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Juraske C, Wipa P, Morath A, Hidalgo JV, Hartl FA, Raute K, Oberg HH, Wesch D, Fisch P, Minguet S, Pongcharoen S, Schamel WW. Anti-CD3 Fab Fragments Enhance Tumor Killing by Human γδ T Cells Independent of Nck Recruitment to the γδ T Cell Antigen Receptor. Front Immunol 2018; 9:1579. [PMID: 30038626 PMCID: PMC6046647 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2018.01579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2018] [Accepted: 06/26/2018] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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T lymphocytes expressing the γδ T cell receptor (γδ TCR) can recognize antigens expressed by tumor cells and subsequently kill these cells. γδ T cells are indeed used in cancer immunotherapy clinical trials. The anti-CD3ε antibody UCHT1 enhanced the in vitro tumor killing activity of human γδ T cells by an unknown molecular mechanism. Here, we demonstrate that Fab fragments of UCHT1, which only bind monovalently to the γδ TCR, also enhanced tumor killing by expanded human Vγ9Vδ2 γδ T cells or pan-γδ T cells of the peripheral blood. The Fab fragments induced Nck recruitment to the γδ TCR, suggesting that they stabilized the γδ TCR in an active CD3ε conformation. However, blocking the Nck-CD3ε interaction in γδ T cells using the small molecule inhibitor AX-024 neither reduced the γδ T cells' natural nor the Fab-enhanced tumor killing activity. Likewise, Nck recruitment to CD3ε was not required for intracellular signaling, CD69 and CD25 up-regulation, or cytokine secretion by γδ T cells. Thus, the Nck-CD3ε interaction seems to be dispensable in γδ T cells.
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- Claudia Juraske
- Department of Immunology, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.,Centre for Biological Signalling Studies (BIOSS), University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.,Center for Chronic Immunodeficiency (CCI), Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Immunology, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.,Centre for Biological Signalling Studies (BIOSS), University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.,Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medical Science, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok, Thailand
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- Department of Immunology, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.,Centre for Biological Signalling Studies (BIOSS), University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.,Center for Chronic Immunodeficiency (CCI), Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.,Spemann Graduate School of Biology and Medicine (SGBM), University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.,University Hospital "José de San Martin", University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Department of Immunology, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.,Centre for Biological Signalling Studies (BIOSS), University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.,Center for Chronic Immunodeficiency (CCI), Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Immunology, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.,Centre for Biological Signalling Studies (BIOSS), University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.,Center for Chronic Immunodeficiency (CCI), Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.,Spemann Graduate School of Biology and Medicine (SGBM), University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute of Immunology, Christian-Albrechts University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Institute of Immunology, Christian-Albrechts University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Immunology, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.,Centre for Biological Signalling Studies (BIOSS), University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.,Center for Chronic Immunodeficiency (CCI), Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Division of Immunology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok, Thailand.,Research Center for Academic Excellence in Petroleum, Petrochemical and Advanced Materials, Faculty of Science, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok, Thailand.,Centre of Excellence in Medical Biotechnology, Faculty of Medical Science, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok, Thailand
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- Department of Immunology, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.,Centre for Biological Signalling Studies (BIOSS), University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.,Center for Chronic Immunodeficiency (CCI), Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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Ali Q, Mustafa IH, Elkamel A, Touboul E, Gruy F, Lambert C. Mathematical modelling of T-cells activation dynamics for CD3 molecules recycling process. CAN J CHEM ENG 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/cjce.22607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Qasim Ali
- Department of Applied Mathematics; University of Western Ontario; London ON Canada
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- Biomedical Engineering Department; Helwan University; Cairo Egypt
- Department of Chemical Engineering; University of Waterloo; Waterloo ON Canada
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- Department of Chemical Engineering; University of Waterloo; Waterloo ON Canada
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- Henry Fayol Institute; ENSM - Saint Étienne France
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- Center for Biomedical and Healthcare Engineering; ENSM - Saint Étienne France
