Lck和Fyn对T细胞发育过程的影响

胸腺中T细胞的发育及次级淋巴组织中成熟T细胞的活化均需要细胞能够对环境信号分子做出适应性的反应。在共刺激分子及细胞因子受体介导的信号参与下通过TCR(T cell receptor )及其辅助受体CD4和CD8与MHC/抗原肽复合物相互作用, 可以诱导TCR信号通路激活并最终导致T细胞免疫反应的发生。Src家族激酶Lck(Lymphocyte-specific protein tyrosine kinase)和Fyn (Proto-oncogene tyrosine-protein kinase)的激活是启动TCR信号通路的关键因素。在T细胞的发育、阳性选择、初始T细胞的外周存活及由淋巴细胞缺失诱导的细胞增殖中都起着关键性的作用。研究显示, 虽然这两种信号分子紧密相关, 但在某些条件下Lck发挥着比Fyn更重要的作用, 并且Fyn仅可以补充Lck的部分功能。文章针对这两个激酶在T细胞发育的整个过程中的作用机制进行了论述。     

CTLA4-Ig在心血管疾病治疗上的应用

T细胞激活需要两种信号。第一激活信号来自TCR与CD3分子,第二激活信号来自共刺激激活分子CD28,在T细胞激活中,这两种信号缺一不可。共抑制分子--细胞毒性T淋巴细胞相关抗原4(coinhibitory receptor cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associat-ed antigen 4,CTLA-4)与CD28配体结合则引起T细胞的失能。CTLA4是在激活的T细胞膜表面诱导性表达的分子,可以与     

T细胞受体(TCR)信号传递的调控及其功能

T细胞受体介导的T细胞活化在胸腺T细胞发育、T细胞亚群分化以及效应T细胞功能发挥过程中均起着至关重要的作用。TCR能特异性识别抗原提呈细胞表面MHC提呈的抗原肽(peptide),并将胞外识别转化成可向细胞内部传递的信号,通过诱导TCR邻近酪氨酸激酶活化,促进信号传递复合物组装,活化下游MAPK、PKC以及钙离子等信号途径,最终活化相应的转录因子,调控效应蛋白分子的表达,完成T细胞的活化。TCR信号传递过程受到不同类型调控分子的调控,这些具有调控功能的分子形成了一个复杂的调控网络来精细调控TCR信号的起始、强度及终止。     

Science:在体外成功重建T细胞受体信号通路

正T细胞在抵抗感染的适应性免疫反应中发挥着至关重要的作用,是宿主免疫系统的关键组成部分。在MHC分子递呈下,外源抗原接触T细胞受体(TCR)从而启动初始T细胞(naive T cell)激活,并且这种激活也需要诸如CD28之类的共刺激分子(costimulatory molecule)的参与。这种TCR-CD28共刺激触发信号事件级联反应,启动T细胞的激活和随后的分化。T细胞激活后会引发T细胞介导的免疫反应,这会有效地清除入侵的病原体和发生病变的细胞,同时也通过区分自我抗原和外源抗原,避免     

TGF-β和PI3K/Akt信号通路共同维持组织稳态

转化生长因子-β(TGF-β)超家族分子通过跨膜受体和胞浆内信号转导分子Smad进行信号转导,调节细胞的增殖、分化和凋亡。许多生长因子和激素通过其受体激活磷脂酰肌醇3-激酶(PI3K),PI3K可以使肌醇环上的3位羟基磷酸化,磷酸化的肌醇脂可招募和激活许多信号通路分子,促进细胞增殖、细胞迁移和细胞存活。近几年来的研究表明这两条信号通路通过多水平的相互作用共同调节细胞增殖、分化及凋亡,在维持组织稳态的过程中发挥重要的作用。     

记忆型CD8阳性T淋巴细胞快速发挥效应功能需要早期代谢过程向糖酵解转变

<正>接触过抗原的记忆型T细胞通过固有的动力学获得效应功能;但是,这些细胞的代谢需求并不清楚。本文作者发现效应性记忆型(effector memory,EM)T细胞能够快速产生IFN-gamma,是通过T细胞抗原受体(T cell antigen receptor,TCR)和共刺激分子CD28的激活,或者是类似的作用方式,而这种激活过程与糖酵解的增加相关。EM CD8+T cells的三磷酸甘油醛脱氢酶活性在早期明显增加,早于增殖开始,这点与相同处理的静息T细胞不同。CD28信号通过丝苏氨酸激酶Akt发挥功能,代     

