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Tomaz D, Pereira PM, Guerra N, Dyson J, Gould K, Henriques R. Nanoscale Colocalization of NK Cell Activating and Inhibitory Receptors Controls Signal Integration. Front Immunol 2022; 13:868496. [PMID: 35720315 PMCID: PMC9198454 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.868496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2022] [Accepted: 04/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Natural killer (NK) cell responses depend on the balance of signals from inhibitory and activating receptors. However, how the integration of antagonistic signals occurs upon NK cell-target cell interaction is not fully understood. Here we provide evidence that NK cell inhibition via the inhibitory receptor Ly49A is dependent on its relative colocalization at the nanometer scale with the activating receptor NKG2D upon immune synapse (IS) formation. NKG2D and Ly49A signal integration and colocalization were studied using NKG2D-GFP and Ly49A-RFP-expressing primary NK cells, forming ISs with NIH3T3 target cells, with or without the expression of single-chain trimer (SCT) H2-Dd and an extended form of SCT H2-Dd-CD4 MHC-I molecules. Nanoscale colocalization was assessed by Förster resonance energy transfer between NKG2D-GFP and Ly49A-RFP and measured for each synapse. In the presence of their respective cognate ligands, NKG2D and Ly49A colocalize at the nanometer scale, leading to NK cell inhibition. However, increasing the size of the Ly49A ligand reduced the nanoscale colocalization with NKG2D, consequently impairing Ly49A-mediated inhibition. Thus, our data shows that NK cell signal integration is critically dependent on the dimensions of NK cell ligand-receptor pairs by affecting their relative nanometer-scale colocalization at the IS. Our results together suggest that the balance of NK cell signals and NK cell responses is determined by the relative nanoscale colocalization of activating and inhibitory receptors in the immune synapse.
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- David Tomaz
- Department of Immunology, Wright-Fleming Institute, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
- Department of Immunology, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Medical Research Council Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, University College London, London, United Kingdom
- Bacterial Cell Biology, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal
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- Division of Cell and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Immunology, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Immunology, Wright-Fleming Institute, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Medical Research Council Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, University College London, London, United Kingdom
- Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London, London, United Kingdom
- Optical Cell Biology Lab, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras, Portugal
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Grewal RK, Das J. Spatially resolved in silico modeling of NKG2D signaling kinetics suggests a key role of NKG2D and Vav1 Co-clustering in generating natural killer cell activation. PLoS Comput Biol 2022; 18:e1010114. [PMID: 35584138 PMCID: PMC9154193 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1010114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2021] [Revised: 05/31/2022] [Accepted: 04/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Natural Killer (NK) cells provide key resistance against viral infections and tumors. A diverse set of activating and inhibitory NK cell receptors (NKRs) interact with cognate ligands presented by target host cells, where integration of dueling signals initiated by the ligand-NKR interactions determines NK cell activation or tolerance. Imaging experiments over decades have shown micron and sub-micron scale spatial clustering of activating and inhibitory NKRs. The mechanistic roles of these clusters in affecting downstream signaling and activation are often unclear. To this end, we developed a predictive in silico framework by combining spatially resolved mechanistic agent based modeling, published TIRF imaging data, and parameter estimation to determine mechanisms by which formation and spatial movements of activating NKG2D microclusters affect early time NKG2D signaling kinetics in a human cell line NKL. We show co-clustering of NKG2D and the guanosine nucleotide exchange factor Vav1 in NKG2D microclusters plays a dominant role over ligand (ULBP3) rebinding in increasing production of phospho-Vav1(pVav1), an activation marker of early NKG2D signaling. The in silico model successfully predicts several scenarios of inhibition of NKG2D signaling and time course of NKG2D spatial clustering over a short (~3 min) interval. Modeling shows the presence of a spatial positive feedback relating formation and centripetal movements of NKG2D microclusters, and pVav1 production offers flexibility towards suppression of activating signals by inhibitory KIR ligands organized in inhomogeneous spatial patterns (e.g., a ring). Our in silico framework marks a major improvement in developing spatiotemporal signaling models with quantitatively estimated model parameters using imaging data. Natural Killer cells are lymphocytes of our innate immunity and provide important resistance against viral infections and tumors. NK cells scan the local environment with diverse activating and inhibitory NK cell receptors (NKRs) and remain tolerized or lyse target cells expressing cognate ligands to NKRs. NKRs have been found to form micron sized clusters (or microclusters) as they interact with cognate ligands, and mechanisms regarding how the formation and movements of these microclusters influence NK cell signaling and activation, specifically related to activating NKRs, are often unclear. To this end, we develop a predictive spatially resolved early-time NK cell signaling model to study the interplay between membrane-proximal biochemical signaling events and the kinetics of microclusters of activating NKG2D and inhibitory KIR2DL2 receptors. We used published TIRF imaging data to validate our in silico models and estimate model parameters. Predictions from multiple in silico models are tested against a variety of data obtained from published imaging experiments and immunoassays. Our analysis suggests co-clustering of NKG2D and the guanosine nucleotide exchange factor Vav1 in the microclusters plays a major role in enhancing downstream activating signals. The developed framework can be extended to describe spatiotemporal signaling for other activating NKRs including CD16.
