scholarly journals 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.

1992 ◽  
Vol 175 (1) ◽  
pp. 203-209 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Koyasu ◽  
L D'Adamio ◽  
A R Arulanandam ◽  
S Abraham ◽  
L K Clayton ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
T Cell ◽  
T Cell Receptor ◽  
Cell Receptor ◽  
T Cell Subsets ◽  
Large Granular Lymphocytes ◽  
Receptor Complexes ◽  
Tcr Signal Transduction ◽  
High Affinity Receptor ◽  
Alpha Beta ◽  
Granular Lymphocytes

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.

scholarly journals Activation via the CD3 and CD16 pathway mediates interleukin-2- dependent autocrine proliferation of granular lymphocytes in patients with granular lymphocyte proliferative disorders

Blood ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 78 (12) ◽  
pp. 3232-3240 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Hoshino ◽  
K Oshimi ◽  
M Teramura ◽  
H Mizoguchi
Keyword(s):  
T Cell ◽  
T Cell Receptor ◽  
Nk Cell ◽  
Interleukin 2 ◽  
Cell Lineage ◽  
Cell Receptor ◽  
Cell Phenotype ◽  
Beta Chain ◽  
Alpha Beta ◽  
Granular Lymphocytes

Abstract Granular lymphocytes (GLs) in patients with GL-proliferative disorders (GLPDs) are known to express the interleukin-2 receptor (IL-2R) beta chain (p70–75) constitutively and to proliferate in response to stimulation with IL-2 via the beta chain. In this report, we found that the anti-CD3 monoclonal antibody (MoAb) OKT3 could induce the proliferation of GLs from patients with T-cell lineage GLPDs (T-cell receptor-alpha beta+/CD3+16+), but not that of natural killer (NK) cell lineage GLs (T-cell receptor-alpha beta-/CD3–16+). In contrast, the anti-CD16 MoAb 3G8 that reacts with NK-lineage GLs could induce the proliferation of these GLs but not that of GLs with a T-cell phenotype. Furthermore, the anti-CD16 MoAbs CLB FcR gran1 (VD2) and OK-NK, which react with both T- and NK-lineage GLs, induced the proliferation of GLs with both T- and and NK-cell phenotypes. The proliferative response induced via the CD3 or IgG Fc receptor III (Fc gamma RIII: CD16) pathway was shown to be associated with the IL-2-dependent autocrine pathway by various findings, including the induction of endogenous IL-2 production, the coexpression of the IL-2R alpha chain (p55) and the IL- 2R beta chain, and the inhibition of GL proliferation by anti-IL-2 or anti-IL-2R MoAb. These results suggest that GL proliferation is mediated at least partly through the IL-2-dependent autocrine pathway, and that the TCR/CD3 complex in T-cell phenotype GLs and the Fc gamma RIII in both T- and NK-cell phenotype GLs play a role in their activation in GLPDs.

scholarly journals Activation via the CD3 and CD16 pathway mediates interleukin-2- dependent autocrine proliferation of granular lymphocytes in patients with granular lymphocyte proliferative disorders

Blood ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 78 (12) ◽  
pp. 3232-3240
Author(s):  
S Hoshino ◽  
K Oshimi ◽  
M Teramura ◽  
H Mizoguchi
Keyword(s):  
T Cell ◽  
T Cell Receptor ◽  
Nk Cell ◽  
Interleukin 2 ◽  
Cell Lineage ◽  
Cell Receptor ◽  
Cell Phenotype ◽  
Beta Chain ◽  
Alpha Beta ◽  
Granular Lymphocytes

