title: A novel mechanism of CD4 down-modulation induced by monosialoganglioside GM3. Involvement of serine phosphorylation and protein kinase c delta translocation.
abstract: In this report the molecular mechanism(s) involved in the rapid and selective endocytosis of cell surface glycoprotein CD4 induced by exogenous monosialoganglioside GM3 in human peripheral blood lymphocytes have been investigated. Inhibition of the GM3-induced CD4 down-modulation was observed in the presence of specific protein kinase C (PKC) inhibitors. Scanning confocal microscopy revealed the translocation and clustering on the cell surface of PKC isozymes delta and theta (more evidently than alpha and beta) after GM3 treatment, suggesting the involvement of these isozymes in the ganglioside-induced CD4 down-modulation. Exogenous GM3 induced phosphorylation of CD4 molecule, which then dissociated from p56(lck), as early as after 5 min. Moreover, addition of GM3 resulted in a rapid (1 min) cytosolic phospholipase A2 activation with consequent arachidonic acid release, whereas no phosphatidylinositol-phospholipase C activity was observed. Both PKC translocation and CD4 down-modulation were blocked by the trifluoromethylketone analog of arachidonic acid, a selective inhibitor of cytosolic phospholipase A2 and by mitogen-activated protein kinase inhibitor PD98059. Taken together, these findings strongly suggest that GM3 may trigger a novel mechanism of modulation of the CD4 surface expression through the activation of enzyme(s) involved in the regulation of cellular functions.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale e Patologia, Università di Roma "La Sapienza," Viale Regina Elena 324, Roma 00161, Italy.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Garofalo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sorice
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Misasi
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cinque
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Giammatteo
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Pontieri
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Cifone
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pavan
mesh_terms: D001095:Arachidonic Acids / Q000494:pharmacology; D015704:CD4 Antigens / Q000378:metabolism*; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases; D015536:Down-Regulation; D004705:Endocytosis; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D005679:G(M3) Ganglioside / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000378:metabolism*; D019860:Lymphocyte Specific Protein Tyrosine Kinase p56(lck) / Q000378:metabolism; D008954:Models, Biological; D010741:Phospholipases A / Q000378:metabolism; D054467:Phospholipases A2; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011485:Protein Binding; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000378:metabolism*; D051745:Protein Kinase C-delta; D012694:Serine; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D001095:Arachidonic Acids; D015704:CD4 Antigens; D005679:G(M3) Ganglioside; D007527:Isoenzymes; C081565:arachidonyltrifluoromethane; D012694:Serine; D019860:Lymphocyte Specific Protein Tyrosine Kinase p56(lck); C497258:PRKCD protein, human; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D051745:Protein Kinase C-delta; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases; D010741:Phospholipases A; D054467:Phospholipases A2