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Lee HN, Lee SE, Inn KS, Seong J. Optical sensing and control of T cell signaling pathways. Front Physiol 2024; 14:1321996. [PMID: 38269062 PMCID: PMC10806162 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2023.1321996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2023] [Accepted: 12/20/2023] [Indexed: 01/26/2024] Open
Abstract
T cells regulate adaptive immune responses through complex signaling pathways mediated by T cell receptor (TCR). The functional domains of the TCR are combined with specific antibodies for the development of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy. In this review, we first overview current understanding on the T cell signaling pathways as well as traditional methods that have been widely used for the T cell study. These methods, however, are still limited to investigating dynamic molecular events with spatiotemporal resolutions. Therefore, genetically encoded biosensors and optogenetic tools have been developed to study dynamic T cell signaling pathways in live cells. We review these cutting-edge technologies that revealed dynamic and complex molecular mechanisms at each stage of T cell signaling pathways. They have been primarily applied to the study of dynamic molecular events in TCR signaling, and they will further aid in understanding the mechanisms of CAR activation and function. Therefore, genetically encoded biosensors and optogenetic tools offer powerful tools for enhancing our understanding of signaling mechanisms in T cells and CAR-T cells.
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- Hae Nim Lee
- Brain Science Institute, Korea Institute of Science and Technoloy, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Department of Converging Science and Technology, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pharmacology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Converging Science and Technology, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pharmacology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Wide River Institute of Immunology, Seoul National University, Hongcheon, Republic of Korea
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Gautam N, Wojciech L, Yap J, Chua YL, Ding EM, Sim DC, Tan AS, Ahl PJ, Prasad M, Tung DW, Connolly JE, Adriani G, Brzostek J, Gascoigne NR. Themis controls T cell activation, effector functions, and metabolism of peripheral CD8 + T cells. Life Sci Alliance 2023; 6:e202302156. [PMID: 37739454 PMCID: PMC10517225 DOI: 10.26508/lsa.202302156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2023] [Revised: 09/14/2023] [Accepted: 09/14/2023] [Indexed: 09/24/2023] Open
Abstract
Themis is important in regulating positive selection of thymocytes during T cell development, but its role in peripheral T cells is less understood. Here, we investigated T cell activation and its sequelae using a tamoxifen-mediated, acute Themis deletion mouse model. We find that proliferation, effector functions including anti-tumor killing, and up-regulation of energy metabolism are severely compromised. This study reveals the phenomenon of peripheral adaptation to loss of Themis, by demonstrating direct TCR-induced defects after acute deletion of Themis that were not evident in peripheral T cells chronically deprived of Themis in dLck-Cre deletion model. Peripheral adaptation to long-term loss was compared using chronic versus acute tamoxifen-mediated deletion and with the (chronic) dLck-Cre deletion model. We found that upon chronic tamoxifen-mediated Themis deletion, there was modulation in the gene expression profile for both TCR and cytokine signaling pathways. This profile overlapped with (chronic) dLck-Cre deletion model. Hence, we found that peripheral adaptation induced changes to both TCR and cytokine signaling modules. Our data highlight the importance of Themis in the activation of CD8+ T cells.
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- Namrata Gautam
- https://ror.org/01tgyzw49 Translational Immunology Programme, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
- https://ror.org/01tgyzw49 Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- https://ror.org/01tgyzw49 Translational Immunology Programme, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
- https://ror.org/01tgyzw49 Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- https://ror.org/01tgyzw49 Translational Immunology Programme, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
- https://ror.org/01tgyzw49 Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- https://ror.org/01tgyzw49 Translational Immunology Programme, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
- https://ror.org/01tgyzw49 Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- https://ror.org/01tgyzw49 Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- https://ror.org/01tgyzw49 Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, Singapore
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- https://ror.org/01tgyzw49 Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
- Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, Singapore
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- https://ror.org/01tgyzw49 Translational Immunology Programme, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
- https://ror.org/01tgyzw49 Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- https://ror.org/01tgyzw49 Translational Immunology Programme, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
- https://ror.org/01tgyzw49 Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- https://ror.org/01tgyzw49 Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
- Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, Singapore
- Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, Singapore
- https://ror.org/01tgyzw49 Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- https://ror.org/01tgyzw49 Translational Immunology Programme, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
- https://ror.org/01tgyzw49 Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- https://ror.org/01tgyzw49 Translational Immunology Programme, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
- https://ror.org/01tgyzw49 Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
- https://ror.org/01tgyzw49 Translational Cancer Programme, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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Zhan Y, Zhao CS, Qu X, Xiao Z, Deng C, Li Y. Identification of a novel amphioxus leucine-rich repeat receptor involved in phagocytosis reveals a role for Slit2-N-type LRR in bacterial elimination. J Biol Chem 2023; 299:104689. [PMID: 37044216 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2023.104689] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2022] [Revised: 03/25/2023] [Accepted: 03/31/2023] [Indexed: 04/14/2023] Open
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The basal chordate amphioxus is a model for tracing the origin and evolution of vertebrate immunity. To explore the evolution of immunoreceptor signaling pathways, we searched the associated receptors of the amphioxus B. belcheri (Bb) homolog of immunoreceptor signaling adaptor protein Grb2. Mass-spectrum analysis of BbGrb2 immunoprecipitates from B. belcheri intestine lysates revealed a folate receptor (FR) domain- and leucine-rich repeat (LRR)-containing protein (FrLRR). Sequence and structural analysis showed that FrLRR is a membrane protein with a predicted curved solenoid structure. The N-terminal Fr domain contains very few folate-binding sites; the following LRR region is a Slit2-type LRR, and a GPI-anchored site was predicted at the C-terminus. RT-PCR analysis showed FrLRR is a transcription-mediated fusion gene of BbFR-like and BbSlit2-N-like genes. Genomic DNA structure analysis implied the B. belcheri FrLRR gene locus and the corresponding locus in B. floridae might be generated by exon shuffling of a Slit2-N-like gene into an FR gene. RT-qPCR, immunostaining and immunoblot results showed that FrLRR was primarily distributed in B. belcheri intestinal tissue. We further demonstrated that FrLRR localized to the cell membrane and lysosomes. Functionally, FrLRR mediated and promoted bacteria-binding and phagocytosis, and FrLRR antibody blocking or Grb2 knockdown inhibited FrLRR-mediated phagocytosis. Interestingly, we found that human Slit2-N (hSlit2-N) also mediated direct bacteria-binding and phagocytosis which was inhibited by Slit2-N antibody blocking or Grb2 knockdown. Together, these results indicate FrLRR and hSlit2-N may function as phagocytotic-receptors to promote phagocytosis through Grb2, implying the Slit2-N-type-LRR-containing proteins play a role in bacterial binding and elimination.
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- Yanli Zhan
- MOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Functional Genes, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Functional Genes, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Functional Genes, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Functional Genes, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Functional Genes, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Functional Genes, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China.
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Disc Large Homolog 1 Is Critical for Early T Cell Receptor Micro Cluster Formation and Activation in Human T Cells. Vaccines (Basel) 2021; 9:vaccines9121446. [PMID: 34960191 PMCID: PMC8709471 DOI: 10.3390/vaccines9121446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2021] [Revised: 11/29/2021] [Accepted: 11/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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T cell activation by antigen involves multiple sequential steps, including T cell receptor-microcluster TCR-(MC) formation, immunological synapse formation, and phosphorylation of mediators downstream of the TCR. The adaptor protein, Disc Large Homolog 1 (DLG1), is known to regulate proximal TCR signaling and, in turn, T cell activation, acting as a molecular chaperone that organizes specific kinases downstream of antigen recognition. In this study, we used knockdown and knockout technologies in human primary T cells and a human T cell line to demonstrate the role of DLG1 in proximal T cell signaling. High-end confocal microscopy was used for pictorial representation of T cell micro-clusters and colocalization studies. From all these studies, we could demonstrate that DLG1 functions even earlier than immunological synapse formation, to regulate T cell activation by promoting TCR-MC formation. Moreover, we found that DLG1 can act as a bridge between the TCR-ζ chain and ZAP70 while inhibiting binding of the phosphatase SHP1 to TCR-ζ. Together, these effects drive dysregulation of T cell activation in DLG1-deficient T cells. Overall, the activation and survival status of T cell is a critical determinant of effective vaccine response, and DLG1-mediated T cell signaling events can be a driving factor for improving vaccine-designing strategies.
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Li Y, Zeng W, Li T, Guo Y, Zheng G, He X, Bai L, Ding G, Jin L, Liu X. Integrative Single-Cell Transcriptomic Analysis of Human Fetal Thymocyte Development. Front Genet 2021; 12:679616. [PMID: 34276782 PMCID: PMC8284395 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2021.679616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2021] [Accepted: 06/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Intrathymic differentiation of T lymphocytes begins as early as intrauterine stage, yet the T cell lineage decisions of human fetal thymocytes at different gestational ages are not currently understood. Here, we performed integrative single-cell analyses of thymocytes across gestational ages. We identified conserved candidates underlying the selection of T cell receptor (TCR) lineages in different human fetal stages. The trajectory of early thymocyte commitment during fetal growth was also characterized. Comparisons with mouse data revealed conserved and species-specific transcriptional dynamics of thymocyte proliferation, apoptosis and selection. Genome-wide association study (GWAS) data associated with multiple autoimmune disorders were analyzed to characterize susceptibility genes that are highly expressed at specific stages during fetal thymocyte development. In summary, our integrative map describes previously underappreciated aspects of human thymocyte development, and provides a comprehensive reference for understanding T cell lymphopoiesis in a self-tolerant and functional adaptive immune system.
