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  • Title: CD161 (NKR-P1A) costimulation of CD1d-dependent activation of human T cells expressing invariant V alpha 24 J alpha Q T cell receptor alpha chains.
    Author: Exley M, Porcelli S, Furman M, Garcia J, Balk S.
    Journal: J Exp Med; 1998 Sep 07; 188(5):867-76. PubMed ID: 9730888.
    Abstract:
    A population of human T cells expressing an invariant V alpha 24 J alpha Q T cell antigen receptor (TCR) alpha chain and high levels of CD161 (NKR-P1A) appears to play an immunoregulatory role through production of both T helper (Th) type 1 and Th2 cytokines. Unlike other CD161(+) T cells, the major histocompatibility complex-like nonpolymorphic CD1d molecule is the target for the TCR expressed by these T cells (V alpha 24(invt) T cells) and by the homologous murine NK1 (NKR-P1C)+ T cell population. In this report, CD161 was shown to act as a specific costimulatory molecule for TCR-mediated proliferation and cytokine secretion by V alpha 24(invt) T cells. However, in contrast to results in the mouse, ligation of CD161 in the absence of TCR stimulation did not result in V alpha 24(invt) T cell activation, and costimulation through CD161 did not cause polarization of the cytokine secretion pattern. CD161 monoclonal antibodies specifically inhibited V alpha 24(invt) T cell proliferation and cytokine secretion in response to CD1d+ target cells, demonstrating a physiological accessory molecule function for CD161. However, CD1d-restricted target cell lysis by activated V alpha 24(invt) T cells, which involved a granule-mediated exocytotic mechanism, was CD161-independent. In further contrast to the mouse, the signaling pathway involved in V alpha 24(invt) T cell costimulation through CD161 did not appear to involve stable association with tyrosine kinase p56(Lck). These results demonstrate a role for CD161 as a novel costimulatory molecule for TCR-mediated recognition of CD1d by human V alpha 24(invt) T cells.
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