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- Rajdeep Kaur Grewal
- Battelle Center for Mathematical Medicine, Abigail Wexner Research Institute, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
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- Battelle Center for Mathematical Medicine, Abigail Wexner Research Institute, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
- Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
- Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
- Pelotonia Institute for Immuno-Oncology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
- Department of Biomedical Informatics, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
- Biophysics Graduate Program, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
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Orr MT, Lanier LL. Inhibitory Ly49 receptors on mouse natural killer cells. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol 2010; 350:67-87. [PMID: 20680808 DOI: 10.1007/82_2010_85] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
Abstract
The Ly49 receptors, which are expressed in a stochastic manner on subsets of murine natural killer (NK) cells, T cells, and other cells, are encoded by the Klra gene family and include receptors with either inhibitory or activating function. All of the inhibitory Ly49 receptors are characterized by an immunoreceptor tyrosine-based inhibitory motif in their cytoplasmic domain, which upon phosphorylation recruits tyrosine or lipid phosphatases to dampen signals transmitted through other activating receptors. Most of the inhibitory Ly49 receptors recognize polymorphic epitopes on major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I proteins as ligands. Here, we review the polymorphism, ligand specificity, and signaling capacity of the inhibitory Ly49 receptors and discuss how these molecules regulate NK cell development and function.
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Affiliation(s)
- Mark T Orr
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology and the Cancer Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA.
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Engagement of transgenic Ly49A inhibits mouse CD4 cell activation by disrupting T cell receptor, but not CD28, signaling. Cell Immunol 2009; 257:88-96. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cellimm.2009.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2008] [Revised: 03/05/2009] [Accepted: 03/06/2009] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Gays F, Aust JG, Reid DM, Falconer J, Toyama-Sorimachi N, Taylor PR, Brooks CG. Ly49B Is Expressed on Multiple Subpopulations of Myeloid Cells. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2006; 177:5840-51. [PMID: 17056508 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.177.9.5840] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Using a novel mAb specific for mouse Ly49B, we report here that Ly49B, the last remaining member of the C57 Ly49 family to be characterized, is expressed at low levels on approximately 1.5% of spleen cells, none which are NK cells or T cells but which instead belong to several distinct subpopulations of myeloid cells defined by expression of CD11b and different levels of Gr1. Much larger proportions of bone marrow and peritoneal cells expressed Ly49B, all being CD11b+ and comprising multiple subpopulations defined by light scatter, F4/80, and Gr1 expression. Costaining for Ly49Q, also expressed on myeloid cells, revealed that Ly49B and Ly49Q were most strongly expressed on nonoverlapping subpopulations, Ly49Q(high) cells being mostly B220+CD4+ and/or CD8+, Ly49B+ cells lacking these markers. Myeloid populations that developed from bone marrow progenitors in vitro frequently coexpressed both Ly49B and Ly49Q, and Ly49B expression could be up-regulated by LPS, alpha-IFN, and gamma-IFN, often independently of Ly49Q. PCR analysis revealed that cultured NK cells and T cells contained Ly49B transcripts, and Ly49B expression could be detected on NK cells cultured in IL-12 plus IL-18, and on an immature NK cell line. Immunohistochemical studies showed that Ly49B expression in tissues overlapped with but was distinct from that of all other myeloid molecules examined, being particularly prominent in the lamina propria and dome of Peyer's patches, implicating an important role of Ly49B in gut immunobiology. In transfected cells, Ly49B was found to associate with SHP-1, SHP-2, and SHIP in a manner strongly regulated by intracellular phosphorylation events.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/immunology
