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Annu Rev Immunol ; 31: 227-58, 2013.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23516982

RESUMEN

Understanding how signals are integrated to control natural killer (NK) cell responsiveness in the absence of antigen-specific receptors has been a challenge, but recent work has revealed some underlying principles that govern NK cell responses. NK cells use an array of innate receptors to sense their environment and respond to alterations caused by infections, cellular stress, and transformation. No single activation receptor dominates; instead, synergistic signals from combinations of receptors are integrated to activate natural cytotoxicity and cytokine production. Inhibitory receptors for major histocompatibility complex class I (MHC-I) have a critical role in controlling NK cell responses and, paradoxically, in maintaining NK cells in a state of responsiveness to subsequent activation events, a process referred to as licensing. MHC-I-specific inhibitory receptors both block activation signals and trigger signals to phosphorylate and inactivate the small adaptor Crk. These different facets of inhibitory signaling are incorporated into a revocable license model for the reversible tuning of NK cell responsiveness.


Asunto(s)
Comunicación Celular/inmunología , Citotoxicidad Inmunológica , Células Asesinas Naturales/inmunología , Activación de Linfocitos/inmunología , Transducción de Señal/inmunología , Animales , Genes MHC Clase I/inmunología , Humanos , Células Asesinas Naturales/metabolismo , Receptores KIR/antagonistas & inhibidores , Receptores KIR/metabolismo
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Immunity ; 57(8): 1769-1779.e4, 2024 Aug 13.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38901428

RESUMEN

Many infections, including malaria, are associated with an increase in autoantibodies (AAbs). Prior studies have reported an association between genetic markers of susceptibility to autoimmune disease and resistance to malaria, but the underlying mechanisms are unclear. Here, we performed a longitudinal study of children and adults (n = 602) in Mali and found that high levels of plasma AAbs before the malaria season independently predicted a reduced risk of clinical malaria in children during the ensuing malaria season. Baseline AAb seroprevalence increased with age and asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum infection. We found that AAbs purified from the plasma of protected individuals inhibit the growth of blood-stage parasites and bind P. falciparum proteins that mediate parasite invasion. Protected individuals had higher plasma immunoglobulin G (IgG) reactivity against 33 of the 123 antigens assessed in an autoantigen microarray. This study provides evidence in support of the hypothesis that a propensity toward autoimmunity offers a survival advantage against malaria.


Asunto(s)
Autoanticuerpos , Inmunoglobulina G , Malaria Falciparum , Plasmodium falciparum , Humanos , Plasmodium falciparum/inmunología , Autoanticuerpos/inmunología , Malaria Falciparum/inmunología , Malaria Falciparum/parasitología , Niño , Preescolar , Adulto , Inmunoglobulina G/inmunología , Inmunoglobulina G/sangre , Femenino , Malí , Masculino , Adolescente , Anticuerpos Antiprotozoarios/inmunología , Estudios Longitudinales , Lactante , Antígenos de Protozoos/inmunología , Adulto Joven , Autoantígenos/inmunología , Estudios Seroepidemiológicos , Persona de Mediana Edad
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Eur J Immunol ; : e2451079, 2024 Jul 18.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-39030753

RESUMEN

Mutations in KRAS are some of the most common across multiple cancer types and are thus attractive targets for therapy. Recent studies demonstrated that mutant KRAS generates immunogenic neoantigens that are targetable by adoptive T-cell therapy in metastatic diseases. To expand mutant KRAS-specific immunotherapies, it is critical to identify additional HLA-I allotypes that can present KRAS neoantigens and their cognate T-cell receptors (TCR). Here, we identified a murine TCR specific to a KRAS-G12V neoantigen (7VVVGAVGVGK16) using a vaccination approach with transgenic mice expressing HLA-A*03:01 (HLA-A3). This TCR demonstrated exquisite specificity for mutant G12V and not WT KRAS peptides. To investigate the molecular basis for neoantigen recognition by this TCR, we determined its structure in complex with HLA-A3(G12V). G12V-TCR CDR3ß and CDR1ß formed a hydrophobic pocket to interact with p6 Val of the G12V but not the WT KRAS peptide. To improve the tumor sensitivity of this TCR, we designed rational substitutions to improve TCR:HLA-A3 contacts. Two substitutions exhibited modest improvements in TCR binding avidity to HLA-A3 (G12V) but did not sufficiently improve T-cell sensitivity for further clinical development. Our study provides mechanistic insight into how TCRs detect neoantigens and reveals the challenges in targeting KRAS-G12V mutations.

