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ANTIGENSpresented to CD4+T cells derive primarily from exogenous proteins that are processed into peptides capable of binding to class II major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules in an endocytic compartment1–4. In contrast, antigens presented to CD8+T cells derive mostly from proteins processed in the cytosol, and peptide loading onto class I MHC molecules in an early exocytic compartment is dependent on a transporter for antigen presentation encoded in the class II MHC region5–11. Endogenous cytosolic antigen can also be presented by class II molecules12,13. Here we show that, unlike class I-restricted recognition of antigen, HLA-DR 1-restricted recognition of cytosolic antigen occurs in mutant cells without a transporter for antigen presentation. In contrast, DR1-restricted recognition of a short cytosolic peptide is dependent on such a transporter. Thus helper T-cell epitopes can be generated from cytosolic antigens by several mechanisms, one of which is distinct from the classical class I pathway.
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Malnati, M., Marti, M., LaVaute, T. et al. Processing pathways for presentation of cytosolic antigen to MHC class II-restricted T cells. Nature 357, 702–704 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1038/357702a0
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