Direct binding to and tyrosine phosphorylation of the alpha subunit of the type I interferon receptor by p135tyk2 tyrosine kinase

1994 ◽  
Vol 14 (12) ◽  
pp. 8133-8142 ◽  
Author(s):  
O Colamonici ◽  
H Yan ◽  
P Domanski ◽  
R Handa ◽  
D Smalley ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tyrosine Kinase ◽  
Tyrosine Phosphorylation ◽  
Tyrosine Kinases ◽  
Kinase Assay ◽  
Alpha Subunit ◽  
Recombinant Baculoviruses ◽  
Type I ◽  
Receptor Subunit ◽  
Juxtamembrane Region

Binding of type I interferons (IFNs) to their receptors induces rapid tyrosine phosphorylation of multiple proteins, including the alpha and beta subunits of the receptor, the polypeptides that form the transcriptional activator ISGF3 alpha (Stat113, Stat84, and Stat91), and the p135tyk2 and Jak-1 tyrosine kinases. In this report, we demonstrate that the alpha subunit of the type I IFN receptor (IFN-R) corresponds to the product of a previously cloned receptor subunit cDNA and, further, that the p135tyk2 tyrosine kinase directly binds and tyrosine phosphorylates this receptor subunit. Glutathione S-transferase (GST) fusion proteins encoding the different regions of the cytoplasmic domain of the alpha subunit can bind the p135tyk2 contained in human cell lysates. The association between the alpha subunit and Tyk2 was demonstrated by immunoblotting with anti-Tyk2 and antiphosphotyrosine antibodies and by using an in vitro kinase assay. Analogous experiments were then performed with recombinant baculoviruses encoding constitutively active Jak family tyrosine kinases. In this case, p135tyk2, but not Jak-1 or Jak-2 protein, binds to the GST-IFN-R proteins, suggesting that the interaction between these two proteins is both direct and specific. We also demonstrate that Tyk2, from extracts of either IFN alpha-treated human cells or insect cells infected with the recombinant baculoviruses, can catalyze in vitro phosphorylation of GST-IFN-R protein in a specific manner. Deletion mutants of the GST-IFN-R protein were used to localize both the binding and tyrosine phosphorylation site(s) to a 46-amino-acid juxtamembrane region of the alpha subunit, which shows sequence homology to functionally similar regions of other cytokine receptor proteins. These data support the hypothesis that the Tyk2 protein functions as part of a receptor complex to initiate intracellular signaling in response to type I IFNs.

scholarly journals Direct binding to and tyrosine phosphorylation of the alpha subunit of the type I interferon receptor by p135tyk2 tyrosine kinase.

1994 ◽  
Vol 14 (12) ◽  
pp. 8133-8142 ◽  
Author(s):  
O Colamonici ◽  
H Yan ◽  
P Domanski ◽  
R Handa ◽  
D Smalley ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tyrosine Kinase ◽  
Tyrosine Phosphorylation ◽  
Tyrosine Kinases ◽  
Kinase Assay ◽  
Alpha Subunit ◽  
Recombinant Baculoviruses ◽  
Type I ◽  
Receptor Subunit ◽  
Juxtamembrane Region

Binding of type I interferons (IFNs) to their receptors induces rapid tyrosine phosphorylation of multiple proteins, including the alpha and beta subunits of the receptor, the polypeptides that form the transcriptional activator ISGF3 alpha (Stat113, Stat84, and Stat91), and the p135tyk2 and Jak-1 tyrosine kinases. In this report, we demonstrate that the alpha subunit of the type I IFN receptor (IFN-R) corresponds to the product of a previously cloned receptor subunit cDNA and, further, that the p135tyk2 tyrosine kinase directly binds and tyrosine phosphorylates this receptor subunit. Glutathione S-transferase (GST) fusion proteins encoding the different regions of the cytoplasmic domain of the alpha subunit can bind the p135tyk2 contained in human cell lysates. The association between the alpha subunit and Tyk2 was demonstrated by immunoblotting with anti-Tyk2 and antiphosphotyrosine antibodies and by using an in vitro kinase assay. Analogous experiments were then performed with recombinant baculoviruses encoding constitutively active Jak family tyrosine kinases. In this case, p135tyk2, but not Jak-1 or Jak-2 protein, binds to the GST-IFN-R proteins, suggesting that the interaction between these two proteins is both direct and specific. We also demonstrate that Tyk2, from extracts of either IFN alpha-treated human cells or insect cells infected with the recombinant baculoviruses, can catalyze in vitro phosphorylation of GST-IFN-R protein in a specific manner. Deletion mutants of the GST-IFN-R protein were used to localize both the binding and tyrosine phosphorylation site(s) to a 46-amino-acid juxtamembrane region of the alpha subunit, which shows sequence homology to functionally similar regions of other cytokine receptor proteins. These data support the hypothesis that the Tyk2 protein functions as part of a receptor complex to initiate intracellular signaling in response to type I IFNs.

