title: A novel inhibitory receptor (ILT3) expressed on monocytes, macrophages, and dendritic cells involved in antigen processing.
abstract: Immunoglobulin-like transcript (ILT) 3 is a novel cell surface molecule of the immunoglobulin superfamily, which is selectively expressed by myeloid antigen presenting cells (APCs) such as monocytes, macrophages, and dendritic cells. The cytoplasmic region of ILT3 contains putative immunoreceptor tyrosine-based inhibitory motifs that suggest an inhibitory function of ILT3. Indeed, co-ligation of ILT3 to stimulatory receptors expressed by APCs results in a dramatic blunting of the increased [Ca2+]i and tyrosine phosphorylation triggered by these receptors. Signal extinction involves SH2-containing protein tyrosine phosphatase 1, which is recruited by ILT3 upon cross-linking. ILT3 can also function in antigen capture and presentation. It is efficiently internalized upon cross-linking, and delivers its ligand to an intracellular compartment where it is processed and presented to T cells. Thus, ILT3 is a novel inhibitory receptor that can negatively regulate activation of APCs and can be used by APCs for antigen uptake.
authors.affiliation: Basel Institute for Immunology, CH-4005 Basel, Switzerland.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cella
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Döhring
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Samaridis
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dessing
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brockhaus
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lanzavecchia
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Colonna
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D015703:Antigens, CD / Q000032:analysis; D001402:B-Lymphocytes; D001483:Base Sequence; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002460:Cell Line; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D017931:DNA Primers; D003713:Dendritic Cells / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D019169:Jurkat Cells; D008264:Macrophages / Q000276:immunology*; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009000:Monocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D019000:Phosphotyrosine / Q000378:metabolism; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D054645:Protein Phosphatase 1; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases / Q000378:metabolism; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013601:T-Lymphocytes; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D015703:Antigens, CD; D017931:DNA Primers; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; C107907:LILRB4 protein, human; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D019000:Phosphotyrosine; D054645:Protein Phosphatase 1; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases; D002118:Calcium