title: Interactions of Cbl with Grb2 and phosphatidylinositol 3'-kinase in activated Jurkat cells.
abstract: T-cell receptor (TCR) cross-linking increases tyrosine phosphorylation of multiple proteins, only a few of which have been identified. One of the most rapidly tyrosine-phosphorylated polypeptides is the 120-kDa product of the proto-oncogene c-cbl, a cytosolic and cytoskeletal protein containing multiple proline-rich motifs that are potential binding sites for proteins containing Src homology 3 (SH3) domains. We report here that in cultured Jurkat T cells, Cbl is coprecipitated with antibody against the adapter protein Grb2. Upon activation of Jurkat T cells via the TCR-CD3 complex, we find that high-affinity binding of Cbl requires the N-terminal SH3 domain of GST-Grb2 fusion protein but after cross-linking of the TCR-CD3 and CD4 receptors, Cbl binds equally to its SH2 domain. Grb2 antisera also precipitated p85 from serum-starved cells, while TCR activation increased p85 and tyrosine-phosphorylated Cbl but not Cbl protein in Grb2 immunocomplexes. Phosphatidylinositol (PI) 3-kinase activity was immunoprecipitated from serum-starved cells with Cbl and to a lesser extent with Grb2 antisera, and TCR cross-linking increased this activity severalfold. The PI 3-kinase activity associated with Cbl amounted to 5 to 10% of the total cellular activity that could be precipitated by p85 antisera. The Ras exchange factor Son-of-sevenless 1 (Sos-1) was not found in anti-Cbl immunoprecipitates from activated cells, and Cbl was not detectable in anti-Sos-1 precipitates, supporting the likelihood that Sos-Grb2 and Cbl-Grb2 are present as distinct complexes. Taken together, these data suggest that Cbl function in Jurkat T cells involves its constitutive association with Grb2 and its recruitment of PI 3-kinase in response to TCR activation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester 01605, USA.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Meisner
authors.forename: B R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Conway
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hartley
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Czech
mesh_terms: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D001483:Base Sequence; D015153:Blotting, Western; D017252:CD3 Complex / Q000378:metabolism; D051380:GRB2 Adaptor Protein; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation / Q000502:physiology; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases; D017853:Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor) / Q000378:metabolism*; D011233:Precipitin Tests; D011485:Protein Binding; D011506:Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D050721:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-cbl; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell / Q000378:metabolism; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction; D020664:Son of Sevenless Proteins; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D044767:Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases
chemical_list: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D017252:CD3 Complex; D051380:GRB2 Adaptor Protein; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D011506:Proteins; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D020664:Son of Sevenless Proteins; D050721:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-cbl; D044767:Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases; D017853:Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor)