The human natural killer cell immune synapse
The human natural killer cell immune synapse
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DOI:
10.1073/pnas.96.26.15062
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发表时间:
1999-12-21
影响因子:
11.1
通讯作者:
Strominger, JL
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作者:
Davis, DM;Chiu, I;Strominger, JL
Inhibitory killer lg-like receptors (KIR) at the surface of natural killer (NK) cells induced clustering of HLA-C at the contacting surface of target cells. In this manner, inhibitory immune synapses were formed as human NK cells surveyed target cells. At target/NK cell synapses, HLA-C/KIR distributed into rings around central patches of intercellular adhesion molecule-1/lymphocyte function-associated antigen-1, the opposite orientation to mature murine T cell-activating synapses. This organization of protein was stable for at least 20 min. Cells could support multiple synapses simultaneously, and clusters of HLA-C moved as NK cells crawled over target cells, Clustering required a divalent metal cation, explaining how metal chelators inhibit KIR function, Surprisingly, however, formation of inhibitory synapses was unaffected by ATP depletion and the cytoskeletal inhibitors, colchicine and cytochalsins B and D, Clearly, supramolecular organization within plasma membranes is critical for NK cell immunosurveillance.