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- Yuchen Li
- International Peace Maternity and Child Health Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.,Shanghai Key Laboratory of Embryo Original Disease, Shanghai, China.,Research Units of Embryo Original Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- International Peace Maternity and Child Health Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.,Shanghai Key Laboratory of Embryo Original Disease, Shanghai, China.,Research Units of Embryo Original Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- International Peace Maternity and Child Health Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.,Shanghai Key Laboratory of Embryo Original Disease, Shanghai, China.,Research Units of Embryo Original Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- International Peace Maternity and Child Health Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.,Shanghai Key Laboratory of Embryo Original Disease, Shanghai, China.,Research Units of Embryo Original Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- Bio-Med Big Data Center, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- International Peace Maternity and Child Health Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.,Shanghai Key Laboratory of Embryo Original Disease, Shanghai, China
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- International Peace Maternity and Child Health Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.,Shanghai Key Laboratory of Embryo Original Disease, Shanghai, China.,Research Units of Embryo Original Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Embryo Original Disease, Shanghai, China.,Research Units of Embryo Original Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Shanghai, China.,Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Institute of Reproduction and Development, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Embryo Original Disease, Shanghai, China.,Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Institute of Reproduction and Development, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Embryo Original Disease, Shanghai, China.,Research Units of Embryo Original Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Shanghai, China.,Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Institute of Reproduction and Development, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Lenart M, Kluczewska A, Szaflarska A, Rutkowska-Zapała M, Wąsik M, Ziemiańska-Pięta A, Kobylarz K, Pituch-Noworolska A, Siedlar M. Selective downregulation of natural killer activating receptors on NK cells and upregulation of PD-1 expression on T cells in children with severe and/or recurrent Herpes simplex virus infections. Immunobiology 2021; 226:152097. [PMID: 34015527 DOI: 10.1016/j.imbio.2021.152097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2020] [Revised: 04/16/2021] [Accepted: 04/17/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
Abstract
Severe, recurrent or atypical Herpes simplex virus (HSV) infections are still posing clinical and diagnostic problem in clinical immunology facilities. However, the molecular background of this disorder is still unclear. The aim of this study was to investigate the expression of activating receptors on NK cells (CD16, NKp46, NKG2D, NKp80, 2B4, CD48 and NTB-A) and checkpoint molecule PD-1 on T lymphocytes and NK cells, in patients with severe and/or recurrent infections with HSV and age-matched healthy control subjects. As a result, we noticed that patients with severe and/or recurrent infection with HSV had significantly lower percentage of CD16brightCD56dim and higher percentage of CD16dimCD56bright NK cell subsets, when compared to control subjects, which may be associated with abnormal NK cell maturation during chronic HSV infection. Patients had also significantly downregulated expression of CD16 receptor on CD16bright NK cells. The expression of activating receptors was significantly reduced on patients' NK cells - either both the percentage of NK cells expressing the receptor and MFI of its expression (NKp46, NKp80 and 2B4 on CD16brightCD56dim cells and NKp46 on CD16dimCD56bright cells) or only MFI (NKG2D on both NK cell subsets). It should be noted that the reduction of receptor expression was limited to NK cells, since there was no differences in the percentage of receptor-positive cells or MFI on T cells. However, NTB-A receptor was the only one which expression was not only simultaneously changed in patients' NK and T cells, but also significantly upregulated on CD16dimCD56bright NK cell and CD8+ cell subsets. Patients had also upregulated proportion of CD4+ T cells expressing PD-1. Thus, we suggest that an increased percentage of PD-1+ cells may represent an independent indirect mechanism of downregulation of antiviral response, separate from the reduction of NK cell activating receptors expression. Altogether, our studies indicate two possible mechanisms which may promote perpetuation of HSV infection: 1) selective inhibition of activating receptors on NK cells, but not on T cells, and 2) upregulation of checkpoint molecule PD-1 on CD4+ T cells.
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- Marzena Lenart
- Department of Clinical Immunology, Institute of Pediatrics, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Wielicka 265, Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Clinical Immunology, Institute of Pediatrics, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Wielicka 265, Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Clinical Immunology, Institute of Pediatrics, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Wielicka 265, Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Clinical Immunology, Institute of Pediatrics, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Wielicka 265, Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Clinical Immunology, Institute of Pediatrics, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Wielicka 265, Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Clinical Immunology, Institute of Pediatrics, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Wielicka 265, Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Institute of Pediatrics, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Wielicka 265, Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Clinical Immunology, Institute of Pediatrics, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Wielicka 265, Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Clinical Immunology, Institute of Pediatrics, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Wielicka 265, Krakow, Poland.
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Tamada M, Shi J, Bourdot KS, Supriyatno S, Palmquist KH, Gutierrez-Ruiz OL, Zallen JA. Toll receptors remodel epithelia by directing planar-polarized Src and PI3K activity. Dev Cell 2021; 56:1589-1602.e9. [PMID: 33932332 DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2021.04.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2020] [Revised: 03/11/2021] [Accepted: 04/07/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
Toll-like receptors are essential for animal development and survival, with conserved roles in innate immunity, tissue patterning, and cell behavior. The mechanisms by which Toll receptors signal to the nucleus are well characterized, but how Toll receptors generate rapid, localized signals at the cell membrane to produce acute changes in cell polarity and behavior is not known. We show that Drosophila Toll receptors direct epithelial convergent extension by inducing planar-polarized patterns of Src and PI3-kinase (PI3K) activity. Toll receptors target Src activity to specific sites at the membrane, and Src recruits PI3K to the Toll-2 complex through tyrosine phosphorylation of the Toll-2 cytoplasmic domain. Reducing Src or PI3K activity disrupts planar-polarized myosin assembly, cell intercalation, and convergent extension, whereas constitutive Src activity promotes ectopic PI3K and myosin cortical localization. These results demonstrate that Toll receptors direct cell polarity and behavior by locally mobilizing Src and PI3K activity.
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- Masako Tamada
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Developmental Biology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, New York, NY, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Developmental Biology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, New York, NY, USA; Weill Cornell/Rockefeller/Sloan Kettering Tri-Institutional MD-PhD Program, New York, NY, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Developmental Biology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, New York, NY, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Developmental Biology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, New York, NY, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Developmental Biology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, New York, NY, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Developmental Biology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, New York, NY, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Developmental Biology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, New York, NY, USA.
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Abstract
Exosomes are nanoscale extracellular vesicles that can transport cargos of proteins, lipids, DNA, various RNA species and microRNAs (miRNAs). Exosomes can enter cells and deliver their contents to recipient cell. Owing to their cargo exosomes can transfer different molecules to the target cells and change the phenotype of these cells. The fate of the contents of an exosome depends on its target destination. Various mechanisms for exosome uptake by target cells have been proposed, but the mechanisms responsible for exosomes internalization into cells are still debated. Exosomes exposed cells produce labeled protein kinases, which are expressed by other cells. This means that these kinases are internalized by exosomes, and transported into the cytoplasm of recipient cells. Many studies have confirmed that exosomes are not only secreted by living cells, but also internalized or accumulated by the other cells. The "next cell hypothesis" supports the notion that exosomes constitute communication vehicles between neighboring cells. By this mechanism, exosomes participate in the development of diabetes and its associated complications, critically contribute to the spreading of neuronal damage in Alzheimer's disease, and non-proteolysed form of Fas ligand (mFasL)-bearing exosomes trigger the apoptosis of T lymphocytes. Furthermore, exosomes derived from human B lymphocytes induce antigen-specific major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II-restricted T cell responses. Interestingly, exosomes secreted by cancer cells have been demonstrated to express tumor antigens, as well as immune suppressive molecules. This process is defined as "exosome-immune suppression" concept. The interplay via the exchange of exosomes between cancer cells and between cancer cells and the tumor stroma promote the transfer of oncogenes and onco-miRNAs from one cell to other. Circulating exosomes that are released from hypertrophic adipocytes are effective in obesity-related complications. On the other hand, the "inflammasome-induced" exosomes can activate inflammatory responses in recipient cells. In this chapter protein kinases-related checkpoints are emphasized considering the regulation of exosome biogenesis, secretory traffic, and their impacts on cell death, tumor growth, immune system, and obesity.
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- Atilla Engin
- Department of General Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey.
