title: Killer cell Ig-like receptor-dependent signaling by Ig-like transcript 2 (ILT2/CD85j/LILRB1/LIR-1).
abstract: Inhibitory killer cell Ig-like receptors (KIR) signal by recruitment of the tyrosine phosphatase Src homology region 2 domain-containing phosphatase-1 to ITIM. In the present study, we show that, surprisingly, KIR lacking ITIM are able to signal and inhibit in the human NK cell line NK92, but not in mouse NK cells. Signaling by mutant KIR is weaker than the wild-type receptor, does not require the transmembrane or cytoplasmic tail of KIR, and is blocked by overexpression of a catalytically inactive Src homology region 2 domain-containing phosphatase-1 molecule. We also demonstrate that mutant KIR signaling is blocked by Abs, which disrupt the interaction between KIR and human leukocyte Ag-C or Abs, which block the interaction between Ig-like transcript 2 (ILT2) and the alpha3 domain of HLA class I molecules. Thus, although ILT2 expressed in NK92 is insufficient to signal in response to human leukocyte Ag-C alone, ILT2 can signal in a KIR-dependent manner revealing functional cooperation between receptors encoded by two distinct inhibitory receptor families.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Sheryl E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Kirwan
authors.forename: Deborah N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Burshtyn
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015703:Antigens, CD / Q000502:physiology*; D002460:Cell Line; D017930:Genes, Reporter; D015236:HLA-C Antigens / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D007694:Killer Cells, Natural / Q000276:immunology / Q000502:physiology*; D000075362:Leukocyte Immunoglobulin-like Receptor B1; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D054645:Protein Phosphatase 1; D053824:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 6; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases / Q000502:physiology; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic / Q000502:physiology*; D054340:Receptors, KIR; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D015703:Antigens, CD; D015236:HLA-C Antigens; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; C105299:LILRB1 protein, human; D000075362:Leukocyte Immunoglobulin-like Receptor B1; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic; D054340:Receptors, KIR; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D054645:Protein Phosphatase 1; C509249:PTPN6 protein, human; D053824:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 6; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases; C509248:Ptpn6 protein, mouse