title: The role of Tec protein-tyrosine kinase in T cell signaling.
abstract: The Tec protein-tyrosine kinase family includes Btk, Itk/Tsk/Emt, Tec, Rlk/Txk, and Bmx which are involved in signals mediated by various cytokines or antigen receptors. Itk is expressed primarily in T cells and activated by TCR/CD3, CD28, and CD2. However, the defect in T cell signaling in itk-deficient mice is very modest. Thus, we looked for other Tec family kinases that could be expressed in lymphoid cells and involved in T cell signal transduction. Here, we demonstrate that Tec, expressed in T cells, is activated following TCR/CD3 or CD28 ligation and interacts with CD28 receptor in an activation-dependent manner. This interaction involves the Tec SH3 domain and the proline-rich motifs in CD28. We also show that Tec can phosphorylate p62(dok), one CD28-specific substrate, whereas Itk cannot. Overexpression of Tec but not Itk can enhance the interleukin-2 promoter activity mediated by TCR/CD3 or CD28 stimulation and introduction of a kinase-dead Tec but not Itk can suppress interleukin-2 expression, indicating that Tec is directly involved in T cell activation. Altogether, these data demonstrate that Tec kinase is an integral component of T cell signaling and that the two Tec family kinases, Tec and Itk, have distinct roles in T cell activation.
authors.affiliation: INSERM U119, 27 Boulevard Lei Roure, 13009 Marseille, France.
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ghiotto
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Barbarat
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Olive
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D018106:CD28 Antigens / Q000378:metabolism; D017252:CD3 Complex / Q000378:metabolism; D002460:Cell Line; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000235:genetics; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000378:metabolism; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D011485:Protein Binding; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D018909:src Homology Domains
chemical_list: D018106:CD28 Antigens; D017252:CD3 Complex; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C489561:Dok1 protein, mouse; C074561:GAP-associated protein p62; D007376:Interleukin-2; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell; C089848:Tec protein-tyrosine kinase; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases