RT Journal Article
T1 Human CD3γ, but not CD3δ, haploinsufficiency differentially impairs γδ versus αβ surface TCR expression
A1 Muñoz Ruiz, Miguel
A1 Pérez Flores, Verónica
A1 Garcillán Goyoaga, Beatriz de
A1 Guardo, Alberto C
A1 Mazariegos, Marina S
A1 Takada, Hidetoshi
A1 Allende Martínez, Luis Miguel
A1 Kilic, Sara S
A1 Sanal, Ozden
A1 Roifman, Chaim M
A1 López Granados, Eduardo
A1 Recio Hoyas, María José
A1 Martínez Naves, Eduardo
A1 Fernández Malavé, Edgar
A1 Regueiro González-Barros, José Ramón
AB Background: The T cell antigen receptors (TCR) of αβ and γδ T lymphocytes are believed to assemble in a similar fashion in humans. Firstly, αβ or γδ TCR chains incorporatea CD3δε dimer, then a CD3γε dimer and finally a ζζ homodimer, resulting in TCR complexes with the same CD3 dimer stoichiometry. Partial reduction in the expression of the highly homologous CD3γ and CD3δ proteins would thus be expected to have a similar impact in the assembly and surface expression of both TCR isotypes. To test this hypothesis, we compared the surface TCR expression of primary αβ and γδ T cells from healthy donors carrying a single null or leaky mutation in CD3G (γ+/−) or CD3D (δ+/−, δ+/leaky) with that of normal controls.Results: Although the partial reduction in the intracellular availability of CD3γ or CD3δ proteins was comparable as a consequence of the mutations, surface TCR expression measured with anti-CD3ε antibodies was significantly more decreased in γδ than in αβ T lymphocytes in CD3γ+/− individuals, whereas CD3δ+/− and CD3δ+/leaky donors showed a similar decrease of surface TCR in both T cell lineages. Therefore, surface γδ TCR expression was more dependent on available CD3γ than surface αβ TCR expression. Conclusions: The results support the existence of differential structural constraints in the two human TCR isotypes regarding the incorporation of CD3γε and CD3δε dimers, as revealed by their discordant surface expression behaviour when confronted with reduced amounts of CD3γ, but not of the homologous CD3δ chain. A modified version of the prevailing TCR assembly model is proposed to accommodate these new data.
PB BioMed Central
SN 1471-2172
YR 2013
FD 2013-01-21
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/34400
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/34400
LA eng
NO Ministerio de Educación
NO Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII)
NO Comunidad de Madrid
NO Fundación Lair
NO Instituto de Investigación Hospital 12 de Octubre
DS Docta Complutense
RD 16 may 2024