title: Cutting edge: lipid raft integrity affects the efficiency of MHC class I tetramer binding and cell surface TCR arrangement on CD8+ T cells.
abstract: Physically distinct cholesterol/sphingolipid-rich plasma membrane microdomains, so-called lipid rafts, have been recognized to play an important regulatory role in various cellular processes, from membrane trafficking to signal transduction, in a number of cell types. We report here that the ability of TCR on activated, functional CD8+ T lymphocytes to efficiently bind MHC class I tetramer complexes is dependent on the integrity of lipid rafts on the T lymphocyte membrane. We further provide evidence that TCR interact (associate) with lipid raft elements on the T cell surface before receptor engagement and that the topological arrangement of TCR on the cell surface is likewise influenced by lipid raft integrity.
authors.affiliation: Beirne B. Carter Center for Immunology Research, and Department of Pathology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA.
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Drake
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Braciale
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology; D018414:CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D002460:Cell Line; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002999:Clone Cells; D003505:Cyclodextrins / Q000494:pharmacology; D018984:Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte / Q000276:immunology; D019267:Hemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza Virus / Q000276:immunology; D015395:Histocompatibility Antigens Class I / Q000378:metabolism*; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D021962:Membrane Microdomains / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000276:immunology; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell / Q000378:metabolism*; D013602:T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D047392:beta-Cyclodextrins
chemical_list: D003505:Cyclodextrins; D018984:Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte; D019267:Hemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza Virus; D015395:Histocompatibility Antigens Class I; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell; D047392:beta-Cyclodextrins; C108732:methyl-beta-cyclodextrin