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JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY
卷 176, 期 4, 页码 425-433出版社
ROCKEFELLER UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200609077
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Cathepsin C activates serine proteases expressed in hematopoietic cells by cleaving an N-terminal dipeptide from the proenzyme upon granule packaging. The lymphocytes of cathepsin C-null mice are therefore proposed to totally lack granzyme B activity and perforin-dependent cytotoxicity. Surprisingly, we show, using live cell microscopy and other methodologies, that cells targeted by allogenic CD8(+) cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) raised in cathepsin C-null mice die through perforin-dependent apoptosis indistinguishable from that induced by wild-type CTL. The cathepsin C-null CTL expressed reduced but still appreciable granzyme B activity, but minimal granzyme A activity. Also, in contrast to mice with inactivation of both their granzyme A/B genes, cathepsin C deficiency did not confer susceptibility to ectromelia virus infection in vivo. Overall, our results indicate that although cathepsin C clearly generates the majority of granzyme B activity some is still generated in its absence, pointing to alternative mechanisms for granzyme B processing and activation. Cathepsin C deficiency also results in considerably milder immune deficiency than perforin or granzyme A/B deficiency.
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