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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 278, Issue 37, 34854-34863, September 12, 2003
Interaction of SAP-1, a Transmembrane-type Protein-tyrosine Phosphatase, with the Tyrosine Kinase LckROLES IN REGULATION OF T CELL FUNCTION*![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ||
From the
Received for publication, January 21, 2003 , and in revised form, June 25, 2003.
SAP-1 is a transmembrane-type protein-tyrosine phosphatase that is expressed in most tissues but whose physiological functions remain unknown. The cytoplasmic region of SAP-1 has now been shown to bind directly the tyrosine kinase Lck. Overexpression of wild-type SAP-1, but not that of a catalytically inactive mutant of SAP-1, inhibited both the basal and the T cell antigen receptor (TCR)-stimulated activity of Lck in human Jurkat T cell lines. Lck served as a direct substrate for dephosphorylation by SAP-1 in vitro. Overexpression of wild-type SAP-1 in Jurkat cells also: (i) inhibited both the activation of mitogen-activated protein kinase and the increase in cell surface expression of CD69 induced by TCR stimulation; (ii) reduced the extent of the TCR-induced increase in the tyrosine phosphorylation of ZAP-70 or that of LAT; (iii) reduced both the basal level of tyrosine phosphorylation of p62dok, as well as the increase in the phosphorylation of this protein induced by CD2 stimulation; and (iv) inhibited cell migration. These results thus suggest that the direct interaction of SAP-1 with Lck results in inhibition of the kinase activity of the latter and a consequent negative regulation of T cell function.
Regulation of protein-tyrosine phosphorylation contributes to many important physiological processes including cell growth, differentiation, and migration as well as glucose metabolism, synaptic transmission, and the immune response (1, 2). The balance between protein-tyrosine phosphorylation and dephosphorylation is precisely determined by the action of protein-tyrosine kinases (PTKs)1 and protein-tyrosine phosphatases (PTPs) (36), although the molecular mechanisms by which activities of these enzymes are coordinately regulated remain largely unknown.
Protein-tyrosine phosphorylation plays central roles in signal transduction
by the T cell antigen receptor (TCR)
(7,
8). The earliest biochemical
events known to be elicited by engagement of the TCR are activation of the Src
family PTKs Lck and Fyn (9,
10). In human T cells, the
TCR-mediated activation of Lck results from autophosphorylation of this enzyme
on Tyr394. In contrast, phosphorylation of Tyr505 near
the COOH terminus of Lck by the Src family kinase Csk negatively regulates Lck
activity (11). Activated Lck
or Fyn mediates the phosphorylation of CD3 and the In contrast to protein-tyrosine phosphorylation, the role of protein-tyrosine dephosphorylation in TCR-mediated signal transduction has been only partially resolved (14). SHP-1, a cytoplasmic PTP that contains two SH2 domains, negatively regulates the TCR-mediated signaling pathway (15, 16), and its localization in membrane rafts is required for such regulation (17). In addition, PEP and PTP-PEST, which are related cytoplasmic PTPs, also negatively regulate TCR-mediated signaling (18, 19). Whereas PEP appears to cooperate with Csk to inhibit TCR signaling, PTP-PEST dephosphorylates Shc, p130Cas, Pyk2, and focal adhesion kinase (7, 8, 14). The receptor-like PTP CD148, also known as DEP-1 (20, 21), negatively regulates the TCR-mediated signaling pathway by catalyzing the dephosphorylation of LAT (2224). In contrast, CD45, another receptor-like PTP, dephosphorylates Tyr505 of Lck and thereby increases its activity and promotes TCR