Mutation in splicing consensus sequences causes lack of TCR membrane expression due to exon excision |
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Authors: | Jacques Arnaud Christelle Cayrou Regine Llobera B. Rubin |
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Affiliation: | (1) Laboratoire d’Immunologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire, Centre d’ Immunopathologie et de Génétique Humaine, CNRS UPR 8291, CHU de PURPAN, 31300 Toulouse, France, FR |
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Abstract: | T-cell antigen receptor (TCR) membrane-negative T-cell mutants can be divided into two groups: 1) those which lack one of the six TCR polypeptides and 2) those which contain a mutated TCR chain. The present experiments reveal a new mechanism for the development of TCR membrane-negative T-cell variants: mutations in splicing consensus motifs causing excision or misreading of an entire exon (exon 3 of the TCRAC or TCRBC genes). C27.15 cells transcribe a TCR α chain consisting of TCRAVJCexon1Cexon2-encoded amino acids plus six new amino acids. The assembly defect seems to be that the truncated α chain does not interact with CD3 δ molecules; consequently, no TCR αβ/CD3 δεγε complexes are formed. E6.E12 cells transcribe a TCR β chain composed of TCRBVDJCexon1Cexon2-encoded amino acids plus twenty-seven new amino acids, which seem not to form a transmembrane region. The truncated β chain does associate with CD3 γε heterodimers, yet no TCR αβ/CD3 δεγε complexes are made. This may be due either to low assembly of TCR β/CD3 γε trimers or to lack of access of the mutated TCR β/CD3 γε trimers to the TCR α/CD3 δε compartment in the endoplasmic reticulum. Received: 25 September 1996 / Revised: 7 November 1996 |
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