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Goyarts EC, Vegh Z, Kalergis AM, Hörig H, Papadopoulos NJ, Young AC, Thomson CT, Chang HC, Joyce S, Nathenson SG. Point mutations in the beta chain CDR3 can alter the T cell receptor recognition pattern on an MHC class I/peptide complex over a broad interface area. Mol Immunol 1998; 35:593-607. [PMID: 9823758 DOI: 10.1016/s0161-5890(98)00056-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
Abstract
To study how the T cell receptor interacts with its cognate ligand, the MHC/peptide complex, we used site directed mutagenesis to generate single point mutants that alter amino acids in the CDR3beta loop of a H-2Kb restricted TCR (N30.7) specific for an immunodominant peptide N52-N59 (VSV8) derived from the vesicular stomatitis virus nucleocapsid. The effect of each mutation on antigen recognition was analyzed using wild type H-2Kb and VSV8 peptide, as well as H-2Kb and VSV8 variants carrying single replacements at residues known to be exposed to the TCR. These analyses revealed that point mutations at some positions in the CDR3beta loop abrogated recognition entirely, while mutations at other CDR3beta positions caused an altered pattern of antigen recognition over a broad area on the MHC/peptide surface. This area included the N-terminus of the peptide, as well as residues of the MHC alpha1 and alpha2 helices flanking this region. Assuming that the N30 TCR docks on the MHC/peptide with an orientation similar to that recently observed in two different TCR-MHC/peptide crystal structures, our findings would suggest that single amino acid alterations within CDR3beta can affect the interaction of the TCR with an MHC surface region distal from the predicted CDR3beta-Kb/VSV8 interface. Such unique recognition capabilities are generated with minimal alterations in the CDR3 loops of the TCR. These observations suggest the hypothesis that extensive changes in the recognition pattern due to small perturbations in the CDR3 structure appears to be a structural strategy for generating a highly diversified TCR repertoire with specificity for a wide variety of antigens.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Amino Acid Substitution
- Animals
- Antigen Presentation
- Antigens, Viral/chemistry
- Antigens, Viral/genetics
- Antigens, Viral/immunology
- H-2 Antigens/chemistry
- H-2 Antigens/genetics
- H-2 Antigens/immunology
- Hybridomas/immunology
- Interleukin-2/metabolism
- Lymphocyte Activation
- Macromolecular Substances
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Models, Molecular
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutagenesis, Site-Directed
- Nucleocapsid/chemistry
- Nucleocapsid/genetics
- Nucleocapsid/immunology
- Nucleocapsid Proteins
- Peptide Fragments/chemistry
- Peptide Fragments/genetics
- Peptide Fragments/immunology
- Point Mutation
- Protein Conformation
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/chemistry
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/genetics
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/immunology
- Structure-Activity Relationship
- T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic/immunology
- T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic/metabolism
- Transfection
- Vesicular stomatitis Indiana virus/genetics
- Vesicular stomatitis Indiana virus/immunology
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Affiliation(s)
- E C Goyarts
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
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Chang HC, Smolyar A, Spoerl R, Witte T, Yao Y, Goyarts EC, Nathenson SG, Reinherz EL. Topology of T cell receptor-peptide/class I MHC interaction defined by charge reversal complementation and functional analysis. J Mol Biol 1997; 271:278-93. [PMID: 9268659 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The molecular interactions between the CD8 co-receptor dependent N15 and N26 T cell receptors (TCRs) and their common ligand, the vesicular stomatitis virus octapeptide (VSV8) bound to H-2Kb, were studied to define the docking orientation(s) of MHC class I restricted TCRs during immune recognition. Guided by the molecular surfaces of the crystallographically defined peptide/MHC and modeled TCRs, a series of mutations in exposed residues likely contacting the TCR ligand were analyzed for their ability to alter peptide-triggered IL-2 production in T cell transfectants. Critical residues which diminished antigen recognition by 1000 to 10,000-fold in molar terms were identified in both N15 Valpha (alphaE94A or alphaE94R, Y98A and K99) and Vbeta (betaR96A, betaW97A and betaD99A) CDR3 loops. Mutational analysis indicated that the Rp1 residue of VSV8 is critical for antigen recognition of N15 TCR, but R62 of H-2Kb is less critical. More importantly, the alphaE94R mutant could be fully complemented by a reciprocal charge reversal at Kb R62 (R62E). This result suggests a direct interaction between N15 TCR Valpha E94R and Kb R62E residues. As Rp1 of VSV8 is adjacent to R62 in the VSV8/Kb complex and essential for T cell activation, this orientation implies that the N15 Valpha CDR3 loop interacts with the N-terminal residues of VSV8 with the Valpha domain docking to the Kb alpha2 helix while the N15 Vbeta CDR3 loop interacts with the more C-terminal peptide residues and the Vbeta domain overlies the Kb alpha1 helix. An equivalent orientation is suggested for N26, a second VSV8/Kb specific TCR. Given that genetic analysis of two different class II MHC-restricted TCRs and two crystallographic studies of class I restricted TCRs offers a similar overall orientation of V domains relative to alpha-helices, these data raise the possibility of a common docking mode between TCRs and their ligands regardless of MHC restriction.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Antibodies, Monoclonal
- Antigen-Presenting Cells/immunology
- Binding Sites
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- Cloning, Molecular
- Crystallography, X-Ray
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class I/chemistry
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class I/metabolism
- Humans
- Interleukin-2/biosynthesis
- Lymphoma, B-Cell
- Mice
- Models, Molecular
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutagenesis, Site-Directed
- Point Mutation
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Protein Conformation
- Protein Structure, Secondary
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/chemistry
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/metabolism
- Recombinant Proteins/chemistry
- Recombinant Proteins/metabolism
- Sequence Alignment
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
- Transfection
- Tumor Cells, Cultured
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Affiliation(s)
- H C Chang
- Laboratory of Immunobiology Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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Witte T, Smolyar A, Spoerl R, Goyarts EC, Nathenson SG, Reinherz EL, Chang HC. Major histocompatibility complex recognition by immune receptors: differences among T cell receptor versus antibody interactions with the VSV8/H-2Kb complex. Eur J Immunol 1997; 27:227-33. [PMID: 9022023 DOI: 10.1002/eji.1830270134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The surface residues of the VSV8/Kb complex important for recognition by N15 and N26 alphabeta T cell receptors (TCR) were mapped by mutational analysis and compared to each other and with epitopes of well-characterized Kb specific monoclonal antibodies (mAb). Three features of immune receptor recognition emerge. First, the footprints of the two TCR on VSV8/Kb are similar with more than 80 % overlap between sites. Given that only 8 of 14 surface exposed VSV8/Kb residues identified as critical for TCR interaction are in common, the chemical basis of the N15 and N26 interactions is nevertheless distinct. Second, the cognate peptide is a major focus of TCR recognition: mutation at any of the three exposed side chains (at p1, p4 or p6) abrogates interaction of both TCR as measured by functional T cell activation. Third, in contrast to TCR, mAb bind to discrete segments on the periphery of the alpha1 and/or alpha2 helices without orientational restriction. These findings suggest that unlike soluble antibodies, surface membrane receptor-ligand interactions on opposing cells (i.e. TCR-peptide/ MHC, CD8-MHC) limit the orientational freedom of the TCR in the immune recognition process.
