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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2011

Expression, signaling proficiency, and stimulatory function of the NKG2D lymphocyte receptor in human cancer cells.

Andrea Caballero Benitez, Zhenpeng Dai, Henning H Mann, Rebecca S Reeves, Daciana H Margineantu, Ted A Gooley, Veronika Groh, Thomas Spies

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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29citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
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29 citing papers in PubMed, 50 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Andrea Caballero BenitezClinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.
Zhenpeng Dai
Henning H Mann
Rebecca S Reeves
Daciana H Margineantu
Ted A Gooley
Veronika Groh
Thomas Spies
Fred Hutch Cancer Center · US

Funding

Cell-Stress Induced Immune ResponsesR37AI030581 · NIAID · FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER · PI SPIES, THOMAS · 2001 to 2010
$5.7M
NOVEL IMMUNE RESPONSE GENES WITHIN THE HUMAN MHCR01AI030581 · NIAID · FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER · PI SPIES, THOMAS · 1991 to 2000
$366k
NIAID NIH HHS AI30581NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI030581NIAID NIH HHS R37 AI030581
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The stimulatory natural killer group 2 member D (NKG2D) lymphocyte receptor and its tumor-associated ligands are important mediators in the immune surveillance of cancer. With advanced human tumors, however, persistent NKG2D ligand expression may favor tumor progression. We have found that cancer cells themselves express NKG2D in complex with the DNAX-activating protein 10 (DAP10) signaling adaptor. Triggering of NKG2D on ex vivo cancer cells or on tumor lines which express only few receptor complexes activates the oncogenic PI3K-protein kinase B (PKB/AKT)-mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) signaling axis and downstream effectors, the ribosomal protein S6 kinase 1 (S6K1) and the translation initiation factor 4E-binding protein 1 (4E-BP1). In addition, as in lymphocytes, NKG2D ligand engagement stimulates phosphorylation of JNK and ERK in MAP kinase cascades. Consistent with these signaling activities, above-threshold expression of NKG2D-DAP10 in a ligand-bearing tumor line increases its bioenergetic metabolism and proliferation, thus suggesting functional similarity between this immunoreceptor and tumor growth factor receptors. This relationship is supported by significant correlations between percentages of cancer cells that are positive for surface NKG2D and criteria of tumor progression. Hence, in a conceptual twist, these results suggest that tumor co-option of NKG2D immunoreceptor expression may complement the presence of its ligands for stimulation of tumor growth.

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Signal TransductionCell Line, TumorDisease ProgressionEnzyme ActivationFemaleHumansMaleNeoplasmsNK Cell Lectin-Like Receptor Subfamily KPhosphorylationProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktKlrk1 protein, mouseNK Cell Lectin-Like Receptor Subfamily KProto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt

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PMID21321202
PMCPMC3054013
OpenAlexW2052607058

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