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PLoS Pathog ; 19(11): e1011585, 2023 Nov.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37939134

RESUMEN

Natural killer (NK) cells lyse virus-infected cells and transformed cells through polarized delivery of lytic effector molecules into target cells. We have shown that NK cells lyse Plasmodium falciparum-infected red blood cells (iRBC) via antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC). A high frequency of adaptive NK cells, with elevated intrinsic ADCC activity, in people chronically exposed to malaria transmission is associated with reduced parasitemia and resistance to disease. How NK cells bind to iRBC and the outcome of iRBC lysis by NK cells has not been investigated. We applied gene ablation in inducible erythrocyte precursors and antibody-blocking experiments with iRBC to demonstrate a central role of CD58 and ICAM-4 as ligands for adhesion by NK cells via CD2 and integrin αMß2, respectively. Adhesion was dependent on opsonization of iRBC by IgG. Live imaging and quantitative flow cytometry of NK-mediated ADCC toward iRBC revealed that damage to the iRBC plasma membrane preceded damage to P. falciparum within parasitophorous vacuoles (PV). PV were identified and tracked with a P.falciparum strain that expresses the PV membrane-associated protein EXP2 tagged with GFP. After NK-mediated ADCC, PV were either found inside iRBC ghosts or released intact and devoid of RBC plasma membrane. Electron microscopy images of ADCC cultures revealed tight NK-iRBC synapses and free vesicles similar in size to GFP+ PV isolated from iRBC lysates by cell sorting. The titer of IgG in plasma of malaria-exposed individuals that bound PV was two orders of magnitude higher than IgG that bound iRBC. This immune IgG stimulated efficient phagocytosis of PV by primary monocytes. The selective NK-mediated damage to iRBC, resulting in release of PV, and subsequent phagocytosis of PV by monocytes may combine for efficient killing and removal of intra-erythrocytic P.falciparum parasite. This mechanism may mitigate the inflammation and malaria symptoms during blood-stage P. falciparum infection.


Asunto(s)
Malaria Falciparum , Malaria , Humanos , Monocitos , Ligandos , Vacuolas , Malaria Falciparum/parasitología , Eritrocitos/parasitología , Células Asesinas Naturales , Plasmodium falciparum , Malaria/metabolismo , Fagocitosis , Inmunoglobulina G/metabolismo
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Immunity ; 42(5): 826-38, 2015 May 19.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25992859

RESUMEN

Interleukin-2 (IL-2) regulates lymphocyte function by signaling through heterodimerization of the IL-2Rß and γc receptor subunits. IL-2 is of considerable therapeutic interest, but harnessing its actions in a controllable manner remains a challenge. Previously, we have engineered an IL-2 "superkine" with enhanced affinity for IL-2Rß. Here, we describe next-generation IL-2 variants that function as "receptor signaling clamps." They retained high affinity for IL-2Rß, inhibiting binding of endogenous IL-2, but their interaction with γc was weakened, attenuating IL-2Rß-γc heterodimerization. These IL-2 analogs acted as partial agonists and differentially affected lymphocytes poised at distinct activation thresholds. Moreover, one variant, H9-RETR, antagonized IL-2 and IL-15 better than blocking antibodies against IL-2Rα or IL-2Rß. Furthermore, this mutein prolonged survival in a model of graft-versus-host disease and blocked spontaneous proliferation of smoldering adult T cell leukemia (ATL) T cells. This receptor-clamping approach might be a general mechanism-based strategy for engineering cytokine partial agonists for therapeutic immunomodulation.


Asunto(s)
Interleucina-2/antagonistas & inhibidores , Ingeniería de Proteínas , Receptores de Interleucina-2/metabolismo , Transducción de Señal/inmunología , Animales , Línea Celular , Proliferación Celular , Femenino , Regulación de la Expresión Génica , Enfermedad Injerto contra Huésped , Humanos , Interleucina-2/química , Interleucina-2/genética , Leucemia-Linfoma de Células T del Adulto/inmunología , Leucemia-Linfoma de Células T del Adulto/fisiopatología , Ratones , Ratones Endogámicos C57BL , Modelos Moleculares , Mutación , Unión Proteica , Estructura Terciaria de Proteína , Receptores de Interleucina-2/química , Factor de Transcripción STAT5/metabolismo , Análisis de Supervivencia
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Mol Cell ; 62(1): 21-33, 2016 Apr 07.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27058785

RESUMEN

The inhibitory function of killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIR) that bind HLA-C and block activation of human natural killer (NK) cells is dependent on zinc. We report that zinc induced the assembly of soluble KIR into filamentous polymers, as detected by electron microscopy, which depolymerized after zinc chelation. Similar KIR filaments were isolated from lysates of cells treated with zinc, and membrane protrusions enriched in zinc were detected on whole cells by scanning electron microscopy and imaging mass spectrometry. Two independent mutations in the extracellular domain of KIR, away from the HLA-C binding site, impaired zinc-driven polymerization and inhibitory function. KIR filaments formed spontaneously, without the addition of zinc, at functional inhibitory immunological synapses of NK cells with HLA-C(+) cells. Adding to the recent paradigm of signal transduction through higher order molecular assemblies, zinc-induced polymerization of inhibitory KIR represents an unusual mode of signaling by a receptor at the cell surface.


