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STIM- and Orai-mediated calcium entry controls NF-κB activity and function in lymphocytes. Cell Calcium 2018; 74:131-143. [PMID: 30048879 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2018.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2018] [Revised: 07/09/2018] [Accepted: 07/09/2018] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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The central role of Ca2+ signaling in the development of functional immunity and tolerance is well established. These signals are initiated by antigen binding to cognate receptors on lymphocytes that trigger store operated Ca2+ entry (SOCE). The underlying mechanism of SOCE in lymphocytes involves TCR and BCR mediated activation of Stromal Interaction Molecule 1 and 2 (STIM1/2) molecules embedded in the ER membrane leading to their activation of Orai channels in the plasma membrane. STIM/Orai dependent Ca2+ signals guide key antigen induced lymphocyte development and function principally through direct regulation of Ca2+ dependent transcription factors. The role of Ca2+ signaling in NFAT activation and signaling is well known and has been studied extensively, but a wide appreciation and mechanistic understanding of how Ca2+ signals also shape the activation and specificity of NF-κB dependent gene expression has lagged. Here we discuss and interpret what is known about Ca2+ dependent mechanisms of NF-kB activation, including what is known and the gaps in our understanding of how these signals control lymphocyte development and function.
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Turner SD, Yeung D, Hadfield K, Cook SJ, Alexander DR. The NPM-ALK tyrosine kinase mimics TCR signalling pathways, inducing NFAT and AP-1 by RAS-dependent mechanisms. Cell Signal 2007; 19:740-7. [PMID: 17110082 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2006.09.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2006] [Accepted: 09/16/2006] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Nucleophosmin-anaplastic lymphoma kinase (NPM-ALK) expression is associated with the lymphoid malignancy anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL) and results from a t(2;5) chromosomal translocation. We show that NPM-ALK induces Ras activation and phosphorylation of the ERK MAP Kinase consistent with activation of the Ras-MAP Kinase pathway. Furthermore, we demonstrate that activation of Ras is necessary for inducing transcription via NFAT/AP-1 composite transcriptional binding sites. This activity is dependent on NPM-ALK forming complexes with proteins that bind to autophosphorylated tyrosine residues at positions 156, 567 and 664, associated with binding to IRS-1, Shc and PLCgamma, respectively. Specifically, NPM-ALK activates transcription from the TRE promoter element, an AP-1 binding region, an activity dependent on both Ras and Shc activity. Our results show that NPM-ALK mimics activated T-cell receptor signalling by inducing pathways associated with the activation of NFAT/AP-1 transcription factors that bind to promoter elements found in a broad array of cytokine genes.
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- Suzanne D Turner
- Division of Molecular Histopathology, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK.
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Spitaler M, Cantrell DA. Protein kinase C and beyond. Nat Immunol 2004; 5:785-90. [PMID: 15282562 DOI: 10.1038/ni1097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 222] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2004] [Accepted: 06/07/2004] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Protein kinase C molecules regulate both positive and negative signal transduction pathways essential for the initiation and homeostasis of immune responses. There are multiple isoforms of protein kinase C that are activated differently by calcium and diacylglycerol, and these are activated mainly by antigen receptors in T cells, B cells and mast cells. Additionally, mammals express several other diacylglycerol binding proteins that are linked to a network of key signal transduction pathways that control lymphocyte biology. Diacylglycerol and protein kinase C regulate a broad range of gene transcription programs but also modulate integrins, chemokine responses and antigen receptors, thereby regulating lymphocyte adhesion, migration, differentiation and proliferation.
