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MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY
Volume 26, Issue 22, Pages 8655-8665Publisher
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.00168-06
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The src family kinases p56(lck) (Lck) and p59(fyn) (Fyn) are the most proximal signaling molecules to be activated downstream of the T-cell receptor. Using an inducible transgenic model, we can regulate the expression of Lck in primary T cells and ask how the signaling cascade and differentiation potential are affected by the absence or the presence of reduced levels of Lck. We show that in naive T cells, Lck controls the threshold of activation by preferentially regulating multiple signaling pathways that result in the mobilization of Ca2+ through activation of phospholipase C-gamma and protein kinase C as well as activation of the extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK)/mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway. Fyn is also able to stimulate the ERK/MAPK pathway in primary T cells but has little influence on the mobilization of Ca2+. Only Lck efficiently stimulates production of diacylglycerol and therefore RasGRP1 recruitment to the plasma membrane and phosphorylation of She, suggesting that Fyn activates ERK via a different upstream signaling route. Finally, we show that signals through Lck are essential for the development of T-cell-effector potential, particularly for effective cytokine transcription.
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