J. Exp. Med., Volume 188, Number 5, September 7, 1998 961-971

Transporters Associated with Antigen Processing (TAP)-independent Presentation of Soluble Insulin to / T Cells by the Class Ib Gene Product, Qa-1^b

By S. Mark Tompkins,^* Jennifer R. Kraft,^* Chinh T. Dao,^* Mark J. Soloski, and Peter E. Jensen^*

From the ^* Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322; and the  Division of Molecular and Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205

T cell hybridomas isolated from nonresponder H-2^b mice immunized with pork insulin were stimulated by insulin in the presence of major histocompatibility complex (MHC)-unmatched antigen presenting cells. The restriction element used by these CD4 T cells was mapped to an oligomorphic MHC class Ib protein encoded in the T region and identified as Qa-1^b using transfectants. The antigenic determinant was localized to the insulin B chain, and experiments with truncated peptides suggested that it is unexpectedly long, comprising most or all of the 30 amino acid B chain. The antigen processing pathway used to present insulin to the Qa-1^b- restricted T cells does not require transporters associated with antigen processing (TAP), and it is inhibited by chloroquine. A wide variety of cell lines from different tissues efficiently present soluble insulin to Qa-1^b-restricted T cells, and insulin presentation is not enhanced by phagocytic stimuli. Our results demonstrate that Qa-1^b can function to present exogenous protein to T cells in a manner similar to MHC class II molecules. Therefore, this class Ib protein may have access to a novel antigen processing pathway that is not available to class Ia molecules.

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