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Shegarfi H. Recognition of Listeria monocytogenes infection by natural killer cells: Towards a complete picture by experimental studies in rats. Innate Immun 2023; 29:110-121. [PMID: 37285590 PMCID: PMC10468624 DOI: 10.1177/17534259231178223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2022] [Revised: 04/11/2023] [Accepted: 05/08/2023] [Indexed: 06/09/2023] Open
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The study of cellular immune responses in animal disease models demands detailed knowledge of development, function, and regulation of immune cells, including natural killer (NK) cells. Listeria monocytogenes (LM) bacterium has been explored in a large area of research fields, including the host pathogen interaction. Although the importance role of NK cells in controlling the first phase of LM burden has been investigated, the interaction between NK cells and infected cells in details are far from being comprehended. From in vivo and in vitro experiments, we can drive several important pieces of knowledge that hopefully contribute to illuminating the intercommunication between LM-infected cells and NK cells. Experimental studies performed in rats revealed that certain NK cell ligands are influenced in LM-infected cells. These ligands include both classical- and non-classical MHC class I molecules and C-type lectin related (Clr) molecules that are ligands for Ly49- and NKR-P1 receptors respectively. Interaction between these receptors:ligands during LM infection, demonstrated stimulation of rat NK cells. Hence, these studies provided additional knowledge to the mechanisms NK cells utilise to recognise and respond to LM infection outlined in the current review.
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Chiffoleau E. C-Type Lectin-Like Receptors As Emerging Orchestrators of Sterile Inflammation Represent Potential Therapeutic Targets. Front Immunol 2018; 9:227. [PMID: 29497419 PMCID: PMC5818397 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2018.00227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2017] [Accepted: 01/26/2018] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Over the last decade, C-type lectin-like receptors (CTLRs), expressed mostly by myeloid cells, have gained increasing attention for their role in the fine tuning of both innate and adaptive immunity. Not only CTLRs recognize pathogen-derived ligands to protect against infection but also endogenous ligands such as self-carbohydrates, proteins, or lipids to control homeostasis and tissue injury. Interestingly, CTLRs act as antigen-uptake receptors via their carbohydrate-recognition domain for internalization and subsequent presentation to T-cells. Furthermore, CTLRs signal through a complex intracellular network leading to the secretion of a particular set of cytokines that differently polarizes downstream effector T-cell responses according to the ligand and pattern recognition receptor co-engagement. Thus, by orchestrating the balance between inflammatory and resolution pathways, CTLRs are now considered as driving players of sterile inflammation whose dysregulation leads to the development of various pathologies such as autoimmune diseases, allergy, or cancer. For examples, the macrophage-inducible C-type lectin (MINCLE), by sensing glycolipids released during cell-damage, promotes skin allergy and the pathogenesis of experimental autoimmune uveoretinitis. Besides, recent studies described that tumors use physiological process of the CTLRs’ dendritic cell-associated C-type lectin-1 (DECTIN-1) and MINCLE to locally suppress myeloid cell activation and promote immune evasion. Therefore, we aim here to overview the current knowledge of the pivotal role of CTLRs in sterile inflammation with special attention given to the “Dectin-1” and “Dectin-2” families. Moreover, we will discuss the potential of these receptors as promising therapeutic targets to treat a wide range of acute and chronic diseases.
