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ArticleJournal of virology1998

Mtv-1 superantigen trafficks independently of major histocompatibility complex class II directly to the B-cell surface by the exocytic pathway.

M E Grigg, C W McMahon, S Morkowski, A Y Rudensky, A M Pullen

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Article in Journal of virology, 1998. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

M E GriggHoward Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Immunology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle 98195, USA.
C W McMahon
S Morkowski
A Y Rudensky
A M Pullen

Funding

BASIC IMMUNOLOGYT32CA009537 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI GOVERMAN, JOAN M · 1986 to 2012
$3.1M
T-CELL RECOGNITION OF SUPERANTIGENSR01AI033528 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI PULLEN, ANN M · 1993 to 1995
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NCI NIH HHS CA-09537NCI NIH HHS T32 CA009537NIAID NIH HHS AI-33528
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Presentation of the Mtv-1 superantigen (vSag1) to specific Vbeta-bearing T cells requires association with major histocompatibility complex class II molecules. The intracellular route by which vSag1 trafficks to the cell surface and the site of vSag1-class II complex assembly in antigen-presenting B lymphocytes have not been determined. Here, we show that vSag1 trafficks independently of class II to the plasma membrane by the exocytic secretory pathway. At the surface of B cells, vSag1 associates primarily with mature peptide-bound class II alphabeta dimers, which are stable in sodium dodecyl sulfate. vSag1 is unstable on the cell surface in the absence of class II, and reagents that alter the surface expression of vSag1 and the conformation of class II molecules affect vSag1 stimulation of superantigen reactive T cells.

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ExocytosisAnimalsAntigen PresentationAntigens, ViralBiological TransportBlotting, WesternB-LymphocytesCell MembraneCentrifugation, Density GradientHexosaminidasesHistocompatibility Antigens Class IILeupeptinsLysosomesMiceSodium Dodecyl SulfateSuperantigensAntigens, ViralHexosaminidasesHistocompatibility Antigens Class IIleupeptinLeupeptinsSodium Dodecyl SulfateSuperantigens

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PMID9525574
PMCPMC109690

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