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Borowicz P, Chan H, Hauge A, Spurkland A. Adaptor proteins: Flexible and dynamic modulators of immune cell signalling. Scand J Immunol 2020; 92:e12951. [DOI: 10.1111/sji.12951] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2020] [Revised: 07/22/2020] [Accepted: 07/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Paweł Borowicz
- Department of Molecular Medicine Institute of Basic Medical Sciences University of Oslo Oslo Norway
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- Department of Molecular Medicine Institute of Basic Medical Sciences University of Oslo Oslo Norway
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- Department of Molecular Medicine Institute of Basic Medical Sciences University of Oslo Oslo Norway
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- Department of Molecular Medicine Institute of Basic Medical Sciences University of Oslo Oslo Norway
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Tillman H, Janke LJ, Funk A, Vogel P, Rehg JE. Morphologic and Immunohistochemical Characterization of Spontaneous Lymphoma/Leukemia in NSG Mice. Vet Pathol 2019; 57:160-171. [PMID: 31736441 DOI: 10.1177/0300985819882631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The NOD.Cg-Prkdcscid Il2rgtm1Wjl/SzJ strain (NOD scid gamma, NSG) is a severely immunodeficient inbred laboratory mouse used for preclinical studies because it is amenable to engraftment with human cells. Combining scid and Il2rgnull mutations results in severe immunodeficiency by impairing the maturation, survival, and functionality of interleukin 2-dependent immune cells, including T, B, and natural killer lymphocytes. While NSG mice are reportedly resistant to developing spontaneous lymphomas/leukemias, there are reports of hematopoietic cancers developing. In this study, we characterized the immunophenotype of spontaneous lymphoma/leukemia in 12 NSG mice (20 to 38 weeks old). The mice had a combination of grossly enlarged thymus, spleen, or lymph nodes and variable histologic involvement of the bone marrow and other tissues. All 12 lymphomas were diffusely CD3, TDT, and CD4 positive, and 11 of 12 were also positive for CD8, which together was consistent with precursor T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma/leukemia (pre-T-LBL). A subset of NSG tissues from all mice and neoplastic lymphocytes from 8 of 12 cases had strong immunoreactivity for retroviral p30 core protein, suggesting an association with a viral infection. These data highlight that NSG mice may develop T-cell lymphoma at low frequency, necessitating the recognition of this spontaneously arising disease when interpreting studies.
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- Heather Tillman
- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Animal Resources Center, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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Restimulation-induced T-cell death through NTB-A/SAP signaling pathway is impaired in tuberculosis patients with depressed immune responses. Immunol Cell Biol 2017; 95:716-728. [PMID: 28546549 PMCID: PMC5595630 DOI: 10.1038/icb.2017.42] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2017] [Revised: 05/17/2017] [Accepted: 05/17/2017] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Production of IFN-γ contributes to host defense against Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) infection. We previously demonstrated that Signaling lymphocytic activation molecule-associated protein (SAP) expression on cells from tuberculosis (TB) patients was inversely correlated with IFN-γ production. Here we first investigated the role of NK, T- and B-cell antigen (NTB-A)/SAP pathway in the regulation of Th1 response against Mtb. Upon antigen stimulation, NTB-A phosphorylation rapidly increases and afterwards modulates IFN-γ and IL-17 secretion. To sustain a healthy immune system, controlled expansion and contraction of lymphocytes, both during and after an adaptive immune response, is essential. Besides, restimulation-induced cell death (RICD) results in an essential homeostatic mechanism for precluding excess T-cell accumulation and associated immunopathology during the course of certain infections. Accordingly, we found that the NTB-A/SAP pathway was required for RICD during active tuberculosis. In low responder (LR) TB patients, impaired RICD was associated with diminished FASL levels, IL-2 production and CD25high expression after cell-restimulation. Interestingly, we next observed that SAP mediated the recruitment of the Src-related kinase FYNT, only in T cells from LR TB patients that were resistant to RICD. Together, we showed that the NTB-A/SAP pathway regulates T-cell activation and RICD during human TB. Moreover, the NTB-A/SAP/FYNT axis promotes polarization to an unfavorable Th2-phenotype.
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Huang YH, Tsai K, Tan SY, Kang S, Ford ML, Harder KW, Priatel JJ. 2B4-SAP signaling is required for the priming of naive CD8 + T cells by antigen-expressing B cells and B lymphoma cells. Oncoimmunology 2016; 6:e1267094. [PMID: 28344876 DOI: 10.1080/2162402x.2016.1267094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2016] [Revised: 11/22/2016] [Accepted: 11/24/2016] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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Mutations in SH2D1A gene that encodes SAP (SLAM-associated protein) result in X-linked lymphoproliferative disease (XLP), a rare primary immunodeficiency disease defined by exquisite sensitivity to the B-lymphotropic Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and B cell lymphomas. However, the precise mechanism of how the loss of SAP function contributes to extreme vulnerability to EBV and the development of B cell lymphomas remains unclear. Here, we investigate the hypothesis that SAP is critical for CD8+ T cell immune surveillance of antigen (Ag)-expressing B cells or B lymphoma cells under conditions of defined T cell receptor (TCR) signaling. Sh2d1a-/- CD8+ T cells exhibited greatly diminished proliferation relative to wild type when Ag-presenting-B cells or -B lymphoma cells served as the primary Ag-presenting cell (APC). By contrast, Sh2d1a-/- CD8+ T cells responded equivalently to wild-type CD8+ T cells when B cell-depleted splenocytes, melanoma cells or breast carcinoma cells performed Ag presentation. Through application of signaling lymphocyte activation molecule (SLAM) family receptor blocking antibodies or SLAM family receptor-deficient CD8+ T cells and APCs, we found that CD48 engagement on the B cell surface by 2B4 is crucial for initiating SAP-dependent signaling required for the Ag-driven CD8+ T cell proliferation and differentiation. Altogether, a pivotal role for SAP in promoting the expansion and differentiation of B cell-primed viral-specific naive CD8+ T cells may explain the selective immune deficiency of XLP patients to EBV and B cell lymphomas.
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- Yu-Hsuan Huang
- British Columbia Children's Hospital Research Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- British Columbia Children's Hospital Research Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- British Columbia Children's Hospital Research Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- British Columbia Children's Hospital Research Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Surgery, Emory University , Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia , Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- British Columbia Children's Hospital Research Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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van Driel BJ, Liao G, Engel P, Terhorst C. Responses to Microbial Challenges by SLAMF Receptors. Front Immunol 2016; 7:4. [PMID: 26834746 PMCID: PMC4718992 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2016.00004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2015] [Accepted: 01/06/2016] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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The SLAMF family (SLAMF) of cell surface glycoproteins is comprised of nine glycoproteins and while SLAMF1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 are self-ligand receptors, SLAMF2 and SLAMF4 interact with each other. Their interactions induce signal transduction networks in trans, thereby shaping immune cell-cell communications. Collectively, these receptors modulate a wide range of functions, such as myeloid cell and lymphocyte development, and T and B cell responses to microbes and parasites. In addition, several SLAMF receptors serve as microbial sensors, which either positively or negatively modulate the function of macrophages, dendritic cells, neutrophils, and NK cells in response to microbial challenges. The SLAMF receptor-microbe interactions contribute both to intracellular microbicidal activity as well as to migration of phagocytes to the site of inflammation. In this review, we describe the current knowledge on how the SLAMF receptors and their specific adapters SLAM-associated protein and EAT-2 regulate innate and adaptive immune responses to microbes.
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- Boaz Job van Driel
- Division of Immunology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School , Boston, MA , USA
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- Division of Immunology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School , Boston, MA , USA
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- Immunology Unit, Department of Cell Biology, Immunology and Neurosciences, Medical School, University of Barcelona , Barcelona , Spain
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- Division of Immunology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School , Boston, MA , USA
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de Jesus AA, Canna SW, Liu Y, Goldbach-Mansky R. Molecular mechanisms in genetically defined autoinflammatory diseases: disorders of amplified danger signaling. Annu Rev Immunol 2015; 33:823-74. [PMID: 25706096 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-immunol-032414-112227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 175] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Patients with autoinflammatory diseases present with noninfectious fever flares and systemic and/or disease-specific organ inflammation. Their excessive proinflammatory cytokine and chemokine responses can be life threatening and lead to organ damage over time. Studying such patients has revealed genetic defects that have helped unravel key innate immune pathways, including excessive IL-1 signaling, constitutive NF-κB activation, and, more recently, chronic type I IFN signaling. Discoveries of monogenic defects that lead to activation of proinflammatory cytokines have inspired the use of anticytokine-directed treatment approaches that have been life changing for many patients and have led to the approval of IL-1-blocking agents for a number of autoinflammatory conditions. In this review, we describe the genetically characterized autoinflammatory diseases, we summarize our understanding of the molecular pathways that drive clinical phenotypes and that continue to inspire the search for novel treatment targets, and we provide a conceptual framework for classification.
