Lanier L L, Bakker A B
Dept of Microbiology and Immunology and the Cancer Research Institute, University of California San Francisco, 513 Parnassus Avenue, Box 0414, San Francisco, CA 94143-0414, USA.
Immunol Today. 2000 Dec;21(12):611-4. doi: 10.1016/s0167-5699(00)01745-x.
DAP12, an ITAM-bearing transmembrane adaptor protein, associates non-covalently with receptors in natural killer (NK) and myeloid cells, and provides signaling function via the Syk and ZAP-70 tyrosine kinase activation pathways. Humans and mice lacking DAP12 (DAP12(-/-)) show normal development of hematopoietic cells. However, DAP12(-/-) humans develop presenile dementia and bone cysts, and DAP12(-/-) mice show impaired immune responses.
DAP12是一种含有免疫受体酪氨酸激活基序(ITAM)的跨膜衔接蛋白,它在自然杀伤(NK)细胞和髓细胞中与受体非共价结合,并通过Syk和ZAP-70酪氨酸激酶激活途径发挥信号传导功能。缺乏DAP12(DAP12-/-)的人类和小鼠造血细胞发育正常。然而,DAP12-/-的人类会患上早老性痴呆症和骨囊肿,而DAP12-/-的小鼠则表现出免疫反应受损。