Goldstein S A, Mescher M F
J Exp Med. 1985 Oct 1;162(4):1381-6. doi: 10.1084/jem.162.4.1381.
The ability to generate specific cytotoxic responses using purified major histocompatibility complex (MHC) antigen in liposomes has made it possible to directly assess the importance of class I carbohydrate moieties in T cell recognition of alloantigen. Deglycosylation of affinity-purified H-2Kk to yield a single glycan-free product did not alter the specificity, the magnitude, nor the dose range of the cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) response to the class I antigen. It can be concluded that carbohydrate moieties are not required to maintain the necessary conformation of the MHC protein, nor to interact with either the antigen-specific receptor or accessory proteins on precursor CTL.
利用脂质体中的纯化主要组织相容性复合体(MHC)抗原产生特异性细胞毒性反应的能力,使得直接评估I类碳水化合物部分在T细胞识别同种异体抗原中的重要性成为可能。对亲和纯化的H-2Kk进行去糖基化,得到单一无糖基产物,这并未改变细胞毒性T淋巴细胞(CTL)对I类抗原反应的特异性、强度或剂量范围。可以得出结论,碳水化合物部分对于维持MHC蛋白的必要构象不是必需的,对于与前体CTL上的抗原特异性受体或辅助蛋白相互作用也不是必需的。