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The Journal of Immunology, Vol 144, Issue 11 4284-4290, Copyright © 1990 by American Association of Immunologists

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Human epidermal Langerhans cells express only the 40-kilodalton Fc gamma receptor (FcRII)

DA Schmitt, D Hanau, T Bieber, C Dezutter-Dambuyant, D Schmitt, M Fabre, G Pauly and JP Cazenave
Laboratoire d'Histocompatibilite, Centre Regional de Transfusion Sanguine de Strasbourg, France.

In man, three distinct classes of receptors for the Fc fragments of IgG (FcRI, II, III) have been defined. The FcRI has a Mr of about 72 kDa, binds human IgG-coated E, and is recognized by mAb such as 32. The FcRII has a Mr of 40 kDa, binds murine IgG1-coated E, and reacts with the mAb IV.3 and CIKM5, which recognize CDw32 moieties. Lastly, the FcRIII has a Mr of 50 to 70 kDa and is recognized by anti-CD16 mAb. In the present study we have shown that i) only murine IgG1-coated E form rosettes with 49 +/- 1.5% (mean +/- SEM, n = 9) of CD1a+ epidermal cells (EC) (which represent Langerhans and indeterminate cells) and that ii) the mAb anti-FcRII CIKM5 prevents this rosette formation. Among the mAb reacting with the three different types of FcR, only those recognizing FcRII i) stain about 55 +/- 1.5% (mean +/- SEM, n = 9) of the CD1a+ EC and ii) reveal the presence of dendritic cells in epidermal sheets obtained by suction blister. Under the electron microscope i) apparently all the cells forming rosettes or reacting with the gold-labeled anti-FcRII mAb (CIKM5 or the F(ab) fragment of IV.3) contained Birbeck granules and ii) the gold-labeled mAb were internalized in unfixed Langerhans cells by receptor-mediated endocytosis and accumulated in lysosomes. Labeling by the anti-FcRII mAb of the CD1a+ cells in suspension disappears after 48 h of culture. All these observations strongly suggest that CD1a+ EC express only the FcRII. This conclusion was confirmed by immunoprecipitation experiments, whereas no specific immunoprecipitate was noted with the anti-FcRI or anti-FcRIII mAb, the anti-FcRII mAb immunoprecipitated a protein of Mr 40 kDa.


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