TY - JOUR
T1 - T Cell Activation Induces Direct Binding of the Crk Adapter Protein to the Regulatory Subunit of Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase (p85) via a Complex Mechanism Involving the Cbl Protein
AU - Gelkop, Sigal
AU - Babichev, Yael
AU - Isakov, Noah
PY - 2001/9/28
Y1 - 2001/9/28
N2 - The Crk adapter proteins are assumed to play a role in T lymphocyte activation because of their induced association with tyrosine-phosphorylated proteins, such as ZAP-70 and Cbl, and with the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase regulatory subunit, p85, following engagement of the T cell antigen receptor. Although the exact mechanism of interaction between these molecules has not been fully defined, it has been generally accepted that Crk, ZAP-70, and p85 interact with tyrosine-phosphorylated Cbl, which serves as a major scaffold protein in activated T lymphocytes. Our present results demonstrate a cell activation-dependent reciprocal co-immunoprecipitation of CrkII and p85 from lysates of Jurkat T cells and a direct binding of CrkII to p85 in an overlay assay. The use of bead-immobilized GST fusion proteins indicated a complex mechanism of interaction between CrkII and p85 involving two distinct and mutually independent regions in each molecule. A relatively high affinity binding of the CrkII-SH3(N) domain to p85 and the p85-proline-B cell receptor-proline (PBP) region to CrkII was observed in lysates of either resting or activated T cells. Direct physical interaction between the CrkII-SH3(N) and the p85-PBP domain was demonstrated using recombinant fusion proteins and was further substantiated by binding competition studies. In addition, immobilized fusion proteins possessing the CrkII-SH2 and p85-SH3 domains were found to pull down p85 and CrkII, respectively, but only from lysates of activated T cells. Nevertheless, the GST-CrkII-SH2 fusion protein was unable to mediate direct association with p85 from lysates of either resting or activated T cells. Our results support a model in which T cell activation dependent conformational changes in CrkII and/or p85 promote an initial director indirect low affinity interaction between the two molecules, which is then stabilized by a secondary high affinity interaction mediated by direct binding of the CrkII-SH3(N) to the p85-PBP domain.
AB - The Crk adapter proteins are assumed to play a role in T lymphocyte activation because of their induced association with tyrosine-phosphorylated proteins, such as ZAP-70 and Cbl, and with the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase regulatory subunit, p85, following engagement of the T cell antigen receptor. Although the exact mechanism of interaction between these molecules has not been fully defined, it has been generally accepted that Crk, ZAP-70, and p85 interact with tyrosine-phosphorylated Cbl, which serves as a major scaffold protein in activated T lymphocytes. Our present results demonstrate a cell activation-dependent reciprocal co-immunoprecipitation of CrkII and p85 from lysates of Jurkat T cells and a direct binding of CrkII to p85 in an overlay assay. The use of bead-immobilized GST fusion proteins indicated a complex mechanism of interaction between CrkII and p85 involving two distinct and mutually independent regions in each molecule. A relatively high affinity binding of the CrkII-SH3(N) domain to p85 and the p85-proline-B cell receptor-proline (PBP) region to CrkII was observed in lysates of either resting or activated T cells. Direct physical interaction between the CrkII-SH3(N) and the p85-PBP domain was demonstrated using recombinant fusion proteins and was further substantiated by binding competition studies. In addition, immobilized fusion proteins possessing the CrkII-SH2 and p85-SH3 domains were found to pull down p85 and CrkII, respectively, but only from lysates of activated T cells. Nevertheless, the GST-CrkII-SH2 fusion protein was unable to mediate direct association with p85 from lysates of either resting or activated T cells. Our results support a model in which T cell activation dependent conformational changes in CrkII and/or p85 promote an initial director indirect low affinity interaction between the two molecules, which is then stabilized by a secondary high affinity interaction mediated by direct binding of the CrkII-SH3(N) to the p85-PBP domain.
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U2 - 10.1074/jbc.M100731200
DO - 10.1074/jbc.M100731200
M3 - Article
C2 - 11418612
AN - SCOPUS:0035965340
SN - 0021-9258
VL - 276
SP - 36174
EP - 36182
JO - Journal of Biological Chemistry
JF - Journal of Biological Chemistry
IS - 39
ER -