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(Journal of Leukocyte Biology. 2001;69:874-880.)
© 2001 by Society for Leukocyte Biology

Signaling networks regulating ß1 integrin-mediated adhesion of T lymphocytes to extracellular matrix

Melody L. Woods and Yoji Shimizu

Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Center for Immunology, Cancer Center, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Correspondence: Yoji Shimizu, Dept. of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota Medical School, MMC 334, 312 Church St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455. E-mail: shimi002{at}tc.umn.edu


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T-cell recognition of foreign antigen and migration to specific anatomic sites in vivo involves transient adhesive contacts between ß1 integrins expressed on T cells and cell surface proteins or extracellular-matrix components. Engagement of the CD3-T-cell receptor (CD3-TCR) complex initiates a complex signaling cascade involving coordinated regulation and recruitment of tyrosine and lipid kinases to specific regions or microdomains in the plasma membrane. Although considerable attention has been focused on the signaling events by which the CD3-TCR complex regulates transcriptional events in the nucleus, CD3-TCR signaling also rapidly enhances integrin-mediated adhesion without increasing surface expression of integrins. Recent studies suggest that CD3-TCR signaling to ß1 integrins involves coordinated recruitment and activation of the Tec family tyrosine kinase Itk by src family tyrosine kinases and phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase. These signaling events that regulate integrin-mediated T-cell adhesion share both common and distinct features with the signaling pathways regulating interleukin-2 gene transcription.

Key Words: tyrosine kinase • cytoskeleton • phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase • Itk


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In the immune system, cell adhesion serves to facilitate trafficking and migration of T lymphocytes into secondary lymphoid organs and sites of inflammation, movement of lymphocytes within the rich environment found in extravascular tissue, and the physical interaction between antigen-reactive T cells and antigen-presenting cells that is required for efficient T-cell activation [1 ]. Members of the ß1 and ß2 integrin subfamilies of integrin receptors participate in these adhesive events by mediating T-cell contact with other cells and with extracellular-matrix proteins and also by providing intracellular signals that can modulate T-cell functional responses. Since an efficient immune response requires rapid migration of a large population of potentially antigen-reactive T cells through secondary lymphoid organs, T cells are inherently highly motile [2 , 3 ]. However, antigen recognition via stimulation of the CD3-T-cell receptor (CD3-TCR) complex requires a reduction in cell motility to promote efficient interaction with antigen-presenting cells and the surrounding microenvironment. Consequently, the functional activity of integrin receptors is dynamically regulated by the activation state of the T cell. Although unstimulated T cells express integrin receptors, they do not mediate efficient adhesion to relevant counter receptors and extracellular-matrix ligands. Stimulation of the CD3-TCR complex results within minutes in increased integrin-dependent adhesion that does not require increased integrin expression on the T-cell surface [4 5 6 ]. Ligation of other T-cell coreceptors can also initiate this change in integrin functional activity [6 7 8 9 ]. Chemokines can initiate increases in integrin function that are even more rapid than the increase observed with CD3-TCR stimulation and that play a particularly important role in integrin-dependent adhesion of T cells to vascular endothelium [10 , 11 ]. Although increases in integrin-mediated adhesion represent one of the earliest detectable functional responses of T cells to CD3-TCR stimulation, the biochemical events by which the CD3-TCR complex signals to integrins have not been fully elucidated. In this review, we highlight recent studies that provide new insight into how the CD3-TCR signals to ß1 integrins and how this information is expanding our understanding of the overall complexities of CD3-TCR signaling.


