Assembly of the human T cell receptor-CD3 complex takes place in the endoplasmic reticulum and involves intermediary complexes between the CD3-gamma.delta.epsilon core and single T cell receptor alpha or beta chains - PubMed (original) (raw)
. 1988 Feb 25;263(6):2953-61.
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Assembly of the human T cell receptor-CD3 complex takes place in the endoplasmic reticulum and involves intermediary complexes between the CD3-gamma.delta.epsilon core and single T cell receptor alpha or beta chains
B Alarcon et al. J Biol Chem. 1988.
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Functionally mature human T lymphocytes express a cell-surface receptor for antigen (T cell receptor (TCR)-CD3) composed of at least six polypeptides (TCR-alpha and -beta; T3-gamma, -delta, -epsilon, and -zeta). Immature thymocytes and variants of T cell lines lacking one of the TCR.CD3 polypeptide chains fail to express surface receptor and accumulate the other chains intracellularly. Here we show that the assembly of the TCR.CD3 complex within the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) began with a core of CD3-gamma, -delta, and -epsilon to which TCR-alpha and -beta bound. A recently described intracellular protein, CD3-omega, participated in the assembly since it was found to be associated with the free TCR-alpha or -beta chains or with the CD3 chains. CD3-omega dissociated as TCR.CD3 complexes were formed in the ER. Association of non-disulfide-linked TCR-alpha and -beta chains with CD3 was detected before that of disulfide-bridged TCR-alpha/beta heterodimers. These data suggest that during assembly, the association of TCR-alpha and -beta chains with the CD3 complex precedes the formation of a TCR-alpha/beta dimer. The existence of intermediates consisting of CD3-gamma, -delta, and -epsilon chains and a single TCR-alpha or -beta chain was also confirmed by using a series of variant T cell lines lacking the TCR-beta or -alpha chain, respectively. Once the single TCR-alpha and -beta chains were associated with CD3, disulfide linkages were formed, and a 70-kDa form of the TCR was detected within the ER. This intracellular precursor of the TCR.CD3 complex was subsequently processed into the mature 90-kDa TCR as the TCR.CD3 complex passed through the Golgi apparatus. Assembly of the TCR.CD3 complex is a rather rapid process, whereas export from the ER occurs at a slow rate. After 1 h, 75% of the receptor complex remained within the ER.
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