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Hundt M, Harada Y, De Giorgio L, Tanimura N, Zhang W, Altman A. Palmitoylation-dependent plasma membrane transport but lipid raft-independent signaling by linker for activation of T cells. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2009; 183:1685-94. [PMID: 19592663 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0803921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Linker for activation of T cells (LAT) is a dually palmitoylated transmembrane adaptor protein essential for T cell development and activation. However, whether LAT palmitoylation and/or lipid raft localization are required for its function is controversial. To address this question, we used a combination of biochemical, imaging, and genetic approaches, including LAT retrovirus-transduced mouse T cells and bone marrow chimeric mice. A nonpalmitoylated, non-lipid raft-residing mutant of transmembrane LAT could not reconstitute T cell development in bone marrow chimeric mice. This mutant was absent from the plasma membrane (PM) and was restricted mainly to the Golgi apparatus. A chimeric, nonpalmitoylated LAT protein consisting of the PM-targeting N-terminal sequence of Src kinase and the LAT cytoplasmic domain (Src-LAT) localized as a peripheral membrane protein in the PM, but outside lipid rafts. Nevertheless, Src-LAT restored T cell development and activation. Lastly, monopalmitoylation of LAT on Cys(26) (but not Cys(29)) was required and sufficient for its PM transport and function. Thus, the function of LAT in T cells requires its PM, but not raft, localization, even when expressed as a peripheral membrane protein. Furthermore, LAT palmitoylation functions primarily as a sorting signal required for its PM transport.
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- Matthias Hundt
- Division of Cell Biology, La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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Marko MG, Pang HJE, Ren Z, Azzi A, Huber BT, Bunnell SC, Meydani SN. Vitamin E reverses impaired linker for activation of T cells activation in T cells from aged C57BL/6 mice. J Nutr 2009; 139:1192-7. [PMID: 19403707 PMCID: PMC2714384 DOI: 10.3945/jn.108.103416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Supplemental vitamin E alleviates age-related defects in interleukin (IL)-2 production, T cell proliferation, and immune synapse formation. Here, we evaluated the effect of in vitro supplementation with 46 mumol/L of vitamin E on T cell receptor-proximal signaling events of CD4(+) T cells from young (4-6 mo) and old (22-26 mo) C57BL mice. Aged murine CD4(+) T cells stimulated via CD3 and CD28, tyrosine 191 of the adaptor protein Linker for Activation of T cells (LAT), was hypo-phosphorylated. Supplementation with vitamin E eliminated this difference in the tyrosine phosphorylation of LAT. By using a flow cytometric assay, the age-related differences in the activation-induced phosphorylation of LAT were observed in both naïve and memory T cell subsets. In addition, supplementation with vitamin E eliminates the age-related differences in LAT phosphorylation in both T cell subsets. Neither age nor vitamin E supplementation altered the fraction of LAT entering the membrane compartment. Furthermore, neither age nor vitamin E influenced the phosphorylation of Lck and Zap70, indicating that associated changes in LAT phosphorylation were not caused by alterations in activation states of the upstream kinases Lck and Zap70.
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- Melissa G. Marko
- Nutritional Immunology Laboratory, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, Boston, MA 02111 and Department of Pathology, Sackler Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02111
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- Nutritional Immunology Laboratory, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, Boston, MA 02111 and Department of Pathology, Sackler Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02111
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- Nutritional Immunology Laboratory, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, Boston, MA 02111 and Department of Pathology, Sackler Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02111
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- Nutritional Immunology Laboratory, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, Boston, MA 02111 and Department of Pathology, Sackler Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02111
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- Nutritional Immunology Laboratory, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, Boston, MA 02111 and Department of Pathology, Sackler Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02111
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- Nutritional Immunology Laboratory, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, Boston, MA 02111 and Department of Pathology, Sackler Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02111
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- Nutritional Immunology Laboratory, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, Boston, MA 02111 and Department of Pathology, Sackler Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02111
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Strauss G, Lindquist JA, Arhel N, Felder E, Karl S, Haas TL, Fulda S, Walczak H, Kirchhoff F, Debatin KM. CD95 co-stimulation blocks activation of naive T cells by inhibiting T cell receptor signaling. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009; 206:1379-93. [PMID: 19487421 PMCID: PMC2715064 DOI: 10.1084/jem.20082363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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CD95 is a multifunctional receptor that induces cell death or proliferation depending on the signal, cell type, and cellular context. Here, we describe a thus far unknown function of CD95 as a silencer of T cell activation. Naive human T cells triggered by antigen-presenting cells expressing a membrane-bound form of CD95 ligand (CD95L) or stimulated by anti-CD3 and -CD28 antibodies in the presence of recombinant CD95L had reduced activation and proliferation, whereas preactivated, CD95-sensitive T cells underwent apoptosis. Triggering of CD95 during T cell priming interfered with proximal T cell receptor signaling by inhibiting the recruitment of ζ-chain–associated protein of 70 kD, phospholipase-γ, and protein kinase C-θ into lipid rafts, thereby preventing their mutual tyrosine protein phosphorylation. Subsequently, Ca2+ mobilization and nuclear translocation of transcription factors NFAT, AP1, and NF-κB were strongly reduced, leading to impaired cytokine secretion. CD95-mediated inhibition of proliferation in naive T cells could not be reverted by the addition of exogenous interleukin-2 and T cells primed by CD95 co-stimulation remained partially unresponsive upon secondary T cell stimulation. HIV infection induced CD95L expression in primary human antigeen-presenting cells, and thereby suppressed T cell activation, suggesting that CD95/CD95L-mediated silencing of T cell activation represents a novel mechanism of immune evasion.
