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Intracellular localization of the HLA class II gene products in transfected mouse L cells

T Nakatsuji1, A Akatsuka

  • 1Department of Transplantation, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Japan.

To investigate the impaired cell surface expression of human major histocompatibility antigen (HLA) in transfected L cells, we examined their intracellular localization by immunocytochemistry. HLA class II molecules produced in transfected L cells were mainly detected in the intracellular vesicles and in the nuclear envelope as granular precipitates. The results suggest that the intracellular transport of the newly synthesized molecules in transfected L cells is impaired at some point along the pathway from the rough endoplasmic reticulum (RER) to the medial-, trans-Golgi apparatus.

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