PMID- 19332782 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20090512 LR - 20220330 IS - 1091-6490 (Electronic) IS - 0027-8424 (Print) IS - 0027-8424 (Linking) VI - 106 IP - 15 DP - 2009 Apr 14 TI - Unconventional ligand activation of herpesvirus entry mediator signals cell survival. PG - 6244-9 LID - 10.1073/pnas.0902115106 [doi] AB - The herpesvirus entry mediator (HVEM; TNFRSF14) activates NF-kappaB through the canonical TNF-related cytokine LIGHT, serving as a costimulatory pathway during activation of T cells. HVEM also functions as a ligand for the Ig superfamily members B and T lymphocyte attenuator (BTLA) and CD160, both of which limit inflammatory responses initiated by T cells. Emerging evidence indicates BTLA also promotes T cell survival, but its structural differences from LIGHT intimate BTLA is unlikely to function as an activator of HVEM. We demonstrate here that BTLA, CD160, and herpes simplex virus envelope glycoprotein D (gD) function as activating ligands for HVEM, promoting NF-kappaB activation and cell survival. Membrane-expressed BTLA and CD160, as well as soluble dimeric receptor surrogates BTLA-Fc and gD-Fc specifically activated HVEM-dependent NF-kappaB. BTLA and CD160 engagement induced recruitment of TNF receptor-associated factor 2 (TRAF2), but not TRAF3, to HVEM that specifically activated the RelA but not the RelB form of NF-kappaB in a mucosal epithelial tumor cell line. Moreover, Btla(-/-) T cells survived poorly following activation but were rescued with BTLA-Fc, indicating HVEM-BTLA bidirectional signaling may serve as a critical cell-survival system for lymphoid and epithelial cells. FAU - Cheung, Timothy C AU - Cheung TC AD - Divisions of Molecular Immunology and Developmental Immunology, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, 9420 Athena Circle, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA. FAU - Steinberg, Marcos W AU - Steinberg MW FAU - Oborne, Lisa M AU - Oborne LM FAU - Macauley, Matthew G AU - Macauley MG FAU - Fukuyama, Satoshi AU - Fukuyama S FAU - Sanjo, Hideki AU - Sanjo H FAU - D'Souza, Claire AU - D'Souza C FAU - Norris, Paula S AU - Norris PS FAU - Pfeffer, Klaus AU - Pfeffer K FAU - Murphy, Kenneth M AU - Murphy KM FAU - Kronenberg, Mitchell AU - Kronenberg M FAU - Spear, Patricia G AU - Spear PG FAU - Ware, Carl F AU - Ware CF LA - eng GR - AI067890/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - R24 DK080506/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - DK 080506/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - R37AI33068/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - R37AI036293/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 AI061516/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - CA069381/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R37 AI033068/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - U19 AI031494/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - AI48073/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - P01 CA069381/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - AI61516/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 AI067890/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - R37 AI036293/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 AI048073/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20090330 PL - United States TA - Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A JT - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America JID - 7505876 RN - 0 (Antigens, CD) RN - 0 (BTLA protein, human) RN - 0 (CD160 protein, human) RN - 0 (GPI-Linked Proteins) RN - 0 (Immunoglobulins) RN - 0 (Ligands) RN - 0 (Receptors, Immunologic) RN - 0 (Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor, Member 14) RN - 0 (TNF Receptor-Associated Factor 2) RN - 0 (Transcription Factor RelA) RN - 0 (Viral Envelope Proteins) SB - IM EIN - Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 Sep 22;106(38):16535-6 MH - Animals MH - Antigens, CD/immunology MH - Cell Line MH - Cell Survival/immunology MH - GPI-Linked Proteins MH - Humans MH - Immunoglobulins/immunology MH - Ligands MH - Lymphocyte Activation/immunology MH - Mice MH - Receptors, Immunologic/immunology MH - Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor, Member 14/*immunology MH - Signal Transduction/*immunology MH - T-Lymphocytes/cytology/immunology MH - TNF Receptor-Associated Factor 2/metabolism MH - Transcription Factor RelA/metabolism MH - Viral Envelope Proteins/immunology PMC - PMC2669392 COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2009/04/01 09:00 MHDA- 2009/05/13 09:00 PMCR- 2009/10/14 CRDT- 2009/04/01 09:00 PHST- 2009/04/01 09:00 [entrez] PHST- 2009/04/01 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2009/05/13 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2009/10/14 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 0902115106 [pii] AID - 7587 [pii] AID - 10.1073/pnas.0902115106 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 Apr 14;106(15):6244-9. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0902115106. Epub 2009 Mar 30.