Asunto(s)
Células Asesinas Naturales/inmunología , Receptores KIR/química , Receptores KIR/metabolismo , Zinc/farmacología , Células Cultivadas , Células HEK293 , Antígenos HLA/metabolismo , Humanos , Sinapsis Inmunológicas/metabolismo , Polimerizacion , Receptores KIR/genética , Transducción de Señal
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Eur J Immunol ; 52(9): 1431-1440, 2022 09.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35816444

RESUMEN

It is commonly believed that IL-12 produced by DCs in response to pathogens is the first signal that stimulates the production of IFN-γ by NK cells. However, IL-12 production by DCs in response to bacterial LPS depends on either engagement of CD40 by CD40L on activated T cells or IFN-γ from NK cells. This suggests that during the primary immune response, NK cells produce IFN-γ before IL-12 production by DCs. Here, using single-cell measurements, cell sorting and mouse lines deficient in IL-12, IL-23, type I IFN receptor and the IL-18 receptor, we show that a subset of BM-derived DCs characterized by low expression of MHC class II (MHCIIlow ) stimulates IFN-γ production by NK cells. The expression of Toll-like Receptor (TLR) 4 on DCs but not NK cells was required for such NK-derived IFN-γ. In addition, soluble factor(s) produced by LPS-activated MHCIIlow DCs were sufficient to induce IFN-γ production by NK cells independent of IL-12, IL-23, and IL-18. This response was enhanced in the presence of a low dose of IL-2. These results delineate a previously unknown pathway of DC-mediated IFN-γ production by NK cells, which is independent of commonly known cytokines.


Asunto(s)
Interleucina-12 , Interleucina-18 , Animales , Células Cultivadas , Células Dendríticas , Interferón gamma/metabolismo , Interleucina-12/metabolismo , Interleucina-18/metabolismo , Interleucina-23/metabolismo , Lipopolisacáridos/farmacología , Ratones
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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ; 117(23): 12826-12835, 2020 06 09.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32461371

RESUMEN

Complete cancer regression occurs in a subset of patients following adoptive T cell therapy (ACT) of ex vivo expanded tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs). However, the low success rate presents a great challenge to broader clinical application. To provide insight into TIL-based immunotherapy, we studied a successful case of ACT where regression was observed against tumors carrying the hotspot mutation G12D in the KRAS oncogene. Four T cell receptors (TCRs) made up the TIL infusion and recognized two KRAS-G12D neoantigens, a nonamer and a decamer, all restricted by human leukocyte antigen (HLA) C*08:02. Three of them (TCR9a, 9b, and 9c) were nonamer-specific, while one was decamer-specific (TCR10). We show that only mutant G12D but not the wild-type peptides stabilized HLA-C*08:02 due to the formation of a critical anchor salt bridge to HLA-C. Therapeutic TCRs exhibited high affinities, ranging from nanomolar to low micromolar. Intriguingly, TCR binding affinities to HLA-C inversely correlated with their persistence in vivo, suggesting the importance of antigenic affinity in the function of therapeutic T cells. Crystal structures of TCR-HLA-C complexes revealed that TCR9a to 9c recognized G12D nonamer with multiple conserved contacts through shared CDR2ß and CDR3α. This allowed CDR3ß variation to confer different affinities via a variable HLA-C contact, generating an oligoclonal response. TCR10 recognized an induced and distinct G12D decamer conformation. Thus, this successful case of ACT included oligoclonal TCRs of high affinity recognizing distinct conformations of neoantigens. Our study revealed the potential of a structural approach to inform clinical efforts in targeting KRAS-G12D tumors by immunotherapy and has general implications for T cell-based immunotherapies.


