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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
Cutting Edge: Syntaxin 11 Regulates Lymphocyte-Mediated Secretion and Cytotoxicity
Contributor:
Arneson, Laura N.;
Brickshawana, Adipong;
Segovis, Colin M.;
Schoon, Renee A.;
Dick, Christopher J.;
Leibson, Paul J.
Published:
The American Association of Immunologists, 2007
Published in:
The Journal of Immunology, 179 (2007) 6, Seite 3397-3401
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4049/jimmunol.179.6.3397
ISSN:
0022-1767;
1550-6606
Origination:
Footnote:
Description:
Abstract Little is known about the regulatory roles of specific soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptor (SNARE) proteins in cytotoxic lymphocytes. Recent information suggests that mutations in the SNARE protein syntaxin 11 result in a form of familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (FHL). Because genetic abnormalities in key granule components (e.g., perforin) or in regulators of secretion (e.g., Munc13–4) underlie the other identified forms of FHL, we assessed whether syntaxin 11 might also serve a related regulatory role. We determined that syntaxin 11 is expressed in NK cells and activated CTLs and is located in discrete membrane-associated structures in the cytoplasm. Enhanced expression of syntaxin 11 augments the secretion and killing of tumor targets, and suppression of syntaxin 11 expression inhibits these functions. Our data identify and characterize a role for syntaxin 11 in granule exocytosis and in the generation of cell-mediated killing. These results also provide new insights on the mechanisms of hemopoietic dysregulation in FHL.