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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 35, Issue 2, Pages 622-631Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/eji.200425538
Keywords
rodent; T lymphocytes; TCR; signal transduction; cellular activation
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- NIA NIH HHS [AG08808, AG19619, AG13283] Funding Source: Medline
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We have recently shown that treatment of T cells from aged mice with an endopeptidase specific for O-linked glycoproteins can restore synapse formation and early activation markers to CD4 cells from aged mice. New data show that the sialidase from Clostridium perfringens, but not from Vibrio cholerae, can increase activation of CD4 cells from both old and young mice as measured by calcium signals, expression of CD25 and CD69, and secretion of IL-2. Lectin binding assays showed alterations with age in the levels, accessibility or conformation of multiple glycoproteins on the surface of CD4 cells. While some alterations were due to the accumulation of memory cells with age, others were age sensitive and found exclusively in the naive subset or both naive and memory subsets. Furthermore, analysis of the sialic acid links alpha(2,3)Gal/GalNAc and alpha(2,6)Gal/GalNAc in immunoprecipitated CD43 and CD45 molecules confirm that age alters the glycosylation of specific proteins that regulate TCR interaction with antigen presenting cells. These data support the idea that changes in T cell surface glycosylation could play an important role in immune senescence.
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