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Ishiguro K, Xavier R. Homer-3 regulates activation of serum response element in T cells via its EVH1 domain. Blood 2004; 103:2248-56. [PMID: 14645007 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2003-08-2671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Drosophila enabled/vasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein (Ena/VASP) homology 1 (EVH1) domain proteins regulate signal transduction at the neuronal and immunologic synapse. Despite shared cell biologic machinery at these synapses, the regulation of client proteins that transmit synaptic activity to the nucleus is likely to be different. Homer-3, a member of the EVH1 family, is expressed in the thymus, suggesting a role for this protein in T-cell signal transduction. Upon T-cell receptor (TCR) engagement, Homer-3 was recruited to the contact area of Jurkat cells to anti-CD3 and CD28 antibody–coated beads prior to actin accumulation and was subsequently translocated into the nucleus. Overexpression of Homer-3 reduced transcriptional activation via the serum response element (SRE) in response to anti-CD3 antibody, phorbol ester, or dominant active Ha-Ras. Consistent with these results, knockdown of Homer-3 increased SRE activation. Homer-3 coprecipitated with CCAAT/enhancer binding protein β (C/EBPβ), one of the transcription factors that binds to the SRE and has a consensus motif binding to EVH1 domain. Moreover, Homer-3 and its EVH1 domain fragment reduced transcriptional activation of C/EBPβ. These findings suggest that Homer-3 may be involved in the regulation of SRE activation in T cells via interaction between its EVH1 domain and C/EBPβ.
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- Kazuhiro Ishiguro
- Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit St, Boston, MA, 02114, USA
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Vendeville A, Rayne F, Bonhoure A, Bettache N, Montcourrier P, Beaumelle B. HIV-1 Tat enters T cells using coated pits before translocating from acidified endosomes and eliciting biological responses. Mol Biol Cell 2004; 15:2347-60. [PMID: 15020715 PMCID: PMC404028 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e03-12-0921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 153] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The HIV-1 Tat protein is secreted by infected cells. Extracellular Tat can affect bystander uninfected T cells and induce numerous biological responses such as apoptosis and cytokine secretion. Tat is likely involved in several immune disorders during AIDS. Nevertheless, it is not known whether Tat triggers cell responses directly upon binding to signaling receptors at the plasma membrane or after delivery to the cytosol. The pathway that enables Tat to reach the cytosol is also unclear. Here we visualized Tat within T-cell-coated pits and endosomes. Moreover, inhibitors of clathrin/AP-2-mediated uptake such as chlorpromazine, activated RhoA, or dominant-negative mutants of Eps15, intersectin, dynamin, or rab5 impaired Tat delivery to the cytosol by preventing its endocytosis. Molecules neutralizing low endosomal pH or Hsp90 inhibitors abolished Tat entry at a later stage by blocking its endosomal translocation, as directly shown using a cell-free translocation assay. Finally, endosomal pH neutralization prevented Tat from inducing T-cell responses such as NF-kappaB activation, apoptosis, and interleukin secretion, indicating that cytosolic delivery is required for Tat signaling. Hence, Tat enters T cells essentially like diphtheria toxin, using clathrin-mediated endocytosis before low-pH-induced and Hsp90-assisted endosomal translocation. Cell responses are then induced from the cytosol.
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- Agnès Vendeville
- UMR 5539 CNRS, Département Biologie-Santé, Case 107, Université Montpellier II, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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Tajouri L, Mellick AS, Ashton KJ, Tannenberg AEG, Nagra RM, Tourtellotte WW, Griffiths LR. Quantitative and qualitative changes in gene expression patterns characterize the activity of plaques in multiple sclerosis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004; 119:170-83. [PMID: 14625084 DOI: 10.1016/j.molbrainres.2003.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a complex autoimmune disorder of the CNS with both genetic and environmental contributing factors. Clinical symptoms are broadly characterized by initial onset, and progressive debilitating neurological impairment. In this study, RNA from MS chronic active and MS acute lesions was extracted, and compared with patient matched normal white matter by fluorescent cDNA microarray hybridization analysis. This resulted in the identification of 139 genes that were differentially regulated in MS plaque tissue compared to normal tissue. Of these, 69 genes showed a common pattern of expression in the chronic active and acute plaque tissues investigated (Pvalue<0.0001, rho=0.73, by Spearman's rho analysis); while 70 transcripts were uniquely differentially expressed (> or = 1.5-fold) in either acute or chronic active tissues. These results included known markers of MS such as the myelin basic protein (MBP) and glutathione S-transferase (GST) M1, nerve growth factors, such as nerve injury-induced protein 1 (NINJ1), X-ray and excision DNA repair factors (XRCC9 and ERCC5) and X-linked genes such as the ribosomal protein, RPS4X. Primers were then designed for seven array-selected genes, including transferrin (TF), superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1), glutathione peroxidase 1 (GPX1), GSTP1, crystallin, alpha-B (CRYAB), phosphomannomutase 1 (PMM1) and tubulin beta-5 (TBB5), and real time quantitative (Q)-PCR analysis was performed. The results of comparative Q-PCR analysis correlated significantly with those obtained by array analysis (r=0.75, Pvalue<0.01, by Pearson's bivariate correlation). Both chronic active and acute plaques shared the majority of factors identified suggesting that quantitative, rather than gross qualitative differences in gene expression pattern may define the progression from acute to chronic active plaques in MS.
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- Lotti Tajouri
- School of Health Science, Griffith University, Gold Coast Campus, Parklands Drive, Southport, QLD 4215, Australia
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Eibert SM, Lee KH, Pipkorn R, Sester U, Wabnitz GH, Giese T, Meuer SC, Samstag Y. Cofilin peptide homologs interfere with immunological synapse formation and T cell activation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2004; 101:1957-62. [PMID: 14762171 PMCID: PMC357034 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0308282100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The formation of supramolecular activation clusters within the immunological synapse, crucial for sustained signaling and T lymphocyte activation, requires costimulation-dependent reorganization of the actin cytoskeleton. Here we have identified the actin-remodeling protein cofilin as a key player in this process. Cell-permeable peptides that block costimulation-induced cofilin/F-actin interactions in untransformed human T lymphocytes impair receptor capping and immunological synapse formation at the interface between T cells and antigen-presenting cells. As a consequence, T cell activation, as measured by cytokine production and proliferation, is inhibited.
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- Sybille M Eibert
- Institute for Immunology, Ruprecht-Karls-University, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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Faure S, Salazar-Fontana LI, Semichon M, Tybulewicz VLJ, Bismuth G, Trautmann A, Germain RN, Delon J. ERM proteins regulate cytoskeleton relaxation promoting T cell–APC conjugation. Nat Immunol 2004; 5:272-9. [PMID: 14758359 DOI: 10.1038/ni1039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 209] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2003] [Accepted: 12/15/2003] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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During activation, T cells associate with antigen-presenting cells, a dynamic process that involves the formation of a broad area of intimate membrane contact known as the immunological synapse. The molecular intermediates that link initial antigen recognition to the cytoskeletal changes involved in this phenomenon have not yet been defined. Here we demonstrate that ezrin-radixin-moesin proteins are rapidly inactivated after antigen recognition through a Vav1-Rac1 pathway. The resulting disanchoring of the cortical actin cytoskeleton from the plasma membrane decreased cellular rigidity, leading to more efficient T cell-antigen-presenting cell conjugate formation. These findings identify an antigen-dependent molecular pathway that favors immunological synapse formation and the subsequent development of an effective immune response.
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- Sophie Faure
- Institut Cochin, Département de Biologie Cellulaire, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U567/Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR 8104, Université René Descartes, 22 rue Méchain, 75014 Paris, France
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Luciani F, Matarrese P, Giammarioli AM, Lugini L, Lozupone F, Federici C, Iessi E, Malorni W, Fais S. CD95/phosphorylated ezrin association underlies HIV-1 GP120/IL-2-induced susceptibility to CD95(APO-1/Fas)-mediated apoptosis of human resting CD4+T lymphocytes. Cell Death Differ 2004; 11:574-82. [PMID: 14739941 DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4401374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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CD95(APO-1/Fas)-mediated apoptosis of bystander uninfected T cells exerts a major role in the HIV-1-mediated CD4+ T-cell depletion. HIV-1 gp120 has a key role in the induction of sensitivity of human lymphocytes to CD95-mediated apoptosis through its interaction with the CD4 receptor. Recently, we have shown the importance of CD95/ezrin/actin association in CD95-mediated apoptosis. In this study, we explored the hypothesis that the gp120-mediated CD4 engagement could be involved in the induction of susceptibility of primary human T lymphocytes to CD95-mediated apoptosis through ezrin phosphorylation and ezrin-to-CD95 association. Here, we show that gp120/IL-2 combined stimuli, as well as the direct CD4 triggering, on human primary CD4(+)T lymphocytes induced an early and stable ezrin activation through phosphorylation, consistent with the induction of ezrin/CD95 association and susceptibility to CD95-mediated apoptosis. Our results provide a new mechanism through which HIV-1-gp120 may predispose resting CD4(+)T cell to bystander CD95-mediated apoptosis and support the key role of ezrin/CD95 linkage in regulating susceptibility to CD95-mediated apoptosis.
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- F Luciani
- Laboratories of Immunology, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, 00161 Rome, Italy
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Mascarell L, Auger R, Alcover A, Ojcius DM, Jungas T, Cadet-Daniel V, Kanellopoulos JM, Truffa-Bachi P. Characterization of a gene encoding two isoforms of a mitochondrial protein up-regulated by cyclosporin A in activated T cells. J Biol Chem 2003; 279:10556-63. [PMID: 14684732 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m313770200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Cyclosporin A (CSA) is an immunosuppressor used in organ transplantation. A recent proteomic analysis has revealed that activation of T cells in the presence of CSA induces the synthesis of hundreds of new proteins. Here we used representational difference analysis to characterize some of the corresponding induced genes. After cDNA bank screening we focused on one of these genes, which we named CSA-conditional, T cell activation-dependent (CSTAD) gene. This gene produces two mRNAs resulting from alternative splicing events. They encode two proteins of 104 and 141 amino acids, CSTADp-S and CSTADp-L, for the short and long forms, respectively. FK506 had the same effect as CSA, whereas rapamycin did not affect the level of CSTAD gene expression, demonstrating that inhibition of the calcineurin activation pathway is involved in CSTAD gene up-regulation. CSA also led to overexpression of CSTAD in mice immunized in the presence of CSA, confirming the in vitro analysis. Microscopic and cytofluorimetric analysis of cells expressing green fluorescent protein-tagged CSTADp-L and CSTADp-S showed that both proteins colocalize with mitochondrial markers and depolarize the mitochondrial transmembrane potential without causing release of cytochrome c, apoptosis, or necrosis. Both CSTADp isoforms are sensitive to proteinase K, implying that they are located in the mitochondrial outer membrane. These data reveal a new mechanism of action for CSA, which involves up-regulation of a gene whose products are sorted to mitochondria and depolarize the mitochondrial membrane.
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- Laurent Mascarell
- Unité de Biologie des Populations Lymphocytaires, CNRS 2582, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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Arp J, Kirchhof MG, Baroja ML, Nazarian SH, Chau TA, Strathdee CA, Ball EH, Madrenas J. Regulation of T-cell activation by phosphodiesterase 4B2 requires its dynamic redistribution during immunological synapse formation. Mol Cell Biol 2003; 23:8042-57. [PMID: 14585965 PMCID: PMC262363 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.23.22.8042-8057.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Stimulation of T cells through their antigen receptors (TCRs) causes a transient increase in the intracellular concentration of cyclic AMP (cAMP). However, sustained high levels of cAMP inhibit T-cell responses, suggesting that TCR signaling is coordinated with the activation of cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases (PDEs). The molecular basis of such a pathway is unknown. Here we show that TCR-dependent signaling activates PDE4B2 and that this enhances interleukin-2 production. Such an effect requires the regulatory N terminus of PDE4B2 and correlates with partitioning within lipid rafts, early targeting of this PDE to the immunological synapse, and subsequent accumulation in the antipodal pole of the T cell as activation proceeds.
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- Jacqueline Arp
- Robarts Research Institute, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5K8
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- Johannes B Huppa
- The Howard Hughes Medical Institute and The Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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Favier B, Espinosa E, Tabiasco J, Dos Santos C, Bonneville M, Valitutti S, Fournié JJ. Uncoupling between Immunological Synapse Formation and Functional Outcome in Human γδ T Lymphocytes. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2003; 171:5027-33. [PMID: 14607899 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.171.10.5027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Human T lymphocytes expressing the Vgamma9Vdelta2 TCR recognize non-peptidic Ags, referred to as phosphoantigens, produced by microbial pathogens and by human tumor cells. Here we show that gammadelta T cells establish a mature immunological synapse (IS) with the myelomonocytic THP-1 tumoral cell line. This synapse is characterized by an enrichment for phosphotyrosine, CD2, and gammadelta TCR together with the exclusion of CD45. The CD94 and NKG2D receptors are also recruited to the signaling area, while the C-lectin-like activation marker CD69 segregates out of the synapse. gammadelta T cell conjugation to THP-1 increases upon stimulation by soluble phosphoantigen, is paralleled by the metabolic activation of gammadelta T cells and leads to cytokine production. Molecular segregation of the above molecules also occurs at the gammadelta T cell/THP-1 interface in the absence of exogenously added phosphoantigen, although it does not result in intracellular signaling and cytokine production under these conditions. Hence the molecular interactions at the gammadelta T cell-THP-1 target cell interface are sufficient to induce the formation of an IS, but cytokine production requires the full engagement of gammadelta TCR by a strong agonist. Thus in gammadelta T cells, formation of the IS is uncoupled from its functional outcome.
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MESH Headings
- Antigens/pharmacology
- Antigens, CD/metabolism
- Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte/metabolism
- Biomarkers
- Cell Aggregation/immunology
- Cell Communication/immunology
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Cytokines/biosynthesis
- Cytokines/metabolism
- Diphosphates/pharmacology
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class I/biosynthesis
- Humans
- Killer Cells, Natural/immunology
- Killer Cells, Natural/metabolism
- Lectins, C-Type/metabolism
- Lymphocyte Activation/immunology
- NK Cell Lectin-Like Receptor Subfamily D
- NK Cell Lectin-Like Receptor Subfamily K
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta/metabolism
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta/physiology
- Receptors, Immunologic/metabolism
- Receptors, Natural Killer Cell
- Signal Transduction/immunology
- Solubility
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/immunology
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/metabolism
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- Benoit Favier
- Department of Immunology, Unité 563, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Purpan, Toulouse, France
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Hornstein I, Mortin MA, Katzav S. DroVav, the Drosophila melanogaster homologue of the mammalian Vav proteins, serves as a signal transducer protein in the Rac and DER pathways. Oncogene 2003; 22:6774-84. [PMID: 14555990 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1207027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Mammalian Vav signal transducer proteins couple receptor tyrosine kinase signals to the activation of the Rho/Rac GTPases, leading to cell differentiation and/or proliferation. The unique and complex structure of mammalian Vav proteins is preserved in the Drosophila melanogaster homologue, DroVav. We demonstrate that DroVav functions as a guanine-nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) for DRac. Drosophila cells overexpressing wild-type (wt) DroVav exhibited a normal morphology. However, overexpression of a truncated DroVav mutant (that functions as an oncogene when expressed in NIH3T3 cells) results in striking changes in the actin cytoskeleton, resembling those usually visible following Rac activation. Dominant-negative DRac abrogated these morphological changes, suggesting that the effect of the truncated DroVav mutant is mediated by activation of DRac. In Drosophila cells, we find that stimulation of the Drosophila EGF receptor (DER) increases tyrosine phosphorylation of DroVav, which in turn associates with tyrosine-phosphorylated DER. In addition, the following results imply that DroVav participates in downstream DER signalling, such as ERK phosphorylation: (a) overexpression of DroVav induces ERK phosphorylation; and (b) 'knockout' of DroVav by RNA interference blocks ERK phosphorylation induced by DER stimulation. Unlike mammalian Vav proteins, DroVav was not found to induce Jnk phosphorylation under the experimental circumstances tested in fly cells. These results establish the role of DroVav as a signal transducer that participates in receptor tyrosine kinase pathways and functions as a GEF for the small RhoGTPase, DRac.
