PMID- 29642281 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190429 LR - 20190429 IS - 2050-4527 (Electronic) IS - 2050-4527 (Linking) VI - 6 IP - 2 DP - 2018 Jun TI - Fas Ligand localizes to intraluminal vesicles within NK cell cytolytic granules and is enriched at the immune synapse. PG - 312-321 LID - 10.1002/iid3.219 [doi] AB - INTRODUCTION: T cell and NK cell cytotoxicity can be mediated via the perforin/granzyme system and Fas Ligand (FasL, CD178). FasL is synthesized as a type II transmembrane protein that binds its cognate receptor Fas (CD95). Membrane-bound FasL is expressed on the plasma membrane of activated lymphocytes and is the main form of FasL with cytotoxic activity, but whether FasL is delivered to the immune synapse along with granzyme and perforin-containing granules is unclear. METHODS: We stably expressed FasL-fluorescent fusion proteins into human NK cells and examined the localization of FasL relative to other intracellular markers by confocal and immunoelectron microscopy, and examined the trafficking of FasL during formation of immune synapses with HLA-deficient B cells. RESULTS: FasL co-localized with CD63 more strongly than perforin or Lamp1+ in cytolytic granules. Electron microscopy revealed that FasL is enriched on intraluminal vesicles (ILVs) adjacent to the dense-core within cytolytic granules. In NK cells forming immune synapses with HLA-deficient B cells, a portion of FasL-containing granules re-localize toward the immune synapse, while a distinct pool of FasL remains at the distal pole of the cell. CONCLUSIONS: Localization of FasL to intra-luminal vesicles within cytolytic granules facilitates FasL trafficking to immune synapses and cytotoxic function in NK cells. CI - (c) 2018 The Authors. Immunity, Inflammation and Disease Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. FAU - Lee, Jeansun AU - Lee J AD - CIMR, Department of Medicine, Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK. AD - Immunoregulation Section, Autoimmunity Branch, National Institutes of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA. FAU - Dieckmann, Nele M G AU - Dieckmann NMG AD - CIMR, Department of Medicine, Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK. FAU - Edgar, James R AU - Edgar JR AD - CIMR, Department of Medicine, Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK. FAU - Griffiths, Gillian M AU - Griffiths GM AD - CIMR, Department of Medicine, Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK. FAU - Siegel, Richard M AU - Siegel RM AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-5953-9893 AD - Immunoregulation Section, Autoimmunity Branch, National Institutes of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA. LA - eng GR - Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom GR - 103930/Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20180411 PL - England TA - Immun Inflamm Dis JT - Immunity, inflammation and disease JID - 101635460 RN - 0 (CD63 protein, human) RN - 0 (FASLG protein, human) RN - 0 (Fas Ligand Protein) RN - 0 (HLA Antigens) RN - 0 (PRF1 protein, human) RN - 0 (Tetraspanin 30) RN - 126465-35-8 (Perforin) RN - EC 3.4.21.- (Granzymes) SB - IM MH - B-Lymphocytes/immunology/metabolism MH - Cell Culture Techniques MH - Cell Line MH - Cytoplasmic Granules/immunology/*metabolism/ultrastructure MH - Fas Ligand Protein/immunology/*metabolism/ultrastructure MH - Granzymes/metabolism MH - HLA Antigens/metabolism MH - Humans MH - Immunological Synapses/immunology/*metabolism/ultrastructure MH - Killer Cells, Natural/cytology/immunology/*metabolism/ultrastructure MH - Microscopy, Electron MH - Perforin/metabolism MH - Tetraspanin 30/immunology/metabolism PMC - PMC5946154 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Cytolytic granules OT - fas ligand (CD178) OT - immune synapse OT - intra-luminal vesicles (ILVs) EDAT- 2018/04/12 06:00 MHDA- 2019/04/30 06:00 PMCR- 2018/04/11 CRDT- 2018/04/12 06:00 PHST- 2016/11/23 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/01/16 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2018/02/06 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2018/04/12 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/04/30 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/04/12 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2018/04/11 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - IID3219 [pii] AID - 10.1002/iid3.219 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Immun Inflamm Dis. 2018 Jun;6(2):312-321. doi: 10.1002/iid3.219. Epub 2018 Apr 11.