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Sci. Signal., 18 August 2009
Vol. 2, Issue 84, p. ra46
[DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.2000007]

RESEARCH

Quantitative Phosphoproteomic Analysis of T Cell Receptor Signaling Reveals System-Wide Modulation of Protein-Protein Interactions

Viveka Mayya1, Deborah H. Lundgren1, Sun-Il Hwang1, Karim Rezaul1, Linfeng Wu1, Jimmy K. Eng2, Vladimir Rodionov3, and David K. Han1*

1 Department of Cell Biology and Center for Vascular Biology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030, USA.
2 Proteomics Resource, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
3 Department of Cell Biology and RD Berlin Center for Cell Analysis and Modeling, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030, USA.

Abstract: Protein phosphorylation events during T cell receptor (TCR) signaling control the formation of complexes among proteins proximal to the TCR, the activation of kinase cascades, and the activation of transcription factors; however, the mode and extent of the influence of phosphorylation in coordinating the diverse phenomena associated with T cell activation are unclear. Therefore, we used the human Jurkat T cell leukemia cell line as a model system and performed large-scale quantitative phosphoproteomic analyses of TCR signaling. We identified 10,665 unique phosphorylation sites, of which 696 showed TCR-responsive changes. In addition, we analyzed broad trends in phosphorylation data sets to uncover underlying mechanisms associated with T cell activation. We found that, upon stimulation of the TCR, phosphorylation events extensively targeted protein modules involved in all of the salient phenomena associated with T cell activation: patterning of surface proteins, endocytosis of the TCR, formation of the F-actin cup, inside-out activation of integrins, polarization of microtubules, production of cytokines, and alternative splicing of messenger RNA. Further, case-by-case analysis of TCR-responsive phosphorylation sites on proteins belonging to relevant functional modules together with network analysis allowed us to deduce that serine-threonine (S-T) phosphorylation modulated protein-protein interactions (PPIs) in a system-wide fashion. We also provide experimental support for this inference by showing that phosphorylation of tubulin on six distinct serine residues abrogated PPIs during the assembly of microtubules. We propose that modulation of PPIs by stimulus-dependent changes in S-T phosphorylation state is a widespread phenomenon applicable to many other signaling systems.

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: han{at}nso.uchc.edu

Citation: V. Mayya, D. H. Lundgren, S.-I. Hwang, K. Rezaul, L. Wu, J. K. Eng, V. Rodionov, D. K. Han, Quantitative Phosphoproteomic Analysis of T Cell Receptor Signaling Reveals System-Wide Modulation of Protein-Protein Interactions. Sci. Signal. 2, ra46 (2009).

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