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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-1-2
pubmed:abstractText
The destruction of viral-infected and tumor cells is mediated in part via the lysis receptor of natural killer (NK) cells, NKp46. The nature, however, of its lysis ligands expressed on target cells is poorly defined. Recently, we have identified a novel functional interaction between the lysis receptors NKp46 and NKp44 and the hemagglutinin of influenza and hemagglutinin-neuroaminidase of Sendai viruses. This recognition depends on the sialylation of NKp46 and NKp44 receptors. In this study, we expand the significance of these observations by demonstrating a conserved pattern of NKp46 and NKp44 recognition by various hemagglutinins derived from different viral strains. We further establish that this recognition is direct and mainly mediated via alpha2,6-linked sialic acid carried by NKp46. In addition, we demonstrate that the ability of NKp46 to recognize target cells is confined to the membrane proximal domain, and largely relies on the highly conserved sugar-carrying residue, Thr 225. This residue plays a critical dual role in NKp46 interactions with both viral hemagglutinins and the unknown tumor ligands via different mechanisms. These results may explain the ability of NK cells to kill such a broad spectrum of viral-infected and tumor cells.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0006-4971
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
103
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
664-72
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:14504081-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:14504081-Antibodies, Monoclonal, pubmed-meshheading:14504081-Antigens, Ly, pubmed-meshheading:14504081-Binding Sites, pubmed-meshheading:14504081-Cell Line, Transformed, pubmed-meshheading:14504081-Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, pubmed-meshheading:14504081-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:14504081-Killer Cells, Natural, pubmed-meshheading:14504081-Male, pubmed-meshheading:14504081-Membrane Glycoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:14504081-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:14504081-Natural Cytotoxicity Triggering Receptor 1, pubmed-meshheading:14504081-Receptors, Immunologic, pubmed-meshheading:14504081-Recombinant Fusion Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:14504081-Sendai virus, pubmed-meshheading:14504081-Tumor Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:14504081-Virus Diseases
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
The mechanisms controlling the recognition of tumor- and virus-infected cells by NKp46.
pubmed:affiliation
Lautenberg Center for General and Tumor Immunology, The Hebrew University Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, 91120, Israel.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't