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ArticleJournal of virology2011

Human cytomegalovirus disrupts the major histocompatibility complex class I peptide-loading complex and inhibits tapasin gene transcription.

Anne Halenius, Sebastian Hauka, Lars Dölken, Jan Stindt, Henrike Reinhard, Constanze Wiek, Helmut Hanenberg, Ulrich H Koszinowski, Frank Momburg, Hartmut Hengel

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Article in Journal of virology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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27 citing papers in PubMed, 50 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Anne HaleniusInstitute for Virology, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany.
Sebastian Hauka
Lars Dölken
Jan Stindt
Henrike Reinhard
Constanze Wiek
Helmut Hanenberg
Ulrich H Koszinowski
Frank Momburg
Hartmut Hengel
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf · DELudwig-Maximilians-Universität München · DEHeidelberg University · DE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Major histocompatibility complex class I (MHC I) molecules present antigenic peptides for CD8(+) T-cell recognition. Prior to cell surface expression, proper MHC I loading is conducted by the peptide-loading complex (PLC), composed of the MHC I heavy chain (HC) and β(2)-microglobulin (β(2)m), the peptide transporter TAP, and several chaperones, including tapasin. Tapasin connects peptide-receptive MHC I molecules to the PLC, thereby facilitating loading of high-affinity peptides onto MHC I. To cope with CD8(+) T-cell responses, human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) encodes several posttranslational strategies inhibiting peptide transport and MHC I biogenesis which have been studied extensively in transfected cells. Here we analyzed assembly of the PLC in naturally HCMV-infected fibroblasts throughout the protracted replication cycle. MHC I incorporation into the PLC was absent early in HCMV infection. Subsequently, tapasin neosynthesis became strongly reduced, while tapasin steady-state levels diminished only slowly in infected cells, revealing a blocked synthesis rather than degradation. Tapasin mRNA levels were continuously downregulated during infection, while tapasin transcripts remained stable and long-lived. Taking advantage of a novel method by which de novo transcribed RNA is selectively labeled and analyzed, an immediate decline of tapasin transcription was seen, followed by downregulation of TAP2 and TAP1 gene expression. However, upon forced expression of tapasin in HCMV-infected cells, repair of MHC I incorporation into the PLC was relatively inefficient, suggesting an additional level of HCMV interference. The data presented here document a two-pronged coordinated attack on tapasin function by HCMV.

Indexed as

Antigen PresentationImmune EvasionTranscription, GeneticCells, CulturedCytomegalovirusFibroblastsHistocompatibility Antigens Class IHumansMembrane Transport ProteinsHistocompatibility Antigens Class IMembrane Transport Proteinstapasin

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PMID21248040
PMCPMC3067861
OpenAlexW2147581276

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