Asunto(s)
Antígenos de Neoplasias/inmunología , Inmunoterapia Adoptiva/métodos , Proteínas Proto-Oncogénicas p21(ras)/genética , Receptores de Antígenos de Linfocitos T/inmunología , Linfocitos T/inmunología , Presentación de Antígeno , Antígenos de Neoplasias/química , Sitios de Unión , Antígenos HLA-C/química , Antígenos HLA-C/inmunología , Humanos , Células Jurkat , Mutación Missense , Proteínas del Tejido Nervioso/química , Proteínas del Tejido Nervioso/inmunología , Unión Proteica , Proteínas Proto-Oncogénicas p21(ras)/química , Proteínas Proto-Oncogénicas p21(ras)/inmunología , Receptores de Antígenos de Linfocitos T/química
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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ; 117(1): 522-531, 2020 01 07.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31871169

RESUMEN

Interleukin 15 (IL-15) is an essential cytokine for the survival and proliferation of natural killer (NK) cells. IL-15 activates signaling by the ß and common γ (γc) chain heterodimer of the IL-2 receptor through trans-presentation by cells expressing IL-15 bound to the α chain of the IL-15 receptor (IL-15Rα). We show here that membrane-associated IL-15Rα-IL-15 complexes are transferred from presenting cells to NK cells through trans-endocytosis and contribute to the phosphorylation of ribosomal protein S6 and NK cell proliferation. NK cell interaction with soluble or surface-bound IL-15Rα-IL-15 complex resulted in Stat5 phosphorylation and NK cell survival at a concentration or density of the complex much lower than required to stimulate S6 phosphorylation. Despite this efficient response, Stat5 phosphorylation was reduced after inhibition of metalloprotease-induced IL-15Rα-IL-15 shedding from trans-presenting cells, whereas S6 phosphorylation was unaffected. Conversely, inhibition of trans-endocytosis by silencing of the small GTPase TC21 or expression of a dominant-negative TC21 reduced S6 phosphorylation but not Stat5 phosphorylation. Thus, trans-endocytosis of membrane-associated IL-15Rα-IL-15 provides a mode of regulating NK cells that is not afforded to IL-2 and is distinct from activation by soluble IL-15. These results may explain the strict IL-15 dependence of NK cells and illustrate how the cellular compartment in which receptor-ligand interaction occurs can influence functional outcome.


Asunto(s)
Proliferación Celular , Células Dendríticas/metabolismo , Subunidad alfa del Receptor de Interleucina-15/metabolismo , Interleucina-15/metabolismo , Células Asesinas Naturales/fisiología , Comunicación Celular/fisiología , Línea Celular , Endocitosis/fisiología , Voluntarios Sanos , Humanos , Proteínas de la Membrana/genética , Proteínas de la Membrana/metabolismo , Proteínas de Unión al GTP Monoméricas/genética , Proteínas de Unión al GTP Monoméricas/metabolismo , Fosforilación/fisiología , Cultivo Primario de Células , Proteína S6 Ribosómica/metabolismo
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Trends Immunol ; 40(12): 1078-1081, 2019 12.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31732285

RESUMEN

The promise of natural killer (NK) cells as effectors in cancer cellular therapy is limited by their expression of dominant inhibitory receptors for human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I. Here, we discuss how chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) engineered to override inhibitory signaling might boost NK cell antitumor responses, independently of blockade of NK cell inhibitory receptors.


Asunto(s)
Vacunas contra el Cáncer/inmunología , Inmunoterapia Adoptiva/métodos , Células Asesinas Naturales/inmunología , Neoplasias/terapia , Receptores Quiméricos de Antígenos/metabolismo , Animales , Citotoxicidad Inmunológica , Ingeniería Genética , Antígenos HLA/metabolismo , Humanos , Células Asesinas Naturales/trasplante , Neoplasias/inmunología , Receptores Quiméricos de Antígenos/genética , Transducción de Señal , Linfocitos T Citotóxicos/inmunología , Linfocitos T Citotóxicos/trasplante
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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ; 116(26): 12964-12973, 2019 06 25.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31138701

RESUMEN

Natural killer (NK) cells have an important role in immune defense against viruses and cancer. Activation of human NK cell cytotoxicity toward infected or tumor cells is regulated by killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIRs) that bind to human leukocyte antigen class I (HLA-I). Combinations of KIR with HLA-I are genetically associated with susceptibility to disease. KIR2DS4, an activating member of the KIR family with poorly defined ligands, is a receptor of unknown function. Here, we show that KIR2DS4 has a strong preference for rare peptides carrying a Trp at position 8 (p8) of 9-mer peptides bound to HLA-C*05:01. The complex of a peptide bound to HLA-C*05:01 with a Trp at p8 was sufficient for activation of primary KIR2DS4+ NK cells, independent of activation by other receptors and of prior NK cell licensing. HLA-C*05:01+ cells that expressed the peptide epitope triggered KIR2DS4+ NK cell degranulation. We show an inverse correlation of the worldwide allele frequency of functional KIR2DS4 with that of HLA-C*05:01, indicative of functional interaction and balancing selection. We found a highly conserved peptide sequence motif for HLA-C*05:01-restricted activation of human KIR2DS4+ NK cells in bacterial recombinase A (RecA). KIR2DS4+ NK cells were stimulated by RecA epitopes from multiple human pathogens, including Helicobacter, Chlamydia, Brucella, and Campylobacter. We predict that over 1,000 bacterial species could activate NK cells through KIR2DS4, and propose that human NK cells also contribute to immune defense against bacteria through recognition of a conserved RecA epitope presented by HLA-C*05:01.


