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The Journal of Cell Biology, Vol 135, 611-622, Copyright © 1996 by The Rockefeller University Press


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Direct vesicular transport of MHC class II molecules from lysosomal structures to the cell surface

R Wubbolts, M Fernandez-Borja, L Oomen, D Verwoerd, H Janssen, J Calafat, A Tulp, S Dusseljee and J Neefjes
Department of Cellular Biochemistry, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Newly synthesized MHC class II molecules are sorted to lysosomal structures where peptide loading can occur. Beyond this point in biosynthesis, no MHC class II molecules have been detected at locations other than the cell surface. We studied this step in intracellular transport by visualizing MHC class II molecules in living cells. For this purpose we stably expressed a modified HLA-DR1 beta chain with the Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) coupled to its cytoplasmic tail (beta- GFP) in class II-expressing Mel JuSo cells. This modification of the class II beta chain does not affect assembly, intracellular distribution, and peptide loading of the MHC class II complex. Transport of the class II/ beta-GFP chimera was studied in living cells at 37 degrees C. We visualize rapid movement of acidic class II/beta- GFP containing vesicles from lysosomal compartments to the plasma membrane and show that fusion of these vesicles with the plasma membrane occurs. Furthermore, we show that this transport route does not intersect the earlier endosomal pathway.
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