signaling (25). The molecular mechanism by which the activity of Lck is down-regulated through protein-tyrosine dephosphorylation in vivo and the identity of the PTPs that mediate such regulation remain unknown, however. SAP-1 (for stomach cancer-associated protein-tyrosine phosphatase-1) was originally identified as a PTP expressed in a stomach cancer cell line (26). It is a transmembrane-type PTP with a single catalytic domain in its cytoplasmic region and eight fibronectin type III-like domains in its extracellular region (26). A "substrate-trapping" approach identified p130Cas, a prominent focal adhesion-associated component of the integrin signaling pathway, as a likely physiological substrate of SAP-1 (27). In addition, overexpression of SAP-1 resulted in the dephosphorylation of several additional focal adhesion-associated proteins, including focal adhesion kinase and paxillin, as well as in the impairment of reorganization of the actin-based cytoskeleton (27), suggesting that SAP-1 regulates the latter process. Overexpression of this PTP also inhibited cell proliferation, an effect that was mediated in part either by attenuation of growth factor-induced activation of mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase or by caspase-dependent apoptosis (27, 28). Although most of these observations were made with cultured fibroblasts, together with the reduced expression of SAP-1 in advanced cancer (29), they suggest that this enzyme functions as a suppressor of cell growth. SAP-1 mRNA has been detected in most tissues examined but is especially abundant in the spleen.2 To explore the biological role of SAP-1 in the immune system, we have attempted to identify molecules that interact with the cytoplasmic region of this protein. We now show that this region of SAP-1 binds directly to Lck. Furthermore, overexpression of wild-type SAP-1 resulted in down-regulation of the kinase activity of Lck and thereby negatively regulated TCR-mediated T cell functions.
AntibodiesRabbit polyclonal antibodies (pAbs) to SAP-1 (26), a mouse monoclonal antibody (mAb) (3G5) to SAP-1 (27), and rabbit pAbs to p62dok (30) were generated as described previously. The mouse mAb (154A7) to SAP-1 was also generated by using a recombinant immunoglobulin-Fc fusion protein, which contained three fibronectin-type III-like domains of SAP-1 in its extracellular region (amino acids 1250), as an antigen. The detail for the preparation of this recombinant protein will be described elsewhere. The mAb was purified from culture supernatants of the hybridoma by column chromatography on protein A-Sepharose 4FF (Amersham Biosciences). Two mouse mAbs (anti-T112 and anti-T113) to CD2 (31) were kindly provided by E. L. Reinherz (Dana-Faber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA). Mouse mAbs to CD3 (OKT3), or to the Myc epitope tag (9E10) were purified from the culture supernatants of hybridoma cells. A mouse mAb to Lck, rabbit pAbs to Lck, rabbit pAbs to LAT, and a mouse mAb (4G10) to phosphotyrosine were obtained from Upstate Biotechnology. Rabbit pAbs to human Src autophosphorylated on Tyr416 that also recognize the autophosphorylation sites of other Src family PTKs, including Lck, were from Cell Signaling Technology. Rabbit pAbs to MAP kinase and to active MAP kinase (pTEpY) were from Promega; rabbit pAbs to ZAP-70 and a horseradish peroxidase-conjugated mouse mAb (PY20) to phosphotyrosine were from Santa Cruz Biotechnology; and a mouse mAb to CD247 (TCR chain) was from COSMO BIO. A fluorescein isothiocyanate
(FITC)-conjugated mouse mAb to CD69 for flow cytometry was obtained from BD
Pharmingen. Goat antibodies to mouse immunoglobulins were obtained from
Southern Biotechnology Associates, Inc.
