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Lindsay S, Li Y. Coarse-grained modeling of annexin A2-induced microdomain formation on a vesicle. Biophys J 2024; 123:2431-2442. [PMID: 38859585 PMCID: PMC11365106 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2024.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2024] [Revised: 05/04/2024] [Accepted: 06/06/2024] [Indexed: 06/12/2024] Open
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Annexin A2 (A2)-induced microdomain formation is a key step in biological processes such as Ca2+-mediated exocytosis in neuroendocrine cells. In this work, a total of 15 coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations were performed on vesicle models having a diameter of approximately 250 Å for 15 μs each using the Martini2 force field. Five simulations were performed in the presence of 10 A2, 5 in the presence of A2 but absence of PIP2, and 5 simulations in the absence of A2 but presence of PIP2. Consistent results were generated among the simulations. A2-induced PIP2 microdomain formation was observed and shown to occur in three phases: A2-vesicle association, localized A2-induced PIP2 clustering, and A2 aggregation driving PIP2 microdomain formation. The relationship between A2 aggregation and PIP2 microdomain formation was quantitatively described using a novel method which calculated the variance among protein and lipid positions via the Fréchet mean. A large reduction in PIP2 variance was observed in the presence of A2 but not in its absence. This reduction in PIP2 variance was proportional to the reduction observed in A2 variance and demonstrates that the observed PIP2 microdomain formation is dependent upon A2 aggregation. The three-phase model of A2-induced microdomain formation generated in this work will serve as a valuable guide for further experimental studies and the development of novel A2 inhibitors. No microdomain formation was observed in the absence of A2 and minimal A2-membrane interaction was observed in the absence of PIP2.
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- S Lindsay
- Department of Chemistry, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina
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- Department of Chemistry, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina.
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Fan Q, Li M, Zhao W, Zhang K, Li M, Li W. Hyper α2,6-Sialylation Promotes CD4 + T-Cell Activation and Induces the Occurrence of Ulcerative Colitis. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2023; 10:e2302607. [PMID: 37424034 PMCID: PMC10502867 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202302607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2023] [Revised: 06/23/2023] [Indexed: 07/11/2023]
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α2,6-sialylation, catalyzed by α2,6-sialyltransferase (ST6GAL1), plays a pivotal role in immune responses. However, the role of ST6GAL1 in the pathogenesis of ulcerative colitis (UC) remains unknown. ST6GAL1 mRNA is highly expressed in UC tissues compared with the corresponding adjacent normal tissues, and α2,6-sialylation is significantly increased in the colon tissues of patients with UC. The expression of ST6GAL1 and proinflammatory cytokines, such as interleukin (IL)-2, IL-6, IL-17, and interferon-gamma, is also increased. The number of CD4+ T cells increases in UC patients. St6gal1 gene knockout (St6gal1-/- ) rats are established by clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)-associated gene knockout system. St6gal1 deficiency reduces the levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines and alleviates colitis symptoms in UC model rats. Ablation of α2,6-sialylation inhibits the transport of the TCR to lipid rafts and suppresses CD4+ T-cell activation. The attenuation of TCR signaling downregulates the expression of NF-κB in ST6GAL1-/- CD4+ T-cells. Moreover, NF-κB could bind to the ST6GAL1 promoter to increase its transcription. Ablation of ST6GAL1 downregulates the expression of NF-κB and reduces the production of proinflammatory cytokines to relieve UC pathogenesis, which is a potential novel target for the clinical treatment of UC.
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- Qingjie Fan
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Infectious Diseases and Molecular ImmunopathologyShantou University Medical CollegeShantouGuangdong515041China
- College of Basic Medical ScienceDalian Medical University9‐Western Section, Lvshun South RoadDalianLiaoning116044China
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- College of Basic Medical ScienceDalian Medical University9‐Western Section, Lvshun South RoadDalianLiaoning116044China
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- College of Basic Medical ScienceDalian Medical University9‐Western Section, Lvshun South RoadDalianLiaoning116044China
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- College of Basic Medical ScienceDalian Medical University9‐Western Section, Lvshun South RoadDalianLiaoning116044China
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- College of Basic Medical ScienceDalian Medical University9‐Western Section, Lvshun South RoadDalianLiaoning116044China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Infectious Diseases and Molecular ImmunopathologyShantou University Medical CollegeShantouGuangdong515041China
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A Review on Bovine Mastitis with Special Focus on CD4 as a Potential Candidate Gene for Mastitis Resistance – A Review. ANNALS OF ANIMAL SCIENCE 2020. [DOI: 10.2478/aoas-2020-0024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Mastitis is аn inflammation оf thе mammary gland, caused by the invasion and duplication оf Escherichia coli (E. coli), Staphylococcus uberis (S. uberis) аnd Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) аnd а wide variety оf оthеr microorganisms thrоugh teat оr damaged nipple, decreasing potential milk production іn thе affected quarter оf mammary gland. Economic, animal productivity, international trade and animal welfare issues associated with mastitis play an important role in the agricultural industry. Therefore, worldwide dairy cattle breeding programmes are trying to breed cows wіth improved resistance tо mastitis. Mastitis can’t be eliminated but can be reduced to a low level. It can be achieved by breeding strategies, reducing the exposure to pathogen and increasing the resistance to intramammary infection. Numerous therapeutic, prophylactic аnd management techniques аrе uѕеd аѕ control and reduce the mastitis. However, а widely proposed strategy marker assisted selection uѕіng candidate gene approach which іѕ based оn improving thе host genetics. One of them is cluster of differentiation 4 (CD4) gene, which is а glycoprotein located оn receptors оf immune cells. CD4 exhibit аn essential role іn a variety of inflammation related conditions іn mаnу species. Therefore, CD4 as a candidate gene for resistance to mastitis has received considerable attention. The review is based on a study of CD4 in association with improving resistance to mastitis and it may be helpful in formulating breeding programmes and marker assisted selection to lower the mastitis.
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Zahid D, Zhang N, Fang H, Gu J, Li M, Li W. Loss of core fucosylation suppressed the humoral immune response in Salmonella typhimurium infected mice. JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY, IMMUNOLOGY, AND INFECTION = WEI MIAN YU GAN RAN ZA ZHI 2020; 54:606-615. [PMID: 32146162 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmii.2020.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2019] [Revised: 12/12/2019] [Accepted: 02/10/2020] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND The humoral immune response is pivotal to protect the host from Salmonella typhimurium (S. typhimurium) infection. Previously, we found that core fucosylation catalyzed by core fucosyltransferase (Fut8) could regulate the immune responses. However, the role of core fucosylation during S. typhimurium infection remains unclear. METHODS To demonstrate the role of Fut8 in S. typhimurium infection, we infected Fut8+/+ and Fut8-/- mice using S. typhimurium. The production of antiserum against the S. typhimurium was detected. The expression of T and B cell activation-related genes during S. typhimurium infection was analyzed. The role of core fucosylation on CD4+ T-B cell interaction and B cell generation was investigated during S. typhimurium infection. The production of sIgA was compared between Fut8+/+ and Fut8-/- mice. RESULTS Compared to Fut8+/+ mice, the number of S. typhimurium colonized in the cecum was markedly increased in Fut8-/- mice. The production of the IgG and sIgA specific for S. typhimurium was significantly decreased in Fut8-/- mice. Moreover, loss of Fut8 decreased the induction of Th2-type cytokines from splenic cells of Fut8-/- mice during S. typhimurium infection. In addition, we found that the core fucosylation regulated the interaction between B and T cells in the lipid raft formation. CONCLUSION Core fucosylation plays important roles in host defence against S. typhimurium infection.
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- Danish Zahid
- College of Basic Medical Science, Dalian Medical University, 9-Western Section, Lvshun South Road, Dalian, Liaoning, 116044, China
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- College of Basic Medical Science, Dalian Medical University, 9-Western Section, Lvshun South Road, Dalian, Liaoning, 116044, China
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- College of Basic Medical Science, Dalian Medical University, 9-Western Section, Lvshun South Road, Dalian, Liaoning, 116044, China
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- Division of Regulatory Glycobiology, Institute of Molecular Biomembrane and Glycobiology, Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Miyagi, Japan
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- College of Basic Medical Science, Dalian Medical University, 9-Western Section, Lvshun South Road, Dalian, Liaoning, 116044, China.
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- College of Basic Medical Science, Dalian Medical University, 9-Western Section, Lvshun South Road, Dalian, Liaoning, 116044, China.
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Liu Y, Cuendet MA, Goffin L, Šachl R, Cebecauer M, Cariolato L, Guillaume P, Reichenbach P, Irving M, Coukos G, Luescher IF. CD8 Binding of MHC-Peptide Complexes in cis or trans Regulates CD8 + T-cell Responses. J Mol Biol 2019; 431:4941-4958. [PMID: 31704286 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2019.10.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2019] [Revised: 10/21/2019] [Accepted: 10/23/2019] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The coreceptor CD8αβ can greatly promote activation of T cells by strengthening T-cell receptor (TCR) binding to cognate peptide-MHC complexes (pMHC) on antigen presenting cells and by bringing p56Lck to TCR/CD3. Here, we demonstrate that CD8 can also bind to pMHC on the T cell (in cis) and that this inhibits their activation. Using molecular modeling, fluorescence resonance energy transfer experiments on living cells, biochemical and mutational analysis, we show that CD8 binding to pMHC in cis involves a different docking mode and is regulated by posttranslational modifications including a membrane-distal interchain disulfide bond and negatively charged O-linked glycans near positively charged sequences on the CD8β stalk. These modifications distort the stalk, thus favoring CD8 binding to pMHC in cis. Differential binding of CD8 to pMHC in cis or trans is a means to regulate CD8+ T-cell responses and provides new translational opportunities.
