Kumar Lalit, Feske Stefan, Rao Anjana, Geha Raif S
Division of Immunology, Children's Hospital, CBR Institute for Biomedical Research, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 Dec 27;102(52):19063-8. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0509176102. Epub 2005 Dec 14.
The adapter SLP-76 is essential for T cell development and function. SLP-76 binds to the src homology 3 domain of Lck in vitro. This interaction depends on amino acids 185-194 of SLP-76. To examine the role of the Lck-binding region of SLP-76 in T cell development and function, SLP-76(-/-) mice were reconstituted with an SLP-76 mutant that lacks amino acids 185-194. Double and single positive thymocytes from reconstituted mice were severely reduced in numbers and exhibited impaired positive selection and increased apoptosis. Peripheral T cells were also reduced in numbers, exhibited impaired phospholipase C-gamma1 and Erk phosphorylation, and failed to flux calcium, secrete IL-2, and proliferate in response to T cell antigen receptor ligation. Delayed cutaneous hypersensitivity responses and Ab responses to T cell-dependent antigen were severely impaired. These results indicate that the Lck binding region of SLP-76 is essential for T cell antigen receptor signaling and normal T cell development and function.
衔接蛋白SLP - 76对T细胞的发育和功能至关重要。SLP - 76在体外可与Lck的src同源3结构域结合。这种相互作用依赖于SLP - 76的第185 - 194位氨基酸。为了研究SLP - 76的Lck结合区域在T细胞发育和功能中的作用,用缺乏第185 - 194位氨基酸的SLP - 76突变体重建SLP - 76(-/-)小鼠。重建小鼠的双阳性和单阳性胸腺细胞数量严重减少,阳性选择受损,凋亡增加。外周T细胞数量也减少,磷脂酶C - γ1和Erk磷酸化受损,对T细胞抗原受体连接无钙流、不分泌IL - 2且不增殖。迟发型皮肤超敏反应和对T细胞依赖性抗原的抗体反应严重受损。这些结果表明,SLP - 76的Lck结合区域对T细胞抗原受体信号传导以及正常T细胞的发育和功能至关重要。