Asunto(s)
Bacterias/inmunología , Epítopos/metabolismo , Antígenos HLA-C/metabolismo , Células Asesinas Naturales/inmunología , Receptores KIR/metabolismo , Secuencias de Aminoácidos/inmunología , Línea Celular , Epítopos/inmunología , Antígenos HLA-C/inmunología , Humanos , Células Asesinas Naturales/metabolismo , Rec A Recombinasas/inmunología , Receptores KIR/inmunología
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Immunity ; 36(4): 600-11, 2012 Apr 20.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22464172

RESUMEN

Natural killer (NK) cell inhibitory receptors recruit tyrosine phosphatases to prevent activation, induce phosphorylation and dissociation of the small adaptor Crk from cytoskeleton scaffold complexes, and maintain NK cells in a state of responsiveness to subsequent activation events. How Crk contributes to inhibition is unknown. We imaged primary NK cells over lipid bilayers carrying IgG1 Fc to stimulate CD16 and human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-E to inhibit through receptor CD94-NKG2A. HLA-E alone induced Crk phosphorylation in NKG2A(+) NK cells. At activating synapses with Fc alone, Crk was required for the movement of Fc microclusters and their ability to trigger activation signals. At inhibitory synapses, HLA-E promoted central accumulation of both Fc and phosphorylated Crk and blocked the Fc-induced buildup of F-actin. We propose a unified model for inhibitory receptor function: Crk phosphorylation prevents essential Crk-dependent activation signals and blocks F-actin network formation, thereby reducing constraints on subsequent engagement of activation receptors.


Asunto(s)
Actinas/metabolismo , Células Asesinas Naturales/inmunología , Proteínas Proto-Oncogénicas c-crk/metabolismo , Células Cultivadas , Antígenos de Histocompatibilidad Clase I/inmunología , Antígenos de Histocompatibilidad Clase I/metabolismo , Humanos , Fragmentos Fc de Inmunoglobulinas/inmunología , Inmunoglobulina G/inmunología , Células Asesinas Naturales/metabolismo , Membrana Dobles de Lípidos , Activación de Linfocitos , Subfamília C de Receptores Similares a Lectina de Células NK/genética , Subfamília C de Receptores Similares a Lectina de Células NK/inmunología , Subfamília C de Receptores Similares a Lectina de Células NK/metabolismo , Subfamília D de Receptores Similares a Lectina de las Células NK/inmunología , Subfamília D de Receptores Similares a Lectina de las Células NK/metabolismo , Fosforilación , Proteínas Proto-Oncogénicas c-crk/genética , Interferencia de ARN , ARN Interferente Pequeño , Receptores de IgG/inmunología , Receptores de IgG/metabolismo , Receptores de Células Asesinas Naturales , Antígenos HLA-E
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J Infect Dis ; 222(7): 1170-1179, 2020 09 01.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32386415

RESUMEN

BACKGROUND: Chronic active Epstein-Barr virus (CAEBV) presents with high levels of viral genomes in blood and tissue infiltration with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-positive lymphocytes. The pathogenesis of CAEBV is poorly understood. METHODS: We evaluated 2 patients with natural killer (NK) cell CAEBV and studied their NK cell phenotype and signaling pathways in cells. RESULTS: Both patients had increased numbers of NK cells, EBV predominantly in NK cells, and immature NK cells in the blood. Both patients had increased phosphorylation of Akt, S6, and STAT1 in NK cells, and increased total STAT1. Treatment of 1 patient with sirolimus reduced phosphorylation of S6 in T and B cells, but not in NK cells and did not reduce levels of NK cells or EBV DNA in the blood. Treatment of both patients' cells with JAK inhibitors in vitro reduced phosphorylated STAT1 to normal. Patients with T- or B-cell CAEBV had increased phosphorylation of Akt and S6 in NK cells, but no increase in total STAT1. CONCLUSIONS: The increase in phosphorylated Akt, S6, and STAT1, as well as immature NK cells describe a new phenotype for NK cell CAEBV. The reduction of STAT1 phosphorylation in their NK cells with JAK inhibitors suggests a novel approach to therapy.


