title: Characterization of TREM-3, an activating receptor on mouse macrophages: definition of a family of single Ig domain receptors on mouse chromosome 17.
abstract: We recently reported the cloning of two triggering receptors expressed by myeloid cells (TREM), TREM-2a and TREM-2b, which are highly homologous to each other. These receptors associate with DAP12, and ligation of TREM-2 on the surface of macrophages leads to the release of nitric oxide. Using the immunoglobulin (Ig) domain of TREM-2 to screen a mouse EST database we have isolated a novel receptor, derived from a WEHI-3 macrophage library, which shows homology to TREM-2 (20%). The DNA sequence of this receptor has been submitted to Genbank with the name TREM-3. The predicted amino acid sequence contains a single Ig domain and a transmembrane lysine residue. We found transcripts for TREM-3 in two macrophage cell lines (RAW264.7 and MT2) but not in P388D1 macrophage cells. TREM-3 transcripts could also be detected at low levels in T cell lines, but were not detectable in NK, B cell, or mast cell lines. Furthermore, in macrophage cells, transcripts for TREM-3 were up-regulated by LPS, but were down-regulated by IFN-gamma. Like TREM-1 and TREM-2, TREM-3 signals through DAP12, and when TREM-3 is transfected into an NK cell line it mediates redirected lysis. Thus, TREM-3 functions as an activating receptor. Analysis of the mouse genome reveals that the gene for TREM-3 lies adjacent to the gene for TREM-1 and in close proximity to a number of other single Ig domain receptors, including TREM-2. Thus, TREM-3 is a novel member of a family of immunoglobulin receptors that form an innate immune gene complex on chromosome 17.
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunology, VA Medical Center and University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, USA.
authors.forename: Dong-Hui
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: William E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Seaman
authors.forename: Michael R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Daws
mesh_terms: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002875:Chromosomes; D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents; D015870:Gene Expression; D007136:Immunoglobulins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology; D008264:Macrophages; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D015854:Up-Regulation
chemical_list: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents; D007136:Immunoglobulins; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic; C110546:TYROBP protein, human; C447602:Trem3 protein, mouse