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- Adriana Almeida de Jesus
- Translational Autoinflammatory Diseases Section, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland 20892;
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Liu J, Tian W, Wang F, Teng W, Zhang Y, Tong C, Zhang C, Ju Y, Zhang B, Zhao S, Liu H. Maternal onset de novo SH2D1A mutation and lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus infection in a patient with X‑linked lymphoproliferative disease type 1: a case report. Mol Med Rep 2015; 11:3291-4. [PMID: 25572984 PMCID: PMC4368086 DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2015.3173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2014] [Accepted: 12/09/2014] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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X‑linked lymphoproliferative disease type 1 (XLP1) is a rare genetic immunodeficiency disease, which occurs due to germline mutations in the SH2D1A gene. This gene has been reported to encode the adaptor molecule signaling lymphocytic activation molecule‑associated protein XLP1 is generally triggered by the Epstein‑Barr virus (EBV) infection. The present study reported the case of a 4‑year‑old male who presented with a high fever, hypogammaglobulinemia, diffuse lung disease and encephalitis. The patient was infected with the lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV), not EBV or any other human herpes virus. The patient was found to carry a SH2D1A c.7G>T/p.A3S mutation, which was inherited from the mother and maternal grandfather, as well as a SH2D1A c.228T>A/p.Y76X mutation, which was identified to be a maternal‑onset de novo mutation at the time of germline development of the patient's mother. To the best of our knowledge, the present study is the first reported case of maternal‑onset XLP1 with a de novo SH2D1A mutation and LCMV infection.
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- Jinrong Liu
- Department of Respiratory and Infectious Diseases, Beijing Children's Hospital of Capital Medical University, Beijing 100045, P.R. China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250021, P.R. China
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- Department of Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Beijing Daopei Hospital, Beijing 100049, P.R. China
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- Department of Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Beijing Daopei Hospital, Beijing 100049, P.R. China
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- Department of Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Beijing Daopei Hospital, Beijing 100049, P.R. China
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- Department of Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Beijing Daopei Hospital, Beijing 100049, P.R. China
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- Department of Respiratory, Xuzhou Children's Hospital, Xuzhou, Jinagsu 221002, P.R. China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250021, P.R. China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250021, P.R. China
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- Department of Respiratory and Infectious Diseases, Beijing Children's Hospital of Capital Medical University, Beijing 100045, P.R. China
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- Department of Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Beijing Daopei Hospital, Beijing 100049, P.R. China
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De Calisto J, Wang N, Wang G, Yigit B, Engel P, Terhorst C. SAP-Dependent and -Independent Regulation of Innate T Cell Development Involving SLAMF Receptors. Front Immunol 2014; 5:186. [PMID: 24795728 PMCID: PMC4005954 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2014.00186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2014] [Accepted: 04/08/2014] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Signaling lymphocytic activation molecule (SLAM)-associated protein (SAP) plays an essential role in the immune system mediating the function of several members of the SLAM family (SLAMF) of receptors, whose expression is essential for T, NK, and B-cell responses. Additionally, the expression of SAP in double-positive thymocytes is mandatory for natural killer T (NKT) cells and, in mouse, for innate CD8+ T cell development. To date, only two members of the SLAMF of receptors, Slamf1 and Slamf6, have been shown to positively cooperate during NKT cell differentiation in mouse. However, it is less clear whether other members of this family may also participate in the development of these innate T cells. Here, we show that Slamf[1 + 6]−/− and Slamf[1 + 5 + 6]−/−B6 mice have ~70% reduction of NKT cells compared to wild-type B6 mice. Unexpectedly, the proportion of innate CD8+ T cells slightly increased in the Slamf[1 + 5 + 6]−/−, but not in the Slamf[1 + 6]−/− strain, suggesting that Slamf5 may function as a negative regulator of innate CD8+ T cell development. Accordingly, Slamf5−/− B6 mice showed an exclusive expansion of innate CD8+ T cells, but not NKT cells. Interestingly, the SAP-independent Slamf7−/− strain showed an expansion of both splenic innate CD8+ T cells and thymic NKT cells. On the other hand, and similar to what was recently shown in Slamf3−/− BALB/c mice, the proportions of thymic promyelocytic leukemia zinc finger (PLZFhi) NKT cells and innate CD8+ T cells significantly increased in the SAP-independent Slamf8−/− BALB/c strain. In summary, these results show that NKT and innate CD8+ T cell development can be regulated in a SAP-dependent and -independent fashion by SLAMF receptors, in which Slamf1, Slamf6, and Slamf8 affect development of NKT cells, and that Slamf5, Slamf7, and Slamf8 affect the development of innate CD8+ T cells.
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- Jaime De Calisto
- Division of Immunology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School , Boston, MA , USA
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- Division of Immunology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School , Boston, MA , USA
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- Division of Immunology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School , Boston, MA , USA
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- Division of Immunology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School , Boston, MA , USA
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- Immunology Unit, Department of Cell Biology, Immunology and Neurosciences, Medical School , University of Barcelona, Barcelona , Spain
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- Division of Immunology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School , Boston, MA , USA
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Proust R, Crouin C, Gandji LY, Bertoglio J, Gesbert F. The adaptor protein SAP directly associates with PECAM-1 and regulates PECAM-1-mediated-cell adhesion in T-like cell lines. Mol Immunol 2014; 58:206-13. [PMID: 24388971 DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2013.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2013] [Revised: 12/06/2013] [Accepted: 12/12/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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SAP is a small cytosolic adaptor protein expressed in hematopoietic lineages whose main function is to regulate intracellular signaling pathways induced by the triggering of members of the SLAM receptor family. In this paper, we have identified the adhesion molecule PECAM-1 as a new partner for SAP in a conditional yeast two-hybrid screen. PECAM-1 is an immunoglobulin-like molecule expressed by endothelial cells and leukocytes, which possesses both pro- and anti-inflammatory properties. However, little is known about PECAM-1 functions in T cells. We show that SAP directly and specifically interacts with the cytosolic tyrosine 686 of PECAM-1. We generated different T-like cell lines in which SAP or PECAM-1 are expressed or down modulated and we demonstrate that a diminished SAP expression correlates with a diminished PECAM-1-mediated adhesion. Although SAP has mainly been shown to associate with SLAM receptors, we evidence here that SAP is a new actor downstream of PECAM-1.
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- Richard Proust
- Université Paris-Sud, Orsay F-91405, France; INSERM UMR-S 1004, Hôpital Paul Brousse, 14-16 Av Paul Vaillant Couturier, Villejuif F-94807, France; INSERM UMR-S U972, Hôpital Paul Brousse, 14-16 Av Paul Vaillant Couturier, Villejuif F-94807, France.
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- INSERM UMR-S 749, Institut Gustave Roussy, Pavillon de Recherche II, 114 rue Edouard Vaillant, Villejuif F-94805, France.
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- Université Paris-Sud, Orsay F-91405, France; Institut Curie, Normal and Pathological Development of Melanocytes, 91405 Orsay, France; CNRS, UMR3347, Bat 110, 91405 Orsay, France; INSERM UMR-S1021, Bat 110, 91405 Orsay, France; INSERM UMR-S 1004, Hôpital Paul Brousse, 14-16 Av Paul Vaillant Couturier, Villejuif F-94807, France.
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- INSERM UMR-S 749, Institut Gustave Roussy, Pavillon de Recherche II, 114 rue Edouard Vaillant, Villejuif F-94805, France.
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- Université Paris-Sud, Orsay F-91405, France; Institut Curie, Normal and Pathological Development of Melanocytes, 91405 Orsay, France; CNRS, UMR3347, Bat 110, 91405 Orsay, France; INSERM UMR-S1021, Bat 110, 91405 Orsay, France; INSERM UMR-S 1004, Hôpital Paul Brousse, 14-16 Av Paul Vaillant Couturier, Villejuif F-94807, France.
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Detre C, Yigit B, Keszei M, Castro W, Magelky EM, Terhorst C. SAP modulates B cell functions in a genetic background-dependent manner. Immunol Lett 2013; 153:15-21. [PMID: 23806511 DOI: 10.1016/j.imlet.2013.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2013] [Accepted: 06/13/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Mutations affecting the SLAM-associated protein (SAP) are responsible for the X-linked lympho-proliferative syndrome (XLP), a severe primary immunodeficiency syndrome with disease manifestations that include fatal mononucleosis, B cell lymphoma and dysgammaglobulinemia. It is well accepted that insufficient help by SAP-/- CD4+ T cells, in particular during the germinal center reaction, is a component of dysgammaglobulinemia in XLP patients and SAP-/- animals. It is however not well understood whether in XLP patients and SAP-/- mice B cell functions are affected, even though B cells themselves do not express SAP. Here we report that B cell intrinsic responses to haptenated protein antigens are impaired in SAP-/- mice and in Rag-/- mice into which B cells derived from SAP-/- mice together with wt CD4+ T cells had been transferred. This impaired B cells functions are in part depending on the genetic background of the SAP-/- mouse, which affects B cell homeostasis. Surprisingly, stimulation with an agonistic anti-CD40 causes strong in vivo and in vitro B cell responses in SAP-/- mice. Taken together, the data demonstrate that genetic factors play an important role in the SAP-related B cell functions. The finding that anti-CD40 can in part restore impaired B cell responses in SAP-/- mice, suggests potentially novel therapeutic interventions in subsets of XLP patients.
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- Cynthia Detre
- Division of Immunology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Hu J, Havenar-Daughton C, Crotty S. Modulation of SAP dependent T:B cell interactions as a strategy to improve vaccination. Curr Opin Virol 2013; 3:363-70. [PMID: 23743125 DOI: 10.1016/j.coviro.2013.05.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2013] [Accepted: 05/10/2013] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Generating long-term humoral immunity is a crucial component of successful vaccines and requires interactions between T cells and B cells in germinal centers (GC). In GCs, a specialized subset of CD4+ helper T cells, called T follicular helper cells (Tfh), provide help to B cells; this help directs the magnitude and quality of the antibody response. Tfh cell help influences B cell survival, proliferation, somatic hypermutation, class switch recombination, and differentiation. Sustained contact between Tfh cells and B cells is necessary for the provision of help to B cells. SAP (Signaling lymphocytic activation molecule (SLAM)-associated protein, encoded by Sh2d1a) regulates the duration of T:B cell interactions and is required for long-term humoral immunity in animal models and in humans. SAP binds to SLAM family receptors and mediates signaling that affects cell adhesion, cytokine secretion, and TCR signaling strength. Therefore, the modulation of SAP and SLAM family receptor expression represents a major axis by which the quality and duration of an antibody response is controlled after vaccination.
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- Joyce Hu
- Division of Vaccine Discovery, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, La Jolla, CA 92037, United States
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Keszei M, Detre C, Castro W, Magelky E, O'Keeffe M, Kis-Toth K, Tsokos GC, Wang N, Terhorst C. Expansion of an osteopontin-expressing T follicular helper cell subset correlates with autoimmunity in B6.Sle1b mice and is suppressed by the H1-isoform of the Slamf6 receptor. FASEB J 2013; 27:3123-31. [PMID: 23629864 DOI: 10.1096/fj.12-226951] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The costimulatory receptor Slamf6 partially controls lupus-related autoimmunity in congenic Sle1b mice; for instance, the presence of the protein isoform Slamf6-H1 in Sle1b.Slamf6-H1 mice mitigates disease. Here, we report that young Sle1b mice, but not Sle1b.Slamf6-H1 or B6 mice, contain a memory T-helper cell subset identified by ]mt]2-fold increase in expression of 17 genes, chief among which is Spp1, encoding the cytokine osteopontin (OPN). These T follicular helper (TFH) cells, including OPN(+) TFH cells, expand concomitantly with severity of the disease. By contrast, Sle1b.Slamf6-H1 or Sle1b.SAP(-)/(-) mice do not develop autoantibodies and the number of T(FH) cells is 5 times lower than in age-matched Sle1b mice. By comparing Sle1b and Sle1b.OPN(-)/(-) mice, we find that the lack of OPN expression impedes early autoantibody production. Furthermore, on the adoptive transfer of Sle1b.OPN(-)/(-) CD4(+) T cells into bm12 recipients autoantibody production and germinal center formation is reduced compared to recipients of Sle1b.OPN(+/+) CD4(+) T cells. We propose a model in which OPN provides a survival signal for a precursor T(FH) cell subset, which is a key factor in autoimmunity.
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- Marton Keszei
- Division of Immunology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Harada Y, Tanaka S, Motomura Y, Harada Y, Ohno SI, Ohno S, Yanagi Y, Inoue H, Kubo M. The 3' enhancer CNS2 is a critical regulator of interleukin-4-mediated humoral immunity in follicular helper T cells. Immunity 2012; 36:188-200. [PMID: 22365664 DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2012.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2011] [Revised: 01/22/2012] [Accepted: 02/01/2012] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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A main role for interleukin-4 (IL-4) is in humoral immunity, and follicular helper CD4(+) T (Tfh) cells may be an intrinsic IL-4 source. Here we demonstrate that conserved noncoding sequence 2 (CNS2) is an essential enhancer element for IL-4 expression in Tfh cells but not in Th2 cells. Mice with a CNS2 deletion had a reduction in IgG1 and IgE production and in IL-4 expression in Tfh cells. Tracking of CNS2 activity via a GFP reporter mouse demonstrated that CNS2-active cells expressed several markers of Tfh cells: CXCR5, PD-1, and ICOS; the transcriptional master regulator Bcl6; and the cytokines IL-21 and IL-4. These CNS2-active cells were mainly localized in B cell follicles and germinal centers. The GFP(+) Tfh cells were derived from GFP(-) naive T cells after in vivo systemic immunization. These results indicate that CNS2 is an essential enhancer element required for IL-4 expression in Tfh cells controlling humoral immunity.
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- Yohsuke Harada
- Division of Molecular Pathology, Research Institute for Biological Science, Tokyo University of Science, 2669 Yamazaki, Noda-shi, Chiba, 278-0022, Japan
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Qi H. From SAP-less T cells to helpless B cells and back: dynamic T-B cell interactions underlie germinal center development and function. Immunol Rev 2012; 247:24-35. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-065x.2012.01119.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The signaling lymphocyte activation molecule (SLAM)-associated protein, SAP, was first identified as the protein affected in most cases of X-linked lymphoproliferative (XLP) syndrome, a rare genetic disorder characterized by abnormal responses to Epstein-Barr virus infection, lymphoproliferative syndromes, and dysgammaglobulinemia. SAP consists almost entirely of a single SH2 protein domain that interacts with the cytoplasmic tail of SLAM and related receptors, including 2B4, Ly108, CD84, Ly9, and potentially CRACC. SLAM family members are now recognized as important immunomodulatory receptors with roles in cytotoxicity, humoral immunity, autoimmunity, cell survival, lymphocyte development, and cell adhesion. In this review, we cover recent findings on the roles of SLAM family receptors and the SAP family of adaptors, with a focus on their regulation of the pathways involved in the pathogenesis of XLP and other immune disorders.
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- Jennifer L Cannons
- National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
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Ma CS, Deenick EK. The role of SAP and SLAM family molecules in the humoral immune response. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2010; 1217:32-44. [PMID: 21091715 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2010.05824.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Effective B cell-mediated immunity, including the formation of germinal centers and the generation of high-affinity memory B cells and long-lived plasma cells, is dependent on CD4(+) T cells. Immunodeficiencies that present with defects in the antibody response have provided insights into the molecular mechanisms of B cell responses and the provision of T cell help. One such immunodeficiency is X-linked lymphoproliferative disease (XLP), which results from mutations in SH2D1A, the gene encoding SLAM-associated protein (SAP). Patients with XLP present with humoral defects characterized by hypogammaglobulinemia. We now know that SAP, through its signaling downstream of multiple members of the signaling lymphocytic activation molecule (SLAM) family of cell surface receptors, plays a crucial role in many aspects of this immune response. Here, we discuss the role of SAP in the generation of humoral immunity, particularly T cell-dependent antibody responses and the generation of germinal centers.