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- Martin Spitaler
- School of Life Sciences, Division of Cell Biology & Immunology, University of Dundee, MSI/WTB Complex, Dow Street, Dundee DD1 5EH, UK
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Wen R, Jou ST, Chen Y, Hoffmeyer A, Wang D. Phospholipase C gamma 2 is essential for specific functions of Fc epsilon R and Fc gamma R. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2002; 169:6743-52. [PMID: 12471105 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.169.12.6743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Phospholipase Cgamma2 (PLCgamma2) plays a critical role in the functions of the B cell receptor in B cells and of the FcRgamma chain-containing collagen receptor in platelets. Here we report that PLCgamma2 is also expressed in mast cells and monocytes/macrophages and is activated by cross-linking of Fc(epsilon)R and Fc(gamma)R. Although PLCgamma2-deficient mice have normal development and numbers of mast cells and monocytes/macrophages, we demonstrate that PLCgamma2 is essential for specific functions of Fc(epsilon)R and Fc(gamma)R. While PLCgamma2-deficient mast cells have normal mitogen-activated protein kinase activation and cytokine production at mRNA levels, the mutant cells have impaired Fc(epsilon)R-mediated Ca(2+) flux and inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate production, degranulation, and cytokine secretion. As a physiological consequence of the effect of PLCgamma2 deficiency, the mutant mice are resistant to IgE-mediated cutaneous inflammatory skin reaction. Macrophages from PLCgamma2-deficient mice have no detectable Fc(gamma)R-mediated Ca(2+) flux; however, the mutant cells have normal Fc(gamma)R-mediated phagocytosis. Moreover, PLCgamma2 plays a nonredundant role in Fc(gamma)R-mediated inflammatory skin reaction.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Biological Transport/genetics
- Biological Transport/immunology
- Calcium/metabolism
- Cations, Divalent/metabolism
- Cell Degranulation/genetics
- Cell Degranulation/immunology
- Cytokines/genetics
- Cytokines/metabolism
- Enzyme Activation/genetics
- Enzyme Activation/immunology
- Immunity, Innate/genetics
- Immunoglobulin E/physiology
- Isoenzymes/deficiency
- Isoenzymes/genetics
- Isoenzymes/physiology
- Macrophages, Peritoneal/enzymology
- Macrophages, Peritoneal/immunology
- Macrophages, Peritoneal/metabolism
- Mast Cells/enzymology
- Mast Cells/immunology
- Mast Cells/metabolism
- Mice
- Mice, Knockout
- Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases/metabolism
- Passive Cutaneous Anaphylaxis
- Phagocytosis/genetics
- Phagocytosis/immunology
- Phospholipase C gamma
- Receptors, IgE/immunology
- Receptors, IgE/metabolism
- Receptors, IgE/physiology
- Receptors, IgG/immunology
- Receptors, IgG/metabolism
- Receptors, IgG/physiology
- Transcription, Genetic/immunology
- Type C Phospholipases/deficiency
- Type C Phospholipases/genetics
- Type C Phospholipases/physiology
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- Renren Wen
- The Blood Research Institute, The Blood Center of Southeastern Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
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Simon AK, Auphan N, Pophillat M, Boyer C, Ghosh S, Rincón M, Flavell RA, Schmitt-Verhulst AM. The lack of NF-kappa B transactivation and PKC epsilon expression in CD4(+)CD8(+) thymocytes correlates with negative selection. Cell Death Differ 2000; 7:1253-62. [PMID: 11175263 DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4400760] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Deletion of autoreactive thymocytes at the DP stage is the basis for tolerance to thymus-expressed self antigens. In this study we investigated whether distinct signalling pathways are induced in DP thymocytes as compared to mature T cells upon stimulation with antigen. Using triple transgenic mice expressing a TCR transgene, dominant negative ras/Mek proteins and a reporter gene construct with AP-1 or NF-kappa B binding sites, we showed a complete lack of transcriptional activity of NF-kappa B but not AP-1 in DP thymocytes, whereas both were transcriptionally active in mature T cells after antigenic stimulation. Lack of NF-kappa B induction correlated with increased death in response to antigen. AP-1 induction was dependent on the integrity of the ras/Mek pathway indicating that this pathway was activated in the DP thymocytes. In contrast, we found a complete lack of constitutive expression of the epsilon isoform of Protein Kinase C (PKC) in DP thymocytes, although it was present in mature thymocytes and peripheral T cells. Taken together the results suggest that the lack of PKC epsilon in DP thymocytes could lead to the absence of NF-kappa B activity after antigenic stimulation contributing to negative selection. Cell Death and Differentiation (2000) 7, 1253 - 1262.