β-连环蛋白磷酸化及其调控机制

β-连环蛋白(β-catenin)作为细胞粘着连接和Wnt信号通路的关键分子,具有双重功能:一方面同上皮型钙粘蛋白(E-cadherin)结合形成复合体而参与细胞间连接;另一方面作为Wnt信号通路活化的核心环节,在胚胎发育、肿瘤发生和侵袭转移等生理病理过程中扮演举足轻重的角色。研究证实,β-catenin在酪氨酸激酶(tyrosine kinase,TK)、酪蛋白激酶(casein kinase 1α,CK1α)、Fyn、Fer等因素作用下发生不同位点的磷酸化,显著影响着其稳定性和亲和力,进而调控其脱落、降解、核转位以及转录活性。本文对β-catenin不同位点磷酸化及其调控机制的研究进展做简要综述。     

粘附斑激酶(FAK)及其信号通路研究进展

粘附斑激酶(focal adhesion kinase,FAK)是一类胞质非受体蛋白酪氨酸激酶,属于蛋白酪氨酸激酶(protein tyrosine kinase)超家族,因而也称为PTKⅡ.FAK在细胞信号转导中处于十分重要的位置,它是胞内外信号出入的中枢,介导多条信号通路.FAK可以整合来自整合素、生长因子以及机械刺激等的信号,激活胞内PI3K/Akt、Ras/MAPK等信号通路,调节细胞生长.FAK还与胚胎发育、肿瘤发生与迁移有关.     

氧化应激与2型糖尿病的研究进展

氧化应激与2型糖尿病(T2DM)的发生、发展密切相关.胰岛素抵搞(Insulin Resistance,IR)、胰岛β细胞功能受损是2型糖尿病的主要病因.而氧化应激可以直接及间接激活细胞内的一系列应激信号通路,如核因子κ-B(Nuclear factor-KappaB,NF-κB)、c-Jun氨基端激酶(NH-terminal Jun kinase,JNK)、蛋白激酶C(protein kinase C,PKC)、p38丝裂原活化蛋白激酶(Mitogen-activated protein kinase,MAPK)等.这些应激通路的激活可以产生以下结果:(1)阻断胰岛素作用通路,导致胰岛素抵抗;(2)降低胰岛素基因表达水平,致胰岛素合成和分泌减少;(3)促进胰岛β细胞凋亡等.本文针对氧化应激诱导胰岛素抵抗和胰岛β细胞功能受损等机制加以综述,以便进一步阐明2型糖尿病的发病机制.     

PrPc介导的细胞信号转导

朊病毒病的发生是由于细胞正常朊蛋白PrPc转变成了异常构象的PrPc形式。PrPc的生理学功能目前尚不完全明确,可能与铜离子代谢、脂质摄取以及细胞信号传递有关。PrPc可以与小窝蛋白相互作用而活化Fyn非受体酪氨酸激酶从而引起下游信号通路的转导;可以作为受体与PrPc键合多肽结合后激活cAMP／PKA信号通路;以及引起细胞内钙离子浓度变化而活化信号通路。     

Cutting edge: Fyn is essential for tyrosine phosphorylation of Csk-binding protein/phosphoprotein associated with glycolipid-enriched microdomains in lipid rafts in resting T cells

In resting T cells, Csk is constitutively localized in lipid rafts by virtue of interaction with a phosphorylated adaptor protein, Csk-binding protein (Cbp)/phosphoprotein associated with glycolipid-enriched microdomains, and sets an activation threshold in TCR signaling. In this study, we examined a kinase responsible for Cbp phosphorylation in T cell membrane rafts. By analyzing T cells from Fyn-/- mice, we clearly demonstrated that Fyn, but not Lck, has its kinase activity in membrane rafts, and plays a critical role in Cbp phosphorylation, Cbp-Csk interaction, and Csk kinase activity. Naive CD44(low)CD62 ligand(high) T cells were substantially reduced in Fyn-/- mice, presumably due to the inhibition of Cbp phosphorylation. Thus, Fyn mediates Cbp-Csk interaction and recruits Csk to rafts by phosphorylating Cbp. Csk recruited to rafts would then be activated and inhibit the kinase activity of Lck to keep resting T cells in a quiescent state. Our results elucidate a negative regulatory role for Fyn in proximal TCR signaling in lipid rafts.     

