Stimulation of CD95 (Fas) blocks T lymphocyte calcium channels through sphingomyelinase and sphingolipids

AUTOR(ES)

Lepple-Wienhues, Albrecht

FONTE

The National Academy of Sciences

RESUMO

Calcium influx through store-operated calcium release-activated calcium channels (CRAC) is required for T cell activation, cytokine synthesis, and proliferation. The CD95 (Apo-1/Fas) receptor plays a role in self-tolerance and tumor immune escape, and it mediates apoptosis in activated T cells. In this paper we show that CD95-stimulation blocks CRAC and Ca2+ influx in lymphocytes through the activation of acidic sphingomyelinase (ASM) and ceramide release. The block of Ca2+ entry is lacking in CD95-defective lpr lymphocytes as well as in ASM-defective cells and can be restored by retransfection of ASM. C2 ceramide, C6 ceramide, and sphingosine block CRAC reversibly, whereas the inactive dihydroceramide has no effect. CD95-stimulation or the addition of ceramide prevents store-operated Ca2+ influx, activation of the transcriptional regulator NFAT, and IL-2 synthesis. The block of CRAC by sphingomyelinase metabolites adds a function to the repertoire of the CD95 receptor inhibiting T cell activation signals.

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