Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Porcine UL-16 Binding Protein 1 Is Not a Functional Ligand for the Human Natural Killer Cell Activating Receptor NKG2D. |
| Authors: |
Lopez, Kevin J.1 (AUTHOR) kevlopez@iu.edu, Spence, John Paul2 (AUTHOR) jspence@iupui.edu, Li, Wei3 (AUTHOR) wl1@iupui.edu, Zhang, Wenjun1 (AUTHOR) wenzhang@iu.edu, Wei, Barry1 (AUTHOR) barrwei@iu.edu, Cross-Najafi, Arthur A.1 (AUTHOR) acrossna@iupui.edu, Butler, James R.1 (AUTHOR) jrbutler@iupui.edu, Cooper, David K. C.4 (AUTHOR) dkcooper@mgh.harvard.edu, Ekser, Burcin1 (AUTHOR) bekser@iupui.edu, Li, Ping1 (AUTHOR) bekser@iupui.edu |
| Source: |
Cells (2073-4409). Nov2023, Vol. 12 Issue 22, p2587. 11p. |
| Subject Terms: |
*KILLER cell receptors, *KILLER cells, *CARRIER proteins, *GENOME editing, *IMMUNOLOGICAL tolerance, *GENE knockout |
| Abstract: |
Natural killer (NK) cells play a vital role in xenotransplantation rejection. One approach to induce NK cell immune tolerance is to prevent the NK cell-mediated direct killing of porcine cells by targeting the interaction of the activating receptor NKG2D and its ligands. However, the identity of porcine ligands for the human NKG2D receptor has remained elusive. Previous studies on porcine UL-16 binding protein 1 (pULBP-1) as a ligand for human NKG2D have yielded contradictory results. The goal of the present study was to clarify the role of pULBP-1 in the immune response and its interaction with human NKG2D receptor. To accomplish this, the CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing tool was employed to disrupt the porcine ULBP-1 gene in a 5-gene knockout porcine endothelial cell line (GGTA1, CMAH, β4galNT2, SLA-I α chain, and β-2 microglobulin, 5GKO). A colony with two allele mutations in pULBP-1 was established as a 6-gene knockout pig cell line (6GKO). We found that pULBP-1-deficient pig cells exhibited a reduced binding capacity to human NKG2D-Fc, a recombinant chimera protein. However, the removal of ULBP-1 from porcine endothelial cells did not significantly impact human NK cell degranulation or cytotoxicity upon stimulation with the pig cells. These findings conclusively demonstrate that pULBP-1 is not a crucial ligand for initiating xenogeneic human NK cell activation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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