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Park I, Yun Y. Transmembrane adaptor proteins positively regulating the activation of lymphocytes. Immune Netw 2009; 9:53-7. [PMID: 20107544 PMCID: PMC2803307 DOI: 10.4110/in.2009.9.2.53] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2009] [Accepted: 04/03/2009] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Engagement of the immunoreceptors initiates signaling cascades resulting in lymphocyte activation and differentiation to effector cells, which are essential for the elimination of pathogens from the body. For the transduction of these immunoreceptor-mediated signals, several linker proteins termed transmembrane adaptor proteins (TRAPs) were shown to be required. TRAPs serve as platforms for the assembly and membrane targeting of the specific signaling proteins. Among seven TRAPs identified so far, LAT and LIME were shown to act as a positive regulator in TCR-mediated signaling pathways. In this review, we will discuss the functions of LAT and LIME in modulating T cell development, activation and differentiation.
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- Inyoung Park
- Department of Life Science, Ewha Womans' University, Seoul 120-750, Korea
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Plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs) efficiently produce type I interferon and participate in adaptive immune responses, although the molecular interactions between pDCs and antigen-specific T cells remain unknown. This study examines immune synapse (IS) formation between murine pDCs and CD4+ T cells. Mature pDCs formed canonical ISs, involving relocation to the contact site of the microtubule-organizing center, F-actin, protein kinase C-θ, and pVav, and activation of early signaling molecules in T cells. However, immature pDCs were less efficient at forming conjugates with T cells and inducing IS formation, microtubule-organizing center translocation, and T-cell signaling and activation. Time-lapse videomicroscopy and 2-photon in vivo imaging of pDC–T-cell interactions revealed that immature pDCs preferentially mediated transient interactions, whereas mature pDCs promoted more stable contacts. Our data indicate that, under steady-state conditions, pDCs preferentially establish transient contacts with naive T cells and show a very modest immunogenic capability, whereas on maturation, pDCs are able to form long-lived contacts with T cells and significantly enhance their capacity to activate these lymphocytes.
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Immune receptor signaling, aging and autoimmunity. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2008; 640:312-24. [PMID: 19065799 DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-09789-3_21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Aging is associated with a myriad of changes including alterations in glucose metabolism, brain function, hormonal regulation, muscle homeostasis and the immune system. Aged dividuals, generally still defined as over 65 years old, differ from middle-aged or young donors in many features of the immune system. The major observation is that the elderly population is not able to cope with infections as well as younger adults and recovery generally takes longer. Moreover, some diseases first appear with advancing age and are likely associated with dysfunction of the immune system. Thus, Alzheimer's disease, atherosclerosis, type II diabetes and some autoimmune disorders are linked to changes in immune function. One major immune cell population implicated as being responsible for the initiation and chronicity of immune dysfunction leading to diseases or immunosuppression is the T-cell. Although many changes in B-cell and innate immune function in aging are associated with the appearance of disease, they are not as well studied and clearly demarcated as changes in the T-cell compartment. The adaptive immune system is coordinated by T-cells, the activation of which is required for the initiation, maintenance and termination of responses against pathogens. Changes in the expression and functions of the T-cell receptor (TCR) for antigen and its co-receptors are closely associated with immunosenescence. Certain similar changes have also been found in some other disease states, e.g., rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus and cancer. In this chapter, we will summarize our knowledge about multichain immune recognition receptor signaling, mainly the TCR, in aging and autoimmune diseases.