- Antigens, Differentiation/analysis
- Antigens, Ly/analysis
- Antigens, Ly/genetics
- Antigens, Ly/metabolism
- CD11b Antigen/analysis
- Female
- Inositol Polyphosphate 5-Phosphatases
- Interferon-alpha/pharmacology
- Interferon-gamma/pharmacology
- Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/metabolism
- Killer Cells, Natural/immunology
- Lectins, C-Type/analysis
- Lectins, C-Type/genetics
- Lectins, C-Type/metabolism
- Lipopolysaccharides/pharmacology
- Male
- Mice
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Myeloid Cells/drug effects
- Myeloid Cells/immunology
- NK Cell Lectin-Like Receptor Subfamily A
- Peyer's Patches/cytology
- Peyer's Patches/immunology
- Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases/metabolism
- Phosphorylation
- Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 11
- Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases/metabolism
- RNA, Messenger/analysis
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Rats
- Receptors, Chemokine/analysis
- Receptors, Immunologic/metabolism
- Receptors, NK Cell Lectin-Like
- Spleen/cytology
- Spleen/immunology
- T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- Transcription, Genetic
- Transfection
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Affiliation(s)
- Frances Gays
- Institute of Cell and Molecular Biosciences, The Medical School, Newcastle NE2 4HH, United Kingdom
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Catimel B, Layton M, Church N, Ross J, Condron M, Faux M, Simpson RJ, Burgess AW, Nice EC. In situ phosphorylation of immobilized receptors on biosensor surfaces: application to E-cadherin/beta-catenin interactions. Anal Biochem 2006; 357:277-88. [PMID: 16945320 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2006.07.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2006] [Revised: 07/13/2006] [Accepted: 07/23/2006] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
Abstract
Phosphorylation is a key posttranslational modification for modulating biological interactions. Biosensor technology is ideally suited for examining in real time the role of phosphorylation on protein-protein interactions in signaling pathways. We have developed processes for on-chip phosphorylation of immobilized receptors on biosensor surfaces. These processes have been used to analyze E-cadherin/beta-catenin interactions. Phosphorylation of the intracellular domain (ICD) of E-cadherin modulates its affinity to beta-catenin and consequently the strength of cell-cell adhesion. We have phosphorylated immobilized E-cadherin ICD in situ using casein kinase 1 (CK1), casein kinase 2 (CK2), and src. On-chip phosphorylation of E-cadherin was confirmed using anti-phosphoserine and anti-phosphotyrosine antibodies. The binding of beta-catenin to E-cadherin was analyzed quantitatively. CK1 phosphorylation of E-cadherin increased the binding affinity to beta-catenin from approximately 230 to 4 nM. A similar increase in affinity, from 260 to 4 nM, was obtained with CK2 phosphorylation of E-cadherin. However, phosphorylation by src kinase decreased the affinity constant from approximately 260 nM to 4 microM. Interestingly, phosphorylation of E-cadherin by CK1 or CK2 prevented the inhibition of beta-catenin binding by src phosphorylation.
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- Bruno Catimel
- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Vic. 3052, Australia
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Tolerance of natural killer (NK) cells toward normal cells is mediated through their expression of inhibitory receptors that detect the normal expression of self in the form of class I major histocompatibility complex (MHC-I) molecules on target cells. These MHC-I-binding inhibitory receptors recruit tyrosine phosphatases, which are believed to counteract activating receptor-stimulated tyrosine kinases. The perpetual balance between signals derived from inhibitory and activating receptors controls NK cell responsiveness and provides an interesting paradigm of signaling cross talk. This review summarizes our knowledge of the intracellular mechanisms by which cell surface receptors influence biological responses by NK cells. Special emphasis focuses on the dynamic signaling events at the NK immune synapse and the unique signaling characteristics of specific receptors, such as NKG2D, 2B4, and KIR2DL4.