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Affiliation(s)
- T Witte
- Laboratory of Immunobiology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Hermans MH, Malissen B. The cytoplasmic tail of the T cell receptor zeta chain is dispensable for antigen-mediated T cell activation. Eur J Immunol 1993; 23:2257-62. [PMID: 8103746 DOI: 10.1002/eji.1830230931] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The T cell antigen receptor consists of an antigen-binding alpha beta heterodimer and a group of invariant polypeptides denoted CD3-gamma, CD3-delta, CD3-epsilon and CD3-zeta. Whether antigen responsiveness is dependent on the expression of functional CD3-zeta subunit remains controversial. For instance, transfection of a zeta-/eta- variant of the 2B4.11. T cell hybridoma with mutated zeta cDNA that encoded a zeta protein truncated at residue 108, restored the surface expression of T cell antigen receptor complexes with, however, impaired antigen responsiveness [Frank, S. J., Niklinska, B. B., Orloff, D. G., Mercep, M., Ashwell, J. D. and Klausner, R. D., Science 1990. 249: 174.]. In marked contrast, BW5147 transfectants that expressed T cell antigen receptors devoid of functional zeta subunits were still able to trigger the production of interleukin-2 in response to antigen [Wegener, A.-M. K., Letourneur, F., Hoeveler, A., Brocker, T., Luton, F. and Malissen, B., Cell 1992. 68: 83.]. To assess if the above discrepancies may have resulted from the use of different recipient T cells, we transfected a zeta/eta-deficient variant of 2B4.11 (MA5.8) with the very same truncated zeta cDNA we previously used in BW5147. Consistent with our initial observations in BW5147, the cytoplasmic tail of the zeta polypeptide was found dispensable for antigenic responsiveness. Furthermore, a difference between the two recipient T cells was detected when cells were challenged via the Thy-1 and Ly-6 molecules. Once expressed in MA5.8, but not in BW5147, T cell antigen receptor complexes devoid of functional zeta subunits were able to sustain activation initiated via Thy-1 and Ly-6 molecules.
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Affiliation(s)
- M H Hermans
- Centre d'Immunologie, INSERM-CNRS de Marseille-Luminy, Marseille, France
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Shinkai Y, Koyasu S, Nakayama K, Murphy KM, Loh DY, Reinherz EL, Alt FW. Restoration of T cell development in RAG-2-deficient mice by functional TCR transgenes. Science 1993; 259:822-5. [PMID: 8430336 DOI: 10.1126/science.8430336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 331] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Introduction of TCR alpha transgene, TCR beta transgene, or both into RAG-2-/-mice differentially rescues T cell development. RAG-2-/- mice have small numbers of TCR-CD4-CD8-(double negative, DN) thymocytes that express CD3 gamma delta epsilon and zeta proteins intracellularly. Introduction of a TCR beta transgene, but not a TCR alpha transgene, into the RAG-2-/- background restored normal numbers of thymocytes. These cells were CD4+CD8+ (double positive, DP) and expressed small amounts of surface TCR beta chain dimers in association with CD3 gamma delta epsilon but not zeta. RAG-2-/- mice that expressed alpha and beta TCR transgenes developed both DP and single positive thymocytes. Thus, the TCR beta subunit, possibly in association with a novel CD3 complex, participates in the DN to the DP transition.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antibodies, Monoclonal
- Base Sequence
- CD3 Complex/analysis
- CD3 Complex/genetics
- CD4 Antigens/analysis
- CD8 Antigens/analysis
- Cell Membrane/immunology
- DNA-Binding Proteins
- Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
- Gene Expression
- Mice
- Mice, Transgenic
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Molecular Weight
- Oligodeoxyribonucleotides
- Polymerase Chain Reaction/methods
- Proteins/genetics
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/analysis
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/genetics
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta/analysis
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta/genetics
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/immunology
- T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- Thymus Gland/immunology
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- Y Shinkai
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115