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- Elise Chiffoleau
- Centre de Recherche en Transplantation et Immunologie UMR1064, INSERM, Université de Nantes, Nantes, France.,Institut de Transplantation Urologie Néphrologie (ITUN), CHU Nantes, Nantes, France.,IHU Cesti, Nantes, France.,Labex Immunotherapy Graft Oncology (IGO), Nantes, France
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Schwartz JC, Gibson MS, Heimeier D, Koren S, Phillippy AM, Bickhart DM, Smith TPL, Medrano JF, Hammond JA. The evolution of the natural killer complex; a comparison between mammals using new high-quality genome assemblies and targeted annotation. Immunogenetics 2017; 69:255-269. [PMID: 28180967 PMCID: PMC5350243 DOI: 10.1007/s00251-017-0973-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2016] [Accepted: 01/25/2017] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Natural killer (NK) cells are a diverse population of lymphocytes with a range of biological roles including essential immune functions. NK cell diversity is in part created by the differential expression of cell surface receptors which modulate activation and function, including multiple subfamilies of C-type lectin receptors encoded within the NK complex (NKC). Little is known about the gene content of the NKC beyond rodent and primate lineages, other than it appears to be extremely variable between mammalian groups. We compared the NKC structure between mammalian species using new high-quality draft genome assemblies for cattle and goat; re-annotated sheep, pig, and horse genome assemblies; and the published human, rat, and mouse lemur NKC. The major NKC genes are largely in the equivalent positions in all eight species, with significant independent expansions and deletions between species, allowing us to propose a model for NKC evolution during mammalian radiation. The ruminant species, cattle and goats, have independently evolved a second KLRC locus flanked by KLRA and KLRJ, and a novel KLRH-like gene has acquired an activating tail. This novel gene has duplicated several times within cattle, while other activating receptor genes have been selectively disrupted. Targeted genome enrichment in cattle identified varying levels of allelic polymorphism between the NKC genes concentrated in the predicted extracellular ligand-binding domains. This novel recombination and allelic polymorphism is consistent with NKC evolution under balancing selection, suggesting that this diversity influences individual immune responses and may impact on differential outcomes of pathogen infection and vaccination.
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- John C Schwartz
- Livestock Viral Diseases Programme, The Pirbright Institute, Ash Road, Pirbright, Surrey, GU24 0NF, UK
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- Livestock Viral Diseases Programme, The Pirbright Institute, Ash Road, Pirbright, Surrey, GU24 0NF, UK
- CEDOC, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 1150-082, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Livestock Viral Diseases Programme, The Pirbright Institute, Ash Road, Pirbright, Surrey, GU24 0NF, UK
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- Genome Informatics Section, Computational and Statistical Genomics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Genome Informatics Section, Computational and Statistical Genomics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Animal Genomics and Improvement Laboratory, USDA-ARS, Beltsville, MD, 20705, USA
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- Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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- Livestock Viral Diseases Programme, The Pirbright Institute, Ash Road, Pirbright, Surrey, GU24 0NF, UK.
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Cell-surface C-type lectin-like receptor CLEC-1 dampens dendritic cell activation and downstream Th17 responses. Blood Adv 2017; 1:557-568. [PMID: 29296975 DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2016002360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2016] [Accepted: 02/22/2017] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Dendritic cells (DCs) represent essential antigen-presenting cells that are critical for linking innate and adaptive immunity, and influencing T-cell responses. Among pattern recognition receptors, DCs express C-type lectin receptors triggered by both exogenous and endogenous ligands, therefore dictating pathogen response, and also shaping T-cell immunity. We previously described in rat, the expression of the orphan C-type lectin-like receptor-1 (CLEC-1) by DCs and demonstrated in vitro its inhibitory role in downstream T helper 17 (Th17) activation. In this study, we examined the expression and functionality of CLEC-1 in human DCs, and show a cell-surface expression on the CD16- subpopulation of blood DCs and on monocyte-derived DCs (moDCs). CLEC-1 expression on moDCs is downregulated by inflammatory stimuli and enhanced by transforming growth factor β. Moreover, we demonstrate that CLEC-1 is a functional receptor on human moDCs and that although not modulating the spleen tyrosine kinase-dependent canonical nuclear factor-κB pathway, represses subsequent Th17 responses. Interestingly, a decreased expression of CLEC1A in human lung transplants is predictive of the development of chronic rejection and is associated with a higher level of interleukin 17A (IL17A). Importantly, using CLEC-1-deficient rats, we showed that disruption of CLEC-1 signaling led to an enhanced Il12p40 subunit expression in DCs, and to an exacerbation of downstream in vitro and in vivo CD4+ Th1 and Th17 responses. Collectively, our results establish a role for CLEC-1 as an inhibitory receptor in DCs able to dampen activation and downstream effector Th responses. As a cell-surface receptor, CLEC-1 may represent a useful therapeutic target for modulating T-cell immune responses in a clinical setting.
