A role for CD8 in the developmental tuning of antigen recognition and CD3 conformational change.
TCR engagement by peptide-MHC class I (pMHC) ligands induces a conformational change (Deltac) in CD3 (CD3Deltac) that contributes to T cell signaling. We found that when this interaction took place between primary T lineage cells and APCs, the CD8 coreceptor was required to generate CD3Deltac. Interestingly, neither enhancement of Ag binding strength nor Src kinase signaling explained this coreceptor activity. Furthermore, Ag-induced CD3Deltac was developmentally attenuated by the increase in sialylation that accompanies T cell maturation and limits CD8 activity. Thus, both weak and strong ligands induced CD3Deltac in preselection thymocytes, but only strong ligands were effective in mature T cells. We propose that CD8 participation in the TCR/pMHC interaction can physically regulate CD3Deltac induction by "translating" productive Ag encounter from the TCR to the CD3 complex. This suggests one mechanism by which the developmentally regulated variation in CD8 sialylation may contribute to the developmental tuning of T cell sensitivity.
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Department of Immunology, College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
Schrum
Adam G
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Daniels
Mark A
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Palmer
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D000818:Animals; D017951:Antigen Presentation / Q000276:immunology*; D017252:CD3 Complex / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D016827:CD8 Antigens / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000276:immunology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D018920:Coculture Techniques; D006801:Humans; D008024:Ligands; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation / Q000276:immunology; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D011485:Protein Binding / Q000276:immunology; D011487:Protein Conformation; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000276:immunology; D016176:T-Lymphocyte Subsets / Q000166:cytology* / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism
D017252:CD3 Complex; C472562:CD3delta antigen; D016827:CD8 Antigens; D008024:Ligands