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Podojil JR, Turley DM, Miller SD. Therapeutic blockade of T-cell antigen receptor signal transduction and costimulation in autoimmune disease. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2008; 640:234-51. [PMID: 19065796 DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-09789-3_18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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CD4+ T-cell-mediated autoimmune diseases are initiated and maintained by the presentation of self-antigen by antigen-presenting cells (APCs) to self-reactive CD4+ T-cells. According to the two-signal hypothesis, activation of a naive antigen-specific CD4+ T-cell requires stimulation of both the T-cell antigen receptor (signal 1) and costimulatory molecules such as CD28 (signal 2). To date, the majority of therapies for autoimmune diseases approved by the Food and Drug Administration primarily focus on the global inhibition of immune inflammatory activity. The goal of ongoing research in this field is to develop antigen-specific treatments which block the deleterious effects of self-reactive immune cell function while maintaining the ability of the immune system to clear nonself antigens. To this end, the signaling pathways involved in the induction of CD4+ T-cell anergy, as apposed to activation, are a topic of intense interest. This chapter discusses components of the CD4+ T-cell activation pathway that may serve as therapeutic targets for the treatment of autoimmune disease.
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- Joseph R Podojil
- Department of Microbiology-Immunology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Tarry 6-718, 303 E. Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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Simpson-Abelson M, Bankert RB. Targeting the TCR signaling checkpoint: a therapeutic strategy to reactivate memory T cells in the tumor microenvironment. Expert Opin Ther Targets 2008; 12:477-90. [DOI: 10.1517/14728222.12.4.477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Maltzman JS, Peterson EJ, Koretzky G. T-cell activation and tolerance. Clin Immunol 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-323-04404-2.10013-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Torgersen KM, Aandahl EM, Taskén K. Molecular architecture of signal complexes regulating immune cell function. Handb Exp Pharmacol 2008:327-63. [PMID: 18491059 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-72843-6_14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Signals transmitted via multichain immunoreceptors control the development, differentiation and activation of hematopoetic cells. The cytoplasmic parts of these receptors contain immunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motifs (ITAMs) that upon phosphorylation by members of the Src tyrosine kinase family orchestrate a complex set of signaling events involving tyrosine phosphorylation, generation of second messengers like DAG, IP3 and Ca2+, activation of effector molecules like Ras and MAPKs and the translocation and activation of transcription factors like NFAT, API and NF-kB. Spatial and temporal organization of these signaling events is essential both to connect the receptors to downstream cascades as well as to control the functional outcome of the immune activation. Throughout this process control and fine-tuning of the different signals are necessary both for effective immune function and in order to avoid inappropriate or exaggerated immune activation and autoimmunity. This control includes modulating mechanisms that set the threshold for activation and reset the activation status after an immune response has been launched. One immunomodulating pathway is the cAMP-protein kinase A-Csk pathway scaffolded by a supramolecular complex residing in lipid rafts with the A kinase-anchoring protein (AKAP) ezrin, the Csk-binding protein PAG and a linker between the two, EBP50. Failure of correct scaffolding and loss of spatiotemporal control can potentially have severe consequences, leading to immune failure or autoimmunity. The clinical relevance of supramolecular complexes specifically organized by scaffolding proteins in regulating immune activity and the specter of genetic diseases linked to different signaling components suggest that protein-protein contact surfaces can be potential targets for drug intervention. It is also of interest to note that different pathogens have evolved strategies to specifically modulate signal integration, thereby rewiring the signal in a way beneficial for their survival. In addition to demonstrating the importance of different signal processes, these adaptations are elegant illustrations of the potential for drug targeting of protein assembly. This chapter reviews some of the important scaffolding events downstream of immunoreceptors with focus on signaling transduction through the T-cell receptor (TCR).
