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NATURE IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 6, Issue 5, Pages 465-471Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/ni1191
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Signals mediated by chemokine receptors may compete with T cell receptor stop signals and determine the duration of T cell antigen-presenting cell interactions. Here we show that during T cell stimulation by antigen-presenting cells, T cell chemokine receptors coupled to G(q) and/or G(11) protein were recruited to the immunological synapse by a G(i)-independent mechanism. When chemokine receptors were sequestered at the immunological synapse, T cells became insensitive to chemotactic gradients, formed more stable conjugates and finally responded with enhanced proliferation and cytokine production. We suggest that chemokine receptor trapping at the immunological synapse enhances T cell activation by improving T cell-antigen-presenting cell attraction and impeding the 'distraction' of successfully engaged T cells by other chemokine sources.
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