First Author | Mueller P | Year | 2011 |
Journal | J Immunol | Volume | 186 |
Issue | 7 | Pages | 4039-50 |
PubMed ID | 21339362 | Mgi Jnum | J:170847 |
Mgi Id | MGI:4947476 | Doi | 10.4049/jimmunol.1003352 |
Citation | Mueller P, et al. (2011) Migration and homeostasis of naive T cells depends on coronin 1-mediated prosurvival signals and not on coronin 1-dependent filamentous actin modulation. J Immunol 186(7):4039-50 |
abstractText | Coronins are WD repeat-containing proteins highly conserved in the eukaryotic kingdom implicated in the regulation of F-actin. Mammalian coronin 1, one of the most conserved isoforms expressed in leukocytes, regulates survival of T cells, which has been suggested to be due to its role in preventing F-actin-induced apoptosis. In this study, we come to a different conclusion. We show that coronin 1 does not modulate F-actin and that induction of F-actin failed to induce apoptosis. Instead, coronin 1 was required for providing prosurvival signals, in the absence of which T cells rapidly underwent apoptosis. These results argue against a role for coronin 1 in F-actin-mediated T cell apoptosis and establish coronin 1 as an essential regulator of the balance between prosurvival and proapoptotic signals in naive T cells. |