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Kinetics and Cellular Site of Glycolipid Loading Control the Outcome of Natural Killer T Cell Activation

  • Jin S. Im
  • , Pooja Arora
  • , Gabriel Bricard
  • , Alberto Molano
  • , Manjunatha M. Venkataswamy
  • , Ian Baine
  • , Elliot S. Jerud
  • , Michael F. Goldberg
  • , Andres Baena
  • , Karl O.A. Yu
  • , Rachel M. Ndonye
  • , Amy R. Howell
  • , Weiming Yuan
  • , Peter Cresswell
  • , Young tae Chang
  • , Petr A. Illarionov
  • , Gurdyal S. Besra
  • , Steven A. Porcelli
  • Albert Einstein College of Medicine
  • University of Connecticut
  • Yale University
  • National University of Singapore
  • University of Birmingham

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Abstract

CD1d-restricted natural killer T cells (NKT cells) possess a wide range of effector and regulatory activities that are related to their ability to secrete both T helper 1 (Th1) cell- and Th2 cell-type cytokines. We analyzed presentation of NKT cell activating α galactosylceramide (αGalCer) analogs that give predominantly Th2 cell-type cytokine responses to determine how ligand structure controls the outcome of NKT cell activation. Using a monoclonal antibody specific for αGalCer-CD1d complexes to visualize and quantitate glycolipid presentation, we found that Th2 cell-type cytokine-biasing ligands were characterized by rapid and direct loading of cell-surface CD1d proteins. Complexes formed by association of these Th2 cell-type cytokine-biasing αGalCer analogs with CD1d showed a distinctive exclusion from ganglioside-enriched, detergent-resistant plasma membrane microdomains of antigen-presenting cells. These findings help to explain how subtle alterations in glycolipid ligand structure can control the balance of proinflammatory and anti-inflammatory activities of NKT cells.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)888-898
Number of pages11
JournalImmunity
Volume30
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 19 2009

Keywords

  • CELLIMMUNO
  • MOLIMMUNO

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