TY - JOUR
T1 - Lipid-protein interactions
T2 - Biosynthetic assembly of CD1 with lipids in the endoplasmic reticulum is evolutionarily conserved
AU - Park, Jang June
AU - Kang, Suk Jo
AU - De Silva, A. Dharshan
AU - Stanic, Aleksandar K.
AU - Casorati, Giulia
AU - Hachey, David L.
AU - Cresswell, Peter
AU - Joyce, Sebastian
PY - 2004/1/27
Y1 - 2004/1/27
N2 - The CD1 family consists of lipid antigen-presenting molecules, which include group I CD1a, CD1b, and CD1c and group II CD1d proteins. Topologically, they resemble the classical peptide antigen-presenting MHC molecules except that the large, exclusively nonpolar and hydrophobic, antigen-binding groove of CD1 has evolved to present cellular and pathogen-derived lipid antigens to specific T lymphocytes. As an approach to understanding the biochemical basis of lipid antigen presentation by CD1 molecules, we have characterized the natural ligands associated with mouse CD1d1 as well as human CD1b and CD1d molecules. We found that both group I and II CD1 molecules assemble with cellular phosphatidylinositol (PI), which contains heterogeneous fatty acyl chains. Further, this assembly occurs within the endoplasmic reticulum. Because the structures of the antigen-binding grooves of CD1a and CD1c closely resemble those of CD1b and CD1d, we conclude that the assembly of CD1 molecules with PI in the endoplasmic reticulum is evolutionarily conserved. These findings suggest that PI plays a chaperone-like role in CD1 assembly, possibly to preserve the integrity of the antigen-binding groove until CD1 binds antigenic lipids in the endocytic pathway.
AB - The CD1 family consists of lipid antigen-presenting molecules, which include group I CD1a, CD1b, and CD1c and group II CD1d proteins. Topologically, they resemble the classical peptide antigen-presenting MHC molecules except that the large, exclusively nonpolar and hydrophobic, antigen-binding groove of CD1 has evolved to present cellular and pathogen-derived lipid antigens to specific T lymphocytes. As an approach to understanding the biochemical basis of lipid antigen presentation by CD1 molecules, we have characterized the natural ligands associated with mouse CD1d1 as well as human CD1b and CD1d molecules. We found that both group I and II CD1 molecules assemble with cellular phosphatidylinositol (PI), which contains heterogeneous fatty acyl chains. Further, this assembly occurs within the endoplasmic reticulum. Because the structures of the antigen-binding grooves of CD1a and CD1c closely resemble those of CD1b and CD1d, we conclude that the assembly of CD1 molecules with PI in the endoplasmic reticulum is evolutionarily conserved. These findings suggest that PI plays a chaperone-like role in CD1 assembly, possibly to preserve the integrity of the antigen-binding groove until CD1 binds antigenic lipids in the endocytic pathway.
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U2 - 10.1073/pnas.0307847100
DO - 10.1073/pnas.0307847100
M3 - Article
C2 - 14722359
AN - SCOPUS:0742270963
VL - 101
SP - 1022
EP - 1026
JO - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
JF - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
SN - 0027-8424
IS - 4
ER -