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Natural killer (NK) cells are immune cells that play a crucial role against viral infections and tumors. To be tolerant against healthy tissue and simultaneously attack infected cells, the activity of NK cells is tightly regulated by a sophisticated array of germline-encoded activating and inhibiting receptors. The best characterized mechanism of NK cell activation is “missing self” detection, i.e., the recognition of virally infected or transformed cells that reduce their MHC expression to evade cytotoxic T cells. To monitor the expression of MHC-I on target cells, NK cells have monomorphic inhibitory receptors which interact with conserved MHC molecules. However, there are other NK cell receptors (NKRs) encoded by gene families showing a remarkable genetic diversity. Thus, NKR haplotypes contain several genes encoding for receptors with activating and inhibiting signaling, and that vary in gene content and allelic polymorphism. But if missing-self detection can be achieved by a monomorphic NKR system why have these polygenic and polymorphic receptors evolved? Here, we review the expansion of NKR receptor families in different mammal species, and we discuss several hypotheses that possibly underlie the diversification of the NK cell receptor complex, including the evolution of viral decoys, peptide sensitivity, and selective MHC-downregulation.
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Rother S, Hundrieser J, Pokoyski C, Kollrich S, Borns K, Blasczyk R, Poehnert D, Klempnauer J, Schwinzer R. The c.503T>C Polymorphism in the Human KLRB1 Gene Alters Ligand Binding and Inhibitory Potential of CD161 Molecules. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0135682. [PMID: 26309225 PMCID: PMC4550425 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0135682] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2015] [Accepted: 07/26/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Studying genetic diversity of immunologically relevant molecules can improve our knowledge on their functional spectrum in normal immune responses and may also uncover a possible role of different variants in diseases. We characterized the c.503T>C polymorphism in the human KLRB1 gene (Killer cell lectin-like receptor, subfamily B, member 1) coding for the cell surface receptor CD161. CD161 is expressed by subsets of CD4+ and CD8+ T cells and the great majority of CD56+ natural killer (NK) cells, acting as inhibitory receptor in the latter population. Genotyping a cohort of 118 healthy individuals revealed 40% TT homozygotes, 46% TC heterozygotes, and 14% carriers of CC. There was no difference in the frequency of CD161 expressing CD4+ and CD8+ T cells between the different genotypes. However, the frequency of CD161+ NK cells was significantly decreased in CC carriers as compared to TT homozygotes. c.503T>C causes an amino acid exchange (p.Ile168Thr) in an extracellular loop of the CD161 receptor, which is regarded to be involved in binding of its ligand Lectin-like transcript 1 (LLT1). Binding studies using soluble LLT1-Fc on 293 transfectants over-expressing CD161 receptors from TT or CC carriers suggested diminished binding to the CC variant. Furthermore, triggering of CD161 either by LLT1 or anti-CD161 antibodies inhibited NK cell activation less effectively in cells from CC individuals than cells from TT carriers. These data suggest that the c.503T>C polymorphism is associated with structural alterations of the CD161 receptor. The regulation of NK cell homeostasis and activation apparently differs between carriers of the CC and TT variant of CD161.
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- Sascha Rother
- Transplant Laboratory, Department for General-, Visceral- and Transplantation Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Transplant Laboratory, Department for General-, Visceral- and Transplantation Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Transplant Laboratory, Department for General-, Visceral- and Transplantation Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Transplant Laboratory, Department for General-, Visceral- and Transplantation Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Transplant Laboratory, Department for General-, Visceral- and Transplantation Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department for Transfusion Medicine, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Transplant Laboratory, Department for General-, Visceral- and Transplantation Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Transplant Laboratory, Department for General-, Visceral- and Transplantation Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Transplant Laboratory, Department for General-, Visceral- and Transplantation Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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Lowe KL, Navarro-Núñez L, Bénézech C, Nayar S, Kingston BL, Nieswandt B, Barone F, Watson SP, Buckley CD, Desanti GE. The expression of mouse CLEC-2 on leucocyte subsets varies according to their anatomical location and inflammatory state. Eur J Immunol 2015; 45:2484-93. [PMID: 26173808 PMCID: PMC4737233 DOI: 10.1002/eji.201445314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2014] [Revised: 07/06/2015] [Accepted: 07/10/2015] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Expression of mouse C-type lectin-like receptor 2 (CLEC-2) has been reported on circulating CD11b(high) Gr-1(high) myeloid cells and dendritic cells (DCs) under basal conditions, as well as on a variety of leucocyte subsets following inflammatory stimuli or in vitro cell culture. However, previous studies assessing CLEC-2 expression failed to use CLEC-2-deficient mice as negative controls and instead relied heavily on single antibody clones. Here, we generated CLEC-2-deficient adult mice using two independent approaches and employed two anti-mouse CLEC-2 antibody clones to investigate surface expression on hematopoietic cells from peripheral blood and secondary lymphoid organs. We rule out constitutive CLEC-2 expression on resting DCs and show that CLEC-2 is upregulated in response to LPS-induced systemic inflammation in a small subset of activated DCs isolated from the mesenteric lymph nodes but not the spleen. Moreover, we demonstrate for the first time that peripheral blood B lymphocytes present exogenously derived CLEC-2 and suggest that both circulating B lymphocytes and CD11b(high) Gr-1(high) myeloid cells lose CLEC-2 following entry into secondary lymphoid organs. These results have significant implications for our understanding of CLEC-2 physiological functions.
