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Swamy M, Siegers GM, Fiala GJ, Molnar E, Dopfer EP, Fisch P, Schraven B, Schamel WWA. Stoichiometry and intracellular fate of TRIM-containing TCR complexes. Cell Commun Signal 2010; 8:5. [PMID: 20298603 PMCID: PMC2848047 DOI: 10.1186/1478-811x-8-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2009] [Accepted: 03/18/2010] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Studying the stoichiometry and intracellular trafficking of the T cell antigen receptor (TCR) is pivotal in understanding its mechanisms of activation. The alphabetaTCR includes the antigen-binding TCRalphabeta heterodimer as well as the signal transducing CD3epsilongamma, CD3epsilondelta and zeta2 subunits. Although the TCR-interacting molecule (TRIM) is also part of the alphabetaTCR complex, it has not been included in most reports so far. RESULTS We used the native antibody-based mobility shift (NAMOS) assay in a first dimension (1D) blue native (BN)-PAGE and a 2D BN-/BN-PAGE to demonstrate that the stoichiometry of the digitonin-solublized TRIM-containing alphabetaTCR is TCRalphabetaCD3epsilon2gammadeltazeta2TRIM2. Smaller alphabetaTCR complexes possess a TCRalphabeta CD3epsilon2gammadeltazeta2 stoichiometry. Complexes of these sizes were detected in T cell lines as well as in primary human and mouse T cells. Stimulating the alphabetaTCR with anti-CD3 antibodies, we demonstrate by confocal laser scanning microscopy that CD3epsilon colocalizes with zeta and both are degraded upon prolonged stimulation, possibly within the lysosomal compartment. In contrast, a substantial fraction of TRIM does not colocalize with zeta. Furthermore, TRIM neither moves to lysosomes nor is degraded. Immunoprecipitation studies and BN-PAGE indicate that TRIM also associates with the gammadeltaTCR. CONCLUSIONS Small alphabetaTCR complexes have a TCRalphabeta CD3epsilon2gammadeltazeta2 stoichiometry; whereas those associated with one TRIM dimer are TCRalphabeta CD3epsilon2gammadeltazeta2TRIM2. TRIM is differentially processed compared to CD3 and zeta subunits after T cell activation and is not degraded. The gammadeltaTCR also associates with TRIM.
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- Mahima Swamy
- Department of Molecular Immunology, Max Planck-Institute of Immunobiology and Institute for Biology III, Albert Ludwigs University Freiburg, Stübeweg 51, 79108 Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Immunology, Max Planck-Institute of Immunobiology and Institute for Biology III, Albert Ludwigs University Freiburg, Stübeweg 51, 79108 Freiburg, Germany
- Cell Therapy Program, Princess Margaret Hospital/Ontario Cancer Institute, 610 University Ave., Toronto, Ontario, M5G 2M9, Canada
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- Department of Molecular Immunology, Max Planck-Institute of Immunobiology and Institute for Biology III, Albert Ludwigs University Freiburg, Stübeweg 51, 79108 Freiburg, Germany
- Spemann Graduate School of Biology and Medicine (SGBM), Albert Ludwigs University Freiburg, Albertstraße 19A, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Immunology, Max Planck-Institute of Immunobiology and Institute for Biology III, Albert Ludwigs University Freiburg, Stübeweg 51, 79108 Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Immunology, Max Planck-Institute of Immunobiology and Institute for Biology III, Albert Ludwigs University Freiburg, Stübeweg 51, 79108 Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Pathology, University of Freiburg Medical Center, 79110 Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular and Clinical Immunology, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, Leipziger Strasse 44, 39120 Magdeburg, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Immunology, Max Planck-Institute of Immunobiology and Institute for Biology III, Albert Ludwigs University Freiburg, Stübeweg 51, 79108 Freiburg, Germany