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- Cindy S Ma
- Immunology Program, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia
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How do SAP family deficiencies compromise immunity? Trends Immunol 2010; 31:295-302. [DOI: 10.1016/j.it.2010.05.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2010] [Revised: 05/12/2010] [Accepted: 05/26/2010] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Nakayama T, Yamashita M. The TCR-mediated signaling pathways that control the direction of helper T cell differentiation. Semin Immunol 2010; 22:303-9. [PMID: 20488727 DOI: 10.1016/j.smim.2010.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2009] [Revised: 03/06/2010] [Accepted: 04/23/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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In the periphery, upon antigen recognition by alphabetaTCR, naïve CD4 T cells undergo functional differentiation and acquire the ability to produce a specific set of cytokines. At least four Th cell subsets, i.e., Th1, Th2, Th17 and iTreg cells have so far been identified and the differentiation of each subset is driven by distinct cytokine sets. Antigen recognition by TCR and the activation of the TCR-mediated signaling pathways that follows, however, are most critical for initiating Th cell differentiation. This review focuses on the TCR signal strength and the TCR-mediated signaling pathways that control the differentiation into these four Th cell subsets.
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- Toshinori Nakayama
- Department of Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8670, Japan.
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Furukawa H, Tohma S, Kitazawa H, Komori H, Nose M, Ono M. Role of SLAM-associated protein in the pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases and immunological disorders. Arch Immunol Ther Exp (Warsz) 2010; 58:37-44. [PMID: 20049647 DOI: 10.1007/s00005-009-0060-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2009] [Accepted: 06/02/2009] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Signaling lymphocytic activation molecule (SLAM)-associated protein (SAP) is an adaptor molecule containing a Src homology 2 (SH2) domain. SAP is expressed in T cells and natural killer (NK) cells and binds to the cytoplasmic domains of SLAM family receptors, resulting in the subsequent recruitment of Fyn. The SAP (SH2D1A) gene is located on the X chromosome and is responsible for X-linked lymphoproliferative disease, characterized by higher susceptibility to Epstein-Barr virus infection. The SAP-mediated signal is not only essential for the development of NKT cells, i.e. unconventional CD1d-restricted T cells with invariant Valpha14 T cell receptors, but also for the regulation of the function of NK cells and conventional T cells. The role of SAP-mediated signaling in the induction of autoimmune diseases has been analyzed using animal models such as lupus, hepatitis, and graft-versus-host disease and is considered important in their pathogenesis in humans. In this review we highlight the current findings on SAP-mediated signaling in hematopoietic cells and discuss its importance in autoimmune diseases and immunological disorders.
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- Hiroshi Furukawa
- Department of Pathology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Seiryo-machi 2-1, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Japan.
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Okuyama H, Yoshida T, Son A, Oka SI, Wang D, Nakayama R, Masutani H, Nakamura H, Nabeshima YI, Yodoi J. Thioredoxin binding protein 2 modulates natural killer T cell-dependent innate immunity in the liver: possible link to lipid metabolism. Antioxid Redox Signal 2009; 11:2585-93. [PMID: 19619006 DOI: 10.1089/ars.2009.2691] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Thioredoxin binding protein 2 (TBP2) plays a regulatory role in lipid metabolism and immune regulation. We previously reported the effect of TBP2 loss-of-function on lipid metabolism using TBP2 knockout (TBP2KO) mice. In this study, we employed TBP2 transgenic (TBP2TG) mice to analyze the in vivo effect of TBP2 gain-of-function. We revealed a decrease in the percentage of hepatic natural killer T (NKT) cells in TBP2KO mice and an increase in the percentage of hepatic NKT cells in TBP2TG mice. The TBP2KO mice were resistant to concanavalin A (ConA)-induced hepatitis, but they were highly susceptible to other types of hepatitis. TBP2 modulates lipid metabolism as well as NKT cell activity. Moreover, TBP2 expression was increased significantly in klotho-deficient mice, which exhibit a syndrome resembling aging human phenotypes. TBP2 may play multiple roles in lipid metabolism, innate immunity, and aging.
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- Hiroaki Okuyama
- Thioredoxin Project, Department of Experimental Therapeutics, Translational Research Center, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
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Tokuhira M, Hanzawa K, Watanabe R, Sekiguchi Y, Nemoto T, Toyozumi Y, Tamaru JI, Itoyama S, Suzuki K, Kameda H, Mori S, Kizaki M. Co-existence of acute myeloid leukemia with multilineage dysplasia and Epstein-Barr virus-associated T-cell lymphoproliferative disorder in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis: a case report. J Hematol Oncol 2009; 2:27. [PMID: 19566938 PMCID: PMC2709901 DOI: 10.1186/1756-8722-2-27] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2009] [Accepted: 06/30/2009] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease mediated by inflammatory processes mainly at the joints. Recently, awareness of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-associated T-cell lymphoproliferative disorder (T-LPD) has been heightened for its association with methotraxate usage in RA patients. In the contrary, acute myeloid leukemia with multilineage dysplasia (AML-MLD) has never been documented to be present concomitantly with the above two conditions. In this report we present a case of an autopsy-proven co-existence of AML-MLD and EBV-associated T-LPD in a patient with RA.
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- Michihide Tokuhira
- Division of Hematology, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Kawagoe, Saitama, Japan.
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Rumble JM, Oetjen KA, Stein PL, Schwartzberg PL, Moore BB, Duckett CS. Phenotypic differences between mice deficient in XIAP and SAP, two factors targeted in X-linked lymphoproliferative syndrome (XLP). Cell Immunol 2009; 259:82-9. [PMID: 19595300 PMCID: PMC2744477 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellimm.2009.05.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2009] [Accepted: 05/22/2009] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Mutations in the X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis (XIAP) have recently been identified in patients with the rare genetic disease, X-linked lymphoproliferative syndrome (XLP), which was previously thought to be solely attributable to mutations in a distinct gene, SAP. To further understand the roles of these two factors in the pathogenesis of XLP, we have compared mice deficient in Xiap with known phenotypes of Sap-null mice. We show here that in contrast to Sap-deficient mice, animals lacking Xiap have apparently normal NKT cell development and no apparent defect in humoral responses to T cell-dependent antigens. However, Xiap-deficient cells were more susceptible to death upon infection with the murine herpesvirus MHV-68 and gave rise to more infectious virus. These differences could be rescued by restoration of XIAP. These data provide insight into the differing roles of XIAP and SAP in the pathogenesis of XLP.
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- Julie M. Rumble
- Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109
- Graduate Program in Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109
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- Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109
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- Departments of Microbiology/Immunology and Dermatology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, 60611
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- Genetic Disease Research Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109
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- Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109
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Ostrakhovitch EA, Wang Y, Li SSC. SAP binds to CD22 and regulates B cell inhibitory signaling and calcium flux. Cell Signal 2008; 21:540-50. [PMID: 19150402 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2008.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2008] [Revised: 12/10/2008] [Accepted: 12/15/2008] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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The signaling lymphocyte activation molecule (SLAM)-associated protein (SAP or SH2D1A) is an important regulator of immune function which, when mutated or deleted, causes the X-linked lymphoproliferative syndrome (XLP). Because B cell lymphoma is a major phenotype of XLP, it is important to understand the function of SAP in B cells. Here we report that SAP is expressed endogenously in mouse splenic B cells, is inducibly expressed in the human BJAB cells, and co-localizes and interacts with CD22. We also show that SAP binding to the inhibitory immunoreceptor CD22 regulates calcium mobilization in B cells. Moreover, forced expression of SAP leads to constitutive CD22 tyrosine phosphorylation and decreased Ca(2+) response in B cells. Biochemical analysis reveals that, in response to IgM cross-linking, the phosphorylation of Syk, Blnk, or PLCgamma2 and their interactions with one another were either diminished or completely abolished in SAP-expressing cells compared to cells that lack SAP. Collectively our work identifies a novel role for SAP in B cells and extends its function to inhibitory immunoreceptor signaling and calcium mobilization.
