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Syntaxin 11 is required for NK and CD8⁺ T-cell cytotoxicity and neutrophil degranulation.
Eur. J. Immunol. 43, 194-208 (2013)
Syntaxin 11 (STX11) controls vesicular trafficking and is a key player in exocytosis. Since Stx11 mutations are causally associated with a familial hemophagocytic lymphohistio-cytosis, we wanted to clarify whether STX11 is functionally important for key immune cell populations. This was studied in primary cells obtained from newly generated Stx11(-/-) mice. Our data revealed that STX11 is not only widely expressed in different immune cells, but also induced upon LPS or IFN-γ treatment. However, Stx11 deficiency does not affect macrophage phagocytic function and cytokine secretion, mast cell activation, or antigen presentation by DCs. Instead, STX11 selectively controls lymphocyte cytotoxicity in NK and activated CD8(+) T cells and degranulation in neutrophils. Stx11(-/-) NK cells and CTLs show impaired degranulation, despite a comparable activation, maturation and expression of the complex-forming partners MUNC18-2 and VTI1B. In addition, Stx11(-/-) CTLs and NK cells produce abnormal levels of IFN-γ. Since functional reconstitution rescues the defective phenotype of Stx11(-/-) CTLs, we suggest a direct, specific and key role of STX11 in controlling lymphocyte cytotoxicity, cytokine production and secretion. Finally, we show that these mice are a very useful tool for dissecting the role of STX11 in vesicular trafficking and secretion.
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Article: Journal article
Document type
Scientific Article
Language
english
Publication Year
2013
HGF-reported in Year
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ISSN (print) / ISBN
0014-2980
e-ISSN
1521-4141
Journal
European Journal of Immunology
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Volume: 43,
Issue: 1,
Pages: 194-208
Publisher
Wiley
Publishing Place
Hoboken
Reviewing status
Peer reviewed
Institute(s)
Institute of Diabetes Research (IDF)
PubMed ID
23042080
Erfassungsdatum
2013-03-05