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ArticleFrontiers in cell and developmental biology2021

Increasing LFA-1 Expression Enhances Immune Synapse Architecture and T Cell Receptor Signaling in Jurkat E6.1 Cells.

Chiara Cassioli, Stefan Balint, Ewoud B Compeer, James H Felce, Alessandra Gamberucci, Chiara Della Bella, Suet Ling Felce, Jlenia Brunetti, Salvatore Valvo, Daniela Pende and 4 more

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Article in Frontiers in cell and developmental biology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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14 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Chiara CassioliDepartment of Life Sciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.
Stefan BalintKennedy Institute of Rheumatology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Ewoud B CompeerKennedy Institute of Rheumatology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
James H FelceKennedy Institute of Rheumatology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Alessandra GamberucciDepartment of Molecular and Developmental Medicine, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.
Chiara Della BellaDepartment of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
Suet Ling FelceNuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Jlenia BrunettiDepartment of Medical Biotechnologies, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.
Salvatore ValvoKennedy Institute of Rheumatology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Daniela PendeIRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy.
Mario M D'EliosDepartment of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
Lorenzo MorettaPediatric Hospital Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy.
Michael L DustinKennedy Institute of Rheumatology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Cosima T BaldariDepartment of Life Sciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.
University of Oxford · GBUniversity of Siena · ITUniversity of Florence · ITBambino Gesù Children's Hospital · ITOspedale Policlinico San Martino · IT

Funding

European Research Council 951329
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Jurkat E6.1 clone has been extensively used as a powerful tool for the genetic and biochemical dissection of the TCR signaling pathway. More recently, these cells have been exploited in imaging studies to identify key players in immunological synapse (IS) assembly in superantigen-specific conjugates and to track the dynamics of signaling molecules on glass surfaces coated with activating anti-CD3 antibodies. By comparison, Jurkat cells have been used only scantily for imaging on supported lipid bilayers (SLBs) incorporating laterally mobile TCR and integrin ligands, which allow to study synaptic rearrangements of surface molecules and the fine architecture of the mature IS, likely due to limitations in the assembly of immune synapses with well-defined architecture. Here we have explored whether upregulating the low levels of endogenous LFA-1 expression on Jurkat E6.1 cells through transduction with CD11a- and CD18-encoding lentiviruses can improve IS architecture. We show that, while forced LFA-1 expression did not affect TCR recruitment to the IS, E6.1 LFA-1

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cSMACJurkat cellLFA-1supported lipid bilayer (SLB)TCR signaling

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PMCPMC8343233
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