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Xiong W, Chen Y, Kang X, Chen Z, Zheng P, Hsu YH, Jang JH, Qin L, Liu H, Dotti G, Liu D. Immunological Synapse Predicts Effectiveness of Chimeric Antigen Receptor Cells. Mol Ther 2018; 26:963-975. [PMID: 29503199 PMCID: PMC6080133 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymthe.2018.01.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2015] [Revised: 01/19/2018] [Accepted: 01/25/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-modified T cell therapy has the potential to improve the overall survival of patients with malignancies by enhancing the effectiveness of CAR T cells. Precisely predicting the effectiveness of various CAR T cells represents one of today’s key unsolved problems in immunotherapy. Here, we predict the effectiveness of CAR-modified cells by evaluating the quality of the CAR-mediated immunological synapse (IS) by quantitation of F-actin, clustering of tumor antigen, polarization of lytic granules (LGs), and distribution of key signaling molecules within the IS. Long-term killing capability, but not secretion of conventional cytokines or standard 4-hr cytotoxicity, correlates positively with the quality of the IS in two different CAR T cells that share identical antigen specificity. Xenograft model data confirm that the quality of the IS in vitro correlates positively with performance of CAR-modified immune cells in vivo. Therefore, we propose that the quality of the IS predicts the effectiveness of CAR-modified immune cells, which provides a novel strategy to guide CAR therapy.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antigens, CD19/immunology
- Antigens, Neoplasm/immunology
- Biomarkers
- Cell Line
- Cytokines/metabolism
- Cytotoxicity, Immunologic
- Disease Models, Animal
- Gene Expression
- Gene Order
- Genes, Reporter
- Genetic Vectors/genetics
- Humans
- Immunological Synapses/immunology
- Immunological Synapses/metabolism
- Immunotherapy, Adoptive/methods
- Mice
- Microscopy, Confocal
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/genetics
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/metabolism
- Receptors, Chimeric Antigen/genetics
- Receptors, Chimeric Antigen/metabolism
- Retroviridae/genetics
- T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- T-Lymphocytes/metabolism
- Transduction, Genetic
- Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays
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Affiliation(s)
- Wei Xiong
- Center for Inflammation and Epigenetics, Houston Methodist Research Institute, 6670 Bertner Ave., Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Center for Inflammation and Epigenetics, Houston Methodist Research Institute, 6670 Bertner Ave., Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Center for Inflammation and Epigenetics, Houston Methodist Research Institute, 6670 Bertner Ave., Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Center for Inflammation and Epigenetics, Houston Methodist Research Institute, 6670 Bertner Ave., Houston, TX 77030, USA; Xiangya Hospital, Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410008, P.R. China
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- Center for Inflammation and Epigenetics, Houston Methodist Research Institute, 6670 Bertner Ave., Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Center for Inflammation and Epigenetics, Houston Methodist Research Institute, 6670 Bertner Ave., Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Nanomedicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute, 6670 Bertner Ave., Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Nanomedicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute, 6670 Bertner Ave., Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Biostatistics Core of the Dan L. Duncan Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Center for Cell and Gene Therapy, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Department of Microbiology and Immunology and Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- Center for Inflammation and Epigenetics, Houston Methodist Research Institute, 6670 Bertner Ave., Houston, TX 77030, USA; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University, New York, NY 10065, USA.
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Jung SH, Yoo EH, Yu MJ, Song HM, Kang HY, Cho JY, Lee JR. ARAP, a Novel Adaptor Protein, Is Required for TCR Signaling and Integrin-Mediated Adhesion. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2016; 197:942-52. [PMID: 27335501 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1501913] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2015] [Accepted: 05/19/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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A novel adaptor protein was identified by analyzing phosphotyrosine proteomes from membrane rafts of activated T cells. This protein showed sequence similarity to a well-known T cell adaptor protein, adhesion and degranulation-promoting adaptor protein (ADAP); therefore, the novel protein was designated activation-dependent, raft-recruited ADAP-like phosphoprotein (ARAP). Suppression of ARAP impaired the major signaling pathways downstream of the TCR. ARAP associated with the Src homology 2 domain of Src homology 2-containing leukocyte protein of 76 kDa via the phosphorylation of two YDDV motifs in response to TCR stimulation. ARAP also mediated integrin activation but was not involved in actin polymerization. The results of this study indicate that a novel T cell adaptor protein, ARAP, plays a unique role in T cells as a part of both the proximal activation signaling and inside-out signaling pathways that result in integrin activation and T cell adhesion.
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- Seung Hee Jung
- Department of Life Science, College of Natural Sciences, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Korea
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- Department of Life Science, College of Natural Sciences, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Korea; Research Center for Cellular Homeostasis, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Korea; and
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- Department of Life Science, College of Natural Sciences, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Korea; Research Center for Cellular Homeostasis, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Korea; and
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- Department of Life Science, College of Natural Sciences, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Korea
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- Department of Life Science, College of Natural Sciences, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Korea
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- Department of Veterinary Biochemistry, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea
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- Department of Life Science, College of Natural Sciences, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Korea; Research Center for Cellular Homeostasis, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Korea; and
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Sinzinger MD, Chung YD, Adjobo-Hermans MJW, Brock R. A microarray-based approach to evaluate the functional significance of protein-binding motifs. Anal Bioanal Chem 2016; 408:3177-84. [PMID: 26892640 PMCID: PMC4830892 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-016-9382-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2015] [Revised: 01/14/2016] [Accepted: 02/01/2016] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Intracellular proteins comprise numerous peptide motifs that interact with protein-binding domains. However, using sequence information alone, the identification of functionally relevant interaction motifs remains a challenge. Here, we present a microarray-based approach for the evaluation of peptides as protein-binding motifs. To this end, peptides corresponding to protein interaction motifs were spotted as a microarray. First, peptides were titrated with a pan-specific binder and the apparent Kd value of this binder for each peptide was determined. For phosphotyrosine-containing peptides, an anti-phosphotyrosine antibody was employed. Then, in the presence of the pan-specific binder, arrays were competitively titrated with cell lysate and competition constants were determined. Using the Cheng-Prusoff equation, binding constants for the pan-specific binder and inhibition constants for the lysates were converted into affinity constants for the lysate. We experimentally validate this method using a phosphotyrosine-binding SH2 domain as a further reference. Furthermore, strong binders correlated with binding motifs engaging in numerous interactions as predicted by Scansite. This method provides a highly parallel and robust approach to identify peptides corresponding to interaction motifs with strong binding capacity for proteins in the cell lysate. Using an antibody as a pan-specific binder the capacity of interaction motifs to bind to proteins from cell lysates can be probed. Competition of the antibody is observed for only those peptides to which a lysate protein binds ![]()
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- Michael D Sinzinger
- Department of Biochemistry, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Geert Grooteplein 28, 6525 GA, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biochemistry, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Geert Grooteplein 28, 6525 GA, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biochemistry, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Geert Grooteplein 28, 6525 GA, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biochemistry, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Geert Grooteplein 28, 6525 GA, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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Insight into the therapeutic aspects of ‘Zeta-Chain Associated Protein Kinase 70kDa’ inhibitors: A review. Cell Signal 2014; 26:2481-92. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2014.06.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2014] [Accepted: 06/27/2014] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Peptide microarrays to probe for competition for binding sites in a protein interaction network. J Proteomics 2013; 89:71-80. [PMID: 23748025 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2013.05.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2012] [Revised: 05/06/2013] [Accepted: 05/20/2013] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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A deficient translocation of CD3ζ, ZAP-70 and Grb2 to lipid raft, as a hallmark of defective adaptive immune response during chronic hepatitis B infection. Cell Immunol 2013; 284:9-19. [PMID: 23916875 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellimm.2013.05.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2013] [Revised: 05/24/2013] [Accepted: 05/30/2013] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Hepatitis B is considered to be a worldwide public health problem. An immunosuppressor microenvironment has been proposed to contribute to viral persistence during chronic disease. Understanding the intracellular signaling cascade in T-cells from HBV-infected patients, will contribute to unravel the mechanisms that control the development of immune response during hepatitis B. We analyze lipid rafts formation and early activation signals in chronic HBV infected patients, compared to naturally immune subjects (NIS). Patients show: (1) diminished GM1 clustering, (2) A deficient lipid rafts recruitment of CD3ζ/ZAP-70/Grb2, and (3) these proteins do not merge with GM1 within the lipid rafts. Finally, immunoprecipitation assays proved that ZAP-70 does not associate to CD3ζ. These results show for the first time, defects regarding early key events in T-cell activation, in chronically infected HBV patients, which may contribute not only to understand HBV immune tolerance, but to reveal new potential therapeutic targets to control the infection.
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Rosebeck S, Rehman AO, Lucas PC, McAllister-Lucas LM. From MALT lymphoma to the CBM signalosome: three decades of discovery. Cell Cycle 2011; 10:2485-96. [PMID: 21750409 DOI: 10.4161/cc.10.15.16923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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The advent of molecular cytogenetics has led to the elucidation of genetic abnormalities that cause various congenital and oncological disorders. In B cell lymphoma, for example, a number of chromosomal translocations have been identified in and associated with the etiology of specific subtypes of lymphoma. Several recurrent chromosomal translocations have been identified in extranodal marginal zone B cell lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT lymphoma). Cloning and characterization of the products of three mutually exclusive translocation breakpoints found in MALT lymphoma led to the discovery of a novel NF-κB-activating complex comprising the CARMA, Bcl10, and MALT1 proteins. This "CBM signalosome" acts downstream of the antigen receptors in lymphocytes as well as a number of non-lymphoid cell-surface receptors involved in a variety of biological processes. CBM signalosome activity is important for normal cellular functions and is perturbed in neoplastic and inflammatory disorders, making it a viable target for novel therapeutic design.
