Cutting Edge: KIR3DS1 , a Gene Implicated in Resistance to Progression to AIDS, Encodes a DAP12-Associated Receptor Expressed on NK Cells That Triggers NK Cell Activation

  • Carr W
  • Rosen D
  • Arase H
  • et al.
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Abstract

The killer cell Ig-like receptor (KIR) gene, KIR3DS1, has been implicated in slowing disease progression in HIV infection; however, little is known about its expression, function, or ligand specificity. Using retrovirally transduced NKL cells and peripheral blood NK cells from KIR3DS1-positive donors we assessed expression of this gene by flow cytometry and its function by in vitro assays measuring KIR3DS1-induced cell-mediated cytotoxicity and cytokine production. In the present study, we demonstrate that KIR3DS1 is expressed on peripheral blood NK cells and triggers both cytotoxicity and IFN-γ production. Using cotransfection and coimmunoprecipitation, we found that KIR3DS1 associates with the ITAM-bearing adaptor, DAP12. Soluble KIR3DS1-Ig fusion proteins did not bind to EBV-transformed B lymphoid cell lines transfected with HLA-Bw4 80I or 80T allotypes, suggesting that if KIR3DS1 does recognize HLA-Bw4 ligands, this may be peptide dependent.

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Carr, W. H., Rosen, D. B., Arase, H., Nixon, D. F., Michaelsson, J., & Lanier, L. L. (2007). Cutting Edge: KIR3DS1 , a Gene Implicated in Resistance to Progression to AIDS, Encodes a DAP12-Associated Receptor Expressed on NK Cells That Triggers NK Cell Activation. The Journal of Immunology, 178(2), 647–651. https://doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.178.2.647

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