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- A K Simon
- Centre d'Immunologie INSERM-CNRS de Marseille Luminy, Marseille, France.
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Matthews SA, Rozengurt E, Cantrell D. Protein kinase D. A selective target for antigen receptors and a downstream target for protein kinase C in lymphocytes. J Exp Med 2000; 191:2075-82. [PMID: 10859332 PMCID: PMC2193207 DOI: 10.1084/jem.191.12.2075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2000] [Accepted: 04/17/2000] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Protein kinase Cs (PKCs) are activated by antigen receptors in lymphocytes, but little is known about proximal targets for PKCs in antigen receptor-mediated responses. In this report, we define a role for diacylglycerol-regulated PKC isoforms in controlling the activity of the serine/threonine kinase protein kinase D (PKD; also known as PKC mu) in T cells, B cells, and mast cells. Antigen receptor activation of PKD is a rapid and sustained response that can be seen in T cells activated via the T cell antigen receptor, B cells activated via the B cell antigen receptor, and in mast cells triggered via the high-affinity receptor for IgE (FcepsilonR1). Herein, we show that antigen receptor activation of PKD requires the activity of classical/novel PKCs. Moreover, PKC activity is sufficient to bypass the requirement for antigen receptor signals in the induction of PKD activity. These biochemical and genetic studies establish a role for antigen receptor-regulated PKC enzymes in the control of PKD activity. Regulation of PKD activity through upstream PKCs reveals a signaling network that exists between different members of the PKC superfamily of kinases that can operate to amplify and disseminate antigen receptor signals generated at the plasma membrane.
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- Sharon A. Matthews
- Lymphocyte Activation Laboratory, Imperial Cancer Research Fund, London WC2A 3PX, United Kingdom
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- Department of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine and Molecular Biology Institute, Los Angeles, California 90095-1786
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- Lymphocyte Activation Laboratory, Imperial Cancer Research Fund, London WC2A 3PX, United Kingdom
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Luo Z, Gotoh M, Grochowiecki T, Tanaka T, Kimura F, Kawashima H, Yagita H, Okumura K, Miyasaka M. Anergic T cells generated in vitro suppress rejection response to islet allografts. Transplantation 2000; 69:2144-8. [PMID: 10852614 DOI: 10.1097/00007890-200005270-00032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Induction of antigen-specific unresponsiveness to grafts is the ultimate goal for organ transplantation. It has been shown that anergic T cells generated in vivo can be transferred as suppressor cells. Anergic cells generated in vitro have never been successfully used to prevent allograft rejection in vivo. We examined whether anergic cells generated in vitro by blocking CD28/B7 costimulatory pathway can suppress allograft rejection in vivo. METHODS Anergic T cells were generated in vitro by the addition of anti-B7-1 and anti-B7-2 monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) to primary mixed lymphocyte reaction (MLR) consisting of C57BL/6 (B6) splenocytes as responder and irradiated BALB/c splenocytes as stimulator. We tested the ability of these cells to respond to various stimuli and to suppress alloreactive T-cell responses in vitro. For in vivo studies, 4x10(7) anergic cells were injected intravenously immediately after transplantation of BALB/c islets under the renal subcapsular space of streptozotocin-induced diabetic and 2.5-Gy X-irradiated B6 mice. RESULTS Anergic cells treated with both mAbs in the primary MLR did not proliferate in secondary MLR against BALB/c and third-party C3H/He stimulators. The cells also failed to respond to immobilized anti-CD3 mAb, although they proliferated in response to concanavalin A or phorbol myristate acetate + ionomycin. The anergic state was reversed by the addition of exogenous IL-2. Furthermore, these cells suppressed the proliferation of naive B6 T cells against either the same (BALB/c) or third-party (C3H/He) stimulator cells. In in vivo studies, irradiated B6 mice rejected BALB/c islet allografts acutely with a mean survival time of 27.0+/-8.3 days, whereas two of six animals injected with the anergic cells accepted the allografts indefinitely (>100 days) with a mean survival time of 52.0+/-38.2 days. CONCLUSIONS Anergic cells generated in vitro by blocking CD28/B7 costimulatory pathway suppress islet allograft rejection after adoptive transfer. This procedure might be clinically useful for promoting allograft survival.
