Medizinische Universität Graz Austria/Österreich - Forschungsportal - Medical University of Graz
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Aberer, W; Leibl, H.
Effect of UVB radiation on the biosynthesis of HLA-DR antigens.
Arch Dermatol Res. 1987; 279(5):321-326
Doi: 10.1007/BF00431225
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- HLA-DR molecules on the surface of immunocompetent cells are thought to represent target structures for the immunomodulating effects of UV radiation during the induction of an immune response. We therefore investigated the effect of UVB radiation on the de novo synthesis of HLA-DR-gamma-chains in the cytoplasm and the expression of alpha- and beta-chains on the surface of the human lymphoblastoid B-cell line Raji. Raji cells were UVB irradiated before biochemical experiments were performed. Cells were then metabolically labeled or radioiodinated and detergent lysates immunoprecipitated using antibodies directed against the gamma- or the alpha- and beta-chain of the HLA-DR molecule. Over a wide dose range, UVB-irradiated Raji cells were shown to still express HLA-DR determinants on their surface and, even more importantly, to be capable of synthesizing HLA-DR-alpha, beta- and gamma-chains in a normal fashion. Despite this, the functional capacity of Raji cells was impaired in a dose-dependent manner. UV radiation thus seems to exert its immunomodulating effects primarily at a different level than the incriminated immune-response-associated antigens, which are expressed as recognition structures on the surface of immunocompetent cells.
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