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- Shaun Rosebeck
- Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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T-cell receptor ligation induces distinct signaling pathways in naive vs. antigen-experienced T cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2011; 108:1549-54. [PMID: 21205892 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1017340108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Naïve T lymphocytes display weaker and slower responses than antigen-experienced cells for reasons that are not well understood. Here we show that T-cell receptor (TCR) stimulation induces distinct ERK and p38 phosphorylation patterns in naïve and antigen-experienced human T cells, and that these contribute to the differential responses shown by these cells. Specifically, TCR ligation triggers the activation of the ERK pathway in naïve cells. This phosphorylation of ERK attenuates subsequent calcium influx and accelerates the degradation of the signalsome. In contrast, anti-CD3 stimulation of experienced cells results in the phosphorylation of p38 via an association with Discs large (Dlg). Thus, there are distinct signaling pathways triggered by TCR ligation that impair signaling in naïve cells and facilitate it in antigen-experienced cells.
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Alexandropoulos K, Regelmann AG. Regulation of T-lymphocyte physiology by the Chat-H/CasL adapter complex. Immunol Rev 2010; 232:160-74. [PMID: 19909363 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-065x.2009.00831.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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The Cas family of proteins consists of at least four members implicated in the regulation of diverse cellular processes such as cell proliferation, adhesion, motility, and cancer cell metastasis. Cas family members have conserved C-termini that mediate constitutive heterotypic interactions with members of a different group of proteins, the NSP family. Both the Cas and NSP proteins have conserved domains that mediate protein-protein interactions with other cytoplasmic intermediates. Signaling modules assembled by these proteins in turn regulate signal transduction downstream of a variety of receptors including integrin, chemokine, and antigen receptors. T lymphocytes express the NSP protein NSP3/Chat-H and the Cas protein Hef1/CasL, which are found in a constitutive complex in naive T cells. We recently showed that Chat-H and Hef1/CasL regulate integrin-mediated adhesion and promote T-cell migration and trafficking downstream of activated chemokine receptors. It is currently unclear if the Chat-H/CasL module also plays a role in antigen receptor signaling. Here we review our current knowledge of how Chat-H and Hef1/CasL regulate T-cell physiology and whether this protein complex plays a functional role downstream of T-cell receptor activation.
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- Konstantina Alexandropoulos
- Department of Medicine, Division of Clinical Immunology, The Immunology Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA.
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Sadegh-Nasseri S, Dalai SK, Korb Ferris LC, Mirshahidi S. Suboptimal engagement of the T-cell receptor by a variety of peptide-MHC ligands triggers T-cell anergy. Immunology 2009; 129:1-7. [PMID: 20002785 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2567.2009.03206.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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T cells recognize antigen via the T-cell receptor (TCR) and produce a spectrum of responses that range from activation to anergy or cell death. The variety of outcomes may be dictated by the strength of the signals transmitted upon cognate recognition of the TCR. The physiological outcome of TCR engagement is determined by several factors, including the avidity of the ligand for TCR, the duration of engagement, and the presence and nature of accessory molecules present on antigen-presenting cells (APCs). In this review, we discuss a model of anergy induced by presentation of low densities of peptide-major histocompatibility complex (MHC) ligand in CD4(+) T cells and compare it to anergy induced by altered peptide ligands in an effort to identify a unifying mechanism. We suggest that altered peptide ligand (APL) and low densities of agonist ligands induce anergy by engaging less than optimal numbers of TCRs. The physiological impacts of anergy in memory CD4(+) T cells are discussed.
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Kozlowska A, Hrycaj P, Lacki JK, Jagodzinski PP. Fyn and CD70 expression in CD4+ T cells from patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. J Rheumatol 2009; 37:53-9. [PMID: 19955046 DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.090424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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OBJECTIVE CD4+ T cells from patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) display defective function that contributes to abnormal activation of B cells and autoantibody production. METHODS We compared the transcript and protein levels of Fyn and CD70 in CD4+ T cells from patients with SLE (n = 41) and healthy individuals (n = 34). The CD4+ T cells were isolated by positive biomagnetic separation technique. The quantitative analysis of messenger RNA was performed by reverse transcription and real-time quantitative PCR. The protein contents in the CD4+ T cells were determined by Western blotting analysis. RESULTS We observed significantly higher levels of Fyn (p = 0.03) and CD70 (p = 0.029) transcripts in SLE CD4+ T cells than in controls. There was a significant increase in CD70 protein levels (p < 0.0001), but not Fyn protein levels (p = 0.081) in CD4+ T cells from patients with SLE compared to healthy individuals. In the group with high disease activity [SLE Disease Activity Index (SLEDAI) >/= 9], we observed a significantly higher Fyn protein content than in controls (p = 0.030). There was no correlation between Fyn and CD70 protein levels in SLE CD4+ T cells and disease activity as expressed in the SLEDAI scale. CONCLUSION We confirmed previous observations of higher expression of CD70 in CD4+ T cells from patients with SLE. Our findings suggest that increased Fyn protein content in CD4+ T cells can be associated with high SLE disease activity.
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- Anna Kozlowska
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
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Kim K, Wang L, Hwang I. Acute inhibition of selected membrane-proximal mouse T cell receptor signaling by mitochondrial antagonists. PLoS One 2009; 4:e7738. [PMID: 19901985 PMCID: PMC2768903 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2009] [Accepted: 10/09/2009] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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T cells absorb nanometric membrane vesicles, prepared from plasma membrane of antigen presenting cells, via dual receptor/ligand interactions of T cell receptor (TCR) with cognate peptide/major histocompatibility complex (MHC) plus lymphocyte function-associated antigen 1 (LFA-1) with intercellular adhesion molecule 1. TCR-mediated signaling for LFA-1 activation is also required for the vesicle absorption. Exploiting those findings, we had established a high throughput screening (HTS) platform and screened a library for isolation of small molecules inhibiting the vesicle absorption. Follow-up studies confirmed that treatments (1 hour) with various mitochondrial antagonists, including a class of anti-diabetic drugs (i.e., Metformin and Phenformin), resulted in ubiquitous inhibition of the vesicle absorption without compromising viability of T cells. Further studies revealed that the mitochondrial drug treatments caused impairment of specific membrane-proximal TCR signaling event(s). Thus, activation of Akt and PLC-gamma1 and entry of extracellular Ca(2+) following TCR stimulation were attenuated while polymerization of monomeric actins upon TCR triggering progressed normally after the treatments. Dynamic F-actin rearrangement concurring with the vesicle absorption was also found to be impaired by the drug treatments, implying that the inhibition by the drug treatments of downstream signaling events (and the vesicle absorption) could result from lack of directional relocation of signaling and cell surface molecules. We also assessed the potential application of mitochondrial antagonists as immune modulators by probing effects of the long-term drug treatments (24 hours) on viability of resting primary T cells and cell cycle progression of antigen-stimulated T cells. This study unveils a novel regulatory mechanism for T cell immunity in response to environmental factors having effects on mitochondrial function.
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- Kwangmi Kim
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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Liu T, Chen F, Tang N, Feng J, Zhao D, Wei K, Zhu Y, He F, Liu S. CD247 can bind SHC1, no matter if CD247 is phosphorylated. J Mol Recognit 2009; 22:205-14. [PMID: 19229850 DOI: 10.1002/jmr.933] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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On T cell receptor (TCR) stimulation, src homology 2 domain-containing transforming protein C1 (SHC1) had been found to bind the tyrosine-phosphorylated CD247 chain of the receptor via its src homology 2 (SH2) domain, delivering signals that control T cell development and activation. However, how the phosphorylation of CD247 led to the instant binding has not been characterized clearly. To study the binding process in detail, we simulated and compared the interaction processes of the SH2 domain with CD247 and phosphorylated CD247, respectively. Unexpectedly, the simulation revealed that SHC1 can also bind the nonphosphorylated CD247 peptide, which was further validated to be a weak binding by affinity pull-down experiment. The molecular dynamics (MD) simulation also revealed that the CD247 peptide formed a folding conformation with its Leu209 inserted into the hydrophobic binding pocket in SHC1. And on phosphorylation, it was the electrostatic attraction between the CD247 Tyr(P)206 and the SHC1 Tyr(P)-binding pocket that destroyed the folding conformation of the nonphosphorylated CD247 and, aided by the electrostatic attraction between SHC1 and the Asp203 of CD247, led to the extended conformation of the phosphorylated CD247 binding to SHC1 strongly. The results suggest that nonphosphorylated CD247 can recruit SHC1 in advance to prepare for the instant needs for SHC1 on TCR stimulation. In view of the ubiquity of phosphorylation in protein interaction regulation, we think this study also exemplified the usefulness of MD in more interactome research involving phosphorylation.
