title: TOM1L is involved in a novel signaling pathway important for the IL-2 production in Jurkat T cells stimulated by CD3/CD28 co-ligation.
abstract: TOM1L (target of Myb-1 Like) was identified as a binding partner for the full length and catalytically-active Lck in a yeast 2-hybrid screening assay. Here we show that in Jurkat T cells stimulated by CD3/CD28 coligation where the expression of TOM1L is reduced by lenti virus mediated-siRNA results in a dramatically lower IL-2 production. The production of IL-2 in siRNA treated cells stimulated with PMA/ionomycin was not affected indicating an involvement of TOM1L in a pathway proximal of TCR and CD28. The coexpression of Fyn with TOM1L increased the level of the phosphorylated form of Fyn indicating that TOM1L has the ability to activate Fyn. The ability of TOM1L to activate Fyn was further shown in a kinase assay using angiotensin II as a substrate. By confocal microscopy, we show that the expression of TOM1L in non-treated HeLa and SK-N-SH cells colocalizes with the mitochondrial membrane but not with lysosomal compartments or the trans-Golgi network. Furthermore, we show that the over-expression of TOM1L in Jurkat cells causes an increase of the STAT3 expression . Based on our results, we here propose that TOM1L is involved in a novel signaling pathway that is important for the IL-2 production in T cells.
authors.affiliation: School of Science and Technology, Orebro University, 70182 Orebro, Sweden.
authors.forename: Ahmed
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Elmarghani
authors.forename: Hanan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Abuabaid
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kjellen
mesh_terms: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D018106:CD28 Antigens / Q000378:metabolism*; D017252:CD3 Complex / Q000378:metabolism*; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000378:metabolism*; D019169:Jurkat Cells / Q000276:immunology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D051076:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fyn / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D034741:RNA, Small Interfering / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D050796:STAT3 Transcription Factor / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*; D020798:Two-Hybrid System Techniques
chemical_list: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D018106:CD28 Antigens; D017252:CD3 Complex; D007376:Interleukin-2; D034741:RNA, Small Interfering; D050796:STAT3 Transcription Factor; C499446:TOM1L1 protein, human; C494957:FYN protein, human; D051076:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fyn