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- Elena A Ostrakhovitch
- Department of Biochemistry and the Siebens-Drake Research Institute, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5C1.
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Chuang HC, Wang JM, Hsieh WC, Chang Y, Su IJ. Up-regulation of activating transcription factor-5 suppresses SAP expression to activate T cells in hemophagocytic syndrome associated with Epstein-Barr virus infection and immune disorders. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 2008; 173:1397-405. [PMID: 18832568 DOI: 10.2353/ajpath.2008.080440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Hemophagocytic syndrome (HPS) is a fatal, pro-inflammatory cytokine disorder that is associated with viral infections and immune disorders. Previously, we demonstrated that Epstein-Barr virus latent membrane protein-1 (LMP-1) could down-regulate the SAP gene, enhancing Th1 cytokine secretion in T cells and leading to HPS. The exact mechanism of SAP gene regulation by LMP-1 remains to be clarified. In this study, using cDNA microarray analysis, we identified ATF5 as the candidate transcriptional repressor for SAP expression in LMP-1-expressing T cells. LMP-1 up-regulated ATF5 via TRAF2,5/NF-kappaB signals to suppress SAP gene expression. Reporter assays and electrophoretic mobility shift assays revealed that ATF5 bound differentially to two sites of the SAP promoter. In resting T cells, ATF5 bound predominantly to the high-affinity site in the -81 to -74 region while additionally binding to the low-affinity site at -305 to -296 in LMP-1-expressing T cells. Such binding subsequently disrupted the transcription of the SAP gene. At the same time, Th1 cytokine secretion was enhanced. This phenomenon was also observed in conditions such as ATF5 overexpression, phytohemagglutinin stimulation of primary T cells, and ligand engagement of T-cell lines. Therefore, the down-regulation of the SAP gene by ATF5 may represent a common mechanism for the pathogenesis of HPS that is associated with either Epstein-Barr virus infection or immune disorders with dysregulated T-cell activation.
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- Huai-Chia Chuang
- Division of Clinical Research, National Health Research Institutes, Tainan, Taiwan
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Calpe S, Wang N, Romero X, Berger SB, Lanyi A, Engel P, Terhorst C. The SLAM and SAP gene families control innate and adaptive immune responses. Adv Immunol 2008; 97:177-250. [PMID: 18501771 DOI: 10.1016/s0065-2776(08)00004-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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The nine SLAM-family genes, SLAMF1-9, a subfamily of the immunoglobulin superfamily, encode differentially expressed cell-surface receptors of hematopoietic cells. Engagement with their ligands, which are predominantly homotypic, leads to distinct signal transduction events, for instance those that occur in the T or NK cell immune synapse. Upon phosphorylation of one or more copies of a unique tyrosine-based signaling motif in their cytoplasmic tails, six of the SLAM receptors recruit the highly specific single SH2-domain adapters SLAM-associated protein (SAP), EAT-2A, and/or EAT-2B. These adapters in turn bind to the tyrosine kinase Fyn and/or other protein tyrosine kinases connecting the receptors to signal transduction networks. Individuals deficient in the SAP gene, SH2D1A, develop an immunodeficiency syndrome: X-linked lympho-proliferative disease. In addition to operating in the immune synapse, SLAM receptors initiate or partake in multiple effector functions of hematopoietic cells, for example, neutrophil and macrophage killing and platelet aggregation. Here we discuss the current understanding of the structure and function of these recently discovered receptors and adapter molecules in the regulation of adaptive and innate immune responses.
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- Silvia Calpe
- Division of Immunology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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T-cell fate and function: PKC-theta and beyond. Trends Immunol 2008; 29:179-85. [PMID: 18328786 DOI: 10.1016/j.it.2008.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2007] [Revised: 01/24/2008] [Accepted: 01/24/2008] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The serine/threonine-specific protein kinase C-theta (PKC-theta) is a core component of the immunological synapse that was shown in vitro to play a central role in the activation of T cells after T cell receptor (TCR) and co-stimulatory molecule engagement. In recent years, a series of in vivo studies have shown that the situation is far more complex; specifically, PKC-theta signaling is differentially required for Th1, Th2, Th17 and CD8+ cytotoxic T-cell responses. These studies highlight the combination of signals that directly regulate T-cell differentiation and effector responses. In this review, we highlight recent in vivo studies investigating PKC-theta function and discuss this in the context of how the integration of extrinsic signals determines T cell fate and function.
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Li W, Sofi MH, Rietdijk S, Wang N, Terhorst C, Chang CH. The SLAM-associated protein signaling pathway is required for development of CD4+ T cells selected by homotypic thymocyte interaction. Immunity 2008; 27:763-74. [PMID: 18031696 DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2007.10.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2007] [Revised: 09/11/2007] [Accepted: 10/15/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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MHC class II-expressing double-positive thymocytes induce progression of CD4(+) T cell development as efficiently as cortical thymic epithelial cells do. Because double-positive thymocytes expressing CD1d select natural killer T (NKT) cells, we investigated whether thymocyte-selected CD4(+) (T-CD4) T cells require the same signaling components as NKT cells. Using bone-marrow chimeras, we found that the signaling molecules SAP, Fyn, and PKCtheta were essential for T-CD4 T cell generation, whereas mutations in the Ly108 receptor, interleukin-15 receptor alpha, or the transcription factor T-bet had a marginal effect. Furthermore, SAP was critical for IL-4 production by T-CD4 T cells, but the PKCtheta deficiency did not alter the ability of T-CD4 T cells to produce cytokines. T-bet was necessary to produce the maximum amount of IFN-gamma for CD4(+) T cells regardless of the selection pathway. Thus, in contrast to epithelial cell-selected CD4(+) T cells, the two distinct lineages of T cells selected by thymocytes--i.e., T-CD4 and NKT cells--both utilize the SAP-Fyn-PKCtheta pathway for their development and function.
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- Wei Li
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA.
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Griewank K, Borowski C, Rietdijk S, Wang N, Julien A, Wei DG, Mamchak AA, Terhorst C, Bendelac A. Homotypic interactions mediated by Slamf1 and Slamf6 receptors control NKT cell lineage development. Immunity 2008; 27:751-62. [PMID: 18031695 PMCID: PMC2170879 DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2007.08.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 270] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2007] [Revised: 07/09/2007] [Accepted: 08/24/2007] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Commitment to the T and natural killer T (NKT) cell lineages is determined during alphabeta T cell receptor (TCR)-mediated interactions of common precursors with ligand-expressing cells in the thymus. Whereas mainstream thymocyte precursors recognize major histocompatibility complex (MHC) ligands expressed by stromal cells, NKT cell precursors interact with CD1d ligands expressed by cortical thymocytes. Here, we demonstrated that such homotypic T-T interactions generated "second signals" mediated by the cooperative engagement of the homophilic receptors Slamf1 (SLAM) and Slamf6 (Ly108) and the downstream recruitment of the adaptor SLAM-associated protein (SAP) and the Src kinase Fyn, which are essential for the lineage expansion and differentiation of the NKT cell lineage. These receptor interactions were required during TCR engagement and therefore only occurred when selecting ligands were presented by thymocytes rather than epithelial cells, which do not express Slamf6 or Slamf1. Thus, the topography of NKT cell ligand recognition determines the availability of a cosignaling pathway that is essential for NKT cell lineage development.
