CD8

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Putative T-cell surface glycoprotein CD8
Identifiers
SymbolCD8
Membranome29
Chr. 2 p12
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CD8b molecule
Identifiers
SymbolCD8B
Alt. symbolsCD8B1
Chr. 2 p12
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CD8 (cluster of differentiation 8) is a transmembrane glycoprotein that serves as a co-receptor for the T-cell receptor (TCR). Along with the TCR, the CD8 co-receptor plays a role in T cell signaling and aiding with cytotoxic T cell-antigen interactions.

Like the TCR, CD8 binds to a major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecule, but is specific for the MHC class I protein.[1]

There are two isoforms of the protein, alpha and beta, each encoded by a different gene. In humans, both genes are located on chromosome 2 in position 2p12.

Tissue distribution

The CD8 co-receptor is predominantly expressed on the surface of cytotoxic T cells, but can also be found on natural killer cells, cortical thymocytes, and dendritic cells. The CD8 molecule is a marker for cytotoxic T cell population. It is expressed in T cell lymphoblastic lymphoma and hypo-pigmented mycosis fungoides.[2]

Structure

To function, CD8 forms a dimer, consisting of a pair of CD8 chains. The most common form of CD8 is composed of a CD8-α and CD8-β chain, both members of the

X-ray Diffraction at a 2.6A resolution.[4]
The structure was determined to have an immunoglobulin-like beta-sandwich folding and 114 amino acid residues. 2% of the protein is wound into α-helices and 46% into β-sheets, with the remaining 52% of the molecules remaining in the loop portions.

Schematic representation of the heterodimeric CD8 co-receptor

Function

The extracellular IgV-like domain of CD8-α interacts with the α3 portion of the Class I MHC molecule.

T cell receptor of the cytotoxic T cell and the target cell bound closely together during antigen-specific activation. Cytotoxic T cells with CD8 surface protein are called CD8+ T cells. The main recognition site is a flexible loop at the α3 domain of an MHC molecule. This was discovered by doing mutational analyses. The flexible α3 domain is located between residues 223 and 229 in the genome.[4] In addition to aiding with cytotoxic T cell antigen interactions the CD8 co-receptor also plays a role in T cell signaling. The cytoplasmic tails of the CD8 co-receptor interact with Lck (lymphocyte-specific protein tyrosine kinase). Once the T cell receptor binds its specific antigen Lck phosphorylates the cytoplasmic CD3 and ζ-chains of the TCR complex which initiates a cascade of phosphorylation eventually leading to activation of transcription factors like NFAT, NF-κB, and AP-1 which affect the expression of certain genes.[6]

References

  1. PMID 11114424
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  2. ISBN 1-84110-100-1
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  3. ^ "anti-Human CD8" (PDF). Bangs Laboratories, Inc. 21 March 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-10-13. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
  4. ^
    S2CID 6261613
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  5. S2CID 83819031
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  6. ^ "CD8 alpha - Marker for cytotoxic T Lymphocytes". Archived from the original on 21 September 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2016.

External links

  1. ^ "CD8 alpha - Marker for cytotoxic T lymphocytes". Archived from the original on 2015-09-21.
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