Nature Communications (Jun 2017)

The ATP-binding cassette transporter A1 regulates phosphoantigen release and Vγ9Vδ2 T cell activation by dendritic cells

  • Barbara Castella,
  • Joanna Kopecka,
  • Patrizia Sciancalepore,
  • Giorgia Mandili,
  • Myriam Foglietta,
  • Nico Mitro,
  • Donatella Caruso,
  • Francesco Novelli,
  • Chiara Riganti,
  • Massimo Massaia

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15663
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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γδT cells are activated by phosphoantigens, and ABCA1 is involved in cholesterol transport. Here the authors link these ideas to show that ABCA1, apoA-I and BTN3A1 regulate extracellular phosphoantigen release by dendritic cells, and implicate ABCA1 in mevalonate-mediated activation of Vγ9Vδ2 T cells.