Crosslinking CD81 results in activation of TCRgammadelta T cells - PubMed (original) (raw)

. 2001 Jan 10;207(1):19-27.

doi: 10.1006/cimm.2000.1744.

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Crosslinking CD81 results in activation of TCRgammadelta T cells

C T Tseng et al. Cell Immunol. 2001.

Abstract

CD81 is expressed on most cells and is associated with other glycoproteins, including CD4 and CD8, to form multimolecular membrane complexes. Crosslinking of CD81 on TCRalphabeta(+) T cells results in costimulatory signals that have been proposed to be mediated via CD4 or CD8. In this study, we show that CD81 is also expressed on TCRgammadelta(+)CD4(-)CD8(-) T cells. CD81 crosslinking greatly enhanced anti-CD3 activation of both TCRalphabeta(+) (CD4+ and CD8+) and TCRgammadelta(+) T cells with regard to IFN-gamma production. However, crosslinking of CD81 molecules on TCRgammadelta(+) T cells, in the absence of anti-CD3 stimulation, resulted in cytokine production and enhanced IL-2-induced proliferation, demonstrating that physical association with CD4 or CD8 is not necessary for CD81 signaling. In contrast, crosslinking of CD81 on TCRalphabeta(+) T cells, in the absence of anti-CD3 stimulation, failed to activate these T cells. These results suggest that CD81 signaling may be mediated via a different mechanism(s) in TCRgammadelta(+) versus TCRalphabeta(+) T cells.

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