DAP12-mediated signal transduction in natural killer cells. A dominant role for the Syk protein-tyrosine kinase.
The murine Ly49 family contains nine genes in two subgroups: the inhibitory receptors (Ly49A, B, C, E, F, G2, and I) and the noninhibitory receptors (Ly49D and H). Unlike their inhibitory counterparts, Ly49D and H do not contain immunoreceptor tyrosine-based inhibitory motifs but associate with a recently described co-receptor, DAP12, to transmit positive signals to natural killer (NK) cells. DAP12 is also expressed in myeloid cells, but the receptors coupled to it there are unknown. Here we document the signaling pathways of the Ly49D/DAP12 complex in NK cells. We show that ligation of Ly49D results in 1) tyrosine phosphorylation of several substrates, including phospholipase Cgamma1, Cbl, and p44/p42 mitogen-activated protein kinase, and 2) calcium mobilization. Moreover, we demonstrate that although human DAP12 reportedly binds the SH2 domains of both Syk and Zap-70, ligation of Ly49D leads to activation of Syk but not Zap-70. Consistent with this observation, Ly49D/DAP12-mediated calcium mobilization is blocked by dominant negative Syk but not by catalytically inactive Zap-70. These data demonstrate the dependence of DAP12-coupled receptors on Syk and suggest that the outcome of Ly49D/DAP12 engagement will be regulated by Cbl and culminate in the activation of transcription factors.
McVicar
D W
DW
Laboratory of Experimental Immunology, Division of Basic Sciences, NCI, National Institutes of Health, Maryland 21702, USA. mcvicar@nih.gov
Taylor
L S
LS
Gosselin
P
P
Willette-Brown
J
J
Mikhael
A I
AI
Geahlen
R L
RL
Nakamura
M C
MC
Linnemeyer
P
P
Seaman
W E
WE
Anderson
S K
SK
Ortaldo
J R
JR
Mason
L H
LH
D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D017931:DNA Primers; D004792:Enzyme Precursors / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D007694:Killer Cells, Natural / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011485:Protein Binding; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction; D000072377:Syk Kinase; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D051746:ZAP-70 Protein-Tyrosine Kinase
D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D017931:DNA Primers; D004792:Enzyme Precursors; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic; C110546:TYROBP protein, human; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; C000606896:SYK protein, human; D000072377:Syk Kinase; C000606897:Syk protein, mouse; C000606898:Syk protein, rat; D051746:ZAP-70 Protein-Tyrosine Kinase; C497261:ZAP70 protein, human; C497262:Zap70 protein, mouse; D002118:Calcium