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Jihad M, Yet İ. Multiomics Integration at Single-Cell Resolution Using Bayesian Networks: A Case Study in Hepatocellular Carcinoma. OMICS : A JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY 2023; 27:24-33. [PMID: 36602810 DOI: 10.1089/omi.2022.0170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Multiomics data integration is one of the leading frontiers of complex disease research and integrative biology. The advances in single-cell sequencing technologies offer yet another crucial dimension in multiomics research. The single-cell studies enable the study and integration of multiomics data simultaneously in the same cell. We report in this study multiomics data integration in single-cell resolution using Bayesian networks (BNs) in a case study of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). A BN encodes the conditional dependencies/independencies of variables using a graphical model with an accompanying joint probability. RNA-seq and Reduced Representation Bisulfite Sequencing data were analyzed separately, and copy number variations were estimated by the hidden Markov model method. Several BN models were constructed to reveal omics' causal and associational relationships. These methods were subjected to a validation study using an independent data set. We show the heterogeneity of the multiple cellular layers of HCC at single-cell omics resolution by identifying best-fitted BN models of 295 genes. We also provide novel insights into the multiomics mechanistic relationships in the human lymphocyte antigen class I genes in HCC. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to focus on integrating omics data using a machine learning algorithm, BNs, at the single-cell resolution using a case study of HCC.
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- Muntadher Jihad
- Department of Bioinformatics, Graduate School of Health Sciences, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Bioinformatics, Graduate School of Health Sciences, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
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Tomaz D, Pereira PM, Guerra N, Dyson J, Gould K, Henriques R. Nanoscale Colocalization of NK Cell Activating and Inhibitory Receptors Controls Signal Integration. Front Immunol 2022; 13:868496. [PMID: 35720315 PMCID: PMC9198454 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.868496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2022] [Accepted: 04/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Natural killer (NK) cell responses depend on the balance of signals from inhibitory and activating receptors. However, how the integration of antagonistic signals occurs upon NK cell-target cell interaction is not fully understood. Here we provide evidence that NK cell inhibition via the inhibitory receptor Ly49A is dependent on its relative colocalization at the nanometer scale with the activating receptor NKG2D upon immune synapse (IS) formation. NKG2D and Ly49A signal integration and colocalization were studied using NKG2D-GFP and Ly49A-RFP-expressing primary NK cells, forming ISs with NIH3T3 target cells, with or without the expression of single-chain trimer (SCT) H2-Dd and an extended form of SCT H2-Dd-CD4 MHC-I molecules. Nanoscale colocalization was assessed by Förster resonance energy transfer between NKG2D-GFP and Ly49A-RFP and measured for each synapse. In the presence of their respective cognate ligands, NKG2D and Ly49A colocalize at the nanometer scale, leading to NK cell inhibition. However, increasing the size of the Ly49A ligand reduced the nanoscale colocalization with NKG2D, consequently impairing Ly49A-mediated inhibition. Thus, our data shows that NK cell signal integration is critically dependent on the dimensions of NK cell ligand-receptor pairs by affecting their relative nanometer-scale colocalization at the IS. Our results together suggest that the balance of NK cell signals and NK cell responses is determined by the relative nanoscale colocalization of activating and inhibitory receptors in the immune synapse.
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- David Tomaz
- Department of Immunology, Wright-Fleming Institute, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
- Department of Immunology, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Medical Research Council Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, University College London, London, United Kingdom
- Bacterial Cell Biology, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal
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- Division of Cell and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Immunology, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Immunology, Wright-Fleming Institute, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Medical Research Council Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, University College London, London, United Kingdom
- Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London, London, United Kingdom
- Optical Cell Biology Lab, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras, Portugal
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Ramos-Mejia V, Arellano-Galindo J, Mejía-Arangure JM, Cruz-Munoz ME. A NK Cell Odyssey: From Bench to Therapeutics Against Hematological Malignancies. Front Immunol 2022; 13:803995. [PMID: 35493522 PMCID: PMC9046543 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.803995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2021] [Accepted: 03/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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In 1975 two independent groups noticed the presence of immune cells with a unique ability to recognize and eliminate transformed hematopoietic cells without any prior sensitization or expansion of specific clones. Since then, NK cells have been the axis of thousands of studies that have resulted until June 2021, in more than 70 000 publications indexed in PubMed. As result of this work, which include approaches in vitro, in vivo, and in natura, it has been possible to appreciate the role played by the NK cells, not only as effectors against specific pathogens, but also as regulators of the immune response. Recent advances have revealed previous unidentified attributes of NK cells including the ability to adapt to new conditions under the context of chronic infections, or their ability to develop some memory-like characteristics. In this review, we will discuss significant findings that have rule our understanding of the NK cell biology, the developing of these findings into new concepts in immunology, and how these conceptual platforms are being used in the design of strategies for cancer immunotherapy.
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- Veronica Ramos-Mejia
- GENYO: Centro Pfizer, Universidad de Granada, Junta de Andalucía de Genómica e Investigación Oncológica, Granada, Spain
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- Unidad de Investigación en Enfermedades Infecciosas, Hospital Infantil de México “Dr. Federico Gomez”, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Genómica del Cancer, Instituto Nacional de Medicina Genómica (INMEGEN) & Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, Mexico
- *Correspondence: Mario Ernesto Cruz-Muñoz, ; Juan Manuel Mejía-Arangure,
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- Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Cuernavaca, Mexico
- *Correspondence: Mario Ernesto Cruz-Muñoz, ; Juan Manuel Mejía-Arangure,
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Liu S, Liu F, Zhao M, Zhang J. Antitumor Efficacy of Oncolytic Herpes Virus Type 1 Armed with GM-CSF in Murine Uveal Melanoma Xenografts. Cancer Manag Res 2020; 12:11803-11812. [PMID: 33239914 PMCID: PMC7680789 DOI: 10.2147/cmar.s274605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2020] [Accepted: 10/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Background Uveal melanoma (UM) is the most common primary intraocular tumor in adults with a high incidence of metastasis. Standard care therapies for UM include enucleation and radiation, which are minimally effective in prolonging patient survival. Oncolytic virus treatment has become a new trend in cancer field. Of which, oncolytic herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) therapy is one of the most effective antitumor treatments. Here, we established an oncolytic HSV-1 encoding granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF), tested its efficacy in UM therapy, and investigated the innate immune response induced by this virus. Methods Oncolytic HSV-1 expressing GM-CSF (HSV-GM-CSF) was constructed, then verified using qPCR and Western blot assays. Cell viability assays and transmission electron microscopy were conducted on three UM cell lines, MUM2B, 92.1, and MP41, to assess the cell-killing ability and virus infection of this virus. For in vivo experiments, BALB/c-nude mice in situ UM xenografts were established to testify the efficacy of the oncolytic virus, oncolytic HSV-1, and HSV-GM-CSF groups, respectively. IVIS images, ocular volumes, mice weights, and survivals were tracked to see the efficacy of the virus. Hematoxylin and eosin staining, immunohistochemistry, and flow cytometry analyses were conducted to demonstrate the immune activity after virus treatment. Results All three tested UM cell lines were sensitive to infection by HSV-GM-CSF. In vivo xenograft experiments revealed that oncolytic virus HSV-1 reduced UM tumor volume and that oncolytic virus HSV-1 armed with GM-CSF enhanced the antitumor effect compared with unmodified HSV-1. The bodyweights of untreated control group mice were significantly lower than those of mice in either virus-treated group (HSV-1 or HSV-GM-CSF). Follow-up survivals were prolonged in the virus-treated groups compared with the control group and were prolonged to a greater extent in the HSV-GM-CSF group than in the HSV-1 group. Macrophage stimulation was observed following HSV-GM-CSF treatment. Conclusion Our results indicate that the recombinant oncolytic virus HSV-GM-CSF is a potential therapeutic treatment for UM.
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- Sisi Liu
- Department of Ophthalmology, Peking University People's Hospital, Eye Diseases and Optometry Institute, Beijing Key Laboratory of Diagnosis and Therapy of Retinal and Choroid Diseases, College of Optometry, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Brain Tumor Research Center, Beijing Neurosurgical Institute, Beijing Laboratory of Biomedical Materials, Beijing Tiantan Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University, Beijing 100070, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Peking University People's Hospital, Eye Diseases and Optometry Institute, Beijing Key Laboratory of Diagnosis and Therapy of Retinal and Choroid Diseases, College of Optometry, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Brain Tumor Research Center, Beijing Neurosurgical Institute, Beijing Laboratory of Biomedical Materials, Beijing Tiantan Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University, Beijing 100070, People's Republic of China
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Najafimehr H, Hajizadeh N, Nazemalhosseini-Mojarad E, Pourhoseingholi MA, Abdollahpour-Alitappeh M, Ashtari S, Zali MR. The role of Human leukocyte antigen class I on patient survival in Gastrointestinal cancers: a systematic review and meta- analysis. Sci Rep 2020; 10:728. [PMID: 31959894 PMCID: PMC6970991 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-57582-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2019] [Accepted: 01/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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The prognostic role of Human leukocyte antigen class I (HLA- I) in gastrointestinal cancers has been remained controversial. We performed a meta-analysis to determine the role of classical HLA-I in predicting survival of patients. In addition, the relationship between HLA- I and some clinicopathological factors was evaluated. Published studies investigated HLA-I expression effect on gastrointestinal cancers were evaluated to determine association between HLA- I and overall survival (OS) and recurrence-free survival (RFS) in patients. The used effect sizes were hazard ratio (HR) and Odds ratio (OR) with 95% confidence interval (CI). A total of ten studies included 1307 patients were analyzed. The pooled results revealed that HLA- I overexpression was positively related to OS (HR: 0.72; 95% CI: 0.53–0.96) and demonstrated little association for RFS (HR: 0.70; 95% CI: 0.46–1.08). HLA-I overexpression is negative associated with poorer differentiation of tumor (OR: 0.53; 95% CI (0.43–0.81) and also higher stages of cancer (OR: 0.29; 95% CI (0.13–0.64). HLA- I overexpression was related to a better prognosis on OS and probably had little impact on RFS.