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Stimulation of the CD3-TCR complex sequentially activates two distinct families of tyrosine kinases, the src family tyrosine kinases Lck and Fyn, followed by the Syk family tyrosine kinase ZAP-70 [12 ]. Activation of Lck results in phosphorylation of tyrosine residues in immunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motifs (ITAMs) in the cytoplasmic domains of several subunits of the CD3-TCR complex, including the TCR-{zeta} chain. These phosphorylation events create binding sites for the dual src homology 2 (SH2) domains found in ZAP-70, resulting in recruitment of ZAP-70 to the CD3-TCR complex. The ITAM-bound ZAP-70 undergoes full catalytic activation on Lck-mediated phosphorylation of the tyrosine 493 residue in the activation loop of the ZAP-70 catalytic domain [13 ]. Studies with T-cell lines deficient in either Lck or ZAP-70, together with genetically modified mice lacking these tyrosine kinases, have vividly illustrated the critical role that both of these kinases play in CD3-TCR signaling and T-cell development [14 15 16 17 ]. In addition to its kinase activity, ZAP-70 contains several tyrosine residues within the interdomain B region located between the carboxy-terminal SH2 domain and the kinase domain that can mediate interactions between ZAP-70 and other intracellular signaling proteins, such as the adapter protein p120Cbl and the guanine nucleotide exchange factor Vav [18 , 19 ]. Thus, in addition to its kinase activity, ZAP-70 may function during CD3-TCR signaling to nucleate the formation of protein-protein complexes critical to subsequent generation of intracellular signals.

Two well-characterized ZAP-70 substrates are the adapter proteins LAT (linker for activation of T cells) [20 ] and SLP-76 (SH2-containing leukocyte protein of 76 kDa) [21 ]. These proteins lack intrinsic enzymatic activity but contain an array of binding sites capable of mediating protein-protein interactions and thereby result in the formation of critical signaling intermediates [22 ]. Consequently, ZAP-70-mediated tyrosine phosphorylation of LAT and SLP-76 results in the inducible interaction of these proteins with other intracellular signaling proteins, including phospholipase C-{gamma}1 (PLC-{gamma}1), Vav, and the adapter proteins Nck, Grb2, GRAP, and Gads [22 ]. Although LAT is a transmembrane adapter protein and thus is constitutively localized to the T-cell plasma membrane, SLP-76 is specifically recruited to the membrane after CD3-TCR stimulation [23 ]. Loss of expression of either LAT or SLP-76 in mice results in profound defects in T-cell development [24 25 26 ], establishing the critical role of these proteins in CD3-TCR signaling.

A third family of tyrosine kinases that is activated subsequent to activation of src family kinases and ZAP-70 is the Tec family of tyrosine kinases [27 ]. T cells express three members of this family, Tec, Itk, and Rlk. Structurally, Tec and Itk both consist of a pleckstrin homology (PH) domain, a Tec homology domain, SH3 and SH2 domains, and a kinase domain. Rlk has a similar structure, except that it lacks a PH domain. Tec family kinases have been implicated in PLC-{gamma}1 activation, calcium flux, and mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase activation [28 29 30 ]. The effects of Itk on PLC-{gamma}1 activity in particular may be related to reported associations of Itk with both LAT and SLP-76 [31 32 33 ]. In B cells, the Tec family kinase Btk is critical for B-cell development, and loss of Btk expression results in B-cell immunodeficiency [34 ]. Studies with knockout mice suggest some redundancy in Tec family tyrosine kinase function in T cells [30 ], although unique roles for these kinases are also emerging. For example, Itk has been specifically implicated in the development of T-helper 2 (Th2) T cells [35 ].

Itk tyrosine kinase activity requires two upstream regulatory events: membrane recruitment of the kinase and src kinase-mediated tyrosine phosphorylation of Itk, most likely by Lck [36 , 37 ]. Membrane recruitment of Itk is dependent on the activation of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI 3-K), a lipid kinase that phosphorylates phosphatidylinositols at the D-3 position. The lipid products produced by active PI 3-K at the plasma membrane can be bound by many but not all PH domains [38 , 39 ]. In the case of Itk, membrane recruitment of Itk is dependent on the PH domain of Itk, and the Itk PH domain can bind specifically to phosphatidyl inositol (3,4,5)-triphosphate (PI(3,4,5)-P3). Therefore, PI 3-K, together with Lck, coordinately regulates Itk tyrosine kinase activity. Although CD3-TCR signaling clearly leads to activation of PI 3-K [40 , 41 ], both enhancing and inhibitory effects of PI 3-K inhibitors, such as wortmannin and LY294,002, on CD3-TCR-mediated transcriptional activity have been reported [42 43 44 45 ]. Furthermore, the mechanism by which the CD3-TCR is coupled to PI 3-K is not clear, although CD3-TCR stimulation can enhance the association of the p85 subunit of PI 3-K with the CD3-{epsilon} subunit [46 ] and with tyrosine-phosphorylated LAT [20 ]. Studies in B cells also suggest that B-cell receptor-mediated activation of PI 3-K is dependent on Syk tyrosine kinase activity [47 , 48 ].


