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JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY
Volume 157, Issue 2, Pages 253-263Publisher
ROCKEFELLER UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200201097
Keywords
protein kinase C-0; phospholipase C; Vav; phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase; T cell
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- NCI NIH HHS [CA35299, R01 CA035299] Funding Source: Medline
- NIGMS NIH HHS [GM50819, R01 GM050819] Funding Source: Medline
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PKCtheta plays an essential role in activation of mature T cells via stimulation of AP-1 and NF-kappaB, and is known to selectively translocate to the immunological synapse in antigen-stimulated T cells. Recently, we reported that a Vav/Rac pathway which depends on actin cytoskeleton reorganization mediates selective recruitment of PKCtheta to the membrane or cytoskeleton and its catalytic activation by anti-CD3/CD28 costimulation. Because this pathway acted selectively on PKCtheta, we addressed here the question of whether the translocation and activation of PKCtheta in T cells is regulated by a unique pathway distinct from the conventional mechanism for PKC activation, i.e., PLC-mediated production of DAG. Using three independent approaches, i.e., a selective PLC inhibitor, a PLC-gamma1-deficient T cell line, or a dominant negative PLCgamma1 mutant, we demonstrate that CD3/CD28-induced membrane recruitment and COOH-terminal phosphorylation of PKCtheta are largely independent of PLC. in contrast, the same inhibitory strategies blocked the membrane translocation of PKCalpha. Membrane or lipid raft recruitment of PKCtheta (but not PKCalpha) was absent in T cells treated with phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (Pl3-K) inhibitors or in Vav-deficient T cells, and was enhanced by constitutively active Pl3-K. 3-phosphoinositide-dependent kinase-1 (PDK1) also upregulated the membrane translocation of PKCtheta, but did not associate with it. These results provide evidence that a nonconventional Pl3-K- and Vav-dependent pathway mediates the selective membrane recruitment and, possibly, activation of PKCtheta in T cells.
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