Acid sphingomyelinase is a key regulator of cytotoxic granule secretion by primary T lymphocytes / Jasmin Herz, Julian Pardo, Hamid Kashkar, Michael Schramm, Elza Kuzmenkina, Erik Bos, Katja Wiegmann, Reinhard Wallich, Peter J. Peters, Stefan Herzig, Elmon Schmelzer, Martin Krönke, Markus M. Simon & Olaf Utermöhlen

Granule-mediated cytotoxicity is the main effector mechanism of cytotoxic CD8+ T cells. We report that CD8+ T cells from acid sphingomyelinase (ASMase)-deficient (ASMase-KO) mice are defective in exocytosis of cytolytic effector molecules; this defect resulted in attenuated cytotoxic activity of ASMase-KO CD8+ T cells and delayed elimination of lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus from ASMase-KO mice. Cytolytic granules of ASMase-KO and wild-type CD8+ T cells were equally loaded with granzymes and perforin, and correctly directed to the immunological synapse. In wild-type CD8+ T cells, secretory granules underwent shrinkage by 82% after fusion with the plasma membrane. In ASMase-KO CD8+ T cells, the contraction of secretory granules was markedly impaired. Thus, ASMase is required for contraction of secretory granules and expulsion of cytotoxic effector molecules..

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

14 June 2009

2009

Erschienen:

14 June 2009

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:10

Enthalten in:

Nature immunology - 10(2009), 7, Seite 761-768

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Herz, Jasmin, 1979- [VerfasserIn]
Pardo, Julian [VerfasserIn]
Kashkar, Hamid [VerfasserIn]
Schramm, Michael [VerfasserIn]
Kuzmenkina, Elza [VerfasserIn]
Bos, Erik [VerfasserIn]
Wiegmann, Katja [VerfasserIn]
Wallich, Reinhard [VerfasserIn]
Peters, Peter J. [VerfasserIn]
Herzig, Stefan [VerfasserIn]
Schmelzer, Elmon [VerfasserIn]
Krönke, Martin [VerfasserIn]
Simon, Markus M. [VerfasserIn]
Utermöhlen, Olaf [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Animals
Arenaviridae Infections
CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes
Chemokine CCL5
Cytotoxicity, Immunologic
Female
Granzymes
Immunoblotting
Immunological Synapses
Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus
Male
Mice
Mice, Knockout
Microscopy, Fluorescence
Perforin
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
Secretory Vesicles
Sphingomyelin Phosphodiesterase
T-Lymphocytes
T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic

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Umfang:

8

doi:

10.1038/ni.1757

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1757914919