Granular lymphocytes (GLs) in patients with GL-proliferative disorders (GLPDs) are known to express the interleukin-2 receptor (IL-2R) beta chain (p70–75) constitutively and to proliferate in response to stimulation with IL-2 via the beta chain. In this report, we found that the anti-CD3 monoclonal antibody (MoAb) OKT3 could induce the proliferation of GLs from patients with T-cell lineage GLPDs (T-cell receptor-alpha beta+/CD3+16+), but not that of natural killer (NK) cell lineage GLs (T-cell receptor-alpha beta-/CD3–16+). In contrast, the anti-CD16 MoAb 3G8 that reacts with NK-lineage GLs could induce the proliferation of these GLs but not that of GLs with a T-cell phenotype. Furthermore, the anti-CD16 MoAbs CLB FcR gran1 (VD2) and OK-NK, which react with both T- and NK-lineage GLs, induced the proliferation of GLs with both T- and and NK-cell phenotypes. The proliferative response induced via the CD3 or IgG Fc receptor III (Fc gamma RIII: CD16) pathway was shown to be associated with the IL-2-dependent autocrine pathway by various findings, including the induction of endogenous IL-2 production, the coexpression of the IL-2R alpha chain (p55) and the IL- 2R beta chain, and the inhibition of GL proliferation by anti-IL-2 or anti-IL-2R MoAb. These results suggest that GL proliferation is mediated at least partly through the IL-2-dependent autocrine pathway, and that the TCR/CD3 complex in T-cell phenotype GLs and the Fc gamma RIII in both T- and NK-cell phenotype GLs play a role in their activation in GLPDs.

scholarly journals The T-cell receptor repertoires expressed by CD4+ and CD4- large granular lymphocytes derived from the same patients suggest the persistent action of an immune-mediated selection process

Blood ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 88 (6) ◽  
pp. 2133-2143 ◽  
Author(s):  
E Quiros-Roldan ◽  
A Sottini ◽  
M Gulletta ◽  
R Stellini ◽  
M Puoti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
T Cell ◽  
T Cell Receptor ◽  
Selection Process ◽  
Cell Receptor ◽  
Unknown Etiology ◽  
Molecular Characteristics ◽  
Large Granular Lymphocytes ◽  
Cd8 Cells ◽  
Clonal Proliferation ◽  
Granular Lymphocytes

The lymphoproliferative syndrome with large granular lymphocytes (LGL) is an heterogeneous disorder of unknown etiology. The analysis of T- cell receptor (TCR) genes rearrangements has shown that, in most cases, the disease is associated with clonal proliferation of CD8+CD57+ LGL. However, the putative neoplastic nature of these expansions remains questionable because clonal proliferations of CD8+ cells have recently been found also in physiologic conditions. To obtain more precise information on the mechanisms responsible for LGL expansions, we decided to compare the molecular characteristics of TCRBV chains expressed by LGL with different phenotype and function, but derived from the same patients. To this end, we characterized, at the molecular level, the TCR repertoires of fractionated T-cell populations of two unusual patients with concurrent expansions of CD4+CD57+ and CD4-CD57+ LGL. Our results show that the dominant TCRBV chains expressed by the different CD4+ and CD4- LGL populations were strictly oligoclonal. However, the molecular characteristics of the dominant V-D-J rearrangements also imply that the selection of these clones was not due to a neoplastic event. Rather, our data suggest that these particular LGL proliferations can be ascribed to a chronic T-cell- mediated immune response that involves recognition by the engaged TCR of antigens that are not necessarily presented to immune system in the classical major histocompatibility complex-restricted pathway.

T-cell receptor gene rearrangements and expression in normal human large granular lymphocytes (LGL) and their pathological expansions

1987 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-81
Author(s):  
Anna Pirelli ◽  
Paola Allavena ◽  
Alessandro Rambaldi ◽  
Maria Di Bello ◽  
Paola Pirovano ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
T Cell ◽  
T Cell Receptor ◽  
Receptor Gene ◽  
Cell Receptor ◽  
Gene Rearrangements ◽  
Large Granular Lymphocytes ◽  
Normal Human ◽  
T Cell Receptor Gene ◽  
Granular Lymphocytes ◽  
Cell Receptor Gene

scholarly journals Early molecular events induced by T cell receptor (TCR) signaling in immature CD4+ CD8+ thymocytes: increased synthesis of TCR-alpha protein is an early response to TCR signaling that compensates for TCR-alpha instability, improves TCR assembly, and parallels other indicators of positive selection.