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Recent advances in our understanding of CD3-TCR signaling have highlighted the importance not only of the composition of protein-protein complexes but also where these complexes are formed in the T-cell plasma membrane. The sorting of proteins into discrete regions of the plasma membrane is now recognized as a central feature of T-cell activation. These membrane microdomains, also referred to as detergent-insoluble, glycosphingolipid-enriched domains, ganglioside-enriched membranes (GEMs), detergent-resistant membranes, and lipid rafts, are biochemically distinct from the bulk plasma membrane and are enriched in sphingolipids and cholesterol [49 , 50 ]. These membrane microdomains can be isolated biochemically due to their resistance to solubilization at low temperature by nonionic detergents, and they can also be visualized microscopically with the cholera toxin B subunit, which binds glycosphingolipids. There is growing evidence that membrane microdomains are important to CD3-TCR signaling. In addition to glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-linked receptors, a number of signaling molecules, including src family kinases and LAT, are preferentially localized in membrane microdomains of unstimulated T cells due to acylation or palmitoylation [51 ]. Disruption of localization of these molecules to microdomains can also disrupt downstream signaling initiated by CD3-TCR ligation [52 ]. CD3-TCR stimulation also results in the recruitment of key signaling molecules into microdomains, including phosphorylated TCR-{zeta} [53 ], ZAP-70 [54 ], the p85 subunit of PI 3-K [55 ], Vav [55 ], and SLP-76 [23 ]. Clustering of microdomains with cholera toxin B subunit or with antibodies specific for GPI-linked receptors can initiate signaling events similar to those observed with CD3-TCR signaling [54 ], and disruption of microdomains by depletion or sequestration of cholesterol can inhibit proximal CD3-TCR signaling events [55 , 56 ]. These studies suggest that promotion of the colocalization of key signaling intermediates via clustering of membrane microdomains is a key step in productive CD3-TCR signaling.

CD3-TCR signaling to ß1 integrins
As described above, there has been extensive analysis of the signaling events that occur subsequent to CD3-TCR ligation and have an effect on transcriptional events in the nucleus, such as IL-2 gene induction. However, it is unclear whether there are differences in the signaling events that regulate one effector response downstream of CD3-TCR stimulation, such as transcriptional activation of the interleukin-2 (IL-2) gene, versus another, such as activation of ß1 integrin-mediated adhesion. Clearly, these effector responses are different in several respects, including the rapidity of the response (minutes for ß1 integrin activation vs. hours for gene induction) and the requirement for de novo protein synthesis. Recent studies of activation-dependent regulation of ß1 integrin function suggest in fact that analysis of the intracellular signaling events that mediate distinct T-cell effector responses may reveal novel insights into CD3-TCR signaling in general.

Studies with the Lck-deficient Jurkat T-cell variant J.CaM1 [14 , 57 ] indicate that Lck is required for CD3-TCR-mediated activation of ß1 integrin function [58 ]. Although CD3-TCR stimulation fails to enhance ß1 integrin-mediated adhesion of J.CaM1 cells to fibronectin, re-expression of wild-type Lck restores this response [58 ]. A similar strategy was used with the ZAP-70-deficient Jurkat variant P116 [15 ] to demonstrate a critical role for ZAP-70 in CD3-TCR signaling to ß1 integrins [59 ]. These studies demonstrated that the kinase activity of ZAP-70 was required, because expression of a wild-type form of ZAP-70 in P116 T cells, but not a kinase-inactive form of ZAP-70, restored CD3-TCR-mediated activation of ß1 integrin function. In normal peripheral T cells, expression of kinase-inactive ZAP-70 blocked CD3-TCR signaling to ß1 integrins, providing further evidence for a role for ZAP-70 in regulating ß1 integrin-mediated adhesion. Although ZAP-70 also appears to be involved in LFA-1-dependent signaling events that regulate LFA-1-dependent migration independently of the CD3-TCR [60 , 61 ], it is currently unclear whether ß1 integrin signaling also involves CD3-TCR-independent activation of ZAP-70.

