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  3. PANP is a novel O-glycosylated PILRα ligand expressed in neural tissues

PANP is a novel O-glycosylated PILRα ligand expressed in neural tissues

  • Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2011 Feb 18;405(3):428-33. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2011.01.047.
Amane Kogure 1,  Ikuo Shiratori,  Jing Wang,  Lewis L Lanier,  Hisashi Arase
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Affiliation

  • 1 Department of Immunochemistry, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
PMID: 21241660 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2011.01.047
Abstract

PILRα is an immune inhibitory receptor possessing an immunoreceptor tyrosine-based inhibitory motif (ITIM) in its cytoplasmic domain enabling it to deliver inhibitory signals. Binding of PILRα to its ligand CD99 is involved in immune regulation; however, whether there are Other PILRα ligands in addition to CD99 is not known. Here, we report that a novel molecule, PILR-associating neural protein (PANP), acts as an additional ligand for PILRα. Transcription of PANP was mainly observed in neural tissues. PILRα-Ig fusion protein bound cells transfected with PANP and the transfectants stimulated PILRα reporter cells. Specific O-glycan structures on PANP were found to be required for PILR recognition of this ligand. These results suggest that PANP is involved in immune regulation as a ligand of the PILRα.

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