SWAP-70 regulates RhoA/RhoB-dependent MHCII surface localization in dendritic cells
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Abstract
Stimulated dendritic cells (DCs) mature and migrate to lymphoid organs to prime naive T cells. DC maturation augments antigen-presentation capacity of DCs by increasing peptide loading, half-life, and cell surface localization of MHC molecules. Activated SWAP-70(-/-) DCs fail to properly localize MHCII molecules in the plasma membrane, are strongly impaired in T-cell activation, and are altered in F-actin rearrangement. MHCII synthesis, invariant chain removal, and MHCII internalization, however, are unaffected. MHCII surface localization is known to require RhoGTPases. Surprisingly, SWAP70, hitherto known to bind F-actin and Rac, also binds RhoA-GTP. In SWAP-70(-/-) DCs, RhoA and RhoB are stimulus-independent and constitutively active. Surface localization of MHCII molecules and T-cell activation can be restored by blocking RhoA and RhoB before but not during DC activation. Thus, contrasting positive regulation of Rac, SWAP-70 negatively regulates RhoA and-indirectly-RhoB, preventing premature RhoA/RhoB activation. Through RhoA/RhoB regulation, SWAP-70 defines a new pathway to control surface localization of MHCII, a critical element in DC-dependent immune responses.
Details
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1474-82 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Blood |
Volume | 113 |
Issue number | 7 |
Publication status | Published - 12 Feb 2009 |
Peer-reviewed | Yes |
External IDs
PubMed | 18802007 |
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Scopus | 61849130554 |
Keywords
Keywords
- Animals, Antigens, Surface/metabolism, Bone Marrow Cells/cytology, CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/cytology, Cells, Cultured, DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics, Dendritic Cells/cytology, Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors/genetics, Histocompatibility Antigens Class II/metabolism, Hybridomas, Mice, Mice, Inbred BALB C, Mice, Mutant Strains, Minor Histocompatibility Antigens, Neuropeptides/metabolism, Nuclear Proteins/genetics, Spleen/cytology, Up-Regulation/immunology, rac GTP-Binding Proteins/metabolism, rac1 GTP-Binding Protein, rho GTP-Binding Proteins/metabolism, rhoA GTP-Binding Protein, rhoB GTP-Binding Protein/metabolism