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The junctional adhesion molecule JAML is a costimulatory receptor for epithelial gammadelta T cell activation.


ABSTRACT: Gammadelta T cells present in epithelial tissues provide a crucial first line of defense against environmental insults, including infection, trauma, and malignancy, yet the molecular events surrounding their activation remain poorly defined. Here we identify an epithelial gammadelta T cell-specific costimulatory molecule, junctional adhesion molecule-like protein (JAML). Binding of JAML to its ligand Coxsackie and adenovirus receptor (CAR) provides costimulation leading to cellular proliferation and cytokine and growth factor production. Inhibition of JAML costimulation leads to diminished gammadelta T cell activation and delayed wound closure akin to that seen in the absence of gammadelta T cells. Our results identify JAML as a crucial component of epithelial gammadelta T cell biology and have broader implications for CAR and JAML in tissue homeostasis and repair.

SUBMITTER: Witherden DA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2943937 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The junctional adhesion molecule JAML is a costimulatory receptor for epithelial gammadelta T cell activation.

Witherden Deborah A DA   Verdino Petra P   Rieder Stephanie E SE   Garijo Olivia O   Mills Robyn E RE   Teyton Luc L   Fischer Wolfgang H WH   Wilson Ian A IA   Havran Wendy L WL  

Science (New York, N.Y.) 20100901 5996


Gammadelta T cells present in epithelial tissues provide a crucial first line of defense against environmental insults, including infection, trauma, and malignancy, yet the molecular events surrounding their activation remain poorly defined. Here we identify an epithelial gammadelta T cell-specific costimulatory molecule, junctional adhesion molecule-like protein (JAML). Binding of JAML to its ligand Coxsackie and adenovirus receptor (CAR) provides costimulation leading to cellular proliferation  ...[more]

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