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JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 171, Issue 5, Pages 2225-2232Publisher
AMER ASSOC IMMUNOLOGISTS
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.171.5.2225
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Engagement of the costimulatory molecule CD28 is an important step in the optimal activation of T cells. Nevertheless, the specific role of CD28 in the formation of the immunological synapse and cytoskeletal changes that occur upon TCR/CD3 complex engagement is still poorly understood. Using Ab-coated surfaces, we show that CD28 engagement in the absence of any other signal induced the formation of cytoplasmic elongations enriched in filamentous actin (F-actin), in this work called filopodia or micro-spikes. Such structures were specific for engagement of CD28 on mAb-coated surfaces because they could not be observed in surfaces coated with either poly(L-lySine) or anti-CD3 mAb. The signaling pathway coupling CD28 to cytoskeletal rearrangements required Src-related kinase activity and promoted Vav phosphorylation and Cdc42 activation independently of the zeta-chain-associated kinase (ZAP-70). CD28-induced filopodia required Cdc42 GTPase activity, but not the related Rho GTPase Rac1. Moreover, Cdc42 colocalized to areas of increased F-actin. Our results support a specific role for the activation of the small Rho GTPase Cdc42 in the actin reorganization mediated by CD28 in human T cells.
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