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IUBMB LIFE
Volume 63, Issue 9, Pages 686-693Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/iub.505
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T-cell; LFA-1 affinity; beta(2) cytoplasmic tail; talin; alpha-actinin; carboxypeptidase
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- Research Agency of the Republic of Slovenia [P4-0127, J4-9425]
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The adhesion molecule lymphocyte function-associated antigen (LFA)-1 plays a key role in immune surveillance and response. Its conformation is spatially and temporally regulated, enabling adhesion and deadhesion during T-cell migration. LFA-1 adhesion to its major ligand intercellular adhesion molecule 1 is controlled by adaptor proteins which bind the cytoplasmic tail of the beta(2) subunit. Cathepsin X, a cysteine carboxypeptidase, promotes T-cell migration and morphological changes by cleaving the beta(2) cytoplasmic tail of LFA-1. In this way, it modulates the affinity of LFA-1 for structural adaptors talin-1 and alpha-actinin-1 and enables the stepwise transition between intermediate and high-affinity conformations of LEA-I, an event that is necessary for effective T-cell function. Cathepsin X regulation that would allow precise modulation of LFA-1 affinity has a great potential for anti-LEA-1 therapy. (C) 2011 IUBMB Life, 63(9): 686-693,2011
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