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- Kate L Lowe
- Centre for Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Centre for Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- MRC Centre for Immune Regulation, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Centre for Translational Inflammation Research, Rheumatology Research Group, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Centre for Translational Inflammation Research, Rheumatology Research Group, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.,Medical School, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Experimental Biomedicine, University Hospital, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Centre for Translational Inflammation Research, Rheumatology Research Group, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Centre for Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Centre for Translational Inflammation Research, Rheumatology Research Group, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Centre for Translational Inflammation Research, Rheumatology Research Group, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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Leibelt S, Friede ME, Rohe C, Gütle D, Rutkowski E, Weigert A, Kveberg L, Vaage JT, Hornef MW, Steinle A. Dedicated immunosensing of the mouse intestinal epithelium facilitated by a pair of genetically coupled lectin-like receptors. Mucosal Immunol 2015; 8:232-42. [PMID: 24985083 DOI: 10.1038/mi.2014.60] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2013] [Accepted: 06/03/2014] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The integrity of the intestinal epithelium is constantly surveyed by a peculiar subset of innate-like T lymphocytes embedded in the epithelial cell layer, hence called intestinal intraepithelial lymphocytes (IELs). IELs are thought to act as "first-line" sentinels sensing the state of adjacent epithelial cells via both T-cell receptors and auxiliary receptors. Auxiliary receptors modulating IEL activity include C-type lectin-like receptors encoded in the natural killer gene complex such as NKG2D. Here, we report that the CTLR Nkrp1g is expressed by a subpopulation of mouse CD103(+) IELs allowing immunosensing of the intestinal epithelium through ligation of the genetically coupled CTLR Clr-f that is almost exclusively expressed on differentiated intestinal epithelial cells (IECs). Most of these Nkrp1g-expressing IELs exhibit a γδTCR(bright)Nkg2a(-) phenotype and are intimately associated with the intestinal epithelium. As Clr-f expression strongly inhibits effector functions of Nkrp1g-expressing cells and is upregulated upon poly(I:C) challenge, Clr-f molecules may quench reactivity of these IELs towards the epithelial barrier that is constantly provoked by microbial and antigenic stimuli. Altogether, we here newly characterize a genetically linked C-type lectin-like receptor/ligand pair with a highly restricted tissue expression that apparently evolved to allow for a dedicated immunosurveillance of the mouse intestinal epithelium.
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- S Leibelt
- Institute for Molecular Medicine, Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institute for Molecular Medicine, Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institute for Molecular Medicine, Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hospital Epidemiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Institute for Molecular Medicine, Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institute for Biochemistry I, Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Immunology, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet and University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Immunology, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet and University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hospital Epidemiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Institute for Molecular Medicine, Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Kveberg L, Sudworth A, Todros-Dawda I, Inngjerdingen M, Vaage JT. Functional characterization of a conserved pair of NKR-P1 receptors expressed by NK cells and T lymphocytes in liver and gut. Eur J Immunol 2014; 45:501-12. [PMID: 25382546 DOI: 10.1002/eji.201444710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2014] [Revised: 10/01/2014] [Accepted: 11/05/2014] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Natural killer cell receptor protein 1 (NKR-P1) molecules are C-type lectin-like receptors modulating cellular responses toward target cells expressing C-type lectin-like related (Clr) molecules. Although the function of the prototypic rat NKR-P1A receptor and its inhibitory counterpart NKR-P1B are known, little is known about NKR-P1F and NKR-P1G apart from their promiscuity for Clr ligands. Here we generated mAbs against both receptors for phenotypic and functional analyses in rat tissues. NKR-P1F induced redirected lysis and robust Ca(2+) signaling in NK cells, which were prevented by simultaneous engagement of NKR-P1G. NKR-P1G also inhibited NK-cell lysis of Clr transfectants. NKR-P1F was expressed by most NK cells and NKR-P1A(+) T cells in all tissues analyzed, and by many NKR-P1A(-) intestinal T cells, while NKR-P1G was expressed by subsets of these cells with highest prevalence in gut and liver. In the intraepithelial compartment, the proportion of NKR-P1A(+) and NKR-P1F(+) cells was high at birth and thereafter declined, while NKR-P1B(+) and NKR-P1G(+) cells increased with age. Expression levels were also modulated by cytokines, with an increase of NKR-P1B and NKR-P1G induced by inflammatory cytokines, and a reduction of NKR-P1A by TGF-β. The physiological impact of NKR-P1 receptors might thus be dependent on age, tissue, and inflammatory status.