Asunto(s)
Infecciones por Virus de Epstein-Barr/diagnóstico , Células Asesinas Naturales/inmunología , Células Asesinas Naturales/metabolismo , Trastornos Linfoproliferativos/diagnóstico , Transducción de Señal , Adolescente , Adulto , Linfocitos B/inmunología , Linfocitos B/virología , Enfermedad Crónica , Infecciones por Virus de Epstein-Barr/virología , Femenino , Humanos , Células Asesinas Naturales/virología , Trastornos Linfoproliferativos/virología , Masculino , Fosforilación , Estudios Prospectivos , Proteínas Proto-Oncogénicas c-akt/metabolismo , Factor de Transcripción STAT1/metabolismo , Linfocitos T/inmunología , Linfocitos T/virología
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Infect Immun ; 88(3)2020 02 20.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31907195

RESUMEN

Natural killer (NK) cells are key effector cells of innate resistance capable of destroying tumors and virus-infected cells through cytotoxicity and rapid cytokine production. The control of NK cell responses is complex and only partially understood. PD-1 is an inhibitory receptor that regulates T cell function, but a role for PD-1 in regulating NK cell function is only beginning to emerge. Here, we investigated PD-1 expression on NK cells in children and adults in Mali in a longitudinal analysis before, during, and after infection with Plasmodium falciparum malaria. We found that NK cells transiently upregulate PD-1 expression and interleukin-6 (IL-6) production in some individuals during acute febrile malaria. Furthermore, the percentage of PD-1 expressing NK cells increases with age and cumulative malaria exposure. Consistent with this, NK cells of malaria-naive adults upregulated PD-1 following P. falciparum stimulation in vitro Additionally, functional in vitro studies revealed that PD-1 expression on NK cells is associated with diminished natural cytotoxicity but enhanced antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC). These data indicate that PD-1+ NK cells expand in the context of chronic immune activation and suggest that PD-1 may contribute to skewing NK cells toward enhanced ADCC during infections such as malaria.


Asunto(s)
Células Asesinas Naturales/inmunología , Malaria Falciparum/inmunología , Plasmodium falciparum/patogenicidad , Receptor de Muerte Celular Programada 1/metabolismo , Adulto , Factores de Edad , Animales , Citotoxicidad Celular Dependiente de Anticuerpos , Antígeno CD56/metabolismo , Línea Celular , Niño , Proteínas Ligadas a GPI/metabolismo , Humanos , Interleucina-6/metabolismo , Células K562 , Estudios Longitudinales , Malaria/inmunología , Ratones , Receptores de IgG/metabolismo
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J Immunol ; 201(10): 2879-2884, 2018 11 15.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30315139

RESUMEN

Early secretion of IL-12 by mouse dendritic cells (DCs) instructs T cells to make IFN-γ. However, only activated, but not naive T cells are able to license DCs for IL-12 production. We hypothesized that it might be due to different levels of CD40L expression on the surface of these cells, as CD40 signals are required for IL-12 production. Using quantitative cell-free systems incorporating CD40L in lipid bilayers combined with total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy and flow cytometry, we show that as low as ∼200 CD40L molecules/µm2 in combination with IL-4 is sufficient to induce IL-12 production by DCs. Remarkably, CD40L alone is adequate to induce IL-23 secretion by DCs. Thus, although activated T cells have somewhat higher levels of CD40L, it is the combination of CD40L and the cytokines they secrete that licenses DCs and influences the effector class of the immune response.


Asunto(s)
Ligando de CD40/inmunología , Células Dendríticas/inmunología , Interleucina-12/biosíntesis , Interleucina-23/biosíntesis , Activación de Linfocitos/inmunología , Animales , Células Dendríticas/metabolismo , Interleucina-12/inmunología , Interleucina-23/inmunología , Ratones , Ratones Transgénicos
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Immunity ; 32(2): 175-86, 2010 Feb 26.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20189481

RESUMEN

Natural killer (NK) cell cytotoxicity toward target cells depends on synergistic coactivation by NK cell receptors such as NKG2D and 2B4. How synergy occurs is not known. Synergistic phosphorylation of phospholipase PLC-gamma2, Ca(2+) mobilization, and degranulation triggered by NKG2D and 2B4 coengagement were blocked by Vav1 siRNA knockdown, but enhanced by knockdown of c-Cbl. c-Cbl inhibited Vav1-dependent signals, given that c-Cbl knockdown did not rescue the Vav1 defect. Moreover, c-Cbl knockdown and Vav1 overexpression each circumvented the necessity for synergy because NKG2D or 2B4 alone became sufficient for activation. Thus, synergy requires not strict complementation but, rather, strong Vav1 signals to overcome inhibition by c-Cbl. Inhibition of NK cell cytotoxicity by CD94-NKG2A binding to HLA-E on target cells was dominant over synergistic activation, even after c-Cbl knockdown. Therefore, NK cell activation by synergizing receptors is regulated at the level of Vav1 by a hierarchy of inhibitory mechanisms.