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- Idit Hornstein
- The Hubert H Humphrey Center for Experimental Medicine & Cancer Research, The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
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Gupta S, Fanzo JC, Hu C, Cox D, Jang SY, Lee AE, Greenberg S, Pernis AB. T cell receptor engagement leads to the recruitment of IBP, a novel guanine nucleotide exchange factor, to the immunological synapse. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:43541-9. [PMID: 12923183 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m308960200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Reorganization of the actin cytoskeleton is crucial to the formation and function of the immunological synapse. Rho GTPases are critical mediators of cytoskeletal reorganization, and their activity at the synapse is likely to be stringently regulated. Guanine nucleotide exchange factors (GEFs) belonging to the Dbl family of proteins represent one major class of proteins that regulate the activity of Rho GTPases. Here we demonstrate that IBP, a homologue of SWAP-70, is a novel GEF for Rac1 and Cdc42 in T lymphocytes, which is recruited to the immunological synapse upon engagement of the antigen receptor. Mutational analysis supports a model whereby IBP is inactive in unstimulated cells. Upon engagement of the T cell receptor, its GEF activity is enhanced by tyrosine phosphorylation, as well as by binding newly generated phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-trisphosphate. Although it is known that T cell receptor engagement leads to the recruitment of Vav to the immunological synapse, these findings indicate that other GEFs, such as IBP, also relocalize to this intercellular region. The recruitment and activation of distinct classes of GEFs may allow for precise control of Rho GTPase function at the crucial interface between T cells and antigen presenting cells.
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- Sanjay Gupta
- Departments of Medicine and Medicine and Pharmacology, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032, USA
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Lin J, Weiss A. The tyrosine phosphatase CD148 is excluded from the immunologic synapse and down-regulates prolonged T cell signaling. J Cell Biol 2003; 162:673-82. [PMID: 12913111 PMCID: PMC2173795 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200303040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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CD148 is a receptor-like protein tyrosine phosphatase up-regulated on T cells after T cell receptor (TCR) stimulation. To examine the physiologic role of CD148 in TCR signaling, we used an inducible CD148-expressing Jurkat T cell clone. Expression of CD148 inhibits NFAT (nuclear factor of activated T cells) activation induced by soluble anti-TCR antibody, but not by antigen-presenting cells (APCs) loaded with staphylococcal enterotoxin superantigen (SAg) or immobilized anti-TCR antibody. Immunofluorescence microscopy revealed that the extracellular domain of CD148 mediates its exclusion from the immunologic synapse, sequestering it from potential substrates. Targeting of the CD148 phosphatase domain to the immunologic synapse potently inhibited NFAT activation by all means of triggering through the TCR. These data lead us to propose a model where CD148 function is regulated in part by exclusion from substrates in the immunologic synapse. Upon T cell-APC disengagement, CD148 can then access and dephosphorylate substrates to down-regulate prolongation of signaling.
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- Joseph Lin
- Department of Medicine, Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program, University of California at San Francisco, 533 Parnassus Avenue, Box no. 0795, San Francisco, CA 94143-0795, USA
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During many key biological processes, exocytosis is confined to distinct regions of the plasma membrane. Spatial control of exocytosis correlates with altered membrane skeleton dynamics and assembly of local membrane microdomains. These domains act as local stages for the assembly and the regulation of molecular complexes (targeting patches) that mediate vesicle-membrane fusion. Furthermore, local activation of signaling pathways reinforces formation of these patches and might effect global repositioning of the secretory pathway toward sites of localized exocytosis.
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Rajendran L, Masilamani M, Solomon S, Tikkanen R, Stuermer CAO, Plattner H, Illges H. Asymmetric localization of flotillins/reggies in preassembled platforms confers inherent polarity to hematopoietic cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2003; 100:8241-6. [PMID: 12826615 PMCID: PMC166213 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1331629100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Hematopoietic cells have long been defined as round, nonpolar cells that show uniform distribution of cell surface-associated molecules. However, recent analyses of the immunological synapse and the importance of lipid microdomains in signaling have shed new light on the aspect of lymphocyte polarization during the activation processes, but none of the molecules implicated so far in either the activation process or the microdomain residency are known to have a preferential localization in nonactivated cells. Chemical crosslinking and fluorescence resonance energy transfer methods have allowed the visualization of certain glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored proteins in lipid rafts but so far no microdomain resident protein has been shown to exist as visible stable platforms in the membrane. We report here that two lipid microdomain resident proteins, flotillins/reggies, form preassembled platforms in hematopoietic cells. These platforms recruit signaling molecules upon activation through lipid rafts. The preassembled platforms significantly differ from the canonical cholesterol-dependent "lipid rafts," as they are resistant to cholesterol-disrupting agents. Most evidence for the functional relevance of microdomains in living cells remains indirect. Using laser scanning confocal microscopy, we show that these proteins exist as stable, microscopically patent domains localizing asymmetrically to one pole of the cell. We present evidence that the asymmetric concentration of these microdomain resident proteins is built up during cytokinesis.
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- Lawrence Rajendran
- Divisions of Immunology,
Developmental Neurobiology, and
Cell Biology and Ultrastructure Research,
Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, 78457 Konstanz, Germany;
Institute of Cell Biology and Bonner Forum
Biomedizin, University of Bonn, 53121 Bonn, Germany; and
Biotechnologie Institut Thurgau, Konstanzer
Strasse 19, CH-8274 Tägerwilen, Switzerland
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- Divisions of Immunology,
Developmental Neurobiology, and
Cell Biology and Ultrastructure Research,
Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, 78457 Konstanz, Germany;
Institute of Cell Biology and Bonner Forum
Biomedizin, University of Bonn, 53121 Bonn, Germany; and
Biotechnologie Institut Thurgau, Konstanzer
Strasse 19, CH-8274 Tägerwilen, Switzerland
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- Divisions of Immunology,
Developmental Neurobiology, and
Cell Biology and Ultrastructure Research,
Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, 78457 Konstanz, Germany;
Institute of Cell Biology and Bonner Forum
Biomedizin, University of Bonn, 53121 Bonn, Germany; and
Biotechnologie Institut Thurgau, Konstanzer
Strasse 19, CH-8274 Tägerwilen, Switzerland
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- Divisions of Immunology,
Developmental Neurobiology, and
Cell Biology and Ultrastructure Research,
Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, 78457 Konstanz, Germany;
Institute of Cell Biology and Bonner Forum
Biomedizin, University of Bonn, 53121 Bonn, Germany; and
Biotechnologie Institut Thurgau, Konstanzer
Strasse 19, CH-8274 Tägerwilen, Switzerland
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- Divisions of Immunology,
Developmental Neurobiology, and
Cell Biology and Ultrastructure Research,
Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, 78457 Konstanz, Germany;
Institute of Cell Biology and Bonner Forum
Biomedizin, University of Bonn, 53121 Bonn, Germany; and
Biotechnologie Institut Thurgau, Konstanzer
Strasse 19, CH-8274 Tägerwilen, Switzerland
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- Divisions of Immunology,
Developmental Neurobiology, and
Cell Biology and Ultrastructure Research,
Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, 78457 Konstanz, Germany;
Institute of Cell Biology and Bonner Forum
Biomedizin, University of Bonn, 53121 Bonn, Germany; and
Biotechnologie Institut Thurgau, Konstanzer
Strasse 19, CH-8274 Tägerwilen, Switzerland
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- Divisions of Immunology,
Developmental Neurobiology, and
Cell Biology and Ultrastructure Research,
Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, 78457 Konstanz, Germany;
Institute of Cell Biology and Bonner Forum
Biomedizin, University of Bonn, 53121 Bonn, Germany; and
Biotechnologie Institut Thurgau, Konstanzer
Strasse 19, CH-8274 Tägerwilen, Switzerland
- To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
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Setterblad N, Roucard C, Bocaccio C, Abastado JP, Charron D, Mooney N. Composition of MHC class II-enriched lipid microdomains is modified during maturation of primary dendritic cells. J Leukoc Biol 2003; 74:40-8. [PMID: 12832441 DOI: 10.1189/jlb.0103045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Dendritic cells (DCs) are the most potent antigen presenting cells. Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II molecule expression changes with maturation; immature DCs concentrate MHC class II molecules intracellularly, whereas maturation increases surface expression of MHC class II and costimulatory molecules to optimize antigen presentation. Signal transduction via MHC class II molecules localized in lipid microdomains has been described in B lymphocytes and in the THP-1 monocyte cell line. We have characterized MHC class II molecules throughout human DC maturation with particular attention to their localization in lipid-rich microdomains. Only immature DCs expressed empty MHC class II molecules, and maturation increased the level of peptide-bound heterodimers. Ligand binding to surface human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DR induced rapid internalization in immature DCs. The proportion of cell-surface detergent-insoluble glycosphingolipid-enriched microdomain-clustered HLA-DR was higher in immature DCs despite the higher surface expression of HLA-DR in mature DCs. Constituents of HLA-DR containing microdomains included the src kinase Lyn and the cytoskeletal protein tubulin in immature DCs. Maturation modified the composition of the HLA-DR-containing microdomains to include protein kinase C (PKC)-delta, Lyn, and the cytoskeletal protein actin, accompanied by the loss of tubulin. Signaling via HLA-DR redistributed HLA-DR and -DM and PKC-delta as well as enriching the actin content of mature DC microdomains. The increased expression of HLA-DR as a result of DC maturation was therefore accompanied by modification of the spatial organization of HLA-DR. Such regulation could contribute to the distinct responses induced by ligand binding to MHC class II molecules in immature versus mature DCs.
