title: TCR-induced downregulation of protein tyrosine phosphatase PEST augments secondary T cell responses.
abstract: We report that the protein tyrosine phosphatase PTP-PEST is expressed in resting human and mouse CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cells, but not in Jurkat T leukemia cells, and that PTP-PEST protein, but not mRNA, was dramatically downregulated in CD4(+) and CD8(+) primary human T cells upon T cell activation. This was also true in mouse CD4(+) T cells, but less striking in mouse CD8(+) T cells. PTP-PEST reintroduced into Jurkat at levels similar to those in primary human T cells, was a potent inhibitor of TCR-induced transactivation of reporter genes driven by NFAT/AP-1 and NF-kappaB elements and by the entire IL-2 gene promoter. Introduction of PTP-PEST into previously activated primary human T cells also reduced subsequent IL-2 production by these cells in response to TCR and CD28 stimulation. The inhibitory effect of PTP-PEST was associated with dephosphorylation the Lck kinase at its activation loop site (Y394), reduced early TCR-induced tyrosine phosphorylation, reduced ZAP-70 phosphorylation and inhibition of MAP kinase activation. We propose that PTP-PEST tempers T cell activation by dephosphorylating TCR-proximal signaling molecules, such as Lck, and that down-regulation of PTP-PEST may be a reason for the increased response to TCR triggering of previously activated T cells.
authors.affiliation: Infectious and Inflammatory Disease Center, Burnham Institute for Medical Research, 10901 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA. arimura@research.twmu.ac.jp
authors.forename: Yutaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Arimura
authors.forename: Torkel
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Vang
authors.forename: Lutz
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tautz
authors.forename: Scott
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: Tomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mustelin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000081247:CSK Tyrosine-Protein Kinase; D015536:Down-Regulation; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; D006801:Humans; D007156:Immunologic Memory; D019169:Jurkat Cells; D007938:Leukemia / Q000201:enzymology / Q000473:pathology; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D019860:Lymphocyte Specific Protein Tyrosine Kinase p56(lck) / Q000378:metabolism; D021962:Membrane Microdomains / Q000201:enzymology; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D010766:Phosphorylation; D019000:Phosphotyrosine / Q000378:metabolism; D054594:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 12 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000276:immunology*; D015533:Transcriptional Activation; D019061:src-Family Kinases
chemical_list: D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell; D019000:Phosphotyrosine; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D000081247:CSK Tyrosine-Protein Kinase; D019860:Lymphocyte Specific Protein Tyrosine Kinase p56(lck); D019061:src-Family Kinases; C000631346:CSK protein, human; D054594:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 12