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- Tao Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Proteomics, Department of Neurobiology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Beijing 100850, PR China
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Activation of transcription factor nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) and Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) play the pivotal roles in regulation of lymphocyte activation and proliferation. Deregulation of these signaling pathways leads to inappropriate immune response and contributes to the development of leukemia/lymphoma. The scaffold protein CARMA1 [caspase-recruitment domain (CARD) membrane-associated guanylate kinase (MAGUK) protein 1] has a central role in regulation of NF-kappaB and the JNK2/c-Jun complex in both B and T lymphocytes. During last several years, tremendous work has been done to reveal the mechanism by which CARMA1 and its signaling partners, B cell CLL-lymphoma 10 and mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue 1, are activated and mediate NF-kappaB and JNK activation. In this review, we summarize our findings in revealing the roles of CARMA1 in the NF-kappaB and JNK signaling pathways in the context of recent advances in this field.
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- Marzenna Blonska
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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Tolerance to self antigens is established in two ways: first in the thymus through the deletion of thymocytes expressing self-reactive T cell receptors; and second, in the periphery through multiple mechanisms involving deletion, anergy, and suppression. Dominant tolerance to self antigens in the periphery is primarily the function of the CD4(+)CD25(+)FOXP3(+) subset of T cells, which have the capability of suppressing autoreactive T cells that have escaped deletion during thymic selection. The essential role of the transcription factor FOXP3 in the development and function of these cells has been well documented. However, the underlying mechanisms by which FOXP3 controls this process are less well understood. This review will focus on the role of FOXP3 in regulating CD4 T cell function in both humans and mice, with an emphasis on recent work in human systems.
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- Jane H Buckner
- Translational Research, Benaroya Research Institute, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
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The immune response to cancer has been long recognized, including both innate and adaptive responses, showing that the immune system can recognize protein products of genetic and epigenetic changes in transformed cells. The accumulation of antigen-specific T cells within the tumor, the draining lymph node, and the circulation, either in newly diagnosed patients or resultant from experimental immunotherapy, proves that tumors produce antigens and that priming occurs. Unfortunately, just as obviously, tumors grow, implying that anti-tumor immune responses are either not sufficiently vigorous to eliminate the cancer or that anti-tumor immunity is suppressed. Both possibilities are supported by current data. In experimental animal models of cancer and also in patients, systemic immunity is usually not dramatically suppressed, because tumor-bearing animals and patients develop T-cell-dependent immune responses to microbes and to either model antigens or experimental cancer vaccines. However, inhibition of specific anti-tumor immunity is common, and several possible explanations of tolerance to tumor antigens or tumor-induced immunesuppression have been proposed. Inhibition of effective anti-tumor immunity results from the tumor or the host response to tumor growth, inhibiting the activation, differentiation, or function of anti-tumor immune cells. As a consequence, anti-tumor T cells cannot respond productively to developmental, targeting, or activation cues. While able to enhance the number and phenotype of anti-tumor T cells, the modest success of immunotherapy has shown the necessity to attempt to reverse tolerance in anti-tumor T cells, and the vanguard of experimental therapy now focuses on vaccination in combination with blockade of immunosuppressive mechanisms. This review discusses several potential mechanisms by which anti-tumor T cells may be inhibited in function.
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- Alan B Frey
- Department of Cell Biology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA.
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Vomhof-DeKrey EE, Dorsam GP. Stimulatory and suppressive signal transduction regulates vasoactive intestinal peptide receptor-1 (VPAC-1) in primary mouse CD4 T cells. Brain Behav Immun 2008; 22:1024-1031. [PMID: 18555660 PMCID: PMC2771589 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2008.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2008] [Revised: 04/02/2008] [Accepted: 04/13/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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Vasoactive intestinal peptide receptor-1 (VPAC-1) is an anti-proliferative, G-protein coupled receptor that is highly expressed on naïve T cells, and has been reported to be downregulated upon T cell activation. The T cell signaling molecules involved in mediating low VPAC-1 levels have not been identified. Therefore, to gain a greater understanding into this regulation, this study investigated the signaling pathways that regulate (VPAC-1) in murine, primary CD4 T cells. To this end, murine, splenic CD4 T cells were pretreated separately with 10 different pharmacological inhibitors and incubated +/- anti-CD3 for 24h. Total RNA was isolated, and VPAC-1 mRNA levels were measured by qPCR. Our results support that JNK kinases, downstream from the protein kinase, Zap70, are involved in suppressive regulation of VPAC-1 steady-state mRNA levels after anti-CD3 treatment. In contrast, inhibitors against PKC, ERK, p38, Zap70 and Rac1 supported a stimulatory influence in VPAC-1 regulation in the absence of T cell signaling. By studying the signaling pathways that regulate VPAC-1 in T cells, we can gain greater insight into the role of this anti-inflammatory receptor in autoimmunity and infectious diseases.
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- Emilie E. Vomhof-DeKrey
- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58105
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, The Center for Protease Research, North Dakota State University, Room 320 IACC Building, 1320 Albrecht Boulevard, Fargo, ND 58105, USA.
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Wang H, Rudd CE. SKAP-55, SKAP-55-related and ADAP adaptors modulate integrin-mediated immune-cell adhesion. Trends Cell Biol 2008; 18:486-93. [PMID: 18760924 DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2008.07.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2008] [Revised: 07/15/2008] [Accepted: 07/16/2008] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Integrin adhesion is essential for aspects of immune function, including antigen presentation and migration in lymph nodes, germinal centers and sites of inflammation. Antigen receptors on B and T cells generate 'inside-out' signals for increased integrin clustering and adhesion. Although upstream components of B-cell-receptor or T-cell-receptor signaling are needed, the identity of key downstream effectors that mediate integrin adhesion is only just emerging. New candidates include immune-cell-specific adaptor proteins ADAP, SKAP-55 and SKAP-55-related (SKAP-55R). SKAP-55 has recently been identified as an effector in T cells in SKAP-55-deficient mice, whereas SKAP-55R is needed for B-cell adhesion. ADAP is required for SKAP-55 and SKAP-55R protein stability. SKAP-55 and SKAP-55R have unexpectedly specialized roles in T- and B-cell adhesion of the immune system.
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- Hongyan Wang
- Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, Cambridge, UK
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Many faces of Ras activation. Biochim Biophys Acta Rev Cancer 2008; 1786:178-87. [PMID: 18541156 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbcan.2008.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2008] [Revised: 05/13/2008] [Accepted: 05/13/2008] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Ras proteins were originally identified as the products of oncogenes capable of inducing cell transformation. Over the last twenty-five years they have been studied in great detail because mutant Ras proteins are associated with many types of human cancer. Wild type Ras proteins play a central role in the regulation of proliferation and differentiation of various cell types. They alternate between an active GTP-bound state and an inactive GDP-bound state. Their activation is catalysed by a specialized group of enzymes known as guanine nucleotide exchange factors (GEFs). To date, four subfamilies of GEF molecules have been identified. Although all of them are able to activate Ras, their structure, tissue expression and regulation are significantly diverse. In this review we will summarize the various mechanisms by which these exchange factors activate Ras.
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Das L, Levine AD. TGF-beta inhibits IL-2 production and promotes cell cycle arrest in TCR-activated effector/memory T cells in the presence of sustained TCR signal transduction. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2008; 180:1490-8. [PMID: 18209044 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.180.3.1490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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TGF-beta signaling is critical for controlling naive T cell homeostasis and differentiation; however, the biological and biochemical changes induced by TGF-beta in effector/memory T cells are poorly defined. We show that although TGF-beta inhibits effector/memory peripheral blood T lymphoblast proliferation and IL-2 production, the intensity and kinetics for TCR-induced global tyrosine phosphorylation are markedly increased compared with that in untreated cells or naive T cells. After TCR ligation, tyrosine phosphorylation of proximal tyrosine kinases and docking proteins like linker for activation of T cells is maintained for >30 min in TGF-beta-primed cells compared with untreated cells where phosphorylation of these targets returned to basal levels by 10 min. Extended phosphorylation of linker for activation of T cells in treated peripheral blood T selectively prolongs ERK 1/2 signaling and phospholipase C-gamma1 activation leading to increased Ca(2+) flux. A kinase/phosphatase imbalance could not account for extended phosphorylation as CD45R, SHP-1, and SHP-2 expression remains unaltered. The contradiction between prolonged signal transduction and inhibition of proliferation is partially explained by the observation that TGF-beta priming results in ERK 1/2-independent p21 induction and decreased cyclin D1 expression leading to accumulation of T cells in G(0)/G(1) phases of the cell cycle and cell cycle arrest. Despite inhibition of T cell function by TGF-beta priming, TCR and cytokine signaling pathways are intact and selectively extended, suggesting that suppression in the effector/memory T cell is mediated by reprogramming signal transduction, rather than its inhibition as in the naive T cell.
