU - Paschen, Annette AU - Paschen A FAU - Bres-Vloemans, Sandra A AU - Bres-Vloemans SA FAU - de Ru, Arnoud AU - de Ru A FAU - van Montfoort, Nadine AU - van Montfoort N FAU - Franken, Kees L M C AU - Franken KL FAU - Benckhuijsen, Willemien E AU - Benckhuijsen WE FAU - Brooks, Jill M AU - Brooks JM FAU - van Hall, Thorbald AU - van Hall T FAU - Ray, Kallol AU - Ray K FAU - Mulder, Arend AU - Mulder A FAU - Doxiadis, Ilias I N AU - Doxiadis II FAU - van Swieten, Paul F AU - van Swieten PF FAU - Overkleeft, Hermen S AU - Overkleeft HS FAU - Prat, Annik AU - Prat A FAU - Tomkinson, Birgitta AU - Tomkinson B FAU - Neefjes, Jacques AU - Neefjes J FAU - Kloetzel, Peter M AU - Kloetzel PM FAU - Rodgers, David W AU - Rodgers DW FAU - Hersh, Louis B AU - Hersh LB FAU - Drijfhout, Jan W AU - Drijfhout JW FAU - van Veelen, Peter A AU - van Veelen PA FAU - Ossendorp, Ferry AU - Ossendorp F FAU - Melief, Cornelis J M AU - Melief CJ LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20101212 PL - United States TA - Nat Immunol JT - Nature immunology JID - 100941354 RN - 0 (Antigens, Neoplasm) RN - 0 (Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte) RN - 0 (HLA-A3 Antigen) RN - 0 (Peptide Fragments) RN - 0 (RNA, Small Interfering) RN - EC 3.4.24.- (Metalloendopeptidases) RN - EC 3.4.24.15 (thimet oligopeptidase) RN - EC 3.4.24.61 (nardilysin) RN - EC 3.4.25.1 (Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex) SB - IM MH - Antigen Presentation/genetics MH - Antigens, Neoplasm/chemistry/immunology/*metabolism MH - Cytotoxicity, Immunologic/genetics MH - Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte/chemistry/immunology/*metabolism MH - HLA-A3 Antigen/metabolism MH - Humans MH - K562 Cells MH - Metalloendopeptidases/genetics/immunology/*metabolism MH - Peptide Fragments/chemistry/immunology/metabolism MH - Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex/metabolism MH - Protein Binding MH - RNA, Small Interfering/genetics MH - T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic/immunology/*metabolism/pathology MH - Transgenes/genetics EDAT- 2010/12/15 06:00 MHDA- 2011/05/10 06:00 CRDT- 2010/12/15 06:00 PHST- 2010/06/14 00:00 [received] PHST- 2010/11/17 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2010/12/15 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2010/12/15 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2011/05/10 06:00 [medline] AID - ni.1974 [pii] AID - 10.1038/ni.1974 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Nat Immunol. 2011 Jan;12(1):45-53. doi: 10.1038/ni.1974. Epub 2010 Dec 12.