Tyrosine phosphorylation and complex formation of Cbl-b upon T cell receptor stimulation

Oncogene. 1999 Feb 4;18(5):1147-56. doi: 10.1038/sj.onc.1202411.

Abstract

Cbl-b, a mammalian homolog of Cbl, consists of an N-terminal region (Cbl-b-N) highly homologous to oncogenic v-Cbl, a Ring finger, and a C-terminal region containing multiple proline-rich stretches and potential tyrosine phosphorylation sites. In the present study, we demonstrate that upon engagement of the T cell receptor (TCR), endogenous Cbl-b becomes rapidly tyrosine-phosphorylated. In heterogeneous COS-1 cells, Cbl-b was phosphorylated on tyrosine residues by both Syk- (Syk/Zap-70) and Src- (Fyn/Lck) family kinases, with Syk kinase inducing the most prominent effect. Syk associates and phosphorylates Cbl-b in Jurkat T cells. A Tyr-316 Cbl-binding site in Syk was required for the association with and for the maximal tyrosine phosphorylation of Cbl-b. Mutation at a loss-of-function site (Gly-298) in Cbl-b-N disrupts its interaction with Syk. Cbl-b constitutively binds Grb2 and becomes associated with Crk-L upon TCR stimulation. The Grb2- and the Crk-L-binding regions were mapped to the C-terminus of Cbl-b. The Crk-L-binding sites were further determined to be Y655DVP and Y709KIP, with the latter being the primary binding site. Taken together, these results implicate that Cbl-b is involved in TCR-mediated intracellular signaling pathways.

MeSH terms

  • Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing*
  • Binding Sites
  • CD3 Complex / metabolism*
  • Humans
  • Jurkat Cells
  • Lymphocyte Activation
  • Nuclear Proteins / metabolism
  • Phosphorylation
  • Proline
  • Protein Binding
  • Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / metabolism
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins / metabolism*
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-cbl
  • Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell / metabolism*
  • Signal Transduction
  • T-Lymphocytes / metabolism*
  • Tyrosine
  • Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases*
  • ZAP-70 Protein-Tyrosine Kinase
  • src-Family Kinases / metabolism

Substances

  • Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing
  • CD3 Complex
  • CRKL protein
  • Nuclear Proteins
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins
  • Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell
  • Tyrosine
  • Proline
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-cbl
  • Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases
  • Protein-Tyrosine Kinases
  • ZAP-70 Protein-Tyrosine Kinase
  • ZAP70 protein, human
  • src-Family Kinases
  • CBL protein, human