Visualizing intermolecular interactions in T cells

Nicholas R.J. Gascoigne, Jeanette Ampudia, Jean Pierre Clamme, Guo Fu, Carina Lotz, Michel Mallaun, Nathalie Niederberger, Ed Palmer, Vasily Rybakin, Pia P. Yachi, Tomasz Zal

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Abstract

The use of appropriate fluorescent proteins has allowed the use of FRET microscopy for investigation of intermolecular interactions in living cells. This method has the advantage of both being dynamic and of working at the subcellular level, so that the time and place where proteins interact can be visualized. We have used FRET microscopy to analyze the interactions between the T cell antigen receptor and the coreceptors CD4 and CD8. This chapter reviews data on how these coreceptors are recruited to the immunological synapse, and how they interact when the T cell is stimulated by different ligands.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationVisualizing Immunity
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages31-46
Number of pages16
Edition1
ISBN (Print)9783540938620
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009

Publication series

NameCurrent Topics in Microbiology and Immunology
Number1
Volume334
ISSN (Print)0070-217X

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Immunology and Allergy
  • Microbiology
  • Immunology
  • Microbiology (medical)

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