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1.
bioRxiv ; 2024 Jun 06.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38895234

RESUMO

Natural killer (NK) cells recognize target cells through germline-encoded activation and inhibitory receptors enabling effective immunity against viruses and cancer. The Ly49 receptor family in the mouse and killer immunoglobin-like receptor family in humans play a central role in NK cell immunity through recognition of MHC class I and related molecules. Functionally, these receptor families are involved in licensing and rejection of MHC-I-deficient cells through missing-self. The Ly49 family is highly polymorphic, making it challenging to detail the contributions of individual Ly49 receptors to NK cell function. Herein, we showed mice lacking expression of all Ly49s were unable to reject missing-self target cells in vivo, were defective in NK cell licensing, and displayed lower KLRG1 on the surface of NK cells. Expression of Ly49A alone on a H-2Dd background restored missing-self target cell rejection, NK cell licensing, and NK cell KLRG1 expression. Thus, a single inhibitory Ly49 receptor is sufficient to license NK cells and mediate missing-self in vivo.

2.
Nat Commun ; 15(1): 4839, 2024 Jun 06.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38844462

RESUMO

Comparative genomics has revealed the rapid expansion of multiple gene families involved in immunity. Members within each gene family often evolved distinct roles in immunity. However, less is known about the evolution of their epigenome and cis-regulation. Here we systematically profile the epigenome of the recently expanded murine Ly49 gene family that mainly encode either inhibitory or activating surface receptors on natural killer cells. We identify a set of cis-regulatory elements (CREs) for activating Ly49 genes. In addition, we show that in mice, inhibitory and activating Ly49 genes are regulated by two separate sets of proximal CREs, likely resulting from lineage-specific losses of CRE activity. Furthermore, we find that some Ly49 genes are cross-regulated by the CREs of other Ly49 genes, suggesting that the Ly49 family has begun to evolve a concerted cis-regulatory mechanism. Collectively, we demonstrate the different modes of cis-regulatory evolution for a rapidly expanding gene family.


Assuntos
Evolução Molecular , Família Multigênica , Subfamília A de Receptores Semelhantes a Lectina de Células NK , Animais , Camundongos , Subfamília A de Receptores Semelhantes a Lectina de Células NK/genética , Subfamília A de Receptores Semelhantes a Lectina de Células NK/metabolismo , Sequências Reguladoras de Ácido Nucleico/genética , Regulação da Expressão Gênica , Células Matadoras Naturais/imunologia , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL
3.
Elife ; 92020 07 29.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32723479

RESUMO

Recognition of DNA viruses, such as cytomegaloviruses (CMVs), through pattern-recognition receptor (PRR) pathways involving MyD88 or STING constitute a first-line defense against infections mainly through production of type I interferon (IFN-I). However, the role of these pathways in different tissues is incompletely understood, an issue particularly relevant to the CMVs which have broad tissue tropisms. Herein, we contrasted anti-viral effects of MyD88 versus STING in distinct cell types that are infected with murine CMV (MCMV). Bone marrow chimeras revealed STING-mediated MCMV control in hematological cells, similar to MyD88. However, unlike MyD88, STING also contributed to viral control in non-hematological, stromal cells. Infected splenic stromal cells produced IFN-I in a cGAS-STING-dependent and MyD88-independent manner, while we confirmed plasmacytoid dendritic cell IFN-I had inverse requirements. MCMV-induced natural killer cytotoxicity was dependent on MyD88 and STING. Thus, MyD88 and STING contribute to MCMV control in distinct cell types that initiate downstream immune responses.


