title: Overlapping but nonidentical binding sites on CD2 for CD58 and a second ligand CD59.
abstract: The interaction of the T cell glycoprotein CD2 with one ligand, CD58, contributes to T cell function. We have identified CD59, a glycoprotein with complement-inhibitory function, as a second physiological ligand for CD2. Antibodies to CD59 inhibit CD2-dependent T cell activation in murine T cell hybridomas expressing human CD2. In an in vitro binding assay with purified CD58 and CD59, CD2+ cells bind not only immobilized CD58 but also CD59. With two complementary approaches, it was demonstrated that the binding sites on CD2 for CD58 and CD59 are overlapping but nonidentical. These observations suggest that direct interactions between CD2 and both CD58 and CD59 contribute to T cell activation and adhesion.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Hahn
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Menu
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Bothwell
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Sims
authors.forename: B E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Bierer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015703:Antigens, CD / Q000378:metabolism*; D000945:Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte / Q000378:metabolism*; D001665:Binding Sites; D018801:CD2 Antigens; D018968:CD58 Antigens; D018957:CD59 Antigens; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006801:Humans; D006825:Hybridomas; D007111:Immunity, Cellular; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell / Q000502:physiology*; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic / Q000378:metabolism*; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D015703:Antigens, CD; D000945:Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte; D018801:CD2 Antigens; D018968:CD58 Antigens; D018957:CD59 Antigens; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic