Removal of C-terminal SRC kinase from the immune synapse by a new binding protein.

The Csk tyrosine kinase negatively regulates the Src family kinases Lck and Fyn in T cells. Engagement of the T-cell antigen receptor results in a removal of Csk from the lipid raft-associated transmembrane protein PAG/Cbp. Instead, Csk becomes associated with an approximately 72-kDa tyrosine-phosphorylated protein, which we identify here as ...
G3BP, a phosphoprotein reported to bind the SH3 domain of Ras GTPase-activating protein. G3BP reduced the ability of Csk to phosphorylate Lck at Y505 by decreasing the amount of Csk in lipid rafts. As a consequence, G3BP augmented T-cell activation as measured by interleukin-2 gene activation. Conversely, elimination of endogenous G3BP by RNA interference increased Lck Y505 phosphorylation and reduced TCR signaling. In antigen-specific T cells, endogenous G3BP moved into a intracellular location adjacent to the immune synapse, but deeper inside the cell, upon antigen recognition. Csk colocalization with G3BP occurred in this "parasynaptic" location. We conclude that G3BP is a new player in T-cell-antigen receptor signaling and acts to reduce the amount of Csk in the immune synapse.
Mesh Terms:
Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing, Antigens, CD3, Carrier Proteins, Humans, Jurkat Cells, Ligands, Lymphocyte Activation, Lymphocyte Specific Protein Tyrosine Kinase p56(lck), Membrane Microdomains, Membrane Proteins, Phosphoproteins, Phosphorylation, Phosphotransferases, Protein-Tyrosine Kinases, Proto-Oncogene Proteins, RNA, Small Interfering, Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, Signal Transduction, T-Lymphocytes, Tyrosine, src Homology Domains
Mol. Cell. Biol.
Date: Mar. 01, 2005
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