title: Modulation of calcium responses by altered peptide ligands in a human T cell clone.
abstract: To determine whether altered peptide ligands (APL) affect calcium signaling events, we investigated changes in intracellular calcium concentration ([Ca2+]i) in human T cell clone stimulated with either the fully agonistic peptide M12p54-68, the partially agonistic analogue E63V or the simple antagonistic analogue E58M. Both E63V and E58M stimulated a Ca2+ response in approximately 40% of T cells, whereas M12p54-68 did so in approximately 70% of T cells. The most predominant pattern of a Ca2+ increase induced by M12p54-68 was a small sinusoidal peak followed by a sustained high response. The most frequent pattern of calcium response induced by E63V was a continuous high response without a preceding sinusoidal peak, whereas that induced by E58M was large with frequent oscillations. Genistein, an inhibitor of the protein tyrosine kinases (PTK), markedly inhibited the wild-type peptide-induced increase in [Ca2+]i, whereas it marginally inhibited the response induced by E63V or E58M. In contrast, GF109203X, a protein kinase C (PKC)-specific inhibitor, markedly inhibited the E63V- or E58M-induced Ca2+ response, whereas it marginally affected the wild peptide-induced Ca2+ response. Furthermore, in nominal Ca2+-free medium, the E58M-induced Ca2+ response was almost completely blocked, while the M12p54-68- or E63V-induced responses were only partially inhibited. Our results suggest that the Ca2+ response induced by the fully agonistic peptide depends on activation of the genistein-sensitive signaling pathway, including PTK, whereas the Ca2+ response to a simple antagonistic APL completely depends on extracellular Ca2+ and activation of the GF109203X-sensitive signaling pathway, including PKC. These differences in the CA2+i response in recognition of different APL may parallel the unique T cell activation patterns induced by APL in human T cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroscience and Immunology, Kumamoto University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Japan.
authors.forename: Y Z
authors.initials: YZ
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Z F
authors.initials: ZF
authors.lastname: Lai
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nishi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nishimura
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002999:Clone Cells; D006801:Humans; D008024:Ligands; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010455:Peptides; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects*; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D008024:Ligands; D010455:Peptides; D002118:Calcium