scholarly journals The tyrosine kinase FRK/RAK participates in cytokine-induced islet cell cytotoxicity

2004 ◽  
Vol 382 (1) ◽  
pp. 261-268 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael WELSH ◽  
Charlotte WELSH ◽  
Maria EKMAN ◽  
Johan DIXELIUS ◽  
Robert HÄGERKVIST ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nitric Oxide ◽  
Cell Death ◽  
Tyrosine Kinase ◽  
Tyrosine Kinases ◽  
Kinase Inhibitors ◽  
Type I Diabetes ◽  
Type I ◽  
Β Cell ◽  
Main Site

Hallmarks of the inflammatory process in Type I diabetes are macrophage activation, local release of β-cell-toxic cytokines and infiltration of cytotoxic T lymphocytes. We have observed recently that mice overexpressing active FRK (fyn-related kinase)/RAK (previously named GTK/Bsk/IYK, where GTK stands for gut tyrosine kinase, Bsk for β-cell Src-homology kinase and IYK for intestinal tyrosine kinase) in β-cells exhibit increased susceptibility to β-cell-toxic events, and therefore, we now attempt to find a more precise role for FRK/RAK in these processes. Phosphopeptide mapping of baculovirus-produced mouse FRK/RAK revealed an autophosphorylation pattern compatible with Tyr-394 being the main site. No evidence for in vitro phosphorylation of the C-terminal regulatory sites Tyr-497 and Tyr-504 was obtained, nor was there any indication of in vitro regulation of FRK/RAK kinase activity. Screening a panel of known tyrosine kinase inhibitors for their ability to inhibit FRK/RAK revealed several compounds that inhibited FRK/RAK, with a potency similar to that reported for their ability to inhibit other tyrosine kinases. Cytokine-induced islet toxicity was reduced in islets isolated from FRK/RAK knockout mice and this occurred without effects on the production of nitric oxide. Addition of the nitric oxide inhibitor nitroarginine to FRK/RAK knockout islets exposed to cytokines decreased cell death to a basal level. In normal islets, cytokine-induced cell death was inhibited by the addition of two FRK/RAK inhibitors, SU4984 and D-65495, or by transfection with short interfering RNA against FRK/RAK. It is concluded that FRK/RAK contributes to cytokine-induced β-cell death, and inhibition of this kinase could provide means to suppress β-cell destruction in Type I diabetes.

Role for Tyrosine Phosphorylation and Lyn Tyrosine Kinase in Fas Receptor-Mediated Apoptosis in Eosinophils

Blood ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 92 (2) ◽  
pp. 547-557 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans-Uwe Simon ◽  
Shida Yousefi ◽  
Birgit Dibbert ◽  
Holger Hebestreit ◽  
Martina Weber ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cell Death ◽  
Tyrosine Kinase ◽  
Tyrosine Phosphorylation ◽  
Tyrosine Kinases ◽  
Fas Ligand ◽  
In Vivo Model ◽  
Fas Receptor ◽  
Human And Mouse