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- Lopamudra Das
- Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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Hidalgo LG, Einecke G, Allanach K, Halloran PF. The transcriptome of human cytotoxic T cells: similarities and disparities among allostimulated CD4(+) CTL, CD8(+) CTL and NK cells. Am J Transplant 2008; 8:627-36. [PMID: 18294159 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2007.02128.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Transcripts expressed in cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) have mechanistic and diagnostic importance in transplantation. We used microarrays to select CTL-associated transcripts (CATs) expressed in human CD4(+) CTL, CD8(+) CTL and NK cells, excluding transcripts expressed in B cells, monocytes and kidney. This generated three transcript sets: CD4(+)-associated, CD8(+)-associated and NK-associated. Surprisingly, many CATs were expressed in effector memory cells e.g. granzyme B/GZMB, interferon-gamma/IFNG. Transcript expression was very similar between CD4(+) and CD8(+) CTL. There were no transcripts highly selective for CD4(+) CTL or CD8(+) CTL: for example, cytotoxic molecule transcripts (perforin, granzymes, granulysin) were shared between CD8(+) CTL and CD4(+) CTL although expression remained higher in CD8(+) CTL. Transcripts that differentiated between CD8(+) CTL and CD4(+) CTL were primarily those shared between CD8(+) CTL and NK cells (e.g. NK receptors KLRC1, KLRC3, KLRD1, KLRK1). No transcripts could differentiate CD4(+) CTL from CD8(+) CTL but NK cell-associated transcripts could differentiate NK cells from CTL. This study serves as a foundation for the interpretation of CATs in rejecting allografts and highlights the extensive sharing of CATs among CD4(+) CTL, CD8(+) CTL and effector memory T cells.
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- L G Hidalgo
- Division of Nephrology & Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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NEMO recognition of ubiquitinated Bcl10 is required for T cell receptor-mediated NF-kappaB activation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2008; 105:3023-8. [PMID: 18287044 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0712313105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The mechanism by which the Carma1-Bcl10-MALT1 (CBM) complex couples T cell antigen receptor (TCR) signaling to IkappaB kinase (IKK) and NF-kappaB activation is not known. Here, we show that Bcl10 undergoes K63-linked polyubiquitination in response to T cell activation and subsequently binds NEMO, the regulatory subunit of IKK. This interaction requires the ubiquitin-binding activity of NEMO. The sites of Bcl10 ubiquitination were mapped to K31 and K63. Mutation of these residues did not affect TCR signaling-induced CBM complex assembly but prevented Bcl10 ubiquitination, NEMO binding, and NF-kappaB activation. Therefore, the regulated ubiquitination of Bcl10 and its recognition by NEMO are a critical link between the CBM complex, IKK recruitment, and NF-kappaB activation.
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Caloca MJ, Delgado P, Alarcón B, Bustelo XR. Role of chimaerins, a group of Rac-specific GTPase activating proteins, in T-cell receptor signaling. Cell Signal 2007; 20:758-70. [PMID: 18249095 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2007.12.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2007] [Revised: 12/17/2007] [Accepted: 12/17/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Chimaerins are GTPase-activating proteins that inactivate the GTP-hydrolase Rac1 in a diacylglycerol-dependent manner. To date, the study of chimaerins has been done mostly in neuronal cells. Here, we show that alpha2- and beta2-chimaerin are expressed at different levels in T-cells and that they participate in T-cell receptor signaling. In agreement with this, we have observed that alpha2- and beta2-chimaerins translocate to the T-cell/B-cell immune synapse and, using both gain- and loss-of-function approaches, demonstrated that their catalytic activity is important for the inhibition of the T-cell receptor- and Vav1-dependent stimulation of the transcriptional factor NF-AT. Mutagenesis-based approaches have revealed the molecular determinants that contribute to the biological program of chimaerins during T-cell responses. Unexpectedly, we have found that the translocation of chimaerins to the T-cell/B-cell immune synapse does not rely on the canonical binding of diacylglycerol to the C1 region of these GTPase-activating proteins. Taken together, these results identify chimaerins as candidates for the downmodulation of Rac1 in T-lymphocytes and, in addition, uncover a novel regulatory mechanism that mediates their activation in T-cells.
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- María José Caloca
- Centro de Investigación del Cáncer and Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular del Cáncer, CSIC-University of Salamanca, Campus Unamuno, E-37007 Salamanca, Spain.
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Zap-70, a crucial molecule for the selective activation of T cells, through its interaction with the zeta chain of the TCR/CD3 complex, is a tyrosine kinase. This well studied molecule has gained a renewed interest upon the demonstration of its transduction and expression in B cells from patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Here the major characteristics of this cytosolic protein are reviewed, as well as its expression in various cell types and some indications about its detection.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Biomarkers, Tumor/analysis
- Biomarkers, Tumor/genetics
- Biomarkers, Tumor/metabolism
- Humans
- Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell/diagnosis
- Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell/genetics
- Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell/metabolism
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/metabolism
- Signal Transduction
- ZAP-70 Protein-Tyrosine Kinase/analysis
- ZAP-70 Protein-Tyrosine Kinase/genetics
- ZAP-70 Protein-Tyrosine Kinase/metabolism
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Ménasché G, Kliche S, Bezman N, Schraven B. Regulation of T-cell antigen receptor-mediated inside-out signaling by cytosolic adapter proteins and Rap1 effector molecules. Immunol Rev 2007; 218:82-91. [PMID: 17624945 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-065x.2007.00543.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Integrins are critical for the migration of T cells to lymphoid organs and to sites of inflammation and are also necessary for productive interactions between T cells and antigen-presenting cells. Integrin activation is enhanced following T-cell receptor (TCR) engagement, as signals initiated by the TCR increase affinity and avidity of integrins for their ligands. This process, known as inside-out signaling, has been shown to require several molecular components including the cytosolic adapter proteins adhesion and degranulation-promoting adapter protein and Src homology 2 domain-containing adapter protein of 55 kDa, the low molecular weight guanosine triphosphatase Rap1, and the Rap1 effector proteins Rap1 guanosine triphosphate-interacting adapter molecule, regulator of adhesion and cell polarization enriched in lymphoid tissues, and protein kinase D1. Herein, we review recent findings about how the TCR is linked to integrin activation through inside-out signaling.
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- Gaël Ménasché
- Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Campbell DJ, Ziegler SF. FOXP3 modifies the phenotypic and functional properties of regulatory T cells. Nat Rev Immunol 2007; 7:305-10. [PMID: 17380159 DOI: 10.1038/nri2061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 197] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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In the periphery, tolerance to self antigens is mainly mediated by the CD4(+)CD25(+)FOXP3(+) subset of regulatory T cells, which can suppress the activity of autoreactive T cells that have escaped deletion in the thymus. The essential role of the transcription factor FOXP3 (forkhead box P3) in the development and function of these regulatory T cells has been well documented. It is also clear that regulatory T cells and effector T cells respond differently to T-cell receptor stimulation. In this Opinion article, we propose that these differences in responses are mediated by FOXP3, and are manifested by alterations in biochemical signalling pathways, patterns of gene expression and the appearance of cell-surface homing receptors.
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- Daniel J Campbell
- Immunology Program, Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason, Seattle, Washington 98101, USA
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Zeng H, Di L, Fu G, Chen Y, Gao X, Xu L, Lin X, Wen R. Phosphorylation of Bcl10 negatively regulates T-cell receptor-mediated NF-kappaB activation. Mol Cell Biol 2007; 27:5235-45. [PMID: 17502353 PMCID: PMC1951946 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.01645-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Bcl10 (B-cell lymphoma 10) is an adaptor protein comprised of an N-terminal caspase recruitment domain and a C-terminal serine/threonine-rich domain. Bcl10 plays a critical role in antigen receptor-mediated NF-kappaB activation and lymphocyte development and functions. Our current study has discovered that T-cell activation induced monophosphorylation and biphosphorylation of Bcl10 and has identified S138 within Bcl10 as one of the T-cell receptor-induced phosphorylation sites. Alteration of S138 to an alanine residue impaired T-cell activation-induced ubiquitination and subsequent degradation of Bcl10, ultimately resulting in prolongation of TCR-mediated NF-kappaB activation and enhancement of interleukin-2 production. Taken together, our findings demonstrate that phosphorylation of Bcl10 at S138 down-regulates Bcl10 protein levels and thus negatively regulates T-cell receptor-mediated NF-kappaB activation.