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Qian D, Griswold-Prenner I, Rosner M, Fitch F. Multiple components of the T cell antigen receptor complex become tyrosine-phosphorylated upon activation. J Biol Chem 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)53635-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Alexander DR, Brown MH, Tutt AL, Crumpton MJ, Shivnan E. CD3 and CD2 antigen-mediated CD3 gamma-chain phosphorylation in permeabilized human T cells. Regulation by cytosolic phosphatases. Biochem J 1992; 288 ( Pt 1):69-77. [PMID: 1359883 PMCID: PMC1132081 DOI: 10.1042/bj2880069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The role of cytosolic and membrane-associated phosphatases in regulating dephosphorylation of the CD3 antigen gamma-chain has been investigated using streptolysin-O-permeabilized T lymphoblasts and Jurkat T leukaemia cells. Permeabilization of T cells caused a rapid extrusion of cytosolic type 2A phosphatases, but a membrane-associated phosphorylase phosphatase activity remained inside the cells. This activity had the properties characteristic of type 2A phosphatases, being resistant to inhibition by type 1 phosphatase inhibitors, though it was inhibited in a time-dependent manner by ATP or by non-hydrolysable ATP analogues, but not by GTP, CTP, ITP or PPi. The membrane-associated type 2A phosphatase in permeabilized cells did not dephosphorylate the CD3 antigen gamma-chain, suggesting that cytosolic phosphatases dephosphorylate the gamma-chain in situ. Cross-linking the CD2 and CD3 antigens with a bivalent monoclonal antibody in the absence of cytosolic phosphatases induced marked phosphorylation of the CD3 gamma-chain, immunoprecipitated using a novel gamma-chain peptide analogue directed antiserum (TG1). Phosphorylation was inhibited by a protein kinase C (PKC) pseudosubstrate inhibitor, indicating that CD2/CD3-induced gamma-chain phosphorylation is a PKC-mediated event. Activation of T cells either with phorbol 12,13-dibutyrate or by CD2-CD3 cross-linking caused [32P]Pi incorporation into the same gamma-chain Ser residues. The site-mapping data suggested that PKC in situ may incorporate phosphate at the CD3 gamma-chain Ser-123 and Ser-126 residues, but that phosphate is rapidly lost from Ser-123 by cytosolic phosphatase action. Our findings underline the importance of the dual actions of kinases and phosphatases as potential regulators of T cell antigen-receptor complex function.
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Affiliation(s)
- D R Alexander
- Department of Immunology, Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics Research, Babraham, Cambridge, U.K
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Edberg JC, Salmon JE, Kimberly RP. Functional capacity of Fc gamma receptor III (CD16) on human neutrophils. Immunol Res 1992; 11:239-51. [PMID: 1287118 DOI: 10.1007/bf02919130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Receptors for the Fc region of immunoglobulin G (IgG) are a structurally diverse group of molecules. Within the three Fc gamma R families (Fc gamma RI, Fc gamma RII and Fc gamma RIII), the presence of distinct genes and alternative splicing variants leads to a variety of receptor isoforms that are most strikingly different in the transmembrane and intracellular regions. An obvious example of structural variation in the transmembrane and cytoplasmic domains is observed in the Fc gamma RIII family. Fc gamma RIIIB, which is nearly identical to Fc gamma RIIIA in the extracellular domains, lacks both transmembrane and cytoplasmic protein domains and is anchored to the cell through a glycosyl phosphatidylinositol anchor. Analysis of Fc gamma RIII function presents a considerable challenge in understanding the role of different Fc gamma R receptors in polymorphonuclear neutrophil (PMN) function. While one hypothesis for the role of Fc gamma RIII in Fc gamma R-dependent PMN effector functions is that Fc gamma RIII serves as a binding molecule which focuses the IgG ligand for more efficient recognition and intracellular signaling by Fc gamma RII, recent observations from a number of laboratories suggest that Fc gamma RIII on PMN can transduce signals across the membrane independent of ligand-dependent engagement of Fc gamma RII. We will review these data and present recent data which suggest that the role of Fc gamma RIII extends beyond direct initiation of functions to a more complex role of synergistic receptor interactions. These findings will be reviewed in the context of the experimental approaches that have been used to examine the roles of Fc gamma RII and Fc gamma RIII on PMN function.