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- Klaus Griewank
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Committee on Immunology, Department of Pathology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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TAKEI M, KITAMURA N, SHIRAIWA H, INOMATA H, NOZAKI T, KUWANA Y, SHIOZAKI M, SAWADA S, ISHIWATA T. The possible curative therapy for rheumatoid arthritis—EBV infection control gene SAP and its application. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008; 31:141-51. [DOI: 10.2177/jsci.31.141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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- Masami TAKEI
- Division of Hematology and Rheumatology Department of Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine
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- Division of Hematology and Rheumatology Department of Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine
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- Division of Hematology and Rheumatology Department of Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine
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- Division of Hematology and Rheumatology Department of Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine
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- Division of Hematology and Rheumatology Department of Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine
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- Division of Hematology and Rheumatology Department of Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine
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- Division of Hematology and Rheumatology Department of Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine
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- Division of Hematology and Rheumatology Department of Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine
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Consequence of the SLAM-SAP Signaling Pathway in Innate-like and Conventional Lymphocytes. Immunity 2007; 27:698-710. [DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2007.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Ma CS, Nichols KE, Tangye SG. Regulation of cellular and humoral immune responses by the SLAM and SAP families of molecules. Annu Rev Immunol 2007; 25:337-79. [PMID: 17201683 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.immunol.25.022106.141651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 208] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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SAP (SLAM-associated protein) was identified in 1998 as an adaptor molecule involved in the intracellular signaling pathways elicited through the cell surface receptor SLAM and as the protein defective in the human immunodeficiency X-linked lymphoproliferative disease (XLP). During the past eight years, it has been established that the SLAM family of cell surface receptors (SLAM, 2B4, NTB-A, Ly9, CD84) and the SAP family of adaptors (SAP, EAT-2, ERT) play critical roles in lymphocyte development, differentiation, and acquisition of effector functions. Studies of these proteins have shown unexpected roles in cytokine production by T cells and myeloid cells, T cell-dependent humoral immune responses, NK cell-mediated cytotoxicity, and NKT cell development. This review highlights recent findings that have improved our understanding of the roles of the SLAM and SAP families of molecules in immune regulation and discusses how perturbations in the signaling pathways involving these proteins can result in different disease states.
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- Cindy S Ma
- Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst, 2010, New South Wales, Australia.
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Hügle B, Astigarraga I, Henter JI, Porwit-MacDonald A, Meindl A, Schuster V. Simultaneous manifestation of fulminant infectious mononucleosis with haemophagocytic syndrome and B-cell lymphoma in X-linked lymphoproliferative disease. Eur J Pediatr 2007; 166:589-93. [PMID: 17058098 DOI: 10.1007/s00431-006-0290-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2006] [Revised: 08/15/2006] [Accepted: 08/17/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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X-linked lymphoproliferative disease is a rare T and NK cell immune deficiency which most frequently presents as fulminant infectious mononucleosis following infection with the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). We report the case of a 4-year-old boy from a Spanish family presenting with severe infectious mononucleosis. In the course of the disease he developed hepatic failure, pancytopenia and neurologic impairment, leading to death after less than 2 months. The results of bone marrow biopsy and autopsy indicated a histological diagnosis of both high-grade B-cell lymphoma and virus-associated haemophagocytic syndrome, thereby confirming the simultaneous presence of two different manifestations of X-linked lymphoproliferative disease (XLP) in this patient. The family history revealed four close male relatives dying under similar circumstances, one of whom died following a vaccination against measles. Molecular genetic studies identified a novel mutation in the SH2D1A gene in several members of the family, establishing the diagnosis of XLP. Fatal EBV infection in male infants is highly indicative of XLP. Virus-associated haemophagocytic syndrome and B-cell lymphoma can occur concomitantly and may be difficult to distinguish due to their similar histological pictures.
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- Boris Hügle
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Leipzig, Oststrasse 21-25, Leipzig, Germany.
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Sawada S, Takei M, Ishiwata T. SAP discovery: the sword edges--beneficial and harmful. Autoimmun Rev 2007; 6:444-9. [PMID: 17643931 DOI: 10.1016/j.autrev.2007.01.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2006] [Accepted: 01/25/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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We cloned the SLAM associated protein (SAP) gene in 1995. In 1998, it was discovered that the SAP gene was defective in patients with X-linked lymphoproliferative disease. Subsequently, details on the key role of life-long immune memory (vaccination) and of life-long autoantibody production in patients suffering from autoimmune disease have been revealed. In this paper, we discuss the dual nature of SAP in humans: its beneficial effect on life-long immune memory (vaccination) and its harmful effect on life-long autoantibody production.
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- Shigemasa Sawada
- Department of Rheumatology and Hematology, Nihon University Nerima Hikarigaoka Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
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García VE, Chuluyan HE. SLAM and CD31: Signaling molecules involved in cytokine secretion during the development of innate and adaptive immune responses. Cytokine Growth Factor Rev 2007; 18:85-96. [PMID: 17336132 DOI: 10.1016/j.cytogfr.2007.01.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Immune cells are modulated through the crosslinking of receptors named "immunoreceptors". Ligation of immunoreceptors by their ligands induces a tyrosine-phosphorylation signal that is essential for cell activation or inhibition. Physiologically, immunoreceptor triggering is not enough for cell activation, and stimulation of co-receptors is necessary for antigen-evoked cytokine production. Thus, signal transduction pathways mediated by proteins that regulate cytokine secretion are critical to achieve an effective immune response of the host, where the balance between positive and negative signaling allows effective immune responses, preventing tolerance and autoimmunity. This review deals with recent studies based on the role of the receptor signaling lymphocytic activation molecule (SLAM), a signaling protein that modulates cytokine secretion by immune cells, and the transmembrane glycoprotein CD31, which plays multiple roles in cellular signaling events by modulating the balance between inhibitory and stimulatory signals to immune cells. Recent studies have shed light on the ability of these molecules to transmit different signals that regulate the ability of innate and adaptive immune cells to synthesize stimulatory and inhibitory cytokines.
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- Verónica E García
- Department of Microbiology, Parasitology and Immunology and Laboratorio de Inmunogenética, Hospital de Clínicas José de San Martín, University of Buenos Aires School of Medicine, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Signaling lymphocytic activating molecule (SLAM) family receptors and SLAM-associated protein (SAP)-related adapters play several important roles in the immune system. Natural killer (NK) cells express at least three members of the SLAM family. They are 2B4, NK, T- and B-cell antigen (NTB-A), and CD2-like receptor-activating cytotoxic cells (CRACC), which recognize their respective ligands CD48, NTB-A, and CRACC on target cells and possibly on other NK cells. In mature human NK cells, SLAM family receptors appear to have activating functions. In mature mouse NK cells, however, the only available information is for 2B4, which reportedly has the capacity to either stimulate or inhibit NK cell activation. The ability of SLAM family receptors to regulate NK cell functions seems to be largely dependent on their capacity to associate, by way of their cytoplasmic domain, with members of the SAP family of adapters, including SAP, Ewing's sarcoma-activated transcript-2 (EAT-2), and EAT-2-related transducer (ERT). By binding to SAP, SLAM family receptors are coupled to the Src kinase FynT, thereby evoking protein tyrosine phosphorylation signals. In human NK cells, SAP is likely to be crucial for the activating function of 2B4 and NTB-A but not of CRACC and also crucial for the activating function of 2B4 in mouse NK cells. EAT-2. SAP is ERT link SLAM family receptors to distinct, albeit poorly understood, signals. These two SAP-related adapters may be implicated in the inhibitory function of 2B4 observed in mouse NK cells. While much work remains to be carried out to fully understand the roles and mechanisms of action of the SLAM and SAP families in human and mouse NK cells, the published findings clearly establish that these molecules have important functions in NK cell biology.
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- André Veillette
- Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, Clinical Research Institute of Montreal, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
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Cao E, Ramagopal UA, Fedorov A, Fedorov E, Yan Q, Lary JW, Cole JL, Nathenson SG, Almo SC. NTB-A receptor crystal structure: insights into homophilic interactions in the signaling lymphocytic activation molecule receptor family. Immunity 2006; 25:559-70. [PMID: 17045824 DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2006.06.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2006] [Revised: 06/20/2006] [Accepted: 06/27/2006] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The signaling lymphocytic activation molecule (SLAM) family includes homophilic and heterophilic receptors that regulate both innate and adaptive immunity. The ectodomains of most SLAM family members are composed of an N-terminal IgV domain and a C-terminal IgC2 domain. NK-T-B-antigen (NTB-A) is a homophilic receptor that stimulates cytotoxicity in natural killer (NK) cells, regulates bactericidal activities in neutrophils, and potentiates T helper 2 (Th2) responses. The 3.0 A crystal structure of the complete NTB-A ectodomain revealed a rod-like monomer that self-associates to form a highly kinked dimer spanning an end-to-end distance of approximately 100 A. The NTB-A homophilic and CD2-CD58 heterophilic dimers show overall structural similarities but differ in detailed organization and physicochemical properties of their respective interfaces. The NTB-A structure suggests a mechanism responsible for binding specificity within the SLAM family and imposes physical constraints relevant to the colocalization of SLAM-family proteins with other signaling molecules in the immunological synapse.
