Differential interaction of Crkl with Cbl or C3G, Hef-1, and gamma subunit immunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motif in signaling of myeloid high affinity Fc receptor for IgG (Fc gamma RI)

J Immunol. 1998 Nov 15;161(10):5555-63.

Abstract

Cbl-Crkl and Crkl-C3G interactions have been implicated in T cell and B cell receptor signaling and in the regulation of the small GTPase, Rap1. Recent evidence suggests that Rap1 plays a prominent role in the regulation of immunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motif (ITAM) signaling. To gain insight into the role of Crkl in myeloid ITAM signaling, we investigated Cbl-Crkl and Crkl-C3G interactions following Fc gamma RI aggregation in U937IF cells. Fc gamma RI cross-linking of U937IF cells results in the tyrosine phosphorylation of Cbl, Crkl, and Hef-1, an increase in the association of Crkl with Cbl via direct SH2 domain interaction and increased Crkl-Hef-1 binding. Crkl constitutively binds to the guanine nucleotide-releasing protein, C3G, via direct SH3 domain binding. Our data show that distinct Cbl-Crkl and Crkl-C3G complexes exist in myeloid cells, suggesting that these complexes may modulate distinct signaling events. Anti-Crkl immunoprecipitations demonstrate that the ITAM-containing gamma subunit of Fc gamma RI is induced to form a complex with the Crkl protein, and Crkl binds to the cytoskeletal protein, Hef-1. The induced association of Crkl with Cbl, Hef-1, and Fc gamma RI gamma after Fc gamma RI activation and the constitutive association between C3G and Crkl provide the first evidence that a Fc gamma RI gamma-Crkl-C3G complex may link ITAM receptors to the activation of Rap1 in myeloid cells.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

  • Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing*
  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors
  • Humans
  • Lymphocyte Activation
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Nuclear Proteins / immunology
  • Nuclear Proteins / metabolism*
  • Phosphoproteins / immunology
  • Phosphoproteins / metabolism*
  • Phosphorylation
  • Proteins / immunology
  • Proteins / metabolism*
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins / immunology
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins / metabolism*
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-abl / metabolism
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-cbl
  • Receptor Aggregation / immunology
  • Receptors, IgG / metabolism*
  • Receptors, IgG / physiology
  • Receptors, Immunologic / metabolism*
  • Signal Transduction / immunology*
  • Tyrosine / metabolism*
  • U937 Cells
  • Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases*
  • src Homology Domains / immunology

Substances

  • Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing
  • CRKL protein
  • Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors
  • NEDD9 protein, human
  • Nuclear Proteins
  • Phosphoproteins
  • Proteins
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins
  • Receptors, IgG
  • Receptors, Immunologic
  • Tyrosine
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-cbl
  • Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-abl
  • CBL protein, human