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  • Titel: Inhibitory receptors specific for MHC class I educate murine NK cells but not CD8αα intestinal intraepithelial T lymphocytes
  • Beteiligte: Taveirne, Sylvie; Filtjens, Jessica; Van Ammel, Els; De Colvenaer, Veerle; Kerre, Tessa; Taghon, Tom; Vandekerckhove, Bart; Plum, Jean; Held, Werner; Leclercq, Georges
  • Erschienen: American Society of Hematology, 2011
  • Erschienen in: Blood, 118 (2011) 2, Seite 339-347
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • DOI: 10.1182/blood-2011-01-331124
  • ISSN: 0006-4971; 1528-0020
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  • Beschreibung: AbstractThe engagement of inhibitory receptors specific for major histocompatibility complex class I (MHC-I) molecules educates natural killer (NK) cells, meaning the improvement of the response of activation receptors to subsequent stimulation. It is not known whether inhibitory MHC-I receptors educate only NK cells or whether they improve the responsiveness of all cell types, which express them. To address this issue, we analyzed the expression of inhibitory MHC-I receptors on intestinal intraepithelial lymphocytes (iIELs) and show that T-cell receptor (TCR)-αβ CD8αα iIELs express multiple inhibitory receptors specific for MHC-I molecules, including CD94/NKG2A, Ly49A, and Ly49G2. However, the presence of MHC-I ligand for these receptors did not improve the response of iIELs to activation via the TCR. The absence of iIEL education by MHC-I receptors was not related to a lack of inhibitory function of these receptors in iIELs and a failure of these receptors to couple to the TCR. Thus, unlike NK cells, iIELs do not undergo an MHC-I–guided education process. These data suggest that education is an NK cell–specific function of inhibitory MHC-I receptors.
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