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- Erhu Cao
- Department of Cell Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461, USA
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Fukushima T, Zapata JM, Singha NC, Thomas M, Kress CL, Krajewska M, Krajewski S, Ronai Z, Reed JC, Matsuzawa SI. Critical function for SIP, a ubiquitin E3 ligase component of the beta-catenin degradation pathway, for thymocyte development and G1 checkpoint. Immunity 2006; 24:29-39. [PMID: 16413921 DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2005.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2005] [Revised: 11/21/2005] [Accepted: 12/14/2005] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Beta-catenin has been implicated in thymocyte development because of its function as a coactivator of Tcf/LEF-family transcription factors. Previously, we discovered a novel pathway for p53-induced beta-catenin degradation through a ubiquitin E3 ligase complex involving Siah1, SIP (CacyBP), Skp1, and Ebi. To gain insights into the physiological relevance of this new degradation pathway in vivo, we generated mutant mice lacking SIP. We demonstrate here that SIP-/- thymocytes have an impaired pre-TCR checkpoint with failure of TCRbeta gene rearrangement and increased apoptosis, resulting in reduced cellularity of the thymus. Moreover, the degradation of beta-catenin in response to DNA damage is significantly impaired in SIP-/- cells. SIP-/- embryonic fibroblasts show a growth-rate increase resulting from defects in G1 arrest. Thus, the beta-catenin degradation pathway mediated by SIP defines an essential checkpoint for thymocyte development and cell-cycle progression.
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- Toru Fukushima
- Burnham Institute for Medical Research, 10901 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
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McNerney ME, Kumar V. The CD2 family of natural killer cell receptors. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol 2006; 298:91-120. [PMID: 16323413 DOI: 10.1007/3-540-27743-9_5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The CD2 family of receptors is evolutionarily conserved and widely expressed on cells within the hematopoietic compartment. In recent years several new members have been identified with important roles in the immune system. CD2 family members regulate natural killer (NK) cell lytic activity and inflammatory cytokine production when engaged by ligands on tumor cells. Furthermore, a subfamily of CD2 receptors, the CD 150-like molecules, has been implicated in the pathogenesis of X-linked lymphoproliferative disease (XLP). Many of these receptors have now been shown to bind homophilically or heterophilically to other molecules within the family. With these discoveries a novel mechanism for lymphocyte regulation has emerged: CD2 family members on NK cells engage ligands on neighboring NK cells, leading to NK cell stimulation. Moreover, heterotypic stimulatory interactions between NK cells and other leukocytes also occur. In this manner, CD2 family members may provide interlymphocyte communication that maintains organization within the hematopoietic compartment and amplifies immune responses. This review discusses these multiple roles for CD2 family members, focusing specifically on the regulation of NK cells.
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- M E McNerney
- Department of Pathology, Committee on Immunology, University of Chicago, 5841 S. Maryland Ave., S-315 MC3083, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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Verschelde C, Michonneau D, Trescol-Biemont MC, Berberich I, Schimpl A, Bonnefoy-Berard N. Overexpression of the antiapoptotic protein A1 promotes the survival of double positive thymocytes awaiting positive selection. Cell Death Differ 2005; 13:1213-21. [PMID: 16294210 DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4401814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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As it has been shown for Mcl-1, Bcl-xl and Bcl-2, proteins of the Bcl-2 family play a crucial role during T-cell development in the thymus. We here show that the expression of the antiapoptotic gene A1 is specifically enhanced at the DN3/DN4 transition and in DP thymocytes that have been positively selected suggesting that A1 expression might be considered as a transcriptional signature of thymocytes that have received pre-TCR or TCR survival signal. Furthermore, we observed that A1-a overexpression in recombination activation gene 1-deficient mice transgenic for the major histocompatibillity complex class I-restricted F5 TCR enhances cell survival of DP thymocytes and permits accumulation of DP cells awaiting positive selection. However, A1-a overexpression has no effect on negative selection. Therefore, our results suggest that A1 plays a specialized role in allowing survival of DP thymocytes and that its role can be distinguished from that of Mcl-1, Bcl-xl and Bcl-2.
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- C Verschelde
- Laboratory of homéostasie lymphocytaire, INSERM U503, IFR Biosciences Lyon-Gerland, 21 avenue Tony Garnier, 69007 Lyon, France
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Rodríguez-Sosa M, Elizondo G, López-Durán RM, Rivera I, Gonzalez FJ, Vega L. Over-production of IFN-gamma and IL-12 in AhR-null mice. FEBS Lett 2005; 579:6403-10. [PMID: 16289099 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2005.10.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2005] [Revised: 10/12/2005] [Accepted: 10/14/2005] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) is a ligand-activated transcription factor that mediates toxicity of environmental pollutants such as 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin. The exposure to AhR agonists results in profound suppression of cellular and humoral immune responses and compromises host to infectious disease. Therefore, to define the role of AhR in the immune response, spleen cells from ovalbumin (OVA)-immunized and naïve mice were removed and stimulated in vitro with either OVA or mitogen concanavalin-A (Con A), respectively. Proliferation, CD19+, F4/80+, CD4+ and CD8+ T cells expansion and cytokines production were measured in C57BL/6-AhR-/- mice (AhR-/-) and compared with immune response in similarly immunized age-matched wild type (AhR+/+) mice. In response to OVA immunization, AhR-/- mice had similar levels of serum OVA-specific IgG2a, IgG1, and IgG2b compared with AhR+/+ animals. However, AhR-/- mice showed splenomegalia and an increase in B cells. No changes were observed on proliferation and IL-4 secretion, although AhR-/- cells produced more IFN-gamma and IL-12 than AhR+/+ cells. Similar results were observed with Con A stimulation, a decrease on IL-5 and no change on IL-2 secretion were observed on AhR-/- cells compared with AhR+/+ cells in response to Con A stimulation. High levels of IFN-gamma mRNA were detected in AhR-/- lymphocytes, but IL-4 mRNA levels in AhR-/- cells were similar to those in AhR+/+ mice. These data suggest that AhR may play an important role in the normal development and function of immune system by down-regulating IFN-gamma and IL-12 expression.
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- Miriam Rodríguez-Sosa
- Unidad de Biomedicina, Facultad de Estudios Superiores Iztacala, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, C.P. 54090 Estado de México, Mexico
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Dreyfus DH. Immunopathology associated with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection: Evidence for interactions with T-lymphocyte EBV receptor CD21. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cair.2005.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Nichols KE, Ma CS, Cannons JL, Schwartzberg PL, Tangye SG. Molecular and cellular pathogenesis of X-linked lymphoproliferative disease. Immunol Rev 2005; 203:180-99. [PMID: 15661030 DOI: 10.1111/j.0105-2896.2005.00230.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 174] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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X-linked lymphoproliferative disease (XLP) is an inherited immune defect caused by mutations in the Src homology 2 domain-containing gene 1A, which encodes the adapter protein, signaling lymphocytic activation molecule (SLAM)-associated protein (SAP). SAP is expressed in T cells, natural killer (NK) cells, and NKT cells, where it binds to the cytoplasmic domain of the surface receptor SLAM (CD150) and the related receptors, 2B4 (CD244), CD84, Ly9 (CD229), NK-T-B-antigen, and CD2-like receptor-activating cytotoxic T cells. SAP also binds to the Src family tyrosine kinase Fyn and recruits it to SLAM, which leads to the generation of downstream phosphotyrosine signals. While the roles of the SLAM family receptors are only beginning to be understood, experiments suggest that these molecules regulate important aspects of lymphocyte function, such as proliferation, cytokine secretion, cytotoxicity, and antibody production. Thus, in XLP patients who lack functional SAP, the SLAM family receptors may not signal properly. This property likely contributes to the phenotypes of XLP, including fulminant infectious mononucleosis, lymphoma, and hypogammaglobulinemia. Further studies of SAP and the SLAM family receptors will provide insights into XLP and elucidate the signaling events regulating lymphocyte ontogeny and function.
