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Paster W, Bruger AM, Katsch K, Grégoire C, Roncagalli R, Fu G, Gascoigne NRJ, Nika K, Cohnen A, Feller SM, Simister PC, Molder KC, Cordoba SP, Dushek O, Malissen B, Acuto O. A THEMIS:SHP1 complex promotes T-cell survival. EMBO J 2014; 34:393-409. [PMID: 25535246 PMCID: PMC4339124 DOI: 10.15252/embj.201387725] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
Abstract
THEMIS is critical for conventional T-cell development, but its precise molecular function remains elusive. Here, we show that THEMIS constitutively associates with the phosphatases SHP1 and SHP2. This complex requires the adapter GRB2, which bridges SHP to THEMIS in a Tyr-phosphorylation-independent fashion. Rather, SHP1 and THEMIS engage with the N-SH3 and C-SH3 domains of GRB2, respectively, a configuration that allows GRB2-SH2 to recruit the complex onto LAT. Consistent with THEMIS-mediated recruitment of SHP to the TCR signalosome, THEMIS knock-down increased TCR-induced CD3-ζ phosphorylation, Erk activation and CD69 expression, but not LCK phosphorylation. This generalized TCR signalling increase led to augmented apoptosis, a phenotype mirrored by SHP1 knock-down. Remarkably, a KI mutation of LCK Ser59, previously suggested to be key in ERK-mediated resistance towards SHP1 negative feedback, did not affect TCR signalling nor ligand discrimination in vivo. Thus, the THEMIS:SHP complex dampens early TCR signalling by a previously unknown molecular mechanism that favours T-cell survival. We discuss possible implications of this mechanism in modulating TCR output signals towards conventional T-cell development and differentiation.
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Affiliation(s)
- Wolfgang Paster
- T Cell Signalling Laboratory, Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- T Cell Signalling Laboratory, Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- T Cell Signalling Laboratory, Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Centre d'Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy, UM2 Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France INSERM U1104, Marseille, France CNRS UMR7280, Marseille, France
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- Centre d'Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy, UM2 Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France INSERM U1104, Marseille, France CNRS UMR7280, Marseille, France
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- Department of Immunology and Microbial Science, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Immunology and Microbial Science, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA Department of Microbiology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- T Cell Signalling Laboratory, Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- T Cell Signalling Laboratory, Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Biological Systems Architecture Group, Department of Oncology, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK Tumor Biology Unit, Institute of Molecular Medicine, ZAMED, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany
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- Biological Systems Architecture Group, Department of Oncology, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- T Cell Signalling Laboratory, Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Molecular Immunology Group, Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Molecular Immunology Group, Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Centre d'Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy, UM2 Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France INSERM U1104, Marseille, France CNRS UMR7280, Marseille, France
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- T Cell Signalling Laboratory, Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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Katsch K, de Jong SJ, Albrecht JC, Steger J, Genth H, Posern G, Biesinger B. Actin-dependent activation of serum response factor in T cells by the viral oncoprotein tip. Cell Commun Signal 2012; 10:5. [PMID: 22385615 PMCID: PMC3310822 DOI: 10.1186/1478-811x-10-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2012] [Accepted: 03/03/2012] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
Abstract
Serum response factor (SRF) acts as a multifunctional transcription factor regulated by mutually exclusive interactions with ternary complex factors (TCFs) or myocardin-related transcription factors (MRTFs). Binding of Rho- and actin-regulated MRTF:SRF complexes to target gene promoters requires an SRF-binding site only, whereas MAPK-regulated TCF:SRF complexes in addition rely on flanking sequences present in the serum response element (SRE). Here, we report on the activation of an SRE luciferase reporter by Tip, the viral oncoprotein essentially contributing to human T-cell transformation by Herpesvirus saimiri. SRE activation in Tip-expressing Jurkat T cells could not be attributed to triggering of the MAPK pathway. Therefore, we further analyzed the contribution of MRTF complexes. Indeed, Tip also activated a reporter construct responsive to MRTF:SRF. Activation of this reporter was abrogated by overexpression of a dominant negative mutant of the MRTF-family member MAL. Moreover, enrichment of monomeric actin suppressed the Tip-induced reporter activity. Further upstream, the Rho-family GTPase Rac, was found to be required for MRTF:SRF reporter activation by Tip. Initiation of this pathway was strictly dependent on Tip's ability to interact with Lck and on the activity of this Src-family kinase. Independent of Tip, T-cell stimulation orchestrates Src-family kinase, MAPK and actin pathways to induce SRF. These findings establish actin-regulated transcription in human T cells and suggest its role in viral oncogenesis.
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- Kristin Katsch
- Institut für Klinische und Molekulare Virologie, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany.
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