Ron D, Napolitano EW, Voronova A, Vasquez NJ, Roberts DN, Calio BL, Caothien RH, Pettiford SM, Wellik S, Mandac JB, Kauvar LM

Telik, Inc., South San Francisco, California 94080, USA.

The protein kinase C (PKC) family has been clearly implicated in T-cell activation as have several nonreceptor protein-tyrosine kinases associated with the T-cell receptor, including p59fyn. This report demonstrates that thetaPKC and p59fyn specifically interact in vitro, in the yeast two-hybrid system, and in T-cells. Further indications of direct interaction are that p59fyn potentiates thetaPKC catalytic activity and that thetaPKC is a substrate for tyrosine phosphorylation by p59fyn. This interaction may account for the localization of thetaPKC following T-cell activation, pharmacological disruption of which results in specific cell-signaling defects. The demonstration of a physical interaction between a PKC and a protein-tyrosine kinase expands the class of PKC-anchoring proteins (receptors for activated C kinases (RACKs)) and demonstrates a direct connection between these two major T-cell-signaling pathways.

Mesh Terms:
Antibodies, Electroporation, Humans, Interleukin-4, Isoenzymes, Jurkat Cells, Protein Kinase C, Protein-Tyrosine Kinases, Proto-Oncogene Proteins, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fyn, T-Lymphocytes

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