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- Niclas Setterblad
- INSERM U396 and. IDM (Immuno-Designed Molecules), Institut Biomédical des Cordeliers, Paris, France
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Marhaba R, Bourouba M, Zöller M. CD44v7 interferes with activation-induced cell death by up-regulation of anti-apoptotic gene expression. J Leukoc Biol 2003; 74:135-48. [PMID: 12832452 DOI: 10.1189/jlb.1202615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Blockade of CD44v7 was described to cure trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid-induced colitis, a disease not developed by mice with targeted deletion of the CD44v7 exon. There was evidence for a reduction in activation-induced cell death on lamina propria lymphocytes of control as compared with CD44v7-deficient mice. To elucidate the mechanism underlying the relative apoptosis resistance of CD44v7-competent as compared with CD44v7-deficient lymphocytes, T cell activation and induction of apoptosis were analyzed on mesenteric lymph node cells and Peyer's patch lymphocytes of CD44v7-deficient and CD44v4-v7-transgenic mice, which overexpress rat CD44v4-v7 on T lymphocytes. CD44v7 deficiency was characterized by an increase in the percentage of apoptotic cells after stimulation, increased numbers of CD95L- and CD152-positive cells, low levels of the anti-apoptotic proteins Bcl-2 and Bcl-Xl, and decreased phosphorylation of the pro-apoptotic protein BAD. Also, lymphocytes from CD44v4-v7-transgenic mice displayed reduced levels of CD95L, low numbers of apoptotic cells, and constitutively elevated levels of Bcl-Xl. When stimulating lymphocytes by CD3 cross-linking, CD44v7 was not recruited toward the immunological synapse and preferentially associated with the cytoskeletal-linker protein ezrin. Thus, as opposed to the CD44 standard isoform, CD44v7 does not function as an accessory molecule; instead, it supports survival of activated T cells by interfering with activation-induced cell death.
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- Rachid Marhaba
- Department of Tumor Progression and Tumor Defense, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany
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Santana MA, Rosenstein Y. What it takes to become an effector T cell: the process, the cells involved, and the mechanisms. J Cell Physiol 2003; 195:392-401. [PMID: 12704648 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.10258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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When activated, CD4(+) T cells differentiate into two major sub-populations differing in their profiles of secreted cytokines. Type One, or TH1, cells secrete IL-2, IFNgamma, and TNFbeta and mediate a cellular immune response. Type Two, or TH2, cells secrete IL-4, IL-5, IL-6, IL-10, and IL-13 and potentiate a humoral response. The nature of any specific immune response depends on the interaction of antigen-presenting cells and T cells. The role of antigen-presenting cells is to respond to the nature of the immune challenge and signal differentiation of CD4(+) T cells. A number of factors are involved in the effector phenotype of T cells-nature and affinity of antigen, co-receptors signals, and cytokine environment. T-cell differentiation is a complex process comprising four defined developmental stages: activation of particular cytokine genes, commitment of the cells, silencing of the opposing cytokine genes, and stabilization of the phenotype. In each of these stages, the cells respond to the products of many signaling cascades from many membrane-bound receptors. The stages in development are mediated by different molecular mechanisms, involving control of gene expression and chromatin remodeling. This review centers on the factors, cellular interactions, and molecular mechanisms involved in the maturation of naïve CD4(+) T lymphocytes into fully effector cells.
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- M A Santana
- Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Chamilpa, Cuernavaca, México.
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Immunological synapses (ISs) are specialised signalling domains characterised by complex molecular clustering and segregation at the contact site between cells of the immune system. T lymphocytes form different ISs depending on their state of activation and on the antigen-presenting cells with which they interact. The structural features of the various ISs are better established than the functions they carry out. Recent advances point to the importance of taking into account diversity in both the structures and the functions of IS.
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- Alain Trautmann
- Départment de Biologie Cellulaire, Institut COCHIN, Institut National de la santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 22, rue Méchain 75014, Paris, France
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The formerly distinct fields of lymphocyte signal transduction and cytoskeletal remodeling have recently become linked, as proteins involved in transducing signals downstream of lymphocyte antigen receptors have also been implicated in actin cytoskeleton remodeling, microtubule dynamics and regulation of cell polarity. These discoveries have fuelled interest in understanding both the role of the actin cytoskeleton as an integral component of lymphocyte activation and the interplay between lymphoid cell-cell contact sites (immunological synapse), retractile pole structures (uropod, distal pole complex), and Rho-family GTPases (Rac, Rho, Cdc42), their upstream activators (Dbl-family guanine nucleotide exchange factors) and their downstream effectors (WASp, Arp2/3, ADAP). To understand how these complex regulatory networks are wired, a new breed of computational biologists uses mathematical language to reproduce and simulate signaling circuits 'in silico'.
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- Ana V Miletic
- Washington University School of Medicine, Department of Pathology and Immunology, 660 Euclid Avenue, Campus Box 8118, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
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Pujuguet P, Del Maestro L, Gautreau A, Louvard D, Arpin M. Ezrin regulates E-cadherin-dependent adherens junction assembly through Rac1 activation. Mol Biol Cell 2003; 14:2181-91. [PMID: 12802084 PMCID: PMC165106 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e02-07-0410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 131] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Ezrin, a membrane cytoskeleton linker, is involved in cellular functions, including epithelial cell morphogenesis and adhesion. A mutant form of ezrin, ezrin T567D, maintains the protein in an open conformation, which when expressed in Madin-Darby canine kidney cells causes extensive formation of lamellipodia and altered cell-cell contacts at low cell density. Furthermore, these cells do not form tubules when grown in a collagen type I matrix. While measuring the activity of Rho family GTPases, we found that Rac1, but not RhoA or Cdc 42, is activated in ezrin T567D-expressing cells, compared with cells expressing wild-type ezrin. Together with Rac1 activation, we observed an accumulation of E-cadherin in intracellular compartments and a concomitant decrease in the level of E-cadherin present at the plasma membrane. This effect could be reversed with a dominant negative form of Rac1, N17Rac1. We show that after a calcium switch, the delivery of E-cadherin from an internalized pool to the plasma membrane is greatly delayed in ezrin T567D-producing cells. In confluent cells, ezrin T567D production decreases the rate of E-cadherin internalization. Our results identify a new role for ezrin in cell adhesion through the activation of the GTPase Rac1 and the trafficking of E-cadherin to the plasma membrane.
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- Philippe Pujuguet
- Unité Mixte de Recherche 144 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique/Institut Curie, 75248 Paris, France
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Trautmann A, Revy P, Donnadieu E, Bismuth G. [Immunological synapses and neuronal synapses]. Med Sci (Paris) 2003; 19:429-36. [PMID: 12836215 DOI: 10.1051/medsci/2003194429] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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The interface between two cells from the immune system has recently been coined "immunological synapse". The authors review recent findings concerning the structure of the synapse formed between T lymphocytes and antigen-presenting cells. T cells can be part of different synapses, depending on the antigen-presenting cell (B cell hybridoma, proteo-lipid bilayer, macrophage, dendritic cell). The synapse formed with dendritic cells is discussed in more details. A comparison is made with the synapses from the nervous system. Several parallel questions are discussed: how receptors can be clustered, what is the influence of synapse functioning on the structure of the synapse. It is suggested that in both cases two modes of communication exist in parallel: direct cell-cell contacts and soluble mediators, neurotransmitters in one case, putative immunotransmitters in the other.
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- Alain Trautmann
- Département de Biologie Cellulaire, Institut Cochin, Inserm U.567, Cnrs UMR 8104, 22, rue Méchain, 75014 Paris, France.