Plasmids for Yeast Two-hybrid Screening and Transient
TransfectionThe expression vectors pBTM116HA and pCIneo-myc were
kindly provided by Y. Takai (Osaka University, Osaka, Japan). To generate a
yeast bait vector (pBTM116HA-SAP-1-cyto) encoding the cytoplasmic region of
SAP-1 (amino acids 7781117), we performed the polymerase chain reaction
(PCR) with the pRC/CMV vector containing the full-length SAP-1 cDNA
(27) as a template, the sense
primer 5'-AAAGAATTCAAGAGGAGGAATAAGAG-3', and the antisense primer
5'-AAAGTCGAC TTAGACCTCCTCCAAC-3'. The PCR product was digested
with EcoRI and SalI and then inserted into pBTM116HA. To
generate a yeast prey vector (pACT clone 15
Yeast Two-hybrid Screening and Interaction AssaysFor yeast
two-hybrid screening, a human spleen Matchmaker library in pACT2 (Clontech)
was screened as described previously
(33). In brief,
Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain L40 was sequentially transfected with
the bait vector pBTM116HA-SAP-1-cyto and the cDNA library with the use of
lithium acetate. Transformants were selected on plates lacking histidine,
uracil, tryptophan, and leucine. Positive clones were then picked after
incubation for 46 days at 30 °C and assayed for
Cell Culture, Transient Transfection, and StimulationCOS-7
cells were maintained under a humidified atmosphere of 5% CO2 and
95% air at 37 °C in Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium supplemented with
10% fetal bovine serum (FBS) (Invitrogen), penicillin (100 units/ml), and
streptomycin (100 µg/ml). Jurkat cells were maintained in RPMI 1640
supplemented with 10% FBS, penicillin (100 units/ml), and streptomycin (100
µg/ml). COS-7 cells ( Immunoprecipitation and Immunoblot AnalysisCOS-7 cells were frozen in liquid nitrogen and then lysed on ice in 1 ml of an ice-cold lysis buffer (20 mM Tris-HCl (pH 7.6), 140 mM NaCl, 2.6 mM CaCl2, 1 mM MgCl2, 1% Nonidet P-40, 10% glycerol) containing 1 mM phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride, aprotinin (10 µg/ml), and 1 mM sodium vanadate. Jurkat cells were lysed on ice in 500 µl of an ice-cold lysis buffer identical to that used for COS-7 cells with the exception that 1% Nonidet P-40 was replaced by 1% Brij 97 also containing 1 mM phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride, 10 µg/ml aprotinin, and 1 mM sodium vanadate. Cell lysates were centrifuged at 10,000 x g for 15 min at 4 °C, and the resulting supernatants were subjected to immunoprecipitation and immunoblot analysis. In brief, the supernatants were incubated for 4 h at 4 °C with protein G-Sepharose beads (20 µl of beads) (Amersham Biosciences) conjugated with various antibodies. The beads were then washed three times with 1 ml of lysis buffer, resuspended in SDS sample buffer, and subjected to SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and immunoblot analysis with various antibodies. Immune complexes were detected with an ECL detection kit (Amersham Biosciences).
In Vitro Protein Binding AssayFor assay of the interaction
of SAP-1 with Lck in vitro, a glutathione S-transferase
(GST) fusion protein containing the cytoplasmic region of wild-type SAP-1
(GST-SAP-1-WT) was generated and purified as described previously
(26). Jurkat cells (
Retrovirus Production and InfectionFull-length cDNAs for
wild-type SAP-1 or a catalytically inactive SAP-1 mutant (SAP-1-C/S), in which
Cys1022 was replaced by serine
(27), were inserted into the
EcoRI site of the pMX-puro vector (kindly provided by T. Kitamura,
University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan). The production of retroviruses encoding
the SAP-1 proteins and infection of cells with these viruses were performed as
described (34). Plat-E
packaging cells (35) (kindly
provided by T. Kitamura) were maintained under a humidified atmosphere of 5%
CO2 and 95% air at 37 °C in Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium
supplemented with 10% FBS, puromycin (1 µg/ml) (Sigma), blasticidin (10
µg/ml) (Invitrogen), penicillin (100 units/ml), and streptomycin (100
µg/ml). Cells (
Assay of PTP ActivityThe PTP activity of SAP-1
immunoprecipitated from Jurkat cells with the mAb 3G5 was assayed with