However, further studies using the P116 T-cell system have suggested possible differences in the way in which ZAP-70 regulates ß1 integrin function versus other responses downstream of TCR signaling. For example, mutation of tyrosine residue 319 in the interdomain B region of ZAP-70 to a phenylalanine (Y319F) blocks CD3-TCR-mediated activation of a nuclear factor of activated cells (NF-AT) reporter gene construct, calcium influx, Ras activation, and tyrosine phosphorylation of LAT [59 , 62 ]. However, expression of the Y319F ZAP-70 mutant in P116 T cells fully restores CD3-TCR-mediated increases in ß1 integrin-mediated adhesion to fibronectin [59 ]. These results also suggest that CD3-TCR signaling to ß1 integrins may not require calcium influx or Ras activation.

Although the kinase activity of ZAP-70 is clearly required for CD3-TCR-mediated increases in ß1 integrin function, the role of two well-characterized ZAP-70 substrates, the adapter proteins LAT and SLP-76, in regulating ß1 integrin function is not well established. In fact, several lines of evidence suggest that these two adapter proteins do not play a significant role in CD3-TCR signaling to ß1 integrins. First, as mentioned above, the Y319F mutation in ZAP-70 inhibits CD3-TCR-mediated tyrosine phosphorylation of LAT but does not affect CD3-TCR-mediated activation of ß1 integrins [59 , 62 ]. Second, expression in Jurkat T cells of a mutant form of LAT with tyrosine-to-phenylalanine mutations at residues 171 and 191 blocks CD3-TCR-mediated activation of NF-AT, but it has no effect on CD3-TCR signaling to ß1 integrins [59 ]. Third, over-expression of wild-type SLP-76 enhances CD3-TCR-mediated activation of NF-AT but does not affect CD3-TCR-mediated increases in ß1 integrin function [59 ]. Although additional studies are clearly warranted, these studies currently suggest that ZAP-70 does not mediate its effects on CD3-TCR signaling to ß1 integrins via tyrosine phosphorylation of LAT and/or SLP-76.

In B cells, there is evidence that B-cell-receptor-mediated activation of PI 3-K requires Syk activation [47 , 48 ]. Thus, it is intriguing to speculate that ZAP-70 may also be required for CD3-TCR-mediated activation of PI 3-K. This is a significant issue with regard to our understanding of CD3-TCR signaling to ß1 integrins, because inhibition of PI 3-K activity clearly blocks increases in ß1 integrin function mediated by activation of the CD3-TCR [63 ], as well as the T-cell coreceptors CD2 [64 ], CD7 [65 ], and CD28 [9 ]. Other groups have also reported a key role for PI 3-K in the activation of integrin function by other cell surface receptors, including growth factor receptors [66 67 68 ] and chemokine receptors [11 ], suggesting a common, critical function for PI 3-K in the regulation of integrin function.