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- J C Edberg
- Hospital for Special Surgery, Cornell University Medical College, New York, NY 10021
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Clayton L, Diener A, Lerner A, Tse A, Koyasu S, Reinherz E. Differential regulation of T-cell receptor processing and surface expression affected by CD3 theta, an alternatively spliced product of the CD3 zeta/eta gene locus. J Biol Chem 1992. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)35711-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Lerner A, Diener AC, Reinherz EL, Clayton LK. Human genomic sequences corresponding to murine CD3 eta-related transcripts: lack of conservation or expression of homologous human products. Eur J Immunol 1992; 22:2135-40. [PMID: 1322304 DOI: 10.1002/eji.1830220826] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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We have cloned and sequenced human genomic DNA homologous to exons 9 and 10 of the CD3 zeta/eta/theta locus. Although there are open reading frames within the human sequences corresponding to the translated portions of murine exons 9 and 10, we find no evidence of conservation of the encoded polypeptide product. Furthermore, using oligonucleotides derived from these homologous sequences, we are unable to detect human CD3 eta- or CD3 theta-like transcripts by polymerase chain reaction amplification of reverse-transcribed RNA from a variety of human lymphoid tissues. Despite the absence of evidence for conservation of human CD3 eta and CD3 theta, there is a surprising degree of similarity between human and murine nucleotide sequences, not only for exons 9 and 10 (78% and 70%, respectively), but also for the 9/10 intron (71%). A possible mechanism for this conservation is discussed.
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Affiliation(s)
- A Lerner
- Laboratory of Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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Moingeon P, Lucich JL, McConkey DJ, Letourneur F, Malissen B, Kochan J, Chang HC, Rodewald HR, Reinherz EL. CD3 zeta dependence of the CD2 pathway of activation in T lymphocytes and natural killer cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1992; 89:1492-6. [PMID: 1346934 PMCID: PMC48477 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.89.4.1492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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In T lymphocytes, signal transduction through the CD2 adhesion molecule requires surface expression of the CD3-Ti T-cell receptor (TCR) complex. In contrast, in natural killer (NK) cells, CD2 functions in the absence of a TCR. Because the TCR on T lymphocytes and the CD16 low-affinity IgG Fc receptor (Fc gamma receptor type III) complex on NK cells share a common CD3 zeta subunit, we reasoned that CD3 zeta may be critical for CD2 signaling in T lymphocytes and NK cells. Here we show that transfection of a cDNA encoding a transmembrane form of CD16 into TCR- variants of the Jurkat T-cell line results in CD16 expression in association with endogenous CD3 zeta homodimers and restores CD2 signaling function. To test directly the role of CD3 zeta in CD2 triggering, we then transfected human CD2 into each of two murine T-T hybridomas that express TCRs containing either a full-length CD3 zeta subunit or a truncated CD3 zeta subunit incapable of transducing signals. Despite expression of equivalent surface levels of TCR, CD2-mediated signaling is seen only in the T cells containing wild-type CD3 zeta. These findings show that (i) CD16 on NK cells is functionally equivalent to the TCR on T lymphocytes for coupling CD2 to signaling pathways and (ii) CD2 signal transduction depends upon the CD3 zeta subunit of the TCR complex and, by inference, the CD3 zeta subunit of the CD16 complex.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antigens, Differentiation/physiology
- Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte/physiology
- Base Sequence
- CD2 Antigens
- CD3 Complex
- Calcium/metabolism
- Cells, Cultured
- Gene Expression
- Humans
- In Vitro Techniques
- Interleukin-2/biosynthesis
- Killer Cells, Natural/immunology
- Lymphocyte Activation
- Mice
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Oligodeoxyribonucleotides/chemistry
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/physiology
- Receptors, Fc/physiology
- Receptors, IgG
- Receptors, Immunologic/physiology
- Signal Transduction
- T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- Transfection
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Affiliation(s)
- P Moingeon