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- Yang Liu
- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of Lausanne, and Department of Oncology, University Hospital of Lausanne, 1009, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of Lausanne, and Department of Oncology, University Hospital of Lausanne, 1009, Lausanne, Switzerland; Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland; Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, USA
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- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of Lausanne, and Department of Oncology, University Hospital of Lausanne, 1009, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Biophysical Chemistry, J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, 18223 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biophysical Chemistry, J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, 18223 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of Lausanne, and Department of Oncology, University Hospital of Lausanne, 1009, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of Lausanne, and Department of Oncology, University Hospital of Lausanne, 1009, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of Lausanne, and Department of Oncology, University Hospital of Lausanne, 1009, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of Lausanne, and Department of Oncology, University Hospital of Lausanne, 1009, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of Lausanne, and Department of Oncology, University Hospital of Lausanne, 1009, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of Lausanne, and Department of Oncology, University Hospital of Lausanne, 1009, Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Connolly A, Gagnon E. Electrostatic interactions: From immune receptor assembly to signaling. Immunol Rev 2019; 291:26-43. [DOI: 10.1111/imr.12769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2019] [Accepted: 04/30/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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- Audrey Connolly
- Institut de Recherche en Immunologie et Cancérologie/Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer Montréal Québec Canada
- Département de Microbiologie, Infectiologie et Immunologie, Faculté de Médecine Université de Montréal Montréal Québec Canada
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- Institut de Recherche en Immunologie et Cancérologie/Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer Montréal Québec Canada
- Département de Microbiologie, Infectiologie et Immunologie, Faculté de Médecine Université de Montréal Montréal Québec Canada
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Crawford K, Bonfiglio JJ, Mikoč A, Matic I, Ahel I. Specificity of reversible ADP-ribosylation and regulation of cellular processes. Crit Rev Biochem Mol Biol 2018; 53:64-82. [PMID: 29098880 DOI: 10.1080/10409238.2017.1394265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2017] [Revised: 10/12/2017] [Accepted: 10/16/2017] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Proper and timely regulation of cellular processes is fundamental to the overall health and viability of organisms across all kingdoms of life. Thus, organisms have evolved multiple highly dynamic and complex biochemical signaling cascades in order to adapt and survive diverse challenges. One such method of conferring rapid adaptation is the addition or removal of reversible modifications of different chemical groups onto macromolecules which in turn induce the appropriate downstream outcome. ADP-ribosylation, the addition of ADP-ribose (ADPr) groups, represents one of these highly conserved signaling chemicals. Herein we outline the writers, erasers and readers of ADP-ribosylation and dip into the multitude of cellular processes they have been implicated in. We also review what we currently know on how specificity of activity is ensured for this important modification.
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- Kerryanne Crawford
- a Sir William Dunn School of Pathology , University of Oxford , Oxford , UK
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- c Division of Molecular Biology , Ruđer Bošković Institute , Zagreb , Croatia
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- b Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing , Cologne , Germany
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- a Sir William Dunn School of Pathology , University of Oxford , Oxford , UK
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Ohradanova-Repic A, Nogueira E, Hartl I, Gomes AC, Preto A, Steinhuber E, Mühlgrabner V, Repic M, Kuttke M, Zwirzitz A, Prouza M, Suchanek M, Wozniak-Knopp G, Horejsi V, Schabbauer G, Cavaco-Paulo A, Stockinger H. Fab antibody fragment-functionalized liposomes for specific targeting of antigen-positive cells. NANOMEDICINE-NANOTECHNOLOGY BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE 2017; 14:123-130. [PMID: 28939491 DOI: 10.1016/j.nano.2017.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2017] [Revised: 08/28/2017] [Accepted: 09/13/2017] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Liposomes functionalized with monoclonal antibodies or their antigen-binding fragments have attracted much attention as specific drug delivery devices for treatment of various diseases including cancer. The conjugation of antibodies to liposomes is usually achieved by covalent coupling using cross-linkers in a reaction that might adversely affect the characteristics of the final product. Here we present an alternative strategy for liposome functionalization: we created a recombinant Fab antibody fragment genetically fused on its C-terminus to the hydrophobic peptide derived from pulmonary surfactant protein D, which became inserted into the liposomal bilayer during liposomal preparation and anchored the Fab onto the liposome surface. The Fab-conjugated liposomes specifically recognized antigen-positive cells and efficiently delivered their cargo, the Alexa Fluor 647 dye, into target cells in vitro and in vivo. In conclusion, our approach offers the potential for straightforward development of nanomedicines functionalized with an antibody of choice without the need of harmful cross-linkers.
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- Anna Ohradanova-Repic
- Institute for Hygiene and Applied Immunology, Center for Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
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- Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, Campus of Gualtar, Braga, Portugal; Centre of Molecular and Environmental Biology, Department of Biology, University of Minho, Campus of Gualtar, Braga, Portugal
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- Institute for Hygiene and Applied Immunology, Center for Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Centre of Molecular and Environmental Biology, Department of Biology, University of Minho, Campus of Gualtar, Braga, Portugal
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- Centre of Molecular and Environmental Biology, Department of Biology, University of Minho, Campus of Gualtar, Braga, Portugal
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- Institute for Hygiene and Applied Immunology, Center for Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Institute for Hygiene and Applied Immunology, Center for Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Institute for Vascular Biology and Thrombosis Research, Center for Physiology and Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Institute for Hygiene and Applied Immunology, Center for Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Christian Doppler Laboratory for Innovative Immunotherapeutics, Department of Biotechnology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute for Vascular Biology and Thrombosis Research, Center for Physiology and Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, Campus of Gualtar, Braga, Portugal
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- Institute for Hygiene and Applied Immunology, Center for Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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A Cholesterol-Based Allostery Model of T Cell Receptor Phosphorylation. Immunity 2017; 44:1091-101. [PMID: 27192576 DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2016.04.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 153] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2015] [Revised: 11/17/2015] [Accepted: 04/11/2016] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Signaling through the T cell receptor (TCR) controls adaptive immune responses. Antigen binding to TCRαβ transmits signals through the plasma membrane to induce phosphorylation of the CD3 cytoplasmic tails by incompletely understood mechanisms. Here we show that cholesterol bound to the TCRβ transmembrane region keeps the TCR in a resting, inactive conformation that cannot be phosphorylated by active kinases. Only TCRs that spontaneously detached from cholesterol could switch to the active conformation (termed primed TCRs) and then be phosphorylated. Indeed, by modulating cholesterol binding genetically or enzymatically, we could switch the TCR between the resting and primed states. The active conformation was stabilized by binding to peptide-MHC, which thus controlled TCR signaling. These data are explained by a model of reciprocal allosteric regulation of TCR phosphorylation by cholesterol and ligand binding. Our results provide both a molecular mechanism and a conceptual framework for how lipid-receptor interactions regulate signal transduction.
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Lang MA, Jenkins SA, Balzano P, Owoyele A, Patel A, Bamezai AK. Engaging Ly-6A/Sca-1 triggers lipid raft-dependent and -independent responses in CD4 + T-cell lines. IMMUNITY INFLAMMATION AND DISEASE 2017; 5:448-460. [PMID: 28660664 PMCID: PMC5691314 DOI: 10.1002/iid3.182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2017] [Revised: 05/22/2017] [Accepted: 05/26/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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INTRODUCTION The lymphocyte antigen 6 (Ly-6) supergene family encodes proteins of 12-14 kda in molecular mass that are either secreted or anchored to the plasma membrane through a glycosyl-phosphatidylinisotol (GPI) lipid anchor at the carboxy-terminus. The lipidated GPI-anchor allows localization of Ly-6 proteins to the 10-100 nm cholesterol-rich nano-domains on the membrane, also known as lipid rafts. Ly-6A/Sca-1, a member of Ly-6 gene family is known to transduce signals despite the absence of transmembrane and cytoplasmic domains. It is hypothesized that the localization of Ly-6A/Sca-1 with in lipid rafts allows this protein to transduce signals to the cell interior. METHODS AND RESULTS In this study, we found that cross-linking mouse Ly-6A/Sca-1 protein with a monoclonal antibody results in functionally distinct responses that occur simultaneously. Ly-6A/Sca-1 triggered a cell stimulatory response as gauged by cytokine production with a concurrent inhibitory response as indicated by growth inhibition and apoptosis. While production of interleukin 2 (IL-2) cytokine by CD4+ T cell line in response to cross-linking Ly-6A/Sca-1 was dependent on the integrity of lipid rafts, the observed cell death occurred independently of it. Growth inhibited CD4+ T cells showed up-regulated expression of the inhibitory cell cycle protein p27kip but not of p53. In addition, Ly-6A/Sca-1 induced translocation of cytochrome C to the cytoplasm along with activated caspase 3 and caspase 9, thereby suggesting an intrinsic apoptotic cell death mechanism. CONCLUSIONS We conclude that opposing responses with differential dependence on the integrity of lipid rafts are triggered by engaging Ly-6A/Sca-1 protein on the membrane of transformed CD4+ T cells.