Together, these studies suggest that CD3-TCR-mediated increases in ß1 integrin function require the coordinated activation of Lck, ZAP-70, and PI 3-K. Since all three of these kinases have been implicated in the activation of the Tec family tyrosine kinase Itk [36 , 37 , 69 ], we recently analyzed whether Itk might mediate CD3-TCR signaling to ß1 integrins [58 ]. This work suggests that CD3-TCR-mediated increases in ß1 integrin function require Lck- and PI 3-K-dependent activation of Itk. Expression of kinase-inactive Itk inhibits CD3-TCR activation-induced increases in ß1 integrin-mediated adhesion of both Jurkat T cells and normal human peripheral T cells [58 ]. Furthermore, CD3-TCR-mediated activation of ß1 integrin function appears to require specific targeting of Itk to membrane microdomains, because (1) CD3-TCR-mediated recruitment of Itk to membrane microdomains requires the PH domain of Itk, and (2) overexpression of the PH domain of Itk inhibits CD3-TCR signaling to ß1 integrins. CD3-TCR-dependent recruitment of Itk to membrane microdomains requires PI 3-K activity, because PI 3-K inhibitors block Itk membrane recruitment and the PH domain of Itk binds specifically to PI(3,4,5)-P3. Thus, these studies suggest that one prominent function of PI 3-K in CD3-TCR signaling to ß1 integrins is to mediate the recruitment of Itk to membrane microdomains.

Since Lck is preferentially localized to membrane microdomains, CD3-TCR stimulation likely enhances the association of Itk with Lck. Since Lck regulates Itk kinase activity [36 , 37 ], this suggests that Lck might serve to regulate CD3-TCR signaling to ß1 integrins via regulation of the kinase activity of Itk localized to membrane microdomains. Studies in COS cells are consistent with this regulatory function for Lck in Itk-mediated signaling [37 ]. In T cells, replacement of the PH domain of Itk with a farnesylation sequence results in constitutive membrane localization of this Itk construct [58 ]. However, expression of membrane-targeted Itk is insufficient by itself to result in increased ß1 integrin activity. In contrast, increased ß1 integrin function is observed upon CD4 stimulation of Jurkat T cells expressing membrane-targeted Itk [58 ]. This effect of CD4 signaling on ß1 integrin function does not occur in J.CaM1 cells, suggesting that CD4-mediated activation of Lck can, together with membrane-targeting of Itk, enhance ß1 integrin function independently of direct stimulation of the CD3-TCR complex. CD4 stimulation, together with expression of a constitutively active form of PI 3-K, can also enhance ß1 integrin function in a manner that is dependent on the kinase activity of Itk [58 ]. This result is consistent with PI 3-K serving to regulate membrane recruitment of Itk.

Thus, these studies suggest that CD3-TCR signaling to ß1 integrins requires both PI 3-K-dependent recruitment of Itk to membrane microdomains and Lck-dependent activation of microdomain-localized Itk (Fig. 1 ). Since microdomain localization of Itk or activation of Lck is not sufficient to induce increased ß1 integrin function, this suggests that Lck and PI 3-K play critical, complementary roles in the activation of ß1 integrin function by the CD3-TCR complex. It is interesting that clustering of microdomains with the cholera toxin B subunit, which can initiate proximal CD3-TCR signaling events [54 ], can also induce lymphocyte function-associated antigen-1 (LFA-1) clustering and enhance LFA-1-dependent adhesion in a wortmannin-sensitive manner [70 ]. The role of ZAP-70 in this signaling cascade remains to be elucidated, although studies of Syk function in B cells suggest that ZAP-70 might be capable of regulating PI 3-K activity in T cells. This would suggest that ZAP-70 might serve to regulate CD3-TCR-mediated recruitment of Itk to membrane microdomains. However, an analysis of Itk function in ZAP-70-deficient Jurkat T cells suggests that, although ZAP-70 does in fact play a role in regulating Itk activity, it may not do so via the regulation of membrane recruitment of Itk [69 ]. Currently, there is some discrepancy in the effects of CD3-TCR stimulation on membrane localization of Itk in Jurkat T cells that may be related to the use of different Jurkat subclones and variants [58 , 69 , 71 , 72 ]. In addition, the lack of expression of the PTEN phosphatase in Jurkat T cells may also impact on the basal levels of Itk found at the membrane and in microdomains of Jurkat T cells [71 , 73 ]. However, kinase-inactive Itk is able to inhibit CD3-TCR signaling to ß1 integrins in both PTEN-negative Jurkat T cells and PTEN-positive human peripheral T-cell blasts [58 ]. Nevertheless, these concerns highlight the need to continue to explore the role of Itk in the regulation of ß1 integrin function in T-cell systems other than Jurkat. Finally, as noted above, there is currently little evidence to support a role for either LAT or SLP-76 in CD3-TCR signaling to ß1 integrins [59 ]. However, both of these adapter proteins are found in membrane microdomains after CD3-TCR stimulation and can interact with Itk [31 32 33 ]. Thus, it is important that future studies continue to explore the potential role of either LAT or SLP-76 in Itk-dependent regulation of integrin activity.



