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  • Immunology and Cell Biology
  • Biophysics and Biomolecular Engineering

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  • Cell-cell communication relies on plasma membrane interactions, forming specialized interfaces like the immune synapse in immune cells.
  • The immune synapse is a complex, spatiotemporally organized platform integrating multiple signals for proper immune cell function.
  • Understanding the intricate molecular organization of the immune synapse, involving proteins, lipids, glycocalyx, and cytoskeleton, remains challenging.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and utilize artificial model systems to investigate the molecular dynamics at cell-cell interfaces, specifically the immune synapse.
  • To reconstitute 3D contacts between vesicles and between live cells and vesicles to study protein and glycocalyx distribution.
  • To explore how varying ligand affinities on MHC class I influence T cell activation and how glycocalyx components partition at the interface.

Main Methods:

  • Creation of a fully artificial model system for vesicle-vesicle contacts and a semi-artificial system for live cell-vesicle contacts.
  • Investigation of the distribution and reorganization of immune cell proteins at these artificial and semi-artificial interfaces.
  • Analysis of glycocalyx element distribution and differential partitioning of various sugar moieties within the reconstituted contacts.

Main Results:

  • Demonstrated enrichment and depletion of specific proteins within the artificial and semi-artificial immune synapse models.
  • Showed that different peptides with varying affinities presented by MHC class I impact T cell activation.
  • Revealed differential partitioning of distinct sugar moieties at the cell-cell interface, highlighting glycocalyx reorganization.

Conclusions:

  • Artificial and semi-artificial model systems effectively reconstitute 3D cell-cell contacts and allow for the study of molecular organization.
  • The distribution and reorganization of proteins and glycocalyx components at the immune synapse are critical for T cell signaling and activation.
  • These model systems provide a powerful platform for studying molecular dynamics at any cell-cell contact, beyond the T cell interface.