T cell receptor signal initiation induced by low-grade stimulation requires the cooperation of LAT in human T cells

Background

One of the earliest activation events following stimulation of the T cell receptor (TCR) is the phosphorylation of the immunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motifs (ITAMs) within the CD3-associated complex by the Src family kinase Lck. There is accumulating evidence that a large pool of Lck is constitutively active in T cells but how the TCR is connected to Lck and to the downstream signaling cascade remains elusive.

Methodology/Principal Findings

We have analyzed the phosphorylation state of Lck and Fyn and TCR signaling in human naïve CD4⁺ T cells and in the transformed T cell line, Hut-78. The latter has been shown to be similar to primary T cells in TCR-inducible phosphorylations and can be highly knocked down by RNA interference. In both T cell types, basal phosphorylation of Lck and Fyn on their activatory tyrosine was observed, although this was much less pronounced in Hut-78 cells. TCR stimulation led to the co-precipitation of Lck with the transmembrane adaptor protein LAT (linker for activation of T cells), Erk-mediated phosphorylation of Lck and no detectable dephosphorylation of Lck inhibitory tyrosine. Strikingly, upon LAT knockdown in Hut-78 cells, we found that LAT promoted TCR-induced phosphorylation of Lck and Fyn activatory tyrosines, TCRζ chain phosphorylation and Zap-70 activation. Notably, LAT regulated these events at low strength of TCR engagement.

Conclusions/Significance

Our results indicate for the first time that LAT promotes TCR signal initiation and suggest that this adaptor may contribute to maintain active Lck in proximity of their substrates.     

Lck is required for activation-induced T cell death after TCR ligation with partial agonists

TCR engagement can induce either T cell proliferation and differentiation or activation-induced T cell death (AICD) through apoptosis. The intracellular signaling pathways that dictate such a disparate fate after TCR engagement have only been partially elucidated. Non-FcR-binding anti-CD3 mAbs induce a partial agonist TCR signaling pattern and cause AICD on Ag-activated, cycling T cells. In this study, we examined TCR signaling during the induction of AICD by anti-CD3 fos, a non-FcR-binding anti-CD3 mAb. This mAb activates Fyn, Lck, and extracellular signal-regulated kinase, and induces phosphorylation of Src-like adapter protein, despite the inability to cause calcium mobilization or TCR polarization. Anti-CD3 fos also fails to effectively activate zeta-associated protein of 70 kDa or NF-kappaB. Using Ag-specific T cells deficient for Fyn or Lck, we provide compelling evidence that activation of Lck is required for the induction of AICD. Our data indicate that a selective and distinct TCR signaling pattern is required for AICD by TCR partial agonist ligands.     

Fyn regulates the duration of TCR engagement needed for commitment to effector function

In naive T cells, engagement of the TCR with agonist peptide:MHC molecules leads to phosphorylation of key intracellular signaling intermediates within seconds and this peaks within minutes. However, the cell does not commit to proliferation and IL-2 cytokine production unless receptor contact is sustained for several hours. The biochemical basis for this transition to full activation may underlie how T cells receive survival signals while maintaining tolerance, and is currently not well understood. We show here that for CD8 T cells commitment to proliferation and cytokine production requires sustained activation of the Src family kinase Lck and is opposed by the action of Fyn. Thus, in the absence of Fyn, commitment to activation occurs more rapidly, the cells produce more IL-2, and undergo more rounds of division. Our data demonstrate a role for Fyn in modulating the response to Ag in primary T cells.     