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- Melissa A Lang
- Department of Biology, Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Biology, Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Biology, Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Biology, Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Biology, Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Biology, Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania
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Kolegraff K, Bostik P, Ansari AA. Characterization and Role of Lentivirus-Associated Host Proteins. Exp Biol Med (Maywood) 2016; 231:252-63. [PMID: 16514170 DOI: 10.1177/153537020623100303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Enveloped viruses obtain their envelopes during the process of budding from infected cells. During this process, however, these viruses acquire parts of the host cell membranes and host cell-derived proteins as integral parts of their mature envelopes. These host-derived components of viral envelopes may subsequently exhibit various effects on the life cycle of the virus; virus cell interactions, especially host response to virus-incorporated self-proteins; and the pathogenesis of the disease induced by these viruses. Although it was known for some time that various viruses incorporate host cell-derived proteins, the issue of the role of these proteins has received increased attention, specifically in connection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and development of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in humans. The aim of this review is to summarize our current knowledge of the analysis and role of host-derived proteins associated with enveloped viruses, with emphasis on the potential role of these proteins in the pathogenesis of AIDS. Clearly, differences in the clinical outcome of those nonhuman primates infected with simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) that are disease resistant compared with SIV-infected species that are disease susceptible provide a unique opportunity to determine whether differences in the incorporation of distinct sets of host proteins play a role with distinct clinical outcomes.
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- Keli Kolegraff
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University, WMB Room 2309, 101 Woodruff Circle, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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Fujii H, Shinzaki S, Iijima H, Wakamatsu K, Iwamoto C, Sobajima T, Kuwahara R, Hiyama S, Hayashi Y, Takamatsu S, Uozumi N, Kamada Y, Tsujii M, Taniguchi N, Takehara T, Miyoshi E. Core Fucosylation on T Cells, Required for Activation of T-Cell Receptor Signaling and Induction of Colitis in Mice, Is Increased in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Gastroenterology 2016; 150:1620-1632. [PMID: 26965517 DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2016.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2015] [Revised: 02/27/2016] [Accepted: 03/01/2016] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS Attachment of a fucose molecule to the innermost N-glycan in a glycoprotein (core fucosylation) regulates the activity of many growth factor receptors and adhesion molecules. The process is catalyzed by α1-6 fucosyltransferase (FUT8) and required for immune regulation, but it is not clear whether this process is dysregulated during disease pathogenesis. We investigated whether core fucosylation regulates T-cell activation and induction of colitis in mice, and is altered in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). METHODS Biopsy samples were collected from inflamed and noninflamed regions of intestine from patients (8 with Crohn's disease, 4 with ulcerative colitis, and 4 without IBD [controls]) at Osaka University Hospital. Colitis was induced in FUT8-deficient (Fut8(-/-)) mice and Fut8(+/+) littermates by administration of trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid. Intestinal tissues were collected and analyzed histologically. Immune cells were collected and analyzed by lectin flow cytometry, immunofluorescence, and reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction, as well as for production of cytokines and levels of T-cell receptor (TCR) in lipid raft fractions. T-cell function was analyzed by intraperitoneal injection of CD4(+)CD62L(+) naïve T cells into RAG2-deficient mice. RESULTS Levels of core fucosylation were increased on T cells from mice with colitis, compared with mice without colitis, as well as on inflamed mucosa from patients with IBD, compared with their noninflamed tissues or tissues from control patients. Fut8(-/-) mice developed less-severe colitis than Fut8(+/+) mice, and T cells from Fut8(-/-) mice produced lower levels of T-helper 1 and 2 cytokines. Adoptive transfer of Fut8(-/-) T cells to RAG2-deficient mice reduced the severity of colitis. Compared with CD4(+) T cells from Fut8(+/+) mice, those from Fut8(-/-) mice expressed similar levels of TCR and CD28, but these proteins did not contain core fucosylation. TCR complexes formed on CD4(+) T cells from Fut8(-/-) mice did not signal properly after activation and were not transported to lipid rafts. CONCLUSIONS Core fucosylation of the TCR is required for T-cell signaling and production of inflammatory cytokines and induction of colitis in mice. Levels of TCR core fucosylation are increased on T cells from intestinal tissues of patients with IBD; this process might be blocked as a therapeutic strategy.
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- Hironobu Fujii
- Department of Molecular Biochemistry and Clinical Investigation, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Biochemistry and Clinical Investigation, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Biochemistry and Clinical Investigation, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Biochemistry and Clinical Investigation, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Research Center for Ultra-High Voltage Electron Microscopy, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Biochemistry and Clinical Investigation, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Biochemistry and Clinical Investigation, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Biochemistry and Clinical Investigation, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan; Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Biochemistry and Clinical Investigation, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
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Ebsen H, Lettau M, Kabelitz D, Janssen O. Subcellular localization and activation of ADAM proteases in the context of FasL shedding in T lymphocytes. Mol Immunol 2015; 65:416-28. [PMID: 25745808 DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2015.02.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2014] [Revised: 01/20/2015] [Accepted: 02/08/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The "A Disintegrin And Metalloproteinases" (ADAMs) form a subgroup of the metzincin endopeptidases. Proteolytically active members of this protein family act as sheddases and govern key processes in development and inflammation by regulating cell surface expression and release of cytokines, growth factors, adhesion molecules and their receptors. In T lymphocytes, ADAM10 sheds the death factor Fas Ligand (FasL) and thereby regulates T cell activation, death and effector function. Although FasL shedding by ADAM10 was confirmed in several studies, its regulation is still poorly defined. We recently reported that ADAM10 is highly abundant on T cells whereas its close relative ADAM17 is expressed at low levels and transiently appears at the cell surface upon stimulation. Since FasL is also stored intracellularly and brought to the plasma membrane upon stimulation, we addressed where the death factor gets exposed to ADAM proteases. We report for the first time that both ADAM10 and ADAM17 are associated with FasL-containing secretory lysosomes. Moreover, we demonstrate that TCR/CD3/CD28-stimulation induces a partial positioning of both proteases and FasL to lipid rafts and only the activation-induced raft-positioning results in FasL processing. TCR/CD3/CD28-induced FasL proteolysis is markedly affected by reducing both ADAM10 and ADAM17 protein levels, indicating that in human T cells also ADAM17 is implicated in FasL processing. Since FasL shedding is affected by cholesterol depletion and by inhibition of Src kinases or palmitoylation, we conclude that it requires mobilization and co-positioning of ADAM proteases in lipid raft-like platforms associated with an activation of raft-associated Src-family kinases.
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- Henriette Ebsen
- University of Kiel, Institute of Immunology, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein Campus Kiel, Arnold-Heller-Str. 3 Bldg 17, D-24105 Kiel, Germany
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- University of Kiel, Institute of Immunology, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein Campus Kiel, Arnold-Heller-Str. 3 Bldg 17, D-24105 Kiel, Germany
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- University of Kiel, Institute of Immunology, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein Campus Kiel, Arnold-Heller-Str. 3 Bldg 17, D-24105 Kiel, Germany
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- University of Kiel, Institute of Immunology, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein Campus Kiel, Arnold-Heller-Str. 3 Bldg 17, D-24105 Kiel, Germany.
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Herpes simplex virus enhances chemokine function through modulation of receptor trafficking and oligomerization. Nat Commun 2015; 6:6163. [PMID: 25625471 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2014] [Accepted: 12/19/2014] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Glycoprotein G (gG) from herpes simplex virus 1 and 2 (HSV-1 and HSV-2, important human neurotropic pathogens) is the first viral chemokine-binding protein found to potentiate chemokine function. Here we show that gG attaches to cell surface glycosaminoglycans and induces lipid raft clustering, increasing the incorporation of CXCR4 receptors into these microdomains. gG induces conformational rearrangements in CXCR4 homodimers and changes their intracellular partners, leading to sustained, functional chemokine/receptor complexes at the surface. This results in increased chemotaxis dependent on the cholesterol content of the plasma membrane and receptor association to Src-kinases and phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase signalling pathways, but independent of clathrin-mediated endocytosis. Furthermore, using electron microscopy, we show that such enhanced functionality is associated with the accumulation of low-order CXCR4 nanoclusters. Our results provide insights into basic mechanisms of chemokine receptor function and into a viral strategy of immune modulation.
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Garénaux E, Kanagawa M, Tsuchiyama T, Hori K, Kanazawa T, Goshima A, Chiba M, Yasue H, Ikeda A, Yamaguchi Y, Sato C, Kitajima K. Discovery, primary, and crystal structures and capacitation-related properties of a prostate-derived heparin-binding protein WGA16 from boar sperm. J Biol Chem 2015; 290:5484-501. [PMID: 25568322 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.635268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Mammalian sperm acquire fertility through a functional maturation process called capacitation, where sperm membrane molecules are drastically remodeled. In this study, we found that a wheat germ agglutinin (WGA)-reactive protein on lipid rafts, named WGA16, is removed from the sperm surface on capacitation. WGA16 is a prostate-derived seminal plasma protein that has never been reported and is deposited on the sperm surface in the male reproductive tract. Based on protein and cDNA sequences for purified WGA16, it is a homologue of human zymogen granule protein 16 (ZG16) belonging to the Jacalin-related lectin (JRL) family in crystal and primary structures. A glycan array shows that WGA16 binds heparin through a basic patch containing Lys-53/Lys-73 residues but not the conventional lectin domain of the JRL family. WGA16 is glycosylated, contrary to other ZG16 members, and comparative mass spectrometry clearly shows its unique N-glycosylation profile among seminal plasma proteins. It has exposed GlcNAc and GalNAc residues without additional Gal residues. The GlcNAc/GalNAc residues can work as binding ligands for a sperm surface galactosyltransferase, which actually galactosylates WGA16 in situ in the presence of UDP-Gal. Interestingly, surface removal of WGA16 is experimentally induced by either UDP-Gal or heparin. In the crystal structure, N-glycosylated sites and a potential heparin-binding site face opposite sides. This geography of two functional sites suggest that WGA16 is deposited on the sperm surface through interaction between its N-glycans and the surface galactosyltransferase, whereas its heparin-binding domain may be involved in binding to sulfated glycosaminoglycans in the female tract, enabling removal of WGA16 from the sperm surface.