- Laboratory of Immunobiology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA
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Phosphorylation of multiple CD3 zeta tyrosine residues leads to formation of pp21 in vitro and in vivo. Structural changes upon T cell receptor stimulation. J Biol Chem 1992. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)50741-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Koyasu S, D'Adamio L, Arulanandam AR, Abraham S, Clayton LK, Reinherz EL. T cell receptor complexes containing Fc epsilon RI gamma homodimers in lieu of CD3 zeta and CD3 eta components: a novel isoform expressed on large granular lymphocytes. J Exp Med 1992; 175:203-9. [PMID: 1530959 PMCID: PMC2119082 DOI: 10.1084/jem.175.1.203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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CD3 zeta and CD3 eta form disulfide-linked homo- or heterodimers important in targeting partially assembled Ti alpha-beta/CD3 gamma delta epsilon T cell receptor (TCR) complexes to the cell surface and transducing stimulatory signals after antigen recognition. Here we identify a new TCR isoform expressed on splenic CD2+, CD3/Ti alpha-beta+, CD4-, CD8-, CD16+, NK1.1+ mouse large granular lymphocytes (LGL), which are devoid of CD3 zeta and CD3 eta proteins. The TCRs of this subset contain homodimers of the gamma subunit of the high affinity receptor for IgE (Fc epsilon RI gamma) in lieu of CD3 zeta and/or CD3 eta proteins. The LGL display natural killer-like activity and are cytotoxic for B cell hybridomas producing anti-CD3 epsilon and anti-CD16 monoclonal antibodies, demonstrating the signaling capacity of both TCR and CD16 in this cell type. These findings provide evidence for an additional level of complexity of TCR signal transduction isoforms in naturally occurring T cell subsets.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antigens, Differentiation, B-Lymphocyte/genetics
- Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte/genetics
- CD3 Complex
- Cell Line
- Cells, Cultured
- Cytotoxicity, Immunologic
- Flow Cytometry
- Immunoglobulin E/metabolism
- Lymphocytes/immunology
- Macromolecular Substances
- Major Histocompatibility Complex
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C3H
- Mice, Inbred Strains
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/genetics
- Receptors, Fc/genetics
- Receptors, IgE
- Spleen/immunology
- T-Lymphocytes/immunology
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Affiliation(s)
- S Koyasu
- Laboratory of Immunobiology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts
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Kappes DJ, Tonegawa S. Surface expression of alternative forms of the TCR/CD3 complex. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1991; 88:10619-23. [PMID: 1835791 PMCID: PMC52981 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.88.23.10619] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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T-cell antigen receptor (TCR) heterodimers of both the alpha beta and gamma delta types are expressed at the surface of T cells only in association with a complex of invariant chains called CD3. The requirement for individual CD3 components to achieve TCR surface expression was examined by cotransfection of a non-T-cell line with TCR alpha and beta, as well as CD3 delta, epsilon, gamma, and zeta, cDNAs. Both transient and stable transfectants expressing TCR and CD3 epitopes at the cell surface were generated. By transfection of TCR and CD3 components in different combinations, the TCR chains, as well as the CD3 epsilon and zeta chains, were each shown to be essential for reconstituting surface expression. On the other hand, CD3 delta and gamma chains could be used alternatively, providing evidence for two different types of TCR/CD3 complexes.
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MESH Headings
- Antibodies, Monoclonal
- Antigens, CD/genetics
- Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte/analysis
- Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte/biosynthesis
- Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte/genetics
- CD3 Complex
- Cell Membrane/immunology
- Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
- Flow Cytometry
- HeLa Cells
- Humans
- Macromolecular Substances
- Models, Structural
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/analysis
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/genetics
- Transfection
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Affiliation(s)
- D J Kappes
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Center for Cancer Research, Cambridge, MA