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- Lise Kveberg
- Department of Immunology, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway
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Kirkham CL, Carlyle JR. Complexity and Diversity of the NKR-P1:Clr (Klrb1:Clec2) Recognition Systems. Front Immunol 2014; 5:214. [PMID: 24917862 PMCID: PMC4041007 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2014.00214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2014] [Accepted: 04/28/2014] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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The NKR-P1 receptors were identified as prototypical natural killer (NK) cell surface antigens and later shown to be conserved from rodents to humans on NK cells and subsets of T cells. C-type lectin-like in nature, they were originally shown to be capable of activating NK cell function and to recognize ligands on tumor cells. However, certain family members have subsequently been shown to be capable of inhibiting NK cell activity, and to recognize proteins encoded by a family of genetically linked C-type lectin-related ligands. Some of these ligands are expressed by normal, healthy cells, and modulated during transformation, infection, and cellular stress, while other ligands are upregulated during the immune response and during pathological circumstances. Here, we discuss historical and recent developments in NKR-P1 biology that demonstrate this NK receptor–ligand system to be far more complex and diverse than originally anticipated.
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- Christina L Kirkham
- Department of Immunology, University of Toronto, Sunnybrook Research Institute , Toronto, ON , Canada
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- Department of Immunology, University of Toronto, Sunnybrook Research Institute , Toronto, ON , Canada
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Zhang Q, Rahim MMA, Allan DSJ, Tu MM, Belanger S, Abou-Samra E, Ma J, Sekhon HS, Fairhead T, Zein HS, Carlyle JR, Anderson SK, Makrigiannis AP. Mouse Nkrp1-Clr gene cluster sequence and expression analyses reveal conservation of tissue-specific MHC-independent immunosurveillance. PLoS One 2012; 7:e50561. [PMID: 23226525 PMCID: PMC3514311 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0050561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2012] [Accepted: 10/23/2012] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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The Nkrp1 (Klrb1)-Clr (Clec2) genes encode a receptor-ligand system utilized by NK cells as an MHC-independent immunosurveillance strategy for innate immune responses. The related Ly49 family of MHC-I receptors displays extreme allelic polymorphism and haplotype plasticity. In contrast, previous BAC-mapping and aCGH studies in the mouse suggest the neighboring and related Nkrp1-Clr cluster is evolutionarily stable. To definitively compare the relative evolutionary rate of Nkrp1-Clr vs. Ly49 gene clusters, the Nkrp1-Clr gene clusters from two Ly49 haplotype-disparate inbred mouse strains, BALB/c and 129S6, were sequenced. Both Nkrp1-Clr gene cluster sequences are highly similar to the C57BL/6 reference sequence, displaying the same gene numbers and order, complete pseudogenes, and gene fragments. The Nkrp1-Clr clusters contain a strikingly dissimilar proportion of repetitive elements compared to the Ly49 clusters, suggesting that certain elements may be partly responsible for the highly disparate Ly49 vs. Nkrp1 evolutionary rate. Focused allelic polymorphisms were found within the Nkrp1b/d (Klrb1b), Nkrp1c (Klrb1c), and Clr-c (Clec2f) genes, suggestive of possible immune selection. Cell-type specific transcription of Nkrp1-Clr genes in a large panel of tissues/organs was determined. Clr-b (Clec2d) and Clr-g (Clec2i) showed wide expression, while other Clr genes showed more tissue-specific expression patterns. In situ hybridization revealed specific expression of various members of the Clr family in leukocytes/hematopoietic cells of immune organs, various tissue-restricted epithelial cells (including intestinal, kidney tubular, lung, and corneal progenitor epithelial cells), as well as myocytes. In summary, the Nkrp1-Clr gene cluster appears to evolve more slowly relative to the related Ly49 cluster, and likely regulates innate immunosurveillance in a tissue-specific manner.
