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JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 277, Issue 33, Pages 30289-30299Publisher
AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M200494200
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- NCI NIH HHS [CA 21765] Funding Source: Medline
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Receptor clustering is a key event in the initiation of signaling by many types of receptor molecules. Here, we provide evidence for the novel concept that clustering of a ligand is a prerequisite for clustering of the cognate receptor. We show that clustering of the CD40 receptor depends on reciprocal clustering of the CD40 ligand (gp39, CD154). Clustering of the CD40 ligand is mediated by an association of the ligand with p53, a translocation of acid sphingomyelinase (ASM) to the cell membrane, an activation of the ASM, and a formation of ceramide. Ceramide appears to modify preexisting sphingolipid-rich membrane microdomains to fuse and form ceramide-enriched signaling platforms that serve to cluster CD40 ligand. Genetic deficiency of p53 or ASM or disruption of ceramide-enriched membrane domains prevents clustering of CD40 ligand. The functional significance of CD40 ligand clustering is indicated by the finding that clustering of CD40 on B lymphocytes upon co-incubation with CD40 ligand-expressing T cells depends on clustering of the CD40 ligand and is abrogated by inhibition of CD40 ligand clustering.
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