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The high affinity Fc epsilon receptor gamma subunit (Fc epsilon RI gamma) facilitates T cell receptor expression and antigen/major histocompatibility complex-driven signaling in the absence of CD3 zeta and CD3 eta. J Biol Chem 1991. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)98503-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Clayton LK, D'Adamio L, Howard FD, Sieh M, Hussey RE, Koyasu S, Reinherz EL. CD3 eta and CD3 zeta are alternatively spliced products of a common genetic locus and are transcriptionally and/or post-transcriptionally regulated during T-cell development. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1991; 88:5202-6. [PMID: 1828894 PMCID: PMC51840 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.88.12.5202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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The CD3 eta subunit of the T-cell receptor is thought to subserve an important role in signal transduction and possibly T-cell development. Herein we characterize the organization of the mouse CD3 eta gene and show that it is part of one gene locus that also encodes CD3 zeta on chromosome 1. The NH2-terminal sequence of CD3 zeta and CD3 eta, which share the same leader peptide and are identical through amino acid 122 of each mature protein, is encoded by exons 1-7. However, exons 8 and 9 are differentially spliced to give rise to CD3 zeta and CD3 eta: exons 1-8 encode CD3 zeta and exons 1-7 plus 9 encode CD3 eta. RNase protection analysis with RNA from a variety of fetal, neonatal, and adult cell types indicates that expression of both gene products is T-lineage-restricted. Importantly, expression of CD3 zeta and CD3 eta mRNA appears before or on day 16 of fetal gestation. Expression is apparently coordinate since no cell types tested express CD3 zeta or CD3 eta alone. The steady-state level of CD3 zeta mRNA is greater than or equal to 40-60 times that of CD3 eta mRNA. In immature CD4+CD8+CD3low double-positive thymocytes and CD4+CD8-CD3high or CD4-CD8+CD3high single-positive thymocytes, the respective steady-state CD3 zeta and CD3 eta mRNA levels are equivalent, whereas the amount of receptor-associated CD3 zeta and CD3 eta proteins in double-positive thymocytes is approximately 10 times less than in single-positive thymocytes. Nevertheless, the CD3 zeta/CD3 eta protein ratio remains constant in all populations (40-60:1). Furthermore, discordance between mRNA and protein levels for CD3 zeta and CD3 eta is also observed in splenic T cells. Thus, posttranscriptional and/or transcriptional regulatory mechanisms control CD3 zeta and CD3 eta expression during T-cell development.
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- L K Clayton
- Laboratory of Immunobiology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA
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Bauer A, McConkey DJ, Howard FD, Clayton LK, Novick D, Koyasu S, Reinherz EL. Differential signal transduction via T-cell receptor CD3 zeta 2, CD3 zeta-eta, and CD3 eta 2 isoforms. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1991; 88:3842-6. [PMID: 1708889 PMCID: PMC51549 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.88.9.3842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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The T-cell antigen receptor (TCR) consists of an antigen-binding heterodimer, termed Ti, which is noncovalently associated with the invariant CD3 subunits (gamma, delta, epsilon, zeta, and eta). The CD3 zeta and -eta subunits form either homodimeric or heterodimeric structures in turn associated with the other components of the TCR complex. This feature increases the structural complexity of TCRs by creating "isoforms." Both CD3 zeta and -eta are thought to play an important role in signal transduction triggered by antigen/major histocompatibility complex. To compare signaling functions of TCR isoforms, MA5.8, a CD3 zeta-eta- variant of the cytochrome c-specific, I-Ek-restricted T-cell hybridoma 2B4.11, was stably transfected with cDNAs encoding CD3 zeta and/or CD3 eta, and resulting clones were characterized. The findings indicate that signals inducing Ca2+ mobilization, phosphatidylinositol turnover, and interleukin 2 production are each transmitted by the above TCR isoforms. In contrast, tyrosine phosphorylation of the CD3 zeta subunit but not the CD3 eta subunit follows TCR stimulation. Given the general importance of tyrosine phosphorylation for receptor signaling, it is likely that this difference between TCR isoforms plays a regulatory role in T-lineage function by qualitatively or quantitatively altering signaling events.