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- Z Luo
- Department of Bioregulation, Osaka University Medical School, Suita, Japan
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Schnaider T, Somogyi J, Csermely P, Szamel M. The Hsp90-specific inhibitor geldanamycin selectively disrupts kinase-mediated signaling events of T-lymphocyte activation. Cell Stress Chaperones 2000. [DOI: 10.1379/1466-1268(2000)005<0052:thsigs>2.0.co;2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Lindholm CK, Gylfe E, Zhang W, Samelson LE, Welsh M. Requirement of the Src homology 2 domain protein Shb for T cell receptor-dependent activation of the interleukin-2 gene nuclear factor for activation of T cells element in Jurkat T cells. J Biol Chem 1999; 274:28050-7. [PMID: 10488157 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.39.28050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Stimulation of the T cell antigen receptor (TCR) induces tyrosine phosphorylation of numerous intracellular proteins. We have recently investigated the role of the adaptor protein Shb in the early events of T cell signaling and observed that Shb associates with Grb2, linker for activation of T cells (LAT) and the TCR zeta-chain in Jurkat cells. We now report that Shb also associates with phospholipase C-gamma1 (PLC-gamma1) in these cells. Overexpression of Src homology 2 domain defective Shb caused diminished phosphorylation of LAT and consequently the activation of mitogen-activated protein kinases was decreased upon TCR stimulation. In addition, the Shb mutant also blocked phosphorylation of PLC-gamma1 and the increase in cytoplasmic Ca(2+) following TCR stimulation. Nuclear factor for activation of T cells is a major target for Ras and calcium signaling pathways in T cells following TCR stimulation, and the overexpression of the mutant Shb prevented TCR-dependent activation of the nuclear factor for activation of T cells. Consequently, endogenous interleukin-2 production was decreased under these conditions. The results indicate a role for Shb as a link between the TCR and downstream signaling events involving LAT and PLC-gamma1 and resulting in the activation of transcription of the interleukin-2 gene.
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- C K Lindholm
- Department of Medical Cell Biology, Box 571, Biomedicum, Uppsala University, S-75123 Uppsala, Sweden
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Boulougouris G, McLeod JD, Patel YI, Ellwood CN, Walker LSK, Sansom DM. IL-2-Independent Activation and Proliferation in Human T Cells Induced by CD28. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 1999. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.163.4.1809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Although the role of CD28 in T cell costimulation is firmly established, the mechanisms by which it exerts its costimulatory actions are less clear. In many circumstances it is difficult to distinguish the effects of CD28 from subsequent actions of cytokines, such as IL-2, on T cell proliferation. Here, we report a model of CD28 costimulation using PMA plus the natural ligand CD80 that resulted in very limited stimulation of IL-2, as evidenced by both cytokine production and IL-2 promoter stimulation. Promoter assays revealed CD28-dependent effects on both NF-κB and AP-1, but not on NF-AT or the intact IL-2 promoter. In addition, T cell proliferation was completely resistant to the actions of the immunosuppressant cyclosporin A (CsA). Moreover T cell proliferation was unaffected by the addition of blocking Abs to both IL-2 and the IL-2 receptor, demonstrating that this form of costimulation by CD28 was independent of IL-2. We also investigated the effects of stimulating T cell blasts with CD80 alone and found that there was a limited requirement for IL-2 in this system. We conclude that CD28 costimulation can cause substantial T cell proliferation in the absence of IL-2, which is driven by a soluble factor independent of NF-AT transactivation.
