Activation of invariant natural killer T cells stimulated with microbial α-mannosyl glycolipids.

ABSTRACT: Some synthetic and bacterial glycolipids presented by CD1d specifically activate invariant NKT (iNKT) cells bearing an invariant Vα14-Jα18 (mouse) or Vα24-Jα18 (human) TCR. The antigenic glycolipids identified to date consist of two hydrophobic chains and an α-glycoside in which the 2'-OH group is in the cis orientation toward the anomeric group, namely, either an α-galactoside or an α-glucoside. Several microbial α-mannosyl glycolipids, in which the 2'-OH group is in the trans orientation, were herein examined to establish whether they have potential to activate iNKT cells. We found that α-mannnosyl1-3 (6'-O-acyl α-mannosyl)-1-1 monoacylglycerol and cholesteryl 6'-O-acyl α-mannoside, found in Saccharopolyspora and Candida albicans, respectively, induced the activation of iNKT cells, depen

SUBMITTER: Shimamura M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5574887 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature