Abstract
The processing of foreign protein antigens into peptides requires the participation of various endo/lysosomal proteases in antigen-presenting cells (APCs). In this study, a proenzyme of cathepsin L, procathepsin L, was found to be present in the spleens of naive mice, as demonstrated by immunoblotting. Interestingly, the maturation of cathepsin L from procathepsin L was strongly induced when the host BALB/c mice were immunized with ovalbumin or soluble leishmanial antigen, despite the fact that mouse albumin, a kind of self-antigen, did not have such a potential. Furthermore, foreign antigens, but not self-antigens, could increase the activity of cathepsin L, probably being mediated by interferon-gamma, as demonstrated by in vivo and in vitro experiments. As cathepsin L matured, the efficiency of antigen processing was increased in APCs. These results suggest that endo/lysosomal cathepsin L plays an important role in the immune regulation via antigen processing even in peripheral lymphoid tissues as well as in the thymus.
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