Modulation of Ly49A receptors on mature cells to changes in major histocompatibility complex class I molecules.
The expression of murine Ly49 receptors on natural killer (NK) cells and NK1.1+ T cells is believed to prevent these cells from responding against normal self-tissues. In this report we investigated whether the expression level of Ly49A was fixed on mature cells or if it could be adapted as the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I environment changed in vivo. By transferring peripheral T cells from Ly49A transgenic mice into BALB/c nude/nude and B6 nude/nude mice, we demonstrated that mature cells modulate their Ly49A receptor expression relative to the in vivo MHC class I environment. These results indicated that the expression of the inhibitory Ly49A receptor is not permanently fixed during a maturation and/or education process but rather is adapted to MHC class I changes on the surrounding cells.
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Umeâ Center for Molecular Pathogenesis, Umeâ University, S-901 87 Umeâ, Sweden.
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D000818:Animals; D000950:Antigens, Ly; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D018380:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation; D015395:Histocompatibility Antigens Class I; D007694:Killer Cells, Natural / Q000276:immunology* / Q000637:transplantation; D037181:Lectins, C-Type; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000276:immunology*; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008819:Mice, Nude; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D055650:NK Cell Lectin-Like Receptor Subfamily A; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic / Q000276:immunology*; D055630:Receptors, NK Cell Lectin-Like
D000950:Antigens, Ly; D015395:Histocompatibility Antigens Class I; C527088:Klra1 protein, mouse; D037181:Lectins, C-Type; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D055650:NK Cell Lectin-Like Receptor Subfamily A; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic; D055630:Receptors, NK Cell Lectin-Like