The coreceptor CD2 uses plasma membrane microdomains to transduce signals in T cells

The interaction between a T cell and an antigen-presenting cell (APC) can trigger a signaling response that leads to T cell activation. Prior studies have shown that ligation of the T cell receptor (TCR) triggers a signaling cascade that proceeds through the coalescence of TCR and various signaling molecules (e.g., the kinase Lck and adaptor protein LAT [linker for T cell activation]) into microdomains on the plasma membrane. In this study, we investigated another ligand–receptor interaction (CD58–CD2) that facilities T cell activation using a model system consisting of Jurkat T cells interacting with a planar lipid bilayer that mimics an APC. We show that the binding of CD58 to CD2, in the absence of TCR activation, also induces signaling through the actin-dependent coalescence of signaling molecules (including TCR-ζ chain, Lck, and LAT) into microdomains. When simultaneously activated, TCR and CD2 initially colocalize in small microdomains but then partition into separate zones; this spatial segregation may enable the two receptors to enhance signaling synergistically. Our results show that two structurally distinct receptors both induce a rapid spatial reorganization of molecules in the plasma membrane, suggesting a model for how local increases in the concentration of signaling molecules can trigger T cell signaling.     

Defective T cell receptor-mediated signal transduction in memory CD4 T lymphocytes exposed to superantigen or anti-T cell receptor antibodies

Lymphocytes must promote protective immune responses while still maintaining self-tolerance. Stimulation through the T cell receptor (TCR) can lead to distinct responses in naive and memory CD4 T cells. Whereas peptide antigen stimulates both naive and memory T cells, soluble anti-CD3 antibodies and bacterial superantigens stimulate only naive T cells to proliferate and secrete cytokines. Further, superantigens, like staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB), cause memory T cells to become anergic while soluble anti-CD3 does not. In the present report, we show that signal transduction through the TCR is impaired in memory cells exposed to either anti-CD3 or SEB. A block in signaling leads to impaired activation of the kinase ZAP-70 so that downstream signals and cell proliferation do not occur. We further show that the signaling defect is unique to each agent. In anti-CD3-treated memory T cells, the src kinase Lck is only transiently activated and does not phosphorylate and activate ZAP-70. In SEB-treated memory T cells, ZAP-70 does not interact with the TCR/CD3 complex to become accessible to Lck. Finally, we provide evidence that alternative signaling pathways are initiated in SEB-treated memory cells. Altered signaling, indicated by an elevation in activity of the src kinase Fyn, may be responsible for memory cell anergy caused by SEB. Thus, differentiation of naive T cells into memory cells is accompanied by alterations in TCR-mediated signaling that can promote heightened recall immunity or specific tolerance.     

A new pathway of CD5 glycoprotein-mediated T cell inhibition dependent on inhibitory phosphorylation of Fyn kinase

Triggering of the T cell receptor initiates a signaling cascade resulting in the activation of the T cell. These signals are integrated alongside those resulting from the triggering of other receptors whose function is to modulate the overall response. CD5 is an immunotyrosine-based inhibition motif-bearing receptor that antagonizes the overt T cell receptor activation response by recruiting inhibitory intracellular mediators such as SHP-1, RasGAP, or Cbl. We now propose that the inhibitory effects of CD5 are also mediated by a parallel pathway that functions at the level of inhibition of Fyn, a kinase generally associated with T cell receptor-mediated activation. After CD5 ligation, phosphorylation of the negative regulatory tyrosine (Tyr(531)) of Fyn increases, and this correlates with a substantial reduction in the kinase activity of Fyn and a profound inhibition of ZAP-70 activation. The effect requires the last 23 amino acids of the cytoplasmic domain of the receptor, strongly implying the involvement of a new CD5-interacting signaling or adaptor protein. Furthermore, we show that upon CD5 ligation there is a profound shift in its distribution from the bulk fluid phase to the lipid raft environment, where it associates with Fyn, Lck, and PAG. We suggest that the relocation of CD5, which we also show is capable of forming homodimers, to the proximity of raft-resident molecules enables CD5 to inhibit membrane proximal signaling by controlling the phosphorylation and activity of Fyn, possibly by interfering with the disassembly of C-terminal Src kinase (Csk)-PAG-Fyn complexes during T cell activation.