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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-4-19
pubmed:abstractText
Using a new mAb, 2F1, we characterize a mouse natural killer (NK) cell antigen termed 'killer cell lectin-like receptor G1' (KLRG1; formerly mouse MAFA or 2F1-Ag). KLRG1 is expressed on 30-60% of murine NK cells, and a small fraction of T cells, and is composed of a homodimer of glycosylated 30-38-kDa subunits. Strikingly, cell surface expression of KLRG1 by NK cells was substantially down-regulated in mice deficient for expression of class I molecules, in contrast to the Ly49 lectin-like NK receptors, which are up-regulated in class I-deficient mice. We could not demonstrate binding of KLRG1 to class I molecules in a cell-cell adhesion assay. Transgenic expression of KLRG1 under heterologous transcription elements was unaffected by class I deficiency, indicating that class I molecules do not affect the KLRG1 protein directly, and suggesting that regulation is at the level of expression of the endogenous KLRG1 gene. Evidence is presented that class I molecules regulate KLRG1 via interactions with class I-specific inhibitory Ly49 molecules and SHP-1 signaling. Thus, although KLRG1 and Ly49 molecules are both lectin-like inhibitory receptors that are regulated by class I expression, the effects of class I on the cell surface expression of the molecules are opposing, and the underlying regulatory mechanisms are distinct.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0014-2980
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
30
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
920-30
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10741410-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10741410-Antibodies, Monoclonal, pubmed-meshheading:10741410-Antigens, Ly, pubmed-meshheading:10741410-Chimera, pubmed-meshheading:10741410-Down-Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:10741410-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:10741410-Histocompatibility Antigens Class I, pubmed-meshheading:10741410-Killer Cells, Natural, pubmed-meshheading:10741410-Lectins, C-Type, pubmed-meshheading:10741410-Membrane Glycoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:10741410-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:10741410-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:10741410-Mice, Knockout, pubmed-meshheading:10741410-Mice, Mutant Strains, pubmed-meshheading:10741410-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:10741410-Receptors, Mitogen, pubmed-meshheading:10741410-Receptors, NK Cell Lectin-Like, pubmed-meshheading:10741410-Signal Transduction
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
NK cell expression of the killer cell lectin-like receptor G1 (KLRG1), the mouse homolog of MAFA, is modulated by MHC class I molecules.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology and Cancer Research Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley 94720-3200, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.