Fas ligand/Fas receptor molecular interactions have been implicated as having an important function for the regulation of eosinophil apoptosis. The purpose of the present study was to investigate biochemical events triggered by the engagement of the Fas receptor in freshly isolated human and mouse eosinophils. Activation of the Fas receptor on eosinophils with the agonistic anti-Fas monoclonal antibody (MoAb) resulted in increased tyrosine phosphorylation of several intracellular proteins. The tyrosine kinase inhibitors lavendustin A and genistein inhibited Fas receptor-induced cell death in both human and mouse eosinophils in vitro and prevented, at least partially, Fas receptor-mediated resolution of eosinophilic inflammation in a mouse in vivo model of lung eosinophilia. In addition, in freshly purified human eosinophils, lavendustin A prevented anti-Fas MoAb-induced proteolytic cleavage of lamin B, suggesting that tyrosine kinases may amplify the proteolytic signaling cascade within interleukin-1β converting enzyme (ICE) family proteases. Moreover, the tyrosine kinase Lyn was identified as being involved in Fas receptor-mediated cell death. Collectively, these results demonstrate that tyrosine phosphorylation is an important step in the generation of the Fas receptor-linked transmembrane death signal in eosinophils and that Lyn participates in this pathway.

scholarly journals Overexpression of the Csk homologous kinase (Chk tyrosine kinase) induces multinucleation: a possible role for chromosome-associated Chk in chromosome dynamics

2001 ◽  
Vol 114 (9) ◽  
pp. 1631-1641 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Yamaguchi ◽  
Y. Nakayama ◽  
T. Urakami ◽  
S. Suzuki ◽  
T. Nakamura ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tyrosine Kinase ◽  
Tyrosine Phosphorylation ◽  
Tyrosine Kinases ◽  
Subcellular Fractionation ◽  
Mitotic Spindles ◽  
Mitotic Chromosomes ◽  
Chromosome Dynamics ◽  
Phosphorylated Proteins ◽  
Triton X

The Csk family of non-receptor-type tyrosine kinases consists of Csk and the Csk homologous kinase Chk. Each enzyme suppresses the catalytic activity of Src family kinases by phosphorylating their C-terminal negative regulatory tyrosine residues. Ectopic and transient expression of Chk in COS-1 cells showed nuclear localization of Chk and growth inhibition. To further explore the role of Chk in cell growth, we overexpressed Chk in human immature myeloid KMT-2 cells. Chk overexpression brought about growth retardation and aberrant chromosome movement leading to multinucleation, and these events were accompanied by insufficient formation of mitotic spindles. In vitro kinase assays showed that Chk overexpression suppressed the tyrosine kinase activity of Lyn, a member of the Src family, immunoprecipitated from Triton X-100 lysates. Subcellular fractionation studies revealed that fractions of Chk and Lyn, resistant to Triton X-100 solubilization, are associated with mitotic chromosome scaffolds and spindles. Chk overexpression induced a decrease in autophosphorylation of Lyn and concomitant changes in levels of tyrosine phosphorylation of proteins associated with both fractions. These results indicate that Chk, Lyn and the tyrosine-phosphorylated proteins localize to mitotic chromosomes and spindles, suggesting that Chk-dependent tyrosine phosphorylation, presumably through Lyn, may be involved in chromosome dynamics.

scholarly journals Insulin stimulates the tyrosine phosphorylation of caveolin.

1995 ◽  
Vol 129 (6) ◽  
pp. 1523-1531 ◽  
Author(s):  
C C Mastick ◽  
M J Brady ◽  
A R Saltiel
Keyword(s):  
Tyrosine Kinase ◽  
Insulin Receptor ◽  
Tyrosine Phosphorylation ◽  
Insulin Dose ◽  
Signal Transduction Pathway ◽  
Kinase Assay ◽  
Membrane Structures ◽  
Insulin Dependent ◽  
Stimulation Of

The specialized plasma membrane structures termed caveolae and the caveolar-coat protein caveolin are highly expressed in insulin-sensitive cells such as adipocytes and muscle. Stimulation of 3T3-L1 adipocytes with insulin significantly increased the tyrosine phosphorylation of caveolin and a 29-kD caveolin-associated protein in caveolin-enriched Triton-insoluble complexes. Maximal phosphorylation occurred within 5 min, and the levels of phosphorylation remained elevated for at least 30 min. The insulin-dose responses for the tyrosine phosphorylation of caveolin and the 29-kD caveolin-associated protein paralleled those for the phosphorylation of the insulin receptor. The stimulation of caveolin tyrosine phosphorylation was specific for insulin and was not observed with PDGF or EGF, although PDGF stimulated the tyrosine phosphorylation of the 29-kD caveolin-associated protein. Increased tyrosine phosphorylation of caveolin, its associated 29-kD protein, and a 60-kD protein was observed in an in vitro kinase assay after incubation of the caveolin-enriched Triton-insoluble complexes with Mg-ATP, suggesting the presence of an intrinsic tyrosine kinase in these complexes. These fractions contain only trace amounts of the activated insulin receptor. In addition, these complexes contain a 60-kD kinase detected in an in situ gel kinase assay and an approximately 60 kD protein that cross-reacts with an antibody against the Src-family kinase p59Fyn. Thus, the insulin-dependent tyrosine phosphorylation of caveolin represents a novel, insulin-specific signal transduction pathway that may involve activation of a tyrosine kinase downstream of the insulin receptor.

