Lymphocyte binding to MAdCAM-1 via alpha4beta7 integrin activates a signal transduction pathway involving tyrosine phosphorylation of paxillin and p105(Cas-L)

Immunol Lett. 2002 May 1;81(3):223-8. doi: 10.1016/s0165-2478(02)00041-x.

Abstract

Alpha4beta7 integrin mediates lymphocyte trafficking to mucosal lymphoid organs by interacting with the mucosal vascular addressin MAdCAM-1. While the structural basis for the alpha4beta7 integrin-MAdCAM-1 interaction has been well characterized, less is known about the signal transduction pathways that regulate the alpha4beta7 integrin-mediated lymphocyte interaction with MAdCAM-1-expressing endothelial cells. Here we demonstrate that ligation of alpha4beta7 integrin with MAdCAM-1 induces a prominent tyrosine phosphorylation of paxillin and a 105-kDa protein (p105) that is reactive with an anti-p130(Cas) antibody, in the mouse T-cell line TK-1. Cloning and expression of a full-length cDNA encoding the mouse p105(Cas-L) revealed that the p105 molecule is a mouse ortholog of p105(Cas-L). We also demonstrated that crosslinking of alpha4beta7 integrin with MAdCAM-1 induces the rapid tyrosine phosphorylation of paxillin and p105(Cas-L) in normal lymphocytes and that PMA stimulation enhances the tyrosine phosphorylation of p105(Cas-L) but not of paxillin. These results suggest that intracellular signals initiated by alpha4beta7 integrin involve the tyrosine phosphorylation of paxillin and p105(Cas-L), which are differentially regulated, at least in part, by mechanisms that are PMA-sensitive or -insensitive.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing
  • Animals
  • Binding Sites
  • Cell Adhesion Molecules*
  • Cell Line
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Cytoskeletal Proteins / chemistry
  • Cytoskeletal Proteins / metabolism*
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulins / metabolism*
  • Integrins / metabolism*
  • Kinetics
  • Lymphocytes / metabolism*
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Mucoproteins / metabolism*
  • Paxillin
  • Phosphoproteins / chemistry
  • Phosphoproteins / metabolism*
  • Phosphorylation
  • Phosphotyrosine / metabolism
  • Signal Transduction
  • Tumor Cells, Cultured

Substances

  • Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing
  • Cell Adhesion Molecules
  • Cytoskeletal Proteins
  • Immunoglobulins
  • Integrins
  • MADCAM1 protein, human
  • Madcam1 protein, mouse
  • Mucoproteins
  • NEDD9 protein, human
  • PXN protein, human
  • Paxillin
  • Phosphoproteins
  • Pxn protein, mouse
  • integrin alpha4beta7
  • Phosphotyrosine