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HUMAN IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 69, Issue 1, Pages 16-23Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2007.11.005
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HLA-G1; natural killer cells; cytotoxicity; signal transduction; immunosynapse
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Nonclassical major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I molecule human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-G is normally expressed on the placental. cells, especially fetal. endothetial. cells and invasive cytotrophoblast cells at the maternal-fetal interface. This antigen meditates immune tolerance in pregnancy through interaction with immune cells including natural killer (NK) cells. In this study, we investigated the mechanisms underlying HLA-G1-mediated inhibition of NK cytotoxicity using HLA-G1-transfected K562 cells and NK92 cells. We found that inhibition of NK cytotoxicity by HLA-G1 was associated with decreased formation of NK-target cell conjugates and defective formation of immunologic synapse, as characterized by actin depolarization and perforin immobilization in nonactive NK cells. HLA-G1 engagement induced dephosphorylation of Vav by tyrosine phosphatase-1 (SHP-1), and thus blocked the Syk -> MEK/ERK activating signaling pathway in activating NK cells. These results indicate that HLA-G1 inhibits NK cytotoxicity by Mocking activating signal transduction pathway, which is required for the formation of activating immunologic synapse. (c) 2008 American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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