Assuntos
Sistema Hematopoético/fisiologia , Infecções por Herpesviridae/transmissão , Proteínas de Membrana/genética , Muromegalovirus/fisiologia , Fator 88 de Diferenciação Mieloide/genética , Células Estromais , Infecções por Herpesviridae/virologia , Proteínas de Membrana/metabolismo , Fator 88 de Diferenciação Mieloide/metabolismo
4.
Cell Rep ; 32(4): 107969, 2020 07 28.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32726632

RESUMO

Major histocompatibility complex class I (MHC-I)-restricted immune responses are largely attributed to cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs). However, natural killer (NK) cells, as predicted by the missing-self hypothesis, have opposing requirements for MHC-I, suggesting that they may also demonstrate MHC-I-restricted effects. In mice, the Ly49 inhibitory receptors prevent NK cell killing of missing-self targets in effector responses, and they have a proposed second function in licensing or educating NK cells via self-MHC-I in vivo. Here we show MHC-I-restricted control of murine cytomegalovirus (MCMV) infection in vivo that is NK cell dependent. Using mice lacking specific Ly49 receptors, we show that control of MCMV requires inhibitory Ly49 receptors and an inhibitory signaling motif and the capacity for MCMV to downregulate MHC-I. Taken together, these data provide definitive evidence that the inhibitory receptors are required for missing-self rejection and are relevant to MHC-I-restricted NK cell control of a viral infection in vivo.


Assuntos
Antígenos de Histocompatibilidade Classe I/metabolismo , Células Matadoras Naturais/metabolismo , Subfamília A de Receptores Semelhantes a Lectina de Células NK/metabolismo , Animais , Antígenos Ly , Infecções por Citomegalovirus/imunologia , Antígenos de Histocompatibilidade Classe I/imunologia , Células Matadoras Naturais/imunologia , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Muromegalovirus/imunologia , Muromegalovirus/patogenicidade , Subfamília A de Receptores Semelhantes a Lectina de Células NK/imunologia , Receptores de Células Matadoras Naturais , Viroses
5.
J Exp Med ; 216(1): 99-116, 2019 01 07.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30559128

RESUMO

Natural killer (NK) cells are innate lymphocytes that are thought to kill cells that down-regulate MHC class I (MHC-I) through "missing-self" recognition. NK cells from B2m-/- mice that lack surface MHC-I, however, are not autoreactive as predicted by the missing-self hypothesis. As a result, it is unclear if MHC-I down-regulation in vivo induces NK cell reactivity or tolerance to missing-self. Here, we generated a floxed B2m mouse to acutely down-regulate MHC-I in vivo in a host that normally expresses MHC-I. Global down-regulation of MHC-I induced NK cell hyporesponsiveness and tolerance to missing-self without overt missing-self reactivity. In contrast, down-regulation of MHC-I on a small fraction of hematopoietic cells triggered missing-self reactivity. Surprisingly, down-regulation of MHC-I only on CD4+ T cells predominately induced tolerance to missing-self without resetting NK cell responsiveness. In this setting, inflammation triggered substantial missing-self reactivity. These results show that MHC-I down-regulation can induce either NK cell tolerance or killing in vivo and that inflammation promotes missing-self reactivity.


Assuntos
Linfócitos T CD4-Positivos/imunologia , Regulação para Baixo/imunologia , Tolerância Imunológica , Células Matadoras Naturais/imunologia , Microglobulina beta-2/imunologia , Animais , Feminino , Masculino , Camundongos , Camundongos Knockout , Microglobulina beta-2/genética
6.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ; 114(40): E8440-E8447, 2017 10 03.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28923946

RESUMO

Natural killer (NK) cells express MHC class I (MHC-I)-specific receptors, such as Ly49A, that inhibit killing of cells expressing self-MHC-I. Self-MHC-I also "licenses" NK cells to become responsive to activating stimuli and regulates the surface level of NK-cell inhibitory receptors. However, the mechanisms of action resulting from these interactions of the Ly49s with their MHC-I ligands, particularly in vivo, have been controversial. Definitive studies could be derived from mice with targeted mutations in inhibitory Ly49s, but there are inherent challenges in specifically altering a single gene within a multigene family. Herein, we generated a knock-in mouse with a targeted mutation in the immunoreceptor tyrosine-based inhibitory motif (ITIM) of Ly49A that abolished the inhibitory function of Ly49A in cytotoxicity assays. This mutant Ly49A caused a licensing defect in NK cells, but the surface expression of Ly49A was unaltered. Moreover, NK cells that expressed this mutant Ly49A exhibited an altered inhibitory receptor repertoire. These results demonstrate that Ly49A ITIM signaling is critical for NK-cell effector inhibition, licensing, and receptor repertoire development.