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- K M Torgersen
- The Biotechnology Centre of Oslo, Gaustadalléen 21, PO Box 1125 Blindern, Oslo, Norway
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Olazabal IM, Martín-Cofreces NB, Mittelbrunn M, Martínez del Hoyo G, Alarcón B, Sánchez-Madrid F. Activation outcomes induced in naïve CD8 T-cells by macrophages primed via "phagocytic" and nonphagocytic pathways. Mol Biol Cell 2007; 19:701-10. [PMID: 18077558 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e07-07-0650] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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The array of phagocytic receptors expressed by macrophages make them very efficient at pathogen clearance, and the phagocytic process links innate with adaptive immunity. Primary macrophages modulate antigen cross-presentation and T-cell activation. We assessed ex vivo the putative role of different phagocytic receptors in immune synapse formation with CD8 naïve T-cells from OT-I transgenic mice and compared this with the administration of antigen as a soluble peptide. Macrophages that have phagocytosed antigen induce T-cell microtubule-organizing center and F-actin cytoskeleton relocalization to the contact site, as well as the recruitment of proximal T-cell receptor signals such as activated Vav1 and PKC. At the same doses of loaded antigen (1 microM), "phagocytic" macrophages were more efficient than peptide-antigen-loaded macrophages at forming productive immune synapses with T-cells, as indicated by active T-cell TCR/CD3 conformation, LAT phosphorylation, IL-2 production, and T-cell proliferation. Similar T-cell proliferation efficiency was obtained when low doses of soluble peptide (3-30 nM) were loaded on macrophages. These results suggest that the pathway used for antigen uptake may modulate the antigen density presented on MHC-I, resulting in different signals induced in naïve CD8 T-cells, leading either to CD8 T-cell activation or anergy.
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- Isabel María Olazabal
- Servicio de Inmunología, Hospital de la Princesa, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28006 Madrid, Spain
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Morton AM, McManus B, Garside P, Mowat AM, Harnett MM. Inverse Rap1 and Phospho-ERK Expression Discriminate the Maintenance Phase of Tolerance and Priming of Antigen-Specific CD4+ T Cells In Vitro and In Vivo. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2007; 179:8026-34. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.179.12.8026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Van Komen JS, Mishra S, Byrum J, Chichili GR, Yaciuk JC, Farris AD, Rodgers W. Early and Dynamic Polarization of T Cell Membrane Rafts and Constituents Prior to TCR Stop Signals. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2007; 179:6845-55. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.179.10.6845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Brassard P, Larbi A, Grenier A, Frisch F, Fortin C, Carpentier AC, Fülöp T. Modulation of T-cell signalling by non-esterified fatty acids. Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids 2007; 77:337-43. [PMID: 18042367 DOI: 10.1016/j.plefa.2007.10.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) have been shown to be immunosuppressive. In particular, they can decrease important T-cell functions that may have a profound impact on the acquired immune response. Several mechanisms may explain the immunosuppressive properties of PUFAs. Here we review the mechanisms by which they interfere with T-cell activation. PUFAs affect lipid rafts composition and function that play an essential role in T-cell signalling. The possible physiological and pathological significances of this immunomodulation by PUFAs are discussed. Further mechanistic studies and randomized controlled clinical trials are needed to assess more accurately their effects in healthy and pathological states.
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- Pascal Brassard
- Department of Medicine and Centre de recherche Clinique Etienne-Le Bel, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
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The sound of silence: modulating anergy in T lymphocytes. Curr Opin Immunol 2007; 19:658-64. [PMID: 17949964 DOI: 10.1016/j.coi.2007.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2007] [Accepted: 08/31/2007] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Understanding the intercellular and intracellular mechanisms that maintain anergy and prevent the induction of full effector function is one avenue that may allow us to manipulate immune responses. Recent studies of T cell receptor (TCR)-proximal signaling events in different models of T cell unresponsiveness have suggested that biochemically distinct forms of anergy may exist in vivo. T cell responsiveness can be altered through the control of the intracellular pool of key second messengers, such as diacylglycerol (DAG) or the lipid modification of signaling molecules, such as the Linker for activated T cells (LAT). Studies on the molecule programmed death-1 (PD-1) and its ligands have revealed that tissue-resident signals are essential in the maintenance of T cell unresponsiveness. Thus, the emerging view is that T cell anergy is a dynamic state whose establishment and maintenance can be influenced by numerous different signaling pathways.