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- Hadis Najafimehr
- Basic and Molecular Epidemiology of Gastrointestinal Disorders Research Center, Research Institute for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases Research Center, Research Institute for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Basic and Molecular Epidemiology of Gastrointestinal Disorders Research Center, Research Institute for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases Research Center, Research Institute for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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- Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases Research Center, Research Institute for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Basic and Molecular Epidemiology of Gastrointestinal Disorders Research Center, Research Institute for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Matalon O, Ben-Shmuel A, Kivelevitz J, Sabag B, Fried S, Joseph N, Noy E, Biber G, Barda-Saad M. Actin retrograde flow controls natural killer cell response by regulating the conformation state of SHP-1. EMBO J 2018; 37:embj.201696264. [PMID: 29449322 DOI: 10.15252/embj.201696264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2016] [Revised: 11/22/2017] [Accepted: 01/02/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Natural killer (NK) cells are a powerful weapon against viral infections and tumor growth. Although the actin-myosin (actomyosin) cytoskeleton is crucial for a variety of cellular processes, the role of mechanotransduction, the conversion of actomyosin mechanical forces into signaling cascades, was never explored in NK cells. Here, we demonstrate that actomyosin retrograde flow (ARF) controls the immune response of primary human NK cells through a novel interaction between β-actin and the SH2-domain-containing protein tyrosine phosphatase-1 (SHP-1), converting its conformation state, and thereby regulating NK cell cytotoxicity. Our results identify ARF as a master regulator of the NK cell immune response. Since actin dynamics occur in multiple cellular processes, this mechanism might also regulate the activity of SHP-1 in additional cellular systems.
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- Omri Matalon
- The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
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- The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
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- The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
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- The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
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- The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
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- The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
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- The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
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- The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
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- The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
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Mace EM, Dongre P, Hsu HT, Sinha P, James AM, Mann SS, Forbes LR, Watkin LB, Orange JS. Cell biological steps and checkpoints in accessing NK cell cytotoxicity. Immunol Cell Biol 2014; 92:245-55. [PMID: 24445602 PMCID: PMC3960583 DOI: 10.1038/icb.2013.96] [Citation(s) in RCA: 144] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2013] [Accepted: 11/06/2013] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Natural killer (NK) cell-mediated cytotoxicity is governed by the formation of a lytic immune synapse in discrete regulated steps, which give rise to an extensive array of cellular checkpoints in accessing NK cell-mediated cytolytic defense. Appropriate progression through these cell biological steps is critical for the directed secretion of specialized secretory lysosomes and subsequent target cell death. Here we highlight recent discoveries in the formation of the NK cell cytolytic synapse as well as the molecular steps and cell biological checkpoints required for this essential host defense process.
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- Emily M Mace
- Center for Human Immunobiology, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, USA
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- Center for Human Immunobiology, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, USA
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- Center for Human Immunobiology, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, USA
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- Center for Human Immunobiology, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, USA
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- Case Western Reserve Medical School, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Center for Human Immunobiology, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, USA
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- Center for Human Immunobiology, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, USA
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- Center for Human Immunobiology, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, USA
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Abeyweera TP, Kaissar M, Huse M. Inhibitory receptor signaling destabilizes immunological synapse formation in primary NK cells. Front Immunol 2013; 4:410. [PMID: 24348477 PMCID: PMC3841721 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2013.00410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2013] [Accepted: 11/11/2013] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Upon engagement of their cognate class I major histocompatibility complex ligands, receptors containing immunotyrosine-based inhibitory motifs (ITIMs) transduce signals that block cytolytic and inflammatory responses. In this manner, ITIM-coupled receptors play a crucial role in maintaining natural killer (NK) cell tolerance toward normal, healthy tissue. A number of studies, mostly using immortalized NK cell lines, have demonstrated that ITIM signaling functions by disrupting the cytolytic immunological synapse formed between an NK cell and its target. However, more recent imaging experiments using primary NK cells have suggested that inhibitory receptor engagement does not antagonize contact formation, casting doubt on the hypothesis that ITIM signals destabilize the synapse. To resolve this issue, we analyzed primary NK cell activation and contact formation on supported lipid bilayers containing controlled combinations of activating and inhibitory ligands. Under these conditions, we observed that ITIM signaling clearly inhibited adhesion, cell arrest, and calcium influx, three hallmarks of synapse formation. These results are consistent with previous reports showing that inhibitory receptors deliver a “reverse stop” signal, and confirm that ITIM signaling functions at least in part by destabilizing cytolytic synapse formation.
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- Immunology Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center , New York, NY , USA
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- Immunology Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center , New York, NY , USA
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Huse M, Catherine Milanoski S, Abeyweera TP. Building tolerance by dismantling synapses: inhibitory receptor signaling in natural killer cells. Immunol Rev 2013; 251:143-53. [PMID: 23278746 DOI: 10.1111/imr.12014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Cell surface receptors bearing immunotyrosine-based inhibitory motifs (ITIMs) maintain natural killer (NK) cell tolerance to normal host tissues. These receptors are difficult to analyze mechanistically because they block activating responses in a rapid and comprehensive manner. The advent of high-resolution single cell imaging techniques has enabled investigators to explore the cell biological basis of the inhibitory response. Recent studies using these approaches indicate that ITIM-containing receptors function at least in part by structurally undermining the immunological synapse between the NK cell and its target. In this review, we discuss these new advances and how they might relate to what is known about the biochemistry of inhibitory signaling in NK cells and other cell types.
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- Morgan Huse
- Immunology Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA.
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The natural killer cell cytotoxic function is modulated by HIV-1 accessory proteins. Viruses 2011; 3:1091-111. [PMID: 21994772 PMCID: PMC3185792 DOI: 10.3390/v3071091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2011] [Revised: 06/23/2011] [Accepted: 06/24/2011] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Natural killer (NK) cells’ major role in the control of viruses is to eliminate established infected cells. The capacity of NK cells to kill virus-infected cells is dependent on the interactions between ligands on the infected cell and receptors on the NK cell surface. Because of the importance of ligand-receptor interactions in modulating the NK cell cytotoxic response, HIV has developed strategies to regulate various NK cell ligands making the infected cell surprisingly refractory to NK cell lysis. This is perplexing because the HIV-1 accessory protein Vpr induces expression of ligands for the NK cell activating receptor, NKG2D. In addition, the accessory protein Nef removes the inhibitory ligands HLA-A and -B. The reason for the ineffective killing by NK cells despite the strong potential to eliminate infected cells is due to HIV-1 Vpu’s ability to down modulate the co-activation ligand, NTB-A, from the cell surface. Down modulation of NTB-A prevents efficient NK cell degranulation. This review will focus on the mechanisms through which the HIV-1 accessory proteins modulate their respective ligands, and its implication for NK cell killing of HIV-infected cells.
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Abeyweera TP, Merino E, Huse M. Inhibitory signaling blocks activating receptor clustering and induces cytoskeletal retraction in natural killer cells. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011; 192:675-90. [PMID: 21339333 PMCID: PMC3044118 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201009135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Natural killer (NK) lymphocytes use a variety of activating receptors to recognize and kill infected or tumorigenic cells during an innate immune response. To prevent targeting healthy tissue, NK cells also express numerous inhibitory receptors that signal through immunotyrosine-based inhibitory motifs (ITIMs). Precisely how signals from competing activating and inhibitory receptors are integrated and resolved is not understood. To investigate how ITIM receptor signaling impinges on activating pathways, we developed a photochemical approach for stimulating the inhibitory receptor KIR2DL2 during ongoing NK cell-activating responses in high-resolution imaging experiments. Photostimulation of KIR2DL2 induces the rapid formation of inhibitory receptor microclusters in the plasma membrane and the simultaneous suppression of microclusters containing activating receptors. This is followed by the collapse of the peripheral actin cytoskeleton and retraction of the NK cell from the source of inhibitory stimulation. These results suggest a cell biological basis for ITIM receptor signaling and establish an experimental framework for analyzing it.
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- Thushara P Abeyweera
- Immunology Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA
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Davis DM. Mechanisms and functions for the duration of intercellular contacts made by lymphocytes. Nat Rev Immunol 2009; 9:543-55. [PMID: 19609264 DOI: 10.1038/nri2602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Communication across intercellular contacts is central to establishing appropriate innate and adaptive immune responses. Recent imaging of lymphocyte interactions suggests that a complex orchestration of cell-cell contact times is a key correlate to establishing appropriate immune responses. Here I review the molecular and cellular processes that influence the duration of intercellular contacts, including integrin activation and dynamic changes in membrane morphology. I discuss how these processes can be regulated, for example, by the balance of activating and inhibitory receptor signals, and how they can establish the appropriate outcome for individual cell-cell interactions.