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McCann FE, Vanherberghen B, Eleme K, Carlin LM, Newsam RJ, Goulding D, Davis DM. The size of the synaptic cleft and distinct distributions of filamentous actin, ezrin, CD43, and CD45 at activating and inhibitory human NK cell immune synapses. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2003; 170:2862-70. [PMID: 12626536 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.170.6.2862] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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In this study, we report the organization of cytoskeletal and large transmembrane proteins at the inhibitory and activating NK cell immunological or immune synapse (IS). Filamentous actin accumulates at the activating, but not the inhibitory, NK cell IS. However, surprisingly, ezrin and the associated protein CD43 are excluded from the inhibitory, but not the activating, NK cell IS. This distribution of ezrin and CD43 at the inhibitory NK cell IS is similar to that previously seen at the activating T cell IS. CD45 is also excluded from the inhibitory, but not activating, NK cell IS. In addition, electron microscopy reveals wide and narrow domains across the synaptic cleft. Target cell HLA-C, located by immunogold labeling, clusters where the synaptic cleft spans the size of HLA-C bound to the inhibitory killer Ig-like receptor. These data are consistent with assembly of the NK cell IS involving a combination of cytoskeletal-driven mechanisms and thermodynamics favoring the organization of receptor/ligand pairs according to the size of their extracellular domains.
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MESH Headings
- Actin Cytoskeleton/metabolism
- Actin Cytoskeleton/ultrastructure
- Actins/metabolism
- Actins/ultrastructure
- Antigens, CD
- Cell Communication/immunology
- Cell Line, Transformed
- Clone Cells
- Cytoskeletal Proteins
- Cytotoxicity, Immunologic
- HLA-C Antigens/metabolism
- Humans
- Intercellular Junctions/immunology
- Intercellular Junctions/metabolism
- Intercellular Junctions/ultrastructure
- Killer Cells, Natural/immunology
- Killer Cells, Natural/metabolism
- Killer Cells, Natural/ultrastructure
- Leukocyte Common Antigens/biosynthesis
- Leukocyte Common Antigens/metabolism
- Leukocyte Common Antigens/ultrastructure
- Leukosialin
- Lymphocyte Activation/immunology
- Microscopy, Confocal
- Microscopy, Immunoelectron
- Phosphoproteins/biosynthesis
- Phosphoproteins/metabolism
- Phosphoproteins/ultrastructure
- Receptors, Immunologic/biosynthesis
- Receptors, KIR2DL1
- Sialoglycoproteins/biosynthesis
- Sialoglycoproteins/metabolism
- Sialoglycoproteins/ultrastructure
- Tumor Cells, Cultured
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- Fiona E McCann
- Department of Biological Sciences, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom
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Fanzo JC, Hu CM, Jang SY, Pernis AB. Regulation of lymphocyte apoptosis by interferon regulatory factor 4 (IRF-4). J Exp Med 2003; 197:303-14. [PMID: 12566414 PMCID: PMC2193834 DOI: 10.1084/jem.20020717] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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To ensure that homeostasis of the immune system is maintained, the sensitivity of lymphocytes to Fas-mediated apoptosis is differentially regulated during their activation. The molecular mechanisms that link the activation program of lymphocytes to changes in sensitivity to Fas-mediated apoptosis have, however, not been fully characterized. In these studies, we have investigated whether Fas-mediated apoptosis can be regulated by interferon regulatory factor 4 (IRF-4), a lymphoid-restricted member of the IRF family of transcription factors. IRF-4 expression is upregulated during lymphocyte activation and IRF-4-deficient mice have defects in both lymphocyte activation and homeostasis. Here, we show that stable expression of IRF-4 in a human lymphoid cell line that normally lacks IRF-4 leads to a significantly enhanced apoptotic response on Fas receptor engagement. A systematic examination of the downstream effectors of Fas signaling in IRF-4-transfected cells demonstrates an increased activation of caspase-8, as well as an increase in Fas receptor polarization. We demonstrate that IRF-4-deficient mice display defects in activation-induced cell death, as well as superantigen-induced deletion, and that these defects are accompanied by impairments in Fas receptor polarization. These data suggest that IRF-4, by modulating the efficiency of the Fas-mediated death signal, is a novel participant in the regulation of lymphoid cell apoptosis.
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- Jessica C Fanzo
- Department of Molecular Medicine, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
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Fuller CL, Braciale VL, Samelson LE. All roads lead to actin: the intimate relationship between TCR signaling and the cytoskeleton. Immunol Rev 2003; 191:220-36. [PMID: 12614363 DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-065x.2003.00004.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Regardless of cell type, the regulation of the actin cytoskeleton is tightly linked to vital biological properties such as polarity, motility, cell-cell contact, exocytosis and proliferation. In the immune system, where rapid and efficient response to antigen-provoked stimuli is crucial, an overwhelming amount of data implicate the actin cytoskeleton and its regulators as central to immune function. Increasingly, the cytoskeleton is considered an essential amplification step in T cell receptor (TCR)-, costimulatory-, and integrin-mediated signaling. Advances in genetic manipulation and confocal imaging have led to a keener appreciation of the importance of TCR signal integration by the actin cytoskeleton. This review outlines recent advances in elucidating the regulation of T cell function through the actin cytoskeleton. We also examine intriguing parallels between the immune system and other models of cytoskeletal regulation.
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- Claudette L Fuller
- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892-4255, USA
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Autero M, Heiska L, Rönnstrand L, Vaheri A, Gahmberg CG, Carpén O. Ezrin is a substrate for Lck in T cells. FEBS Lett 2003; 535:82-6. [PMID: 12560083 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(02)03861-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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We evaluated the role of Lck tyrosine kinase, an early effector of T cell activation, in regulation of the membrane-cytoskeleton linker protein ezrin. Ezrin was constitutively tyrosine phosphorylated in wild-type and CD45-deficient Jurkat T cells, but not in Lck-deficient cells. However, phosphorylation was evident in cells, in which Lck activity had been restored by transfection. Phosphorylation was reduced by the Src family kinase inhibitor PP2 and increased by the tyrosine phosphatase inhibitor pervanadate, implying continuous tyrosine phosphorylation and dephosphorylation. Lck phosphorylated ezrin in vitro, and the major phosphotyrosine was identified as Y145. These results identify ezrin as the first cytoskeletal substrate for Lck.
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- Matti Autero
- Department of Biosciences, Division of Biochemistry, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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Weil R, Schwamborn K, Alcover A, Bessia C, Di Bartolo V, Israël A. Induction of the NF-kappaB cascade by recruitment of the scaffold molecule NEMO to the T cell receptor. Immunity 2003; 18:13-26. [PMID: 12530972 DOI: 10.1016/s1074-7613(02)00506-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The mechanism by which TCR signaling activates NF-kappaB is poorly understood. We demonstrate here that the IKK kinase complex is recruited to the immunological synapse and can be coprecipitated with the TCR after T cell activation. Using ZAP-70-deficient T cells expressing a hybrid molecule between the SH2 domain of ZAP-70 and NEMO/IKKgamma, we showed that targeting NEMO to the immunological synapse, and more specifically its 120 N-terminal amino acids, was sufficient to selectively restore NF-kappaB activation in response to TCR ligation. Finally, we demonstrated that targeting of NEMO to the membrane of T cells was sufficient to induce constitutive NF-kappaB activation. This study shows that the localization of NEMO to the immunological synapse is important for TCR-induced NF-kappaB activation and offers a powerful system to dissect the NF-kappaB cascade in T cells.
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- Robert Weil
- Unité de Biologie Moléculaire de l'Expression Génique, FRE 2364 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France.
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Samstag Y, Eibert SM, Klemke M, Wabnitz GH. Actin cytoskeletal dynamics in T lymphocyte activation and migration. J Leukoc Biol 2003; 73:30-48. [PMID: 12525560 DOI: 10.1189/jlb.0602272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 141] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Dynamic rearrangements of the actin cytoskeleton are crucial for the function of numerous cellular elements including T lymphocytes. They are required for migration of T lymphocytes through the body to scan for the presence of antigens, as well as for the formation and stabilization of the immunological synapse at the interface between antigen-presenting cells and T lymphocytes. Supramolecular activation clusters within the immunological synapse play an important role for the initiation of T cell responses and for the execution of T cell effector functions. In addition to the T cell receptor/CD3 induced actin nucleation via Wasp/Arp2/3-activation, signals through accessory receptors of the T cell (i.e., costimulation) regulate actin cytoskeletal dynamics. In this regard, the actin-binding proteins cofilin and L-plastin represent prominent candidates linking accessory receptor stimulation to the rearrangement of the actin cytoskeleton. Cofilin enhances actin polymerization via its actin-severing activity, and as a long-lasting effect, cofilin generates novel actin monomers through F-actin depolymerization. L-plastin stabilizes actin filament structures by means of its actin-bundling activity.