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- A W MacFarlane
- Fox Chase Cancer Center, Division of Basic Science, Institute for Cancer Research, 333 Cottman Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA
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Smith SS, Patterson T, Pauza ME. Transgenic Ly-49A inhibits antigen-driven T cell activation and delays diabetes. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2005; 174:3897-905. [PMID: 15778344 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.174.7.3897] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Activation of islet-specific T cells plays a significant role in the development of type 1 diabetes. In an effort to control T cell activation, we expressed the inhibitory receptor, Ly-49A, on islet-specific mouse CD4 cells. Ag-mediated activation of Ly-49A T cells was inhibited in vitro when the Ly-49A ligand, H-2D(d), was present on APCs. Ag-driven T cell proliferation, cytokine production, and changes in surface receptor expression were significantly reduced. Inhibition was also evident during secondary antigenic challenge. Addition of exogenous IL-2 did not rescue cells from inhibition, suggesting that Ly-49A engagement does not lead to T cell anergy. Importantly, in an adoptive transfer model, Ly-49A significantly delays the onset of diabetes. Together these results demonstrate that the inhibitory receptor Ly-49A effectively limits Ag-specific CD4 cell responses even in the presence of sustained autoantigen expression in vivo.
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- Sherry S Smith
- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield 62702, USA
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Morris MA, Liu J, Arora V, George TC, Klem J, Schatzle JD, Kumar V, Bennett M. B6 Strain Ly49I Inhibitory Gene Expression on T Cells in FVB.Ly49IB6 Transgenic Mice Fails to Prevent Normal T Cell Functions. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2002; 169:3661-6. [PMID: 12244158 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.169.7.3661] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Inhibitory Ly49 receptors expressed on NK cells provide a mechanism for tolerance to normal self tissues. The immunoregulatory tyrosine-based inhibitory motifs present in some Ly49s are able to transmit an inhibitory signal upon ligation by MHC class I ligands. In our system, as well as others, mice transgenic for inhibitory Ly49 receptors express these receptors on both NK and T cells. FVB (H2(q)) mice transgenic for the B6 strain Ly49I (Ly49I(B6)) express the inhibitory Ly49 receptor on the surface of both T and NK cells. Although Ly49I functions to prevent NK-mediated rejection of H2(b) donor bone marrow cells in this transgenic mouse strain, the T cells do not appear to be affected by the expression of the Ly49I transgene. FVB.Ly49I T cells have normal proliferative capabilities both in vitro and in vivo in response to the Ly49I ligand, H2(b). In vivo functional T cell assays were also done, showing that transgenic T cells were not functionally affected. T cells in these mice also appear to undergo normal T cell development and activation. Only upon stimulation with suboptimal doses of anti-CD3 in the presence of anti-Ly49I is T cell proliferation inhibited. These data are in contrast with findings in Ly49A, and Ly49G2 receptor transgenic models. Perhaps Ly49I-H2(b) interactions are weaker or of lower avidity than Ly49A-H-2D(d) interactions, especially in T cells.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antigens, Ly/biosynthesis
- Antigens, Ly/genetics
- Cell Differentiation/genetics
- Cell Differentiation/immunology
- Gene Expression Regulation/immunology
- Immunologic Memory/genetics
- Immunophenotyping
- Killer Cells, Natural/immunology
- Killer Cells, Natural/metabolism
- Lymphocyte Activation/genetics
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Inbred Strains
- Mice, Transgenic
- Receptors, Immunologic/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Immunologic/genetics
- Suppressor Factors, Immunologic/biosynthesis
- Suppressor Factors, Immunologic/genetics
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/cytology
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/immunology
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/metabolism
- Transgenes/immunology
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Affiliation(s)
- Margaret A Morris
- Department of Pathology, Laboratory of Molecular Pathology, and Graduate Program in Immunology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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Wang JW, Howson JM, Ghansah T, Desponts C, Ninos JM, May SL, Nguyen KHT, Toyama-Sorimachi N, Kerr WG. Influence of SHIP on the NK repertoire and allogeneic bone marrow transplantation. Science 2002; 295:2094-7. [PMID: 11896280 DOI: 10.1126/science.1068438] [Citation(s) in RCA: 129] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Natural killer cell (NK) receptors for major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I influence engraftment and graft-versus-tumor effects after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation. We find that SH2-containing inositol phosphatase (SHIP) influences the repertoire of NK receptors. In adult SHIP-/- mice, the NK compartment is dominated by cells that express two inhibitory receptors capable of binding either self or allogeneic MHC ligands. This promiscuous repertoire has significant functional consequences, because SHIP-/- mice fail to reject fully mismatched allogeneic marrow grafts and show enhanced survival after such transplants. Thus, SHIP plays an important role in two processes that limit the success of allogeneic marrow transplantation: graft rejection and graft-versus-host disease.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antigens, CD/metabolism
