Defective CTLA-4 cycling pathway in Chediak-Higashi syndrome: a possible mechanism for deregulation of T lymphocyte activation. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated antigen 4 (CTLA-4, also known as CD152) has been shown to play a major role in the regulation of T cell activation. Its membrane expression is highly regulated by endocytosis and trafficking through the secretory lysosome pathway. Chediak-Higashi syndrome (CHS) is an inherited disorder caused by mutations in the lysosomal trafficking regulator gene, LYST. It results in defective membrane targeting of the proteins present in secretory lysosomes, and it is associated with a variety of features, including a lymphoproliferative syndrome with hemophagocytosis. The murine equivalent of CHS, beige mice, present similar characteristics but do not develop the lymphoproliferative syndrome. We show herein that CTLA-4 is present in enlarged, abnormal vesicles in CHS T cells and is not properly expressed at the cell surface after T cell activation, whereas its surface expression is not impaired. It is therefore proposed that the defective surface expression of CTLA-4 by CHS T cells is involved in the generation of lymphoproliferative disease. This observation may provide insight into the role of CTLA-4 in humans.

authors

  • Barrat, Franck J.
  • Le Deist, Françoise
  • Benkerrou, Malika
  • Bousso, Philippe
  • Feldmann, Jérome
  • Fischer, Alain
  • de Saint Basile, Geneviève

publication date

  • July 20, 1999

Research

keywords

  • Antigens, Differentiation
  • Chediak-Higashi Syndrome
  • Immunoconjugates
  • Lymphocyte Activation
  • T-Lymphocytes

Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC17570

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0033587676

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1073/pnas.96.15.8645

PubMed ID

  • 10411929

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 96

issue

  • 15