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Subunit 1 of the prefoldin chaperone complex is required for lymphocyte development and function.

Cao S, Carlesso G, Osipovich AB, Llanes J, Lin Q, Hoek KL, Khan WN, Ruley HE
J Immunol. 2008 181 (1): 476-84

PMID: 18566413 · DOI:10.4049/jimmunol.181.1.476

Prefoldin is a hexameric chaperone that facilitates posttranslational folding of actins and other cytoskeletal proteins by the Tcp1-containing ring complex chaperonin, TriC. The present study characterized mice with a null mutation in Pfdn1, which encodes the first subunit of the Prefoldin complex. Pfdn1-deficient mice displayed phenotypes characteristic of defects in cytoskeletal function, including manifestations of ciliary dyskinesia, neuronal loss, and defects in B and T cell development and function. B and T cell maturation was markedly impaired at relatively early stages, namely at the transitions from pre-pro-B to pre-B cells in the bone marrow and from CD4-CD8- double-negative to CD4+CD8+ double-positive T cells in the thymus. In addition, mature B and T lymphocytes displayed cell activation defects upon Ag receptor cross-linking accompanied by impaired Ag receptor capping in B cells. These phenotypes illustrate the importance of cytoskeletal function in immune cell development and activation.

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Animals Base Sequence Bone Marrow Cell Differentiation Lymphocytes Mice Mice, Knockout Molecular Chaperones Molecular Sequence Data Protein Subunits Spleen Thymus Gland

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