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- Hu Zeng
- The Blood Research Institute, 8727 Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
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Januchowski R, Wudarski M, Chwalińska-Sadowska H, Jagodzinski PP. Prevalence of ZAP-70, LAT, SLP-76, and DNA methyltransferase 1 expression in CD4+ T cells of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. Clin Rheumatol 2007; 27:21-7. [PMID: 17492476 DOI: 10.1007/s10067-007-0644-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2007] [Revised: 03/30/2007] [Accepted: 04/24/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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T cells from systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients exhibit defective function of CD4(+) T cells that can be responsible for improper activation of B cells and antibody biosynthesis against host antigens. We compared the level of ZAP-70, LAT, and SLP-76, transcripts and proteins in CD4(+) T cells from SLE patients (n = 22) and healthy individuals (n = 15). We also determined DNA methyltransferase 1 (DNMT1) protein content in CD4(+) T cells of SLE patients. The CD4(+) T cells were isolated by positive biomagnetic separation technique. The quantitative analysis of messenger RNA (mRNA) was performed by reverse transcription and real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RQ-PCR) SYBR Green I system. The protein level in the CD4(+) T cells was determined by Western blotting analysis. We found that the LAT protein level was significantly higher in SLE CD4(+) T cells than in controls (P = 0.006). Western blot analysis revealed that ZAP-70 protein content in SLE CD4(+) T cells may be reciprocally correlated with disease activity expressed in SLEDAI scale (R = -0.623, P = 0.002) or number of affected organ systems (R = -0.549, P = 0.008). We also observed reciprocal correlation between DNMT1 protein content in CD4(+) T cells and disease activity scored with SLEDAI scale (R = -0.779, P = 0.001) or number of affected organ systems (R = -0.617, P = 0.019), respectively. Our findings might indicate that LAT, ZAP-70, and DNMT1 protein levels in CD4(+) T cells can be associated with SLE disease.
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- Radosław Januchowski
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Medical Sciences, 6 Swiecickiego St., 60-781, Poznań, Poland
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Ostrakhovitch EA, Li SSC. The role of SLAM family receptors in immune cell signaling. Biochem Cell Biol 2007; 84:832-43. [PMID: 17215871 DOI: 10.1139/o06-191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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The signaling lymphocyte-activating molecule (SLAM) family immunoreceptors are expressed in a wide array of immune cells, including both T and B lymphocytes. By virtue of their ability to transduce tyrosine phosphorylation signals through the so-called ITSM (immunoreceptor tyrosine-based switch motif) sequences, they play an important part in regulating both innate and adaptive immune responses. The critical role of the SLAM immunoreceptors in mediating normal immune reactions was highlighted in recent findings that SAP, a SLAM-associated protein, modulates the activities of various immune cells through interactions with different members of the SLAM family expressed in these cells. Importantly, mutations or deletions of the sap gene in humans result in the X-linked lymphoproliferative syndrome. In this review, we summarize current knowledge and survey the latest developments in signal transduction events triggered by the activation of SLAM family receptors in different cell types.
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- Elena A Ostrakhovitch
- Department of Biochemistry, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 5C1, Canada
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Dominant tolerance to autoantigens is primarily achieved through the action of the CD4(+)CD25(+)Foxp3(+) subset of T cells, which have the capability of suppressing autoreactive T cells that have escaped deletion during thymic selection. The essential role of the forkhead/winged-helix transcription factor Foxp3 in the development and function of these cells has been well documented. What is less clear is the role of Foxp3 in the altered TCR signaling that is seen in Tregs. We have used a Foxp3 transgenic mouse line to demonstrate that Foxp3 expression correlates with attenuated TCR signaling, and that the deficit in Foxp3-transgenic CD4 T cells, as well as in CD4(+)CD25(+) Tregs, affects multiple biochemical pathways.
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- Bryan D Carson
- Immunology Program, Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason, 1201 Ninth Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
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Siddiqui RA, Harvey KA, Zaloga GP, Stillwell W. Modulation of lipid rafts by Omega-3 fatty acids in inflammation and cancer: implications for use of lipids during nutrition support. Nutr Clin Pract 2007; 22:74-88. [PMID: 17242459 DOI: 10.1177/011542650702200174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Current understanding of biologic membrane structure and function is largely based on the concept of lipid rafts. Lipid rafts are composed primarily of tightly packed, liquid-ordered sphingolipids/cholesterol/saturated phospholipids that float in a sea of more unsaturated and loosely packed, liquid-disordered lipids. Lipid rafts have important clinical implications because many important membrane-signaling proteins are located within the raft regions of the membrane, and alterations in raft structure can alter activity of these signaling proteins. Because rafts are lipid-based, their composition, structure, and function are susceptible to manipulation by dietary components such as omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and by cholesterol depletion. We review how alteration of raft lipids affects the raft/nonraft localization and hence the function of several proteins involved in cell signaling. We focus our discussion of raft-signaling proteins on inflammation and cancer.
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- Rafat A Siddiqui
- Methodist Research Institute, Cellular Biochemistry, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA.
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Januchowski R, Jagodzinski PP. Trichostatin A down-regulates ZAP-70, LAT and SLP-76 content in Jurkat T cells. Int Immunopharmacol 2007; 7:198-204. [PMID: 17178387 DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2006.09.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2006] [Revised: 09/19/2006] [Accepted: 09/19/2006] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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We exploited Jurkat leukemia T cell clone E6-1 as a model of Trichostatin A (TSA) effect on cellular levels of ZAP-70, LAT and SLP-76 molecules involved in the signal transduction pathway from T cell receptor to nucleus. Using reverse transcription real-time quantitative PCR and Western blotting analysis we observed that TSA resulted in ZAP-70, LAT and SLP-76 transcript and protein down-regulation in Jurkat leukemia T cells. We also found that TSA reduced half-life of ZAP-70, LAT and SLP-76 mRNAs from 4.8, 3.5, and 4.8 to approximately 2.3, 1.9 and 1.7 h, respectively. Employing the protein biosynthesis inhibitor cycloheximide, we demonstrated the involvement of RNase and/or mRNA stabilization protein in ZAP-70, LAT and SLP-76 mRNAs stabilization. The effect of TSA on ZAP-70, LAT and SLP-76 content in T cells confirms an immunosuppressive effect by TSA, and the usefulness of this histone deacetylase inhibitor in the treatment of autoimmune diseases.
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- Radosław Januchowski
- Karol Marcinkowski University of Medical Sciences, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Poznań, Poland
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Peptide antigen recognition by T-cells occurs because of the interaction of the epitope cradled within the peptide-binding groove of the major histocompatibility complex molecule on the surface of an antigen-presenting cell with the T-cell antigen receptor, a heterodimer whose chains belong to the immunoglobulin superfamily. Passage of the message from the receptor to the cell's nucleus occurs via a complex choreography of kinases, calcium, and chemical combinations consisting of families of proteins described by arcane acronyms, numbers and letters that perplex the casual observer. However, taming the T-cell is crucial in transplantation and in controlling autoimmunity. Behind the jargon is a fascinating, albeit confusing, set of mechanisms that already offer therapeutic promise.
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- Leonard H Sigal
- Division of Rheumatology and Connective Tissue Research, Department of Medicine,University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ 08903-0019, USA.
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Since Medawar's initial contemplations in 1953 on the mechanisms of immune evasion allowing for the survival of the allogeneic conceptus in an immunologically competent mother, physicians and immunologists alike have struggled to understand the immunological paradox of pregnancy. Ultimately, our attempts to define the immunology of normal pregnancy have broadened our appreciation of the myriad mechanisms at play that enable the promotion of implantation and maintenance of pregnancy. In this review, we summarise what is known regarding the immunology of normal pregnancy, with special emphasis on the relation to common disorders of pregnancy.
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- Kjersti M Aagaard-Tillery
- Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Utah Health Sciences, 30 North 1900 East, SOM 2B200, Salt Lake City, UT 84132, USA.
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Matsumoto R, Wang D, Blonska M, Li H, Kobayashi M, Pappu B, Chen Y, Wang D, Lin X. Phosphorylation of CARMA1 plays a critical role in T Cell receptor-mediated NF-kappaB activation. Immunity 2006; 23:575-85. [PMID: 16356856 DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2005.10.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 246] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2005] [Revised: 10/10/2005] [Accepted: 10/24/2005] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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CARMA1 mediates T cell receptor (TCR)-induced NF-kappaB activation. However, how TCR links to CARMA1 in the signaling pathway is not clear. Here, we show that CARMA1 is inducibly phosphorylated after TCR-CD28 costimulation. This phosphorylation is likely induced by PKCtheta, since PKCtheta induces phosphorylation of CARMA1 in vitro and in vivo. Our results indicate that the PKCtheta-induced phosphorylation of CARMA1 likely occurs on Ser552 on the Linker region of CARMA1. Importantly, expression of CARMA1 mutant, in which Ser552 is mutated, fails to mediate TCR-induced NF-kappaB activation in CARMA1-deficient T cells. The functional defect of this CARMA1 mutant is likely due to the fact that this mutant cannot be phosphorylated at the critical residue, thereby failing to recruit the downstream signaling components into the immunological synapse. Together, our studies provide the first genetic evidence that the phosphorylation of CARMA1 plays a critical role in the TCR signaling pathway.
