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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-8-9
pubmed:abstractText
Ecto-5'-nucleotidase (5'-NT,) CD73 is a glycosyl phosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored differentiation Ag and purine salvage enzyme expressed on the surface of subsets of human lymphocytes. CD73 mAbs, in combination with submitogenic PMA or OKT3, activate human T cells to proliferate, secrete IL-2, and express IL-2 receptors. For several GPI-anchored proteins implicated in T cell activation, activation is thought to occur through a mechanism that requires the GPI anchor. To investigate the role of the GPI anchor in CD73-mediated signal transduction, CD73 cDNA was transfected into the human T cell leukemia line Jurkat. Transfectants were stimulated to secrete IL-2 by immobilized OKT3 + PMA and by soluble CD73 mAb + PMA. The amount of IL-2 synthesized by individual clones in response to CD73 mAb + PMA was proportional to the IL-2 response to immobilized OKT3 + PMA. CD73 transfectants of Jurkat mutants defective in the TCR, in p56lck, or in the tyrosine phosphatase CD45 did not secrete IL-2 in response to CD73 mAb + PMA, suggesting a role for the CD3/TCR-signaling complex in CD73-mediated signal transduction. A transmembrane form of CD73 was expressed in Jurkat cells by fusing the extracellular portion of CD73 to the transmembrane domain of human tissue factor. Although as a group, clones expressing transmembrane CD73 synthesized less IL-2 in response to CD73 mAb + PMA than clones expressing the GPI-anchored form of the molecule, the responses of the two groups overlapped considerably. In contrast to previous studies with Ly-6, Qa-2, and CD55, the GPI anchor is not critical for activation through CD73.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0022-1767
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
153
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1046-53
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Glycosyl phosphatidylinositol membrane anchor is not required for T cell activation through CD73.
pubmed:affiliation
Immunobiology and Cancer Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City 73104.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.