Heterotypic interaction of CRTAM with Necl2 induces cell adhesion on activated NK cells and CD8+ T cells.
NK cells and CD8+ T cells exhibit cytotoxicity and cytokine production upon recognizing target cells through cell-cell interaction. We screened the molecules involved in the recognition and regulation of these cells using cDNA subtraction between naive and activated NK cells. We identified class I-restricted T cell-associated molecule (CRTAM), a two Ig domain-bearing surface receptor, as a molecule rapidly and transiently expressed on NK cells and CD8+ T cells upon activation. CRTAM is expressed as a dimer on the cell surface, and its expression is transcriptionally regulated. Using an expression-cloning system, we then further identified Nectin-like (Necl) molecule 2, a three Ig domain-containing receptor, as a ligand of CRTAM. While Necl2 mediates homotypic interaction, CRTAM interacts with Necl2 but not with CRTAM itself. The heterotypic CRTAM-Necl2 interaction has a higher affinity than the homotypic Necl2 interaction. Although there was no clear alteration in the cytotoxic function of the NK cells and CD8+ T cells against the Necl2-expressing target cells, T cells expressing CRTAM tightly bound to Necl2-expressing cells. CRTAM+ cells did not induce homotypic aggregation but they did exert strong heterotypic binding with Necl2+ cells, which was inhibited by the addition of the CRTAM-Ig fusion protein. These results suggest that the heterotypic interaction between CRTAM and Necl2 plays an important role in the adhesion, interaction or migration of NK cells and CD8+ T cells upon stimulation.
Arase
Noriko
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Laboratory for Cell Signaling, RIKEN Research Center for Allergy and Immunology, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan.
Takeuchi
Arata
A
Unno
Midori
M
Hirano
Satoshi
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Yokosuka
Tadashi
T
Arase
Hisashi
H
Saito
Takashi
T
D000818:Animals; D018414:CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D002448:Cell Adhesion / Q000276:immunology; D000075982:Cell Adhesion Molecule-1; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules; D002465:Cell Movement / Q000276:immunology*; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000276:immunology; D007136:Immunoglobulins / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D007694:Killer Cells, Natural / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation / Q000276:immunology*; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D011485:Protein Binding / Q000276:immunology
C498598:Cadm1 protein, mouse; D000075982:Cell Adhesion Molecule-1; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules; D007136:Immunoglobulins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; C408522:class-I restricted T cell-associated molecule