Article
- The EMBO Journal (2006) 25, 683 - 692
- doi:10.1038/sj.emboj.7600991
Published online: 9 February 2006
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Endocytic pathways regulate Toll-like receptor 4 signaling and link innate and adaptive immunity
Harald Husebye1,a, Øyvind Halaas1,a, Harald Stenmark1,3, Gro Tunheim2, Øystein Sandanger1, Bjarne Bogen2, Andreas Brech3, Eicke Latz4 and Terje Espevik1
- Institute of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, The Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
- Institute of Immunology, Rikshospitalet University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
- Department of Biochemistry, The Norwegian Radiumhospital, Oslo, Norway
- Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA
Correspondence to:
Terje Espevik, Institute of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7489 Trondheim, Norway. Tel.: +47 7359 8668; Fax: +47 7359 8801; E-mail: terje.espevik@ntnu.no
aThese authors contributed equally to this work
Received 26 August 2005; Accepted 13 January 2006
Abstract
Immune responses are initiated when molecules of microbial origin are sensed by the Toll-like receptors (TLRs). We now report the identification of essential molecular components for the trafficking of the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) receptor complex. LPS was endocytosed by a receptor-mediated mechanism dependent on dynamin and clathrin and colocalized with TLR4 on early/sorting endosomes. TLR4 was ubiquitinated and associated with the ubiquitin-binding endosomal sorting protein hepatocyte growth factor-regulated tyrosine kinase substrate, Hrs. Inhibition of endocytosis and endosomal sorting increased LPS signaling. Finally, the LPS receptor complex was sorted to late endosomes/lysosomes for degradation and loading of associated antigens onto HLA class II molecules for presentation to CD4+ T cells. Our results show that endosomal trafficking of the LPS receptor complex is essential for signal termination and LPS-associated antigen presentation, thus controlling both innate and adaptive immunity through TLR4.
Keywords:
- antigen presentation,
- endocytosis,
- sorting,
- Toll-like receptor (TLR)
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