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- Reiko Matsumoto
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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Kim JE, White FM. Quantitative analysis of phosphotyrosine signaling networks triggered by CD3 and CD28 costimulation in Jurkat cells. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2006; 176:2833-43. [PMID: 16493040 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.176.5.2833] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The mechanism by which stimulation of coreceptors such as CD28 contributes to full activation of TCR signaling pathways has been intensively studied, yet quantitative measurement of costimulation effects on functional TCR signaling networks has been lacking. In this study, phosphotyrosine networks triggered by CD3, CD28, or CD3 and CD28 costimulation were analyzed by site-specific quantitative phosphoproteomics, resulting in identification of 101 tyrosine and 3 threonine phosphorylation sites and quantification of 87 sites across four cell states. As expected, CD3 stimulation induced phosphorylation of CD3 chains and upstream components of TCR pathways such as Zap70, while CD28 stimulation induced phosphorylation of CD28, Vav-1, and other adaptor proteins including downstream of tyrosine kinase 1, Grb2-associated protein 2 (Grap2), and Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein. CD3 and CD28 costimulation induced a complex response including decreased threonine phosphorylation in the ERK1 and ERK2 activation loops and increased phosphorylation of selected tyrosine sites on ERK1/2, p38, phospholipase C-gamma, Src homology 2 domain-containing transforming protein 1, Grap2, and Vav-1, potentiating T cell activation. Hierarchical clustering and self-organizing maps were used to identify modules of coregulated phosphorylation sites within the network. Quantitative information in our study suggests quantitative and qualitative contribution by costimulation of CD28 on CD3-stimulated TCR signaling networks via enhanced phosphorylation of phospholipase C-gamma/Src homology 2 domain-containing transforming protein 1/Grap2/Vav-1 and their effects on downstream components including MAPKs.
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- Ji-Eun Kim
- Biological Engineering Division, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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Gelkop S, Gish GD, Babichev Y, Pawson T, Isakov N. T cell activation-induced CrkII binding to the Zap70 protein tyrosine kinase is mediated by Lck-dependent phosphorylation of Zap70 tyrosine 315. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2006; 175:8123-32. [PMID: 16339550 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.175.12.8123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The Zap70 protein tyrosine kinase controls TCR-linked signal transduction pathways and is critical for T cell development and responsiveness. Following engagement of TCR, the Zap70 undergoes phosphorylation on multiple tyrosine residues that are implicated in the regulation of its catalytic activity and interaction with signaling effector molecules downstream of the TCR. We have shown previously that the CT10 regulator of kinase II (CrkII) adapter protein interacts with tyrosine-phosphorylated Zap70 in TCR-engaged T cells, and now extend these studies to show that Tyr315 in the Zap70 interdomain B region is the site of interaction with CrkII. A point mutation of Tyr315 (Y315F) eliminated the CrkII-Zap70 interaction capacity. Phosphorylation of Tyr315 and Zap70 association with CrkII were both dependent upon the Lck protein tyrosine kinase. Previous studies demonstrated the Tyr315 is the Vav-Src homology 2 (SH2) binding site, and that replacement of Tyr315 by Phe impaired the function of Zap70 in TCR signaling. However, fluorescence polarization-based binding studies revealed that the CrkII-SH2 and the Vav-SH2 bind a phosphorylated Tyr315-Zap70-derived peptide with affinities of a similar order of magnitude (Kd of 2.5 and 1.02 microM, respectively). The results suggest therefore that the biological functions attributed to the association of Zap70 with Vav following T cell activation may equally reflect the association of Zap70 with CrkII, and further support a regulatory role for CrkII in the TCR-linked signal transduction pathway.
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- Sigal Gelkop
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Health Sciences, and the Cancer Research Center, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
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Antigen Presentation. Immunology 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/b0-323-03399-7/50009-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Altan-Bonnet G, Germain RN. Modeling T cell antigen discrimination based on feedback control of digital ERK responses. PLoS Biol 2005; 3:e356. [PMID: 16231973 PMCID: PMC1262625 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 340] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2005] [Accepted: 08/22/2005] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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T-lymphocyte activation displays a remarkable combination of speed, sensitivity, and discrimination in response to peptide-major histocompatibility complex (pMHC) ligand engagement of clonally distributed antigen receptors (T cell receptors or TCRs). Even a few foreign pMHCs on the surface of an antigen-presenting cell trigger effective signaling within seconds, whereas 1 x 10(5)-1 x 10(6) self-pMHC ligands that may differ from the foreign stimulus by only a single amino acid fail to elicit this response. No existing model accounts for this nearly absolute distinction between closely related TCR ligands while also preserving the other canonical features of T-cell responses. Here we document the unexpected highly amplified and digital nature of extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) activation in T cells. Based on this observation and evidence that competing positive- and negative-feedback loops contribute to TCR ligand discrimination, we constructed a new mathematical model of proximal TCR-dependent signaling. The model made clear that competition between a digital positive feedback based on ERK activity and an analog negative feedback involving SH2 domain-containing tyrosine phosphatase (SHP-1) was critical for defining a sharp ligand-discrimination threshold while preserving a rapid and sensitive response. Several nontrivial predictions of this model, including the notion that this threshold is highly sensitive to small changes in SHP-1 expression levels during cellular differentiation, were confirmed by experiment. These results combining computation and experiment reveal that ligand discrimination by T cells is controlled by the dynamics of competing feedback loops that regulate a high-gain digital amplifier, which is itself modulated during differentiation by alterations in the intracellular concentrations of key enzymes. The organization of the signaling network that we model here may be a prototypic solution to the problem of achieving ligand selectivity, low noise, and high sensitivity in biological responses.
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- Grégoire Altan-Bonnet
- 1Lymphocyte Biology Section, Laboratory of Immunology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- 1Lymphocyte Biology Section, Laboratory of Immunology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Lymphocyte activation plays a critical role in immune responses. Dysregulation of lymphocyte activation can cause autoimmune, immunodeficient diseases, or leukemia/lymphoma. Lymphocyte activation is triggered by stimulation of antigen receptors, T cell receptors (TCR) or B cell receptors (BCR), on the surfaces of T or B lymphocyte, respectively. Stimulation of TCR or BCR induces a series of signal transduction cascades leading to activation of multiple transcription factors including NF-kappaB. Recent studies demonstrate that CARMA1, a scaffold protein, plays an essential role in mediating TCR- or BCR-induced NF-kappaB activation by recruiting two adaptor proteins, Bcl10 and MALT1, to lipid rafts following stimulation of antigen receptors. In this review, we will discuss the mechanism by which proximal signaling components connect antigen receptor signaling to CARMA1, and how CARMA1 regulates Bcl10 and MALT1, leading to activation of NF-kappaB. In addition, the roles of CARMA1, Bcl10, and MALT1 in lymphocyte activation and development will also be discussed.
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- Xin Lin
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University at Buffalo, 138 Farber Hall, 3435 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA.
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Memory T cells exhibit low activation thresholds and mediate rapid effector responses when recalled by antigen; contrasting the higher activation threshold, slower responses and predominant IL-2 production by naive T cells. While the sequence of intracellular events coupling the T cell-receptor (TCR) to naive T cell activation is well characterized, biochemical control of memory T cell differentiation and function remains undefined. In this review, we will discuss recent developments in T cell-receptor signal transduction as they pertain to memory T cells, and will discuss how signal dampening may drive memory generation, and more efficient spatial organization of signaling molecules may promote rapid recall responses.
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- Meena R Chandok
- Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, MSTF Building, Room 400, 685 W. Baltimore St., Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
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Geyeregger R, Zeyda M, Zlabinger GJ, Waldhäusl W, Stulnig TM. Polyunsaturated fatty acids interfere with formation of the immunological synapse. J Leukoc Biol 2005; 77:680-8. [PMID: 15703198 DOI: 10.1189/jlb.1104687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) exert inhibitory effects on T cell-mediated immune responses. Activation of T cells in vivo depends on formation of an immunological synapse (IS) at the T cell/antigen-presenting cell (APC) interface. Here, we analyzed effects of PUFA treatment on the formation of the IS and APC-induced human T cell activation. In T cells treated with the PUFA eicosapentaenoic (EPA; 20:5,n-3) and arachidonic acid (20:4,n-6), stimulated by superantigen-presenting cells or APCs, relocalization to the IS of distinct molecules [F-actin, talin, leukocyte functional antigen-1alpha, clusters of differentiation (CD)3epsilon] was inhibited markedly compared with cells treated with saturated fatty acid, whereas relocalization of protein kinase Ctheta to the IS remained unaffected. CD3-induced, sustained phosphorylation of nucleotide exchange factor Vav, which controls cytoskeletal rearrangements underlying IS formation, was significantly reduced in EPA-treated Jurkat and peripheral blood T cells. In addition, T cell raft disruption by methyl-beta-cyclodextrin treatment and experiments with a chimeric linker for activation of T cell proteins, which is resistant to PUFA effects on lipid rafts, revealed modifications of lipid rafts as a crucial factor for PUFA-mediated inhibition of APC-stimulated cytoskeletal rearrangements. Furthermore, the efficiency of T cell/APC conjugate formation was significantly reduced with EPA-treated T cells, as was stimulation of CD69 expression, which is not altered following antibody-mediated T cell activation. In conclusion, PUFA treatment of T cells qualitatively and quantitatively alters IS formation, thereby extending T cell signaling defects to pathways that are not intrinsically altered in PUFA-treated T cells when stimulated by antibodies.
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- René Geyeregger
- Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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