Csk is constitutively associated with a 60-kDa tyrosine-phosphorylated protein in human T cells

J Biol Chem. 1996 Apr 19;271(16):9698-703. doi: 10.1074/jbc.271.16.9698.

Abstract

The protein-tyrosine kinase Csk is one of the main down-regulators of the Src family of kinases. Csk may be involved in the down-regulation of T cell receptor (TCR) signaling by C-terminal tyrosine phosphorylation of Lck and Fyn; however, it is not known how Csk activity is regulated or how it targets these Src family members. We used Jurkat T cells and normal human T cells to examine proteins that bind to the SH2 domain of Csk. In both Jurkat and normal T cells, the Src homology 2 (SH2) domain of Csk bound constitutively to a tyrosine-phosphorylated protein of 60 kDa (p60). The 60-kDa protein was detected in Csk immunoprecipitates from both unstimulated and CD3-stimulated cells. In addition to p60, a protein of 190 kDa coprecipitated with Csk, and both proteins were phosphorylated on tyrosine residues by the immunocomplex. Small amounts of GTPase-activating protein (GAP) were detected in anti-Csk immunoprecipitates, suggesting that p60 may be a GAP-associated protein. Our data demonstrate that the SH2 domain of Csk specifically associates with at least two tyrosine-phosphorylated proteins in normal human T cells, that this association is independent of TCR/CD3 activation, and that Csk may be a part of a multiprotein complex containing GAP.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • CSK Tyrosine-Protein Kinase
  • Cell Line
  • Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
  • Glutathione Transferase / biosynthesis
  • Glutathione Transferase / isolation & purification
  • Humans
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Molecular Weight
  • Phosphoproteins / isolation & purification
  • Phosphoproteins / metabolism*
  • Phosphotyrosine
  • Protein Binding
  • Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / biosynthesis
  • Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / isolation & purification
  • Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / metabolism*
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins / biosynthesis
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins / isolation & purification
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins / metabolism
  • T-Lymphocytes / enzymology*
  • Transfection
  • Tumor Cells, Cultured
  • src-Family Kinases

Substances

  • Phosphoproteins
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins
  • Phosphotyrosine
  • Glutathione Transferase
  • Protein-Tyrosine Kinases
  • CSK Tyrosine-Protein Kinase
  • src-Family Kinases
  • CSK protein, human