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Smrz D, Lebduska P, Dráberová L, Korb J, Dráber P. Engagement of phospholipid scramblase 1 in activated cells: implication for phosphatidylserine externalization and exocytosis. J Biol Chem 2008; 283:10904-18. [PMID: 18281686 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m710386200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Phosphatidylserine (PS) in quiescent cells is predominantly confined to the inner leaflet of the plasma membrane. Externalization of PS is a marker of apoptosis, exocytosis, and some nonapoptotic activation events. It has been proposed that PS externalization is regulated by the activity of PLSCR1 (phospholipid scramblase 1), a Ca(2+)-dependent endofacial plasma membrane protein, which is tyrosine-phosphorylated in activated cells. It is, however, unclear how the phosphorylation of PLSCR1 is related to its membrane topography, PS externalization, and exocytosis. Using rat basophilic leukemia cells as a model, we show that nonapoptotic PS externalization induced through the high affinity IgE receptor (FcepsilonRI) or the glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored protein Thy-1 does not correlate with enhanced tyrosine phosphorylation of PLSCR1. In addition, PS externalization in FcepsilonRI- or Thy-1-activated cells is not associated with alterations of PLSCR1 fine topography as detected by electron microscopy on isolated plasma membrane sheets. In contrast, activation by calcium ionophore A23187 induces changes in the cellular distribution of PLSCR1. We also show for the first time that in pervanadate-activated cells, exocytosis occurs even in the absence of PS externalization. Finally, we document here that tyrosine-phosphorylated PLSCR1 is preferentially located in detergent-insoluble membranes, suggesting its involvement in the formation of membrane-bound signaling assemblies. The combined data indicate that changes in the topography of PLSCR1 and its tyrosine phosphorylation, PS externalization, and exocytosis are independent phenomena that could be distinguished by employing specific conditions of activation.
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- Daniel Smrz
- Department of Signal Transduction, Institute of Molecular Genetics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, CZ 14220 Prague 4, Czech Republic
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Pfrepper KI, Marie-Cardine A, Simeoni L, Kuramitsu Y, Leo A, Spicka J, Hilgert I, Scherer J, Schraven B. Structural and functional dissection of the cytoplasmic domain of the transmembrane adaptor protein SIT (SHP2-interacting transmembrane adaptor protein). Eur J Immunol 2001; 31:1825-36. [PMID: 11433379 DOI: 10.1002/1521-4141(200106)31:6<1825::aid-immu1825>3.0.co;2-v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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SIT (SHP2-interacting transmembrane adaptor protein) is a recently identified transmembrane adaptor protein, which is expressed in lymphocytes. Its structural properties, in particular the presence of five potential tyrosine phosphorylation sites, suggest involvement of SIT in TCR-mediated recruitment of SH2 domain-containing intracellular signaling molecules to the plasma membrane. Indeed, it has recently been demonstrated that SIT inducibly interacts with the SH2-containing protein tyrosine phosphatase 2 (SHP2) via an immunoreceptor tyrosine-based inhibition motif (ITIM). Moreover, SIT is capable to inhibit TCR-mediated signals proximal of activation of protein kinase C. However, inhibition of T cell activation by SIT occurs independently of SHP2 binding. The present study was performed to further characterize the molecular interaction between SIT and intracellular effector molecules and to identify the protein(s) mediating its inhibitory function. We demonstrate that SIT not only interacts with SHP2 but also with the adaptor protein Grb2 via two consensus YxN motifs. However, mutation of both Grb2-binding sites also does not influence the inhibitory function of SIT. In contrast, mutation of the tyrosine-based signaling motif Y(168) ASV completely abrogates the ability of SIT to inhibit T cell activation. Co-precipitation experiments revealed that the tyrosine kinase p50(csk) could represent the negative regulatory effector molecule that binds to this motif.
