PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE ACTIVATION BY POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS IN HUMAN HPB-ALL T CELLS

1999 ◽  
Vol 56 (4) ◽  
pp. 249-261 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donna R. Davila
Blood ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 86 (6) ◽  
pp. 2077-2085 ◽  
Author(s):  
N Sharfe ◽  
HK Dadi ◽  
CM Roifman

The interleukin-7 (IL-7) receptor is expressed throughout T-cell differentiation and, although lacking a tyrosine kinase domain, mediates tyrosine phosphorylation in T cells. We have identified IL-7- induced activation of three cyoplasmic tyrosine kinases in T cells, Jak1, Jak3, and the src-like kinase p56lck. Many members of the cytokine receptor superfamily activate the Jak protein tyrosine kinase family, with resultant phosphorylation of the Stat transcriptional activator factors. We describe here a novel function of the Jak kinases, because Jak kinase activity is not only required for Stat activation but also for P13 kinase response to IL-7 in human T cells. We show that IL-7 receptor-mediated Jak activation can occur independently of p56lck activity. IL-7-induced P13 kinase activation, mediated by tyrosine phosphorylation of the P13 kinase p85 subunit, is essential to the IL-7 proliferative signal and also occurs in the absence of src family kinase activity. Jak3 is found associated with the p85 subunit of P13 kinase in an IL-7-responsive manner in T cells and appears to regulate IL-7-induced P13 kinase activation by mediating tyrosine phosphorylation of the p85 subunit. Specific inhibition of IL- 7-induced Jak kinase activity ablates p85 tyrosine phosphorylation, subsequent P13 kinase activation, and, ultimately, proliferation. The ability to regulate P13 kinase activity indicates a more generalized role for the Jak family than activation of gene transcription via the Stat family in cytokine receptor signal transduction.


1993 ◽  
Vol 13 (12) ◽  
pp. 7708-7717
Author(s):  
K V Prasad ◽  
R Kapeller ◽  
O Janssen ◽  
H Repke ◽  
J S Duke-Cohan ◽  
...  

CD4 serves as a receptor for major histocompatibility complex class II antigens and as a receptor for the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) viral coat protein gp120. It is coupled to the protein-tyrosine kinase p56lck, an interaction necessary for an optimal response of certain T cells to antigen. In addition to the protein-tyrosine kinase domain, p56lck possesses Src homology 2 and 3 (SH2 and SH3) domains as well as a unique N-terminal region. The mechanism by which p56lck generates intracellular signals is unclear, although it has the potential to interact with various downstream molecules. One such downstream target is the lipid kinase phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI 3-kinase), which has been found to bind to activated pp60src and receptor-tyrosine kinases. In this study, we verified that PI 3-kinase associates with the CD4:p56lck complex as judged by the presence of PI 3-phosphate generated from anti-CD4 immunoprecipitates and detected by high-pressure liquid chromatographic analysis. However, surprisingly, CD4-p56lck was also found to associate with another lipid kinase, phosphatidylinositol 4-kinase (PI 4-kinase). The level of associated PI 4-kinase was generally higher than PI 3-kinase activity. HIV-1 gp120 and antibody-mediated cross-linking induced a 5- to 10-fold increase in the level of CD4-associated PI 4- and PI 3-kinases. The use of glutathione S-transferase fusion proteins carrying Lck-SH2, Lck-SH3, and Lck-SH2/SH3 domains showed PI 3-kinase binding to the SH3 domain of p56lck, an interaction facilitated by the presence of an adjacent SH2 domain. PI 4-kinase bound to neither the SH2 nor the SH3 domain of p56lck. CD4-p56lck contributes PI 3- and PI 4-kinase to the activation process of T cells and may play a role in HIV-1-induced immune defects.


1994 ◽  
Vol 14 (5) ◽  
pp. 2862-2870 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Raab ◽  
M Yamamoto ◽  
C E Rudd

CD5 is a T-cell-specific antigen which binds to the B-cell antigen CD72 and acts as a coreceptor in the stimulation of T-cell growth. CD5 associates with the T-cell receptor zeta chain (TcR zeta)/CD3 complex and is rapidly phosphosphorylated on tyrosine residues as a result of TcR zeta/CD3 ligation. However, despite this, the mechanism by which CD5 generates intracellular signals is unclear. In this study, we demonstrate that CD5 is coupled to the protein-tyrosine kinase p56lck and can act as a substrate for p56lck. Coexpression of CD5 with p56lck in the baculovirus expression system resulted in the phosphorylation of CD5 on tyrosine residues. Further, anti-CD5 and anti-p56lck coprecipitated each other in a variety of detergents, including Nonidet P-40 and Triton X-100. Anti-CD5 also precipitated the kinase from various T cells irrespective of the expression of TcR zeta/CD3 or CD4. No binding between p59fyn(T) and CD5 was detected in T cells. The binding of p56lck to CD5 induced a 10- to 15-fold increase in p56lck catalytic activity, as measured by in vitro kinase analysis. In vivo labelling with 32P(i) also showed a four- to fivefold increase in Y-394 occupancy in p56lck when associated with CD5. The use of glutathione S-transferase-Lck fusion proteins in precipitation analysis showed that the SH2 domain of p56lck could recognize CD5 as expressed in the baculovirus expression system. CD5 interaction with p56lck represents a novel variant of a receptor-kinase complex in which receptor can also serve as substrate. The CD5-p56lck interaction is likely to play roles in T-cell signalling and T-B collaboration.


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