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Author: SMYTH, MARK × End date: 2009 × Start date: 2004 × Type: Journal Article ×

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    Membrane-bound Fas ligand only is essential for Fas-induced apoptosis
    Reilly, LAO ; Tai, L ; Lee, L ; Kruse, EA ; Grabow, S ; Fairlie, WD ; Haynes, NM ; Tarlinton, DM ; Zhang, J-G ; Belz, GT ; Smyth, MJ ; Bouillet, P ; Robb, L ; Strasser, A (NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP, 2009-10-01)
    Fas ligand (FasL), an apoptosis-inducing member of the TNF cytokine family, and its receptor Fas are critical for the shutdown of chronic immune responses and prevention of autoimmunity. Accordingly, mutations in their genes cause severe lymphadenopathy and autoimmune disease in mice and humans. FasL function is regulated by deposition in the plasma membrane and metalloprotease-mediated shedding. Here we generated gene-targeted mice that selectively lack either secreted FasL (sFasL) or membrane-bound FasL (mFasL) to resolve which of these forms is required for cell killing and to explore their hypothesized non-apoptotic activities. Mice lacking sFasL (FasL(Deltas/Deltas)) appeared normal and their T cells readily killed target cells, whereas T cells lacking mFasL (FasL(Deltam/Deltam)) could not kill cells through Fas activation. FasL(Deltam/Deltam) mice developed lymphadenopathy and hyper-gammaglobulinaemia, similar to FasL(gld/gld) mice, which express a mutant form of FasL that cannot bind Fas, but surprisingly, FasL(Deltam/Deltam) mice (on a C57BL/6 background) succumbed to systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)-like autoimmune kidney destruction and histiocytic sarcoma, diseases that occur only rarely and much later in FasL(gld/gld) mice. These results demonstrate that mFasL is essential for cytotoxic activity and constitutes the guardian against lymphadenopathy, autoimmunity and cancer, whereas excess sFasL appears to promote autoimmunity and tumorigenesis through non-apoptotic activities.
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    The functional basis for hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in a patient with co-inherited missense mutations in the perforin (PFN1) gene
    Voskoboinik, I ; Thia, MC ; De Bono, A ; Browne, K ; Cretney, E ; Jackson, JT ; Darcy, PK ; Jane, SM ; Smyth, MJ ; Trapani, JA (ROCKEFELLER UNIV PRESS, 2004-09-20)
    About 30% of cases of the autosomal recessive immunodeficiency disorder hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis are believed to be caused by inactivating mutations of the perforin gene. We expressed perforin in rat basophil leukemia cells to define the basis of perforin dysfunction associated with two mutations, R225W and G429E, inherited by a compound heterozygote patient. Whereas RBL cells expressing wild-type perforin (67 kD) efficiently killed Jurkat target cells to which they were conjugated, the substitution to tryptophan at position 225 resulted in expression of a truncated ( approximately 45 kD) form of the protein, complete loss of cytotoxicity, and failure to traffic to rat basophil leukemia secretory granules. By contrast, G429E perforin was correctly processed, stored, and released, but the rat basophil leukemia cells possessed reduced cytotoxicity. The defective function of G429E perforin mapped downstream of exocytosis and was due to its reduced ability to bind lipid membranes in a calcium-dependent manner. This study elucidates the cellular basis for perforin dysfunctions in hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis and provides the means for studying structure-function relationships for lymphocyte perforin.