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- Qiang Zhang
- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Immunology, University of Toronto, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Immunology, University of Toronto, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Kidney Research Centre, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Genetics, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt
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- Department of Immunology, University of Toronto, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- * E-mail: (APM); (JRC); (SKA)
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- Basic Science Program, SAIC-Frederick Inc., Laboratory of Experimental Immunology, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
- * E-mail: (APM); (JRC); (SKA)
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- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- * E-mail: (APM); (JRC); (SKA)
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Sattler S, Ghadially H, Hofer E. Evolution of the C-type lectin-like receptor genes of the DECTIN-1 cluster in the NK gene complex. ScientificWorldJournal 2012; 2012:931386. [PMID: 22550468 PMCID: PMC3322459 DOI: 10.1100/2012/931386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2011] [Accepted: 11/29/2011] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Pattern recognition receptors are crucial in initiating and shaping innate and adaptive immune responses and often belong to families of structurally and evolutionarily related proteins. The human C-type lectin-like receptors encoded in the DECTIN-1 cluster within the NK gene complex contain prominent receptors with pattern recognition function, such as DECTIN-1 and LOX-1. All members of this cluster share significant homology and are considered to have arisen from subsequent gene duplications. Recent developments in sequencing and the availability of comprehensive sequence data comprising many species showed that the receptors of the DECTIN-1 cluster are not only homologous to each other but also highly conserved between species. Even in Caenorhabditis elegans, genes displaying homology to the mammalian C-type lectin-like receptors have been detected. In this paper, we conduct a comprehensive phylogenetic survey and give an up-to-date overview of the currently available data on the evolutionary emergence of the DECTIN-1 cluster genes.
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- Susanne Sattler
- Department of Vascular Biology and Thrombosis Research, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
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Cortes HD, Montgomery BC, Verheijen K, García-García E, Stafford JL. Examination of the stimulatory signaling potential of a channel catfish leukocyte immune-type receptor and associated adaptor. DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 2012; 36:62-73. [PMID: 21703302 DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2011.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2011] [Revised: 06/06/2011] [Accepted: 06/07/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
Abstract
Expressed by various subsets of myeloid and lymphoid immune cells, channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) leukocyte immune-type receptors (IpLITRs) are predicted to play a key role in the initiation and termination of teleost cellular effector responses. These type I transmembrane proteins belong to the immunoglobulin superfamily and display features of immunoregulatory receptors with inhibitory and/or stimulatory signaling potential. Expanding on our previous work, which demonstrated that putative stimulatory IpLITR-types associated with the catfish adaptor proteins IpFcRγ and FcRγ-L, this study focuses on the functional significance of this immune receptor-adaptor signaling complex. Specifically, we generated an epitope-tagged chimeric receptor construct by fusing the extracellular domain of IpLITR 2.6b with the transmembrane region and cytoplasmic tail of IpFcRγ-L. This chimera was stably expressed in a rat basophilic leukemia (RBL) cell line, RBL-2H3, and following cross-linking of the surface receptor with an anti-hemagglutinin monoclonal antibody or opsonized microspheres, the chimeric teleost receptor induced cellular degranulation and phagocytic responses, respectively. Site-directed mutagenesis of the immunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motif encoded within the cytoplasmic tail of the chimera confirmed that these functional responses were dependent on the phosphorylated tyrosines within this motif. Using a combination of phospho-specific antibodies and pharmacological inhibitors, we also demonstrate that the IpLITR/IpFcRγ-L-induced degranulation response requires the activity of Src homology 2 domain containing protein tyrosine phosphatases, phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase, protein kinase C, and mitogen-activated protein kinases but appears independent of the c-Jun N-terminal kinase and p38 MAP kinase pathways. In addition to this first look at stimulatory IpLITR-mediated signaling and its influence on cellular effector responses, the advantage of generating RBL-2H3 cells stably expressing a functional IpLITR-adaptor chimera will be discussed.
