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Query: EC:3.1.4.3 (phospholipase C)
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The transforming protein of polyomavirus, middle T (mT), forms a complex with two cellular enzymes: the protein tyrosine kinase pp60c-src and a phosphatidylinositol (PtdIns) 3-kinase. A mutant virus, Py1178T, encodes an mT protein which associates with and activates pp60c-src to the same extent as the wild type but fails to associate with PtdIns 3-kinase. To investigate relationships between activation of pp60c-src, association of PtdIns 3-kinase, and cellular levels of the second messenger inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (InsP3), we examined the effects of wild-type and mutant mT proteins on inositol metabolism in rat and mouse fibroblasts. Expression of either wild-type or 1178T mT caused a 300 to 500% increase in the InsP3 level. Cells transformed by Rous sarcoma virus also showed similar increases in InsP3 levels. Mutant mT proteins which failed to activate pp60c-src (NG59 and 1387T) had no effect on InsP3 levels. Pulse-chase experiments with [3H]inositol showed that the turnover of phosphoinositides was increased in cells transformed by either wild-type polyomavirus or Py1178T as compared with the normal parent cell line. The turnover of inositol phosphates was unchanged upon transformation. These data indicate that cells expressing either wild-type or mutant 1178T mT or pp60v-src exhibit elevated levels of InsP3 because of activation of phospholipase C. This activation appears to depend, directly or indirectly, upon activation of pp60src protein kinase activity. Activation of pp60c-src and elevation of InsP3 content are not sufficient for full transformation. Full transformation also requires the association of mT-pp60c-src complexes with PtdIns 3-kinase.
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PMID:Inositol trisphosphate levels in cells expressing wild-type and mutant polyomavirus middle T antigens: evidence for activation of phospholipase C via activation of pp60c-src. 215 7

The CD28 homodimer is thought to function as a signal transducing receptor during activation of T cells. Evidence is presented that the degree of aggregation of CD28 on the cell surface regulates two distinct CD28-associated signals. Binding of bivalent CD28 monoclonal antibody (MoAb) 9.3 upregulates lymphokine production by messenger RNA (mRNA) stabilization, without direct initiation of lymphokine mRNA transcription. This signal was not dependent on inositol phospholipid production or activation of a protein tyrosine kinase (PTK). In contrast, further crosslinking of CD28 on the cell surface rapidly induced formation of large amounts of inositol trisphosphate (InsP3) and increased cytoplasmic calcium concentration [( Ca2+]i), but did not stimulate PTK. CD28 crosslinking directly activated a subset of resting T cells, since CD25 (interleukin [IL]-2 receptor alpha chain) mRNA was rapidly induced in purified T cells, and proliferation, even without addition of exogenous IL-2, was sometimes observed. CD25 expression was detected on the cell surface of approximately 20% of CD4+ T cells. The degree of CD28 aggregation required for activation was investigated by preparing soluble 9.3 x 9.3 conjugates ranging in size from approximately 300 Kd to greater than 1,000 Kd, and comparing their function in T-cell proliferation assays with phorbol-12-myristate-13-acetate (PMA), anti-CD3, or IL-2. There was a correlation between conjugate size and proliferation with IL-2, whereas costimulation with PMA or CD3 was optimized at a lower degree of CD28 aggregation. The inositol phospholipid (InsP) generation and increase in [Ca2+]i after CD28 receptor aggregation appeared to proceed through a pathway different from the CD3/T-cell receptor (TCR) pathway since it was enhanced by pretreatment with PMA, while the InsP and [Ca2+]i signal from crosslinking CD3 was suppressed by PMA. Furthermore, the proliferation response to CD28 aggregation was resistant to inhibition by CD3 modulation. Thus, CD28 aggregation appears to trigger a phospholipase C activation pathway that differs from the CD3/TCR-linked pathway.
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PMID:CD28 ligation in T-cell activation: evidence for two signal transduction pathways. 215 82

The binding of antigen to the multicomponent T-cell receptor (TCR) activates several signal transduction pathways via coupling mechanisms that are poorly understood. One event that follows antigen receptor engagement is the activation of inositol phospholipid-specific phospholipase C (PLC). TCR activation by antigen, lectins, or anti-TCR monoclonal antibody has also been shown to cause increases in tyrosine phosphorylation of TCR-zeta and other substrates, suggesting stimulation of protein tyrosine kinase (PTK) activity. A critical question is whether these two pathways, PLC and PTK, are independently activated or whether one initiates and/or regulates the other. In the former case, PLC activation could be coupled to the TCR via a GTP-binding protein (G protein). We have reported, however, that tyrosine phosphorylation of intracellular substrates precedes detection of PLC activation and intracellular calcium elevation, suggesting that inositol phospholipid turnover in T cells is initiated by a PTK pathway. In this study, we test this hypothesis by treating T cells with the drug herbimycin A. We demonstrate that this agent inhibits substrate tyrosine phosphorylation, TCR-mediated inositol phospholipid hydrolysis, and calcium elevation. In contrast, under these conditions G-protein-mediated PLC activity, as tested by addition of aluminum fluoride, remains intact. Furthermore, whereas herbimycin treatment prevents TCR-mediated interleukin 2 production and interleukin 2 receptor expression, phorbol ester-induced effects are substantially resistant to herbimycin. The drug thus appears to abrogate TCR-mediated signaling without affecting distal signaling mechanisms.
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PMID:Inhibition of tyrosine phosphorylation prevents T-cell receptor-mediated signal transduction. 221 5

The biological responses of epidermal growth factor (EGF) are mediated by a surface receptor denoted as the EGF receptor. The EGF receptor possesses intrinsic protein tyrosine kinase activity which is essential for signal transduction. Recent evidence shows that EGF receptor phosphorylates several substances including: phospholipase C-gamma and the GTPase-activating protein (GAP). Moreover, these proteins become associated with the activated receptor in an immunocomplex. Autophosphorylation of the EGF receptor appears to be required for the association with phospholipase C-gamma. Mutational analysis indicates that the intrinsic autophosphorylation sites compete with exogenous substrates for the substrate-binding site in the kinase domain. The ligand-binding site for EGF was analysed using a chimeric receptor approach. Subdomains of the extracellular ligand-binding region of the chicken EGF receptor, which binds EGF with low affinity, were replaced by corresponding regions of the human EGF receptor, which binds EGF with high affinity. On the basis of this analysis, it is concluded that subdomain III of the extracellular domain of the EGF receptor is a major ligand-binding domain. Together, domain I and domain III are able to reconstitute nearly all interactions which bring about high-affinity binding. Growth factor receptors with protein tyrosine kinase (PTK) activity could be envisioned as membrane-associated allosteric enzymes. Unlike water-soluble allosteric enzymes, the configuration of the growth factor receptors dictates that the ligand-binding domain and PTK activity of the receptor molecules are separated by the plasma membrane. Therefore, ligand-induced signal must cross the membrane barrier to activate the PTK function.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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PMID:Mutational analysis of the epidermal growth factor-receptor kinase. 225 59

Binding of EGF to cells expressing human EGF receptor stimulated rapid tyrosine phosphorylation of phospholipase C-II (PLC-II), as revealed by immunoblotting analysis with phosphotyrosine-specific antibodies. Tyrosine phosphorylation of PLC-II was stimulated by low physiological concentrations of EGF (1 nM), was quantitative, and was already maximal after a 30 sec incubation with 50 nM EGF at 37 degrees C. Interestingly, antibodies specific for PLC-II were able to coimmunoprecipitate the EGF receptor and antibodies against EGF receptor also coimmunoprecipitated PLC-II. According to this analysis, approximately 1% of EGF receptor molecules were associated with PLC-II molecules. The protein tyrosine kinase inhibitor tyrphostin RG50864, which blocks EGF-dependent cell proliferation, blocked EGF-induced tyrosine phosphorylation of PLC-II, its association with EGF receptor, and EGF-induced Ca2+ release. Hence, EGF-induced tyrosine phosphorylation of PLC-II may be a regulatory event linking the tyrosine kinase activity of EGF receptor to the PIP2 hydrolysis signaling pathway.
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PMID:EGF induces tyrosine phosphorylation of phospholipase C-II: a potential mechanism for EGF receptor signaling. 247 18

Platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) is a 30 kDa dimer of disulfide-bonded A and B chains. Three isoforms of PDGF have been isolated (PDGF-AA, PDGF-AB and PDGF-BB). These bind with different affinities and specificities to two structurally related cell surface receptors, viz. the alpha-receptor and the beta-receptor. The receptors are transmembrane proteins with an intracellular, ligand-stimulatable protein tyrosine kinase domain. Activation of the receptors is intimately associated with receptor dimerization, and available data suggest that PDGF is a divalent ligand such that one molecule of PDGF binds and dimerizes two receptor molecules. Stimulation of PDGF receptors leads to a cascade of cellular events, which have been shown to require an intact receptor tyrosine kinase activity. However, ligand-induced internalization and degradation of the beta-receptor occur essentially independent of the receptor kinase activity. Receptor activation leads to the phosphorylation on tyrosine residues of three enzymes, probably by direct phosphorylation: phospholipase C-gamma, phosphatidylinositol 3' kinase and Raf-1. In certain cells, PDGF beta-receptor expression is inducible such that cells in normal tissue in vivo do not express receptors; only in inflammatory lesions or when cells are explanted in vitro, are receptors being expressed. Transformation by the v-sis oncogene is mediated by an autocrine PDGF-like growth factor. Although both the alpha- and beta-receptors are structurally related to the v-fms and v-kit oncogenes, it is not known if the PDGF receptors have a transforming potential. In conclusion, the finding of three isoforms of PDGF that interact with two structurally related receptors implies a finely tuned regulatory network, the role of which in cell growth and transformation remains to be clarified.
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PMID:Structural and functional aspects of the receptors for platelet-derived growth factor. 256 60

