Mechanisms of Cellular Immune Responses

Division Of Basic Sciences - Nci

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Abstract

Investigation of Rab35 and EPI64C continue to be important to our research objectives, given our finding that EPI64C and Rab35 regulate a recycling pathway in T-cells and contribute to IS formation, most likely by participating in TCR transport to the immunological synapse. Because of the singular usefulness of knockout mice in understanding key biological functions of gene, we have been expending much of our effort in this direction. Therefore, we have created conditional knockout mice for EPI64C and Rab35. We have finally obtained chimeric knockout mice and offspring that carry the knockout haplotypes. Breeding is in progress to create knockout mice carrying appropriate Cre genes to selectively express in hematopoietic cells. We demonstrated that recycling of the Ca2+-activated K+ channel, KCa2.3, is dependent upon Rab35/EPI64C. Roles of other molecules in T-cell recognition are being analyzed in their respective projects, ERM in BC 010995, and NHERF1 and Myo1G in BC 010993.