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MESH Headings
- Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing/genetics
- Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing/metabolism
- Animals
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/pharmacology
- Basophils/drug effects
- Basophils/immunology
- Basophils/metabolism
- Basophils/pathology
- Cell Degranulation/drug effects
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Fish Proteins/genetics
- Fish Proteins/metabolism
- Ictaluridae
- Immunity, Cellular
- Mutagenesis, Site-Directed
- Phagocytosis
- Phosphorylation
- Protein Structure, Tertiary/genetics
- Rats
- Receptors, IgG/genetics
- Receptors, IgG/metabolism
- Receptors, Immunologic/genetics
- Receptors, Immunologic/metabolism
- Recombinant Fusion Proteins/genetics
- Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism
- Signal Transduction
- Transgenes/genetics
- src Homology Domains/genetics
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Affiliation(s)
- Herman D Cortes
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Identification of a chicken CLEC-2 homologue, an activating C-type lectin expressed by thrombocytes. Immunogenetics 2011; 64:389-97. [PMID: 22205394 DOI: 10.1007/s00251-011-0591-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2011] [Accepted: 11/17/2011] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Receptors on natural killer (NK) cells are classified as C-type lectins or as Ig-like molecules, and many of them are encoded by two genomic clusters designated natural killer gene complex (NKC) and leukocyte receptor complex, respectively. Here, we describe the analysis of an NKC-encoded chicken C-type lectin, previously annotated as homologue to CD94 and NKG2 and thus designated chicken CD94/NKG2. To further elucidate its potential function on NK cells, we produced a specific mab by immunizing with stably transfected HEK293 cells expressing this lectin. Staining of various chicken tissues revealed minimal reactivity with bursal, or thymus cells. In peripheral blood mononuclear cell and spleen, however, the mab reacted with virtually all thrombocytes, whereas most NK cells in organs such as embryonic spleen, lung and intestine were found to be negative. These findings indicate that the gene may not resemble CD94/NKG2, but rather a CLEC-2 homologue, a claim further supported by sequence features such as an additional extracellular cysteine residue and the presence of a cytoplasmic motif known as a hem immunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motif, found in C-type lectins such as Dectin-1, CLEC-2, but not CD94/NKG2. The biochemical analyses demonstrated that CLEC-2 is present on the cell surface as heavily glycosylated homodimer, which upon mab crosslinking induced thrombocyte activation, as measured by CD107 expression. These analyses reveal that the chicken NKC may not encode NK cell receptor genes, in particular not CD94 or NKG2 genes, and identifies a chicken CLEC-2 homologue.
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Paired opposing leukocyte receptors recognizing rapidly evolving ligands are subject to homogenization of their ligand binding domains. Immunogenetics 2011; 63:809-20. [PMID: 21720914 PMCID: PMC3210942 DOI: 10.1007/s00251-011-0553-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2011] [Accepted: 06/16/2011] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Some leukocyte receptors come in groups of two or more where the partners share ligand(s) but transmit opposite signals. Some of the ligands, such as MHC class I, are fast evolving, raising the problem of how paired opposing receptors manage to change in step with respect to ligand binding properties and at the same time conserve opposite signaling functions. An example is the KLRC (NKG2) family, where opposing variants have been conserved in both rodents and primates. Phylogenetic analyses of the KLRC receptors within and between the two orders show that the opposing partners have been subject to post-speciation gene homogenization restricted mainly to the parts of the genes that encode the ligand binding domains. Concerted evolution similarly restricted is demonstrated also for the KLRI, KLRB (NKR-P1), KLRA (Ly49), and PIR receptor families. We propose the term merohomogenization for this phenomenon and discuss its significance for the evolution of immune receptors.
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Naper C, Shegarfi H, Inngjerdingen M, Rolstad B. The role of natural killer cells in the defense against Listeria monocytogenes lessons from a rat model. J Innate Immun 2011; 3:289-97. [PMID: 21430356 DOI: 10.1159/000324143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2010] [Accepted: 01/10/2011] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Ly49 receptors in rodents, like killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors in humans, regulate natural killer (NK) cell activity. Although inhibitory Ly49 receptors clearly recognize classical major histocompatibility complex class I (MHC-I) molecules, the role for the activating Ly49 receptors has been less well understood. Here, we discuss recent data from a rat model for listeriosis. Rats depleted of NK cells, or more specifically the Ly49 receptor-bearing cells, showed increased bacterial loads in their spleen. Athymic nude rats with no functional T cells but increased numbers of Ly49-expressing NK cells were more resistant to infection, indicating a central role of NK cells in early immune defense against Listeria in this species. Listeria infection of macrophages or enteric epithelial cells led to upregulation of MHC-I, including nonclassical (Ib) molecules not regularly recognized by T cells. We have shown that activating Ly49 receptors are more efficiently stimulated when binding to upregulated class Ib antigens on infected cells. From this we postulate that activating Ly49 receptors may have a sentinel function in the early immune response against Listeria in detecting diseased cells 'flagged' by increased MHC-Ib expression.
