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Recruitment of CD40 and Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor-associated Factors 2 and 3 to Membrane Microdomains during CD40 Signaling
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Recruitment of CD40 and Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor-associated Factors 2 and 3 to Membrane Microdomains during CD40 Signaling

Bruce S Hostager, Ian M Catlett and Gail A Bishop
The Journal of biological chemistry, Vol.275(20), pp.15392-15398
05/19/2000
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M909520199
PMID: 10748139
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https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M909520199View
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Abstract

Signals delivered to antigen-presenting cells through CD40 are critical for the activation of immune responses. Intracellular tumor necrosis factor (TNF) receptor-associated factors (TRAFs) are key elements of the signal transduction pathways of many TNF receptor family members, including CD40. We show for the first time that engagement of CD40 in intact B cells induces the rapid translocation of TRAF2 from the cytoplasm to the plasma membrane. We found that CD40 engagement also results in its recruitment, together with TRAF2 and TRAF3, to membrane microdomains, regions of the plasma membrane enriched in signaling molecules such as the Src family kinases. Using a membrane-permeable chelator of zinc or a mutant TRAF2 molecule, we show that the putative zinc-binding domains of TRAFs contribute to their recruitment to microdomains and to the downstream activation of c-Jun N-terminal kinase. We suggest that the zinc RING and zinc finger domains of TRAFs are required for communication between CD40 and microdomain-associated signaling molecules and may serve a similar role in the signal transduction pathways of other TNF receptor family members.

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