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- CHU - Saint Etienne, Immunology Lab; University Hospital; F 42055, Saint-Étienne France
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Dopfer E, Hartl F, Oberg HH, Siegers G, Yousefi OS, Kock S, Fiala G, Garcillán B, Sandstrom A, Alarcón B, Regueiro J, Kabelitz D, Adams E, Minguet S, Wesch D, Fisch P, Schamel W. The CD3 Conformational Change in the γδ T Cell Receptor Is Not Triggered by Antigens but Can Be Enforced to Enhance Tumor Killing. Cell Rep 2014; 7:1704-1715. [DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2014.04.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2013] [Revised: 03/15/2014] [Accepted: 04/23/2014] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Enrichment of the rare CD4⁺ γδ T-cell subset in patients with atypical CD3δ deficiency. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2013; 133:1205-8. [PMID: 24290291 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2013.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2013] [Revised: 09/18/2013] [Accepted: 10/01/2013] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Muñoz-Ruiz M, Pérez-Flores V, Garcillán B, Guardo AC, Mazariegos MS, Takada H, Allende LM, Kilic SS, Sanal O, Roifman CM, López-Granados E, Recio MJ, Martínez-Naves E, Fernández-Malavé E, Regueiro JR. Human CD3γ, but not CD3δ, haploinsufficiency differentially impairs γδ versus αβ surface TCR expression. BMC Immunol 2013; 14:3. [PMID: 23336327 PMCID: PMC3585704 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2172-14-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2012] [Accepted: 01/16/2013] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Background The T cell antigen receptors (TCR) of αβ and γδ T lymphocytes are believed to assemble in a similar fashion in humans. Firstly, αβ or γδ TCR chains incorporate a CD3δε dimer, then a CD3γε dimer and finally a ζζ homodimer, resulting in TCR complexes with the same CD3 dimer stoichiometry. Partial reduction in the expression of the highly homologous CD3γ and CD3δ proteins would thus be expected to have a similar impact in the assembly and surface expression of both TCR isotypes. To test this hypothesis, we compared the surface TCR expression of primary αβ and γδ T cells from healthy donors carrying a single null or leaky mutation in CD3G (γ+/−) or CD3D (δ+/−, δ+/leaky) with that of normal controls. Results Although the partial reduction in the intracellular availability of CD3γ or CD3δ proteins was comparable as a consequence of the mutations, surface TCR expression measured with anti-CD3ε antibodies was significantly more decreased in γδ than in αβ T lymphocytes in CD3γ+/− individuals, whereas CD3δ+/− and CD3δ+/leaky donors showed a similar decrease of surface TCR in both T cell lineages. Therefore, surface γδ TCR expression was more dependent on available CD3γ than surface αβ TCR expression. Conclusions The results support the existence of differential structural constraints in the two human TCR isotypes regarding the incorporation of CD3γε and CD3δε dimers, as revealed by their discordant surface expression behaviour when confronted with reduced amounts of CD3γ, but not of the homologous CD3δ chain. A modified version of the prevailing TCR assembly model is proposed to accommodate these new data.
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- Miguel Muñoz-Ruiz
- Inmunología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, 28040, Spain
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Gil J, Busto EM, Garcillán B, Chean C, García-Rodríguez MC, Díaz-Alderete A, Navarro J, Reiné J, Mencía A, Gurbindo D, Beléndez C, Gordillo I, Duchniewicz M, Höhne K, García-Sánchez F, Fernández-Cruz E, López-Granados E, Schamel WWA, Moreno-Pelayo MA, Recio MJ, Regueiro JR. A leaky mutation in CD3D differentially affects αβ and γδ T cells and leads to a Tαβ-Tγδ+B+NK+ human SCID. J Clin Invest 2011; 121:3872-6. [PMID: 21926461 DOI: 10.1172/jci44254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2011] [Accepted: 08/03/2011] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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T cells recognize antigens via their cell surface TCR and are classified as either αβ or γδ depending on the variable chains in their TCR, α and β or γ and δ, respectively. Both αβ and γδ TCRs also contain several invariant chains, including CD3δ, which support surface TCR expression and transduce the TCR signal. Mutations in variable chains would be expected to affect a single T cell lineage, while mutations in the invariant chains would affect all T cells. Consistent with this, all CD3δ-deficient patients described to date showed a complete block in T cell development. However, CD3δ-KO mice have an αβ T cell-specific defect. Here, we report 2 unrelated cases of SCID with a selective block in αβ but not in γδ T cell development, associated with a new splicing mutation in the CD3D gene. The patients' T cells showed reduced CD3D transcripts, CD3δ proteins, surface TCR, and early TCR signaling. Their lymph nodes showed severe T cell depletion, recent thymus emigrants in peripheral blood were strongly decreased, and the scant αβ T cells were oligoclonal. T cell-dependent B cell functions were also impaired, despite the presence of normal B cell numbers. Strikingly, despite the specific loss of αβ T cells, surface TCR expression was more reduced in γδ than in αβ T cells. Analysis of individuals with this CD3D mutation thus demonstrates the contrasting CD3δ requirements for αβ versus γδ T cell development and TCR expression in humans and highlights the diagnostic and clinical relevance of studying both TCR isotypes when a T cell defect is suspected.