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- Kim E Nichols
- Pediatric Oncology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
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Okazuka K, Wakabayashi Y, Kashihara M, Inoue J, Sato T, Yokoyama M, Aizawa S, Aizawa Y, Mishima Y, Kominami R. p53 prevents maturation of T cell development to the immature CD4-CD8+ stage in Bcl11b-/- mice. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2005; 328:545-9. [PMID: 15694382 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.01.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2004] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Signaling pathways such as the pre-TCR and Wnt pathways regulate alpha/beta T cell differentiation in thymus. Mice lacking an essential component of the pre-TCR exhibit arrest at the (CD4(-)CD8(-)) (CD44(-)CD25(+)) stage (DN3) of thymocyte development, and introduction of p53 deficiency into those mice abrogates this arrest, resulting in transition to the (CD4(+)CD8(+)) double-positive (DP) stage. This paper examines the effect of inactivation of p53 on thymocyte development in Bcl11b(-/-) mice that exhibit arrest at the DN3 or (CD4(-)CD8(+)) immature single-positive (ISP) stage. No DP thymocytes were detected in thymocytes of adoptive transfer experiments in scid mice that were derived from p53(-/-)Bcl11b(-/-) precursors but ISP thymocytes increased in the proportion and in the cell number approximately three times higher than those from Bcl11b(-/-) precursors. Consistently, the level of apoptosis decreased to the level of wild-type precursors. These results suggest that inactivation of p53 is sufficient for DN3 thymocytes to differentiate into the ISP, but not to DP, stage of thymocyte development in Bcl11b(-/-) mice. This provides evidence for a novel p53-mediated checkpoint that regulates the transition from the DN3 to ISP stage of thymocyte development.
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- K Okazuka
- Department of Molecular Genetics, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata University, Asahimachi 1-757, Niigata 951-8122, Japan
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Ma CS, Hare NJ, Nichols KE, Dupré L, Andolfi G, Roncarolo MG, Adelstein S, Hodgkin PD, Tangye SG. Impaired humoral immunity in X-linked lymphoproliferative disease is associated with defective IL-10 production by CD4+ T cells. J Clin Invest 2005. [DOI: 10.1172/jci200523139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 135] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Perforin is critical for cytotoxicity mediated by granules present in natural killer (NK) cells and cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs). Perforin-deficient mice have impaired cytotoxicity by NK cells and CTLs, resulting in failure to control infections with certain viruses or bacteria. Infection of perforin-deficient mice with lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus results in haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis and elevated levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines. Mutations throughout the perforin gene have been identified in patients with familial haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (FHL) type 2. These patients present with fever, hepatosplenomegaly, pancytopenia, have marked elevations of T-helper type 1 and type 2 cytokines, and have impaired NK cell and CTL cytotoxicity. A number of infectious pathogens have been implicated as triggering the onset of disease. Identification of mutations in perforin as the cause of FHL should allow prenatal diagnosis of the disorder. While stem cell transplantation is curative, gene therapy might be effective in the future.
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- Harutaka Katano
- Department of Pathology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Machida K, Mayer BJ. The SH2 domain: versatile signaling module and pharmaceutical target. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2005; 1747:1-25. [PMID: 15680235 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2004.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 139] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2004] [Revised: 09/29/2004] [Accepted: 10/11/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The Src homology 2 (SH2) domain is the most prevalent protein binding module that recognizes phosphotyrosine. This approximately 100-amino-acid domain is highly conserved structurally despite being found in a wide variety proteins. Depending on the nature of neighboring protein module(s), such as catalytic domains and other protein binding domains, SH2-containing proteins play many different roles in cellular protein tyrosine kinase (PTK) signaling pathways. Accumulating evidence indicates SH2 domains are highly versatile and exhibit considerable flexibility in how they bind to their ligands. To illustrate this functional versatility, we present three specific examples: the SAP, Cbl and SOCS families of SH2-containing proteins, which play key roles in immune responses, termination of PTK signaling, and cytokine responses. In addition, we highlight current progress in the development of SH2 domain inhibitors designed to antagonize or modulate PTK signaling in human disease. Inhibitors of the Grb2 and Src SH2 domains have been extensively studied, with the aim of targeting the Ras pathway and osteoclastic bone resorption, respectively. Despite formidable difficulties in drug design due to the lability and poor cell permeability of negatively charged phosphorylated SH2 ligands, a variety of structure-based strategies have been used to reduce the size, charge and peptide character of such ligands, leading to the development of high-affinity lead compounds with potent cellular activities. These studies have also led to new insights into molecular recognition by the SH2 domain.
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- Kazuya Machida
- Raymond and Beverly Sackler Laboratory of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology, University of Connecticut Health Center, 263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, CT 06030-3301, USA.
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Phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) activation is essential for lymphocyte proliferation driven by receptors for antigen, costimulatory ligands and cytokines. The lipid products of PI3K contribute to the assembly of membrane-associated signaling complexes by promoting recruitment of selected proteins from the cytoplasm. Many proteins possess domains that are able to bind selectively to PI3K products. Different 'PI3K effector' proteins are coupled to distinct biological responses, depending on cell type and on the receptor that is engaged. In B cells and T cells, Tec-family tyrosine kinases and Akt serine/threonine kinases are emerging as crucial mediators of proliferation and survival signals downstream of PI3K. Of particular interest is recent evidence that PI3K signaling controls increases in lymphocyte size and metabolic activity that accompany cell cycle progression.
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- David A Fruman
- University of California, Irvine, Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, 3242 McGaugh Hall, Irvine, California 92697-3900, USA.
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Whitton JL, Slifka MK, Liu F, Nussbaum AK, Whitmire JK. The regulation and maturation of antiviral immune responses. Adv Virus Res 2005; 63:181-238. [PMID: 15530562 PMCID: PMC7125551 DOI: 10.1016/s0065-3527(04)63003-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- J Lindsay Whitton
- Department of Neuropharmacology, CVN-9, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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Cannons JL, Yu LJ, Hill B, Mijares LA, Dombroski D, Nichols KE, Antonellis A, Koretzky GA, Gardner K, Schwartzberg PL. SAP regulates T(H)2 differentiation and PKC-theta-mediated activation of NF-kappaB1. Immunity 2004; 21:693-706. [PMID: 15539155 DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2004.09.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 194] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2004] [Revised: 08/27/2004] [Accepted: 09/14/2004] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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XLP is caused by mutations affecting SAP, an adaptor that recruits Fyn to SLAM family receptors. SAP-deficient mice recapitulate features of XLP, including increased T cell activation and decreased humoral responses post-infection. SAP-deficient T cells also show increased TCR-induced IFN-gamma and decreased T(H)2 cytokine production. We demonstrate that the defect in IL-4 secretion in SAP-deficient T cells is independent of increased IFN-gamma production. SAP-deficient cells respond normally to polarizing cytokines, yet show impaired TCR-mediated induction of GATA-3 and IL-4. Examination of TCR signaling revealed normal Ca(2+) mobilization and ERK activation in SAP-deficient cells, but decreased PKC-theta recruitment, Bcl-10 phosphorylation, IkappaB-alpha degradation, and nuclear NF-kappaB1/p50 levels. Similar defects were observed in Fyn-deficient cells. SLAM engagement amplified PKC-theta recruitment in wt but not SAP- or Fyn-deficient cells, arguing that a SAP/Fyn-mediated pathway enhances PKC-theta/NF-kappaB1 activation and suggesting a role for this pathway in T(H)2 regulation.
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- Jennifer L Cannons
- National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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SAP and EAT-2 define a new class of adaptor proteins composed almost exclusively of a Src homology 2 (SH2) domain. By way of their SH2 domain, SAP-like adaptors interact with tyrosine-based motifs in the cytoplasmic region of SLAM-related receptors, a family of immune cell-specific molecules involved in immunoregulation. Recent findings indicate that SAP is required for the functions of SLAM family receptors, as a consequence of its ability to promote recruitment of Src-related protein tyrosine kinase FynT and allow SLAM-related receptors to transduce tyrosine phosphorylation signals. SAP is mutated in X-linked lymphoproliferative (XLP) syndrome, a rare inherited human disease characterized by an deregulated immune response to Epstein-Barr virus infection. Several lines of evidence indicate that defects in the activities of SLAM-related receptors caused by SAP deficiency account for the immune dysfunctions associated with XLP.
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- Sylvain Latour
- Unité INSERM U429, Hôpital Necker Enfants-Malades, 149 rue de Sèvres, 75015 Paris, France.
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