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- K I Pfrepper
- Immunomodulation Laboratory of the Institute for Immunology, Ruprecht-Karls University Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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Brdic̆ka T, Pavlis̆tová D, Leo A, Bruyns E, Kor̆ínek V, Angelisová P, Scherer J, Shevchenko A, Shevchenko A, Hilgert I, C̆erný J, Drbal K, Kuramitsu Y, Kornacker B, Hor̆ejs̆í V, Schraven B. Phosphoprotein associated with glycosphingolipid-enriched microdomains (PAG), a novel ubiquitously expressed transmembrane adaptor protein, binds the protein tyrosine kinase csk and is involved in regulation of T cell activation. J Exp Med 2000; 191:1591-604. [PMID: 10790433 PMCID: PMC2213442 DOI: 10.1084/jem.191.9.1591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 375] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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According to a recently proposed hypothesis, initiation of signal transduction via immunoreceptors depends on interactions of the engaged immunoreceptor with glycosphingolipid-enriched membrane microdomains (GEMs). In this study, we describe a novel GEM-associated transmembrane adaptor protein, termed phosphoprotein associated with GEMs (PAG). PAG comprises a short extracellular domain of 16 amino acids and a 397-amino acid cytoplasmic tail containing ten tyrosine residues that are likely phosphorylated by Src family kinases. In lymphoid cell lines and in resting peripheral blood alpha/beta T cells, PAG is expressed as a constitutively tyrosine-phosphorylated protein and binds the major negative regulator of Src kinases, the tyrosine kinase Csk. After activation of peripheral blood alpha/beta T cells, PAG becomes rapidly dephosphorylated and dissociates from Csk. Expression of PAG in COS cells results in recruitment of endogenous Csk, altered Src kinase activity, and impaired phosphorylation of Src-specific substrates. Moreover, overexpression of PAG in Jurkat cells downregulates T cell receptor-mediated activation of the transcription factor nuclear factor of activated T cells. These findings collectively suggest that in the absence of external stimuli, the PAG-Csk complex transmits negative regulatory signals and thus may help to keep resting T cells in a quiescent state.
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- Tomás̆ Brdic̆ka
- Institute of Molecular Genetics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 14220 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Molecular Genetics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 14220 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Immunomodulation Laboratory of the Institute for Immunology, Ruprecht-Karls University Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Immunomodulation Laboratory of the Institute for Immunology, Ruprecht-Karls University Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Genetics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 14220 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Molecular Genetics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 14220 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Immunomodulation Laboratory of the Institute for Immunology, Ruprecht-Karls University Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Peptide and Protein Group, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, 69012 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Peptide and Protein Group, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, 69012 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Genetics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 14220 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Molecular Genetics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 14220 Prague, Czech Republic
- Faculty of Sciences, Charles University, 12842 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Molecular Genetics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 14220 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Immunomodulation Laboratory of the Institute for Immunology, Ruprecht-Karls University Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Immunomodulation Laboratory of the Institute for Immunology, Ruprecht-Karls University Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Genetics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 14220 Prague, Czech Republic
- Faculty of Sciences, Charles University, 12842 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Immunomodulation Laboratory of the Institute for Immunology, Ruprecht-Karls University Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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Engagement of the T cell receptor leads to activation of several tyrosine kinases and phosphorylation of many intracellular proteins. This is followed by Ca2+ mobilization and activation of multiple biochemical pathways, including the Ras/MAPK cascade, and several downstream serine/threonine kinases. Membrane-associated adaptor proteins play an important role in T cell activation by coupling TCR ligation at the membrane to distal signalling cascades. Several new membrane associated adaptors have been identified in recent years. LAT (linker for activation of T cells) is an adaptor molecule, which following its phosphorylation associates with Grb2, Gads, PLC-gamma 1, and other signalling molecules. The functional importance of this molecule has been demonstrated by the study of LAT-deficient cell lines and LAT-deficient mice. Two other recently identified adaptor proteins, TRIM (T cell receptor interacting molecule) and SIT (SHP2-interacting transmembrane adaptor protein), which constitutively associate with several surface molecules, bind to PI3K and SHP2, respectively, after T cell activation and might also function in the TCR signalling pathway.
