Functional T cell immunodeficiency characterized by defective TCR/CD3 induced tyrosylphosphorylation

Immunodeficiency. 1993;4(1-4):131-2.

Abstract

Defective T cell activation has been recognized in a number of patients with primary immunodeficiencies (ID). A distal defect resulting in abnormal production of IL2, IL3, IL4 and IFN gamma was found to be associated with reduced binding of the NF-AT transcription factor to the promoters of the genes coding for these lymphokines. Defect in early steps of T cell activation have been described in primary IDs, consisting in defective calcium flux and phosphoinositides turnover following TCR/CD3 ligation. We herein report a primary ID found in a 13 year old girl. It consists in a partially defective T cell proliferation which could be related to a defective Tyrosine phosphorylation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • CD3 Complex / metabolism
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes / immunology*
  • Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes / metabolism
  • In Vitro Techniques
  • Lymphocyte Activation
  • Phosphorylation
  • Protein-Tyrosine Kinases
  • Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell / metabolism
  • T-Lymphocytes / immunology*
  • T-Lymphocytes / metabolism
  • Tyrosine / metabolism

Substances

  • CD3 Complex
  • Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell
  • Tyrosine
  • Protein-Tyrosine Kinases