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- Christian Naper
- Department of Anatomy, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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Kveberg L, Dai KZ, Inngjerdingen M, Brooks CG, Fossum S, Vaage JT. Phylogenetic and functional conservation of the NKR-P1F and NKR-P1G receptors in rat and mouse. Immunogenetics 2011; 63:429-36. [PMID: 21409442 PMCID: PMC3111725 DOI: 10.1007/s00251-011-0520-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2010] [Accepted: 02/17/2011] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Two clusters of rat Nkrp1 genes can be distinguished based on phylogenetic relationships and functional characteristics. The proximal (centromeric) cluster encodes the well-studied NKR-P1A and NKR-P1B receptors and the distal cluster, the largely uncharacterized, NKR-P1F and NKR-P1G receptors. The inhibitory NKR-P1G receptor is expressed only by the Ly49s3(+) NK cell subset as detected by RT-PCR, while the activating NKR-P1F receptor is detected in both Ly49s3(+) and NKR-P1B(+) NK cells. The mouse NKR-P1G ortholog is expressed by both NKR-P1D(-) and NKR-P1D(+) NK cells in C57BL/6 mice. The rat and mouse NKR-P1F and NKR-P1G receptors demonstrate a striking, cross-species conservation of specificity for Clr ligands. NKR-P1F and NKR-P1G reporter cells reacted with overlapping panels of tumour cell lines and with cells transiently transfected with rat Clr2, Clr3, Clr4, Clr6 and Clr7 and mouse Clrc, Clrf, Clrg and Clrd/x, but not with Clr11 or Clrb, which serve as ligands for NKR-P1 from the proximal cluster. These data suggest that the conserved NKR-P1F and NKR-P1G receptors function as promiscuous receptors for a rapidly evolving family of Clr ligands in rodent NK cells.
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- Lise Kveberg
- Department of Immunology, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet and University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Immunology, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet and University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Immunology, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet and University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Institute of Cell and Molecular Biosciences, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, UK
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- Department of Anatomy, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Immunology, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet and University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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Rozbeský D, Kavan D, Chmelík J, Novák P, Vaněk O, Bezouška K. High-level expression of soluble form of mouse natural killer cell receptor NKR-P1C(B6) in Escherichia coli. Protein Expr Purif 2011; 77:178-84. [PMID: 21284957 DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2011.01.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2010] [Revised: 01/25/2011] [Accepted: 01/25/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Mouse NKR-P1C(B6) receptor corresponding to NK1.1 alloantigen is one of the most widespread surface markers of mouse NK and NKT cells in C57BL/6 mice detected by monoclonal antibody PK136. Although functional studies revealed the ability of this receptor to activate both natural killing and production of cytokines upon antibody crosslinking, the ligand for NKR-P1C(B6) remains unknown. In order to initiate ligand identification, structural studies, and epitope mapping experiments, we developed a simple and efficient expression and purification protocol allowing to produce large amounts of pure soluble monomeric mouse NKR-P1C(B6). Our protein encompassed approximately half of the stalk region and the entire C-terminal globular ligand binding domain. The identity of protein that was devoid of N-terminal initiation methionine and had all three expected disulfides closed was confirmed using high resolution ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry. Protein produced into inclusion bodies in Escherichia coli was efficiently refolded into a unique three dimensional structure as confirmed by NMR using (1)H-(15)N-HSQC spectra of uniformly labeled protein. The exceptional purity of the protein should allow its crystallization and detailed structural investigations, and is a prerequisite for its use as a probe in ligand identification and antibody epitope mapping experiments.
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- Daniel Rozbeský
- Department of Biochemistry, Charles University in Prague, CZ-12840 Prague 2, Czech Republic
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Vogler I, Steinle A. Vis-à-Vis in the NKC: Genetically Linked Natural Killer Cell Receptor/Ligand Pairs in the Natural Killer Gene Complex (NKC). J Innate Immun 2011; 3:227-35. [DOI: 10.1159/000324112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2010] [Accepted: 01/06/2011] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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