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- George Boulougouris
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom; and Bath Institute for Rheumatic Diseases, Bath, United Kingdom
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom; and Bath Institute for Rheumatic Diseases, Bath, United Kingdom
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom; and Bath Institute for Rheumatic Diseases, Bath, United Kingdom
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom; and Bath Institute for Rheumatic Diseases, Bath, United Kingdom
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom; and Bath Institute for Rheumatic Diseases, Bath, United Kingdom
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom; and Bath Institute for Rheumatic Diseases, Bath, United Kingdom
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Altman A, Deckert M. The function of small GTPases in signaling by immune recognition and other leukocyte receptors. Adv Immunol 1999; 72:1-101. [PMID: 10361572 DOI: 10.1016/s0065-2776(08)60017-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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- A Altman
- Division of Cell Biology, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, San Diego, California 92121, USA
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Taking the antisense approach to inhibit the expression of specific protein kinase C (PKC) isoforms, we investigated the function of PKC alpha in T cell activation by transfecting Jurkat cells with an episomal vector (pREP3) containing a copy of the corresponding gene in the antisense orientation. Transfected Jurkat cells were selected with hygromycin and cloned by limiting dilution. Two (as1/as2) stably transfected antisense PKC alpha-pREP3 clones (as PKC alpha-pREP3) exhibited consistently reductions (76% and 85%, respectively) of PKC alpha levels when analyzed by immunoblotting and immunoprecipitation and also of PKC alpha mRNA (75%, as determined by Northern blotting) when compared to control clones (C1/C2) containing the pREP3 vector alone. The ability of the as-PKC alpha-pREP3 construct to specifically reduce PKC alpha levels in both clones was demonstrated by Western blots probed with antibodies against the PKC beta isozyme (the form structurally more similar to PKC alpha) and other representative isoenzymes expressed in Jurkat cells (PKC delta, epsilon, theta, and mu). Stimulation of transfected Jurkat clones with phorbol-12-myristate-13 alone or in the presence of ionomycin resulted in significant reduction of IL-2R alpha expression, TNF-alpha production, and the induction of transcriptional activity of a pIL-2/Luc construct in both as PKC alpha-reduced clones. The magnitude of these decrements paralleled the reductions of PKC alpha expression. The loss of the effects in clone as1 after a high number of passages correlated with the recovery of normal levels of PKC alpha protein, suggesting a link between these processes. Thus, the findings of this study demonstrate the essential role that PKC alpha plays in major events of the T lymphocyte activation process.
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- M A López-Lago
- Departamento de Bioquimica y Biologia Molecular, Facultad de Biologia, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, España
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Activation of T lymphocytes is a key event for an efficient response of the immune system. It requires the involvement of the T cell receptor antigen as well as costimulatory molecules such as CD28. Engagement of these receptors through the interaction with a foreign antigen associated with major histocompatibility complex molecules and CD28 counter-receptors B7.1/B7.2, respectively, results in a series of signaling cascades acting in synergy and which culminate in activation of interleukin-2 gene transcription and eventually cell proliferation. Many studies aimed at characterizing these specific effector pathways have been published; however, the actual signaling molecules that transduce activation signals from the cell membrane to the nucleus and that directly regulate interleukin-2 gene transcription are not yet completely defined and remain a matter of debate. In this commentary, we have attempted to analyze the results, which are sometimes diverging if not totally contradictory, characterizing effector pathways that possibly are triggered during T cell activation.
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- J Favero
- INSERM U 431, Microbiologie et Pathologie Cellulaire Infectieuse, Universite de Montpellier II, France.
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Chang JH, Pratt JC, Sawasdikosol S, Kapeller R, Burakoff SJ. The small GTP-binding protein Rho potentiates AP-1 transcription in T cells. Mol Cell Biol 1998; 18:4986-93. [PMID: 9710582 PMCID: PMC109083 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.18.9.4986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The Rho family of small GTP-binding proteins is involved in the regulation of cytoskeletal structure, gene transcription, specific cell fate development, and transformation. We demonstrate in this report that overexpression of an activated form of Rho enhances AP-1 activity in Jurkat T cells in the presence of phorbol myristate acetate (PMA), but activated Rho (V14Rho) has little or no effect on NFAT, Oct-1, and NF-kappaB enhancer element activities under similar conditions. Overexpression of a V14Rho construct incapable of membrane localization (CAAX deleted) abolishes PMA-induced AP-1 transcriptional activation. The effect of Rho on AP-1 is independent of the mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway, as a dominant-negative MEK and a MEK inhibitor (PD98059) did not affect Rho-induced AP-1 activity. V14Rho binds strongly to protein kinase Calpha (PKCalpha) in vivo; however, deletion of the CAAX site on V14Rho severely diminished this association. Evidence for a role for PKCalpha as an effector of Rho was obtained by the observation that coexpression of the N-terminal domain of PKCalpha blocked the effects of activated Rho plus PMA on AP-1 transcriptional activity. These data suggest that Rho potentiates AP-1 transcription during T-cell activation.
