title: ADAP-ting TCR signaling to integrins.
abstract: Adaptor proteins are essential components of T cell receptor (TCR) signaling cascades regulating gene transcription and cytoskeletal reorganization. The molecular adaptor adhesion- and degranulation-promoting adaptor protein (ADAP), also known as Fyn binding protein (FYB) or Slp-76-associated protein of 130 kilodaltons (SLAP-130), interacts with a number of signaling intermediates including Slp-76, the Src family tyrosine kinase Fyn, vasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein (VASP), and the actin-nucleating protein WASP. Recently ADAP was shown genetically to positively regulate T cell activation, TCR-induced integrin clustering, and T cell adhesion. The mechanism by which ADAP couples TCR stimulation to integrin clustering remains unclear; however, studies of ADAP, the exchange factor Vav1, and WASP suggest that TCR and integrin clustering may be controlled by distinct signaling pathways.
authors.affiliation: Amgen, Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, 620 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 2C1.
authors.forename: Emily K
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Griffiths
authors.forename: Josef M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Penninger
mesh_terms: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D000818:Animals; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D002448:Cell Adhesion / Q000276:immunology; D015550:Cell Degranulation / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D016023:Integrins / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000502:physiology; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D051076:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fyn; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D002352:Carrier Proteins; C106957:FYB1 protein, human; D016023:Integrins; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; C494957:FYN protein, human; D051076:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fyn