TY - JOUR
T1 - The interaction of TIGIT with PVR and PVRL2 inhibits human NK cell cytotoxicity
AU - Stanietsky, Noa
AU - Simic, Hrvoje
AU - Arapovic, Jurica
AU - Toporik, Amir
AU - Levy, Ofer
AU - Novik, Amit
AU - Levine, Zurit
AU - Beiman, Meirav
AU - Dassa, Liat
AU - Achdout, Hagit
AU - Stern-Ginossar, Noam
AU - Tsukerman, Pinhas
AU - Jonjic, Stipan
AU - Mandelboim, Ofer
PY - 2009/10/20
Y1 - 2009/10/20
N2 - NK cell cytotoxicity is controlled by numerous NK inhibitory and activating receptors. Most of the inhibitory receptors bind MHC class I proteins and are expressed in a variegated fashion. It was recently shown that TIGIT, a new protein expressed by T and NK cells binds to PVR and PVR-like receptors and inhibits T cell activity indirectly through the manipulation of DC activity. Here, we show that TIGIT is expressed by all human NK cells, that it binds PVR and PVRL2 but not PVRL3 and that it inhibits NK cytotoxicity directly through its ITIM. Finally, we show that TIGIT counter inhibits the NK-mediated killing of tumor cells and protects normal cells from NK-mediated cytoxicity thus providing an "alternative self" mechanism for MHC class I inhibition.
AB - NK cell cytotoxicity is controlled by numerous NK inhibitory and activating receptors. Most of the inhibitory receptors bind MHC class I proteins and are expressed in a variegated fashion. It was recently shown that TIGIT, a new protein expressed by T and NK cells binds to PVR and PVR-like receptors and inhibits T cell activity indirectly through the manipulation of DC activity. Here, we show that TIGIT is expressed by all human NK cells, that it binds PVR and PVRL2 but not PVRL3 and that it inhibits NK cytotoxicity directly through its ITIM. Finally, we show that TIGIT counter inhibits the NK-mediated killing of tumor cells and protects normal cells from NK-mediated cytoxicity thus providing an "alternative self" mechanism for MHC class I inhibition.
KW - Inhibitory receptors
KW - Natural killers
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U2 - 10.1073/pnas.0903474106
DO - 10.1073/pnas.0903474106
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C2 - 19815499
AN - SCOPUS:70449597272
SN - 0027-8424
VL - 106
SP - 17858
EP - 17863
JO - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
JF - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
IS - 42
ER -