CYTOLYSIS BY H-2-SPECIFIC-T KILLER CELLS - ASSEMBLY OF TUBULAR COMPLEXES ON TARGET MEMBRANES
CYTOLYSIS BY H-2-SPECIFIC-T KILLER CELLS - ASSEMBLY OF TUBULAR COMPLEXES ON TARGET MEMBRANES
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DOI:
10.1084/jem.157.5.1483
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发表时间:
1983-01-01
影响因子:
15.3
通讯作者:
PODACK, ER
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作者:
DENNERT, G;PODACK, ER
Cloned mouse T killer cells derived from one-way mixed lymphocyte reactions were characterized with regard to their Lyt phenotype and specificity. Two clones of Lyt-1-2+ phenotype that recognized H-2Dd were selected and examined for their cytolytic function by negative staining and thin section EM. When incubated with the H-2d target S194, they assemble 2 types of tubular complexes, polyperforin 1 and 2. Both structures appear to arise by polymerization of precursors that may originate in dense granules and/or Golgi of T killer cells. Polyperforins appear to be associated with vesicles that are released during the lytic reaction and transferred to target membranes as shown by immunoelectron microscopy. Since there is a close correlation between target lysis and the appearance of polyperforins on target membranes, it is suggested that polyperforins take part in the cell-mediated killing reaction. Although polyperforins are different in size and several molecular properties from complement, there are striking similarities between these ciruclar complexes and polyperforin (C9); they may belong to a closely related family of cytolytic effector molecules.