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- Daniel M Davis
- Division of Cell and Molecular Biology, Sir Alexander Fleming Building, Imperial College London, South Kensington, London, SW7 2AZ, UK.
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Culley FJ, Johnson M, Evans JH, Kumar S, Crilly R, Casasbuenas J, Schnyder T, Mehrabi M, Deonarain MP, Ushakov DS, Braud V, Roth G, Brock R, Köhler K, Davis DM. Natural killer cell signal integration balances synapse symmetry and migration. PLoS Biol 2009; 7:e1000159. [PMID: 19636352 PMCID: PMC2707003 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2009] [Accepted: 06/12/2009] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Imaging immune surveillance by natural killer (NK) cells has revealed that integration of activating and inhibitory signals determines whether or not NK cells stop to kill the target cell or retain a migratory configuration. Natural killer (NK) cells discern the health of other cells by recognising the balance of activating and inhibitory ligands expressed by each target cell. However, how the integration of activating and inhibitory signals relates to formation of the NK cell immune synapse remains a central question in our understanding of NK cell recognition. Here we report that ligation of LFA-1 on NK cells induced asymmetrical cell spreading and migration. In contrast, ligation of the activating receptor NKG2D induced symmetrical spreading of ruffled lamellipodia encompassing a dynamic ring of f-actin, concurrent with polarization towards a target cell and a “stop” signal. Ligation of both LFA-1 and NKG2D together resulted in symmetrical spreading but co-ligation of inhibitory receptors reverted NK cells to an asymmetrical migratory configuration leading to inhibitory synapses being smaller and more rapidly disassembled. Using micropatterned activating and inhibitory ligands, signals were found to be continuously and locally integrated during spreading. Together, these data demonstrate that NK cells spread to form large, stable, symmetrical synapses if activating signals dominate, whereas asymmetrical migratory “kinapses” are favoured if inhibitory signals dominate. This clarifies how the integration of activating and inhibitory receptor signals is translated to an appropriate NK cell response. Immune cells survey their local environment and an immunological response can be activated when an appropriate target cell or antigen-presenting cell is recognised by key cell surface molecules. Just how the multitude of protein–protein interactions work to regulate this decision is an ongoing question. Imaging technology has provided key insights, demonstrating that immune cell activation is often accompanied by the segregation of proteins at immune synapses. Natural killer (NK) cells are lymphocytes that can recognise and kill virally infected or tumour-transformed cells via the formation of a synapse that facilitates secretion of cytotoxic granules directed at the target cells. Key to understanding target cell recognition by NK cells is to establish how the balance of activating and inhibitory signals at the synapse leads to an appropriate response, e.g., to kill or spare a target cell. We found that when activating ligands are dominant on a target cell, NK cells stop migrating and spread lamellipodia across the target cell to form a large symmetrical synapse. If inhibitory signals dominate, the symmetry of the NK cell spreading response is broken and the stop signal is reversed, which reduces the time spent in contact with the target cell. Thus, NK cell activating and inhibitory signals regulate NK cell synapse symmetry and migration to determine whether an NK cell will kill or move on.
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- Fiona J. Culley
- Division of Cell and Molecular Biology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Division of Cell and Molecular Biology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Division of Cell and Molecular Biology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Division of Cell and Molecular Biology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Division of Cell and Molecular Biology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Division of Cell and Molecular Biology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Division of Cell and Molecular Biology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Division of Cell and Molecular Biology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Division of Cell and Molecular Biology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Institut de Pharmacologie Moleculaire et Cellulaire, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique/Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis, UMR6097, Valbonne, France
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Interfacultary Institute for Cell Biology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry, Nijmegen Centre for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Division of Cell and Molecular Biology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Division of Cell and Molecular Biology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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Armed with potent cytotoxic and immunostimulatory effector functions, natural killer (NK) cells have the potential to cause significant damage to normal self cells unless controlled by self-tolerance mechanisms. NK cells identify and attack target cells based on integration of signals from activation and inhibitory receptors, whose ligands exhibit complex expression and/or binding patterns. Preservation of NK cell self-tolerance must therefore go beyond mere engagement of inhibitory receptors during effector functions. Herein, we review recent work that has uncovered a number of mechanisms to ensure self-tolerance of NK cells. For example, licensing of NK cells allows only NK cells that can engage self-MHC to become functionally competent, or licensed. The molecular mechanism of this phenomenon appears to require signaling by receptors that were originally identified in effector inhibition. However, the nature of the signaling event has not yet been defined, but new interpretations of several published experiments provide valuable clues. In addition, several other cell-intrinsic and -extrinsic mechanisms of NK cell tolerance are discussed, including activation receptor cooperation and synergy, cytokine stimulation, and the opposing roles of accessory and regulatory cells. Finally, NK cell tolerance is discussed as it relates to the clinic, such as KIR-HLA disease associations, tumor immunotherapy, and fetal tolerance.
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Receptors carrying immunoreceptor tyrosine-based inhibition motifs (ITIMs) in their cytoplasmic tail control a vast array of cellular responses, ranging from autoimmunity, allergy, phagocytosis of red blood cells, graft versus host disease, to even neuronal plasticity in the brain. The inhibitory function of many receptors has been deduced on the basis of cytoplasmic ITIM sequences. Tight regulation of natural killer (NK) cell cytotoxicity and cytokine production by inhibitory receptors specific for major histocompatibility complex class I molecules has served as a model system to study the negative signaling pathway triggered by an ITIM-containing receptor in the physiological context of NK-target cell interactions. Advances in our understanding of the molecular details of inhibitory signaling in NK cells have provided a conceptual framework to address how ITIM-mediated regulation controls cellular reactivity in diverse cell types.
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- Eric O Long
- Laboratory of Immunogenetics, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD 20852, USA.
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Chini CC, Leibson PJ. Signal transduction during natural killer cell activation. CURRENT PROTOCOLS IN CYTOMETRY 2008; Chapter 9:Unit 9.16. [PMID: 18770753 DOI: 10.1002/0471142956.cy0916s14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Understanding of transmembrane signaling during NK-cell activation has greatly expanded during the past few years. The discovery and characterization of novel triggering and inhibitory receptors have revealed the complexity of these processes. This unit focuses on receptor-initiated signaling pathways that modulate NK functions. Establishing the roles of different signaling pathways in NK cells is a crucial step in the design of therapeutic approaches for selective enhancement or suppression of NK-cell activation.
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- C C Chini
- Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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Chini CC, Leibson PJ. Signal transduction during natural killer cell activation. CURRENT PROTOCOLS IN IMMUNOLOGY 2008; Chapter 11:Unit 11.9B. [PMID: 18432709 DOI: 10.1002/0471142735.im1109bs35] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Natural killer (NK) cells are a subpopulation of lymphocytes that can mediate cytotoxicity of certain tumor cells, virus-infected cells, and normal cells. In addition to their cytotoxic potential, NK cells secrete a variety of cytokines and chemokines that can modulate the function, growth, and differentiation of other immune cells. These different responses are initiated by the interaction of specific NK surface receptors with defined soluble or cell-associated ligands. There are several different types of receptors on the NK cell surface including "triggering" receptors, adhesion molecules, cytokine receptors, and MHC-recognizing killer-cell inhibitory receptors. The functional response of an NK cell is the result of the integration of signals transduced by these different types of receptors. Some of these signaling pathways are similar to other lymphoid cells, but there are also unique features employed by NK cells. This overview focuses on receptor-initiated signaling pathways that modulate NK functions.
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- C C Chini
- Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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Back J, Chalifour A, Scarpellino L, Held W. Stable masking by H-2Dd cis ligand limits Ly49A relocalization to the site of NK cell/target cell contact. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2007; 104:3978-83. [PMID: 17360463 PMCID: PMC1820694 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0607418104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2006] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Ly49A is an inhibitory receptor, which counteracts natural killer (NK) cell activation on the engagement with H-2D(d) (D(d)) MHC class I molecules (MHC-I) on target cells. In addition to binding D(d) on apposed membranes, Ly49A interacts with D(d) ligand expressed in the plane of the NK cells' membrane. Indeed, multivalent, soluble MHC-I ligand binds inefficiently to Ly49A unless the NK cells' D(d) complexes are destroyed. However, it is not known whether masked Ly49A remains constitutively associated with cis D(d) also during target cell interaction. Alternatively, it is possible that Ly49A has to be unmasked to significantly interact with its ligand on target cells. These two scenarios suggest distinct roles of Ly49A/D(d) cis interaction for NK cell function. Here, we show that Ly49A contributes to target cell adhesion and efficiently accumulates at synapses with D(d)-expressing target cells when NK cells themselves lack D(d). When NK cells express D(d), Ly49A no longer contributes to adhesion, and ligand-driven recruitment to the cellular contact site is strongly reduced. The destruction of D(d) complexes on NK cells, which unmasks Ly49A, is necessary and sufficient to restore Ly49A adhesive function and recruitment to the synapse. Thus, cis D(d) continuously sequesters a considerable fraction of Ly49A receptors, preventing efficient Ly49A recruitment to the synapse with D(d)+ target cells. The reduced number of Ly49A receptors that can functionally interact with D(d) on target cells explains the modest inhibitory capacity of Ly49A in D(d) NK cells. This property renders Ly49A NK cells more sensitive to react to diseased host cells.