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  		Figure 1. Proposed model of the regulation of ß1 integrin functional activity by the CD3-TCR complex. CD3-TCR stimulation results in the activation of Lck, resulting in tyrosine phosphorylation of ITAM motifs in the CD3 subunits of the CD3-TCR and subsequent recruitment of ZAP-70 to the CD3-TCR. Lck phosphorylates and thus activates ZAP-70, which is required for CD3-TCR signaling to ß1 integrins. CD3-TCR signaling also leads to the activation of PI 3-K, which enhances the localization of the Tec family tyrosine kinase Itk to membrane microdomains, where it can be phosphorylated by Lck. Itk can regulate actin polymerization and thus may enhance ß1 integrin avidity. ZAP-70 may participate in this signaling cascade by regulating CD3-TCR-mediated activation of PI 3-K. See text for further details.

 
Actin cytoskeleton and CD3-TCR signaling to ß1 integrins
Whereas the initial biochemical events that mediate CD3-TCR signaling to ß1 integrins are becoming more clearly defined, the mechanism by which they affect ß1 integrin function has not yet been definitively established. Agonist-induced changes in integrin conformation that lead to increased integrin affinity have been proposed to play a key role in adhesion mediated by several different integrins, most notably the {alpha}IIbß3 integrin expressed on platelets [74 , 75 ]. These changes in integrin conformation result in enhanced binding of soluble ligand, and inhibition of integrin-dependent cell adhesion by soluble ligand is indicative of a role for integrin affinity in adhesive interactions. Antibodies recognizing neoepitopes expressed on integrin subunits have frequently been used as markers of high-affinity integrins, although some of these neoepitopes do not correlate precisely with increased ligand binding by the integrin in question [75 ]. Currently, the role of affinity modulation in the activation-dependent regulation of integrin function appears to be dependent on many factors, including the specific integrin being studied, the cell type in which the integrin is expressed, and the type of activation signal being delivered to the cell. In mast cells, Fc{varepsilon}RI stimulation leads to PI 3-K-dependent increases in {alpha}5ß1 integrin-dependent adhesion to fibronectin that can be inhibited by soluble fibronectin fragments [76 ]. However, in contrast to what we have observed in T cells [58 ], constitutive activation of PI 3-K by itself is sufficient to lead to enhanced {alpha}5ß1 integrin-mediated adhesion of mast cells in the absence of additional stimulation [76 ]. Chemokine stimulation of mouse T cells also results in rapid increases in LFA-1 affinity, but these changes in LFA-1 conformation are independent of PI 3-K [11 ]. In contrast, CD3-TCR stimulation does not lead to increased LFA-1 affinity [77 ]. Although increased binding of soluble fibronectin is detected after CD3-TCR stimulation of human peripheral T cells and HUT78 T cells [63 , 78 ], CD3-TCR stimulation of Jurkat T cells does not lead to increased binding of soluble fibronectin [63 ]. Furthermore, CD3-TCR-mediated increases in ß1 integrin function on peripheral human T cells could not be inhibited by soluble ligand [63 ]. Together, these results suggest that CD3-TCR signaling to ß1 integrins does not necessarily require changes in ß1 integrin conformation. However, it should be noted that recent studies with chemokine signaling to LFA-1 suggest that the relative contribution of high-affinity integrins to adhesion may be dependent on the density of immobilized ligand [11 ].