The effects of cochlioquinone A, isolated from Drechslera sacchari, were studied in vitro and in vivo. This compound specifically inhibited diacylglycerol kinase activity with Ki = 3.1 microM. The kinetics revealed that cochlioquinone A inhibited diacylglycerol kinase in competition with ATP, and non-competitively with diacylglycerol. The compound inhibited neither protein kinase C, epidermal growth factor receptor-associated protein tyrosine kinase, nor phospholipase C. Cochlioquinone A reduced the concentration of phosphatidic acid in T cell lymphoma with a half maximal concentration of 3 microM, and simultaneously augmented the phosphorylation of 80 kDa protein, a known substrate of protein kinase C. The degree of the phosphorylation of 80 kDa protein in the presence of cochlioquinone A was similar to that in the presence of phorbol myristate acetate (0.1 microgram/ml). These results demonstrate that cochlioquinone A is a specific inhibitor of diacylglycerol kinase, which regulates the activity of protein kinase C.
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PMID:Cochlioquinone A, an inhibitor of diacylglycerol kinase. 749 Feb 10

To explore the mechanism(s) by which the Syk protein tyrosine kinase participates in B cell antigen receptor (BCR) signaling, we have studied the function of various Syk mutants in B cells made Syk deficient by homologous recombination knockout. Both Syk SH2 domains were required for BCR-mediated Syk and phospholipase C (PLC)-gamma 2 phosphorylation, inositol 1,4,5-triphosphate release, and Ca2+ mobilization. A possible explanation for this requirement was provided by findings that recruitment of Syk to tyrosine-phosphorylated immunoglobulin (Ig) alpha and Ig beta requires both Syk SH2 domains. A Syk mutant in which the putative autophosphorylation site (Y518/Y519) of Syk was changed to phenylalanine was also defective in signal transduction; however, this mutation did not affect recruitment to the phosphorylated immunoreceptor family tyrosine-based activation motifs (ITAMs). These findings not only confirm that both SH2 domains are necessary for Syk binding to tyrosine-phosphorylated Ig alpha and Ig beta but indicate that this binding is necessary for Syk (Y518/519) phosphorylation after BCR ligation. This sequence of events is apparently required for coupling the BCR to most cellular protein tyrosine phosphorylation, to the phosphorylation and activation of PLC-gamma 2, and to Ca2+ mobilization.
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PMID:Role of the Syk autophosphorylation site and SH2 domains in B cell antigen receptor signaling. 750 27

We examined the role of protein tyrosine kinase inhibitors (tyrphostins) in secretagogue-induced inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (1,4,5-IP3) production and amylase secretion in rat pancreatic acinar cells. The data show that various specific cell-permeant tyrphostins (methyl 2,5-dihydroxycinnamate, tyrphostin 25, and genistein) inhibited the cholecystokinin octapeptide-, carbachol-, and bombesin-induced 1,4,5-IP3 production and amylase release. In digitonin-permeabilized cells, tyrphostins decreased 1,4,5-IP3 accumulation and amylase release generated by directly stimulating G proteins with the weakly hydrolyzable GTP analogue guanosine 5'-O-(3-thiotriphosphate). Tyrphostins had no effect on vasoactive intestinal peptide-induced amylase secretion. In isolated pancreatic acinar membranes, cholecystokinin octapeptide caused a rapid increase in tyrosine phosphorylation of a synthetic peptide containing the 12-amino acid sequence around a tyrosine phosphorylation site in pp6osrc. These results provide evidence that tyrosine kinases are involved in the activation of phospholipase C by G protein-coupled receptors in pancreatic acinar cells.
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PMID:Tyrphostins inhibit secretagogue-induced 1,4,5-IP3 production and amylase release in pancreatic acini. 751 25

B lymphocytes must respond to low concentrations of antigen despite having low affinity antigen receptors during the primary immune response. CD19, a B cell-restricted membrane protein of the immunoglobulin superfamily that associates with the antigen receptor complex, may help the B cell meet this requirement. Cross-linking CD19 to membrane immunoglobulin (mIg) lowers, by two orders of magnitude, the number of mIg that must be ligated to activate phospholipase C (PLC) or to induce DNA synthesis. CD19 is coupled, via protein tyrosine kinases (PTKs), to PLC and phosphatidylinositol 3' kinase (PI3' kinase), and it interacts with the Src-type nonreceptor PTK lyn. It also associates with two other membrane proteins, CR2 (complement receptor type 2, CD21), which permits nonimmunologic ligation of CD19, and TAPA-1, a member of the tetraspan family of membrane proteins. CR2 binds fragments of C3 that are covalently attached to glycoconjugates. This indirectly enables CD19 to be cross-linked to mIg after preimmune recognition of an immunogen by the complement system. CR2 also can be ligated by CD23, a lectin-like membrane protein that resides on cells that may present antigen to B cells. TAPA-1 associates with several other membrane proteins on B and T cells, including MHC class II, CD4, and CD8, and it promotes Ca2(+)- and LFA-1-independent homotypic aggregation when ligated directly or indirectly through CD19 or CR2. This may facilitate interaction of the B cell with other cells essential for cellular activation. The formation of this membrane protein complex by representatives of three different protein families helps the B cell resolve its dilemma of combining broad specificity with high sensitivity.
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PMID:The CD19/CR2/TAPA-1 complex of B lymphocytes: linking natural to acquired immunity. 754 9


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