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JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 176, Issue 12, Pages 7502-7510Publisher
AMER ASSOC IMMUNOLOGISTS
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.176.12.7502
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It is well known that protein kinase C (PKC) plays an important role in regulation of TCR cell surface expression levels. However, eight different PKC isotypes are present in T cells, and to date the particular isotype(s) involved in TCR down-regulation remains to be identified. The aim of this study was to identify the PKC isotype(s) involved in TCR down-regulation and to elucidate the mechanism by which they induce TCR down-regulation. To accomplish this, we studied TCR down-regulation in the human T cell line Jurkat, in primary human T cells, or in the-mouse T cell line DO11.10 in which we either overexpressed constitutive active or dominant-negative forms of various PKC isotypes. In addition, we studied TCR down-regulation in PKC knockout mice and by using small interfering RNA-mediated knockdown of specific PKC isotypes. We found that PKCa and PKC theta were the only PKC isotypes able to induce significant TCR down-regulation. Both isotypes mediated TCR down-regulation via the TCR recycling pathway that strictly depends on Ser(126) and the di-leucine-based receptor-sorting motif of the CD3 gamma chain. Finally, we found that PKC theta was mainly implicated in down-regulation of directly engaged TCR, whereas PKC alpha was involved in down-regulation of nonengaged TCR.
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