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- Estelle Garénaux
- From the Bioscience and Biotechnology Center, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
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- the RIKEN Structural Glycobiology Team, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- From the Bioscience and Biotechnology Center, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan, the Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
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- From the Bioscience and Biotechnology Center, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan, the Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
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- From the Bioscience and Biotechnology Center, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan, the Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
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- From the Bioscience and Biotechnology Center, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan, the Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
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- the Hirosaki University Graduate School of Health Sciences, Hirosaki 036-8564, Japan, and
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- the National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba 305-8602, Japan
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- the RIKEN Structural Glycobiology Team, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- From the Bioscience and Biotechnology Center, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan, the Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
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- From the Bioscience and Biotechnology Center, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan, the Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan,
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Horejsi V, Hrdinka M. Membrane microdomains in immunoreceptor signaling. FEBS Lett 2014; 588:2392-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2014.05.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2014] [Revised: 05/26/2014] [Accepted: 05/28/2014] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Lck mediates signal transmission from CD59 to the TCR/CD3 pathway in Jurkat T cells. PLoS One 2014; 9:e85934. [PMID: 24454946 PMCID: PMC3893272 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0085934] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2013] [Accepted: 12/03/2013] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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The glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored molecule CD59 has been implicated in the modulation of T cell responses, but the underlying molecular mechanism of CD59 influencing T cell signaling remained unclear. Here we analyzed Jurkat T cells stimulated via anti-CD3ε- or anti-CD59-coated surfaces, using time-resolved single-cell Ca2+ imaging as a read-out for stimulation. This analysis revealed a heterogeneous Ca2+ response of the cell population in a stimulus-dependent manner. Further analysis of T cell receptor (TCR)/CD3 deficient or overexpressing cells showed that CD59-mediated signaling is strongly dependent on TCR/CD3 surface expression. In protein co-patterning and fluorescence recovery after photobleaching experiments no direct physical interaction was observed between CD59 and CD3 at the plasma membrane upon anti-CD59 stimulation. However, siRNA-mediated protein knock-downs of downstream signaling molecules revealed that the Src family kinase Lck and the adaptor molecule linker of activated T cells (LAT) are essential for both signaling pathways. Furthermore, flow cytometry measurements showed that knock-down of Lck accelerates CD3 re-expression at the cell surface after anti-CD59 stimulation similar to what has been observed upon direct TCR/CD3 stimulation. Finally, physically linking Lck to CD3ζ completely abolished CD59-triggered Ca2+ signaling, while signaling was still functional upon direct TCR/CD3 stimulation. Altogether, we demonstrate that Lck mediates signal transmission from CD59 to the TCR/CD3 pathway in Jurkat T cells, and propose that CD59 may act via Lck to modulate T cell responses.
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Kono T, Korenaga H. Cytokine Gene Expression in CD4 Positive Cells of the Japanese Pufferfish, Takifugu rubripes. PLoS One 2013; 8:e66364. [PMID: 23823320 PMCID: PMC3688880 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0066364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2012] [Accepted: 05/03/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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CD4+ T (Th) cells are a central component of the adaptive immune response and are divided into distinct sets based on their specific cytokine production pattern. Several reports have suggested that fish possess Th subset activity similar to that of mammals. The aim of the present study was to isolate CD4+ T cells from the blood of Japanese pufferfish, Fugu rubripes, and to characterize their cytokine expression profile. We produced a specific antibody against Fugu CD4 and performed cell sorting with the magnetic activated cell sorting system. Sorted Fugu CD4+ cells were characterized by morphology and expression analysis of cell marker genes. Fugu CD4+ cells expressed T-cell marker genes but not macrophage or B-cell marker genes. In addition, peripheral blood lymphocytes were stimulated with lipopolysaccharide (LPS), polycytidylic acid (polyI:C), concanavalin A (ConA) prior to sorting, and then Multiplex RT-PCR was used to examine the expression of Th cytokines by the stimulated Fugu CD4+ cells. LPS and polyI:C stimulation upregulated the expression of Th1, Th17 and Treg cytokines and downregulated the expression of Th2 cytokines. ConA stimulation upregulated the expression of all Th cytokines. These results suggest that fish exhibit the same upregulation of Th-specific cytokine expression as in mammals.
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- Tomoya Kono
- Interdisciplinary Research Organization, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan
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- Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Agriculture and Engineering, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan
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Somodi S, Balajthy A, Szilágyi O, Pethő Z, Harangi M, Paragh G, Panyi G, Hajdu P. Analysis of the K+ current in human CD4+ T lymphocytes in hypercholesterolemic state. Cell Immunol 2013; 281:20-6. [PMID: 23416720 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellimm.2013.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2012] [Revised: 12/22/2012] [Accepted: 01/12/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Atherosclerosis involves immune mechanisms: T lymphocytes are found in atherosclerotic plaques, suggesting their activation during atherogenesis. The predominant voltage-gated potassium channel of T cells, Kv1.3 is a key regulator of the Ca(2+)-dependent activation pathway. In the present experiments we studied the proliferation capacity and functional changes of Kv1.3 channels in T cells from healthy and hypercholestaeremic patients. By means of CFSE-assay (carboxyfluorescein succinimidyl ester) we showed that spontaneous activation rate of lymphocytes in hypercholesterolemia was elevated and the antiCD3/antiCD28 co-stimulation was less effective as compared to the healthy group. Using whole-cell patch-clamping we obtained that the activation and deactivation kinetics of Kv1.3 channels were faster in hypercholesterolemic state but no change in other parameters of Kv1.3 were found (inactivation kinetics, steady-state activation, expression level). We suppose that incorporation of oxLDL species via its raft-rupturing effect can modify proliferative rate of T cells as well as the gating of Kv1.3 channels.
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- Sándor Somodi
- 1st Department of Internal Medicine, University of Debrecen, Medical and Health Science Center, Debrecen, Hungary
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Molnár E, Swamy M, Holzer M, Beck-García K, Worch R, Thiele C, Guigas G, Boye K, Luescher IF, Schwille P, Schubert R, Schamel WWA. Cholesterol and sphingomyelin drive ligand-independent T-cell antigen receptor nanoclustering. J Biol Chem 2012; 287:42664-74. [PMID: 23091059 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m112.386045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 126] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The T-cell antigen receptor (TCR) exists in monomeric and nanoclustered forms independently of antigen binding. Although the clustering is involved in the regulation of T-cell sensitivity, it is unknown how the TCR nanoclusters form. We show that cholesterol is required for TCR nanoclustering in T cells and that this clustering enhances the avidity but not the affinity of the TCR-antigen interaction. Investigating the mechanism of the nanoclustering, we found that radioactive photocholesterol specifically binds to the TCRβ chain in vivo. In order to reduce the complexity of cellular membranes, we used a synthetic biology approach and reconstituted the TCR in liposomes of defined lipid composition. Both cholesterol and sphingomyelin were required for the formation of TCR dimers in phosphatidylcholine-containing large unilamellar vesicles. Further, the TCR was localized in the liquid disordered phase in giant unilamellar vesicles. We propose a model in which cholesterol and sphingomyelin binding to the TCRβ chain causes TCR dimerization. The lipid-induced TCR nanoclustering enhances the avidity to antigen and thus might be involved in enhanced sensitivity of memory compared with naive T cells. Our work contributes to the understanding of the function of specific nonannular lipid-membrane protein interactions.
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- Eszter Molnár
- Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, 79108 Freiburg, Germany
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Chung W, Abel SM, Chakraborty AK. Protein clusters on the T cell surface may suppress spurious early signaling events. PLoS One 2012; 7:e44444. [PMID: 22973450 PMCID: PMC3433417 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2012] [Accepted: 08/06/2012] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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T cells play an important role in the adaptive immune system, quickly activating effector functions in response to small numbers of antigenic peptides but rarely activating in response to constant interaction with most endogenous peptides. Emerging experimental evidence suggests that key membrane-bound signaling proteins such as the T cell receptor and the adaptor protein Lat are spatially organized into small clusters on the T cell membrane. We use spatially resolved, stochastic computer simulations to study how the inhomogeneous distribution of molecules affects the portion of the T cell signaling network in which the kinase ZAP-70, originating in T cell receptor clusters, phosphorylates Lat. To gain insight into the effects of protein clustering, we compare the signaling response from membranes with clustered proteins to the signaling response from membranes with homogeneously distributed proteins. Given a fixed amount of ZAP-70 (a proxy for degree of TCR stimulation) that must diffuse into contact with Lat molecules, the spatially homogeneous system responds faster and results in higher levels of phosphorylated Lat. Analysis of the spatial distribution of proteins demonstrates that, in the homogeneous system, nearest ZAP-70 and Lat proteins are closer on average and fewer Lat molecules share the same closest ZAP-70 molecule, leading to the faster response time. The results presented here suggest that spatial clustering of proteins on the T cell membrane may suppress the propagation of signal from ZAP-70 to Lat, thus providing a regulatory mechanism by which T cells suppress transient, spurious signals induced by stimulation of T cell receptors by endogenous peptides. Because this suppression of spurious signals may occur at a cost to sensitivity, we discuss recent experimental results suggesting other potential mechanisms by which ZAP-70 and Lat may interact to initiate T cell activation.
