TY - JOUR
T1 - p49, A putative HLA-G1-specific inhibitory NK receptor belonging to the Immunoglobulin Superfamily
AU - Cantoni, Claudia
AU - Falco, Michela
AU - Pessino, Anna
AU - Moretta, Alessandro
AU - Moretta, Lorenzo
AU - Biassoni, Roberto
PY - 1999/7
Y1 - 1999/7
N2 - NK cells display several killer inhibitory receptors (KIRs) specific for different alleles of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I molecules. A family of KIRs are represented by type I transmembrane proteins belonging to the Immunoglobulin Superfamily (Ig-SF). In the present study we describe a cDNA, termed cl.15.212, that encodes for a type I transmembrane protein displaying approximately 50% sequence homology with other Ig-SF members. The protein encoded by cl.15.212 (termed p49 according to its apparent molecular weight of 49 kDa) is characterized by two extracellular Ig-like domains, a 115-amino acid cytoplasmic tail containing a single immuno-receptor tyrosine-based inhibitory motif (ITIM) typical of KIR. Different from the other KIRs, the cl.15.212 transcript is expressed by all NK cells and by a fraction of T-cell clones expressing KIR. To determine the specificity of the cl.15.212-encoded receptor, we generated a chimeric protein, formed by the ectodomain of p49 and the Fc portion of human IgG1 (p49-Fc). Soluble molecules bound efficiently to LCL721.221 (221) cells transfected with HLA-G1, -A3, -B46 alleles and weakly to the -B7 allele. On the other hand, they did not bind to 221 cells either untransfected or transfected with HLA-A2, -B51, -Cw3, or-Cw4. Copyright (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd.
AB - NK cells display several killer inhibitory receptors (KIRs) specific for different alleles of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I molecules. A family of KIRs are represented by type I transmembrane proteins belonging to the Immunoglobulin Superfamily (Ig-SF). In the present study we describe a cDNA, termed cl.15.212, that encodes for a type I transmembrane protein displaying approximately 50% sequence homology with other Ig-SF members. The protein encoded by cl.15.212 (termed p49 according to its apparent molecular weight of 49 kDa) is characterized by two extracellular Ig-like domains, a 115-amino acid cytoplasmic tail containing a single immuno-receptor tyrosine-based inhibitory motif (ITIM) typical of KIR. Different from the other KIRs, the cl.15.212 transcript is expressed by all NK cells and by a fraction of T-cell clones expressing KIR. To determine the specificity of the cl.15.212-encoded receptor, we generated a chimeric protein, formed by the ectodomain of p49 and the Fc portion of human IgG1 (p49-Fc). Soluble molecules bound efficiently to LCL721.221 (221) cells transfected with HLA-G1, -A3, -B46 alleles and weakly to the -B7 allele. On the other hand, they did not bind to 221 cells either untransfected or transfected with HLA-A2, -B51, -Cw3, or-Cw4. Copyright (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd.
KW - HLA
KW - KIR
KW - NK cells
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U2 - 10.1016/S0165-0378(99)00031-5
DO - 10.1016/S0165-0378(99)00031-5
M3 - Article
C2 - 10479051
AN - SCOPUS:0032776845
VL - 43
SP - 157
EP - 165
JO - Journal of Reproductive Immunology
JF - Journal of Reproductive Immunology
SN - 0165-0378
IS - 2
ER -