Journal article
Reciprocal SH2-SH3 Domain Contacts between ITK Molecules Limit T Cell Receptor Signaling in Th2-type CD4+ T Cells
Immunological investigations, Vol.51(6), pp.1612-1629
08/2022
DOI: 10.1080/08820139.2021.2007262
PMID: 34844506
Abstract
The nonreceptor tyrosine kinase ITK is a key component of the T cell receptor (TCR) signaling pathway and is required for cytokine production by CD4+ T cells that have differentiated into Th2 cells. Structural and biochemical studies suggest that contacts between the SH2 and SH3 domains of ITK mediate intermolecular self-association, forming a structure that restrains ITK activity by interfering with interactions between ITK and other components of the TCR signaling pathway. Wild-type (WT) ITK and a panel of ITK mutants containing amino acid substitutions in the SH2 and SH3 domains were tested for self-association and for binding to the adaptor protein SLP76, a key ligand for the ITK SH2 domain. WT and ITK mutants were also expressed in Itk-deficient CD4+ T cells via retroviral-mediated gene delivery to analyze their ability to support TCR signaling and cytokine production by Th2 cells. Specific amino acid substitutions in the ITK SH2 or SH3 domains impaired self-association, with the greatest effects being seen when both intermolecular SH2-SH3 domain contacts were disrupted. Two of the SH2 domain substitutions tested reduced ITK self-association but had no effect on binding to SLP-76. When their function was analyzed in Th2 cells, ITK proteins with diminished self-association activity supported greater IL-4 production and calcium flux in response to TCR stimulation compared to WT ITK. Our findings indicate that intermolecular contacts between ITK molecules can restrain the amplitude of TCR signaling, suggesting ITK is a limiting factor for responses by CD4+ T cells.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Reciprocal SH2-SH3 Domain Contacts between ITK Molecules Limit T Cell Receptor Signaling in Th2-type CD4+ T Cells
- Creators
- Ji-Long Chen - Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of MedicineJennifer Y. Barr - Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of MedicineJonathan J. Zuk - Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of MedicineJacob V. Gorman - University of IowaJohn D. Colgan - Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Immunological investigations, Vol.51(6), pp.1612-1629
- DOI
- 10.1080/08820139.2021.2007262
- PMID
- 34844506
- NLM abbreviation
- Immunol Invest
- ISSN
- 0882-0139
- eISSN
- 1532-4311
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- Grant note
- DOI: 10.13039/100000002, name: National Institutes of Health, USA, award: R01 AI067489
- Language
- English
- Electronic publication date
- 12/01/2021
- Date published
- 08/2022
- Academic Unit
- Anatomy and Cell Biology; Immunology; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984284331302771
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