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The Journal of Immunology, 2001, 166: 2576-2588.
Copyright © 2001 by The American Association of Immunologists

A Redundant Role of the CD3{gamma}-Immunoreceptor Tyrosine-Based Activation Motif in Mature T Cell Function1

Mariëlle C. Haks*, Tanina A. Cordaro*, Jeroen H. N. van den Brakel*, John B. A. G. Haanen*, Evert F. R. de Vries{dagger}, Jannie Borst{dagger}, Paul Krimpenfort{ddagger} and Ada M. Kruisbeek2,*

* Division of Immunology, {dagger} Division of Cellular Biochemistry, and {ddagger} Division of Molecular Genetics, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

At least four different CD3 polypeptide chains are contained within the mature TCR complex, each encompassing one (CD3{gamma}, CD3{delta}, and CD3{epsilon}) or three (CD3{zeta}) immunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motifs (ITAMs) within their cytoplasmic domains. Why so many ITAMs are required is unresolved: it has been speculated that the different ITAMs function in signal specification, but they may also serve in signal amplification. Because the CD3{zeta} chains do not contribute unique signaling functions to the TCR, and because the ITAMs of the CD3-{gamma}{delta}{epsilon} module alone can endow the TCR with normal signaling capacity, it thus becomes important to examine how the CD3{gamma}-, {delta}-, and {epsilon}-ITAMs regulate TCR signaling. We here report on the role of the CD3{gamma} chain and the CD3{gamma}-ITAM in peripheral T cell activation and differentiation to effector function. All T cell responses were reduced or abrogated in T cells derived from CD3{gamma} null-mutant mice, probably because of decreased expression levels of the mature TCR complex lacking CD3{gamma}. Consistent with this explanation, T cell responses proceed undisturbed in the absence of a functional CD3{gamma}-ITAM. Loss of integrity of the CD3{gamma}-ITAM only slightly impaired the regulation of expression of activation markers, suggesting a quantitative contribution of the CD3{gamma}-ITAM in this process. Nevertheless, the induction of an in vivo T cell response in influenza A virus-infected CD3{gamma}-ITAM-deficient mice proceeds normally. Therefore, if ITAMs can function in signal specification, it is likely that either the CD3{delta} and/or the CD3{epsilon} chains endow the TCR with qualitatively unique signaling functions.




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