1. The DC-SIGN-CD56 interaction inhibits the anti-dendritic cell cytotoxicity of CD56 expressing cells
- Author
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Ivan S. Raginov, Alexey A. Nabatov, Molecular cell biology and Immunology, and CCA - Immuno-pathogenesis
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Cancer Research ,Epidemiology ,Cytotoxicity ,Cell ,HIV-1 infection ,Polysialic acid ,DC-SIGN ,Dendritic cells ,CD56/NCAM ,medicine ,Receptor ,biology ,business.industry ,Dendritic cell ,Cell biology ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Infectious Diseases ,Oncology ,Peripheral blood lymphocyte ,Immunology ,biology.protein ,Natural killer cells ,Antibody ,business ,Intracellular ,Research Article - Abstract
Background This study aimed to clarify interactions of the pattern-recognition receptor DC-SIGN with cells from the HIV-infected peripheral blood lymphocyte cultures. Methods Cells from control and HIV-infected peripheral blood lymphocyte cultures were tested for the surface expression of DC-SIGN ligands. The DC-SIGN ligand expressing cells were analyzed for the role of DC-SIGN-ligand interaction in their functionality. Results In the vast majority of experiments HIV-infected lymphocytes did not express detectable DC-SIGN ligands on their cell surfaces. In contrast, non-infected cells, carrying NK-specific marker CD56, expressed cell surface DC-SIGN ligands. The weakly polysialylated CD56 was identified as a novel DC-SIGN ligand. The treatment of DC-SIGN expressing dendritic cells with anti-DC-SIGN antibodies increased the anti-dendritic cell cytotoxicity of CD56pos cells. The treatment of CD56pos cells with a peptide, blocking the weakly polysialylated CD56-specifc trans-homophilic interactions, inhibited their anti-dendritic cells cytotoxicity. Conclusions The interaction between DC-SIGN and CD56 inhibits homotypic intercellular interactions of CD56pos cells and protects DC-SIGN expressing dendritic cells against CD56pos cell-mediated cytotoxicity. This finding can have an impact on the development of approaches to HIV infection and cancer therapy as well as in transplantation medicine.
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- 2015