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Direct Delivery of the Bordetella pertussis Adenylate Cyclase Toxin to the MHC Class I Antigen Presentation Pathway This information is current as Pierre Guermonprez, Daniel Ladant, Gouzel Karimova, of September 27, 2021. Agnes Ullmann and Claude Leclerc J Immunol 1999; 162:1910-1916; ; http://www.jimmunol.org/content/162/4/1910 Downloaded from References This article cites 46 articles, 25 of which you can access for free at: http://www.jimmunol.org/content/162/4/1910.full#ref-list-1 Why The JI? Submit online. http://www.jimmunol.org/ • Rapid Reviews! 30 days* from submission to initial decision • No Triage! 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Direct Delivery of the Bordetella pertussis Adenylate Cyclase Toxin to the MHC Class I Antigen Presentation Pathway1 Pierre Guermonprez,* Daniel Ladant,† Gouzel Karimova,† Agnes Ullmann,† and Claude Leclerc2* Among bacterial toxins, the adenylate cyclase toxin of Bordetella pertussis (CyaA) has a unique mechanism of entry that consists in the direct translocation of its catalytic domain across the plasma membrane of target cell, a mechanism supposed to be independent of any endocytic pathway. Here, we report that the CyaA toxin is delivered to the cytosolic pathway for MHC class I-restricted Ag presentation. Using peritoneal macrophages as APC, we show that the OVA 257–264 CD81 epitope genetically inserted into a detoxified CyaA (CyaA-OVA E5) is presented to CD81 T cells by a mechanism requiring 1) proteasome processing, 2) TAP, and 3) neosynthesis of MHC class I. We demonstrate that the presentation of CyaA-OVA E5, like the translocation of CyaA into eukaryotic cells, is dependent on extracellular Ca21 and independent of vacuolar acidification. Moreover, inhibitors of Downloaded from the phagocytic and macropinocytic endocytic pathways do not affect the CyaA-OVA E5 presentation. The absence of specific cellular receptors for CyaA correlates with the ability of various APC to present the recombinant CyaA toxin, including dendritic cells, macrophages, splenocytes, and lymphoid tumoral lines. Taken together, our results show that the CyaA presentation path- way is not cell type specific and is unrelated to a defined type of endocytic mechanism. Thus, it represents a new and unconven- tional delivery of an exogenous Ag into the conventional cytosolic pathway. The Journal of Immunology, 1999, 162: 1910–1916. http://www.jimmunol.org/ ytotoxic T lymphocytes recognize antigenic peptides peptides on post-Golgi MHC class I molecules and are indepen- from 8 to 10 amino acids derived from endogenous cy- dent of the TAP system (2, 3). Cytosolic pathways constitute a C tosolic Ag complexed with MHC class I molecules at the nonconventional access of exogenous Ag to the cytosol, resulting surface of APCs. After degradation of Ag by the proteasome, the in its introduction into the classic presentation pathway for endog- processed peptides are transported to the lumen of the endoplasmic enous Ag described above. This has been clearly demonstrated for reticulum (ER)3 by the ATP-dependent transporters associated particulate Ag internalized by phagocytosis in a restricted subset of with Ag presentation, TAP1 and TAP2. Then, peptides associate macrophages (5–7) and for soluble Ag internalized by macropino- with nascent MHC class I molecules and b -microglobulin. The 2 cytosis in both activated macrophages (8) and dendritic cells (9, by guest on September 27, 2021 trimeric complexes reach the surface using the conventional se- 10). In both cases, a defined endocytic mechanism (phagocytosis cretory pathway via the Golgi network (reviewed in Ref. 1). As a or macropinocytosis) was involved, and a membrane-disruption consequence, immunization with an exogenous Ag does not in- mechanism was suggested to explain the introduction of exoge- duce, in most cases, a CTL response. nous Ag into the cytosolic pathway. However, it has been well established that in some cases, ex- 1 Several bacterial toxins exert their toxic effect by modifying ogenous Ag can be processed and presented to CD8 T cells (re- cytosolic components. Therefore, they are equipped with a dedi- viewed in Refs. 2–4). Schematically, these pathways have been cated translocating capability, and as such, they constitute attrac- classified as either cytosolic or noncytosolic. Noncytosolic path- tive vectors for the delivery of heterologous CTL epitopes into the ways are related to the endocytic processing and involve loading of endogenous pathway. Some toxins, such as the diphtheria toxin, are internalized after receptor-mediated endocytosis in an acidic *Unite´de Biologie des Re´gulations Immunitaires and †Unite´de Biochimie Cellulaire, compartment where they