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- Yvonne Samstag
- Institute for Immunology, Ruprecht-Karls-University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 305, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
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Groysman M, Hornstein I, Alcover A, Katzav S. Vav1 and Ly-GDI two regulators of Rho GTPases, function cooperatively as signal transducers in T cell antigen receptor-induced pathways. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:50121-30. [PMID: 12386169 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m204299200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The Rho family GTPases are pivotal for T cell signaling; however, the regulation of these proteins is not fully known. One well studied regulator of Rho GTPases is Vav1; a hematopoietic cell-specific guanine nucleotide exchange factor critical for signaling in T cells, including stimulation of the nuclear factor of activated T cells (NFAT). Surprisingly, Vav1 associates with Ly-GDI, a hematopoietic cell-specific guanine nucleotide dissociation inhibitor of Rac. Here, we studied the functional significance of the interaction between Vav1 and Ly-GDI in T cells. Upon organization of the immunological synapse, both Ly-GDI and Vav1 relocalize to T cell extensions in contact with the antigen-presenting cell. Ly-GDI is phosphorylated on tyrosine residues following T cell receptor stimulation, and it associates with the Src homology 2 region of an adapter protein, Shc. In addition, the interaction between Ly-GDI and Vav1 requires tyrosine phosphorylation. Overexpression of Ly-GDI alone is inhibitory to NFAT stimulation and calcium mobilization. However, when co-expressed with Vav1, Ly-GDI enhances Vav1 induction of NFAT activation, phospholipase Cgamma phosphorylation, and calcium mobilization. Moreover, Ly-GDI does not alter the regulation of these phenomena when coexpressed with oncogenic Vav1. Since oncogenic Vav1 does not bind Ly-GDI, this suggests that the functional cooperativity of Ly-GDI and Vav1 is dependent upon their association. Thus, our data suggest that the interaction of Vav1 and Ly-GDI creates a fine tuning mechanism for the regulation of intracellular signaling pathways leading to NFAT stimulation.
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- Maya Groysman
- Hubert H. Humphrey Center for Experimental Medicine and Cancer Research, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel
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Vyas YM, Maniar H, Dupont B. Visualization of signaling pathways and cortical cytoskeleton in cytolytic and noncytolytic natural killer cell immune synapses. Immunol Rev 2002; 189:161-78. [PMID: 12445273 DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-065x.2002.18914.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Recent applications of imaging approaches and other methods of cell biology have provided high-resolution visualization of the location of fluorescent proteins in living and fixed cells during cell-cell interactions between lymphocytes, antigen presenting cells and target cells. We review the composition and dynamics of molecular and cytoskeletal events occurring during natural killer cell interactions with susceptible and nonsusceptible target cells. The natural killer cell immune synapse and the concomitant changes in cytoskeletal components and cytoplasmic organelles are described. The findings are compared with the observations made in T helper cells and cytotoxic T cells. It is concluded that the cytolytic immune synapses display spatial-temporal dynamics that are accelerated as compared with T helper cells. In addition, the cytolytic conjugates have unique characteristics relating to their effector function. Furthermore, the natural killer cell immune synapses in cytolytic and noncytolytic interactions are distinctly different and display patterns consistent with characteristic signaling pathways identified in biochemical studies of disrupted cells. The precise relationship between different stages of the natural killer cell immune synapse formation and progression in signal transduction pathways is yet to be established.
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- Yatin M Vyas
- Immunology Program, Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, New York, NY 10021, USA
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Delon J, Stoll S, Germain RN. Imaging of T-cell interactions with antigen presenting cells in culture and in intact lymphoid tissue. Immunol Rev 2002; 189:51-63. [PMID: 12445265 DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-065x.2002.18906.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The development of an effective immune response requires cell-cell contact between T cells and antigen-bearing cells of several types (dendritic cells, B cells, infected tissue cells). Recent advances in light microscopy have led to intense investigation of the molecular events that accompany these cell interactions, especially the redistribution of membrane proteins into discrete organized subdomains within the zone of cell-cell contact termed the 'immunological synapse'. Here we discuss two aspects of our own studies in this area. First, we highlight results from our in vitro analysis of the role of the cytoskeletal ezrin, radixin, moesin adapter proteins in the exclusion of CD43 from the well-defined T cell receptor (TCR) and integrin-rich zones of the synapse. Based on the molecular mechanism uncovered in this work, we propose a new model for how TCR-signaled changes in cytoskeletal organization indirectly influence both protein distributions and the efficiency of signaling between T cell and presenting cell. We then discuss the development of a new method for dynamic visualization of T cell - dendritic cell interactions in intact lymphoid tissue. The remarkable longevity of monogamous lymphocyte-presenting cell interactions is discussed, differences between our observations and those of others are laid out in detail, and prospects for future application of this technical approach to analysis of early immune responses in lymphoid organs and of effector lymphocyte function in tissues are presented.
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- Jérôme Delon
- Lymphocyte Biology Section, Laboratory of Immunology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-1892, USA
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Cullinan P, Sperling AI, Burkhardt JK. The distal pole complex: a novel membrane domain distal to the immunological synapse. Immunol Rev 2002; 189:111-22. [PMID: 12445269 DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-065x.2002.18910.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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While much interest has focused on the finding that T cell-antigen presenting cell (APC) interaction induces the recruitment of proteins to the immunological synapse (IS), we have recently discovered that APC binding induces the formation of a novel protein complex distal to the site of T-cell receptor ligation. This 'distal pole complex' (DPC) is important for appropriate T-cell activation, functioning either to remove proteins from the synapse or as a signaling complex in its own right. The first component of the DPC to be identified was CD43, a cell-surface mucin that has been proposed to function as a negative regulator of T-cell signaling. CD43 movement was found to depend on ezrin and moesin, members of the ERM family, which serve to link CD43 and other cargo molecules to the actin cytoskeleton. ERM proteins interact with several other important surface receptors and cytoplasmic signaling molecules, some of which we have identified as additional components of the DPC. Disruption of the DPC leaves early T-cell activation events intact but affects cytokine expression. Here, we review what is currently known about the formation and function of the DPC and speculate on how this novel protein complex serves to facilitate T-cell activation.
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- Patrick Cullinan
- Department of Pathology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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Costello PS, Gallagher M, Cantrell DA. Sustained and dynamic inositol lipid metabolism inside and outside the immunological synapse. Nat Immunol 2002; 3:1082-9. [PMID: 12389042 DOI: 10.1038/ni848] [Citation(s) in RCA: 176] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2002] [Accepted: 08/27/2002] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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T cell activation is triggered by several hours of contact with peptide-major histocompatibility (MHC) complexes on the surface of antigen-presenting cells (APCs). The nature and location of the sustained signal transduction pathways required for T cell activation are unknown. We show here that the production of phosphatidylinositol(3,4,5)triphosphate (PIP3) was dynamically sustained for hours as T cells responded to antigen. In addition, sustained elevation of PIP3 was essential for T cell proliferation. There was PIP3 accumulation in the T cell-APC contact zone and at the antipodal pole of the cell. The immune synapse is thus not the sole site of sustained signal transduction in activated T cells.
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- Patrick S Costello
- Lymphocyte Activation Laboratory, Cancer Research UK London Research Institute, Lincoln's Inn Fields Laboratories, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PX, UK
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McCann FE, Suhling K, Carlin LM, Eleme K, Taner SB, Yanagi K, Vanherberghen B, French PMW, Davis DM. Imaging immune surveillance by T cells and NK cells. Immunol Rev 2002; 189:179-92. [PMID: 12445274 DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-065x.2002.18915.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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As T cells and natural killer (NK) cells survey the surface of other cells, cognate receptors and ligands are commonly organized into distinct micrometer-scale domains at the intercellular contact, creating an immune or immunological synapse (IS). We aim to address the still unanswered questions of how this organization of proteins aids immune surveillance and how these domains are biophysically constructed. Molecular mechanisms for the formation of the IS include a role for the cytoskeleton, segregation of proteins according to the size of their extracellular domains, and association of proteins with lipid rafts. Towards understanding the function of the IS, it is instructive to compare and contrast the supramolecular organization of proteins at the inhibitory and activating NK cell IS with that at the activating T cell IS. Finally, it is essential to develop new technologies for probing molecular recognition at cell surfaces. Imaging parameters other than fluorescence intensity, such as the lifetime of the fluorophore's excited state, could be used to report on protein environments.