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- Juana Gil
- Gregorio Maranon University Hospital, Madrid, Spain
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Laird RM, Hayes SM. Dynamics of CD3γɛ and CD3δɛ dimer expression during murine T cell development. Mol Immunol 2009; 47:582-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2009.09.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2009] [Accepted: 09/03/2009] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Sugamata R, Suetake H, Kikuchi K, Suzuki Y. Teleost B7 expressed on monocytes regulates T cell responses. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2009; 182:6799-806. [PMID: 19454675 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0803371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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In mammals, professional APCs induce adaptive immunity via the activation of T cells. During this process, B7 family molecules present upon APCs are known to play crucial roles in optimal T cell stimulation. In contrast, the confirmation of APCs in a nonmammalian vertebrate has yet to be achieved. To obtain further insights into the evolutionary origin of APCs, we have identified three members of the B7 family in the teleost Takifugu rubripes (fugu): B7-H1/DC, B7-H3, and B7-H4. The three fugu B7s were expressed on the surface of blood monocytes. The B7(+) monocytes, which are composed of at least two distinct populations, expressed the MHC class II component gene. The fugu B7 molecules bound to activated T cells, indicating that putative B7 receptors were expressed upon T cells. Fugu B7-H1/DC inhibited T cell proliferation concomitant with increasing levels of both IL-10 and IFN-gamma expression, whereas both B7-H3 and B7-H4 promoted T cell growth following IL-2 induction and the suppression of IL-10. These observations indicate that fugu B7s regulate T cell responses via receptors upon T cells. We suggest that fish B7(+) monocytes are APCs and that a costimulatory system has already developed in fish via the evolutionary process.
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- Ryuichi Sugamata
- Fisheries Laboratory, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Tokyo, Hamamatsu, Japan
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Siegers GM, Swamy M, Fernández-Malavé E, Minguet S, Rathmann S, Guardo AC, Pérez-Flores V, Regueiro JR, Alarcón B, Fisch P, Schamel WWA. Different composition of the human and the mouse gammadelta T cell receptor explains different phenotypes of CD3gamma and CD3delta immunodeficiencies. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 204:2537-44. [PMID: 17923503 PMCID: PMC2118495 DOI: 10.1084/jem.20070782] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The γδ T cell receptor for antigen (TCR) comprises the clonotypic TCRγδ, the CD3 (CD3γε and/or CD3δε), and the ζζ dimers. γδ T cells do not develop in CD3γ-deficient mice, whereas human patients lacking CD3γ have abundant peripheral blood γδ T cells expressing high γδ TCR levels. In an attempt to identify the molecular basis for these discordant phenotypes, we determined the stoichiometries of mouse and human γδ TCRs using blue native polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and anti-TCR–specific antibodies. The γδ TCR isolated in digitonin from primary and cultured human γδ T cells includes CD3δ, with a TCRγδCD3ε2δγζ2 stoichiometry. In CD3γ-deficient patients, this may allow substitution of CD3γ by the CD3δ chain and thereby support γδ T cell development. In contrast, the mouse γδ TCR does not incorporate CD3δ and has a TCRγδCD3ε2γ2ζ2 stoichiometry. CD3γ-deficient mice exhibit a block in γδ T cell development. A human, but not a mouse, CD3δ transgene rescues γδ T cell development in mice lacking both mouse CD3δ and CD3γ chains. This suggests important structural and/or functional differences between human and mouse CD3δ chains during γδ T cell development. Collectively, our results indicate that the different γδ T cell phenotypes between CD3γ-deficient humans and mice can be explained by differences in their γδ TCR composition.