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Antígenos CD/metabolismo , Citotoxicidad Inmunológica/inmunología , Células Asesinas Naturales/metabolismo , Subfamilia K de Receptores Similares a Lectina de Células NK/metabolismo , Receptor Cross-Talk/inmunología , Receptores Inmunológicos/metabolismo , Animales , Antígenos CD/genética , Antígenos CD/inmunología , Calcio/metabolismo , Degranulación de la Célula/genética , Degranulación de la Célula/inmunología , Línea Celular Tumoral , Citotoxicidad Inmunológica/genética , Antígenos HLA/genética , Antígenos HLA/inmunología , Antígenos HLA/metabolismo , Antígenos de Histocompatibilidad Clase I/genética , Antígenos de Histocompatibilidad Clase I/inmunología , Antígenos de Histocompatibilidad Clase I/metabolismo , Humanos , Células Asesinas Naturales/inmunología , Células Asesinas Naturales/patología , Ratones , Subfamília D de Receptores Similares a Lectina de las Células NK/metabolismo , Subfamilia K de Receptores Similares a Lectina de Células NK/genética , Subfamilia K de Receptores Similares a Lectina de Células NK/inmunología , Fosfolipasa C gamma/metabolismo , Fosforilación , Proteínas Proto-Oncogénicas c-cbl/genética , Proteínas Proto-Oncogénicas c-vav/genética , ARN Interferente Pequeño/genética , Receptores Inmunológicos/genética , Receptores Inmunológicos/inmunología , Transducción de Señal/inmunología , Familia de Moléculas Señalizadoras de la Activación Linfocitaria , Transfección , Antígenos HLA-E
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Immunity ; 31(1): 99-109, 2009 Jul 17.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19592272

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Cytotoxic lymphocytes kill target cells by releasing the content of secretory lysosomes at the immune synapse. To understand the dynamics and control of cytotoxic immune synapses, we imaged human primary, live natural killer cells on lipid bilayers carrying ligands of activation receptors. Formation of an organized synapse was dependent on the presence of the beta2 integrin ligand ICAM-1. Ligands of coactivation receptors 2B4 and NKG2D segregated into central and peripheral regions, respectively. Lysosomal protein LAMP-1 that was exocytosed during degranulation accumulated in a large and spatially stable cluster, which overlapped with a site of membrane internalization. Lysosomal compartments reached the plasma membrane at focal points adjacent to centrally accumulated LAMP-1. Imaging of fixed cells revealed that perforin-containing granules were juxtaposed to an intracellular compartment where exocytosed LAMP-1 was retrieved. Thus, cytotoxic immune synapses include a central region of bidirectional vesicular traffic, which is controlled by integrin signaling.


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Citotoxicidad Inmunológica , Sinapsis Inmunológicas/inmunología , Células Asesinas Naturales/inmunología , Vesículas Transportadoras/inmunología , Antígenos CD/inmunología , Antígenos CD/metabolismo , Antígenos CD18/inmunología , Antígenos CD18/metabolismo , Degranulación de la Célula/inmunología , Humanos , Sinapsis Inmunológicas/metabolismo , Molécula 1 de Adhesión Intercelular/inmunología , Molécula 1 de Adhesión Intercelular/metabolismo , Células Asesinas Naturales/citología , Células Asesinas Naturales/metabolismo , Antígeno-1 Asociado a Función de Linfocito/inmunología , Antígeno-1 Asociado a Función de Linfocito/metabolismo , Proteínas de Membrana de los Lisosomas/inmunología , Proteínas de Membrana de los Lisosomas/metabolismo , Lisosomas/inmunología , Lisosomas/metabolismo , Subfamilia K de Receptores Similares a Lectina de Células NK/inmunología , Subfamilia K de Receptores Similares a Lectina de Células NK/metabolismo , Perforina/inmunología , Perforina/metabolismo , Receptores Inmunológicos/inmunología , Receptores Inmunológicos/metabolismo , Familia de Moléculas Señalizadoras de la Activación Linfocitaria
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Eur J Immunol ; 46(1): 185-91, 2016 Jan.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26467237