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- Jonathan Back
- Lausanne Branch, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, and University of Lausanne, 1066 Epalinges, Switzerland
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- Lausanne Branch, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, and University of Lausanne, 1066 Epalinges, Switzerland
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- Lausanne Branch, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, and University of Lausanne, 1066 Epalinges, Switzerland
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- Lausanne Branch, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, and University of Lausanne, 1066 Epalinges, Switzerland
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Tolerance of natural killer (NK) cells toward normal cells is mediated through their expression of inhibitory receptors that detect the normal expression of self in the form of class I major histocompatibility complex (MHC-I) molecules on target cells. These MHC-I-binding inhibitory receptors recruit tyrosine phosphatases, which are believed to counteract activating receptor-stimulated tyrosine kinases. The perpetual balance between signals derived from inhibitory and activating receptors controls NK cell responsiveness and provides an interesting paradigm of signaling cross talk. This review summarizes our knowledge of the intracellular mechanisms by which cell surface receptors influence biological responses by NK cells. Special emphasis focuses on the dynamic signaling events at the NK immune synapse and the unique signaling characteristics of specific receptors, such as NKG2D, 2B4, and KIR2DL4.
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- A W MacFarlane
- Fox Chase Cancer Center, Division of Basic Science, Institute for Cancer Research, 333 Cottman Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA
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Stebbins CC, Watzl C, Billadeau DD, Leibson PJ, Burshtyn DN, Long EO. Vav1 dephosphorylation by the tyrosine phosphatase SHP-1 as a mechanism for inhibition of cellular cytotoxicity. Mol Cell Biol 2003; 23:6291-9. [PMID: 12917349 PMCID: PMC180957 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.23.17.6291-6299.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 216] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Here, we present data suggesting a novel mechanism for regulation of natural killer (NK) cell cytotoxicity through inhibitory receptors. Interaction of activation receptors with their ligands on target cells induces cytotoxicity by NK cells. This activation is under negative control by inhibitory receptors that recruit tyrosine phosphatase SHP-1 upon binding major histocompatibility class I on target cells. How SHP-1 blocks the activation pathway is not known. To identify SHP-1 substrates, an HLA-C-specific inhibitory receptor fused to a substrate-trapping mutant of SHP-1 was expressed in NK cells. Phosphorylated Vav1, a regulator of actin cytoskeleton, was the only protein detectably associated with the catalytic site of SHP-1 during NK cell contact with target cells expressing HLA-C. Vav1 trapping was independent of actin polymerization, suggesting that inhibition of cellular cytotoxicity occurs through an early dephosphorylation of Vav1 by SHP-1, which blocks actin-dependent activation signals. Such a mechanism explains how inhibitory receptors can block activating signals induced by different receptors.
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- Christopher C Stebbins
- Laboratory of Immunogenetics, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland 20852, USA
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Faure M, Barber DF, Takahashi SM, Jin T, Long EO. Spontaneous clustering and tyrosine phosphorylation of NK cell inhibitory receptor induced by ligand binding. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2003; 170:6107-14. [PMID: 12794140 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.170.12.6107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Inhibition of NK cell cytotoxicity by killer cell Ig-like receptors (KIR) depends on phosphorylation of cytoplasmic tyrosines in KIR, which recruit tyrosine phosphatase Src homology protein tyrosine phosphatase 1. It is not clear how KIR, whose function lies downstream of a tyrosine kinase, succeeds in blocking proximal NK cell activation signals upon binding HLA class I on target cells. Here we show that mixing NK cells with insect cells expressing HLA-C was sufficient to induce clustering of KIR, and phosphorylation of KIR and SHP-1. Transient phosphorylation of KIR was detected in the presence of pervanadate, an inhibitor of protein tyrosine phosphatases, at suboptimal concentration. Phosphorylation of KIR was specifically induced by ligand binding because it was detected only when HLA-C was loaded with a peptide that permits KIR binding. KIR phosphorylation was not dependent on ICAM-1-mediated adhesion and was not blocked by inhibition of actin polymerization, but required Zn(2+). Fluorescence resonance energy transfer between HLA-C molecules revealed close molecular interactions induced by KIR binding. These results demonstrate tight clustering of KIR and rapid KIR phosphorylation induced simply by binding to HLA-C. The unique property of KIR to become phosphorylated in the absence of adhesion and of actin cytoskeleton rearrangement explains how KIR can efficiently block early activation signals during NK-target cell contacts.
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- Mathias Faure
- Laboratory of Immunogenetics, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20852, USA
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Kogure T, Mantani N, Sakai S, Shimada Y, Tamura J, Terasawa K. Natural killer cytolytic activity is associated with the expression of killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors on peripheral lymphocytes in human. Mediators Inflamm 2003; 12:117-21. [PMID: 12775362 PMCID: PMC1781594 DOI: 10.1080/0962935031000097727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Although it has been shown that killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIRs) on peripheral lymphocytes are upregulated by interleukin-2 (IL-2), which activates natural killer (NK) activity, it has not been demonstrated whether the expression of KIRs is related to NK activity. Therefore, we investigated the association between the KIR expression on lymphocytes and NK activity. CD158a/b expression on lymphocytes obtained from 37 subjects was analyzed using flow cytometry. Simultaneously, NK activity was measured each sample using a 51Cr-release assay. Additionally, lymphocytes were cultured in RPMI 1640 medium with or without IL-2 for 48 h, and then their CD158a/b expression and NK activity was analyzed. CD158a/b expression was significantly correlated with NK activity. Especially, the percentage of CD16+CD158a+ and CD8+CD158a/b+ cells in lymphocytes showed a highly significant correlation with NK activity. However, analysis of CD8+ and CD16+ cells revealed that there was only a significant correlation between the percentage of CD8+CD158a+ cells among only CD8+ cells and NK activity. The upregulation of CD16+CD158a+/b+ cells in response to IL-2 tended to be related to the increase of NK activity, but the relationship was not significant. In conclusion, the level of KIR expression was correlated with NK activity, and IL-2 treatment resulted in an increase of NK activity as well as KIR expression, suggesting that upregulation of KIRs enhances the ability to sort target cells, such as virus-infected cells from uninfected cells, according to major histocompatibility complex class I expression.
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- Toshiaki Kogure
- Department of Integrated Japanese Oriental Medicine, School of Medicine, Gunma University, 3-39-22 Showa-machi, Maebashi Gunma 371-8511, Japan.
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Forte P, Pazmany L, Matter-Reissmann UB, Stussi G, Schneider MK, Seebach JD. HLA-G inhibits rolling adhesion of activated human NK cells on porcine endothelial cells. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2001; 167:6002-8. [PMID: 11698480 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.167.10.6002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Human NK cells adhere to and lyse porcine endothelial cells (pEC) and therefore may contribute to the cell-mediated rejection of vascularized pig-to-human xenografts. Since MHC class I molecules inhibit the cytotoxic activity of NK cells, the expression of HLA genes in pEC has been proposed as a potential solution to overcome NK cell-mediated xenogeneic cytotoxicity. HLA-G, a minimally polymorphic HLA class I molecule that can inhibit a wide range of NK cells, is an especially attractive candidate for this purpose. In this study we tested whether the expression of HLA-G on pEC inhibits the molecular mechanisms that lead to adhesion of human NK cells to pEC and subsequent xenogeneic NK cytotoxicity. To this end two immortalized pEC lines (2A2 and PED) were stably transfected with HLA-G1. Rolling adhesion of activated human NK cells to pEC monolayers and xenogeneic cytotoxicity against pEC mediated by polyclonal human NK lines as well as NK clones were inhibited by the expression of HLA-G. The adhesion was partially reversed by masking HLA-G on pEC with anti-HLA mAbs or by masking the HLA-G-specific inhibitory receptor ILT-2 on NK cells with the mAb HP-F1. The inhibition of NK cytotoxicity by HLA-G was only partially mediated by ILT-2, indicating a role for other unknown NK receptors. In conclusion, transgenic expression of HLA-G may be useful to prevent human NK cell responses to porcine xenografts, but is probably not sufficient on its own. Moreover, the blocking of rolling adhesion by HLA-G provides evidence for a novel biological function of HLA molecules.
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- P Forte
- Department of Internal Medicine, Laboratory for Transplantation Immunology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Schneider MK, Forte P, Seebach JD. Adhesive interactions between human NK cells and porcine endothelial cells. Scand J Immunol 2001; 54:70-5. [PMID: 11439150 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3083.2001.00966.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Human natural killer (NK) cells are able to adhere to xenogeneic porcine endothelial cells (EC) and evidence from in vitro studies as well as animal models suggests a potential role for NK cells in the cellular recognition and damage of porcine xenogeneic tissues. One possible explanation for the observed NK cell-mediated xenogeneic cytotoxicity against porcine EC is the molecular incompatibility between porcine major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I molecules and MHC-specific inhibitory receptors on human NK cells. In this review we attempt to summarize the current knowledge concerning adhesive interactions between human NK cells and porcine EC under special considerations of the cross-species receptor-ligand interactions. Methodological differences in assessing adhesion between various studies are reviewed and comparisons to the syngeneic/allogeneic adhesion mechanisms are made. Finally, the therapeutic potential of blocking antibodies and transgenic HLA expression in preventing NK-cell adhesion and xenogeneic cytotoxicity is discussed.
