Kennedy, Alan;
              
      
            
                Robinson, Maximillian A;
              
      
            
                Hinze, Claudia;
              
      
            
                Waters, Erin;
              
      
            
                Williams, Cayman;
              
      
            
                Halliday, Neil;
              
      
            
                Dovedi, Simon;
              
      
            
            
          
      
        
        
        
    
  
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  The CTLA-4 immune checkpoint protein regulates PD-L1:PD-1 interaction via transendocytosis of its ligand CD80.
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Abstract
CTLA-4 and PD-1 are key immune checkpoint receptors that are targeted in the treatment of cancer. A recently identified physical interaction between the respective ligands, CD80 and PD-L1, has been shown to block PD-L1/PD-1 binding and to prevent PD-L1 inhibitory functions. Since CTLA-4 is known to capture and degrade its ligands via transendocytosis, we investigated the interplay between CD80 transendocytosis and CD80/PD-L1 interaction. We find that transendocytosis of CD80 results in a time-dependent recovery of PD-L1 availability that correlates with CD80 removal. Moreover, CD80 transendocytosis is highly specific in that only CD80 is internalised, while its heterodimeric PD-L1 partner remains on the plasma membrane of the antigen-presenting cell (APC). CTLA-4 interactions with CD80 do not appear to be inhibited by PD-L1, but efficient removal of CD80 requires an intact CTLA-4 cytoplasmic domain, distinguishing this process from more general trogocytosis and simple CTLA-4 binding to CD80/PD-L1 complexes. These data are consistent with CTLA-4 acting as modulator of PD-L1:PD-1 interactions via control of CD80.
| Type: | Article | 
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| Title: | The CTLA-4 immune checkpoint protein regulates PD-L1:PD-1 interaction via transendocytosis of its ligand CD80 | 
| Location: | England | 
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery | 
| DOI: | 10.15252/embj.2022111556 | 
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.15252/embj.2022111556 | 
| Language: | English | 
| Additional information: | © 2023 The Authors. Published under the terms of the CC BY 4.0 license | 
| Keywords: | CD80, CTLA4, PD-L1, checkpoint blockade, transendocytosis | 
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Infection and Immunity | 
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10164639 | 
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