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- Title
The X-linked lymphoproliferative-disease gene product SAP regulates signals induced through the co-receptor SLAM.
- Authors
Sayos, J; Wu, C; Morra, M; Wang, N; Zhang, X; Allen, D; van Schaik, S; Notarangelo, L; Geha, R; Roncarolo, M G; Oettgen, H; De Vries, J E; Aversa, G; Terhorst, C
- Abstract
In addition to triggering the activation of B- or T-cell antigen receptors, the binding of a ligand to its receptor at the cell surface can sometimes determine the physiological outcome of interactions between antigen-presenting cells, T and B lymphocytes. The protein SLAM (also known as CDw150), which is present on the surface of B and T cells, forms such a receptor-ligand pair as it is a self-ligand. We now show that a T-cell-specific, SLAM-associated protein (SAP), which contains an SH2 domain and a short tall, acts as an inhibitor by blocking recruitment of the SH2-domain-containing signal-transduction molecule SHP-2 to a docking site in the SLAM cytoplasmic region. The gene encoding SAP maps to the same area of the X chromosome as the locus for X-linked lymphoproliferative disease (XLP) and we found mutations in the SAP gene in three XLP patients. Absence of the inhibitor SAP in XLP patients affects T/B-cell interactions induced by SLAM, leading to an inability to control B-cell proliferation caused by Epstein-Barr virus infections.
- Publication
Nature, 1998, Vol 395, Issue 6701, p462
- ISSN
0028-0836
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1038/26683