Alkylamines cause Vγ9Vδ2 T-cell activation and proliferation by inhibiting the mevalonate pathway
Alkylamines cause Vγ9Vδ2 T-cell activation and proliferation by inhibiting the mevalonate pathway
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DOI:
10.1182/blood-2005-03-1025
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发表时间:
2006-01-15
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影响因子:
20.3
通讯作者:
Rogers, MJ
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作者:
Thompson, K;Rojas-Navea, J;Rogers, MJ
Three general classes of small, nonpeptide "antigens" activate V gamma 9V delta 2 T cells: pyrophosphomonoesters, such as isopentenyl diphosphate (IPP), nitrogen-containing bisphosphonates (N-BPs), and alkylamines. However, we have shown recently that N-BPs indirectly activate V gamma 9V delta 2 T cells as a consequence of inhibition of farnesyl diphosphate synthase (a key enzyme of the mevalonate pathway) and the intracellular accumulation of IPR We now show that alkylamines activate V gamma 9V delta 2 T cells by the same mechanism. Alkylamines were found to be weak inhibitors of farnesyl diphosphate synthase and caused accumulation of unprenylated Rap1A in peripheral blood mononuclear cells and macrophages, indicative of inhibition of the mevalonate pathway. Furthermore, as with N-BPs, the stimulatory effect of the alkylamines on V gamma 9V delta 2 T cells was abrogated by simultaneous treatment with mevastatin. These findings suggest that only pyrophosphomonoesters such as IPP are true V gamma 9V delta 2 T-cell agonists, whereas alkylamines and N-BPs indirectly activate V gamma 9V delta 2 T cells through a common mechanism involving the accumulation of IPP.