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- Woo Chung
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Ragon Institute of MGH, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Harvard, Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Kulma M, Kwiatkowska K, Sobota A. Raft coalescence and FcγRIIA activation upon sphingomyelin clustering induced by lysenin. Cell Signal 2012; 24:1641-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2012.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2012] [Revised: 04/12/2012] [Accepted: 04/12/2012] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Qiu X, Hong C, Zhong Z, Li Y, Zhang T, Bao W, Xiong S, Gao XM. Modulation of cellular immunity by antibodies against calreticulin. Eur J Immunol 2012; 42:2419-30. [PMID: 22685035 DOI: 10.1002/eji.201142320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2011] [Revised: 05/02/2012] [Accepted: 05/30/2012] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Although caltreticulin (CRT) is mainly a residential ER protein, it is also expressed on the membrane surface of various types of cells exhibiting multiple functions. We report here that intraperitoneal administration of a soluble recombinant CRT fragment (rCRT/39-272) led to a substantial decrease in delayed type hypersensitivity (DTH) responses in BALB/c mice and EAE in C57BL/6 mice. In the recall response against keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH) in vitro, draining lymph node cells from the rCRT/39-272-treated mice produced less IFN-γ but more IL-4 as compared with the cells from the control group. The immunomodulating effect of intraperitoneally administered rCRT/39-272 was attributed to anti-CRT Abs thereby induced, because, in passive transfer experiments, the CRT-specific antiserum could suppress DTH in BALB/c mice. B-cell-deficient μMT mice were not susceptible to rCRT/39-272-mediated DTH suppression. Furthermore, CRT appears on the surface of murine T cells soon after activation and remains detectable (at relatively low level) by flow cytometry for approximately 5 days in vitro. Anti-CRT Abs were able to inhibit AKT phosphorylation, proliferation, and cytokine production by activated murine T cells. We propose that cell surface CRT could play a role in the function of effector T cells and may be considered a target for immunological manipulation.
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- Xiang Qiu
- Department of Immunology, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, China
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Amoah S, Yammani RD, Grayson JM, Alexander-Miller MA. Changes in functional but not structural avidity during differentiation of CD8+ effector cells in vivo after virus infection. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2012; 189:638-45. [PMID: 22706075 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1102579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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By the peak of the CD8(+) T cell response, the effector cell pool consists of a heterogeneous population of cells that includes both those with an increased propensity to become long-lived memory cells (memory precursor effector cells; MPEC) and those that are terminally differentiated cells (short-lived effector cells; SLEC). Numerous studies have established the critical role that functional avidity plays in determining the in vivo efficacy of CD8(+) effector cells. Currently, how functional avidity differs in MPEC versus SLEC and the evolution of this property within these two populations during the expansion and contraction of the response are unknown. The data presented in this study show that at the peak of the effector response generated after poxvirus infection, SLEC were of higher functional avidity than their MPEC counterpart. Over time, however, SLEC exhibited a decrease in peptide sensitivity. This is in contrast to MPEC, which showed a modest increase in peptide sensitivity as the response reached equilibrium. The decrease in functional avidity in SLEC was independent of CD8 modulation or the amount of Ag receptor expressed by the T cell. Instead, the loss in sensitivity was correlated with decreased expression and activation of ZAP70 and Lck, critical components of TCR membrane proximal signaling. These results highlight the potential contribution of avidity in the differentiation and evolution of the T cell effector response after viral infection.
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- Samuel Amoah
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA
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Filipp D, Ballek O, Manning J. Lck, Membrane Microdomains, and TCR Triggering Machinery: Defining the New Rules of Engagement. Front Immunol 2012; 3:155. [PMID: 22701458 PMCID: PMC3372939 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2012.00155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2012] [Accepted: 05/25/2012] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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In spite of a comprehensive understanding of the schematics of T cell receptor (TCR) signaling, the mechanisms regulating compartmentalization of signaling molecules, their transient interactions, and rearrangement of membrane structures initiated upon TCR engagement remain an outstanding problem. These gaps in our knowledge are exemplified by recent data demonstrating that TCR triggering is largely dependent on a preactivated pool of Lck concentrated in T cells in a specific type of membrane microdomains. Our current model posits that in resting T cells all critical components of TCR triggering machinery including TCR/CD3, Lck, Fyn, CD45, PAG, and LAT are associated with distinct types of lipid-based microdomains which represent the smallest structural and functional units of membrane confinement able to negatively control enzymatic activities and substrate availability that is required for the initiation of TCR signaling. In addition, the microdomains based segregation spatially limits the interaction of components of TCR triggering machinery prior to the onset of TCR signaling and allows their rapid communication and signal amplification after TCR engagement, via the process of their coalescence. Microdomains mediated compartmentalization thus represents an essential membrane organizing principle in resting T cells. The integration of these structural and functional aspects of signaling into a unified model of TCR triggering will require a deeper understanding of membrane biology, novel interdisciplinary approaches and the generation of specific reagents. We believe that the fully integrated model of TCR signaling must be based on membrane structural network which provides a proper environment for regulatory processes controlling TCR triggering.
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- Dominik Filipp
- Laboratory of Immunobiology, Institute of Molecular Genetics AS CR Prague, Czech Republic
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Damjanovich L, Volkó J, Forgács A, Hohenberger W, Bene L. Crohn's disease alters MHC-rafts in CD4+ T-cells. Cytometry A 2011; 81:149-64. [PMID: 22128034 DOI: 10.1002/cyto.a.21173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2011] [Revised: 10/28/2011] [Accepted: 11/01/2011] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Clusters of MHCI, ICAM-1, CD44, CD59, IL-2R, and IL-15R molecules have been studied on the surface of CD4(+) T-cells from peripheral blood and lymph nodes of patients in Crohn's disease and healthy individuals as controls by using a dual-laser flow cytometric fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) technique and fluorescently stained Fabs. When cells from patients in Crohn's disease are compared to those of controls, the surface expression level for the MHCI reduced by ∼45%, for CD44 enhanced by ∼100%, and for IL-2Rα, IL-15Rα, and common γ(c) enhanced by ∼50%, ∼70%, and ∼130%, respectively. Efficiencies of FRET monitoring homoassociation for the MHCI and CD44 reduced, that for IL-2Rα enhanced. While efficiencies of FRET monitoring the association of γ(c) and ICAM-1 with the MHCI reduced, those monitoring association of IL-2/15Rα, CD44, and CD59 with MHCI enhanced. Efficiencies of FRET measured between the MHCI and IL-2Rα, IL-15Rα differently enhanced to the advantage of IL-15Rα, the one measured between γ(c) and IL-2Rα reduced, suggesting modulations in the strength of interaction of MHCI with IL-2R, IL-15R, and γ(c). The increases in density of surface bound cTx and in the associations of the receptors with the G(M1)-ganglioside lipid molecules suggest stronger lipid raft interactions of the receptors. The observed alterations of MHC-rafts in Crohn's disease--summarized in models of receptor patterns of diseased and control cells--may have functional consequences regarding signaling by the raft components.
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- László Damjanovich
- Department of Surgery, Medical and Health Science Center, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
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Kaplan A, Kotzer S, Almeida CR, Kohen R, Halpert G, Salmon-Divon M, Köhler K, Höglund P, Davis DM, Mehr R. Simulations of the NK cell immune synapse reveal that activation thresholds can be established by inhibitory receptors acting locally. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2011; 187:760-73. [PMID: 21690326 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1002208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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NK cell activation is regulated by a balance between activating and inhibitory signals. To address the question of how these signals are spatially integrated, we created a computer simulation of activating and inhibitory NK cell immunological synapse (NKIS) assembly, implementing either a "quantity-based" inhibition model or a "distance-based" inhibition model. The simulations mimicked the observed molecule distributions in inhibitory and activating NKIS and yielded several new insights. First, the total signal is highly influenced by activating complex dissociation rates but not by adhesion and inhibitory complex dissociation rates. Second, concerted motion of receptors in clusters significantly accelerates NKIS maturation. Third, when the potential of a cis interaction between Ly49 receptors and MHC class I on murine NK cells was added to the model, the integrated signal as a function of receptor and ligand numbers was only slightly increased, at least up to the level of 50% cis-bound Ly49 receptors reached in the model. Fourth, and perhaps most importantly, the integrated signal behavior obtained when using the distance-based inhibition signal model was closer to the experimentally observed behavior, with an inhibition radius of the order 3-10 molecules. Microscopy to visualize Vav activation in NK cells on micropatterned surfaces of activating and inhibitory strips revealed that Vav is only locally activated where activating receptors are ligated within a single NK cell contact. Taken together, these data are consistent with a model in which inhibitory receptors act locally; that is, that every bound inhibitory receptor acts on activating receptors within a certain radius around it.
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- Asya Kaplan
- The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan 52900, Israel
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Antón OM, Andrés-Delgado L, Reglero-Real N, Batista A, Alonso MA. MAL protein controls protein sorting at the supramolecular activation cluster of human T lymphocytes. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2011; 186:6345-56. [PMID: 21508261 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1003771] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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T cell membrane receptors and signaling molecules assemble at the immunological synapse (IS) in a supramolecular activation cluster (SMAC), organized into two differentiated subdomains: the central SMAC (cSMAC), with the TCR, Lck, and linker for activation of T cells (LAT), and the peripheral SMAC (pSMAC), with adhesion molecules. The mechanism of protein sorting to the SMAC subdomains is still unknown. MAL forms part of the machinery for protein targeting to the plasma membrane by specialized mechanisms involving condensed membranes or rafts. In this article, we report our investigation of the dynamics of MAL during the formation of the IS and its role in SMAC assembly in the Jurkat T cell line and human primary T cells. We observed that under normal conditions, a pool of MAL rapidly accumulates at the cSMAC, where it colocalized with condensed membranes, as visualized with the membrane fluorescent probe Laurdan. Mislocalization of MAL to the pSMAC greatly reduced membrane condensation at the cSMAC and redistributed machinery involved in docking microtubules or transport vesicles from the cSMAC to the pSMAC. As a consequence of these alterations, the raft-associated molecules Lck and LAT, but not the TCR, were missorted to the pSMAC. MAL, therefore, regulates membrane order and the distribution of microtubule and transport vesicle docking machinery at the IS and, by doing so, ensures correct protein sorting of Lck and LAT to the cSMAC.