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- A Bauer
- Laboratory of Immunobiology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA
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Arulanandam AR, Koyasu S, Reinherz EL. T cell receptor-independent CD2 signal transduction in FcR+ cells. J Exp Med 1991; 173:859-68. [PMID: 1706751 PMCID: PMC2190810 DOI: 10.1084/jem.173.4.859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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CD2 subserves both adhesion and signal transduction functions in T cells, thymocytes, and natural killer (NK) cells. In mature T lymphocytes, CD2-mediated signaling function apparently requires surface expression of T cell receptors (TCRs). In contrast, in CD2+ CD3- NK cells and thymocytes, signal transduction through CD2 is TCR independent. To resolve this paradox and characterize TCR-independent triggering mechanisms, we transfected a human CD2 cDNA into a murine mast cell line, C1.MC/57 (Fc epsilon RI+, Fc gamma RII+, Fc gamma RIII+), which is known to produce interleukin 6 (IL-6) as well as release histamine in response to crosslinking of Fc epsilon RI. In the CD2 transfectant, a combination of anti-T11(2) + anti-T11(3) monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) induced a rise in intracellular free calcium [( Ca2+]i), IL-6 production, and histamine release. As expected, no activation was mediated by the same mAbs in C1.MC/57. F(ab)'s fragments of the activatory combination of anti-T11(2) + anti-T11(3) mAbs induced IL-6 in the CD2-transfected mast cells, demonstrating an Fc gamma receptor ectodomain-independent triggering mechanism. In addition, either intact anti-T11(2) or anti-T11(3) IgG alone, which failed to induce [Ca2+]i mobilization in the transfectant, was able to induce IL-6 production. A mAb directed against both Fc gamma RII (previously denoted as Fc gamma RIIb) and Fc gamma RIII (previously denoted as Fc gamma RIIa) inhibits this induction. These results indicate that: (a) Ca2+ mobilization is not essential for IL-6 production; and (b) crosslinking of CD2 and Fc gamma receptors via intact anti-CD2 IgG stimulates IL-6 production. Thus, CD2-mediated IL-6 production occurs by both Fc receptor ectodomain-independent as well as Fc receptor ectodomain-dependent mechanisms in these nonlymphoid cells. Northern blot analysis demonstrates that although the mast cells do not express CD3 zeta or CD3 eta mRNA, they express Fc epsilon RI gamma mRNA. The latter is a known component of Fc gamma RIII as well as Fc epsilon RI, has significant homology to CD3 zeta/eta, and is thought to have a signal transduction function. In these mast cells, CD2 signaling machinery does not require CD3 zeta/eta and may be linked to the Fc epsilon RI gamma subunit. We predict that this subunit or a related structure may confer a TCR-independent signal transduction pathway upon CD2 in CD3- NK cells, thymocytes, and certain B lymphocytes.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antigens, CD/physiology
- Antigens, Differentiation/physiology
- Antigens, Differentiation, B-Lymphocyte/physiology
- Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte/genetics
- Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte/physiology
- Blotting, Northern
- CD2 Antigens
- CD3 Complex
- Calcium/physiology
- Histamine Release
- Humans
- In Vitro Techniques
- Interleukin-6/biosynthesis
- Mast Cells/physiology
- Mice
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/genetics
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/physiology
- Receptors, Fc/physiology
- Receptors, IgE
- Receptors, IgG
- Receptors, Immunologic/physiology
- Signal Transduction
- Transfection
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- A R Arulanandam
- Laboratory of Immunobiology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
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We describe functional simplified T cell and Fc receptor chimeras that are capable of directing CD8+ cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) to specifically recognize and lyse cells expressing HIV envelope proteins. Target cells bearing HLA-DR molecules are not recognized by CTL armed with the chimeras. The variety of cell types in which the native receptors are active suggests multiple possibilities for antiviral intervention through genetic means.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Antigens, CD/immunology
- Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte/immunology
- CD4 Antigens/genetics
- CD4 Antigens/immunology
- CD8 Antigens
- Calcium/metabolism
- Cell Line
- Chimera
- Cytotoxicity, Immunologic
- HIV/immunology
- HLA-DR Antigens/immunology
- Humans
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutagenesis, Site-Directed
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/genetics
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/immunology
- Receptors, Fc/genetics
- Receptors, Fc/immunology
- Viral Envelope Proteins/immunology
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- C Romeo
- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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Recent cDNA and genomic cloning have identified CD3 eta as an alternatively spliced product of the same gene locus that encodes CD3 zeta. Three distinct T-cell receptor isoforms have now been identified. A current view of the signal transduction function of these isoforms in thymocytes and T cells is discussed.
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MESH Headings
- Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte/biosynthesis
- Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte/genetics
- CD3 Complex
- Calcium/metabolism
- Phosphatidylinositols/metabolism
- Protein Biosynthesis
- Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/metabolism
- RNA Processing, Post-Transcriptional
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/genetics
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/immunology
- Signal Transduction/immunology
- Transcription, Genetic
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Affiliation(s)
- S Koyasu
- Laboratory of Immunobiology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
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