| Autor: |
Jin L; Integrated Department of Immunology, University of Colorado School of Medicine and National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Denver, CO 80206, USA., Waterman PM, Jonscher KR, Short CM, Reisdorph NA, Cambier JC |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
Molecular and cellular biology [Mol Cell Biol] 2008 Aug; Vol. 28 (16), pp. 5014-26. Date of Electronic Publication: 2008 Jun 16. |
| DOI: |
10.1128/MCB.00640-08 |
| Abstrakt: |
Although the best-defined function of type II major histocompatibility complex (MHC-II) is presentation of antigenic peptides to T lymphocytes, these molecules can also transduce signals leading alternatively to cell activation or apoptotic death. MHC-II is a heterodimer of two transmembrane proteins, each containing a short cytoplasmic tail that is dispensable for transduction of death signals. This suggests the function of an undefined MHC-II-associated transducer in signaling the death response. Here we describe a novel plasma membrane tetraspanner (MPYS) that is associated with MHC-II and mediates its transduction of death signals. MPYS is unusual among tetraspanners in containing an extended C-terminal cytoplasmic tail (approximately 140 amino acids) with multiple embedded signaling motifs. MPYS is tyrosine phosphorylated upon MHC-II aggregation and associates with inositol lipid and tyrosine phosphatases. Finally, MHC class II-mediated cell death signaling requires MPYS-dependent activation of the extracellular signal-regulated kinase signaling pathway. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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