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Regulation of perforin lysis: implications for protein disulfide isomerase proteins.

ABSTRACT: Perforin, a membrane-permeabilizing protein, is important to T cell cytotoxic action. Perforin has potential to damage the T cell in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), is sequestered in granules, and later is exocytosed to kill cells. In the ER and after exocytosis, calcium and pH favor perforin activity. We found a novel perforin inhibitor associated with cytotoxic T cell granules and termed it Cytotoxic Regulatory Protein 2 (CxRP2). CxRP2 blocked lysis by granule extracts, recombinant perforin and T cells. Its effects lasted for hours. CxRP2 was calcium stable and refractory to inhibitors of granzyme and cathepsin proteases. Through mass spectrometric analysis of active 50-100 kDa proteins, we identified CxRP2 candidates. Protein disulfide isomerase A3 was the strongest candidate but was unavailable for testing; however, protein disulfide isomerase A1 had CxRP2 activity. Our results indicate that protein disulfide isomerases, in the ER or elsewhere, may protect T cells from their own perforin.

SUBMITTER: Tamang DL

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2667449 | biostudies-literature | 2009

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Regulation of perforin lysis: implications for protein disulfide isomerase proteins.

Tamang David L DL Alves Bryce N BN Elliott Viki V Redelman Doug D Wadhwa Renu R Fraser Stephanie A SA Hudig Dorothy D

Cellular immunology 20090114 1-2

Perforin, a membrane-permeabilizing protein, is important to T cell cytotoxic action. Perforin has potential to damage the T cell in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), is sequestered in granules, and later is exocytosed to kill cells. In the ER and after exocytosis, calcium and pH favor perforin activity. We found a novel perforin inhibitor associated with cytotoxic T cell granules and termed it Cytotoxic Regulatory Protein 2 (CxRP2). CxRP2 blocked lysis by granule extracts, recombinant perforin an ...[more]

PMID: 19147124

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Regulation of perforin lysis: implications for protein disulfide isomerase proteins.

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Regulation of perforin lysis: implications for protein disulfide isomerase proteins.

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