In addition to changes in integrin conformation, activation-dependent changes in integrin function can involve changes in integrin mobility that result in integrin clustering and consequently enhanced avidity [77 , 79 80 81 ]. The mechanisms by which different integrins are coupled to the cytoskeleton and how this coupling is regulated remain important areas of investigation. Calpeptin-sensitive proteases regulate LFA-1 clustering induced by CD3-TCR stimulation [82 ]. Changes in integrin clustering likely involve activation-dependent changes in the actin cytoskeleton, and several recent reviews have highlighted the importance of actin polymerization to T-cell function [83 , 84 ]. CD3-TCR stimulation leads to rapid polymerization of the actin cytoskeleton via activation of Rho family GTPases by guanine nucleotide exchange factors, such as Vav, and downstream activation of molecules such as Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein (WASP), which is involved in actin nucleation via interactions with WASP-interacting protein (WIP) and the actin-related protein (Arp2/3) complex [83 , 84 ]. Adapter proteins such as SLP-76 have been proposed to serve as key links between the CD3-TCR complex and the actin cytoskeletal machinery [85 ]. It is interesting that several studies suggest that activation-dependent regulation of integrin function in T cells may involve PI 3-K-dependent regulation of the cytoskeleton. First, chemokine stimulation of mouse T cells leads to LFA-1 clustering that is sensitive to PI 3-K inhibitors [11 ]. Second, PI 3-K inhibitors block CD3-TCR-mediated increases in human T-cell adhesion to fibronectin but do not inhibit CD3-TCR-induced changes in binding of soluble fibronectin [63 ]. Third, integrin functional activity can be regulated by exogenous expression of dominant-negative or constitutively active forms of several different guanosine triphosphate (GTP)-ases, including H-ras, R-ras, Rac, and Rap1 [86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 ]. However, it should be noted that it is still unclear whether any or all of these GTPases are required for CD3-TCR-mediated increases in ß1 integrin function. Finally, PI 3-K can regulate LFA-1 activity via membrane recruitment of cytohesin-1, a protein that interacts with LFA-1 and also acts as a guanine-nucleotide exchange factor for ADP ribosylation factor GTPases [94 ].

There is also growing evidence that Tec family kinases may play a key role in regulating the actin cytoskeleton. Expression of kinase-inactive Itk or the PH domain of Itk, both of which block CD3-TCR-mediated increases in ß1 integrin function, also inhibit CD3-TCR-mediated actin polymerization [58 ]. Itk associates with WASP [95 ], and the PH domain of Btk interacts with F-actin [96 ]. Btk has also been proposed to regulate Rho GTPase activity in B cells [97 ]. Since phorbol ester stimulation also leads to increased integrin-mediated adhesion [4 5 6 ], recent reports of Syk- and Btk-dependent regulation of PKC ßI upon Fc{varepsilon}RI stimulation suggest a potential role for Tec kinases in regulating integrin function via PKC [98 ]. Finally, the lone Tec family tyrosine kinase in Drosophila, Tec29, may regulate actin filament reorganization at the ring canals, which are critical for oocyte maturation [99 ].


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Analysis of CD3-TCR signaling in the context of ß1 integrin function has revealed new insights into the coordinated interplay of src family kinases, ZAP-70, PI 3-K, and the Tec family tyrosine kinase Itk in modulating rapid changes in T-cell adhesion to the extracellular matrix. These studies have highlighted the unique roles that some of these kinases play in either membrane recruitment and localization or regulation of kinase activity. In addition, these studies suggest key points of convergence and divergence in the signaling pathways that regulate distinct effector responses initiated by CD3-TCR stimulation. Analysis of CD3-TCR signaling to ß1 integrins also promises to provide new insights into how the actin cytoskeleton is regulated by T-cell activation and how this regulation affects T-cell function. Finally, a complete elucidation of these signaling pathways is critical to future prospects for specific therapeutic modulation of the immune response via effects on integrin function.


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This work was supported by NIH grants AI31126 and AI38474 and by Department of Defense grant DAMD17-00-1-0348. M.L.W. is supported by NIH grant AI09993. Y.S. is the Harry Kay Chair of Cancer Research at the University of Minnesota Medical School.

Received January 3, 2001; revised March 18, 2001; accepted March 19, 2001.


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