TY - JOUR
T1 - Ligand-induced TCR down-regulation is not dependent on constitutive TCR cycling
AU - Dietrich, Jes
AU - Menné, Charlotte
AU - Lauritsen, Jens Peter H
AU - von Essen, Marina
AU - Rasmussen, B. A.
AU - Ødum, Niels
AU - Geisler, Carsten
N1 - Keywords: Amino Acid Motifs; Antigens, CD3; Down-Regulation; Humans; Jurkat Cells; Ligands; Protein Kinase C; Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - TCR internalization takes place both in resting T cells as part of constitutive TCR cycling, after PKC activation, and during TCR triggering. It is still a matter of debate whether these pathways represent distinct pathways. Thus, some studies have indicated that ligand-induced TCR internalization is regulated by mechanisms distinct from those involved in constitutive internalization, whereas other studies have suggested that the ligand-induced TCR internalization pathway is identical with the constitutive pathway. To resolve this question, we first identified requirements for constitutive TCR cycling. We found that in contrast to PKC-induced TCR internalization where both CD3gamma-S(126) and the CD3gamma leucine-based internalization motif are required, constitutive TCR cycling required neither PKC nor CD3gamma-S(126) but only the CD3gamma leucine-based motif. Having identified these requirements, we next studied ligand-induced internalization in cells with abolished constitutive TCR cycling. We found that ligand-induced TCR internalization was not dependent on constitutive TCR internalization. Likewise, constitutive internalization and recycling of the TCR were independent of an intact ligand-induced internalization of the TCR. In conclusion, ligand-induced TCR internalization and constitutive cycling of the TCR represents two independent pathways regulated by different mechanisms.
AB - TCR internalization takes place both in resting T cells as part of constitutive TCR cycling, after PKC activation, and during TCR triggering. It is still a matter of debate whether these pathways represent distinct pathways. Thus, some studies have indicated that ligand-induced TCR internalization is regulated by mechanisms distinct from those involved in constitutive internalization, whereas other studies have suggested that the ligand-induced TCR internalization pathway is identical with the constitutive pathway. To resolve this question, we first identified requirements for constitutive TCR cycling. We found that in contrast to PKC-induced TCR internalization where both CD3gamma-S(126) and the CD3gamma leucine-based internalization motif are required, constitutive TCR cycling required neither PKC nor CD3gamma-S(126) but only the CD3gamma leucine-based motif. Having identified these requirements, we next studied ligand-induced internalization in cells with abolished constitutive TCR cycling. We found that ligand-induced TCR internalization was not dependent on constitutive TCR internalization. Likewise, constitutive internalization and recycling of the TCR were independent of an intact ligand-induced internalization of the TCR. In conclusion, ligand-induced TCR internalization and constitutive cycling of the TCR represents two independent pathways regulated by different mechanisms.
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 12023336
SN - 0022-1767
VL - 168
SP - 5434
EP - 5440
JO - Journal of Immunology
JF - Journal of Immunology
IS - 11
ER -