Medical Research Council (MRC) Centre for Immune Regulation, School of Immunity and Infection, Institute of Biomedical Research, University of Birmingham Medical School, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK.
Science. 2011 Apr 29;332(6029):600-3. doi: 10.1126/science.1202947. Epub 2011 Apr 7.
Cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen 4 (CTLA-4) is an essential negative regulator of T cell immune responses whose mechanism of action is the subject of debate. CTLA-4 shares two ligands (CD80 and CD86) with a stimulatory receptor, CD28. Here, we show that CTLA-4 can capture its ligands from opposing cells by a process of trans-endocytosis. After removal, these costimulatory ligands are degraded inside CTLA-4-expressing cells, resulting in impaired costimulation via CD28. Acquisition of CD86 from antigen-presenting cells is stimulated by T cell receptor engagement and observed in vitro and in vivo. These data reveal a mechanism of immune regulation in which CTLA-4 acts as an effector molecule to inhibit CD28 costimulation by the cell-extrinsic depletion of ligands, accounting for many of the known features of the CD28-CTLA-4 system.
细胞毒性 T 淋巴细胞相关抗原 4(CTLA-4)是 T 细胞免疫反应的一个必要的负调控因子,其作用机制仍存在争议。CTLA-4 与其共刺激受体 CD28 共享两个配体(CD80 和 CD86)。在这里,我们证明 CTLA-4 可以通过跨内吞作用从相反的细胞中捕获其配体。配体被去除后,这些共刺激配体在表达 CTLA-4 的细胞内被降解,导致通过 CD28 的共刺激受损。T 细胞受体的结合刺激了从抗原呈递细胞中获得 CD86,并在体外和体内观察到。这些数据揭示了一种免疫调节机制,其中 CTLA-4 作为效应分子,通过细胞外配体的耗竭来抑制 CD28 的共刺激,这解释了 CD28-CTLA-4 系统的许多已知特征。