Abstract
Lymphocyte activation and proliferation are a result of a functional encounter between a lymphocyte bearing a clonotypic receptor that recognizes unique nonself-antigens and a cell that presents those specific antigens at its surface. Positive recognition of antigen by the T cell receptor of T lymphocytes, or by the B cell receptor of B lymphocytes, is then signaled to inner components of the cell through biochemical activation pathways. A number of adhesion molecules and co-receptors help to strengthen the interaction between the lymphocyte and the antigen presenting cell, and some of these surface proteins transduce signals that complement or amplify those delivered by the antigen receptor in a concerted action that modifies cellular behavior. B and T cell receptor-proximal signaling involves the extensive phosphorylation of intracellular effectors and adaptors that help to assemble large multi-protein complexes that transmit and diversify the received stimuli into the activation of an array of transcription factors that modify the transcriptional landscape of the cell and change cell behavior. The majority of the signaling steps are common to those of many different mammalian cell types. However, the extreme complexity of the lymphocyte signaling networks with many additional checkpoints and controlling steps endows lymphocytes with a remarkable capacity of regulating the outcome of activation that goes beyond the simple response to increased amounts of agonist. On the outcome of controlled lymphocyte activation depends the building of an effective immune response towards foreign or external aggression while avoiding self-reactivity against own components and development of autoimmunity.
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Abbreviations
- AP1:
-
Activator protein 1
- APC:
-
Antigen presenting Cell
- BCL6:
-
B-cell lymphoma 6 protein
- BCL10:
-
B-cell lymphoma/leukemia 10
- BCR:
-
B Cell receptor
- BLNK:
-
B-cell linker protein
- BTLA:
-
B- and T-lymphocyte attenuator
- CARD11:
-
Caspase recruitment domain-containing protein 11
- CBL:
-
Casitas B-lineage lymphoma proto-oncogene
- CD40LG:
-
CD40 ligand
- CSK:
-
C-terminal Src kinase
- cSMAC:
-
Central supramolecular activation cluster
- CTLA4:
-
Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte protein 4
- DAG:
-
1,2-Diacylglycerol
- dSMAC:
-
Distal supramolecular activation cluster
- ER:
-
Endoplasmic reticulum
- ERK:
-
Extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase
- FYB1:
-
FYN-binding protein 1
- FYN:
-
FGR/YES novel protein
- GRAP2:
-
GRB2-related adapter protein 2
- GRB2:
-
Growth factor receptor-bound protein 2
- ICAM1:
-
Intercellular adhesion molecule 1
- IgSF:
-
Immunoglobulin superfamily
- IKKA:
-
Inhibitor of nuclear factor κB kinase A
- IKZF1:
-
Ikaros family zinc finger protein 1
- IL2:
-
Interleukin 2
- INPP5D:
-
Inositol polyphosphate-5-phosphatase D
- InsP3:
-
Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate
- IRF8:
-
Interferon regulatory factor 8
- ITAM:
-
Immunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motif
- ITGAL:
-
Integrin alpha-L
- ITIM:
-
Immunoreceptor tyrosine-based inhibitory motif
- ITK:
-
IL2-inducible T-cell tyrosine kinase
- LAG3:
-
Lymphocyte-activation gene 3
- LAT:
-
Linker for activation of T cells
- LCK:
-
Lymphocyte-specific protein-tyrosine kinase
- LCP2:
-
Lymphocyte cytosolic protein 2
- LYN:
-
Lck/Yes-related novel protein tyrosine kinase
- MALT1:
-
Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma translocation protein 1
- MAP2K1:
-
Mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 1
- mIg:
-
Membrane immunoglobulin
- NCK1:
-
Non-catalytic region of tyrosine kinase adaptor protein 1
- NFAT:
-
Nuclear factor of activated T-cells
- NFKB:
-
Nuclear factor κB
- NFKBI:
-
NFKB inhibitor IκB
- NTAL:
-
Non-T cell activation linker
- ORAI1:
-
Calcium release-activated calcium channel protein 1
- PAG1:
-
Phosphoprotein associated with glycosphingolipid-enriched microdomains 1
- PD1:
-
Programmed cell death protein 1
- PDPK1:
-
3-Phosphoinositide-dependent protein kinase 1
- PH:
-
Pleckstrin homology
- PIK3:
-
Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase
- PIK3C:
-
Catalytic subunit of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase
- PIK3R:
-
Regulatory subunit of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase
- PKC:
-
Protein kinase C
- PLCG:
-
Phospholipase C-γ
- PLCG1:
-
Phospholipase C-γ1
- PLCG2:
-
Phospholipase C-γ2
- pMHC:
-
Peptide-MHC complex
- POU2F1:
-
POU domain, class 2, transcription factor 1
- PRDM1:
-
PR domain zinc finger protein 1
- PRKCB:
-
PKC isoform β
- PRKCQ:
-
PKC isoform θ
- pSMAC:
-
Peripheral supramolecular activation cluster
- PtdIns(4,5)P2:
-
Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate
- PtdIns(3,4,5)P3:
-
Phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-trisphosphate
- PTK:
-
Protein tyrosine kinase
- PTPN6:
-
Protein tyrosine phosphatase non-receptor type 6
- PTPN11:
-
Protein tyrosine phosphatase non-receptor type II
- RASA1:
-
RAS GTPase-activating protein 1
- RASGRP1:
-
RAS guanyl-releasing protein 1
- RASGRP3:
-
RAS guanyl-releasing protein 3
- RTK:
-
Receptor tyrosine kinases
- SH:
-
SRC homology
- SIGLEC:
-
Sialic acid binding Ig-like lectin
- SOS1:
-
Son of sevenless homolog 1
- SRCR:
-
Scavenger receptor cysteine-rich
- SYK:
-
Spleen tyrosine kinase
- TCR:
-
T cell receptor
- TGF:
-
Transforming growth factor
- TIGIT:
-
T cell immunoreceptor with Ig and ITIM domains
- TNFR:
-
Tumor necrosis factor receptor
- TRAF6:
-
TNF receptor-associated factor 6
- XBP1:
-
X-box-binding protein 1
- ZAP-70:
-
Z-associated protein-70
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This work was financed by FEDER—Fundo Europeu de Desenvolvimento Regional funds through the COMPETE 2020—Operacional Programme for Competitiveness and Internationalisation (POCI), Portugal 2020, and by Portuguese funds through FCT—Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia/Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Ensino Superior in the framework of the project POCI-01-0145-FEDER-032296 (PTDC/MED-IMU/32296/2017). SNH is recipient of a studentship SFRH/BD/133312/2017 from FCT.
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Carmo, A.M., Henriques, S.N. (2020). Cell Activation and Signaling in Lymphocytes. In: Silva, J.V., Freitas, M.J., Fardilha, M. (eds) Tissue-Specific Cell Signaling. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-44436-5_5
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