Assuntos
Citotoxicidade Imunológica/imunologia , Genes MHC Classe I/imunologia , Motivo de Inibição do Imunorreceptor Baseado em Tirosina , Células Matadoras Naturais/imunologia , Subfamília A de Receptores Semelhantes a Lectina de Células NK/fisiologia , Receptores Semelhantes a Lectina de Células NK/metabolismo , Animais , Células Cultivadas , Células Matadoras Naturais/metabolismo , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Receptores Semelhantes a Lectina de Células NK/genética , Tirosina/metabolismo
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J Virol ; 91(9)2017 05 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28179532

RESUMO

The human roseoloviruses human herpesvirus 6A (HHV-6A), HHV-6B, and HHV-7 comprise the Roseolovirus genus of the human Betaherpesvirinae subfamily. Infections with these viruses have been implicated in many diseases; however, it has been challenging to establish infections with roseoloviruses as direct drivers of pathology, because they are nearly ubiquitous and display species-specific tropism. Furthermore, controlled study of infection has been hampered by the lack of experimental models, and until now, a mouse roseolovirus has not been identified. Herein we describe a virus that causes severe thymic necrosis in neonatal mice, characterized by a loss of CD4+ T cells. These phenotypes resemble those caused by the previously described mouse thymic virus (MTV), a putative herpesvirus that has not been molecularly characterized. By next-generation sequencing of infected tissue homogenates, we assembled a contiguous 174-kb genome sequence containing 128 unique predicted open reading frames (ORFs), many of which were most closely related to herpesvirus genes. Moreover, the structure of the virus genome and phylogenetic analysis of multiple genes strongly suggested that this virus is a betaherpesvirus more closely related to the roseoloviruses, HHV-6A, HHV-6B, and HHV-7, than to another murine betaherpesvirus, mouse cytomegalovirus (MCMV). As such, we have named this virus murine roseolovirus (MRV) because these data strongly suggest that MRV is a mouse homolog of HHV-6A, HHV-6B, and HHV-7.IMPORTANCE Herein we describe the complete genome sequence of a novel murine herpesvirus. By sequence and phylogenetic analyses, we show that it is a betaherpesvirus most closely related to the roseoloviruses, human herpesviruses 6A, 6B, and 7. These data combined with physiological similarities with human roseoloviruses collectively suggest that this virus is a murine roseolovirus (MRV), the first definitively described rodent roseolovirus, to our knowledge. Many biological and clinical ramifications of roseolovirus infection in humans have been hypothesized, but studies showing definitive causative relationships between infection and disease susceptibility are lacking. Here we show that MRV infects the thymus and causes T-cell depletion, suggesting that other roseoloviruses may have similar properties.


Assuntos
Modelos Animais de Doenças , Herpesviridae/classificação , Herpesvirus Humano 6/genética , Herpesvirus Humano 7/genética , Depleção Linfocítica , Infecções por Roseolovirus/virologia , Animais , Sequência de Bases , Linfócitos T CD4-Positivos/citologia , Linfócitos T CD4-Positivos/imunologia , Linfócitos T CD8-Positivos/citologia , Linfócitos T CD8-Positivos/imunologia , DNA Viral/genética , Genoma Viral/genética , Humanos , Evasão da Resposta Imune/genética , Evasão da Resposta Imune/imunologia , Contagem de Linfócitos , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos BALB C , Fases de Leitura Aberta/genética , Filogenia , Análise de Sequência de DNA , Timo/virologia
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Curr Protoc Immunol ; 105: 3.22.1-3.22.9, 2014 Apr 02.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24700324

RESUMO

This unit describes the isolation of natural killer (NK) cells from mouse spleen. The basic protocol describes a method for preparing a highly purified NK cell population from mouse spleen by depletion of contaminating cells with selected monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) and magnetic separation. There are several advantages to this negative selection process. One of these is that the NK cells are not coated with antibody and, therefore, are not at risk of functional perturbation by antibody cross-linking. Additionally, negative selection provides a way to isolate diverse subpopulations of NK cells without selectively purifying a specific subpopulation. Following enrichment, NK cell purity can be assessed by cell surface phenotype using flow cytometry.


