title: Calcium signalling in T cells stimulated by a cyclophilin B-binding protein.
abstract: The immunosuppressant drug cyclosporin A blocks a calcium-dependent signal from the T-cell receptor (TCR) that normally leads to T-cell activation. When bound to cyclophilin, cyclosporin A binds and inactivates the key signalling intermediate calcineurin. To identify potential cellular homologues of cyclosporin A that might regulate calcium signalling, we have cloned human genes encoding cyclophilin B-binding-proteins using the yeast two-hybrid system. One gene product, when overexpressed in Jurkat T cells, specifically induced transcription from the interleukin-2 enhancer, by activating the T-cell-specific transcription factors NF-AT and NF-IL2A. This protein, termed calcium-signal modulating cyclophilin ligand (CAML), acts downstream of the TCR and upstream of calcineurin by causing an influx of calcium. CAML appears to be a new participant in the calcium-signal transduction pathway, implicating cyclophilin B in calcium signalling, even in the absence of cyclosporin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Experimental Oncology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Bram
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Crabtree
mesh_terms: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D000591:Amino Acid Isomerases / Q000378:metabolism*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D002460:Cell Line; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D021983:Cyclophilins; D016572:Cyclosporine / Q000494:pharmacology; D004247:DNA; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D050778:NFATC Transcription Factors; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D019696:Peptidylprolyl Isomerase; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D016559:Tacrolimus / Q000494:pharmacology; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; C089404:CAMLG protein, human; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D050778:NFATC Transcription Factors; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D014157:Transcription Factors; C081786:cyclophilin B; D016572:Cyclosporine; D004247:DNA; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D000591:Amino Acid Isomerases; D021983:Cyclophilins; D019696:Peptidylprolyl Isomerase; D002118:Calcium; D016559:Tacrolimus