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The co-stimulatory activity of Tim-3 requires Akt and MAPK signaling and immune synapse recruitment

Kataoka, S.; Manandhar, P.; Workman, C. J.; Banerjee, H.; Szymczak-Workman, A. L.; Kvorjak, M.; Lohmueller, J.; Kane, L. P.

2019-12-30 immunology
10.1101/2019.12.30.878520 bioRxiv
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Expression of the transmembrane protein Tim-3 is increased on dysregulated T cells undergoing chronic T cell activation, including in chronic infection and solid tumors. We and others previously reported that Tim-3 exerts apparently paradoxical co-stimulatory activity in T cells (and other cells), including enhancement of ribosomal S6 protein phosphorylation (pS6). Here we examined the upstream signaling pathways that control Tim3-mediated increases in pS6 in T cells. We have also defined the localization of Tim-3 relative to the T cell immune synapse and impacts on downstream signaling. Recruitment of Tim-3 to the immune synapse was mediated exclusively by the transmembrane domain, replacement of which impaired Tim-3 co-stimulation of pS6. Strikingly, enforced localization of the Tim-3 cytoplasmic domain to the immune synapse in the context of a chimeric antigen receptor still allowed for robust T cell activation. Our findings are consistent with a model whereby Tim-3 enhances TCR-proximal signaling under acute conditions. One Sentence SummaryHere we define elements of signaling and localization associated with Tim-3 co-stimulatory function in T cells.

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