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T-cell antigen-receptor stoichiometry: pre-clustering for sensitivity

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Swamy,  Mahima
Research Group and Chair of Molecular Immunology of the University of Freiburg, Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, Max Planck Society;

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Schamel,  Wolfgang W. A.
Research Group and Chair of Molecular Immunology of the University of Freiburg, Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, Max Planck Society;

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Alarcón, B., Swamy, M., van Santen, H. M., & Schamel, W. W. A. (2006). T-cell antigen-receptor stoichiometry: pre-clustering for sensitivity. EMBO Reports, 7, 490-495.


Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-002B-9272-6
Abstract
The T-cell antigen receptor (TCR.CD3) is a multi-subunit complex that is responsible for triggering an adaptive immune response. It shows high specificity and sensitivity, while having a low affinity for the ligand. Furthermore, T cells respond to antigen over a wide concentration range. The stoichiometry and architecture of TCR.CD3 in the membrane have been under intense scrutiny because they might be the key to explaining its paradoxical properties. This review highlights new evidence that TCR.CD3 is found on intact unstimulated T cells in a monovalent form (one ligand-binding site per receptor) as well as in several distinct multivalent forms. This is in contrast to the TCR.CD3 stoichiometries determined by several biochemical means; however, these data can be explained by the effects of different detergents on the integrity of the receptor. Here, we discuss a model in which the multivalent receptors are important for the detection of low concentrations of ligand and therefore confer sensitivity, whereas the co-expressed monovalent TCR.CD3s allow a wide dynamic range.