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- Olga M Antón
- Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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Prentice AM, van der Merwe L. Impact of fatty acid status on immune function of children in low-income countries. MATERNAL & CHILD NUTRITION 2011; 7 Suppl 2:89-98. [PMID: 21366869 PMCID: PMC6860810 DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2011.00313.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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In vitro and animal studies point to numerous mechanisms by which fatty acids, especially long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCPUFA), can modulate the innate and adaptive arms of the immune system. These data strongly suggest that improving the fatty acid supply of young children in low-income countries might have immune benefits. Unfortunately, there have been virtually no studies of fatty acid/immune interactions in such settings. Clinical trial registers list over 150 randomized controlled trials (RCTs) involving PUFAs, only one in a low-income setting (the Gambia). We summarize those results here. There was evidence for improved growth and nutritional status, but the primary end point of chronic environmental enteropathy showed no benefit, possibly because the infants were still substantially breastfed. In high-income settings, there have been RCTs with fatty acids (usually LCPUFAs) in relation to 18 disease end points, for some of which there have been numerous trials (asthma, inflammatory bowel disease and rheumatoid arthritis). For these diseases, the evidence is judged reasonable for risk reduction for childhood asthma (but not in adults), as yielding possible benefit in Crohn's disease (insufficient evidence in ulcerative colitis) and for convincing evidence for rheumatoid arthritis at sufficient dose levels, though formal meta-analyses are not yet available. This analysis suggests that fatty acid interventions could yield immune benefits in children in poor settings, especially in non-breastfed children and in relation to inflammatory conditions such as persistent enteropathy. Benefits might include improved responses to enteric vaccines, which frequently perform poorly in low-income settings, and these questions merit randomized trials.
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- Andrew M Prentice
- MRC International Nutrition Group, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
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Zhu Y, Gumlaw N, Karman J, Zhao H, Zhang J, Jiang JL, Maniatis P, Edling A, Chuang WL, Siegel C, Shayman JA, Kaplan J, Jiang C, Cheng SH. Lowering glycosphingolipid levels in CD4+ T cells attenuates T cell receptor signaling, cytokine production, and differentiation to the Th17 lineage. J Biol Chem 2011; 286:14787-94. [PMID: 21402703 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.218610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Lipid rafts reportedly have a role in coalescing key signaling molecules into the immunological synapse during T cell activation, thereby modulating T cell receptor (TCR) signaling activity. Recent findings suggest that a correlation may exist between increased levels of glycosphingolipids (GSLs) in the lipid rafts of T cells and a heightened response of those T cells toward activation. Here, we show that lowering the levels of GSLs in CD4(+) T cells using a potent inhibitor of glucosylceramide synthase (Genz-122346) led to a moderation of the T cell response toward activation. TCR proximal signaling events, such as phosphorylation of Lck, Zap70 and LAT, as well as early Ca(2+) mobilization, were attenuated by treatment with Genz-122346. Concomitant with these events were significant reductions in IL-2 production and T cell proliferation. Similar findings were obtained with CD4(+) T cells isolated from transgenic mice genetically deficient in GM3 synthase activity. Interestingly, lowering the GSL levels in CD4(+) T cells by either pharmacological inhibition or disruption of the gene for GM3 synthase also specifically inhibited the differentiation of T cells to the Th(17) lineage but not to other Th subsets in vitro. Taken together with the recently reported effects of Raftlin deficiency on Th(17) differentiation, these results strongly suggest that altering the GSL composition of lipid rafts modulates TCR signaling activity and affects Th(17) differentiation.
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- Yunxiang Zhu
- Genzyme Corporation, Framingham, Massachusetts 01701-9322, USA
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Jean-Mairet RM, López-Menéndez C, Sánchez-Ruiloba L, Sacristán S, Rodríguez-Martínez M, Riol-Blanco L, Sánchez-Mateos P, Sánchez-Madrid F, Rodríguez-Fernández JL, Campanero MR, Iglesias T. The neuronal protein Kidins220/ARMS associates with ICAM-3 and other uropod components and regulates T-cell motility. Eur J Immunol 2011; 41:1035-46. [PMID: 21381019 DOI: 10.1002/eji.201040513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2010] [Revised: 12/06/2010] [Accepted: 01/25/2011] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Kinase D interacting substrate of 220 kDa (Kidins220), also known as ankyrin repeat-rich membrane spanning (ARMS), is a protein that is mainly expressed in brain and neural cells where its function is only starting to be characterized. Here, we show that Kidins220/ARMS is also expressed in T lymphocytes where it is highly concentrated at the uropod of polarized T cells. In this cellular model, Kidins220/ARMS colocalizes with typical uropod T-cell molecules and coimmunoprecipitates with ICAM-3. Furthermore, Kidins220/ARMS associates with raft domains at the uropod and coimmunoprecipitates with caveolin-1, a molecule we show here to be also expressed in T cells. Importantly, induction of morphological polarization in primary T lymphocytes and Jurkat cells enhances Kidins220/ARMS colocalization with ICAM-3. Conversely, disruption of cell polarity provokes Kidins220/ARMS redistribution from the uropod to other cellular regions and drastically impairs its association with ICAM-3 in a protein kinase C-dependent manner. Finally, Kidins220/ARMS knockdown in human polarized T-cell lines promotes both basal and stromal cell-derived factor-1α-induced directed migration, identifying a novel function for this molecule. Altogether, our findings show that Kidins220/ARMS is a novel component of the uropod involved in the regulation of T-cell motility, an essential process for the immune response.
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- Roberto Martín Jean-Mairet
- Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas Alberto Sols, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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Solstad T, Bjørgo E, Koehler CJ, Strozynski M, Torgersen KM, Taskén K, Thiede B. Quantitative proteome analysis of detergent-resistant membranes identifies the differential regulation of protein kinase C isoforms in apoptotic T cells. Proteomics 2010; 10:2758-68. [PMID: 20486122 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.201000164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Several lines of evidence suggest that detergent-resistant membranes (DRMs) (also known as lipid rafts and glycosphingolipid-enriched microdomains) may have a role in signaling pathways of apoptosis. Here, we developed a method that combines DRMs isolation and methanol/chloroform extraction with stable isotope labeling with amino acids in cell culture-based quantitative proteome analysis of DRMs from control and cisplatin-induced apoptotic Jurkat T cells. This approach enabled us to enrich proteins with a pivotal role in cell signaling of which several were found with increased or decreased amounts in DRMs upon induction of apoptosis. Specifically, we show that three isoforms of protein kinase C (PKC) are regulated differently upon apoptosis. Although PKC alpha which belongs to the group of conventional PKCs is highly up-regulated in DRMs, the levels of two novel PKCs, PKC eta and PKC theta, are significantly reduced. These alterations/differences in PKC regulation are verified by immunoblotting and confocal microscopy. In addition, a specific enrichment of PKC alpha in apoptotic blebs and buds is shown. Furthermore, we observe an increased expression of ecto-PKC alpha as a result of exposure to cisplatin using flow cytometry. Our results demonstrate that in-depth proteomic analysis of DRMs provides a tool to study differential localization and regulation of signaling molecules important in health and disease.
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- Therese Solstad
- The Biotechnology Centre of Oslo University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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Hořejší V, Otáhal P, Brdička T. LAT - an important raft-associated transmembrane adaptor protein. Delivered on 6 July 2009 at the 34th FEBS Congress in Prague, Czech Republic. FEBS J 2010; 277:4383-97. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2010.07831.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Rafts and the battleships of defense: The multifaceted microdomains for positive and negative signals in immune cells. Immunol Lett 2010; 130:2-12. [DOI: 10.1016/j.imlet.2009.12.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2009] [Revised: 12/13/2009] [Accepted: 12/13/2009] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Bäumer W, Wlaź P, Jennings G, Rundfeldt C. The putative lipid raft modulator miltefosine displays immunomodulatory action in T-cell dependent dermal inflammation models. Eur J Pharmacol 2010; 628:226-32. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2009.11.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2009] [Revised: 10/27/2009] [Accepted: 11/10/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Oral immunization with a novel lipid-based adjuvant protects against genital Chlamydia infection. Vaccine 2009; 28:1668-72. [PMID: 20026449 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2009.12.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2008] [Revised: 11/30/2009] [Accepted: 12/07/2009] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Oral immunization is attractive as a delivery route because it is needle-free and useful for rapid mass vaccination programs to target pandemics or bioterrorism. This potential has not been realized for human vaccination, due to the requirement of large antigen doses and toxic (to humans) adjuvants to overcome the induction of oral tolerance and potential degradation of antigens in the stomach. To date, only oral vaccines based on live attenuated organisms have been approved for human use. In this study we describe the use of a lipid-based delivery system/adjuvant, Lipid C, for oral immunization to protect mice against genital tract chlamydial infection. Lipid C is formulated from food-grade purified and fractionated triglycerides. Bacterial shedding following vaginal challenge with Chlamydia muridarum was reduced by 50% in female mice orally immunized with the chlamydial major outer membrane protein (MOMP) formulated in Lipid C, protection equivalent to that seen in animals immunized with MOMP admixed with both cholera toxin (CT) and CpG oligodeoxynucleotides (CpG-ODN). Protection was further enhanced when MOMP, CT and CpG were all combined in the Lipid C matrix. Protection correlated with production of gamma interferon (IFN) by splenic T cells, a serum MOMP-specific IgG response and low but detectable levels of MOMP-specific IgA in vaginal lavage.
