Uncommon Endocytic and Trafficking Pathway of the Natural Killer Cell CD94/NKG2A Inhibitory Receptor
- 21 March 2008
- Vol. 9 (6), 1019-1034
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0854.2008.00738.x
Abstract
The CD94/NKG2A inhibitory receptor, expressed by natural killer and T cells, is constantly exposed to its HLA-E ligand expressed by surrounding cells. Ligand exposure often induces receptor downregulation. For CD94/NKG2A, this could potentiate activation receptor(s) induced responses to normal bystander cells. We investigated CD94/NKG2A endocytosis and found that it occurs by an amiloride-sensitive, Rac1-dependent macropinocytic-like process; however, it does not require clathrin, dynamin, ADP ribosylation factor-6, phosphoinositide-3 kinase or the actin cytoskeleton. Once endocytosed, CD94/NKG2A traffics to early endosomal antigen 1(+), Rab5(+) early endosomes. It does appear in Rab4(+) early/sorting endosome, but, in the time period examined, fails to reach Rab11(+) recycling or Rab7(+) late endosomes or lysosome-associated membrane protein-1(+) lysosomes. These results indicate that CD94/NKG2A utilizes a previously undescribed endocytic mechanism coupled with an abbreviated trafficking pattern, perhaps to insure surface expression.Keywords
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