translocate to the cytosol (11). Other tox- Institut Pasteur, Paris, France ins use a receptor-mediated anterograde transport to the ER via the Received for publication July 29, 1998. Accepted for publication October 29, 1998. Golgi network, where they translocate to the cytosol (reviewed in The costs of publication of this article were defrayed in part by the payment of page Ref. 12). The adenylate cyclase toxin of Bordetella pertussis charges. This article must therefore be hereby marked advertisement in accordance (CyaA) is able to invade numerous mammalian cell types, in with 18 U.S.C. Section 1734 solely to indicate this fact. which, upon activation by the endogenous calmodulin, it catalyzes 1 This work was supported by the Institut Pasteur, the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (URA1129), Pasteur-Weizmann, and Association pour la Re- the production of supraphysiological levels of cAMP (13–19). The cherche sur le Cancer (ARC) and Agence Nationale de Recherches sur le SIDA invasivity of CyaA seems to be independent of any known cellular (ANRS) grants to C.L. receptor: it does not involve any acidic compartment and can take 2 Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Claude Leclerc, Unite´de Bi- place in erythrocytes devoid of vesicular transport (20–27). The ologie des Re´gulations Immunitaires, Institut Pasteur, 25 rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France. E-mail address: [email protected] precise mechanism of translocation is not fully understood but 3 Abbreviations used in this paper: ER, endoplasmic reticulum; CyaA, adenylate cy- might occur in two steps. After binding of CyaA to the eukaryotic clase toxin of Bordetella pertussis; CyaA-OVA E5, genetically detoxified CyaA car- cell surface mediated by the C-terminal domain (residues 400- rying the OVA CTL epitope; LCMV, lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus; CyaA- 1706), the N-terminal catalytic domain (residues 1–400) is directly LCMV E5, genetically detoxified CyaA carrying the lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus CTL epitope; BMM, bone marrow-derived macrophage; BMDC, bone marrow- translocated through the plasma membrane into the cell. derived dendritic cell; Thio-PEC, thioglycollate-induced peritoneal exudate cells; We showed previously that a CyaA toxin genetically tagged CM, complete medium; M-CSF, macrophage CSF; GM-CSF, granulocyte-macro- phage CSF; CCB, cytochalasine B; DMA, dimethyl amiloride; BFA, brefeldin A; with a CTL epitope from the nucleoprotein of lymphocytic cho- LLnL, N-acetyl-L-leucinyl-L-leucinal-L-norleucinal; LF, lethal factor. riomeningitis virus (LCMV) into its catalytic domain remained Copyright © 1999 by The American Association of Immunologists 0022-1767/99/$02.00 The Journal of Immunology 1911 cell invasive (28). Moreover, this toxin was able to generate, in Cultures were realized in bacteriology petri dishes (Becton Dickinson, vivo, a protective CTL response against LCMV (29–30). In this Mountain View, CA). At the end of the culture period, nonadherent cells report, we asked whether the CyaA toxin, taken as an exogenous were removed, and adherent cells were harvested with 2 mM trypsin- EDTA (NEN Life Science, Boston, MA). Ag, can be delivered to the cytosolic pathway for MHC class I BMDC were obtained with a protocol adapted from Inaba et al. (35). presentation without the contribution of any endocytic mecha- Briefly, bone marrow cells were washed twice and cultured for 2 days in nisms. To address this question, we have analyzed, in vitro, the DC medium (CM supplemented with recombinant granulocyte-macro- 6 pathway leading to the presentation of the Kb-restricted CD81 phage CSF (GM-CSF; Peprotech, Rocky Hill, NJ) at 40 ng/ml) at 10 cells/ml in 100-mm culture-treated petri dishes. Then, nonadherent cells OVA epitope from OVA, which was inserted in a genetically de- were removed, and fresh DC medium was added. After a total of 5–6 days toxified form of CyaA (CyaA-OVA E5). We used the stimulation of culture, BMDC were visible as clumps of loosely adherent cells. The 1 of a specific CD8 T cell hybridoma to monitor the appearance of nonadherent cells were harvested by vigorous pipetting, washed, and used Kb/OVA complexes on the surface of APC. for presentation experiments. For the preparation of splenocytes, spleen cells from naive C57BL/6 mice were washed once with RPMI 1640 supplemented with antibiotics Materials and Methods (100 U/ml penicillin and 100 mg/ml streptomycin), resuspended in CM, Mice and used for presentation assays. Female C57BL/6 (H-2b) mice from Iffa Credo (L’Arbresle, France) were Ag presentation assays used between 6 and 8 wk of age. Female TAP1 knockout mice (31) bred 5 onto a C57BL/6 background were a kind gift from Dr.