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Reichardt P, Dornbach B, Gunzer M. The molecular makeup and function of regulatory and effector synapses. Immunol Rev 2007; 218:165-77. [PMID: 17624952 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-065x.2007.00526.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Physical interactions between T cells and antigen-presenting cells (APCs) form the basis of any specific immune response. Upon cognate contacts, a multimolecular assembly of receptors and adhesion molecules on both cells is created, termed the immunological synapse (IS). Very diverse structures of ISs have been described, yet the functional importance for T-cell differentiation is largely unclear. Here we discuss the principal structure and function of ISs. We then focus on two characteristic T-cell-APC pairs, namely T cells contacting dendritic cells (DCs) or naive B cells, for which extremely different patterns of the IS have been observed as well as fundamentally different effects on the function of the activated T cells. We provide a model on how differences in signaling and the involvement of adhesion molecules might lead to diverse interaction kinetics and, eventually, diverse T-cell differentiation. We hypothesize that the preferred activation of the adhesion molecule leukocyte function-associated antigen-1 (LFA-1) and of the negative regulator for T-cell activation, cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen-4 (CTLA-4), through contact with naive B cells, lead to prolonged cell-cell contacts and the generation of T cells with regulatory capacity. In contrast, DCs might have evolved mechanisms to avoid LFA-1 overactivation and CTLA-4 triggering, thereby promoting more dynamic contacts that lead to the preferential generation of effector cells.
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- Peter Reichardt
- Junior Research Group Immunodynamics, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany
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Directing both innate and adaptive immune responses against foreign pathogens with correct timing, location and specificity is a fundamental objective for the immune system. Full activation of CD4+ T cells requires the binding of peptide-MHC complexes coupled with accessory signals provided by the antigen-presenting cell. However, aberrant activation of the T-cell receptor alone in mature T cells can produce a long-lived state of functional unresponsiveness, known as anergy. Recent studies probing both immune signalling pathways and the ubiquitin-proteasome system have helped to refine and elaborate current models for the molecular mechanisms underlying T-cell anergy. Controlling anergy induction and maintenance will be a key component in the future to mitigate unwanted T-cell activation that leads to autoimmune disease.
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- C Garrison Fathman
- Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, CCSR Building, 269 Campus Drive, Room 2225, Stanford, California 94305-5166, USA.
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Juntilla MM, Wofford JA, Birnbaum MJ, Rathmell JC, Koretzky GA. Akt1 and Akt2 are required for alphabeta thymocyte survival and differentiation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2007; 104:12105-10. [PMID: 17609365 PMCID: PMC1924580 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0705285104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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The beta-selection checkpoint in alphabetaT lymphocyte development occurs at the double negative (DN) 3 (CD4(-)CD8(-)CD25(+)c-kit(-)) stage, when further differentiation requires a signal from the newly rearranged TCR beta chain. Thymocytes with mutations in key signaling molecules in the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase-Akt pathway manifest defects in survival, proliferation, and differentiation past the beta-selection checkpoint. However, little information is available regarding the role of Akt itself in thymocyte development. In this study, we explore the role of the two Akt isoforms most highly expressed in the thymus, Akt1 and Akt2, in early T cell development. Using several complementary approaches, we find that deletion of Akt1 results in only minor defects in thymocyte development. The Akt1(-/-)Akt2(-/-) thymocytes manifest a severe developmental block at the DN3 stage and ultimately fail to repopulate the T cell compartment of an irradiated host. Further, we show that Akt1(-/-)Akt2(-/-) DN3 cells have decreased glucose uptake and die in response to TCR stimulation in vitro. Study of thymocytes from the genetically altered mice suggests that the cause of the developmental defect is due to apoptosis, partially caused by decreased cellular growth and metabolism at the DN3 stage. Our results show that Akt protects thymocytes from cell death during the beta-selection checkpoint.