- Antigens, Ly
- Bone Marrow Transplantation/immunology
- Cell Survival
- Graft Rejection/immunology
- Graft Survival
- Graft vs Host Disease/immunology
- H-2 Antigens/immunology
- H-2 Antigens/metabolism
- Haplotypes
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class I/immunology
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class I/metabolism
- Killer Cells, Natural/enzymology
- Killer Cells, Natural/immunology
- Killer Cells, Natural/metabolism
- Lectins, C-Type
- Ligands
- Lymphocyte Count
- Lymphocyte Subsets/immunology
- Lymphocyte Subsets/metabolism
- Membrane Glycoproteins/metabolism
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred A
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- NK Cell Lectin-Like Receptor Subfamily D
- Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases/metabolism
- Phosphatidylinositol-3,4,5-Trisphosphate 5-Phosphatases
- Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases/chemistry
- Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases/genetics
- Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases/metabolism
- Phosphorylation
- Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins/metabolism
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt
- Receptors, Immunologic/metabolism
- Receptors, NK Cell Lectin-Like
- Signal Transduction
- Transplantation, Homologous
- src Homology Domains
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Affiliation(s)
- Jia-Wang Wang
- Immunology Program, H. Lee Moffitt Comprehensive Cancer Center and Research Institute, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
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Fahlén L, Lendahl U, Sentman CL. MHC Class I-Ly49 Interactions Shape the Ly49 Repertoire on Murine NK Cells. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2001; 166:6585-92. [PMID: 11359811 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.166.11.6585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
Abstract
This study aims to determine how the interaction of Ly49 receptors with MHC class I molecules shapes the development of the Ly49 repertoire. We have examined the percentage of NK cells that expressed Ly49A, Ly49G2, and Ly49D in single and double Ly49A/C-transgenic mice on four different MHC backgrounds, H-2(b), H-2(d), H-2(b/d), and beta(2)-microglobulin(-/-). The results show that the total numbers of NK cells were not different among the strains. The prior expression of a Ly49 receptor capable of binding to self MHC class I altered the percentage of NK cells expressing endogenous Ly49A, Ly49G2, and Ly49D even in mice in which no MHC ligand was present for the latter receptors. The NK cells in the Ly49-transgenic mice expressed the same level of endogenous Ly49 receptors as wild-type mice of a similar MHC background. In contrast, the number of NK T cells was reduced in mice in which the Ly49 transgene could bind to a MHC class I molecule. The onset of Ly49 receptor expression on NK cells during ontogeny was not altered in the presence of transgenic Ly49 receptors. These data support a sequential model and argue against a selection model for Ly49 repertoire development on NK cells.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Animals, Newborn/genetics
- Animals, Newborn/growth & development
- Animals, Newborn/immunology
- Antigens, Ly/biosynthesis
- Antigens, Ly/genetics
- Antigens, Ly/metabolism
- Carrier Proteins/biosynthesis
- Carrier Proteins/genetics
- Cell Differentiation/genetics
- Cell Differentiation/immunology
- Gene Expression Regulation/genetics
- Gene Expression Regulation/immunology
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class I/metabolism
- Humans
- Killer Cells, Natural/cytology
- Killer Cells, Natural/immunology
- Killer Cells, Natural/metabolism
- Lectins, C-Type
- Liver/immunology
- Liver/metabolism
- Liver/pathology
- Lymphocyte Count
- Lymphopenia/genetics
- Membrane Glycoproteins/biosynthesis
- Membrane Glycoproteins/genetics
- Membrane Glycoproteins/metabolism
- Membrane Proteins/biosynthesis
- Membrane Proteins/genetics
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Transgenic
- NK Cell Lectin-Like Receptor Subfamily A
- Receptors, Immunologic/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Immunologic/genetics
- Receptors, NK Cell Lectin-Like
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/immunology
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/metabolism
- Transgenes/immunology
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Affiliation(s)
- L Fahlén
- Umeå Center for Molecular Pathogenesis, Umeå University, SE-901 87 Umeå, Sweden
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The application of surface plasmon resonance biosensors in life sciences and pharmaceutical research continues to increase. This review provides a comprehensive list of the commercial 1999 SPR biosensor literature and highlights emerging applications that are of general interest to users of the technology. Given the variability in the quality of published biosensor data, we present some general guidelines to help increase confidence in the results reported from biosensor analyses.