p-nitrophenyl phosphate (pNPP) as a substrate as described previously
(26). In brief, J.EcoR cells
( In Vitro Dephosphorylation AssayJurkat cells were stimulated with pervanadate (100 µM Na3VO4, 10 µM H2O2 in phosphate-buffered saline) for 10 min at 37 °C, after which postnuclear cell lysates were prepared and subjected to immunoprecipitation with pAbs to Lck as described above. The resulting precipitates were washed three times with ice-cold dephosphorylation buffer (100 mM Hepes-NaOH (pH 7.6), 150 mM NaCl, 2 mM dithiothreitol, 2 mM EDTA). A GST fusion protein of the catalytically inactive mutant SAP-1-C/S was generated and purified as previously described (27). Immunoprecipitates were incubated with 20 µg of GST-SAP-1-WT, GST-SAP-1-C/S, or GST in 400 µl of dephosphorylation buffer first for 1 h at 4 °C and then for 30 min at 30 °C. Reaction mixtures were then subjected to immunoblot analysis with pAbs to phosphorylated Tyr416 of Src. CD69 ExpressionFor the assay of CD69 expression, Jurkat cells (1 x 106) in 24-well plates were stimulated for 16 h either with immobilized OKT3 or with the combination of 1 µM phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) and 0.5 µM ionomycin. Cells were then stained with an FITC-conjugated mAb to CD69 and analyzed by flow cytometry with an Epics XL instrument (Beckman Coulter).
Cell Migration AssayCell migration was assayed with a
Transwell apparatus (Corning) as described previously
(37). In brief, the cell
suspension ( Quantitative Image AnalysisIntensity of an immunoblot band was determined by densitometric analysis that was performed using NIH Image version 1.62.
Interaction of the Cytoplasmic Region of SAP-1 with Lck To identify proteins that interact with the cytoplasmic region of SAP-1, we screened a human spleen cDNA library by the yeast two-hybrid method with this region of SAP-1 (residues 7781117) as the bait (Fig. 1A). Nine positive clones were obtained, among which three contained Lck cDNA and one contained a cDNA for CrkII, an adapter protein that is tyrosine-phosphorylated by Src family PTKs (38). Among the Lck clones, one (clone 9) contained a full-length cDNA whereas the other two (one of which is clone 15) encoded a COOH-terminal region of Lck (amino acids 154509) containing a portion of the SH2 domain and the kinase domain (Fig. 1B). We further analyzed the precise region of Lck that was responsible for binding to the cytoplasmic region of SAP-1 by yeast two-hybrid analysis. We found that the region of Lck comprising residues 154242 bound to the cytoplasmic region of SAP-1, whereas the region comprising amino acids 243509 did not, suggesting that the middle portion of Lck (residues 154242) is responsible, at least in part, for binding to SAP-1 (Fig. 1B).
We next examined whether the cytoplasmic region of SAP-1 interacts with Lck directly in vitro. Lysates of human Jurkat T cells, which express endogenous Lck, were incubated with an immobilized GST fusion protein containing the cytoplasmic region of SAP-1 (GST-SAP-1-WT) or with GST alone. Lck specifically bound to GST-SAP-1-WT but not to GST (Fig. 2A). We then examined the binding of Lck to SAP-1 in COS-7 cells transfected with expression vectors for full-length Lck and the Myc epitope-tagged cytoplasmic region of SAP-1. Immunoblot analysis revealed that immunoprecipitates prepared from the transfected cells with a mAb to Lck contained the Myc epitope-tagged cytoplasmic region of SAP-1 (Fig. 2B). We next determined whether SAP-1 binds Lck in Jurkat T cells. Reverse transcription-PCR analysis revealed the presence of SAP-1 mRNA in Jurkat cells (data not shown). SAP-1 was immunoprecipitated from Jurkat cell lysates with the mAb 3G5 to SAP-1, and the resulting precipitates were subjected to immunoblot with the mAb 154A7 to SAP-1 or pAbs to Lck. Immunoblot analysis with the mAb 154A7 revealed the expression of SAP-1 protein in the lysates of Jurkat cells (Fig. 2C, upper panel). Moreover, immunoblot of immunoprecipitates from Jurkat cells with the mAb 3G5 to SAP-1 revealed the interaction of SAP-1 with Lck (Fig. 2C, lower panel). These results thus suggest that the cytoplasmic region of SAP-1 binds Lck directly both in vitro and in vivo.