1995 ◽  
Vol 181 (1) ◽  
pp. 193-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
K P Kearse ◽  
Y Takahama ◽  
J A Punt ◽  
S O Sharrow ◽  
A Singer
Keyword(s):  
T Cells ◽  
T Cell ◽  
Positive Selection ◽  
T Cell Receptor ◽  
Cell Receptor ◽  
Tcr Signaling ◽  
Receptor Complexes ◽  
Alpha Beta ◽  
Rag 1 ◽  
Immature Thymocytes

Differentiation of immature CD4+ CD8+ thymocytes into mature CD4+ or CD8+ T cells occurs within the thymus and is dependent upon expression of antigen receptor complexes (T cell receptor [TCR]) containing clonotypic alpha/beta proteins. We have recently found that CD4+ CD8+ thymocytes express low levels of surface TCR because of limitations placed on TCR assembly by the instability of nascent TCR-alpha proteins within the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) of immature thymocytes. Because TCR-alpha/beta expression increases during development, a molecular mechanism must exist for increasing the number of assembled TCR complexes present in immature CD4+ CD8+ thymocytes that have been signaled to differentiate into mature T cells, although no such mechanism has yet been described. In the current report we have examined the molecular consequences of intracellular signals generated by engagement of surface TCR complexes on immature CD4+ CD8+ thymocytes. Isolated TCR engagement generated signals that increased TCR-alpha RNA levels and increased synthesis of TCR-alpha proteins, which, in turn, significantly increased assembly of complete TCR-alpha/beta complexes in CD4+ CD8+ thymocytes. Increased TCR-alpha protein levels in TCR-signaled CD4+ CD8+ thymocytes was the result of increased synthesis and not increased stability of TCR-alpha proteins, indicating that TCR engagement compensates for, but does not correct, the inherent instability of TCR-alpha proteins in the ER of immature thymocytes. Consistent with the delivery by TCR engagement of a positive selection signal, TCR engagement also increased CD5 expression, decreased RAG-1 expression, and decreased CD4/CD8 coreceptor expression in immature CD4+ CD8+ thymocytes. These data identify amplified TCR-alpha expression as an initial response of immature CD4+ CD8+ thymocytes to TCR-mediated positive selection signals and provide a molecular basis for increased surface TCR density on developing thymocytes undergoing selection events within the thymus.

scholarly journals The T Cell Receptor (TRB) Locus in Tursiops truncatus: From Sequence to Structure of the Alpha/Beta Heterodimer in the Human/Dolphin Comparison

Genes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 571
Author(s):  
Giovanna Linguiti ◽  
Sofia Kossida ◽  
Ciro Leonardo Pierri ◽  
Joumana Jabado-Michaloud ◽  
Geraldine Folch ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acids ◽  
T Cell ◽  
T Cell Receptor ◽  
Tursiops Truncatus ◽  
Cell Receptor ◽  
Sequence Alignments ◽  
T Cell Receptor Beta ◽  
Alpha Beta ◽  
Receptor Beta ◽  
Complementarity Determining Region

The bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) belongs to the Cetartiodactyla and, similarly to other cetaceans, represents the most successful mammalian colonization of the aquatic environment. Here we report a genomic, evolutionary, and expression study of T. truncatus T cell receptor beta (TRB) genes. Although the organization of the dolphin TRB locus is similar to that of the other artiodactyl species, with three in tandem D-J-C clusters located at its 3′ end, its uniqueness is given by the reduction of the total length due essentially to the absence of duplications and to the deletions that have drastically reduced the number of the germline TRBV genes. We have analyzed the relevant mature transcripts from two subjects. The simultaneous availability of rearranged T cell receptor α (TRA) and TRB cDNA from the peripheral blood of one of the two specimens, and the human/dolphin amino acids multi-sequence alignments, allowed us to calculate the most likely interactions at the protein interface between the alpha/beta heterodimer in complex with major histocompatibility class I (MH1) protein. Interacting amino acids located in the complementarity-determining region according to IMGT numbering (CDR-IMGT) of the dolphin variable V-alpha and beta domains were identified. According to comparative modelization, the atom pair contact sites analysis between the human MH1 grove (G) domains and the T cell receptor (TR) V domains confirms conservation of the structure of the dolphin TR/pMH.

Lymphoid development in mice congenitally lacking T cell receptor alpha beta-expressing cells

Science ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 256 (5062) ◽  
pp. 1448-1452 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Philpott ◽  
J. Viney ◽  
G Kay ◽  
S Rastan ◽  
E. Gardiner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
T Cell ◽  
T Cell Receptor ◽  
Cell Receptor ◽  
Lymphoid Development ◽  
Receptor Alpha ◽  
Alpha Beta ◽  
Cell Receptor Alpha
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