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Transcutaneous immunization with novel lipid-based adjuvants induces protection against gastric Helicobacter pylori infection. Vaccine 2009; 27:6983-90. [DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2009.09.078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2008] [Revised: 09/07/2009] [Accepted: 09/20/2009] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Lapinski PE, Oliver JA, Bodie JN, Marti F, King PD. The T-cell-specific adapter protein family: TSAd, ALX, and SH2D4A/SH2D4B. Immunol Rev 2009; 232:240-54. [PMID: 19909368 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-065x.2009.00829.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Adapter proteins play key roles in intracellular signal transduction through complex formation with catalytically active signaling molecules. In T lymphocytes, the role of several different types of adapter proteins in T-cell antigen receptor signal transduction is well established. An exception to this is the family of T-cell-specific adapter (TSAd) proteins comprising of TSAd, adapter protein of unknown function (ALX), SH2D4A, and SH2D4B. Only recently has the function of these adapters in T-cell signal transduction been explored. Here, we discuss advances in our understanding of the role of this family of adapter proteins in T cells. Their function as regulators of signal transduction in other cell types is also discussed.
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- Philip E Lapinski
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5620, USA
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Muhammad A, Schiller HB, Forster F, Eckerstorfer P, Geyeregger R, Leksa V, Zlabinger GJ, Sibilia M, Sonnleitner A, Paster W, Stockinger H. Sequential cooperation of CD2 and CD48 in the buildup of the early TCR signalosome. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2009; 182:7672-80. [PMID: 19494291 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0800691] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The buildup of TCR signaling microclusters containing adaptor proteins and kinases is prerequisite for T cell activation. One hallmark in this process is association of the TCR with lipid raft microdomains enriched in GPI-proteins that have potential to act as accessory molecules for TCR signaling. In this study, we show that GPI-anchored CD48 but not CD59 was recruited to the immobilized TCR/CD3 complex upon activation of T cells. CD48 reorganization was vital for T cell IL-2 production by mediating lateral association of the early signaling component linker for activated T cells (LAT) to the TCR/CD3 complex. Furthermore, we identified CD2 as an adaptor linking the Src protein tyrosine kinase Lck and the CD48/LAT complex to TCR/CD3: CD2 associated with TCR/CD3 upon T cell activation irrespective of CD48 expression, while association of CD48 and LAT with the TCR/CD3 complex depended on CD2. Consequently, our data indicate that CD2 and CD48 cooperate hierarchically in the buildup of the early TCR signalosome; CD2 functions as the master switch recruiting CD48 and Lck. CD48 in turn shuttles the transmembrane adapter molecule LAT.
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- Arshad Muhammad
- Department of Molecular Immunology, Centre for Physiology, Pathophysiology and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Sandal S, Tuneva J, Yilmaz B, Carpenter DO. Effects of cholesterol and docosahexaenoic acid on cell viability and (Ca(2+))(i) levels in acutely isolated mouse thymocytes. Cell Biochem Funct 2009; 27:155-61. [PMID: 19274771 DOI: 10.1002/cbf.1549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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We investigated the effects of lipids on thymocyte function. The effects of application of cholesterol or docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), a C22, omega-3 (n-3) polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA), on viability and intracellular calcium concentrations of acutely isolated mouse thymocytes were investigated using flow cytometry. Cholesterol (100 microM) caused significant cell death after 30-60 min whether or not calcium was present in the medium. Cell death was associated with an elevation of intracellular calcium whether or not calcium was present in the extracellular medium. However, the elevation of calcium concentration was not responsible for the cell death since calcium levels in the presence of ionomycin rose higher without significant cell death. DHA had similar actions but was more potent, causing significant cell death and elevation of calcium concentration within 5 min at 1 microM. In the absence of extracellular calcium 1 microM DHA caused 100% cell death within 15 min. Linolenic acid, a C18 omega-3 fatty acid also caused cytotoxicity at low concentrations whether or not albumin was present, but omega-6 or saturated C22 fatty acids were much less effective. These observations demonstrate that thymocyte viability is very sensitive to acute exposure to low concentrations of omega-3 fatty acids.
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- Suleyman Sandal
- Institute for Health and the Environment, University at Albany, Rensselaer, NY, USA
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Agüera-González S, Boutet P, Reyburn HT, Valés-Gómez M. Brief residence at the plasma membrane of the MHC class I-related chain B is due to clathrin-mediated cholesterol-dependent endocytosis and shedding. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2009; 182:4800-8. [PMID: 19342658 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0800713] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Recognition of MHC class I-related chain (MIC) molecules on the surface of target cells by the activating receptor NKG2D leads to their lysis by immune effector cells. Up-regulation of NKG2D ligands is broadly related to stress, although the detailed molecular mechanisms that control the presence of these molecules at the plasma membrane are unclear. To investigate the posttranslational mechanisms that control surface expression of the human NKG2D ligand MICB, we studied the subcellular localization and trafficking of this molecule. We found that in several cellular systems, the expression of MICB molecules on the cell surface is accompanied by an intracellular accumulation of the molecule in the trans-Golgi network and late endosome-related compartments. Surprisingly, MICB has a much shorter half-life at the plasma membrane than MHC molecules and this depends on both recycling to internal compartments and shedding to the extracellular medium. Internalization of MICB depends partially on clathrin, but importantly, the lipid environment of the membrane also plays a crucial role in this process. We suggest that the brief residence of MICB at the plasma membrane modulates, at least in part, the function of this molecule in the immune system.
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Szymańska E, Korzeniowski M, Raynal P, Sobota A, Kwiatkowska K. Contribution of PIP-5 kinase Iα to raft-based FcγRIIA signaling. Exp Cell Res 2009; 315:981-95. [DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2009.01.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2008] [Revised: 01/23/2009] [Accepted: 01/23/2009] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Ariel O, Levi Y, Hollander N. Signal transduction by CD58: the transmembrane isoform transmits signals outside lipid rafts independently of the GPI-anchored isoform. Cell Signal 2009; 21:1100-8. [PMID: 19268704 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2009.02.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2008] [Revised: 02/16/2009] [Accepted: 02/26/2009] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The adhesion molecule CD58 is natively expressed in both a glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored form and a transmembrane form. We previously demonstrated that the two isoforms of CD58 are differentially distributed in the cell membrane. The GPI-linked form resides in lipid rafts while the transmembrane form resides outside lipid rafts. Following cross-linking a fraction of transmembrane CD58 redistributes to lipid rafts. It has also been demonstrated that ligand binding to CD58 induces biological functions such as cytokine production and immunoglobulin isotype switching, indicating that cell-cell interactions result in CD58-mediated signal transduction. However, the signaling pathways involved in these activation processes are poorly defined. Here we show for the first time that cross-linking of CD58 induces protein tyrosine phosphorylation of BLNK, Syk and PLCgamma, and activation of ERK and Akt/PKB. In addition, we studied how these signaling events relate to the distinct membrane localization of the two isoforms of CD58. We demonstrate that cross-linking of CD58 triggers signaling that is predominantly associated with transmembrane CD58 in nonraft microdomains. Moreover, signaling through transmembrane CD58 does not depend on coexpression of the GPI-linked isoform. Thus, despite the residence of its GPI-anchored isoform in lipid rafts and the translocation of a fraction of its transmembrane isoform to lipid rafts, CD58 signaling is triggered by the transmembrane isoform outside lipid rafts. These findings corroborate signaling outside lipid rafts, as opposed to the established notion that rafts function as essential platforms for signaling.
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- Ortal Ariel
- Department of Human Microbiology, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Kobayashi H, Azuma R, Yasunaga T. Expression of excess receptors and negative feedback control of signal pathways are required for rapid activation and prompt cessation of signal transduction. Cell Commun Signal 2009; 7:3. [PMID: 19254388 PMCID: PMC2666736 DOI: 10.1186/1478-811x-7-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2008] [Accepted: 03/03/2009] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Background Cellular signal transduction is initiated by the binding of extracellular ligands to membrane receptors. Receptors are often expressed in excess, and cells are activated when a small number of receptors bind ligands. Intracellular signal proteins are activated at a high level soon after ligand binding, and the activation level decreases in a negative feedback manner without ligand clearance. Why are excess receptors required? What is the physiological significance of the negative feedback regulation? Results To answer these questions, we developed a Monte Carlo simulation program to kinetically analyze signal pathways using the model in which ligands are bound to receptors and then membrane complexes with other membrane proteins are formed. Our simulation results showed that excess receptors are not required for cell activation when the dissociation constant (Kd) of the ligand-receptor complex is 10-10 M or less. However, such low Kd values cause delayed signal shutdown after ligand clearance from the extracellular space. In contrast, when the Kd was 10-8 M and the ligand level was less than 1 μM, excess receptors were required for prompt signal propagation and rapid signal cessation after ligand clearance. An initial increase in active cytosolic signal proteins to a high level is required for rapid activation of cellular signal pathways, and a low level of active signal proteins is essential for the rapid shutdown of signal pathways after ligand clearance. Conclusion The present kinetic analysis revealed that excess receptors and negative feedback regulation promote activation and cessation of signal transduction with a low amount of extracellular ligand.