Assuntos
Anticorpos Monoclonais/química , Citometria de Fluxo/métodos , Células Matadoras Naturais , Baço , Animais , Anticorpos Monoclonais/imunologia , Células Matadoras Naturais/citologia , Células Matadoras Naturais/imunologia , Camundongos , Baço/citologia , Baço/imunologia
9.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ; 111(7): 2704-9, 2014 Feb 18.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24550298

RESUMO

Brain ischemia and reperfusion activate the immune system. The abrupt development of brain ischemic lesions suggests that innate immune cells may shape the outcome of stroke. Natural killer (NK) cells are innate lymphocytes that can be swiftly mobilized during the earliest phases of immune responses, but their role during stroke remains unknown. Herein, we found that NK cells infiltrated the ischemic lesions of the human brain. In a mouse model of cerebral ischemia, ischemic neuron-derived fractalkine recruited NK cells, which subsequently determined the size of brain lesions in a T and B cell-independent manner. NK cell-mediated exacerbation of brain infarction occurred rapidly after ischemia via the disruption of NK cell tolerance, augmenting local inflammation and neuronal hyperactivity. Therefore, NK cells catalyzed neuronal death in the ischemic brain.


Assuntos
Infarto Encefálico/imunologia , Infarto Encefálico/fisiopatologia , Isquemia Encefálica/imunologia , Encéfalo/imunologia , Imunidade Inata/imunologia , Células Matadoras Naturais/imunologia , Acidente Vascular Cerebral/imunologia , Animais , Encéfalo/citologia , Infarto Encefálico/etiologia , Isquemia Encefálica/complicações , Quimiocina CX3CL1/metabolismo , Proteínas de Ligação a DNA/genética , Ensaio de Imunoadsorção Enzimática , Citometria de Fluxo , Humanos , Masculino , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Camundongos Knockout , Neurônios/metabolismo , Acidente Vascular Cerebral/complicações
10.
Nat Immunol ; 13(12): 1171-7, 2012 Dec.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23142773

RESUMO

The development and function of natural killer (NK) cells is regulated by the interaction of inhibitory receptors of the Ly49 family with distinct peptide-laden major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I molecules, although whether the Ly49 family is able bind to other MHC class I-like molecules is unclear. Here we found that the prototypic inhibitory receptor Ly49A bound the highly conserved nonclassical MHC class I molecule H2-M3 with an affinity similar to its affinity for H-2D(d). The specific recognition of H2-M3 by Ly49A regulated the 'licensing' of NK cells and mediated 'missing-self' recognition of H2-M3-deficient bone marrow. Host peptide-H2-M3 was required for optimal NK cell activity against experimental metastases and carcinogenesis. Thus, nonclassical MHC class I molecules can act as cognate ligands for Ly49 molecules. Our results provide insight into the various mechanisms that lead to NK cell tolerance.


Assuntos
Antígenos de Histocompatibilidade Classe I/imunologia , Antígenos de Histocompatibilidade Classe I/metabolismo , Células Matadoras Naturais/imunologia , Ativação Linfocitária , Subfamília A de Receptores Semelhantes a Lectina de Células NK/metabolismo , Animais , Antígenos de Histocompatibilidade Classe I/genética , Tolerância Imunológica , Células Matadoras Naturais/metabolismo , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Camundongos Knockout
11.
Blood ; 118(13): 3570-8, 2011 Sep 29.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21821702