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- Fiona E McCann
- Department of Biological Sciences, Sir Alexander Fleming Building, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, UK
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Das V, Nal B, Roumier A, Meas-Yedid V, Zimmer C, Olivo-Marin JC, Roux P, Ferrier P, Dautry-Varsat A, Alcover A. Membrane-cytoskeleton interactions during the formation of the immunological synapse and subsequent T-cell activation. Immunol Rev 2002; 189:123-35. [PMID: 12445270 DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-065x.2002.18911.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Upon antigen recognition, T cells undergo substantial membrane and cytoskeletal rearrangements that lead to the formation of the immunological synapse and are necessary for subsequent T-cell activation. However, little is known about how membrane and cytoskeletal molecules interact during these processes. Here we discuss the involvement of the membrane-microfilament linker ezrin. We propose that ezrin is a component of the cytoskeleton-mediated architecture of the immunological synapse that plays a role in T-cell receptor clustering, protein kinase C theta translocation and intracellular signaling.
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- Vincent Das
- Unité de Biologie des Interactions Cellulaires, CNRS URA 1960, Paris, France
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Sancho D, Vicente-Manzanares M, Mittelbrunn M, Montoya MC, Gordón-Alonso M, Serrador JM, Sánchez-Madrid F. Regulation of microtubule-organizing center orientation and actomyosin cytoskeleton rearrangement during immune interactions. Immunol Rev 2002; 189:84-97. [PMID: 12445267 DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-065x.2002.18908.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The reorganization of membrane, cytoskeletal and signaling molecules during immune interactions is critical for the generation of immune response. At the initiation of the T cell-antigen presenting cell (APC) interaction, antigen-independent weak adhesion forces allow the scanning of the APC surface by the T cell receptor for specific antigens. The stabilization of T cell-APC conjugates involves the segregation of membrane and intracellular signaling proteins, driven by reorganization of membrane microdomains and cytoskeletal changes. In early T cell-APC cognate interactions, the microtubular cytoskeleton undergoes drastic changes that lead to microtubule-organizing center (MTOC) reorientation to the vicinity of the cell-cell contact area. Recent data on the dynamics of MTOC redistribution and its influence in T cell-APC conjugate stabilization, together with the description of an increasing number of signaling molecules associated to this complex, underscore the key role of MTOC translocation in the T cell response. We focus on the mechanisms that control the early MTOC reorientation during T cell-APC interaction and the relevance of this process to T cell activation.
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- David Sancho
- Servicio de Inmunología, Hospital de la Princesa, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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Wülfing C, Tskvitaria-Fuller I, Burroughs N, Sjaastad MD, Klem J, Schatzle JD. Interface accumulation of receptor/ligand couples in lymphocyte activation: methods, mechanisms, and significance. Immunol Rev 2002; 189:64-83. [PMID: 12445266 DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-065x.2002.18907.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Cellular interaction is vital to the activation of most lymphocytes. At the interface between the lymphocyte and the cell that activates it, multiple receptor/ligand pairs accumulate in distinct patterns. This accumulation is intriguing, as it is likely to shape the quality of receptor signaling and thereby lymphocyte behavior. Here we address such receptor/ligand accumulation with an emphasis on T and natural killer (NK) cells. First, we discuss the strengths and limitations of commonly used approaches to visualize receptor/ligand accumulation. Second, we discuss two principal mechanisms of receptor and ligand translocation, diffusion and cytoskeletal transport, as understanding these mechanisms can be invaluable in the determination of the significance of receptor/ligand accumulation. We show that the extent of receptor/ligand accumulation at the T cell/antigen presenting cell interface is dominated by diffusion for all but the lowest affinity interactions, while patterning of these receptors/ligands within the interface is strongly influenced by cytoskeletal transport. Third, we discuss two specific issues in lymphocyte receptor/ligand accumulation. We review the abundant but frequently controversial data on T cell receptor (TCR)/major histocompatibility complex (MHC) accumulation and suggest that central TCR/MHC accumulation is a mediator of efficient T cell activation. In the investigation of NK cell/target cell interactions, we characterize the often tentative NK cell/target cell couple maintenance, as it creates a major obstacle in studying receptor/ligand accumulation.
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- Christoph Wülfing
- Center for Immunology, Department of Cell Biology, Program in Immunology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390-9093, USA.
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Vogt AB, Spindeldreher S, Kropshofer H. Clustering of MHC-peptide complexes prior to their engagement in the immunological synapse: lipid raft and tetraspan microdomains. Immunol Rev 2002; 189:136-51. [PMID: 12445271 DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-065x.2002.18912.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Protein reorganization at the interface of a T cell and an antigen-presenting cell (APC) plays an important role in T cell activation. Imaging techniques reveal that reorganization of particular receptor-ligand pairs gives rise to an intercellular junction, termed the immunological synapse. In this synapse antigenic peptides associated with major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules form multimolecular arrays on the APC side, engaging an equivalent number of clustered T cell receptors (TCRs) on the T cell. The accumulation of MHC molecules carrying cognate peptide in the APC-T cell interface was thought to depend on the specificity and presence of TCRs. Recent evidence, however, suggests that the APC is equipped to preorganize MHC-peptide complexes in the absence of T cells. To this end, MHC molecules become incorporated into two types of membrane microdomains: (i) cholesterol- and glycosphingolipid-enriched domains, denoted lipid rafts, that preconcentrate MHC class II molecules; and (ii) microdomains made up of tetraspan proteins, such as CD9, CD63, CD81 or CD82, that mediate enrichment of MHC class II molecules loaded with a select set of peptides. It follows that the integrity, composition and dynamics of these microdomains are candidate determinants favoring activation or silencing of T cells.
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- Anne B Vogt
- Roche Center for Medical Genomics, F. Hoffmann-La Roche, Ltd, Basel, Switzerland
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Urzainqui A, Serrador JM, Viedma F, Yáñez-Mó M, Rodríguez A, Corbí AL, Alonso-Lebrero JL, Luque A, Deckert M, Vázquez J, Sánchez-Madrid F. ITAM-based interaction of ERM proteins with Syk mediates signaling by the leukocyte adhesion receptor PSGL-1. Immunity 2002; 17:401-12. [PMID: 12387735 DOI: 10.1016/s1074-7613(02)00420-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 171] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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P-selectin glycoprotein ligand 1 (PSGL-1) is a leukocyte adhesion molecule involved in cell tether and rolling on activated endothelium. Our work shows that PSGL-1 associates with Syk. This association is mediated by the actin-linking proteins moesin and ezrin, which directly interact with Syk in an ITAM-dependent manner. PSGL-1 engagement induces tyrosine phosphorylation of Syk and SRE-dependent transcriptional activity. Treatment of cells with the Syk inhibitor piceatannol and overexpression of either a Syk dead kinase mutant or an ITAM-mutated moesin abrogated PSGL-1-induced transcriptional activation. These data unveil a new functional role for the ERMs (ezrin/radixin/moesin) as adaptor molecules in the interactions of adhesion receptors and intracellular tyrosine kinases and show that PSGL-1 is a signaling molecule in leukocytes.
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- Ana Urzainqui
- Servicio de Inmunología, Hospital de la Princesa, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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Daniels MA, Hogquist KA, Jameson SC. Sweet 'n' sour: the impact of differential glycosylation on T cell responses. Nat Immunol 2002; 3:903-10. [PMID: 12352967 DOI: 10.1038/ni1002-903] [Citation(s) in RCA: 209] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The fate and functional activity of T lymphocytes depend largely on the precise timing of gene expression and protein production. However, it is clear that post-translational modification of proteins affects their functional properties. Although modifications such as phosphorylation have been intensely studied by immunologists, less attention has been paid to the impact that changes in glycosylation have on protein function. However, there is considerable evidence that glycosylation plays a key role in immune regulation. We will focus here on examples in which differential glycosylation affects the development, survival or reactivity of T cells.