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- Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology and Sarah W. Stedman Nutrition and Metabolism Center, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute
- Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104; and
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- Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology and Sarah W. Stedman Nutrition and Metabolism Center, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710
- To whom correspondence may be addressed. E-mail:
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- *Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, and
- Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104; and
- **To whom correspondence may be addressed at:
University of Pennsylvania, 415 BRBII/III, 421 Curie Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104. E-mail:
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Gwack Y, Feske S, Srikanth S, Hogan PG, Rao A. Signalling to transcription: store-operated Ca2+ entry and NFAT activation in lymphocytes. Cell Calcium 2007; 42:145-56. [PMID: 17572487 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2007.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 243] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2007] [Revised: 03/20/2007] [Accepted: 03/21/2007] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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In cells of the immune system that are stimulated by antigen or antigen-antibody complexes, Ca(2+) entry from the extracellular medium is driven by depletion of endoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+) stores and occurs through specialized store-operated Ca(2+) channels known as Ca(2+)-release-activated Ca(2+) (CRAC) channels. The process of store-operated Ca(2+) influx is essential for short-term as well as long-term responses by immune-system cells. Short-term responses include mast cell degranulation and killing of target cells by effector cytolytic T cells, whereas long-term responses typically involve changes in gene transcription and include T and B cell proliferation and differentiation. Transcription downstream of Ca(2+) influx is in large part funneled through the transcription factor nuclear factor of activated T cells (NFAT), a heavily phosphorylated protein that is cytoplasmic in resting cells, but that enters the nucleus when dephosphorylated by the calmodulin-dependent serine/threonine phosphatase calcineurin. The importance of the Ca(2+)/calcineurin/NFAT signalling pathway for lymphocyte activation is underscored by the finding that the underlying defect in a family with a hereditary severe combined immune deficiency (SCID) syndrome is a defect in CRAC channel function, store-operated Ca(2+) entry, NFAT activation and transcription of cytokines, chemokines and many other NFAT target genes whose transcription is essential for productive immune defence. We recently used a two-pronged genetic approach to identify Orai1 as the pore subunit of the CRAC channel. On the one hand, we initiated a positional cloning approach in which we utilised genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) mapping to identify the genomic region linked to the mutant gene in the SCID family described above. In parallel, we used a genome-wide RNAi screen in Drosophila to identify critical regulators of NFAT nuclear translocation and store-operated Ca(2+) entry. These approaches, together with subsequent mutational and electrophysiological analyses, converged to identify human Orai1 as a pore subunit of the CRAC channel and as the gene product mutated in the SCID patients.
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- Yousang Gwack
- Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, The CBR Institute for Biomedical Research, 200 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Tomoiu A, Larbi A, Fortin C, Dupuis G, Fulop T. Do membrane rafts contribute to human immunosenescence? Ann N Y Acad Sci 2007; 1100:98-110. [PMID: 17460168 DOI: 10.1196/annals.1395.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Aging is associated with an alteration of the immune response called immunosenescence. It is now well accepted that all parts of the immune system, the adaptive as well as the innate, undergo immunosenescence. However, the adaptive immune response and especially T cell functions are the most affected by aging. Aging is associated with profound changes in lymphocytes subpopulations, however, the functional changes within these subsets are more important to elucidate. Indeed, T cells present functional modifications resulting in a decreased clonal expansion and interleukin-2 (IL-2) production. So there should be an alteration in the activation process of T cells with aging involving the T cell receptor (TCR) and CD28 receptor signaling cascades. The alterations in membrane rafts composition and function can underline this altered activation of T cells with aging and then contribute to human immunosenescence. The experimental data in favor of this hypothesis will be reviewed.
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- Andru Tomoiu
- Research Center on Aging, Immunology Program, Geriatric Division, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sherbrooke, 1036 rue Belvedere sud, Sherbrooke J1H 4C4, Quebec, Canada
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Liu YC. The E3 ubiquitin ligase Itch in T cell activation, differentiation, and tolerance. Semin Immunol 2007; 19:197-205. [PMID: 17433711 PMCID: PMC2680672 DOI: 10.1016/j.smim.2007.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2006] [Accepted: 02/16/2007] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Tagging a small molecule ubiquitin to a protein substrate, or protein ubiquitination, plays an important role in the immune responses. This process is catalyzed by a cascade of enzymatic reactions, with the E3 ubiquitin ligases being the critical enzymes that determine the specificity of substrate recognition. The E3 ligase Itch was identified from a mutant mouse which displays skin scratching and abnormal immune disorders. In the past few years, much progress has been made in our understanding of Itch-promoted protein ubiquitination, modulation of its ligase activity by upstream kinases, and the kinase-ligase interaction in T cell differentiation and tolerance induction.
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- Yun-Cai Liu
- Division of Cell Biololgy, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, 9420 Athena Circle, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
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Choi S, Schwartz RH. Molecular mechanisms for adaptive tolerance and other T cell anergy models. Semin Immunol 2007; 19:140-52. [PMID: 17400472 PMCID: PMC2045643 DOI: 10.1016/j.smim.2007.02.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2007] [Accepted: 02/16/2007] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Since the original description of T cell anergy in CD4 clones from mice and humans, a number of different unresponsive states have been described, both in vivo and in vitro, that have been called anergic. While initial attempts were made to understand the similarities between the different models, it has now become clear from biochemical experiments that many of them have different molecular mechanisms underlying their unresponsiveness. In this review we will detail our own work on the in vivo model referred to as adaptive tolerance and then attempt to compare this biochemical state to the multitude of other states that have been described in the literature.