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- Gabrielle M Siegers
- Max-Planck-Institute of Immunobiology and University of Freiburg, 79108 Freiburg, Germany
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Hayes SM, Love PE. Stoichiometry of the murine gammadelta T cell receptor. J Exp Med 2006; 203:47-52. [PMID: 16418397 PMCID: PMC2118071 DOI: 10.1084/jem.20051886] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2005] [Accepted: 12/20/2005] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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The T cell receptor for antigen (TCR) complex is organized into two functional domains: the antigen-binding clonotypic heterodimer and the signal-transducing invariant CD3 and TCRzeta chains. In most vertebrates, there are two different clonotypic heterodimers (TCRalphabeta and TCRgammadelta) that define the alphabeta and gammadelta T cell lineages, respectively. alphabeta- and gammadeltaTCRs also differ in their invariant chain subunit composition, in that alphabetaTCRs contain CD3gammaepsilon and CD3deltaepsilon dimers, whereas gammadeltaTCRs contain only CD3gammaepsilon dimers. This difference in subunit composition of the alphabeta- and gammadeltaTCRs raises the question of whether the stoichiometries of these receptor complexes are different. As the stoichiometry of the murine gammadeltaTCR has not been previously investigated, we used two quantitative immunofluorescent approaches to determine the valency of TCRgammadelta heterodimers and CD3gammaepsilon dimers in surface murine gammadeltaTCR complexes. Our results support a model of murine gammadeltaTCR stoichiometry in which there are two CD3gammaepsilon dimers for every TCRgammadelta heterodimer.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antibodies, Monoclonal
- CD3 Complex/genetics
- CD3 Complex/metabolism
- Cells, Cultured
- Immunoglobulin G/immunology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Knockout
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/deficiency
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/genetics
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta/chemistry
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta/deficiency
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta/genetics
- T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- T-Lymphocytes/metabolism
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- Sandra M Hayes
- Laboratory of Mammalian Genes and Development, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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Schrum AG, Turka LA, Palmer E. Surface T-cell antigen receptor expression and availability for long-term antigenic signaling. Immunol Rev 2003; 196:7-24. [PMID: 14617194 DOI: 10.1046/j.1600-065x.2003.00083.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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It is important to understand how T-cell antigen receptor (TCR) engagement and signaling are regulated throughout an immune response. This review examines the dynamics of surface TCR expression and signaling capacity during thymic and effector T-cell development. Although the TCR can undergo vast changes in surface expression, T cells remain capable of sustaining TCR engagement for long periods of time. This may be achieved by a combination of mechanisms that involve (a) controlling the quantity of surface TCR available for ligand interaction and (b) controlling the quality of surface TCR expression during T-cell activation. TCR signaling itself appears to be one of the main quantitative modulators of surface TCR expression, and it can cause both downregulation and upregulation at different times of T-cell activation. Recent studies indicate that the degree of upregulation is tunable by the strength of antigenic stimulation. There is evidence that qualitatively distinct forms of the TCR exist, and their potential role in sustained antigenic signaling is also discussed. A goal of future studies will be to better characterize these modulations in surface TCR expression and to clarify their impact on the regulation of immune responses.
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- Adam G Schrum
- Laboratory of Transplantation Immunology and Nephrology, Department of Research, University Hospital-Basel, Hebelstrasse 20, CH-4031 Basel, Switzerland.