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- M K Schneider
- Laboratory for Transplantation Immunology, University Hospital Zürich, Rämistrasse 100, CH-8091 Zürich, Switzerland
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Natural killer (NK) cells express numerous receptors, which continually engage with ligands on cell surfaces. Until 1995, only a handful of these receptors were characterized and the molecular basis of NK cell activation was obscure. Recently, considerable advances have been made in characterizing the receptor repertoire on human NK cells. Both activating and inhibitory receptors can transduce positive or negative signals to regulate NK cell cytotoxicity and cytokine release responses. The inhibitory receptors normally predominate in this balance of signals. Certain tumor cells and virally infected cells that lack major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I molecules, however, can rapidly trigger NK cell activation. The basis of this activation is the loss of negative signals that are normally transmitted by MHC class I-binding inhibitory receptors, and the corresponding domination of activating receptor signals. While ligand specificity for a number of the recently described receptors is still a mystery, their signal transduction properties have begun to be defined. The dynamic crosstalk between these receptors ultimately governs the NK cell activation state. Although the complexities of NK cell signalling are only marginally understood, several overall themes have been defined by characterizing the roles of distinct pathways during NK cell responses.
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- K S Campbell
- Division of Basic Science, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA
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Burshtyn DN, Shin J, Stebbins C, Long EO. Adhesion to target cells is disrupted by the killer cell inhibitory receptor. Curr Biol 2000; 10:777-80. [PMID: 10898979 DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(00)00568-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIR) inhibit the cytotoxic activity of natural killer (NK) cells by recruitment of the tyrosine phosphatase SHP-1 to immunoreceptor tyrosine-based inhibition motif (ITIM) sequences in the KIR cytoplasmic tail [1]. The precise steps in the NK activation pathway that are inhibited by KIR are yet to be defined. Here, we have studied whether the initial step of adhesion molecule LFA-1-dependent adhesion to target cells was altered by the inhibitory signal. Using stable expression of an HLA-C-specific KIR in the NK cell line YTS [2] and a two-color flow cytometry assay for conjugate formation, we show that adhesion to a target cell expressing cognate HLA-C was disrupted by KIR engagement. Conjugate formation was abruptly interrupted by KIR within less than 5 minutes. Inhibition of adhesion to target cells was mediated by a chimeric KIR molecule carrying catalytically active SHP-1 in place of its cytoplasmic tail. These results suggest that other ITIM-bearing receptors, many of which have no known function, may regulate adhesion in a wide variety of cell types.
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MESH Headings
- Abatacept
- Antibodies/pharmacology
- Antigens, CD
- Antigens, Differentiation/pharmacology
- CD28 Antigens/immunology
- CD28 Antigens/physiology
- CTLA-4 Antigen
- Cell Adhesion/drug effects
- Cell Adhesion/physiology
- Cell Line
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Flow Cytometry
- Gene Expression
- HLA-C Antigens/genetics
- HLA-C Antigens/physiology
- Humans
- Immunoconjugates
- Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
- Killer Cells, Natural/cytology
- Killer Cells, Natural/drug effects
- Killer Cells, Natural/physiology
- Lymphocyte Function-Associated Antigen-1/immunology
- Lymphocyte Function-Associated Antigen-1/physiology
- Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 11
- Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 6
- Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases/genetics
- Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases/physiology
- Receptors, Immunologic/genetics
- Receptors, Immunologic/physiology
- Receptors, KIR
- Recombinant Fusion Proteins/genetics
- Recombinant Fusion Proteins/physiology
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- D N Burshtyn
- Laboratory of Immunogenetics, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
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Eriksson M, Leitz G, Fällman E, Axner O, Ryan JC, Nakamura MC, Sentman CL. Inhibitory receptors alter natural killer cell interactions with target cells yet allow simultaneous killing of susceptible targets. J Exp Med 1999; 190:1005-12. [PMID: 10510090 PMCID: PMC2195645 DOI: 10.1084/jem.190.7.1005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Inhibitory receptors expressed on natural killer (NK) cells abrogate positive signals upon binding corresponding major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I molecules on various target cells. By directly micromanipulating the effector-target cell encounter using an optical tweezers system which allowed temporal and spatial control, we demonstrate that Ly49-MHC class I interactions prevent characteristic cellular responses in NK cells upon binding to target cells. Furthermore, using this system, we directly demonstrate that an NK cell already bound to a resistant target cell may simultaneously bind and kill a susceptible target cell. Thus, although Ly49-mediated inhibitory signals can prevent many types of effector responses, they do not globally inhibit cellular function, but rather the inhibitory signal is spatially restricted towards resistant targets.
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- M Eriksson
- Umeå Center for Molecular Pathogenesis (UCMP), Umeå University, S-901 87 Umeå, Sweden.
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Alexander CL, Edward M, MacKie RM. The role of human melanoma cell ICAM-1 expression on lymphokine activated killer cell-mediated lysis, and the effect of retinoic acid. Br J Cancer 1999; 80:1494-500. [PMID: 10408388 PMCID: PMC2363163 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6690551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Intercellular adhesion molecule (ICAM-1) exists as a membrane-associated form (mICAM-1) on the surface of tumour cells as well as a soluble form (sICAM-1). This study analyses the ability of all-trans retinoic acid (RA) to alter both sICAM and mICAM-1 expression in C8161 and Hs294T human melanoma cell lines and investigates the involvement of ICAM-1 in the interaction between tumour and lymphokine-activated killer (LAK) cells using the Cr-51 release assay. Our data showed that 4-day pretreatment of the tumour cells with 10(-7) M RA and 10(-6) M RA induced an increase in lysis of both cell lines and also increased mICAM-1 expression without having any effect on sICAM-1 levels. Addition of blocking ICAM-1 antibody (10 microg ml(-1)) to the C8161 cells at an effector:tumour cell ratio of 40:1 caused a 2.3-fold reduction in lysis of tumour cells and a 3-fold reduction in lysis of RA-treated cells. Blocking ICAM-1 antibody at optimum concentrations of 5 microg ml(-1) reduced lysis 1.8-fold in control Hs294T cells and 1.3-fold in RA-treated cells. Blocking the HLA-ABC complex had no effect on lysis. The more highly metastatic C8161 cells were found to secrete 4-fold greater levels of sICAM-1 than the poorly metastatic Hs294T cells and addition of sICAM-1 to the assay failed to affect lysis of either cell line but did induce a 2-fold decrease in lysis of RA-treated C8161 cells. Collectively, these data provide further evidence for ICAM-1 involvement in the tumour/LAK cell response and indicates that the RA-induced increase in mICAM-1 levels are partly responsible for the increase in susceptibility of the tumour cells. sICAM-1 appears to be unimportant in evasion of the tumour cells from LAK cell lysis, but may play a role in evasion of RA-treated C8161 cells.
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- C L Alexander
- Department of Dermatology, University of Glasgow, UK
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Palmieri G, Tullio V, Zingoni A, Piccoli M, Frati L, Lopez-Botet M, Santoni A. CD94/NKG2-A Inhibitory Complex Blocks CD16-Triggered Syk and Extracellular Regulated Kinase Activation, Leading to Cytotoxic Function of Human NK Cells. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 1999. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.162.12.7181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The CD94/NKG2-A complex is the inhibitory receptor for the nonclassical MHC class I molecule HLA-E on human NK cells. Here we studied the molecular mechanisms underlying the inhibitory activity of CD94/NKG2-A on NK cell functions by analyzing its interference on CD16-initiated signaling pathways involved in the control of cytolytic activity. Both tyrosine phosphorylation and activation of Syk kinase together with tyrosine phosphorylation of CD16 receptor ζ subunit are markedly inhibited by the coengagement of CD94/NKG2-A complex. As a downstream consequence, CD94/NKG2-A cross-linking impairs the CD16-induced activation of extracellular regulated kinases (ERKs), a pathway involved in NK cytotoxic function. The block of ERK activation is exerted at an early, PTK-dependent stage in the events leading to p21ras activation, as the CD16-induced tyrosine phosphorylation of Shc adaptor protein and the formation of Shc/Grb-2 complex are abrogated by CD94/NKG2-A simultaneous engagement. Our observations indicate that CD94/NKG2-A inhibits the CD16-triggered activation of two signaling pathways involved in the cytotoxic activity of NK cells. They thus provide molecular evidence to explain the inhibitory function of CD94/NKG2-A receptor on NK effector functions.
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- Gabriella Palmieri
- *Department of Experimental Medicine and Pathology, Istituto Pasteur-Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti, University La Sapienza,
- †Biotechnology Section, Institute for the Study and Cure of Tumors, and
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- *Department of Experimental Medicine and Pathology, Istituto Pasteur-Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti, University La Sapienza,
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- *Department of Experimental Medicine and Pathology, Istituto Pasteur-Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti, University La Sapienza,
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- *Department of Experimental Medicine and Pathology, Istituto Pasteur-Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti, University La Sapienza,
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- *Department of Experimental Medicine and Pathology, Istituto Pasteur-Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti, University La Sapienza,
- §Istituto Mediterraneo di Neuroscienze Neuromed, Pozzilli, Italy; and
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- *Department of Experimental Medicine and Pathology, Istituto Pasteur-Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti, University La Sapienza,
- ‡Laboratory of Pathophysiology, Regina Elena Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy
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- S Bolland
- Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10021, USA
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Bernard K, Cambiaggi A, Guia S, Bertucci F, Granjeaud S, Tagett R, N’Guyen C, Jordan BR, Vivier E. Engagement of Natural Cytotoxicity Programs Regulates AP-1 Expression in the NKL Human NK Cell Line. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 1999. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.162.7.4062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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NK cell cytotoxicity is a fast and efficient mechanism of target cell lysis. Using transcription analysis, such as multiplex messenger assays, we show here that natural cytotoxicity exerted by the human NKL cell line correlates with mRNA accumulation of very early activator protein (AP)-1 transcription factor genes such as JunB, FosB and c-Fos. In addition, DNA-binding activities of Jun-Fos heterodimers were observed by electrophoretic mobility shift assays during the course of natural cytotoxicity. Interaction between immunoglobulin-like transcript-2/leukocyte Ig-like receptor 1 on NKL cells and HLA-B27 on target cells leads to an impairment of NKL natural cytotoxicity, which correlates with an absence of JunB, FosB, and c-Fos transcription, as well as an absence of their DNA-binding activity. Our studies thus indicate that, despite the rapidity of NK cell-mediated lysis, AP-1 transcription factor is activated during the early stage of NK cell cytolytic programs and that engagement of NK cell inhibitory receptors for MHC class I molecules impairs the very early activation of AP-1.
