ReviewNature reviews. Immunology2024
Membrane organization by tetraspanins and galectins shapes lymphocyte function.
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- In silico transcriptomic analysis nominates TSPAN32 as a central node of SCFA-driven immunometabolic reprogramming in intestinal epithelial cells.Frontiers in bioinformatics · 2026Article
- CD82 Methylation Patterns in Inflammatory Arthritis and their Clinical Association with Hypertension in Rheumatoid Arthritis.Current molecular medicine · 2026Article
- Galectin-9 binding to HLA-DR in dendritic cells controls immune synapse formation and T cell proliferation.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025Article
- Mapping the placental galectin-3 interactome identifies CD9 and ITGB1 as functional glycoprotein counterreceptors during syncytialization.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025Article
- Galectin-9 regulates dendritic cell polarity and uropod contraction by modulating RhoA activity.The Journal of cell biology · 2025Article
- CD151 interacts with integrin beta 2 in B cell lymphomas.Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2025Article
- CD70 recruitment to the immunological synapse is dependent on CD20 in B cells.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025Article
- Tetraspanin CD53 Promotes Inflammation but Restrains Mucus Production in a Mouse Model of Allergic Airway Inflammation.Allergy · 2025Article
- Superresolution Imaging Reveals the Spatial Organization of CD81 Microdomains in Regulating Membrane Signaling on Jurkat T Cell Microvilli.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024Article
- N-Glycosylation-dependent regulation of immune-specific tetraspanins CD37 and CD53.Biophysical journal · 2024Article
- Mass Spectrometry Analysis of Glycopeptides Enriched by Anion Exchange-Mediated Methods Reveals PolyLacNAc-ExtendedAnalytical chemistry · 2024Article
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Abstract
Immune receptors are not randomly distributed at the plasma membrane of lymphocytes but are segregated into specialized domains that function as platforms to initiate signalling, as exemplified by the B cell or T cell receptor complex and the immunological synapse. 'Membrane-organizing proteins' and, in particular, tetraspanins and galectins, are crucial for controlling the spatiotemporal organization of immune receptors and other signalling proteins. Deficiencies in specific tetraspanins and galectins result in impaired immune synapse formation, lymphocyte proliferation, antibody production and migration, which can lead to impaired immunity, tumour development and autoimmunity. In contrast to conventional ligand-receptor interactions, membrane organizers interact in cis (on the same cell) and modulate receptor clustering, receptor dynamics and intracellular signalling. New findings have uncovered their complex and dynamic nature, revealing shared binding partners and collaborative activity in determining the composition of membrane domains. Therefore, immune receptors should not be envisaged as independent entities and instead should be studied in the context of their spatial organization in the lymphocyte membrane. We advocate for a novel approach to study lymphocyte function by globally analysing the role of membrane organizers in the assembly of different membrane complexes and discuss opportunities to develop therapeutic approaches that act via the modulation of membrane organization.
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