Ubiquitin ligase MARCH 8 cooperates with CD83 to control surface MHC II expression in thymic epithelium and CD4 T cell selection

Liu, H; Jain, R; Guan, J; Vuong, V; Ishido, S; La Gruta, NL; Gray, DH; Villadangos, JA; Mintern, JD

Author(s): Liu, H; Jain, R; Guan, J; Vuong, V; Ishido, S; La Gruta, NL; Gray, DH; Villadangos, JA; Mintern, JD;
Details: Publication Year 2016-08-08,Volume 213,Issue #9,Page 1695-1703
Journal Title: Journal of Experimental Medicine
Publication Type: Journal Article
Abstract: Major histocompatibility complex class II (MHC II) expression is tightly regulated, being subjected to cell type-specific mechanisms that closely control its levels at the cell surface. Ubiquitination by the E3 ubiquitin ligase MARCH 1 regulates MHC II expression in dendritic cells and B cells. In this study, we demonstrate that the related ligase MARCH 8 is responsible for regulating surface MHC II in thymic epithelial cells (TECs). March8-/- mice have elevated MHC II at the surface of cortical TECs and autoimmune regulator (AIRE)- medullary TECs (mTECs), but not AIRE+ mTECs. Despite this, thymic and splenic CD4+ T cell numbers and repertoires remained unaltered in March8-/- mice. Notably, the ubiquitination of MHC II by MARCH 8 is controlled by CD83. Mice expressing a mutated form of CD83 (Cd83anu/anu mice) have impaired CD4+ T cell selection, but deleting March8 in Cd83anu/anu mice restored CD4+ T cell selection to normal levels. Therefore, orchestrated regulation of MHC II surface expression in TECs by MARCH 8 and CD83 plays a major role in CD4+ T cell selection. Our results also highlight the specialized use of ubiquitinating machinery in distinct antigen-presenting cell types, with important functional consequences and implications for therapeutic manipulation.
Publisher: Rockefeller Uni Press
Research Division(s): Molecular Genetics Of Cancer
PubMed ID: 27503069
Publisher's Version: https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.20160312
Open Access at Publisher's Site: http://jem.rupress.org/content/early/2016/08/02/jem.20160312.long
NHMRC Grants: NHMRC/1090236,
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