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- Hiroshi Kobayashi
- Department of Biochemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University, 1-8-1, Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8675, Japan.
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Józefowski S, Sobota A, Kwiatkowska K. How Mycobacterium tuberculosis subverts host immune responses. Bioessays 2008; 30:943-54. [PMID: 18800365 DOI: 10.1002/bies.20815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the causative agent of pulmonary tuberculosis which has infected one third of the mankind and causes 2-3 million deaths worldwide each year. The persistence of the infection ensues from the ability of M. tuberculosis to subvert host immune responses in favor of survival and growth of mycobacteria in macrophages. The mechanisms by which M. tuberculosis manipulates the host immune system have only recently come to light. These activities are attributed to lipoarabinomannans (LAM) and their precursors lipomannans (LM), two predominant glycolipids of M. tuberculosis cell wall. LM are able to skew anti-mycobacterial immune responses into un-protective ones, while LAM evoke immunosupression upon binding to macrophage and dendritic cell receptors specialized in binding to "self" host components. A newly emerging idea implicates plasma membrane rafts in LM and LAM signaling. Depending on acylation patterns, the glycolipids may either directly incorporate into the raft membrane via mannosylphosphatidylinositol anchors or interact with raft-associated proteins to affect the assembly of receptor signaling complexes.
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- Szczepan Józefowski
- Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Department of Cell Biology, Warsaw, Poland
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Jia SJ, Jin S, Zhang F, Yi F, Dewey WL, Li PL. Formation and function of ceramide-enriched membrane platforms with CD38 during M1-receptor stimulation in bovine coronary arterial myocytes. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2008; 295:H1743-52. [PMID: 18723763 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00617.2008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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CD38 contains an ADP ribosylcyclase domain that mediates intracellular Ca(2+) signaling by the production of cyclic ADP-ribose (cADPR), but the mechanisms by which the agonists activate this enzyme remain unclear. The present study tested a hypothesis that a special lipid-raft (LR) form, ceramide-enriched lipid platform, contributes to CD38 activation to produce cADPR in response to muscarinic type 1 (M(1)) receptor stimulation in bovine coronary arterial myocytes (CAMs). By confocal microscopic analysis, oxotremorine (Oxo), an M(1) receptor agonist, was found to increase LR clustering on the membrane with the formation of a complex of CD38 and LR components such as GM(1), acid sphingomyelinase (ASMase), and ceramide, a typical ceramide-enriched macrodomain. At 80 microM, Oxo increased LR clustering by 78.8%, which was abolished by LR disruptors, methyl-beta-cyclodextrin (MCD), or filipin. With the use of a fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) technique, 15.5+/-1.9% energy transfer rate (vs. 5.3+/-0.9% of control) between CD38 and LR component, ganglioside M(1) was detected, further confirming the proximity of both molecules. In the presence of MCD or filipin, there were no FRET signals detected. In floated detergent-resistant membrane fractions, CD38 significantly increased in LR fractions of CAMs treated by Oxo. Moreover, MCD or filipin attenuated Oxo-induced production of cADPR via CD38. Functionally, Oxo-induced intracellular Ca(2+) release and coronary artery constriction via cADPR were also blocked by LR disruption or ASMase inhibition. These results provide the first evidence that the formation of ceramide-enriched lipid macrodomains is crucial for Oxo-induced activation of CD38 to produce cADPR in CAMs, and these lipid macrodomains mediate transmembrane signaling of M(1) receptor activation to produce second messenger cADPR.
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- Su-Jie Jia
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia 23298, USA
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Filipp D, Moemeni B, Ferzoco A, Kathirkamathamby K, Zhang J, Ballek O, Davidson D, Veillette A, Julius M. Lck-dependent Fyn activation requires C terminus-dependent targeting of kinase-active Lck to lipid rafts. J Biol Chem 2008; 283:26409-22. [PMID: 18660530 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m710372200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Mechanisms regulating the activation and delivery of function of Lck and Fyn are central to the generation of the most proximal signaling events emanating from the T cell antigen receptor (TcR) complex. Recent results demonstrate that lipid rafts (LR) segregate Lck and Fyn and play a fundamental role in the temporal and spatial coordination of their activation. Specifically, TcR-CD4 co-aggregation-induced Lck activation outside LR results in Lck translocation to LR where the activation of LR-resident Fyn ensues. Here we report a structure-function analysis toward characterizing the mechanism supporting Lck partitioning to LR and its capacity to activate co-localized Fyn. Using NIH 3T3 cells ectopically expressing FynT, we demonstrate that only LR-associated, kinase-active (Y505F)Lck reciprocally co-immunoprecipitates with and activates Fyn. Mutational analyses revealed a profound reduction in the formation of Lck-Fyn complexes and Fyn activation, using kinase domain mutants K273R and Y394F of (Y505F)Lck, both of which have profoundly compromised kinase activity. The only kinase-active Lck mutants tested that revealed impaired physical and enzymatic engagement with Fyn were those involving truncation of the C-terminal sequence YQPQP. Remarkably, sequential truncation of YQPQP resulted in an increasing reduction of kinase-active Lck partitioning to LR, in both fibroblasts and T cells. This in turn correlated with an ablation of the capacity of these truncates to enhance TcR-mediated interleukin-2 production. Thus, Lck-dependent Fyn activation is predicated by proximity-mediated transphosphorylation of the Fyn kinase domain, and targeting kinase-active Lck to LR is dependent on the C-terminal sequence QPQP.
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- Dominik Filipp
- Sunnybrook Research Institute and the Department of Immunology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M4N 3M5, Canada
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Oneyama C, Hikita T, Enya K, Dobenecker MW, Saito K, Nada S, Tarakhovsky A, Okada M. The lipid raft-anchored adaptor protein Cbp controls the oncogenic potential of c-Src. Mol Cell 2008; 30:426-36. [PMID: 18498747 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2008.03.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2007] [Revised: 02/21/2008] [Accepted: 03/18/2008] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The tyrosine kinase c-Src is upregulated in various human cancers irrespective of its negative regulator Csk, but the regulatory mechanisms remain unclear. Here, we show that a lipid raft-anchored Csk adaptor, Cbp/PAG, is directly involved in controlling the oncogenicity of c-Src. Using Csk-deficient cells that can be transformed by c-Src overexpression, we found that Cbp expression is markedly downregulated by c-Src activation and re-expression of Cbp efficiently suppresses c-Src transformation as well as tumorigenesis. Cbp-deficient cells are more susceptible to v-Src transformation than their parental cells. Upon phosphorylation, Cbp specifically binds to activated c-Src and sequesters it in lipid rafts, resulting in an efficient suppression of c-Src function independent of Csk. In some human cancer cells and tumors, Cbp is downregulated and the introduction of Cbp significantly suppresses tumorigenesis. These findings indicate a potential role for Cbp as a suppressor of c-Src-mediated tumor progression.
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- Chitose Oneyama
- Department of Oncogene Research, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, 3-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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Rawat SS, Zimmerman C, Johnson BT, Cho E, Lockett SJ, Blumenthal R, Puri A. Restricted lateral mobility of plasma membrane CD4 impairs HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein mediated fusion. Mol Membr Biol 2008; 25:83-94. [PMID: 18097956 DOI: 10.1080/09687680701613713] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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We investigated the effect of receptor mobility on HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein (Env)-triggered fusion using B16 mouse melanoma cells that are engineered to express CD4 and CXCR4 or CCR5. These engineered cells are resistant to fusion mediated CD4-dependent HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein. Receptor mobility was measured by fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP) using either fluorescently-labeled antibodies or transient expression of GFP-tagged receptors in the cells. No significant differences between B16 and NIH3T3 (fusion-permissive) cells were seen in lateral mobility of CCR5 or lipid probes. By contrast CD4 mobility in B16 cells was about seven-fold reduced compared to its mobility in fusion-permissive NIH3T3 cells. However, a CD4 mutant (RA5) that localizes to non-raft membrane microdomains exhibited a three-fold increased mobility in B16 cells as compared with WT-CD4. Interestingly, the B16 cells expressing the RA5 mutant (but not the wild type CD4) and coreceptors supported HIV-1 Env-mediated fusion. Our data demonstrate that the lateral mobility of CD4 is an important determinant of HIV-1 fusion/entry.
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- Satinder S Rawat
- CCRNP, NCI-Frederick, National Institutes of Health, Frederick, Maryland 21702-1201, USA
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"The beginning of wisdom is found in doubting; by doubting we come to question, and by seeking we may come upon the truth." -Pierre Abélard. CD8 is a glycoprotein expressed on hematopoietic cells. Two isoforms of CD8, CD8alphabeta and CD8alphaalpha, have been identified that are distinct in their expression and function. Whereas CD8alphabeta serves as a T cell receptor (TCR) coreceptor to enhance the functional avidity and is constitutively expressed on MHC class I-restricted T cells, CD8alphaalpha marks T cells that are distinct from the conventional thymus-selected and MHC-restricted CD4(+) or CD8alphabeta(+) T cells. Inconsistent with a coreceptor function, CD8alphaalpha decreases antigen sensitivity of the TCR, and it can be transiently or permanently expressed on T cells, regardless of the MHC restriction of the TCR or the presence of conventional coreceptors. Together, these observations indicate that CD8alphaalpha on T cells marks a differentiation stage and that it likely functions as a TCR corepressor to negatively regulate T cell activation.
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