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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
17
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-7-16
pubmed:abstractText
The Rho proteins are identified as a subgroup of the Ras superfamily of low molecular weight GTP-binding proteins. We have studied the expression of these proteins in human cytotoxic natural killer cells and found that RhoA is the most abundantly expressed member of the Rho family. The Rho proteins are specific substrates for ADP-ribosylation catalyzed by the C3 exoenzyme from Clostridium botulinum. We report here that introduction of recombinant C3 in electropermeabilized natural killer cells or in cytotoxic T lymphocytes resulted in a dose-dependent inhibition of their cytolytic function. Furthermore, a single substrate is efficiently ADP-ribosylated by C3 in extracts from cytotoxic cells. Biochemical analyses indicate that this substrate is RhoA, and subcellular fractionation experiments demonstrate that it is essentially present in the cytosol of the cells. Western blot analysis, however, revealed that a small proportion of the Rho protein can be found associated with the cell membrane as well as with the cytotoxic granules. These results indicate that the low molecular weight GTP-binding protein RhoA is present in cytotoxic lymphocytes and plays a critical role in cell-mediated cytotoxicity.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
267
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
11677-80
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:1601841-ADP Ribose Transferases, pubmed-meshheading:1601841-Adenosine Diphosphate Ribose, pubmed-meshheading:1601841-Blotting, Northern, pubmed-meshheading:1601841-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:1601841-Botulinum Toxins, pubmed-meshheading:1601841-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:1601841-Clostridium botulinum, pubmed-meshheading:1601841-Cytotoxicity, Immunologic, pubmed-meshheading:1601841-Electrophoresis, Gel, Two-Dimensional, pubmed-meshheading:1601841-GTP-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:1601841-Guanosine Triphosphate, pubmed-meshheading:1601841-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:1601841-Killer Cells, Natural, pubmed-meshheading:1601841-Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerases, pubmed-meshheading:1601841-Substrate Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:1601841-T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic, pubmed-meshheading:1601841-rhoA GTP-Binding Protein
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
ADP-ribosylation of the ras-related, GTP-binding protein RhoA inhibits lymphocyte-mediated cytotoxicity.
pubmed:affiliation
Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Unité 333, Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't