Abstract:
:The immunosuppressant FK506 inhibits thymocyte positive selection. Calcineurin, a FK506-sensitive Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein phosphatase, is presumed to be involved in this event without direct evidence. We have previously shown that moderate stimulation of CD4(+)CD8(+) thymocytes with a combination of the calcium ionophore ionomycin and phorbol myristate acetate mimics positive selection events including downregulation of CD8 expression. Moderate stimulation of a CD4(+)CD8(+) T cell line with the same combination of drugs also induced specific downregulation of CD8 expression. FK506 inhibited the CD8 downregulation in both cell types. The T cell line was transfected with an expression vector encoding an active form of calcineurin. The transfectans remained CD4(+)CD8(+), but became CD4(+)CD8(-) or CD4(+)CD8(low) upon stimulation with phorbol myristate acetate alone. The extent of the CD8 downregulation was correlated with the expression level of the mutant calcineurin. These results suggest that the calcium signal for the CD8 downregulation is mainly delivered through calcineurin activation.
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Biochem Biophys Res Communjournal_title
Biochemical and biophysical research communicationsauthors
Kuwata T,Asada A,Ohoka Y,Mukai M,Miyaike M,Iwata Mdoi
10.1006/bbrc.1998.8767subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1998-06-18 00:00:00pages
242-8issue
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0006-291Xissn
1090-2104pii
S0006-291X(98)98767-8journal_volume
247pub_type
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