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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-10-17
pubmed:abstractText
Infection and transformation by human T cell leukemia virus type I (HTLV-I) up-regulates expression of several inducible genes including those coding for cytokines involved in the proliferation of normal and leukemic T cells. We demonstrate that HTLV-I can also shut off expression of the CD3-gamma, delta, epsilon, and zeta genes that code for the constant elements of the TCR for Ag. In addition, the T cell-specific CD3-epsilon enhancer was found to be inactive in a HTLV-I-infected T cell clone. This HTLV-I-infected T cell clone (827-p19-II) that could be cultured in the absence of IL-2 lacked the CD3 proteins but did express the TCR-alpha and -beta proteins intracellularly. In the absence of the CD3-gamma, delta, epsilon, and zeta polypeptide chains the disulfide bridged TCR-alpha/beta heterodimer was not formed and the Ag receptor did not appear at the cell surface. These results allowed two major conclusions: first, HTLV-I infection has an effect on the T cell specific regulatory elements that coordinately regulate CD3-gamma, delta, epsilon, and zeta expression and second, the CD3-gamma, delta, epsilon, and zeta proteins are necessary for formation and routing the variable TCR-alpha/beta (or -gamma/delta) heterodimer to the human T cell surface.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0022-1767
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
145
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2297-303
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Human T cell leukemia virus type I prevents cell surface expression of the T cell receptor through down-regulation of the CD3-gamma, -delta, -epsilon, and -zeta genes.
pubmed:affiliation
DNAX Research Institute, Department of Human Immunology, Palo Alto CA 94304-1104.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't