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MHC class I surface expression in embryo-derived cell lines inducible with peptide or interferon

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IT has long been recognized that the absence of expression of products of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) during early development might allow the fetus to escape recognition by maternal lymphocytes. In addition to the MHC class I heavy chain and β2-microglobulin, antigenic peptide is an essential structural component of the class I molecule1–5. Indeed, there is evidence that MHC-linked genes encoding peptide transporter molecules6–10 and possibly components of a proteolytic complex11,12 are necessary for MHC class I assembly and stability at the cell surface. Here we demonstrate that embryonic cells in general show a defect in MHC class I assembly. Surface expression was rescued in the presence of an appropriate antigenic peptide, or by treatment with interferon. Consistent with this, HAM1 (ref. 9) messenger RNA was not constitutively expressed, but was inducible by interferon, and during differentiation in vitro. Thus, tolerance of the fetal allograft may in part be controlled at the level of peptide-dependent MHC class I assembly.

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  1. Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, 10029, USA

    Elizabeth K. Bikoff

  2. Department of Genetics and Development, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, 701 West 168th Street, New York, New York, 10032, USA

    Leah Jaffe & Elizabeth J. Robertson

  3. Laboratory of Immunology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, USA

    Randall K. Ribaudo, Gillis R. Otten & Ronald N. Germain

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Bikoff, E., Jaffe, L., Ribaudo, R. et al. MHC class I surface expression in embryo-derived cell lines inducible with peptide or interferon. Nature 354, 235–238 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1038/354235a0

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