RESUMO

The differentiation of natural killer (NK) cells and a subpopulation of NK cells which requires an intact thymus, that is, thymic NK cells, is poorly understood. Previous in vitro studies indicate that double negative (CD4⁻CD8⁻, DN) thymocytes can develop into cells with NK cell markers, but these cells have not been well characterized. Herein, we generated and characterized NK cells differentiating from thymic DN precursors. Sorted DN1 (CD44⁺CD25⁻) CD122⁻NK1.1⁻ thymocytes from Rag1(⁻/⁻) mice were adoptively transferred into Rag1(⁻/⁻)Ly5.1 congenic mice. After intrathymic injection, donor-derived cells phenotypically resembling thymic NK cells were found. To further study their differentiation, we seeded sorted DN1 CD122⁻)NK1.1⁻ thymocytes on irradiated OP9 bone marrow stromal cells with IL-15, IL-7, Flt3L, and stem cell factor. NK1.1⁺ cells emerged after 7 days. In vitro differentiated NK cells acquired markers associated with immature bone marrow-derived NK cells, but also expressed CD127, which is typically found on thymic NK cells. Furthermore, we found that in vitro cells generated from thymic precursors secreted cytokines when stimulated and degranulated on target exposure. Together, these data indicate that functional thymic NK cells can develop from a DN1 progenitor cell population.


Assuntos
Diferenciação Celular , Células-Tronco Hematopoéticas/fisiologia , Células Matadoras Naturais/fisiologia , Timócitos/fisiologia , Animais , Antígenos CD4/metabolismo , Antígenos CD8/metabolismo , Diferenciação Celular/imunologia , Células Cultivadas , Feminino , Células-Tronco Hematopoéticas/imunologia , Células-Tronco Hematopoéticas/metabolismo , Células Matadoras Naturais/imunologia , Células Matadoras Naturais/metabolismo , Masculino , Camundongos , Camundongos Congênicos , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Camundongos Knockout , Timócitos/imunologia , Timócitos/metabolismo
12.
J Immunol ; 186(7): 3911-7, 2011 Apr 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21335486

RESUMO

NK cells become functionally competent to be triggered by their activation receptors through the interaction of NK cell inhibitory receptors with their cognate self-MHC ligands, an MHC-dependent educational process termed "licensing." For example, Ly49A(+) NK cells become licensed by the interaction of the Ly49A inhibitory receptor with its MHC class I ligand, H2D(d), whereas Ly49C(+) NK cells are licensed by H2K(b). Structural studies indicate that the Ly49A inhibitory receptor may interact with two sites, termed site 1 and site 2, on its H2D(d) ligand. Site 2 encompasses the α1/α2/α3 domains of the H2D(d) H chain and ß(2)-microglobulin (ß2m) and is the functional binding site for Ly49A in effector inhibition. Ly49C functionally interacts with a similar site in H2K(b). However, it is currently unknown whether this same site is involved in Ly49A- or Ly49C-dependent licensing. In this study, we produced transgenic C57BL/6 mice expressing wild-type or site 2 mutant H2D(d) molecules and studied whether Ly49A(+) NK cells are licensed. We also investigated Ly49A- and Ly49C-dependent NK licensing in murine ß2m-deficient mice that are transgenic for human ß2m, which has species-specific amino acid substitutions in ß2m. Our data from these transgenic mice indicate that site 2 on self-MHC is critical for Ly49A- and Ly49C-dependent NK cell licensing. Thus, NK cell licensing through Ly49 involves specific interactions with its MHC ligand that are similar to those involved in effector inhibition.


Assuntos
Comunicação Celular/imunologia , Citotoxicidade Imunológica , Antígenos H-2/metabolismo , Células Matadoras Naturais/imunologia , Células Matadoras Naturais/metabolismo , Subfamília A de Receptores Semelhantes a Lectina de Células NK/metabolismo , Subfamília C de Receptores Semelhantes a Lectina de Células NK/metabolismo , Animais , Comunicação Celular/genética , Citotoxicidade Imunológica/genética , Antígenos H-2/genética , Antígeno de Histocompatibilidade H-2D , Ligantes , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Camundongos Knockout , Camundongos Transgênicos , Modelos Animais , Subfamília A de Receptores Semelhantes a Lectina de Células NK/genética , Subfamília C de Receptores Semelhantes a Lectina de Células NK/genética , Microglobulina beta-2/deficiência , Microglobulina beta-2/genética
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Blood ; 107(3): 1024-30, 2006 Feb 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16223777