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- W Zhang
- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Marie-Cardine A, Schraven B. Coupling the TCR to downstream signalling pathways: the role of cytoplasmic and transmembrane adaptor proteins. Cell Signal 1999; 11:705-12. [PMID: 10574324 DOI: 10.1016/s0898-6568(99)00047-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Engagement of the T-cell receptor (TCR) complex initiates a cascade of intracellular events ultimately leading to T-cell proliferation and differentiation. One of the first detectable consequences of TCR triggering is the activation of cytoplasmic protein kinases which, through phosphorylation of specific substrates, couple the TCR to downstream signalling cascades. Although it is well established that activation of the Ras- and the calcium-dependent calcineurin pathway is required for the achievement of T-cell activation, the precise mechanism as to how the TCR is connected to these intracellular effector molecules is still unclear. Major progress has been made in this regard with the molecular characterization of novel cytoplasmic and transmembrane molecules called adaptor proteins which integrate TCR-mediated signals at the intracellular level thus allowing fine tuning of T-cell responses.
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- A Marie-Cardine
- Immunomodulation Laboratory of the Institute for Immunology, Ruprecht-Karls University of Heidelberg, Germany
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Schraven B, Marie-Cardine A, Hübener C, Bruyns E, Ding I. Integration of receptor-mediated signals in T cells by transmembrane adaptor proteins. IMMUNOLOGY TODAY 1999; 20:431-4. [PMID: 10500287 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-5699(99)01519-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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- B Schraven
- Immunomodulation Laboratory, Institute for Immunology, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 305, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
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Marie-Cardine A, Kirchgessner H, Bruyns E, Shevchenko A, Mann M, Autschbach F, Ratnofsky S, Meuer S, Schraven B. SHP2-interacting transmembrane adaptor protein (SIT), a novel disulfide-linked dimer regulating human T cell activation. J Exp Med 1999; 189:1181-94. [PMID: 10209036 PMCID: PMC2193021 DOI: 10.1084/jem.189.8.1181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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T lymphocytes express several low molecular weight transmembrane adaptor proteins that recruit src homology (SH)2 domain-containing intracellular molecules to the cell membrane via tyrosine-based signaling motifs. We describe here a novel molecule of this group termed SIT (SHP2 interacting transmembrane adaptor protein). SIT is a disulfide-linked homodimeric glycoprotein that is expressed in lymphocytes. After tyrosine phosphorylation by src and possibly syk protein tyrosine kinases SIT recruits the SH2 domain-containing tyrosine phosphatase SHP2 via an immunoreceptor tyrosine-based inhibition motif. Overexpression of SIT in Jurkat cells downmodulates T cell receptor- and phytohemagglutinin-mediated activation of the nuclear factor of activated T cells (NF-AT) by interfering with signaling processes that are probably located upstream of activation of phospholipase C. However, binding of SHP2 to SIT is not required for inhibition of NF-AT induction, suggesting that SIT not only regulates NF-AT activity but also controls NF-AT unrelated pathways of T cell activation involving SHP2.
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- A Marie-Cardine
- Immunomodulation Laboratory of the Institute for Immunology, University of Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis of anti-p59fyn immunoprecipitates obtained from non-transformed resting human T lymphocytes resulted in the identification of an oligomeric protein complex which is constitutively formed between Fyn and several additional phosphoproteins (pp43, pp72, pp85, the protein tyrosine kinase Pyk2, as well as the two recently cloned adaptor proteins, SKAP55 and SLAP-130). With the exception of pp85, these proteins seem to preferentially interact with Fyn since they are not detectable in Lck immunoprecipitates prepared under the same experimental conditions. Among the individual members of the Fyn-complex pp85, SKAP55 and pp43 are constitutively phosphorylated on tyrosine residue(s) in vivo and likely interact with Fyn via its src homology 2 (SH2)-domain. In contrast to non-transformed T lymphocytes, continuously proliferating transformed human T cell lines express an altered Fyn-complex. Thus, despite normal expression and tyrosine phosphorylation, SKAP55 does not associate with Fyn in Jurkat cells and in other human T cell lines. Instead two novel proteins interact with Fyn among which one has previously been identified as alpha-tubulin. Importantly, almost identical alterations of the Fyn-complex as observed in Jurkat cells are induced in non-transformed T lymphocytes following mitogenic stimulation. These data suggest that Fyn and its associated proteins could be involved in the control of human T cell proliferation. Moreover, the analogous constitutive alterations in transformed T cell lines could indicate that deregulation of the Fyn-complex might be functionally associated with the malignant phenotype of these cells.
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- A Marie-Cardine
- Institute for Immunology, Immunomodulation Laboratory, Ruprecht-Karls University of Heidelberg, Germany.
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Marie-Cardine A, Verhagen AM, Eckerskorn C, Schraven B. SKAP-HOM, a novel adaptor protein homologous to the FYN-associated protein SKAP55. FEBS Lett 1998; 435:55-60. [PMID: 9755858 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(98)01040-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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A recombinant GST-Fyn-SH2 domain was used to purify proteins from lysates of pervanadate treated EL4 cells. N-terminal sequencing and molecular cloning of one of the purified polypeptides resulted in the identification of a novel adaptor protein that shares strong structural homology to the recently cloned Fyn-associated adaptor protein SKAP55. This protein was termed SKAP-HOM (SKAP55 homologue). Despite their striking homology, SKAP55 and SKAP-HOM have distinct characteristics. Thus, unlike SKAP55, which is exclusively expressed in T lymphocytes, SKAP-HOM expression is ubiquitous. Furthermore, while SKAP55 is constitutively tyrosine phosphorylated in resting human T cells, SKAP-HOM is expressed as a non-phosphorylated protein in the absence of external stimulus but becomes phosphorylated following T cell activation. In addition, SKAP-HOM does not associate with p59fyn in T cells although it represents a specific substrate for the kinase in COS cells. Finally, we demonstrate that, as previously shown for SKAP55, SKAP-HOM interacts with the recently identified polypeptide SLAP-130.
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- A Marie-Cardine
- Ruprecht-Karls University of Heidelberg, Institute for Immunology, Germany.
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Bruyns E, Marie-Cardine A, Kirchgessner H, Sagolla K, Shevchenko A, Mann M, Autschbach F, Bensussan A, Meuer S, Schraven B. T cell receptor (TCR) interacting molecule (TRIM), a novel disulfide-linked dimer associated with the TCR-CD3-zeta complex, recruits intracellular signaling proteins to the plasma membrane. J Exp Med 1998; 188:561-75. [PMID: 9687533 PMCID: PMC2212462 DOI: 10.1084/jem.188.3.561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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The molecular mechanisms regulating recruitment of intracellular signaling proteins like growth factor receptor-bound protein 2 (Grb2), phospholipase Cgamma1, or phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3-kinase) to the plasma membrane after stimulation of the T cell receptor (TCR)- CD3-zeta complex are not very well understood. We describe here purification, tandem mass spectrometry sequencing, molecular cloning, and biochemical characterization of a novel transmembrane adaptor protein which associates and comodulates with the TCR-CD3-zeta complex in human T lymphocytes and T cell lines. This protein was termed T cell receptor interacting molecule (TRIM). TRIM is a disulfide-linked homodimer which is comprised of a short extracellular domain of 8 amino acids, a 19-amino acid transmembrane region, and a 159-amino acid cytoplasmic tail. In its intracellular domain, TRIM contains several tyrosine-based signaling motifs that could be involved in SH2 domain-mediated protein-protein interactions. Indeed, after T cell activation, TRIM becomes rapidly phosphorylated on tyrosine residues and then associates with the 85-kD regulatory subunit of PI3-kinase via an YxxM motif. Thus, TRIM represents a TCR-associated transmembrane adaptor protein which is likely involved in targeting of intracellular signaling proteins to the plasma membrane after triggering of the TCR.