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- Karine Bernard
- *Centre d’Immunologie, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)/Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) de Marseille-Luminy, Marseille, France
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- †Unité de Biologie Moléculaire du Gène, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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- *Centre d’Immunologie, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)/Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) de Marseille-Luminy, Marseille, France
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- §Laboratoire de Biologie des Tuneurs, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, Marseille, France
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- *Centre d’Immunologie, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)/Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) de Marseille-Luminy, Marseille, France
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- *Centre d’Immunologie, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)/Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) de Marseille-Luminy, Marseille, France
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- *Centre d’Immunologie, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)/Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) de Marseille-Luminy, Marseille, France
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- *Centre d’Immunologie, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)/Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) de Marseille-Luminy, Marseille, France
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- *Centre d’Immunologie, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)/Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) de Marseille-Luminy, Marseille, France
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Bruhns P, Marchetti P, Fridman WH, Vivier E, Daëron M. Differential Roles of N- and C-Terminal Immunoreceptor Tyrosine-Based Inhibition Motifs During Inhibition of Cell Activation by Killer Cell Inhibitory Receptors. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 1999. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.162.6.3168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Killer cell inhibitory receptors (KIRs) inhibit NK and T cell cytotoxicity when recognizing MHC class I molecules on target cells. They possess two tandem intracytoplasmic immunoreceptor tyrosine-based inhibition motifs (ITIMs) that, when phosphorylated, each bind to the two Src homology 2 domain-bearing protein tyrosine phosphatases SHP-1 and SHP-2 in vitro. Using chimeric receptors having an intact intracytoplasmic KIR domain bearing both ITIMs (N+C-KIR), a deleted domain containing the N-terminal ITIM only (N-KIR), or a deleted domain containing the C-terminal ITIM only (C-KIR), we examined the respective contributions of the two ITIMs in the inhibition of cell activation in two experimental models (a rat mast cell and a mouse B cell line) that have been widely used to analyze KIR functions. We found that the two KIR ITIMs play distinct roles. When coaggregated with immunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motif-bearing receptors such as high-affinity IgE receptors or B cell receptors, the N+C-KIR and the N-KIR chimeras, but not the C-KIR chimera, inhibited mast cell and B cell activation, became tyrosyl-phosphorylated, and recruited phosphatases in vivo. The N+C-KIR chimera recruited SHP-1 as expected, but also SHP-2. Surprisingly, the N-KIR chimera failed to recruit SHP-1; however, it did recruit SHP-2. Consequently, the N-terminal ITIM is sufficient to recruit SHP-2 and to inhibit cell activation, whereas the N-terminal and the C-terminal ITIMs are both necessary to recruit SHP-1. The two KIR ITIMs, therefore, are neither mandatory for inhibition nor redundant. Rather than simply amplifying inhibitory signals, they differentially contribute to the recruitment of distinct phosphatases that may cooperate to inhibit cell activation.
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- Pierre Bruhns
- *Laboratoire d’Immunologie Cellulaire et Clinique, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U.255, Institut Curie, Paris, France; and
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- *Laboratoire d’Immunologie Cellulaire et Clinique, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U.255, Institut Curie, Paris, France; and
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- *Laboratoire d’Immunologie Cellulaire et Clinique, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U.255, Institut Curie, Paris, France; and
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- †Centre d’Immunologie Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale/Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique de Marseille Luminy, Marseille, France
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- *Laboratoire d’Immunologie Cellulaire et Clinique, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U.255, Institut Curie, Paris, France; and
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Kwiatkowski P, Artrip JH, John R, Edwards NM, Wang SF, Michler RE, Itescu S. Induction of swine major histocompatibility complex class I molecules on porcine endothelium by tumor necrosis factor-alpha reduces lysis by human natural killer cells. Transplantation 1999; 67:211-8. [PMID: 10075583 DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199901270-00005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Natural killer (NK) cells have been implicated in a process of delayed xenograft rejection occurring in pig-to-primate organ transplants. As tumor necrosis factor-a (TNF-a) induces expression of both adhesion receptors and major histocompatibility complex class I molecules on porcine endothelium, we investigated the effects of TNF-alpha on human NK cell adherence to and cytotoxicity of porcine aortic endothelial cell (PAEC) monolayers. METHODS Adherence of human NK cells was measured after PAEC treatment with increasing concentrations of TNF-alpha. Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) against adhesion molecules on NK cells and PAEC were used in inhibition studies. Resting or TNF-alpha-treated PAEC were used as targets for NK lysis. Increasing titers of anti-swine leukocyte antigen (SLA) class I antibodies or pooled human immune globulin (IVIg) were used to reverse the effects of TNF-alpha on NK lysis. RESULTS NK cell adhesion to TNF-a-treated PAEC increased in a dose-dependent manner by a maximum of 44%, and was inhibited by mAbs against CD49d, CD11a, CD11b, CD18, and CD2, as well as porcine vascular cell adhesion molecules. In contrast, TNF-alpha treatment of PAEC reduced human NK lysis in a dose-dependent manner. Preincubation of TNF-a-treated PAEC with increasing concentrations of anti-SLA class I mAb increased NK lysis in a titer-dependent manner, and reversed the protective effect on human NK lysis by 77%. Treatment with IVIg, containing antibodies against an a-helical region of HLA class I molecules, had a similar effect. CONCLUSIONS These results imply that SLA class I molecules can bind to inhibitory receptors on human NK cells, and that these interactions can be augmented by increasing the level of SLA class I molecule expression on porcine endothelium. Strategies that can increase porcine endothelial cell expression of either swine or human major histocompatibility complex class I molecules may reduce human NK activity against porcine xenografts.
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- P Kwiatkowski
- Department of Surgery, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
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Long EO. Regulation of immune responses by inhibitory receptors. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 1999; 452:19-28. [PMID: 9889955 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-5355-7_3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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- E O Long
- Laboratory of Immunogenetics, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland 20852, USA
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Anumanthan A, Bensussan A, Boumsell L, Christ AD, Blumberg RS, Voss SD, Patel AT, Robertson MJ, Nadler LM, Freeman GJ. Cloning of BY55, a Novel Ig Superfamily Member Expressed on NK Cells, CTL, and Intestinal Intraepithelial Lymphocytes. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 1998. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.161.6.2780] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Expression of the BY55 protein has been shown to be tightly associated with NK and CD8+ T lymphocytes with cytolytic effector activity. To determine the function of this protein, we molecularly cloned BY55 cDNA. The cDNA sequence predicts a cysteine-rich, glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored protein of 181 amino acids with a single Ig-like domain weakly homologous to killer inhibitory receptors. Reduction and carboxyamidomethylation of immunoprecipitated BY55 gave a band of 27 kDa, whereas reduction alone led to an 80-kDa species, suggesting that BY55 is a tightly disulfide-linked multimer. RNA blot analysis revealed BY55 mRNAs of 1.5 and 1.6 kb whose expression was highly restricted to NK and T cells. BY55 was expressed on the CD56dim, CD16+ subset of NK cells, which have high cytolytic activity, but was not expressed and was not induced on the CD56bright, CD16− subset of NK cells, a subset with high proliferative, but low cytolytic, capacity. In human tissues, BY55 mRNA was expressed only in spleen, PBL, and small intestine (in gut lymphocytes). BY55 was expressed on all intestinal intraepithelial lymphocytes, which were predominantly CD3+TCRα/β+CD4−CD8+CD11b+CD28−CD45RO+CD56−CD101+CD103+ (αEβ7 integrin). In addition, BY55 was expressed on most CD8+CD28− peripheral blood T cells. These phenotypic relationships suggest that CD8+CD28+ precursor CTL may terminally differentiate into CD8+CD28−BY55+ effector CTL and that some of the peripheral blood CD8+CD28− subset may represent recirculation from mucosal epithelial immune sites.