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- J H Chang
- Division of Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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Nebl G, Meuer SC, Samstag Y. Cyclosporin A-Resistant Transactivation of the IL-2 Promoter Requires Activity of Okadaic Acid-Sensitive Serine/Threonine Phosphatases. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 1998. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.161.4.1803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Expression of the IL-2 gene requires activation of T cells through stimulation of the TCR and costimulation through accessory receptors. We have found recently that okadaic acid-sensitive Ser/Thr phosphatases are involved in a cyclosporin A-insensitive pathway that selectively transmits costimulatory signals. In this study, we analyzed whether activities of these phosphatases are necessary for the expression of the IL-2 gene. In both activated peripheral blood T lymphocytes and activated tumorigenic T cell lines, IL-2 gene expression was blocked at the transcriptional level by okadaic acid. The transcription factors active at the IL-2 promoter were differentially influenced: upon down-modulation of okadaic acid-sensitive phosphatases, transactivation by octamer, NF-κB, and NF of activated T cells proteins was abrogated, while transactivation by AP-1 proteins was even enhanced.
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- Gabriele Nebl
- Institute for Immunology, Ruprecht-Karls-University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute for Immunology, Ruprecht-Karls-University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute for Immunology, Ruprecht-Karls-University, Heidelberg, Germany
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Williams DH, Wilkinson SE, Purton T, Lamont A, Flotow H, Murray EJ. Ro 09-2210 exhibits potent anti-proliferative effects on activated T cells by selectively blocking MKK activity. Biochemistry 1998; 37:9579-85. [PMID: 9649341 DOI: 10.1021/bi972914c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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By using high throughput screening of microbial broths, we have identified a compound, designated Ro 09-2210, which is able to block anti-CD3 induced peripheral blood T cell activation with an IC50 = 40 nM. Ro 09-2210 was also able to block antigen-induced IL-2 secretion with an IC50 = 30 nM, but was considerably less potent at blocking Ca2+ flux stimulated by anti-CD3 treatment. To determine the mechanism of action of Ro 09-2210, we set up a transient expression system in Jurkat T cells using a variety of reporter gene constructs and showed effective inhibition of phorbol ester/ionomycin-induced NF-AT activation and anti-CD3 induced NF-AT with IC50 = 7.7 and 10 nM, respectively. Ro 09-2210 was also able to inhibit phorbol ester/ionomycin-induced activation of AP1 with IC50 = <10 nM. We further showed that Ro 09-2210 was unable to inhibit c-jun induced expression of AP1-dependent reporter constructs (IC50 > 500 nM), but was able to potently inhibit ras-induced AP1 activation (IC50 = 20 nM). This suggested that Ro 09-2210 was inhibiting an activator of AP-1 which was upstream of c-jun and downstream of ras signaling. To investigate further, we then purified a number of different kinases, including PKC, PhK, ZAP-70, ERK, and MEK 1 (a MKK), and showed that Ro 09-2210 was a selective inhibitor of MEK1 in vitro (IC50 = 59 nM).