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- Seeyoung Choi
- National Institutes of Health, LCMI, NIAID, Bethesda, MD 20892-0420, USA
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Palmitate modifies both peripheral and integral membrane proteins and its addition can be permanent or transient, which makes it unique among the lipid modifications of proteins. The presence of palmitate on a protein affects how the protein interacts with lipids and proteins in a membrane compartment, and the reversibility of palmitoylation allows different modes of trafficking between membrane compartments. Here, we review recent studies that have provided insights into the mechanisms that mediate the functional consequences of this versatile modification.
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- Maurine E Linder
- Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Washington University School of Medicine, Box 8228, 660 South Euclid Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA.
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González PA, Carreño LJ, Figueroa CA, Kalergis AM. Modulation of immunological synapse by membrane-bound and soluble ligands. Cytokine Growth Factor Rev 2007; 18:19-31. [PMID: 17344089 DOI: 10.1016/j.cytogfr.2007.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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An efficient adaptive immune response should prevent pathogen infections and tumor growth without causing significant damage to host constituents. A crucial event determining the balance between tolerance and immunity is antigen recognition by T cells on the surface of antigen presenting cells (APC). Several molecular contacts at the interface between T cells and APCs contribute to define the nature of the adaptive immune response against a particular antigen. Upon TCR engagement by a peptide-MHC complex (pMHC) on the surface of an APC, a specialized supra-molecular structure known as immunological synapse (IS) assembles at the interface between these two cells. This structure involves massive re-distribution of membrane proteins, including TCR and pMHC complexes, as well as co-stimulatory and adhesion molecules. Furthermore, IS assembly leads to several important intracellular events necessary for T cell activation, such as recruitment of signaling molecules and cytoskeleton rearrangements. Because IS assembly leads to major consequences on the function of T cells, several studies have attempted to identify both soluble and membrane-bound molecules that could contribute to modulate the IS function. Here we describe recent literature on the regulation of IS assembly and modulation by TCR/pMHC binding kinetics, chemokines and cytokines focusing on their role at controlling the balance between adaptive immunity and tolerance.
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- Pablo A González
- Millenniun Nucleus on Immunology and Immunotherapy, Departamento de Genética Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile
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Serfling E, Klein-Hessling S, Palmetshofer A, Bopp T, Stassen M, Schmitt E. NFAT transcription factors in control of peripheral T cell tolerance. Eur J Immunol 2007; 36:2837-43. [PMID: 17039563 DOI: 10.1002/eji.200536618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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The Ca++-regulated calcineurin/NFAT cascade is one of the crucial signalling pathways that controls adaptive immunity. However, a number of novel experimental data suggest that, in addition to their role in T cell activation, NFATc transcription factors play also a decisive role in the generation of peripheral tolerance against self-antigens. This function of NFATc factors is mediated by controlling activation-induced cell death and clonal anergy of T helper cells and the activity of regulatory T cells. The multi-functional role of NFATc proteins characterize these transcription factors as key regulators of immunological tolerance and, if dysregulated, of development of autoimmune diseases.
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- Edgar Serfling
- Department of Molecular Pathology, Institute of Pathology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
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A wide variety of signaling proteins are modified by covalently linked fatty acids and/or prenyl groups. These hydrophobic moieties, which include myristate, palmitate, farnesyl and geranylgeranyl, are more than just fat: they provide distinct information that modulates the specificity and efficiency of signal transduction. Recent studies show that lipid modification influences the movement of a signaling protein within the cell and its final destination. Protein lipidation can also confer reversible association with membranes and other signaling proteins. These findings provide new insights into the biochemical and biophysical mechanisms that regulate membrane targeting, trafficking and signaling by lipid-modified proteins.
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- Marilyn D Resh
- Cell Biology Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Ave, Box 143, New York, New York 10021, USA.
