The ABCs of granule-mediated cytotoxicity: New weapons in the arsenal

被引:511
作者
Lieberman, J [1 ]
机构
[1] Harvard Univ, Sch Med, Ctr Blood Res, Boston, MA 02115 USA
[2] Harvard Univ, Sch Med, Dept Pediat, Boston, MA 02115 USA
基金
美国国家卫生研究院;
关键词
D O I
10.1038/nri1083
中图分类号
R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
学科分类号
100102 ;
摘要
Granule exocytosis is the main pathway for the immune elimination of virus-infected cells and tumour cells by cytotoxic T lymphocytes and natural killer cells. After target-cell recognition, release of the cytotoxic granule contents into the immunological synapse formed between the killer cell and its target induces apoptosis. The granules contain two membrane-perturbing proteins, perforin and granulysin, and a family of serine proteases known as granzymes, complexed with the proteoglycan serglycin. In this review, I discuss recent insights into the mechanisms of granule-mediated cytotoxicity, focusing on how granzymes A, Band C and granulysin activate cell death through caspase-independent pathways.
引用
收藏
页码:361 / 370
页数:10
相关论文
共 106 条
[71]   Lymphocyte-mediated cytotoxicity [J].
Russell, JH ;
Ley, TJ .
ANNUAL REVIEW OF IMMUNOLOGY, 2002, 20 :323-370
[72]   Target cell lysis by CTL granule exocytosis is independent of ICE/Ced-3 family proteases [J].
Sarin, A ;
Williams, MS ;
AlexanderMiller, MA ;
Berzofsky, JA ;
Zacharchuk, CM ;
Henkart, PA .
IMMUNITY, 1997, 6 (02) :209-215
[73]   The restricted expression of granzyme M in human lymphocytes [J].
Sayers, TJ ;
Brooks, AD ;
Ward, JM ;
Hoshino, T ;
Bere, WE ;
Wiegand, GW ;
Kelley, JM ;
Smyth, MJ .
JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY, 2001, 166 (02) :765-771
[74]   Regulation of Fas(Apo-1/CD95)- and perforin-mediated lytic pathways of primary cytotoxic T Lymphocytes by the protooncogene bcl-2 [J].
Schroter, M ;
Lowin, B ;
Borner, C ;
Tschopp, J .
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY, 1995, 25 (12) :3509-3513
[75]   Direct cleavage of the human DNA fragmentation factor-45 by granzyme B induces caspase-activated DNase release and DNA fragmentation [J].
Sharif-Askari, E ;
Alam, A ;
Rhéaume, E ;
Beresford, PJ ;
Scotto, C ;
Sharma, K ;
Lee, D ;
DeWolf, WE ;
Nuttall, ME ;
Lieberman, J ;
Sékaly, RP .
EMBO JOURNAL, 2001, 20 (12) :3101-3113
[76]   A NATURAL-KILLER-CELL GRANULE PROTEIN THAT INDUCES DNA FRAGMENTATION AND APOPTOSIS [J].
SHI, LF ;
KRAUT, RP ;
AEBERSOLD, R ;
GREENBERG, AH .
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE, 1992, 175 (02) :553-566
[77]   PURIFICATION OF 3 CYTOTOXIC LYMPHOCYTE GRANULE SERINE PROTEASES THAT INDUCE APOPTOSIS THROUGH DISTINCT SUBSTRATE AND TARGET-CELL INTERACTIONS [J].
SHI, LF ;
KAM, CM ;
POWERS, JC ;
AEBERSOLD, R ;
GREENBERG, AH .
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE, 1992, 176 (06) :1521-1529
[78]   Granzyme B (GraB) autonomously crosses the cell membrane and perforin initiates apoptosis and GraB nuclear localization [J].
Shi, LF ;
Mai, S ;
Israels, S ;
Browne, K ;
Trapani, JA ;
Greenberg, AH .
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE, 1997, 185 (05) :855-866
[79]   Granzyme A initiates an alternative pathway for granule-mediated apoptosis [J].
Shresta, S ;
Graubert, TA ;
Thomas, DA ;
Raptis, SZ ;
Ley, TJ .
IMMUNITY, 1999, 10 (05) :595-605
[80]  
SMYTH MJ, 1993, J IMMUNOL, V151, P6195