RESUMO

Natural killer (NK) cell development in the bone marrow is not fully understood. Following lineage commitment, these cells appear to advance through a series of developmental stages that are beginning to be characterized. We previously reported a selective deficiency of NK cells in a C57BL/6 mouse with a transgenic construct consisting of the cDNA for the Ly49A major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class 1-specific inhibitory receptor driven by the granzyme A gene. This mouse has few NK cells in peripheral tissues with relative preservation of other immune cells, including T and B cells. Herein we demonstrate that these mice have an accumulation of NK cells with an immature phenotype in the bone marrow, consistent with a block at a previously proposed stage in normal NK-cell development. The phenotype is associated with transgenic insertion into Atf2, the gene for the basic leucine zipper (bZIP) transcription factor family member ATF-2. Although analysis of Atf2-null NK cells shows no defect, the transgenic mice express abnormal truncated Atf2 transcripts that may mediate a repressor effect because ATF2 can heterodimerize with other bZIP molecules. The defect is cell intrinsic, suggesting that certain bZIP molecules play significant roles in NK-cell development.


Assuntos
Fator 2 Ativador da Transcrição/imunologia , Diferenciação Celular/imunologia , Células Matadoras Naturais/imunologia , Mutagênese Insercional/imunologia , Locos de Características Quantitativas/imunologia , Transgenes/imunologia , Fator 2 Ativador da Transcrição/genética , Animais , Antígenos Ly/genética , Antígenos Ly/imunologia , Células da Medula Óssea/citologia , Células da Medula Óssea/imunologia , Transplante de Medula Óssea , Diferenciação Celular/genética , Células Matadoras Naturais/citologia , Lectinas Tipo C/genética , Lectinas Tipo C/imunologia , Camundongos , Camundongos Transgênicos , Mutagênese Insercional/genética , Subfamília A de Receptores Semelhantes a Lectina de Células NK , Locos de Características Quantitativas/genética , Receptores Semelhantes a Lectina de Células NK , Transgenes/genética , Quimeras de Transplante/genética , Quimeras de Transplante/imunologia
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Nature ; 436(7051): 709-13, 2005 Aug 04.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16079848

RESUMO

Self versus non-self discrimination is a central theme in biology from plants to vertebrates, and is particularly relevant for lymphocytes that express receptors capable of recognizing self-tissues and foreign invaders. Comprising the third largest lymphocyte population, natural killer (NK) cells recognize and kill cellular targets and produce pro-inflammatory cytokines. These potentially self-destructive effector functions can be controlled by inhibitory receptors for the polymorphic major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I molecules that are ubiquitously expressed on target cells. However, inhibitory receptors are not uniformly expressed on NK cells, and are germline-encoded by a set of polymorphic genes that segregate independently from MHC genes. Therefore, how NK-cell self-tolerance arises in vivo is poorly understood. Here we demonstrate that NK cells acquire functional competence through 'licensing' by self-MHC molecules. Licensing involves a positive role for MHC-specific inhibitory receptors and requires the cytoplasmic inhibitory motif originally identified in effector responses. This process results in two types of self-tolerant NK cells--licensed or unlicensed--and may provide new insights for exploiting NK cells in immunotherapy. This self-tolerance mechanism may be more broadly applicable within the vertebrate immune system because related germline-encoded inhibitory receptors are widely expressed on other immune cells.