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Aguado E, Martínez-Florensa M, Aparicio P. Activation of T lymphocytes and the role of the adapter LAT. Transpl Immunol 2006; 17:23-6. [PMID: 17157209 DOI: 10.1016/j.trim.2006.09.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2006] [Accepted: 09/13/2006] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The adapter molecule LAT (Linker for the Activation of T cells) is a membrane protein that becomes phosphorylated on conserved tyrosine residues upon TCR/CD3 complex engagement in T lymphocytes. Tyrosine phosphorylation of this adapter recruits to the membrane many signaling proteins through the interaction with the phosphotyrosine binding domains of these proteins, allowing the activation of several intracellular signaling pathways. Initial studies performed in T cell lines suggested that the adapter LAT acts primarily as a platform for the distribution of activation signals coming from the TCR/CD3 complex, and the phenotype of LAT deficient mice, in which T cell development is arrested at an early stage, supported this "activatory" function. However, the analysis of several knock-in mice strains in which some tyrosine residues have been mutated, has revealed the development of lymphoproliferative disorders caused by polyclonal T lymphocytes producing high titers of T helper-type 2 (T(H)2) cytokines. Very recently, it has been demonstrated that raft localization of LAT is altered in anergic T lymphocytes. Therefore, LAT show unexpected regulatory functions in T cell development and homeostasis.
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- Enrique Aguado
- Departamento de Bioquímica, Biología Molecular B e Inmunología, Facultad de Medicina, Campus de Espinardo, Apartado de Correos 4021, Universidad de Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain.
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Zhu M, Koonpaew S, Liu Y, Shen S, Denning T, Dzhagalov I, Rhee I, Zhang W. Negative Regulation of T Cell Activation and Autoimmunity by the Transmembrane Adaptor Protein LAB. Immunity 2006; 25:757-68. [PMID: 17081783 DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2006.08.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2006] [Revised: 06/15/2006] [Accepted: 08/30/2006] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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LAB (linker for activation of B cells), also known as NTAL (non-T cell activation linker), is a LAT (linker for activation of T cells)-like adaptor protein that is expressed in B, NK, and mast cells. Its role in lymphocytes has not been clearly demonstrated. Here, we showed that aged LAB-deficient (Lat2(-/-)) mice developed an autoimmune syndrome. Lat2(-/-) T cells were hyperactivated and produced more cytokines than Lat2(+/+) T cells. Even though LAB was absent in naive T cells, LAB could be detected in activated Lat2(+/+) T cells. LAT-mediated signaling events were enhanced in Lat2(-/-) T cells; however, they were suppressed in T cells that overexpressed LAB. Mice with the Lat2 gene conditionally deleted from T cells also developed the autoimmune syndrome like Lat2(-/-) mice. Together, these data demonstrated an important role of LAB in limiting autoimmune response and exposed a mechanism regulating T cell activation.
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- Minghua Zhu
- Department of Immunology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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Palmitate, a 16-carbon saturated fatty acid, is attached to more than 100 proteins. Modification of proteins by palmitate has pleiotropic effects on protein function. Palmitoylation can influence membrane binding and membrane targeting of the modified proteins. In particular, many palmitoylated proteins concentrate in lipid rafts, and enrichment in rafts is required for efficient signal transduction. This Review focuses on the multiple effects of palmitoylation on the localization and function of ligands, receptors, and intracellular signaling proteins. Palmitoylation regulates the trafficking and function of transmembrane proteins such as ion channels, neurotransmitter receptors, heterotrimeric guanine nucleotide-binding protein (G protein)-coupled receptors, and integrins. In addition, immune receptor signaling relies on protein palmitoylation at many levels, including palmitoylated co-receptors, Src family kinases, and adaptor or scaffolding proteins. The localization and signaling capacities of Ras and G proteins are modulated by dynamic protein palmitoylation. Cycles of palmitoylation and depalmitoylation allow H-Ras and G protein alpha subunits to reversibly bind to and signal from different intracellular cell membranes. Moreover, secreted ligands such as Hedgehog, Wingless, and Spitz use palmitoylation to regulate the extent of long- or short-range signaling. Finally, palmitoylation can alter signaling protein function by direct effects on enzymatic activity and substrate specificity. The identification of the palmitoyl acyltransferases has provided new insights into the biochemistry of this posttranslational process and permitted new substrates to be identified.
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- Marilyn D Resh
- Cell Biology Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, Box 143, New York, NY 10021, USA.
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T cell receptor engagement activates selective signaling pathways in T lymphocytes under different conditions. In this issue of Immunity, demonstrate that anergic T cells are selectively defective in LAT activation.
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- Neil Lineberry
- Department of Medicine, Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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