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- E Bruyns
- Institute for Immunology, University of Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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Lin H, Hutchcroft JE, Andoniou CE, Kamoun M, Band H, Bierer BE. Association of p59(fyn) with the T lymphocyte costimulatory receptor CD2. Binding of the Fyn Src homology (SH) 3 domain is regulated by the Fyn SH2 domain. J Biol Chem 1998; 273:19914-21. [PMID: 9677430 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.273.31.19914] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Human CD2 is a 50-55-kDa cell surface receptor specifically expressed on the surface of T lymphocytes and NK cells. Stimulation of human peripheral blood T cells with mitogenic pairs of anti-CD2 monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) is sufficient to induce interleukin-2 production and T cell proliferation in the absence of an antigen-specific signal through the T cell receptor. CD2 has been shown previously to associate physically with the Src family protein-tyrosine kinases p56(lck) and p59(fyn). We now report that stimulation of T cells with mitogenic pairs of anti-CD2 mAbs enhanced the association of the Fyn polypeptide with the CD2 complex, whereas stimulation with single anti-CD2 mAb had minimal effect. Using glutathione S-transferase (GST) fusion proteins, we found that CD2 bound to the Src homology (SH) 3 domain of Fyn. Interestingly, the CD2-Fyn association was negatively regulated by the Fyn SH2 domain; CD2 bound poorly to GST fusion proteins expressing both the SH2 and SH3 domains of Fyn. However, the inhibitory effect of the Fyn SH2 domain on binding of the Fyn SH3 domain to CD2 was relieved by peptides containing a phosphorylated YEEI sequence that bound directly to the Fyn SH2 domain. In addition, we found that the ability of the Fyn SH2 domain to precipitate tyrosine-phosphorylated proteins, including the CD3zeta chain, was enhanced after T cell stimulation with mitogenic pairs of CD2 mAbs. Finally, overexpression of a mutated Fyn molecule, in which the ability of the Fyn SH2 domain to bind phosphotyrosine-containing proteins was abrogated, inhibited CD2-induced transcriptional activation of the nuclear factor of activated T cells (NFAT), suggesting a functional involvement of the Fyn SH2 domain in CD2-induced T cell signaling. We thus propose that stimulation through the CD2 receptor leads to the tyrosine phosphorylation of intracellular proteins, including CD3zeta itself, which in turn bind to the Fyn-SH2 domain, allowing the direct association of the Fyn SH3 domain with CD2 and the initiation of downstream signaling events.
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- H Lin
- Department of Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham and Woman's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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Wild MK, Verhagen AM, Meuer SC, Schraven B. The receptor function of CD2 in human CD2 transgenic mice is based on highly conserved associations with signal transduction molecules. Cell Immunol 1997; 180:168-75. [PMID: 9341747 DOI: 10.1006/cimm.1997.1179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The activation of human T cells via CD2 in response to mitogenic monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) typically requires that one mAb is specific for an epitope within the N-terminal Ig domain of CD2 and the other for a partially hidden epitope. We have examined the proliferative response of human T cells and human CD2 (huCD2) transgenic murine T cells to two novel CD2 monoclonal antibodies, AICD2.M1 and AICD2.M2, and have partially mapped the epitopes of these and other mitogenic CD2-specific monoclonal antibodies by way of recognition of CD2:CD58 chimeric proteins possessing either the N-terminal or the membrane proximal immunoglobulin domains of CD2. To understand the molecular basis of proliferation in huCD2 transgenic murine T cells, the interactions of huCD2 with signaling proteins in murine T cells were analyzed. The transgenic huCD2 molecule was found to interact with the murine tyrosine kinases p56lck and p59fyn and the CD3-epsilon and zeta chains of the TCR/CD3 signaling complex and to coimmunoprecipitate tyrosine phosphatase activity. These molecular associations resemble the situation in human T cells and suggest that human CD2 couples to the same signal transduction pathways in humans and transgenic mice.