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- Mark A Daniels
- Center for Immunology and Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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Zimmer C, Labruyère E, Meas-Yedid V, Guillén N, Olivo-Marin JC. Segmentation and tracking of migrating cells in videomicroscopy with parametric active contours: a tool for cell-based drug testing. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MEDICAL IMAGING 2002; 21:1212-1221. [PMID: 12585703 DOI: 10.1109/tmi.2002.806292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 135] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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This paper presents a segmentation and tracking method for quantitative analysis of cell dynamics from in vitro videomicroscopy data. The method is based on parametric active contours and includes several adaptations that address important difficulties of cellular imaging, particularly the presence of low-contrast boundary deformations known as pseudopods, and the occurence of multiple contacts between cells. First, we use an edge map based on the average intensity dispersion that takes advantage of relative background homogeneity to facilitate the detection of both pseudopods and interfaces between adjacent cells. Second, we introduce a repulsive interaction between contours that allows correct segmentation of objects in contact and overcomes the shortcomings of previously reported techniques to enforce contour separation. Our tracking technique was validated on a realistic data set by comparison with a manually defined ground-truth and was successfully applied to study the motility of amoebae in a biological research project.
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- Christophe Zimmer
- Quantitative Image Analysis Unit, Institut Pasteur, and also with the CNRS UMR 1947, 75724 Paris, France.
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Blanchard N, Di Bartolo V, Hivroz C. In the immune synapse, ZAP-70 controls T cell polarization and recruitment of signaling proteins but not formation of the synaptic pattern. Immunity 2002; 17:389-99. [PMID: 12387734 DOI: 10.1016/s1074-7613(02)00421-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Recognition by T cells of their ligands at the surface of antigen-presenting cells (APCs) leads to T cell activation, polarization of the T cell toward the APC, and formation of an immune synapse. Using ZAP-70-deficient T cells expressing zeta-GFP, we show that ZAP-70 signaling drives the TCR-dependent reorientation of the microtubule-organizing center thus leading to relocation of a zeta-GFP(+) intracellular compartment close to the APC. ZAP-70 is also necessary to supply the synapse with the signaling molecules PKC-theta and LAT. In contrast, ZAP-70 is not required for clustering of zeta-GFP and CD2 or exclusion of CD45 and CD43 from the synapse. These data show that ZAP-70-dependent signaling is required for formation of a functional immune synapse.
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Bretscher A, Edwards K, Fehon RG. ERM proteins and merlin: integrators at the cell cortex. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol 2002; 3:586-99. [PMID: 12154370 DOI: 10.1038/nrm882] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1045] [Impact Index Per Article: 47.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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A fundamental property of many plasma-membrane proteins is their association with the underlying cytoskeleton to determine cell shape, and to participate in adhesion, motility and other plasma-membrane processes, including endocytosis and exocytosis. The ezrin-radixin-moesin (ERM) proteins are crucial components that provide a regulated linkage between membrane proteins and the cortical cytoskeleton, and also participate in signal-transduction pathways. The closely related tumour suppressor merlin shares many properties with ERM proteins, yet also provides a distinct and essential function.
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- Anthony Bretscher
- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA.
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Adhesive interactions play important roles in coordinating T-cell migration and activation, specifically in the formation of the immunological synapse (IS), a specialized cell-cell junction. Recent demonstrations show several molecules implicated in T-cell signaling, including Vav, ADAP, and Rap-1, have major roles in integrin regulation and place adhesion molecules at center stage in addressing the question: what are the signals involved in the formation of the IS and full T-cell activation? This review focuses on the role of integrins as an essential system for both physical adhesion and signaling in T-cell activation. The role of integrins appears to be quite distinct from classical costimulation and has been largely overlooked due to the ubiquitous use of serum in lymphocyte functional assays. Each major signal transduction pathway has branches leading to the nucleus and others that feed back on cytoskeletal and membrane regulation at the IS.
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- Tasha N Sims
- Molecular Pathogenesis Program, Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA
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Montoya MC, Sancho D, Vicente-Manzanares M, Sánchez-Madrid F. Cell adhesion and polarity during immune interactions. Immunol Rev 2002; 186:68-82. [PMID: 12234363 DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-065x.2002.18607.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Intercellular interactions are critical for a coordinated function of different cell types involved in the immune response. Here we review the cellular and molecular events occurring during cell-cell immune contacts. Cognate naïve CD4+ T lymphocyte-dendritic cell (DC) and primed T cell-antigen-presenting B lymphocyte interactions are discussed. The engagement of cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) or natural killer cells (NK) with their targets is analyzed and compared to the process of T cell-antigen-presenting cell (APC) conjugate formation. The immunological synapse, a complex cluster of molecules organized at the contact area of cell conjugates, exhibits common features but shows some differences depending on cell types involved. Cellular interactions occur in sequential stages that involve dramatic changes in cell polarity and dynamic redistribution of cell membrane receptors. The role of membrane microdomains, adaptor molecules and the cytoskeleton in the regulation of the molecular reorganization at cell-cell contacts is also discussed.
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- María C Montoya
- Servicio de Inmunología, Hospital de la Princesa, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Daniel M Davis
- Department of Biological Sciences, Sir Alexander Fleming Building, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London SW7 2AZ, UK.
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Onami TM, Harrington LE, Williams MA, Galvan M, Larsen CP, Pearson TC, Manjunath N, Baum LG, Pearce BD, Ahmed R. Dynamic regulation of T cell immunity by CD43. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2002; 168:6022-31. [PMID: 12055210 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.168.12.6022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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During a viral response, Ag-specific effector T cells show dramatically increased binding by the mAb 1B11 and the lectin peanut agglutinin (PNA). We investigated the contribution of CD43 expression to 1B11 and PNA binding as well as its role in generation and maintenance of a CD8 T cell response. Analysis of CD43(-/-) mice revealed no increased 1B11 binding and reduced PNA binding on virus-specific CD8 T cells from -/- mice compared with +/+ mice. Furthermore, we examined the role of CD43 in the kinetics of an immune response. We show that CD43 expression modestly effects generation of a primary virus-specific CD8 T cell response in vivo but plays a more significant role in trafficking of CD8 T cells to tissues such as the brain. More interestingly, CD43 plays a role in the contraction of the immune response, with CD43(-/-) mice showing increased numbers of Ag-specific CD8 T cells following initial expansion. Following the peak of expansion, Ag-specific CD8 T cells from -/- mice show similar proliferation but demonstrate increased Bcl-2 levels and decreased apoptosis of Ag-specific effector CD8 T cells in vitro. Consistent with a delay in the down-modulation of the immune response, following chronic viral infection CD43(-/-) mice show increased morbidity. These data suggest a dynamic role of CD43 during an immune response: a positive regulatory role in costimulation and trafficking of T cells to the CNS and a negative regulatory role in the down-modulation of an immune response.
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- Thandi M Onami
- Emory Vaccine Center and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Department of Surgery, Emory School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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Arendt CW, Albrecht B, Soos TJ, Littman DR. Protein kinase C-theta;: signaling from the center of the T-cell synapse. Curr Opin Immunol 2002; 14:323-30. [PMID: 11973130 DOI: 10.1016/s0952-7915(02)00346-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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The hypothesis that protein kinase C (PKC)-theta; plays an important role in T-lymphocyte activation, as indicated by numerous studies in cell lines, was recently confirmed in mice deficient in the expression of this enzyme. In response to TCR stimulation, peripheral T cells lacking PKC-theta; failed to activate NF-kappaB and AP-1, and to express IL-2. This revealed a critical function for this PKC family member in linking membrane-proximal activation cascades to transcriptional responses governing T-cell activation. Although the molecular interactions in which PKC-theta; engages have not been fully delineated, insights from a variety of recent studies have permitted new models to be formulated regarding the mechanisms through which it achieves its unique effector functions.
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- Christopher W Arendt
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Molecular Pathogenesis Program, Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, 540 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA
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Less than five years ago it was reported that cell surface molecules at the contact site between CD4 T cells and antigen-presenting cells redistribute into distinct patterns, forming an organized interface termed the immunological synapse. More recently, similar reorganized interfaces have been observed with CD8 T cells and NK cells, suggesting that they may be a common feature of lymphocyte activation. Although there has been some advance in our understanding of the mechanisms underlying this redistribution, its purpose remains unclear and controversial.
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Delon J. Comment CD43 est-il exclu de la synapse immunologique ? Med Sci (Paris) 2002. [DOI: 10.1051/medsci/2002185540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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