title: CD28 interaction with filamin-A controls lipid raft accumulation at the T-cell immunological synapse.
abstract: During physiological T-cell stimulation by antigen presenting cells (APCs), a major T-cell membrane rearrangement is known to occur leading to the organization of 'supramolecular activation clusters' at the immunological synapse. A possible role for the synapse is the generation of membrane compartments where signalling may be organized and propagated. Thus, engagement of the costimulatory molecule CD28 at the immunological synapse promotes the organization of a signalling compartment by inducing cytoskeletal changes and lipid raft accumulation. We identified the actin-binding protein Filamin-A (FLNa) as a novel molecular partner of CD28. We found that, after physiological stimulation, CD28 associated with and recruited FLNa into the immunological synapse, where FLNa organized CD28 signalling. FLNa knockdown by short interfering RNA (siRNA) inhibited CD28-mediated raft accumulation at the immunological synapse and T-cell costimulation. Together, our data indicate that CD28 binding to FLNa is required to induce the T-cell cytoskeletal rearrangements leading to recruitment of lipid microdomains and signalling mediators into the immunological synapse.
authors.affiliation: Venetian Institute of Molecular Medicine, Department of Biomedical Science, University of Padua, 35100 Padua, Italy.
authors.forename: Regina
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tavano
authors.forename: Rita Lucia
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Contento
authors.forename: Sonia Jimenez
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Baranda
authors.forename: Marzia
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Soligo
authors.forename: Loretta
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tuosto
authors.forename: Santos
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Manes
authors.forename: Antonella
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Viola
mesh_terms: D018106:CD28 Antigens / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D015496:CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology; D003285:Contractile Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D003599:Cytoskeleton / Q000378:metabolism; D064448:Filamins; D006801:Humans; D019169:Jurkat Cells; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation / Q000276:immunology; D021962:Membrane Microdomains / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D008840:Microfilament Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D018613:Microscopy, Confocal; D011485:Protein Binding; D034741:RNA, Small Interfering / Q000235:genetics; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000276:immunology*; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology*; D020798:Two-Hybrid System Techniques
chemical_list: D018106:CD28 Antigens; D003285:Contractile Proteins; D064448:Filamins; D008840:Microfilament Proteins; D034741:RNA, Small Interfering