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Department of Molecular Genetics, Graduate School of Medicine, and
Department of Surgery, Institute of Pulmonary Cancer Research, School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan;
Department of Biochemistry, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan; and
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Division of Molecular Membrane Biology, Cancer Research Institute, Kanazawa University, Ishikawa, Japan
CTLA-4 is expressed on the surface of activated T cells and negatively regulates T cell activation. Because a low-level expression of CTLA-4 on the cell surface is sufficient to induce negative signals in T cells, the surface expression of CTLA-4 is strictly regulated. We previously demonstrated that the association of CTLA-4 with the clathrin-associated adaptor complex AP-2 induces internalization of CTLA-4 and keeps the surface expression low. However, the mechanism to induce high expression on the cell surface upon stimulation has not yet been clarified. To address this, we investigated the intracellular dynamics of CTLA-4 by analyzing its localization and trafficking in wild-type and mutant CTLA-4-transfected Th1 clones. CTLA-4 is accumulated in intracellular granules, which we identified as lysosomes. CTLA-4 is degraded in lysosomes in a short period, and the degradation process may serve as one of the mechanisms to regulate CTLA-4 expression. Upon TCR stimulation, CTLA-4-containing lysosomes are secreted as proven by the secretion of cathepsin D and ß-hexosaminidase in parallel with the increase of surface expression of CTLA-4 and lysosomal glycoprotein 85, a lysosomal marker. These results suggest that the cell surface expression of CTLA-4 is up-regulated upon stimulation by utilizing a mechanism of secretory lysosomes in CD4+T cells.
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