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Function
CD1A_HUMAN Antigen-presenting protein that binds self and non-self lipid and glycolipid antigens and presents them to T-cell receptors on natural killer T-cells.[1] [2] [3]
Publication Abstract from PubMed
CD1a is a lipid-presenting molecule that is abundantly expressed on Langerhans cells. However, the in vivo role of CD1a has remained unclear, principally because CD1a is lacking in mice. Through the use of mice with transgenic expression of CD1a, we found that the plant-derived lipid urushiol triggered CD1a-dependent skin inflammation driven by CD4(+) helper T cells that produced the cytokines IL-17 and IL-22 (TH17 cells). Human subjects with poison-ivy dermatitis had a similar cytokine signature following CD1a-mediated recognition of urushiol. Among various urushiol congeners, we identified diunsaturated pentadecylcatechol (C15:2) as the dominant antigen for CD1a-restricted T cells. We determined the crystal structure of the CD1a-urushiol (C15:2) complex, demonstrating the molecular basis of urushiol interaction with the antigen-binding cleft of CD1a. In a mouse model and in patients with psoriasis, CD1a amplified inflammatory responses that were mediated by TH17 cells that reacted to self lipid antigens. Treatment with blocking antibodies to CD1a alleviated skin inflammation. Thus, we propose CD1a as a potential therapeutic target in inflammatory skin diseases.
CD1a on Langerhans cells controls inflammatory skin disease.,Kim JH, Hu Y, Yongqing T, Kim J, Hughes VA, Le Nours J, Marquez EA, Purcell AW, Wan Q, Sugita M, Rossjohn J, Winau F Nat Immunol. 2016 Oct;17(10):1159-66. doi: 10.1038/ni.3523. Epub 2016 Aug 22. PMID:27548435[4]
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References
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- ↑ Vincent MS, Xiong X, Grant EP, Peng W, Brenner MB. CD1a-, b-, and c-restricted TCRs recognize both self and foreign antigens. J Immunol. 2005 Nov 15;175(10):6344-51. PMID:16272286
- ↑ Sloma I, Zilber MT, Vasselon T, Setterblad N, Cavallari M, Mori L, De Libero G, Charron D, Mooney N, Gelin C. Regulation of CD1a surface expression and antigen presentation by invariant chain and lipid rafts. J Immunol. 2008 Jan 15;180(2):980-7. PMID:18178838
- ↑ Kim JH, Hu Y, Yongqing T, Kim J, Hughes VA, Le Nours J, Marquez EA, Purcell AW, Wan Q, Sugita M, Rossjohn J, Winau F. CD1a on Langerhans cells controls inflammatory skin disease. Nat Immunol. 2016 Oct;17(10):1159-66. doi: 10.1038/ni.3523. Epub 2016 Aug 22. PMID:27548435 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ni.3523
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