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Transmembrane adaptor protein PAG is a mediator of PD-1 inhibitory signaling in human T cells.

ABSTRACT: The inhibitory receptor PD-1 is expressed on T cells to inhibit select functions when ligated. The complete signaling mechanism downstream of PD-1 has yet to be uncovered. Here, we discovered phosphoprotein associated with glycosphingolipid-enriched microdomains 1 (PAG) is phosphorylated following PD-1 ligation and associate this with inhibitory T cell function. Clinical cohort analysis correlates low PAG expression with increased survival from numerous tumor types. PAG knockdown in T cells prevents PD-1-mediated inhibition of cytokine secretion, cell adhesion, CD69 expression, and ERK_204/187 phosphorylation, and enhances phosphorylation of SRC₅₂₇ following PD-1 ligation. PAG overexpression rescues these effects. In vivo, PAG contributes greatly to the growth of two murine tumors, MC38 and B16, and limits T cell presence within the tumor. Moreover, PAG deletion sensitizes tumors to PD-1 blockade. Here PAG is established as a critical mediator of PD-1 signaling and as a potential target to enhance T cell activation in tumors.

SUBMITTER: Strazza M

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8175585 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Transmembrane adaptor protein PAG is a mediator of PD-1 inhibitory signaling in human T cells.

Strazza Marianne M Azoulay-Alfaguter Inbar I Peled Michael M Adam Kieran K Mor Adam A

Communications biology 20210603 1

The inhibitory receptor PD-1 is expressed on T cells to inhibit select functions when ligated. The complete signaling mechanism downstream of PD-1 has yet to be uncovered. Here, we discovered phosphoprotein associated with glycosphingolipid-enriched microdomains 1 (PAG) is phosphorylated following PD-1 ligation and associate this with inhibitory T cell function. Clinical cohort analysis correlates low PAG expression with increased survival from numerous tumor types. PAG knockdown in T cells prev ...[more]

PMID: 34083754

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Transmembrane adaptor protein PAG is a mediator of PD-1 inhibitory signaling in human T cells.

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Transmembrane adaptor protein PAG is a mediator of PD-1 inhibitory signaling in human T cells.

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