title: LAT displacement from lipid rafts as a molecular mechanism for the inhibition of T cell signaling by polyunsaturated fatty acids.
abstract: Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) suppress immune responses and inhibit T cell activation through largely unknown mechanisms. The displacement of signaling proteins from membrane lipid rafts has recently been suggested as underlying PUFA-mediated T cell inhibition. We show here that PUFA treatment specifically interferes with T cell signal transduction by blocking tyrosine phosphorylation of LAT (linker for activation of T cells) and phospholipase Cgamma1. A significant fraction of LAT was displaced from rafts by PUFA treatment along with other signaling proteins. However, retaining LAT alone in lipid rafts effectively restored phospholipase Cgamma1/calcium signaling in PUFA-treated T cells. These data reveal LAT displacement from lipid rafts as a molecular mechanism by which PUFAs inhibit T cell signaling and underline the predominant importance of LAT localization in rafts for efficient T cell activation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine III and the Institute of Immunology, University of Vienna, A-1090 Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: Maximilian
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zeyda
authors.forename: Gunther
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Staffler
authors.forename: Vaclav
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Horejsi
authors.forename: Werner
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Waldhausl
authors.forename: Thomas M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Stulnig
mesh_terms: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000378:metabolism; D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000378:metabolism; D019169:Jurkat Cells; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D021962:Membrane Microdomains / Q000378:metabolism*; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D051966:Phospholipase C gamma; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011233:Precipitin Tests; D015398:Signal Transduction; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D013997:Time Factors; D014162:Transfection; D010738:Type C Phospholipases / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated; D007527:Isoenzymes; C110810:LAT protein, human; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D010738:Type C Phospholipases; D051966:Phospholipase C gamma