PMID: 7517424Jul 15, 1994Paper

ME1 epitope of HLA-B27 confers class I-mediated modulation of gram-negative bacterial invasion

The Journal of Immunology : Official Journal of the American Association of Immunologists
K Kapasi, R D Inman

Abstract

We have previously demonstrated that the presence of the MHC class I molecule, HLA-B27, on the surface of transfected fibroblasts differentially alters Gram-negative bacterial invasion as compared with class I alleles that are not implicated in the seronegative spondyloarthropathies. We have now extended this analysis to show that fibroblasts transfected with HLA-B7, a cross-reactive allele with HLA-B27, also demonstrate a similar altered bacterial invasion phenotype. The decrease in the ability of the bacteria to penetrate the HLA-B27 and HLA-B7 transfectants is an invasion-mediated event, as demonstrated by differential invasion events using Escherichia coli transfected with the inv gene of Yersinia enterocolitica. The lysine at position 70, although unique to the HLA-B27 subtypes, is shown to be not involved in mediating the decrease in invasion. However, the ME1 epitope is the critical factor in determining allele-specific alteration in invasion on the basis of the following: 1) ME1 mAb preincubation reverses the decrease; 2) ME1-binding alleles act like HLA-B27; 3) a class I allele that is intermediate in ME1 binding (HLA-B14) also demonstrates a relative decrease in invasion; and 4) mutation at residue 67 (C-->Y) in HLA-B...Continue Reading

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