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Cellular apoptosis, the prototype of programmed cell death, can be induced by activation of so-called death receptors. Interestingly, soluble and membrane-bound members of death receptor ligands can differentially activate their receptors. Using the death receptor ligand tumor necrosis factor (TNF) presented on a surface in a nanoscaled pattern with spacings between 58 and 290 nm, we investigated its requirements for spatial arrangement and motility to efficiently activate TNF receptor (TNFR)l and TNFR2 as well as its chimeras TNFR1-Fas and TNFR2-Fas. We show that the mere mechanical fixation of TNF is insufficient to efficiently activate TNFR2 that is responsive to only the membrane bound form of TNF but not its soluble form. Rather, an additional stabilization of TNFR2(-Fas) by cluster formation seems to be mandatory for efficient activation. In contrast, TNFR1(-Fas) is strongly activated by TNF spaced within up to 200 nm distances, whereas larger spacings of 290 nm fails completely. Furthermore, unlike for TNFR2(-Fas) no dose-response relationship to increasing distances of nanostructured ligands could be observed for TNFR1-(Fas), suggesting that compartmentalization of the cell membrane in confinement zones of approximately 200 nm regulates TNFR1 activation.
Author(s): Ranzinger J, Krippner-Heidenreich A, Haraszti T, Bock E, Tepperink J, Spatz JP, Scheurich P
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Nano Letters
Year: 2009
Volume: 9
Issue: 12
Pages: 4240-4245
ISSN (print): 1530-6984
ISSN (electronic): 1530-6992
Publisher: American Chemical Society
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/nl902429b
DOI: 10.1021/nl902429b
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