The ATP-binding cassette transporter A1 regulates phosphoantigen release and V?9V?2 T cell activation by dendritic cells.

ABSTRACT: V?9V?2 T cells are activated by phosphoantigens, such as isopentenyl pyrophosphate (IPP), which is generated in the mevalonate pathway of antigen-presenting cells. IPP is released in the extracellular microenvironment via unknown mechanisms. Here we show that the ATP-binding cassette transporter A1 (ABCA1) mediates extracellular IPP release from dendritic cells (DC) in cooperation with apolipoprotein A-I (apoA-I) and butyrophilin-3A1. IPP concentrations in the supernatants are sufficient to induce V?9V?2 T cell proliferation after DC mevalonate pathway inhibition with zoledronic acid (ZA). ZA treatment increases ABCA1 and apoA-I expression via IPP-dependent LXR? nuclear translocation and PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway inhibition. These results close the mechanistic gap in our understanding of extracellular IPP release from DC and provide a framework to fine-tune V?9V?2 T cell activation via mevalonate and PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway modulation.

SUBMITTER: Castella B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5465356 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature