Lipid rafts are plasma membrane compartments enriched in key signaling molecules. We have previously shown that in T lymphocytes anti-CD3 stimulation is insensitive to cholesterol extraction by methyl-beta-cyclodextrin (MbetaCD), suggesting that anti-CD3 induced signal transduction is independent of raft integrity. Here we show that, in contrast to T cell stimulation by anti-CD3 antibodies, T cell activation by a physiological ligand is mediated by signaling events taking place in lipid raft. Indeed, cholesterol depletion by MbetaCD resulted in reduced T cell activation in response to Epstein Barr Virus (EBV)-transformed B cells pulsed with a bacterial superantigen. Moreover, T cell stimulation by pulsed EBV-B cells, but not by anti-CD3 antibodies, induced recruitment of active Lck in detergent-resistant membranes, where the signal transduction is organized and amplified.

Pizzo, P., Giurisato, E., Bigsten, A., Tassi, M., Tavano, R., Shaw, A.S., et al. (2004). Physiological T cell activation starts and propagates in lipid rafts. IMMUNOLOGY LETTERS, 91(1), 3-9 [10.1016/j.imlet.2003.09.008].

Physiological T cell activation starts and propagates in lipid rafts.

GIURISATO, EMANUELE;
2004-01-01

Abstract

Lipid rafts are plasma membrane compartments enriched in key signaling molecules. We have previously shown that in T lymphocytes anti-CD3 stimulation is insensitive to cholesterol extraction by methyl-beta-cyclodextrin (MbetaCD), suggesting that anti-CD3 induced signal transduction is independent of raft integrity. Here we show that, in contrast to T cell stimulation by anti-CD3 antibodies, T cell activation by a physiological ligand is mediated by signaling events taking place in lipid raft. Indeed, cholesterol depletion by MbetaCD resulted in reduced T cell activation in response to Epstein Barr Virus (EBV)-transformed B cells pulsed with a bacterial superantigen. Moreover, T cell stimulation by pulsed EBV-B cells, but not by anti-CD3 antibodies, induced recruitment of active Lck in detergent-resistant membranes, where the signal transduction is organized and amplified.
2004
Pizzo, P., Giurisato, E., Bigsten, A., Tassi, M., Tavano, R., Shaw, A.S., et al. (2004). Physiological T cell activation starts and propagates in lipid rafts. IMMUNOLOGY LETTERS, 91(1), 3-9 [10.1016/j.imlet.2003.09.008].
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