Assuntos
Antígenos de Histocompatibilidade Classe I/imunologia , Tolerância Imunológica/imunologia , Células Matadoras Naturais/imunologia , Animais , Autoantígenos/imunologia , Citoplasma , Interferon gama/biossíntese , Interferon gama/imunologia , Peptídeos e Proteínas de Sinalização Intracelular , Células Matadoras Naturais/citologia , Células Matadoras Naturais/metabolismo , Ligantes , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Modelos Imunológicos , Mutação , Proteína Tirosina Fosfatase não Receptora Tipo 6 , Proteínas Tirosina Fosfatases/metabolismo
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J Immunol ; 172(5): 3119-31, 2004 Mar 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-14978118

RESUMO

Cytokines and chemokines activate and direct effector cells during infection. We previously identified a functional group of five cytokines and chemokines, namely, IFN-gamma, activation-induced T cell-derived and chemokine-related cytokine/lymphotactin, macrophage-inflammatory protein 1alpha, macrophage-inflammatory protein 1beta, and RANTES, coexpressed in individual activated NK cells, CD8(+) T cells, and CD4(+) Th1 cells in vitro and during in vivo infections. However, the stimuli during infection were not known. In murine CMV (MCMV) infection, the DAP12/KARAP-associated Ly49H NK cell activation receptor is crucial for resistance through recognition of MCMV-encoded m157 but NK cells also undergo in vivo nonspecific responses to uncharacterized stimuli. In this study, we show that Ly49H ligation by m157 resulted in a coordinated release of all five cytokines/chemokines from Ly49H(+) NK cells. Whereas other cytokines also triggered the release of these cytokines/chemokines, stimulation was not confined to the Ly49H(+) population. At the single-cell level, the production of the five mediators showed strong positive correlation with each other. Interestingly, NK cells were a major source of these five cytokines/chemokines in vitro and in vivo, whereas infected macrophages produced only limited amounts of macrophage-inflammatory protein 1alpha, macrophage-inflammatory protein1beta, and RANTES. These findings suggest that both virus-specific and nonspecific NK cells play crucial roles in activating and directing other inflammatory cells during MCMV infection.


Assuntos
Quimiocinas/biossíntese , Citocinas/biossíntese , Infecções por Herpesviridae/imunologia , Células Matadoras Naturais/imunologia , Células Matadoras Naturais/virologia , Muromegalovirus/imunologia , Animais , Antígenos Ly/imunologia , Antígenos Ly/metabolismo , Antígenos Ly/fisiologia , Células Cultivadas , Quimiocina CCL4 , Quimiocina CCL5/biossíntese , Quimiocinas C , Técnicas de Cocultura , Citocinas/fisiologia , Infecções por Herpesviridae/metabolismo , Interferon gama/biossíntese , Células Matadoras Naturais/metabolismo , Lectinas Tipo C , Ativação Linfocitária/imunologia , Linfocinas/biossíntese , Proteínas Inflamatórias de Macrófagos/biossíntese , Macrófagos/imunologia , Macrófagos/metabolismo , Macrófagos/virologia , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Camundongos SCID , Subfamília A de Receptores Semelhantes a Lectina de Células NK , Receptores Semelhantes a Lectina de Células NK , Sialoglicoproteínas/biossíntese
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J Immunol ; 169(7): 3667-75, 2002 Oct 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-12244159

RESUMO

The activation of NK cells is mediated through specific interactions between activation receptors and their respective ligands. Little is known, however, about whether costimulation, which has been well characterized for T cell activation, occurs in NK cells. To study the function of NKG2D, a potential NK costimulatory receptor, we have generated two novel hamster mAbs that recognize mouse NKG2D. FACS analyses demonstrate that mouse NKG2D is expressed on all C57BL/6 IL-2-activated NK (lymphokine-activated killer (LAK)) cells, all splenic and liver NK cells, and approximately 50% of splenic NKT cells. Consistent with limited polymorphism of NKG2D, its sequence is highly conserved, and the anti-NKG2D mAbs react with NK cells from a large number of different mouse strains. In chromium release assays, we show that stimulation of NK cells with anti-NKG2D mAb can redirect lysis. Also, enhanced lysis of transfected tumor targets expressing NKG2D ligand could be inhibited by addition of anti-NKG2D mAb. Interestingly, stimulation of LAK cells via NKG2D alone does not lead to cytokine release. However, stimulation of LAK via both an NK activation receptor (e.g., CD16, NK1.1, or Ly-49D) and NKG2D leads to augmentation of cytokine release compared with stimulation through the activation receptor alone. These results demonstrate that NKG2D has the ability to costimulate multiple NK activation receptors.