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Liu B, Carle KW, Whisler RL. Reductions in the activation of ERK and JNK are associated with decreased IL-2 production in T cells from elderly humans stimulated by the TCR/CD3 complex and costimulatory signals. Cell Immunol 1997; 182:79-88. [PMID: 9514699 DOI: 10.1006/cimm.1997.1226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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T cells from elderly humans often display impaired IL-2 production, but the mechanisms are unknown. Because the activities of extracellular signal-regulated kinases (ERK) and c-Jun NH2-terminal kinases (JNK) are important for IL-2 production, the current study evaluated if aberrancies in the expression and activation of ERK2 or JNK might underlie decreased IL-2 production by human T cells during aging. The present results show that diminished ERK2 and JNK catalytic activities were commonly detected in T cells from elderly humans stimulated with anti-CD3 mAb OKT3 plus PMA. These reductions did not represent temporal shifts in activation or altered expression of ERK2 or JNK. In addition, the reductions of ERK2 activation in stimulated T cells from elderly individuals were accompanied by decreased Raf-1 kinase activation and could be observed without coexisting impairments in JNK activation. Stimulation of ERK2 activation in elderly T cells correlated with IL-2 production and decreased ERK2 activation was consistently associated with reduced IL-2 production. Although the age-related decreases in JNK activation were accompanied by reduced IL-2 production, substantial impairments of JNK activation were observed with diminished ERK2 activation. Moreover, anti-CD3/PMA-stimulated T cells from elderly individuals that displayed normal JNK activation and impaired ERK2 activation continued to demonstrate reduced IL-2 production. These findings show that impairments in the activation of ERK2 and JNK can accompany decreased IL-2 production by T cells from elderly humans and further suggest that aberrancies in TCR/CD3-dependent activation of the Raf-1/MEK/ERK2 cascade may be rate-limiting for the full induction of IL-2.
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- B Liu
- Department of Medical Biochemistry, William H. Davis Medical Research Center, Ohio State University, Columbus 43210-1228, USA
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Rellahan BL, Graham LJ, Stoica B, DeBell KE, Bonvini E. Cbl-mediated regulation of T cell receptor-induced AP1 activation. Implications for activation via the Ras signaling pathway. J Biol Chem 1997; 272:30806-11. [PMID: 9388222 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.49.30806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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The functional role of Cbl in regulating T cell receptor (TCR)-mediated signal transduction pathways is unknown. This study uses Cbl overexpression in conjunction with a Ras-sensitive AP1 reporter construct to examine its role in regulating TCR-mediated activation of the Ras pathway. Cbl overexpression in Jurkat T cells inhibited AP1 activity after TCR ligation. However, AP1 induction by 4beta-phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate, which up-regulates Ras activity in a protein kinase C-dependent, TCR/tyrosine kinase-independent manner, was not affected by Cbl overexpression. Cbl overexpression also did not affect AP1 induction by an activated Ras protein or a membrane-bound form of the guanine nucleotide exchange factor Sos. In addition, activation of the mitogen-activated protein kinase Erk2 was decreased by Cbl overexpression. Therefore, Cbl regulates events that are required for full TCR-mediated Ras activation, and data are presented to support a model whereby Cbl regulates events required for Ras activation via its association with Grb2.
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- B L Rellahan
- Laboratory of Immunobiology, Division of Monoclonal Antibodies, Office of Therapeutics Research and Review, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
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Brennan P, Babbage JW, Burgering BM, Groner B, Reif K, Cantrell DA. Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase couples the interleukin-2 receptor to the cell cycle regulator E2F. Immunity 1997; 7:679-89. [PMID: 9390691 DOI: 10.1016/s1074-7613(00)80388-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 320] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Cell cycle progression initiated by interleukin-2 (IL-2) in T cells is critical for lymphoproliferation and an immune response. Phosphatidyl inositol 3-kinase (PI3K) is activated by IL-2. However, nuclear targets for PI3K are not known. Here we identify the cell cycle regulator E2F as an IL-2 target in T lymphocytes and PI3K as the critical signaling pathway. We eliminate both Stat5 and Raf/MEK pathways from E2F regulation. Protein kinase B (PKB) is activated by IL-2 via PI3K. The expression of an active PKB is sufficient to induce E2F activity. Inhibition of PI3K inhibits phosphorylation of Rb, induction of cyclin D3, and degradation of p27kip1. These results establish a crucial PI3K/PKB-mediated link between the IL-2 teceptor and the cell cycle machinery.
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- P Brennan
- Lymphocyte Activation Laboratory, Imperial Cancer Research Fund, London, United Kingdom.