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- Anukanth Anumanthan
- *Department of Adult Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115
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- †Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Unit 448, Faculte de Medicine de Creteil, Paris, France; and
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- †Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Unit 448, Faculte de Medicine de Creteil, Paris, France; and
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- ‡Gastroenterology Division, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115
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- ‡Gastroenterology Division, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115
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- *Department of Adult Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115
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- *Department of Adult Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115
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- *Department of Adult Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115
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- *Department of Adult Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115
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- *Department of Adult Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115
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Billadeau DD, Brumbaugh KM, Dick CJ, Schoon RA, Bustelo XR, Leibson PJ. The Vav-Rac1 pathway in cytotoxic lymphocytes regulates the generation of cell-mediated killing. J Exp Med 1998; 188:549-59. [PMID: 9687532 PMCID: PMC2212464 DOI: 10.1084/jem.188.3.549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 145] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/1998] [Revised: 05/19/1998] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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The Rac1 guanine nucleotide exchange factor, Vav, is activated in hematopoietic cells in response to a large variety of stimuli. The downstream signaling events derived from Vav have been primarily characterized as leading to transcription or transformation. However, we report here that Vav and Rac1 in natural killer (NK) cells regulate the development of cell-mediated killing. There is a rapid increase in Vav tyrosine phosphorylation during the development of antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity and natural killing. In addition, overexpression of Vav, but not of a mutant lacking exchange factor activity, enhances both forms of killing by NK cells. Furthermore, dominant-negative Rac1 inhibits the development of NK cell-mediated cytotoxicity by two mechanisms: (a) conjugate formation between NK cells and target cells is decreased; and (b) those NK cells that do form conjugates have decreased ability to polarize their granules toward the target cell. Therefore, our results suggest that in addition to participating in the regulation of transcription, Vav and Rac1 are pivotal regulators of adhesion, granule exocytosis, and cellular cytotoxicity.
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- D D Billadeau
- Department of Immunology, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA
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Chu W, Fant ME, Geraghty DE, Hunt JS. Soluble HLA-G in human placentas: synthesis in trophoblasts and interferon-gamma-activated macrophages but not placental fibroblasts. Hum Immunol 1998; 59:435-42. [PMID: 9684993 DOI: 10.1016/s0198-8859(98)00045-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The HLA class Ib antigen, HLA-G, is highly expressed in early gestation placentas where it is believed to modulate maternal-fetal immunological interactions. In this study, soluble isoforms (sHLA-G) encoded by intron 4-retaining transcripts were identified in first trimester placentas by immunohistochemistry using a mAb specific for the C-terminus of sHLA-G. Immunoreactive sHLA-G protein was localized to trophoblast cells and to villous mesenchymal cells with the morphological features of macrophages. Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction analysis which used primers specific for intron 4 and the 3' untranslated region of the HLA-G gene showed that transcripts encoding sHLA-G were present in the trophoblast-derived Jeg-3 cells as well as interferon-gamma-activated myelomonocytic U937 cells but were absent and uninducible in placental fibroblasts. These results indicate that placental sHLA-G is synthesized in trophoblast cells and activated placental macrophages and support the postulate that placenta-derived sHLA-G modulates maternal and fetal immune cell functions during pregnancy.
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- W Chu
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City 66160-7400, USA
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Cantoni C, Verdiani S, Falco M, Pessino A, Cilli M, Conte R, Pende D, Ponte M, Mikaelsson MS, Moretta L, Biassoni R. p49, a putative HLA class I-specific inhibitory NK receptor belonging to the immunoglobulin superfamily. Eur J Immunol 1998; 28:1980-90. [PMID: 9645380 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1521-4141(199806)28:06<1980::aid-immu1980>3.0.co;2-f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 126] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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NK cells display several killer inhibitory receptors (KIR) specific for different alleles of MHC class I molecules. A family of KIR are represented by type I transmembrane proteins belonging to the immunoglobulin superfamily (Ig-SF). Besides cDNA encoding for these KIR, additional cDNA have been identified which encode for Ig-SF receptors with still undefined specificity. Here we analyze one of these cDNA, termed cl.15.212, which encodes a type I transmembrane protein characterized by two extracellular Ig-like domains and a 115-amino acid cytoplasmic tail containing a single immuno-receptor tyrosine-based inhibitory motif (ITIM) which is typical of KIR. cl.15.212 cDNA displays approximately 50 % sequence homology with other Ig-SF members. Different from the other KIR, cl.15.212 mRNA is expressed by all NK cells and by a fraction of KIR+ T cell clones. cl.15.212 cDNA codes for a membrane-bound receptor displaying an apparent molecular mass of 49 kDa, thus termed p49. To determine the specificity of the cl.15.212-encoded receptor, we generated soluble fusion proteins consisting of the ectodomain of p49 and the Fc portion of human IgG1. Soluble molecules bound efficiently to 221 cells transfected with HLA-G1, -A3, -B46 alleles and weakly to -B7 allele. On the other hand, they did not bind to 221 cells either untransfected or transfected with HLA-A2, -B51, -Cw3 or -Cw4. The binding specificity of soluble p49-Fc was confirmed by competition experiments using an anti-HLA class I-specific monoclonal antibody. Finally, different cDNA encoding for molecules homologous to cl.15.212 cDNA have been isolated, two of which lack the sequence encoding the transmembrane portion, thus suggesting they may encode soluble molecules.
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- C Cantoni
- Istituto Scientifico Tumori and Centro Biotecnologie Avanzate, Genova, Italy
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Brumbaugh KM, Binstadt BA, Leibson PJ. Signal transduction during NK cell activation: balancing opposing forces. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol 1998; 230:103-22. [PMID: 9586353 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-46859-9_8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Significant progress has been made in our understanding of the basic signaling mechanisms regulating NK cell activation. Advances have been fueled in part by the molecular characterization of specific activating receptors (e.g., the Fc gamma RIII multi-subunit complex) and inhibitory receptors (e.g., novel MHC-recognizing inhibitory receptors). However, certain aspects of these analyses are complicated by the heterogeneous nature of the receptor-ligand interactions utilized during the development of a cytotoxic response. Future advances will depend in part on the further molecular characterization of the involved receptors and second messengers and on the development of experimental models for genetically manipulating the signaling elements. It will remain important to understand both activating and inhibitory signaling pathways as the emerging theme is that the balance of these two opposing forces determines the functional outcome of an NK cells interaction with its target.
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- K M Brumbaugh
- Department of Immunology, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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Bolland S, Pearse RN, Kurosaki T, Ravetch JV. SHIP modulates immune receptor responses by regulating membrane association of Btk. Immunity 1998; 8:509-16. [PMID: 9586640 DOI: 10.1016/s1074-7613(00)80555-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 296] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Membrane recruitment of SHIP is responsible for the inhibitory signal generated by FcgammaRIIB coligation to the BCR. By reducing the level of PIP3, SHIP regulates the association of the tyrosine kinase Btk with the membrane through PH domain-phosphoinositol lipid interactions. Inhibition of BCR signaling by either FcgammaRIIB coligation, membrane expression of SHIP, or inhibition of P13K, conditions which result in decreased levels of PIP3, is suppressed by the expression of Btk as a membrane-associated chimera. Conversely, increasing PIP3 levels by deletion of SHIP results in increased Btk association with the membrane and hyperresponsive BCR signaling. These results suggest a central role for PIP3 in regulating the B cell stimulatory state by modulating Btk localization and thereby calcium fluxes.
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- S Bolland
- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics and Immunology, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10021, USA
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Interleukin-12–Activated Natural Killer Cells Recognize B7 Costimulatory Molecules on Tumor Cells and Autologous Dendritic Cells. Blood 1998. [DOI: 10.1182/blood.v91.1.196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Activation of natural killer (NK) cells in the presence of interleukin-12 (IL-12) augments the capacity of these effector cells to recognize B7-1– and B7-2–expressing target cells. These effector cells also efficiently lyse autologous B7-positive progenitor or organ-derived dendritic cells, suggesting a physiologic regulatory pathway between IL-12, NK cells, and B7-expressing antigen-presenting cells. Although IL-12–activated NK cells secreted higher levels of interferon-γ, this cytokine did not play a role in synergistic effects of IL-12 and B7 on NK activation. The B7-counterreceptor was found to be selectively upregulated on IL-2/IL-12 as compared with IL-2–activated NK cells. CD28 is functionally involved in the recognition of B7 on target cells since IL-2/IL-12–activated NK cells derived from CD28 knockout mice were strongly reduced in their capacity to lyse syngeneic B7-positive tumor cells as well as antigen-presenting cells. However, recognition of B7 on allogeneic targets did not require the expression of CD28 on the IL-2/IL-12–activated NK cells. Hence, IL-12 triggers the expression of both CD28-dependent and CD28-independent mechanisms that allow NK cells to eliminate B7-positive target cells including autologous dendritic cells.
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Interleukin-12–Activated Natural Killer Cells Recognize B7 Costimulatory Molecules on Tumor Cells and Autologous Dendritic Cells. Blood 1998. [DOI: 10.1182/blood.v91.1.196.196_196_206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Activation of natural killer (NK) cells in the presence of interleukin-12 (IL-12) augments the capacity of these effector cells to recognize B7-1– and B7-2–expressing target cells. These effector cells also efficiently lyse autologous B7-positive progenitor or organ-derived dendritic cells, suggesting a physiologic regulatory pathway between IL-12, NK cells, and B7-expressing antigen-presenting cells. Although IL-12–activated NK cells secreted higher levels of interferon-γ, this cytokine did not play a role in synergistic effects of IL-12 and B7 on NK activation. The B7-counterreceptor was found to be selectively upregulated on IL-2/IL-12 as compared with IL-2–activated NK cells. CD28 is functionally involved in the recognition of B7 on target cells since IL-2/IL-12–activated NK cells derived from CD28 knockout mice were strongly reduced in their capacity to lyse syngeneic B7-positive tumor cells as well as antigen-presenting cells. However, recognition of B7 on allogeneic targets did not require the expression of CD28 on the IL-2/IL-12–activated NK cells. Hence, IL-12 triggers the expression of both CD28-dependent and CD28-independent mechanisms that allow NK cells to eliminate B7-positive target cells including autologous dendritic cells.