RESUMEN

Killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor/HLA class I (KIR/HLA-I) combinations are associated with disease risk, implicating functional roles for NK cells (NKCs) or KIR(+) T cells. KIR/HLA-I interactions can act through inhibition of NKC activation by target cells and NKC licensing for greater intrinsic responsiveness. We compared licensing conferred by the weaker, HLA-C group 1/KIR2DL3, and the stronger, HLA-C group 2/KIR2DL1, inhibitory combinations. The "rheostat model" predicts weaker licensing by HLA-C1/KIR2DL3 interactions than HLA-C2/KIR2DL1. We analyzed degranulation in NKC subsets expressing single and multiple receptors for HLA-I. NKG2A had the strongest licensing impact, while KIR2DL3, KIR2DL1, and KIR3DL1 were weaker, and not significantly different to each other. Presence of one or two matched HLA-C allotypes did not alter licensing of KIR2DL3(+) and KIR2DL1(+) NKC. Coexpression of activating KIR2DS1 disarmed KIR2DL3(+) and KIR2DL1(+) NKC to a similar extent. KIR3DL1 and NKG2A combined for more enhanced licensing of double-positive NKC than the combination of KIR2DL3 and KIR2DL1. Thus, KIR2DL3 and KIR2DL1 have similar capacity to license NKC, suggesting that inhibitory signal strength and amount of available HLA-C ligands do not correlate with NKC licensing. Altogether, our results show that the basis for disease associations of HLA-C and KIR2DL likely encompasses factors other than licensing.


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Células Asesinas Naturales/inmunología , Activación de Linfocitos/inmunología , Subgrupos Linfocitarios/inmunología , Receptores KIR2DL1/inmunología , Receptores KIR2DL3/inmunología , Citometría de Flujo , Antígenos HLA-C/inmunología , Humanos
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Immunity ; 29(4): 578-88, 2008 Oct 17.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18835194

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Many cellular responses, such as autoimmunity and cytotoxicity, are controlled by receptors with cytoplasmic immunoreceptor tyrosine-based inhibition motifs (ITIMs). Here, we showed that binding of inhibitory natural killer (NK) cell receptors to human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I on target cells induced tyrosine phosphorylation of the adaptor Crk, concomitant with dephosphorylation of the guanine exchange factor Vav1. Furthermore, Crk dissociated from the guanine exchange factor C3G and bound to the tyrosine kinase c-Abl during inhibition. Membrane targeting of a tyrosine-mutated form of Crk could overcome inhibition of NK cell cytotoxicity, providing functional evidence that Crk phosphorylation contributes to inhibition. The specific phosphorylation of Crk and its dissociation from a signaling complex, observed here with two types of inhibitory receptors, expands the signaling potential of the large ITIM-receptor family and reveals an unsuspected component of the inhibitory mechanism.


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Células Asesinas Naturales/inmunología , Proteínas Proto-Oncogénicas c-crk/metabolismo , Receptores KIR/metabolismo , Secuencias de Aminoácidos/inmunología , Animales , Proteína Sustrato Asociada a CrK/inmunología , Proteína Sustrato Asociada a CrK/metabolismo , Factor 2 Liberador de Guanina Nucleótido/inmunología , Factor 2 Liberador de Guanina Nucleótido/metabolismo , Antígenos HLA/inmunología , Antígenos HLA/metabolismo , Antígenos de Histocompatibilidad Clase I/inmunología , Antígenos de Histocompatibilidad Clase I/metabolismo , Humanos , Células Asesinas Naturales/metabolismo , Subfamília D de Receptores Similares a Lectina de las Células NK/inmunología , Subfamília D de Receptores Similares a Lectina de las Células NK/metabolismo , Fosforilación , Proteína Tirosina Fosfatasa no Receptora Tipo 6/inmunología , Proteína Tirosina Fosfatasa no Receptora Tipo 6/metabolismo , Proteínas Proto-Oncogénicas c-abl/inmunología , Proteínas Proto-Oncogénicas c-abl/metabolismo , Proteínas Proto-Oncogénicas c-cbl/inmunología , Proteínas Proto-Oncogénicas c-cbl/metabolismo , Proteínas Proto-Oncogénicas c-crk/inmunología , Proteínas Proto-Oncogénicas c-vav/inmunología , Proteínas Proto-Oncogénicas c-vav/metabolismo , Ratas , Receptores KIR/inmunología , Receptores de Células Asesinas Naturales/inmunología , Receptores de Células Asesinas Naturales/metabolismo , Antígenos HLA-E
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