Assuntos
Células Matadoras Naturais/imunologia , Células Matadoras Naturais/metabolismo , Ativação Linfocitária/imunologia , Receptores Imunológicos/fisiologia , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Animais , Anticorpos Monoclonais/biossíntese , Especificidade de Anticorpos , Células CHO , Linhagem Celular , Cricetinae , Cricetulus , Sinergismo Farmacológico , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos A , Camundongos Endogâmicos BALB C , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Camundongos Endogâmicos DBA , Camundongos Knockout , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Subfamília K de Receptores Semelhantes a Lectina de Células NK , Receptores Imunológicos/biossíntese , Receptores Imunológicos/imunologia , Receptores de Células Matadoras Naturais , Especificidade da Espécie , Baço/citologia , Baço/imunologia , Baço/metabolismo , Subpopulações de Linfócitos T/imunologia , Subpopulações de Linfócitos T/metabolismo , Células Tumorais Cultivadas
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J Immunol ; 169(1): 126-36, 2002 Jul 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-12077237

RESUMO

Mouse NK cells express inhibitory NK receptors that recognize target cell MHC class I molecules and activation receptors that are less well defined. The Ly-49D activation receptor on C57BL/6 NK cells recognizes Chinese hamster ovary cells and triggers natural killing. In this study, we demonstrate that a Chinese hamster classical MHC class I molecule is the ligand for Ly-49D in a reporter gene assay system as well as in NK cell killing assays. Ly-49D recognizes the Chinese hamster class I molecule better when it is expressed with Chinese hamster beta(2)-microglobulin (beta(2)m) than murine beta(2)m. However, it is still controversial that Ly-49D recognizes H-2D(d), as we were unable to demonstrate the specificity previously reported. Using this one ligand-one receptor recognition system, function of an NK activation receptor was, for the first time, investigated in NK cells that are tolerized in beta(2)m-deficient mice. Surprisingly, Ly-49D-killing activity against ligand-expressing targets was observed with beta(2)m-deficient mouse NK cells, albeit reduced, even though "tolerized" function of Ly-49D was expected. These results indicate that Ly-49D specifically recognizes the Chinese hamster MHC class I molecule associated with Chinese hamster beta(2)m, and indicate that the Ly-49D NK cell activation receptor is not tolerized in beta(2)m deficiency.


Assuntos
Antígenos CD , Antígenos Ly , Cricetulus/imunologia , Tolerância Imunológica/genética , Células Matadoras Naturais/imunologia , Células Matadoras Naturais/metabolismo , Ativação Linfocitária/genética , Receptores Imunológicos/metabolismo , Microglobulina beta-2/deficiência , Microglobulina beta-2/genética , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Animais , Células CHO , Linhagem Celular , Cricetinae , Cricetulus/genética , Testes Imunológicos de Citotoxicidade , Epitopos/imunologia , Epitopos/metabolismo , Antígenos de Histocompatibilidade Classe I/imunologia , Antígenos de Histocompatibilidade Classe I/metabolismo , Humanos , Células Matadoras Ativadas por Linfocina/imunologia , Lectinas Tipo C , Ligantes , Glicoproteínas de Membrana/genética , Glicoproteínas de Membrana/imunologia , Glicoproteínas de Membrana/isolamento & purificação , Glicoproteínas de Membrana/metabolismo , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos BALB C , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Camundongos Knockout , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Ratos , Receptores Imunológicos/deficiência , Receptores Imunológicos/genética , Receptores Imunológicos/imunologia , Receptores Semelhantes a Lectina de Células NK , Família de Moléculas de Sinalização da Ativação Linfocitária , Especificidade da Espécie , Transdução Genética
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