title: Cutting edge: inhibitory functions of the killer cell lectin-like receptor G1 molecule during the activation of mouse NK cells.
abstract: The killer cell lectin-like receptor G1 (KLRG1) is the mouse homolog of the rat mast cell function-associated Ag and contains an immunoreceptor tyrosine-based inhibitory motif in its cytoplasmic domain. In this study we demonstrate that both pathogenic and nonpathogenic in vivo activation of NK cells induces the expression of KLRG1 on their cell surface. Upon infection with murine CMV, this induction peaks between days 5 and 7 with about 90% of the NK cells expressing KLRG1. On day 1.5 post-murine CMV infection of C57BL/6 mice, the main producers of IFN-gamma are the KLRG1-negative NK cells. This effect has been recapitulated in vitro as we show that engagement of KLRG1 on a transfected NK cell line inhibits both cytokine production and NK cell-mediated cytotoxicity. Taken together, these data illustrate the crucial role played by KLRG1 during the termination of mouse NK cell activation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology and Graduate Program in Pathobiology, Division of Biology and Medicine, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912. Gemini Science, San Diego, CA 92121.
authors.forename: Scott H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Robbins
authors.forename: Khuong B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.forename: Nobuaki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Toshifumi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mikayama
authors.forename: Christine A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Biron
authors.forename: Laurent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Brossay
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000378:metabolism; D002999:Clone Cells; D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents / Q000378:metabolism; D016207:Cytokines / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000502:physiology; D003602:Cytotoxicity, Immunologic / Q000276:immunology*; D006566:Herpesviridae Infections / Q000276:immunology; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000096:biosynthesis; D007694:Killer Cells, Natural / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism*; D037102:Lectins / Q000502:physiology; D037181:Lectins, C-Type; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation / Q000276:immunology*; D008297:Male; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000502:physiology; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D018146:Muromegalovirus / Q000276:immunology; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000276:immunology / Q000502:physiology*; D016176:T-Lymphocyte Subsets / Q000276:immunology; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents; D016207:Cytokines; C451496:Klrg1 protein, mouse; C094696:Klrg1 protein, rat; D037102:Lectins; D037181:Lectins, C-Type; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic; D007371:Interferon-gamma