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Al-Aoukaty A, Rolstad B, Maghazachi AA. Functional coupling of NKR-P1 receptors to various heterotrimeric G proteins in rat interleukin-2-activated natural killer cells. J Biol Chem 1997; 272:31604-8. [PMID: 9395499 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.50.31604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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NKR-P1 molecules constitute a family of type II membrane receptors in natural killer (NK) cells that preferentially activate NK cell killing and release of interferon-gamma from these cells. Here, we demonstrate that anti-NKR-P1 enhances GTP binding in rat interleukin-2-activated NK cell membranes; GTP binding to Gi3alpha, Gsalpha, Gq,11alpha, and Gzalpha increased noticeably in these cell membranes after treatment with anti-NKR-P1. Western blot analysis of membrane proteins prepared from interleukin-2-activated NK cells reveals the presence of Gi1,2alpha, Gi3alpha, Goalpha, Gsalpha, Gq, 11alpha, Gzalpha, and G12alpha, but not G13alpha. However, only alphai3, alphas, alphaq,11, and alphaz, but not alphai1,2, alphao, alpha12, or alpha13 subunits when immunoprecipitated with the appropriate anti-G protein antibodies, are associated with NKR-P1 when immunoblotted with anti-NKR-P1. Reciprocally, NKR-P1 immunoprecipitated with anti-NKR-P1 is associated with alphai3, alphas, alphaq,11, and alphaz immunoblotted with anti-G proteins. These results are the first to demonstrate the physical and functional coupling of NKR-P1 to the heterotrimeric G proteins in NK cells.
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- A Al-Aoukaty
- Department of Anatomy, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo, N-0317 Oslo, Norway.
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Blom DJ, Schurmans LR, De Waard-Siebinga I, De Wolff-Rouendaal D, Keunen JE, Jager MJ. HLA expression in a primary uveal melanoma, its cell line, and four of its metastases. Br J Ophthalmol 1997; 81:989-93. [PMID: 9505825 PMCID: PMC1722057 DOI: 10.1136/bjo.81.11.989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND The level of HLA expression on a tumour may influence the immunological response against this tumour, and vice versa. HLA expression was determined in a primary uveal melanoma, its metastases, and on a cell line derived from this melanoma, and the presence and type of infiltrate in tissue sections were also studied. METHODS Immunohistochemistry with monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) against HLA class I and II, T cells, NK cells, and macrophages. RESULTS Primary and metastatic lesions, as well as the cell line showed high levels of expression of the monomorphic determinants of HLA class I. Expression of the polymorphic HLA-A2 and HLA-A3 antigens was decreased on metastases to the skin and liver. HLA-Bw4 expression was low on all lesions, as well as expression of HLA class II. Tumour infiltrating cells consisted mainly of CD3, CD4, and CD8 positive cells. Expression on the cell line corresponded to expression on the primary tumour. CONCLUSION The primary uveal melanoma as well as the cell line showed a high expression of monomorphic and polymorphic HLA-A antigens, while metastases showed a high expression of monomorphic and a lower expression of polymorphic antigens. This variation in expression may support tumour cell escape from NK cells as well as CTL mediated lysis.
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- D J Blom
- Department of Ophthalmology, Leiden University Hospital, Netherlands
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Gupta N, Scharenberg AM, Burshtyn DN, Wagtmann N, Lioubin MN, Rohrschneider LR, Kinet JP, Long EO. Negative signaling pathways of the killer cell inhibitory receptor and Fc gamma RIIb1 require distinct phosphatases. J Exp Med 1997; 186:473-8. [PMID: 9236201 PMCID: PMC2199004 DOI: 10.1084/jem.186.3.473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Inhibition of natural killer (NK) cells by the killer cell inhibitory receptor (KIR) involves recruitment of the tyrosine phosphatase SHP-1 by KIR and is prevented by expression of a dominant negative SHP-1 mutant. Another inhibitory receptor, the low affinity Fc receptor for immunoglobulin G (IgG) (Fc gamma RIIb1), has been shown to bind SHP-1 when cocross-linked with the antigen receptor on B cells (BCR). However, coligation of Fc gamma RIIb1 with BCR and with Fc epsilon RI on mast cells leads to recruitment of the inositol 5' phosphatase SHIP and to inhibition of mast cells from SHP-1-deficient mice. In this study, we evaluated the ability of these two inhibitory receptors to block target cell lysis by NK cells, and the contribution of SHP-1 and SHIP to inhibition. Recombinant vaccinia viruses encoding chimeric receptors and dominant negative mutants of SHP-1 and SHIP were used for expression in mouse and human NK cells. When the KIR cytoplasmic tail was replaced by that of Fc gamma RIIb1, recognition of HLA class I on target cells by the extracellular domain resulted in inhibition. A dominant negative mutant of SHP-1 reverted the inhibition mediated by the KIR cytoplasmic tail but not that mediated by Fc gamma RIIb1. In contrast, a dominant negative mutant of SHIP reverted only the inhibition mediated by the Fc gamma RIIb1 tail, providing functional evidence that SHIP plays a role in the Fc gamma RIIb1-mediated negative signal. These data demonstrate that inhibition of NK cells by KIR involves primarily the tyrosine phosphatase SHP-1, whereas inhibition mediated by Fc gamma RIIb1 requires the inositol phosphatase SHIP.
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- N Gupta
- Laboratory of Immunogenetics, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Rockville, Maryland 20852, USA
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- J C Cambier
- Division of Basic Sciences, Department of Pediatrics, National Jewish Medical and Research Center, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO 80206, USA
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A diverse group of inhibitory receptors, including FcgammaRII, killer cell inhibitory receptors, and B22, shares an immunoreceptor tyrosine-based inhibition motif (ITIM). Recent studies have shown that this motif, when phosphorylated on tyrosine, forms a docking site for the Src homology 2 recognition domains of the protein tyrosine phosphatase SHP-1 and the inositol 5-phosphatase SHIP. A similar motif in cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen-4 recruits the related tyrosine phosphatase SHP-2. These three enzymes act to inhibit signaling cascades resulting from ligation of the BCR, TCR, FcgammaRIII, and FcepsilonRI, although the relative importance of the tyrosine phosphatases and the inositol phosphatase differs depending on the cell type.
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- J C Unkeless
- Department of Biochemistry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, 1 Gustave Levy Place, New York City, NY 10029, USA.
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The specificity in the recognition of hematopoietic target cells by natural killer cells is primarily provided by inhibitory receptors and several such receptors have been identified in the past year. Surprisingly, the recognition of MHC class I molecules by inhibitory receptors on human natural killer cells involves two different types of receptors, one with Ig domains (killer cell inhibitory receptor), and another with C-type lectin domains (CD94-NKG2). Mouse natural killer cells recognize MHC class I molecules through the C-type lectin Ly49 receptors but also express a receptor, of unknown ligand specificity, that is related to the killer cell inhibitory receptor.
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- E O Long
- Laboratory of Immunogenetics, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, 12441 Parklawn Drive, Rockville, Maryland, 20852, USA.
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- P J Leibson
- Department of Immunology, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA
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Das B, Mondragon MO, Tao SZ, Norin AJ. Preferential interaction of a novel tumor surface protein (p38.5) with naive natural killer cells. J Exp Med 1997; 185:1735-42. [PMID: 9151698 PMCID: PMC2196309 DOI: 10.1084/jem.185.10.1735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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A receptor-ligand interaction exclusive to natural killer (NK) cell-mediated recognition and triggering of tumor cell destruction has not yet been identified. In contrast, molecules that are involved in cellular adhesion and regulation of NK cytolysis have been well studied. In this report, a novel tumor surface protein is identified that exhibits characteristics of a recognition structure for naive NK cells. A tagged ligand-cell adsorption technique revealed a 38.5-kD plasma membrane protein (p38.5) from a prototypical NK-susceptible cell line (K562) that preferentially bound to NK cells (CD3(-)CD5(-)CD16(+)) relative to T lymphocytes (CD3(+)CD5(+) CD16(-)). The molecule was purified to apparent homogeneity for further characterization. An amino acid sequence of an 11-mer internal peptide of p38.5 did not exhibit homology to known proteins. Affinity-purified antibody generated against this peptide (anti-p38.5) reacted with a single protein of 38.5 kD on Western blots of whole cell extracts of K562. Flow cytometry and immunoprecipitation studies of surface-labeled tumor cells demonstrated expression of p38.5 on NK-susceptible tumor cell lines (K562, MOLT-4, Jurkat), whereas p38.5 was not detected on NK-resistant tumor cell lines (A549, Raji, MDA-MB-231). Significantly, p38.5 loss variants derived from wild-type Jurkat and Molt-4 cell lines exhibited decreased susceptibility to NK cell-mediated lysis demonstrating a strong association between cell surface expression of p38.5 and cytotoxicity. Purified p38.5 retained preferential binding to NK cells and inhibited NK activity in a dose-dependent manner, thereby providing direct evidence of a role in the lytic process. Binding studies identified a 70-kD membrane protein from NK cells as a possible receptor for the p38.5 tumor ligand. Consistent with cellular adsorption studies, the 70-kD, p38.5 binding protein was not detected on T lymphocytes. Based on studies demonstrating selective binding of p38.5 to NK cells, lack of expression on NK-resistant tumor cell lines and ability of the purified molecule to block cytolysis, we conclude that p38.5 may serve as a recognition/triggering ligand for naive human NK cells.
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- B Das
- Department of Medicine, State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn, Brooklyn, New York 11203, USA
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