Pre-assembly of the Extracellular Domains of CD40 is Not Necessary for Rescue of Mouse B Cells from Anti-immunoglobulin M-induced Apoptosis

Overview

Journal Immunology

Specialty Allergy & Immunology

Date 2003 Apr 2

PMID 12667206

Authors

Peter Ellmark

Christina Furebring

Carl A K Borrebaeck

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Abstract

CD40 is a tumour necrosis factor receptor (TNFR) family member of central importance for the adaptive immune system. To elucidate the functional role of the different extracellular domains of CD40, we have created a set of truncated CD40 molecules where domains, or parts of domains, have been removed. These CD40 proteins, which contain a peptide tag in the N-terminal end, have been expressed in a murine B-cell line, WEHI 231. It was found that ligation of these engineered CD40 proteins via the peptide tag, was sufficient to rescue as well as to promote proliferation of apoptotic WEHI 231 cells, even when all the extracellular domains of CD40 were absent. Our results suggest that pre association of CD40 in the cell membrane plays no critical role for the CD40 signalling pathway. Furthermore, our data imply that conformational changes initiated in the extracellular domains of CD40 are not essential for signal transduction.

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