Role for Tyrosine Phosphorylation and Lyn Tyrosine Kinase in Fas Receptor-Mediated Apoptosis in Eosinophils

Blood ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 92 (2) ◽  
pp. 547-557 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans-Uwe Simon ◽  
Shida Yousefi ◽  
Birgit Dibbert ◽  
Holger Hebestreit ◽  
Martina Weber ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cell Death ◽  
Tyrosine Kinase ◽  
Tyrosine Phosphorylation ◽  
Tyrosine Kinases ◽  
Fas Ligand ◽  
In Vivo Model ◽  
Fas Receptor ◽  
Human And Mouse

Abstract Fas ligand/Fas receptor molecular interactions have been implicated as having an important function for the regulation of eosinophil apoptosis. The purpose of the present study was to investigate biochemical events triggered by the engagement of the Fas receptor in freshly isolated human and mouse eosinophils. Activation of the Fas receptor on eosinophils with the agonistic anti-Fas monoclonal antibody (MoAb) resulted in increased tyrosine phosphorylation of several intracellular proteins. The tyrosine kinase inhibitors lavendustin A and genistein inhibited Fas receptor-induced cell death in both human and mouse eosinophils in vitro and prevented, at least partially, Fas receptor-mediated resolution of eosinophilic inflammation in a mouse in vivo model of lung eosinophilia. In addition, in freshly purified human eosinophils, lavendustin A prevented anti-Fas MoAb-induced proteolytic cleavage of lamin B, suggesting that tyrosine kinases may amplify the proteolytic signaling cascade within interleukin-1β converting enzyme (ICE) family proteases. Moreover, the tyrosine kinase Lyn was identified as being involved in Fas receptor-mediated cell death. Collectively, these results demonstrate that tyrosine phosphorylation is an important step in the generation of the Fas receptor-linked transmembrane death signal in eosinophils and that Lyn participates in this pathway.

scholarly journals Activation of Lyn is a common element of the stimulation of human neutrophils by soluble and particulate agonists

Blood ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 86 (9) ◽  
pp. 3567-3574 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Gaudry ◽  
C Gilbert ◽  
F Barabe ◽  
PE Poubelle ◽  
PH Naccache
Keyword(s):  
Tyrosine Kinase ◽  
Tyrosine Phosphorylation ◽  
Tyrosine Kinases ◽  
Time Course ◽  
Kinase Assay ◽  
Common Element ◽  
Human Neutrophils ◽  
Functional Responsiveness ◽  
Stimulation Of

The functional responsiveness of human neutrophils is known to be initiated and modulated by protein tyrosine phosphorylation. The regulation of the levels of tyrosine phosphorylation is most likely the result of the coordinated actions of tyrosine kinases and phosphatases, which have so far been only very partially characterized. In the present study, we present evidence demonstrating that the stimulation of neutrophils by a variety of agonists (soluble as well as particulate) leads to the activation of the src-related tyrosine kinase lyn. The stimulation of tyrosine kinase activity of lyn was detected using an immune kinase assay as well as an in situ labeling technique. Phosphoaminoacid analysis of lyn indicated that the autophosphorylation of the kinase was exclusively on tyrosine residues. The time course of the activation of lyn is consistent with its playing a role in the early tyrosine phosphorylation responses of neutrophils. The ability of agonists with widely varying functional end responses to stimulate the activity of lyn indicates that this event plays a key and central role in the control of the activation of human neutrophils.

scholarly journals Identification of the human pim-1 gene product as a 33-kilodalton cytoplasmic protein with tyrosine kinase activity.