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Affiliation(s)
- R L Rich
- Center for Biomolecular Interaction Analysis, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City 84132, USA
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In this study we investigated the balance between activating and inhibitory signals during T cell activation. We have used transgenic mice in which CD8+ T cells expressed an inhibitory receptor, Ly49A, and a specific activating alphabeta TCR. This TCR recognizes an lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus peptide in combination with H-2Db. We observed a quantitative influence on cellular responses that depended upon the activating signals received through the TCR and the inhibitory signals received through Ly49A. By varying the peptide concentration given to stimulating cells or target cells, we could adjust the amount of ligand available to trigger the TCR. At low doses of peptide, Ly49A-expressing T cells were unresponsive on target cells that expressed H-2Dd, but responded against target cells without H-2Dd. However, this inhibition could be overcome by increasing the peptide concentration or by addition of anti-Ly49A F(ab')2 fragments. Thus, rather than behaving as simple "off" switches, our data indicate that Ly49 receptors modulate T cell signaling so that higher amounts of activating signals are required for effector-cell responses.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antigens, Ly
- Antigens, Viral/immunology
- Crosses, Genetic
- Cytotoxicity, Immunologic
- H-2 Antigens/immunology
- Histocompatibility Antigen H-2D
- Lectins, C-Type
- Lymphocyte Activation
- Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus/immunology
- Lymphoma, T-Cell/pathology
- Membrane Glycoproteins/biosynthesis
- Membrane Glycoproteins/genetics
- Membrane Glycoproteins/immunology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Transgenic
- NK Cell Lectin-Like Receptor Subfamily A
- Peptide Fragments/immunology
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/genetics
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/immunology
- Receptors, Immunologic/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Immunologic/genetics
- Receptors, Immunologic/immunology
- Receptors, NK Cell Lectin-Like
- T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- T-Lymphocytes/metabolism
- Tumor Cells, Cultured
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Affiliation(s)
- L Oberg
- Umeå Center for Molecular Pathogenesis, Umeå University, Sweden
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Zhang J, Somani AK, Siminovitch KA. Roles of the SHP-1 tyrosine phosphatase in the negative regulation of cell signalling. Semin Immunol 2000; 12:361-78. [PMID: 10995583 DOI: 10.1006/smim.2000.0223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 257] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
Abstract
The critical role for the SH2 domain-containing SHP-1 tyrosine phosphatase in regulating haemopoietic cell behaviour was initially revealed by data linking SHP-1 deficiency to the systemic autoimmunity and severe inflammation exhibited by motheaten mice. This discovery laid the groundwork for the identification of SHP-1 as an inhibitor of activation-promoting signalling cascades and for the coincident demonstration that protein tyrosine phosphatases (PTPs) such as SHP-1 show considerable specificity with respect to the mechanisms whereby they modulate the biochemical and biological sequelae of extracellular simulation. As outlined in this review, SHP-1 has now been implicated in the regulation of a myriad of signalling cascades and cell functions. As a result, the cumulative data generated from studies of this PTP have elucidated not only the functional relevance of SHP-1, but also a number of novel paradigms as to the molecular mechanisms whereby signalling cascades are regulated so as to either augment or abrogate specific cell behaviours.
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Affiliation(s)
- J Zhang
- Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5G 1X5
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