Generation of Jurkat Cell Lines Overexpressing SAP-1 and Effects of SAP-1 Overexpression on the TCR-mediated Activation of LckStimulation of the TCR induces the activation of Lck by autophosphorylation on Tyr394 (39). Given that our data showed that Lck binds to the cytoplasmic region of SAP-1, we next determined whether SAP-1 regulates the TCR-mediated activation of Lck using Jurkat T cell line. To generate Jurkat cell lines that overexpress either wild-type SAP-1 (SAP-1-WT) or the catalytically inactive mutant SAP-1-C/S (27), we subjected cells expressing EcoR (J.EcoR cells) to retrovirus-mediated transfection (36). We obtained several independent cell lines that expressed either SAP-1-WT (J-SAP-1-WT cells) or SAP-1-C/S (J-SAP-1-C/S cells). A J-SAP-1-WT cell line (clone A4) and a J-SAP-1-C/S cell line (clone D2) were chosen for further characterization because they expressed the recombinant proteins at a high level (Fig. 3A). The level of endogenous Lck was not changed by the expression of SAP-1-WT or that of SAP-1-C/S (Fig. 3A). These cell lines were subjected to immunoprecipitation with the mAb 3G5 to SAP-1, and the resulting precipitates were assayed for PTP activity. The PTP activity derived from J-SAP-1-WT cells was markedly greater than that from J-SAP-1-C/S cells, the latter of which was similar to that derived from mock-transfected Jurkat cells (Fig. 3B). Moreover, no significant change of the PTP activity by TCR stimulation was observed in J-SAP-1-WT cells (Fig. 3B). To determine the interaction of SAP-1 with Lck in J-SAP-1-WT cells, lysates prepared from unstimulated J-SAP-1-WT cells were subjected to immunoprecipitation with either pAbs to Lck or the mAb 3G5 to SAP-1 (Fig. 3C). The immunoblotting of the precipitate with either the mAb 154A7 to SAP-1 or pAbs to Lck revealed that SAP-1 interacted with Lck in unstimulated J-SAP-1-WT cells (Fig. 3C). Furthermore, the extent of interaction of SAP-1 with Lck was not markedly changed by TCR stimulation (Fig. 3D).
We determined the activation state of Lck by immunoblot analysis with pAbs specific for autophosphorylated tyrosine residues of Src family PTKs including Lck; autophosphorylation of these residues results in the activation of these PTKs (40). Lck was thus immunoprecipitated from Jurkat cell lysates, and the resulting precipitates were subjected to such immunoblot analysis. The autophosphorylation of Lck was observed even in unstimulated Jurkat cells, and a small increase of this parameter was observed in TCR-stimulated mock-transfected cells (Fig. 4A). This result was consistent with the previous observation (24). In contrast, the autophosphorylation of Lck was markedly reduced in both unstimulated and TCR-stimulated J-SAP-1-WT cells (Fig. 4A). Overexpression of SAP-1-C/S did not change both basal and TCR-stimulated Lck activities. The PTP activity of SAP-1 thus appeared to be required for the inhibition of TCR-mediated Lck activation by this protein.
To examine whether SAP-1 directly dephosphorylates Lck in vitro, we immunoprecipitated Lck from lysates of pervanadate-stimulated Jurkat cells. The resulting precipitates were then incubated either with GST alone or with GST fusion proteins of wild-type SAP-1 or SAP-1-C/S, after which the reaction mixtures were subjected to immunoblot analysis with pAbs to the autophosphorylated tyrosine residues of Src family PTKs. Incubation with GST-SAP-1-WT, but not with either GST or GST-SAP-1-C/S, completely abolished the autophosphorylation of Lck (Fig. 4B), suggesting that autophosphorylated Lck is a direct substrate of SAP-1. Effects of SAP-1 Overexpression on MAP Kinase Activation and CD69 Expression Induced by TCR StimulationGiven that expression of SAP-1-WT markedly inhibited TCR-induced Lck activation and that activated Lck mediates signaling that leads sequentially to the activation of MAP kinase and upregulation of cell surface expression of CD69 (7, 41), we next determined effects of overexpression of SAP-1 on these latter two manifestations of TCR stimulation. Immunoblot analysis with pAbs specific for activated MAP kinase revealed that TCR stimulation induced the activation of MAP kinase in mock-transfected Jurkat cells and that this response was markedly inhibited in J-SAP-1-WT cells but not in J-SAP-1-C/S cells (Fig. 5A). Similarly, flow cytometry with a mAb to CD69 revealed that expression of SAP-1-WT, but not that of SAP-1-C/S, greatly inhibited the increase in surface expression of CD69 induced by TCR stimulation (Fig. 5B). The combination of activation of protein kinase C by PMA and Ca2+ mobilization by ionomycin also up-regulates the surface expression of CD69 in a manner independent of TCR-mediated early tyrosine phosphorylation events (41). The increase in the surface expression of CD69 induced by the combination of PMA and ionomycin in J-SAP-1-WT cells was similar to that apparent in mock-transfected Jurkat cells or in J-SAP-1-C/S cells (Fig. 5B), suggesting that overexpression of SAP-1 affects upstream events in the signaling pathway responsible for TCR-induced activation of MAP kinase.
Effects of SAP-1 Overexpression on Tyrosine Phosphorylation of
TCR
Effects of SAP-1 Overexpression on Basal and CD2-induced Tyrosine Phosphorylation of p62dokGiven that overexpression of SAP-1 reduced the autophosphorylation of Lck and the tyrosine phosphorylation of LAT induced by TCR stimulation, we next examined the effect of SAP-1 on overall tyrosine phosphorylation in lysates prepared from unstimulated or TCR-stimulated Jurkat cells. Several tyrosine-phosphorylated proteins were detected even in unstimulated mock-transfected Jurkat cells, whereas the tyrosine phosphorylation of various proteins, including 150-, 120-, and 40-kDa molecules, was increased in response to TCR stimulation in these cells (data not shown). Among these tyrosine-phosphorylated proteins, the phosphorylation of a 60-kDa protein was markedly reduced in J-SAP-1-WT cells, in the absence or presence of TCR stimulation, compared with that apparent in mock-transfected cells or J-SAP-1-C/S cells (data not shown). Given that p62dok (42, 43) is a putative substrate of SAP-1 (27), we examined whether the 60-kDa tyrosine-phosphorylated protein might be p62dok. Immunoprecipitation of p62dok with specific antibodies revealed that the extent of its tyrosine phosphorylation, in the absence and presence of TCR stimulation, was markedly reduced in J-SAP-1-WT cells compared with that apparent in mock-transfected cells (Fig. 7A). The tyrosine phosphorylation of p62dok is increased by CD2 stimulation, and Lck has been implicated in this phosphorylation event (44, 45). We therefore examined the effect of SAP-1 overexpression on the tyrosine phosphorylation of p62dok induced by CD2 stimulation. Stimulation of CD2 resulted in a small increase in the extent of tyrosine phosphorylation of p62dok in mock-transfected Jurkat cells. Both the basal and CD2-stimulated tyrosine phosphorylation of p62dok were markedly reduced in J-SAP-1-WT cells (Fig. 7B). The tyrosine phosphorylation of p62dok was slightly but consistently inhibited in unstimulated or TCR-stimulated J-SAP-1-C/S cells compared with that apparent in mock-transfected cells (Fig. 7A). Such inhibition was also observed in CD2-stimulated J-SAP-1-C/S cells compared with that apparent in mock-transfected cells (Fig. 7B).
Effect of Overexpression of SAP-1 on Jurkat Cell MigrationTyrosine phosphorylation of p62dok is thought to contribute to the positive regulation of cell migration in fibroblasts, melanoma cells, and leukemia cells, and this regulation also appears to require either the Ras GTPase-activating protein or the adapter protein Nck (30, 46, 47). Previous studies also indicate that Lck and the activation of MAP kinase are important for the positive regulation of T cell migration (37, 48, 49). We therefore finally examined the effect of overexpression of SAP-1 on Jurkat cell migration with the use of a Transwell apparatus. The migratory activity of J-SAP-1-WT cells was markedly reduced compared with that of mock-transfected cells, whereas that of J-SAP-1-C/S cells appeared slightly reduced but this effect was not significant (Fig. 8).
We have demonstrated that the cytoplasmic region of SAP-1, a transmembrane-type PTP, directly binds Lck, a PTK that has previously been shown to interact with the cytoplasmic tails of CD4 and CD8 (50, 51). Whereas the NH2-terminal region of Lck (amino acids 167) mediates its binding to CD4 or CD8, we have now shown that a middle portion of this protein (amino acids 154242, corresponding to part of the SH2 domain and the region between the SH2 and catalytic domains) is responsible, at least in part, for its association with SAP-1. Lck thus appears to associate with multiple signaling molecules via distinct molecular regions. The cytoplasmic regions of several transmembrane-type PTPs function as molecular scaffolds. For example, the Drosophila transmembrane-type PTP Dlar binds the cytoplasmic PTK Abl as well as the tyrosine-phosphorylated protein Ena, and the formation of this complex plays an important role in axonal guidance (52). RPTPµ, another transmembrane-type PTP, forms a complex with p120ctn (53), whereas RPTP
interacts with -or -catenin
(54). In addition, the
transmembrane-type PTP CD148 (DEP-1) interacts with
p120ctn
(55). These transmembrane-type
PTPs are thus implicated in the regulation of cadherin-mediated cell adhesion
(5255).
In addition to Lck, our yeast two-hybrid screening analysis revealed that
SAP-1 also binds CrkII (38),
an adapter protein that is tyrosine-phosphorylated by Src family PTKs; further
analysis is required to determine whether this interaction is physiologically
relevant. Thus, like other transmembrane-type PTPs, SAP-1 may function not
only as a PTP but also as a scaffolding protein.
We have also demonstrated that overexpression of SAP-1 inhibits both the
basal activity of Lck and the activation of this PTK in response to TCR
stimulation. Given that SAP-1 mediated the dephosphorylation of
autophosphorylated Lck in vitro, it might negatively regulate the
kinase activity of Lck through direct dephosphorylation of this PTK.
Consistent with this notion, overexpression of SAP-1 markedly reduced the
activation of MAP kinase and the subsequent surface expression of CD69 induced
by TCR stimulation. Moreover, we also found that the TCR-induced tyrosine
phosphorylation of ZAP-70 and that of LAT were reduced by SAP-1
overexpression. In contrast, the tyrosine phosphorylation of TCR CD148 (DEP-1) negatively regulates TCR-mediated T cell responses (2224). This transmembrane-type PTP contains 810 fibronectin type III-like domains in its extracellular region and a single PTP domain in its cytoplasmic region (20, 21). It is therefore structurally similar to SAP-1. The expression of CD148 in T cells is up-regulated in response to cell activation (22, 24). However, whereas this PTP directly dephosphorylates LAT, its overexpression does not inhibit the activation of Lck in response to TCR stimulation (24). Thus, despite their structural similarity and the fact that they both negatively regulate TCR-mediated T cell responses, SAP-1 and CD148 dephosphorylate distinct signaling molecules in the TCR signaling pathway. Overexpression of SAP-1 inhibited both the basal and CD2-induced tyrosine phosphorylation of p62dok. Given that Lck is thought to be responsible for this effect of CD2 stimulation (43, 44), SAP-1 might reduce the tyrosine phosphorylation of p62dok through down-regulation of Lck activity. However, with the use of a substrate-trapping mutant of SAP-1, we have previously shown that p62dok is a putative substrate of SAP-1 (27). It is thus also possible that SAP-1 directly dephosphorylates p62dok in Jurkat cells. The overexpression of a catalytically inactive mutant of SAP-1 slightly inhibited the basal and OKT3- or CD2-stimulated tyrosine phosphorylation of p62dok. Although the mechanism underlying the inhibition remains unclear, the inhibition of this parameter by overexpression of SAP-1-WT may not depend entirely on the catalytic activity of SAP-1. The physiological relevance of tyrosine phosphorylation of p62dok in T cells remains unknown, although putative roles in CD3- or CD2-mediated T cell signaling pathways have been proposed (44, 45, 56). We have now shown that overexpression of SAP-1 markedly reduced the migratory activity of Jurkat cells. Lymphocyte migration from the blood into tissues is an essential step in the immune response (57). Lck and the activation of MAP kinase are thought to be required for T cell migration (37, 48, 49). Tyrosine phosphorylation of p62dok as a result of its recruitment to a site near the plasma membrane also contributes to the positive regulation of cell migration in fibroblasts and melanoma cells (30, 46, 47). SAP-1 might thus negatively regulate the migratory activity of Jurkat cells by mediating the dephosphorylation of p62dok.
* This work was supported by a grant-in-aid for scientific research on priority areas (cancer), a grant-in-aid for scientific research (B), and a grant-in-aid for the 21st Century COE Program from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology of Japan; a grant from the Yamanouchi Foundation for Research on Metabolic Disorders; a grant from the Novartis Foundation (Japan) for the Promotion of Science; a grant from ONO Medical Research Foundation; a grant from the Cosmetology Research Foundation; a grant from Mitsui Life Social Welfare Foundation; and a grant from the Public Trust Haraguchi Memorial Cancer Research Fund. The costs of publication of this article were defrayed in part by the payment of page charges. This article must therefore be hereby marked "advertisement" in accordance with 18 U.S.C. Section 1734 solely to indicate this fact. || To whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel.: 81-27-220-8865; Fax: 81-27-220-8897; E-mail: matozaki{at}showa.gunma-u.ac.jp.
1 The abbreviations used are: PTK, protein-tyrosine kinase; PTP,
protein-tyrosine phosphatase; TCR, T cell antigen receptor; SH, Src homology;
LAT, linker of activated T cells; MAP, mitogen-activated protein; pAb,
polyclonal antibody; mAb, monoclonal antibody; FITC, fluorescein
isothiocyanate; FBS, fetal bovine serum; GST, glutathione
S-transferase; EcoR, ecotropic receptor; pNPP, p-nitrophenyl
phosphate; PMA, phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate; WT, wild type; Mes,
4-morpholineethanesulfonic acid. PTP, protein-tyrosine phosphatase; PEST,
proline (P), glutamic acid (E), serine (S), threonine (T)-rich sequence; PEP,
PEST-domain phosphatase.
2 H. Okazawa and T. Matozaki, unpublished data.
We thank Ellis L. Reinherz for providing mAbs to CD2; Yoshimi Takai for pBTM116HA and pCIneo-myc; Kunitada Shimotohno for human Lck cDNA; Sho Yamasaki and Takashi Saito for J.EcoR cells; Toshio Kitamura for pMX-puro and Plat-E cells; Tetsuya Noguchi for helpful discussion; and Akiko Hayashi, Hisae Kobayashi, and Kyoko Shimofure for technical assistance.
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