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- M K Wild
- Institute for Immunology, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität, Heidelberg, Germany
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Lynch GW, Dearden M, Sloane AJ, Humphery-Smith I, Cunningham AL. Analysis of recombinant and native CD4 by one- and two-dimensional gel electrophoresis. Electrophoresis 1996; 17:227-34. [PMID: 8907546 DOI: 10.1002/elps.1150170139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Knowledge of CD4 conformation within the membranes of human lymphoid and monocytoid cells is essential for a clear understanding of its function as a ligand for major histocompatibility complex II (MHC) molecules in T cell activation and for gp120 in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. The charge and structure of native (nCD4) and soluble recombinant CD4 (rCD4) were examined by one- and two-dimensional (2-DE) electrophoresis antigen mapping and silver staining. Recombinant CD4 was partitioned by nonequilibrium pH gradient electrophoresis (NEPHGE) and revealed a number of differentially charged 44 kDa species (pI > 9.5). Biotinylation (4 h, room temperature) of rCD4 yielded a single labelled species on sodium dodedyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) with an increased apparent molecular mass to 50 kDa, consistent with a maximal incorporation of approximately 18 molecules of biotin per rCD4 molecule. The milder biotinylation (15 min, 4 degrees C) of cell-(CEM-T4, THP-1) expressed CD4 was not accompanied by any apparent alteration in molecular weight, nor abrogation of CD4 antigenicity. This was determined by isolation of nCD4 by immunoprecipitation and SDS-PAGE immunoblotting, using anti-CD4 mAbs (leu3a, OKT4A, Q4120, T4, OKT4, Q425) and by flow cytometry (leu4a, T4). The immunoprecipitation of full-length native CD4 from lymphoid MT2 and CEM-T4 cell extracts, however, revealed both monomeric and higher-order CD4 antigen complexes by immunoblotting. These studies describe the biotinylation, 1-DE and 2-DE of CD4 preparations, and indicate the capacity of CD4 of lymphocytes to form complexes which may influence CD4 conformation and epitope availability.
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- G W Lynch
- Department of Virology, ICPMR, University of Sydney, Westmead Hospital, Westmead and National Centre for HIV Virology Research, Australia.
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Marie-Cardine A, Kirchgessner H, Eckerskorn C, Meuer SC, Schraven B. Human T lymphocyte activation induces tyrosine phosphorylation of alpha-tubulin and its association with the SH2 domain of the p59fyn protein tyrosine kinase. Eur J Immunol 1995; 25:3290-7. [PMID: 8566014 DOI: 10.1002/eji.1830251214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
Abstract
A glutathione-S-transferase-src-homology domain 2 (GST-SH2) fusion protein was employed to identify molecules interacting with the protein tyrosine kinase p59fyn. Among several proteins which bound to the fyn SH2 domain in lysates of human Jurkat T lymphocytes, alpha- and beta-tubulin were identified by N-terminal sequencing. Further analysis established that alpha-tubulin exists as a tyrosine-phosphorylated protein in Jurkat cells, where it interacts with p59fyn, but not with p56lck. By contrast, in untransformed resting human T lymphocytes alpha-tubulin is not detectable as a tyrosine phosphorylated protein. However, following T cell activation, it becomes rapidly phosphorylated on tyrosine residues and subsequently associates with the SH2 domain of fyn. Interestingly, constitutively tyrosine-phosphorylated alpha-tubulin that is able to interact with the fyn-SH2 domain is expressed in peripheral blood T lymphoblasts isolated from leukemic patients in the absence of external stimulation.
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Affiliation(s)
- A Marie-Cardine
- Department of Applied Immunology, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany
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