1988 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 1498-1503 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Telerman ◽  
R Amson ◽  
R Zakut-Houri ◽  
D Givol
Keyword(s):  
Tyrosine Kinase ◽  
Tyrosine Kinases ◽  
Kinase Activity ◽  
Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Sodium Dodecyl ◽  
Kinase Assay ◽  
In Vitro Translation ◽  
Tyrosine Kinase Activity

The human pim-1 gene was recently identified as a new putative oncogene located on chromosome 6p21, a region showing karyotypic abnormalities in particular leukemias. In the present work we characterized the pim protein product. In vitro translation of positively selected poly(A)+ mRNA indicates that this gene encodes a 33-kilodalton protein. Anti-pim antibodies were raised against a fused TrpE-pim protein induced in a bacterial expression vector. This antibody immunoprecipitated a 33-kilodalton protein from in vivo [35S]methionine-labeled K562 and KCl myelogenous origin cell lines. This protein was localized to the cytoplasm, and in vivo labeling as well as in vitro kinase assay suggests that it is a phosphoprotein with tyrosine kinase activity. This was further confirmed by performing autophosphorylation directly on a p33pim-containing gel band cut out after sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The results imply that the tyrosine kinase activity of pim can be recovered after boiling the pim-1 protein in sample buffer: a feature not described yet for this class of protein. These results suggest that pim-1 is a new member of the subgroup of oncogenes encoding tyrosine kinases.

A comparison of topoisomerase I activity in normal and transformed cells

1986 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 301-307 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. H. Colledge ◽  
M. Edge ◽  
J. G. Foulkes
Keyword(s):  
Tyrosine Phosphorylation ◽  
Tyrosine Kinases ◽  
Topoisomerase I ◽  
Transformed Cells ◽  
Type I ◽  
Experimental Conditions ◽  
Viral Oncogenes ◽  
Type I Topoisomerases

Many viral oncogenes encode protein—yrosine kinase activities. However, important in vivo substrates of these enzymes have yet to be identified. Recently, type I topoisomerases were shown to be in vitro substrates for two tyrosine kinases. Following tyrosine phosphorylation, topoisomerase I activity was reduced 10-fold (Tse-Dinh et al. Nature312:785–786, 1984). To determine whether topoisomerase I activity was modulated by tyrosine phosphorylation in vivo, we have measured topoisomerase I activity in nuclear lysates prepared from both normal fibroblasts and cells transformed by two different viral oncogenes (v-abl, v-src). Under a variety of experimental conditions, we have found no evidence to support the notion that type I topoisomerase activity is modulated by tyrosine phosphorylation in vivo.

Identification of the human pim-1 gene product as a 33-kilodalton cytoplasmic protein with tyrosine kinase activity

1988 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 1498-1503
Author(s):  
A Telerman ◽  
R Amson ◽  
R Zakut-Houri ◽  
D Givol
Keyword(s):  
Tyrosine Kinase ◽  
Tyrosine Kinases ◽  
Kinase Activity ◽  
Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Sodium Dodecyl ◽  
Kinase Assay ◽  
In Vitro Translation ◽  
Tyrosine Kinase Activity

The human pim-1 gene was recently identified as a new putative oncogene located on chromosome 6p21, a region showing karyotypic abnormalities in particular leukemias. In the present work we characterized the pim protein product. In vitro translation of positively selected poly(A)+ mRNA indicates that this gene encodes a 33-kilodalton protein. Anti-pim antibodies were raised against a fused TrpE-pim protein induced in a bacterial expression vector. This antibody immunoprecipitated a 33-kilodalton protein from in vivo [35S]methionine-labeled K562 and KCl myelogenous origin cell lines. This protein was localized to the cytoplasm, and in vivo labeling as well as in vitro kinase assay suggests that it is a phosphoprotein with tyrosine kinase activity. This was further confirmed by performing autophosphorylation directly on a p33pim-containing gel band cut out after sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The results imply that the tyrosine kinase activity of pim can be recovered after boiling the pim-1 protein in sample buffer: a feature not described yet for this class of protein. These results suggest that pim-1 is a new member of the subgroup of oncogenes encoding tyrosine kinases.

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