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Malan Borel I, Racca A, Garcia MI, Bailat A, Quiroga F, Soutullo A, Gaite L. Gammadelta T cells and interleukin-6 levels could provide information regarding the progression of human renal allograft. Scand J Immunol 2003; 58:99-105. [PMID: 12828564 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3083.2003.01275.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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We have determined the percentage of alphabeta and gammadelta T cells by flow cytometry as well as serum interleukin-6 (IL-6) and soluble interleukin-6 receptor (sIL-6R) levels by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in kidney allograft recipients with acute, chronic or stable graft evolution. The percentage of CD4 and CD8 T cells in transplanted patients was lower than in the control group (P < 0.001) with the exception of CD8 gammadelta T cells from patients with stable evolution (P > 0.05). The serum levels of IL-6 and sIL-6R in acute and chronic rejection were higher than in the controls (P < 0.05). No differences in IL-6 levels were observed between the stable evolution and the control groups (P > 0.05). The levels of sIL-6R were higher in stable evolution patients than in the controls (P < 0.05) and no differences were observed between the chronic and stable evolution patients (P > 0.05). IL-6 decreased in patients with a favourable evolution, increased in those with an increased renal dysfunction and was maintained when the renal dysfunction was not modified. These results suggest that gammadelta T cells could participate in renal allograft maintenance and that IL-6 but not sIL-6R serum levels may provide a prognostic marker for measuring the evolution of kidney allograft.
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- I Malan Borel
- Cátedra de Inmunología Básica, Facultad de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas de la Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Santa Fe, Argentina.
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Allison TJ, Garboczi DN. Structure of gammadelta T cell receptors and their recognition of non-peptide antigens. Mol Immunol 2002; 38:1051-61. [PMID: 11955597 DOI: 10.1016/s0161-5890(02)00034-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The gammadelta T cell receptors (TCRs) and alphabeta TCRs are similar in both sequence and structure; however, gammadelta+ and alphabeta+ T cells are not merely similar lymphocytes with subtly different receptors. These cell types differ in several ways, including the types of antigens recognized, the mechanism of antigen presentation and recognition and the mechanism and kinetics of downstream signaling events. gammadelta TCRs can directly recognize antigens in the form of intact proteins or non-peptidic compounds, unlike alphabeta TCRs which recognize peptide antigens bound to major histocompatibility complex molecules (MHC). One of the major classes of human gammadelta+ T cells expresses Vgamma9Vdelta2 TCRs which recognize pyrophosphomonoester, alkylamine and aminobisphosphonate antigens. This review focuses on the recently determined structure of a Vgamma9Vdelta2 TCR, with emphasis on antigen recognition and receptor signaling.
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- Timothy J Allison
- Structural Biology Section, Laboratory of Immunogenetics, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, 12441 Parklawn Drive, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
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Rubin B, Alibaud L, Huchenq-Champagne A, Arnaud J, Toribio ML, Constans J. Some hints concerning the shape of T-cell receptor structures. Scand J Immunol 2002; 55:111-8. [PMID: 11896927 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3083.2002.01044.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Several models are proposed for T-cell antigen receptor (TCR) assembly and structure. However, there is little experimental data favouring directly either one or the other(s). The minimal complex appears to be composed of a TCRalphabeta/CD3deltaepsilon,gammaepsilon/zeta2 structure but at the cell membrane, multimers of this minimal structure may be formed. Quantitative cytofluometry has suggested three CD3epsilon chains for two TCRbeta (or TCRdelta) chains/complex. Such data should be repeated with monoclonal antibodies (MoAb) against extracellular (EC) parts of CD3delta or CD3gamma chains. In the present review, we have compared the TCR/CD3 assembly of pre-TCR, TCRgammadelta and TCRalphabeta containing complexes, and analysed the reactivity of antibodies (Abs) against the EC part of CD3delta chains. Our data suggest an alternative assembly pathway and structure of TCR/CD3 complexes.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antibodies
- CD3 Complex/chemistry
- CD3 Complex/metabolism
- Humans
- Macromolecular Substances
- Models, Immunological
- Models, Molecular
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/chemistry
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/metabolism
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/chemistry
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/metabolism
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta/chemistry
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta/metabolism
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- B Rubin
- Unité de Physiopathologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire, CNRS UPR-2163, Hôpital Purpan, 31059 Toulouse Cedex 03, France.
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