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Regulation of peripheral T cell activation by calreticulin.


ABSTRACT: Regulated expression of positive and negative regulatory factors controls the extent and duration of T cell adaptive immune response preserving the organism's integrity. Calreticulin (CRT) is a major Ca2+ buffering chaperone in the lumen of the endoplasmic reticulum. Here we investigated the impact of CRT deficiency on T cell function in immunodeficient mice reconstituted with fetal liver crt-/- hemopoietic progenitors. These chimeric mice displayed severe immunopathological traits, which correlated with a lower threshold of T cell receptor (TCR) activation and exaggerated peripheral T cell response to antigen with enhanced secretion of inflammatory cytokines. In crt-/- T cells TCR stimulation induced pulsatile cytosolic elevations of Ca2+ concentration and protracted accumulation of nuclear factor of activated T cells in the nucleus as well as sustained activation of the mitogen-activated protein kinase pathways. These observations support the hypothesis that CRT-dependent shaping of Ca2+ signaling critically contributes to the modulation of the T cell adaptive immune response.

SUBMITTER: Porcellini S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2118200 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Regulation of peripheral T cell activation by calreticulin.

Porcellini Simona S   Traggiai Elisabetta E   Schenk Ursula U   Ferrera Denise D   Matteoli Michela M   Lanzavecchia Antonio A   Michalak Marek M   Grassi Fabio F  

The Journal of experimental medicine 20060201 2


Regulated expression of positive and negative regulatory factors controls the extent and duration of T cell adaptive immune response preserving the organism's integrity. Calreticulin (CRT) is a major Ca2+ buffering chaperone in the lumen of the endoplasmic reticulum. Here we investigated the impact of CRT deficiency on T cell function in immunodeficient mice reconstituted with fetal liver crt-/- hemopoietic progenitors. These chimeric mice displayed severe immunopathological traits, which correl  ...[more]

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