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Turner H, Cantrell DA. Distinct Ras effector pathways are involved in Fc epsilon R1 regulation of the transcriptional activity of Elk-1 and NFAT in mast cells. J Exp Med 1997; 185:43-53. [PMID: 8996240 PMCID: PMC2196099 DOI: 10.1084/jem.185.1.43] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/1996] [Revised: 10/18/1996] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Activation of Ras GTPases is a conserved feature of antigen receptor signaling, including Fc epsilon R1 activation of mast cells. Antigenic cross-linking of the Fc epsilon R1 on mast cells results in secretion of allergic mediators and induction of immediate early and cytokine genes. Here we examine the role of Ras in coupling the Fc epsilon R1 to transcriptional regulation. The transcription factors Elk-1, an immediate early gene regulator and the nuclear factor of activated T cells (NFAT), in the context of the IL-4 gene, are identified as Ras targets in mast cells. Ras mediates diverse effects via its diverse effector pathways, which may include other members of the Ras GTPase family such as RhoA and Rac-1. We observe that Elk-1 and NFAT are targeted by distinct Ras effector pathways in mast cells. Activation of the "classical" Ras/Raf-1/MEK/ ERK cascade is necessary and sufficient for Fc epsilon R1 induction of Elk-1. Ras function is required, but not sufficient for Fc epsilon R1 induction of NFAT. However, activation or inhibition of Ras markedly shifts the antigen dose-response for Fc epsilon R1 induction of NFAT. The effector pathway for Ras activation of NFAT is not Raf-1/MEK. We identify that the Rac-1 GTPase is critical in Fc epsilon R1 regulation of NFAT, acting either in parallel with or as an effector of Ras. These data place Ras in a crucial position in mast cells, regulating disparate nuclear targets. Moreover, we identify that two GTPases, Ras and Rac-1, are important regulators of NFAT, and therefore of cytokine expression in mast cells.
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- H Turner
- Lymphocyte Activation Laboratory, Imperial Cancer Research Fund, London, United Kingdom
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Alberola-Ila J, Takaki S, Kerner JD, Perlmutter RM. Differential signaling by lymphocyte antigen receptors. Annu Rev Immunol 1997; 15:125-54. [PMID: 9143684 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.immunol.15.1.125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 227] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Studies performed during the past several years make plain that ligand occupancy of antigen receptors need not necessarily provoke identical responses in all instances. For example, ligation of antigen receptors may stimulate a proliferative response, induce a state of unresponsiveness to subsequent stimulation (anergy), or induce apoptosis. How does a single type of transmembrane receptor induce these very heterogeneous cellular responses? In the following pages, we outline evidence supporting the view that the nature of the ligand/receptor interaction directs the physical recruitment of signaling pathways differentially inside the lymphocyte and hence defines the nature of the subsequent immune response. We begin by providing a functional categorization of antigen receptor components, considering the ways in which these components interact with the known set of signal transduction pathways, and then review the evidence suggesting that differential signaling through the TCR is achieved by qualitative differences in the effector pathways recruited by TCR, perhaps reflecting the time required to bring complicated signal transduction elements into proximity within the cell. The time-constant of the interaction between antigen and receptor in this way determines, at least in part, the nature of the resulting response. Finally, although our review focuses substantially on T cell receptor signaling, we have included a less detailed description of B cell receptor signaling as well, simply to emphasize the parallels that exist in these two closely related systems.
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- J Alberola-Ila
- Department of Immunology, University of Washington, Seattle 98195, USA
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The T cell antigen receptor (TCR) regulates the activation and growth of T lymphocytes. The initial membrane proximal event triggered by the TCR is activation of protein tyrosine kinases with the resultant phosphorylation of cellular proteins. This biochemical response couples the TCR to a divergent array of signal transduction molecules including enzymes that regulate lipid metabolism, GTP binding proteins, serine/threonine kinases, and adapter molecules. The ultimate aim of studies of intracellular signaling mechanisms is to understand the functional consequences of a particular biochemical event for receptor function. The control of cytokine gene expression is one of the mechanism that allows the TCR to control immune responses. Accordingly, one object of the present review is to discuss the role of the different TCR signal transduction pathways in linking the TCR to nuclear targets: the transcription factors that control the expression of cytokine genes.
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- D Cantrell
- Lymphocyte Activation Laboratory, Imperial Cancer Research Fund, London, United Kingdom
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