PMID:15899849

Citation	Roose, JP, Mollenauer, M, Gupta, VA, Stone, J and Weiss, A (2005) A diacylglycerol-protein kinase C-RasGRP1 pathway directs Ras activation upon antigen receptor stimulation of T cells. Mol. Cell. Biol. 25:4426-41
Abstract	Ras GTPases are on/off switches regulating numerous cellular responses by signaling to various effector molecules. In T lymphocytes, Ras can be activated by two Ras exchange factors, SOS and RasGRP1, which are recruited through the adapters Grb2 and LAT and via the second-messenger diacylglycerol (DAG), respectively. Mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase phosphorylation patterns induced by active Ras can vary and contribute to distinct cellular responses. The different consequences of Ras activation by either guanine exchange factor are unknown. DAG also recruits and activates the kinase protein kinase Ctheta (PKCtheta) turning on the Erk MAP kinase pathway, but the biochemical mechanism responsible is unclear. We generated T-cell clones deficient in phorbol myristate acetate (a surrogate for DAG)-induced Ras activation. Analysis of a RasGRP1-deficient Jurkat T-cell clone and RasGRP1 RNA interference in wild-type cells revealed that RasGRP1 is required for optimal, antigen receptor-triggered Ras-Erk activation. RasGRP1 relies on its DAG-binding domain to selectively activate Erk kinases. Activation of Erk correlates with the phosphorylation of threonine residue 184 in RasGRP1. This phosphorylation event requires the activities of novel PKC kinases. Conversely, active PKCtheta depends on RasGRP1 sufficiency to effectively trigger downstream events. Last, DAG-PKC-RasGRP1-driven Ras-Erk activation in T cells is a unique signaling event, not simply compensated for by SOS activity.
Links	PubMed PMC1140631 Online version:10.1128/MCB.25.11.4426-4441.2005
Keywords	Acetophenones/pharmacology; Antigens, CD/metabolism; Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte/metabolism; Benzopyrans/pharmacology; Calcium/metabolism; DNA-Binding Proteins/deficiency; DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics; DNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism; Diglycerides/metabolism; Enzyme Activation; Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors/deficiency; Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors/genetics; Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors/metabolism; Humans; Isoenzymes/antagonists & inhibitors; Isoenzymes/metabolism; Jurkat Cells; Lectins, C-Type; Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1/metabolism; Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3/metabolism; Phosphorylation; Protein Kinase C/antagonists & inhibitors; Protein Kinase C/metabolism; Protein Kinase Inhibitors/pharmacology; RNA Interference; Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/metabolism; Signal Transduction; T-Lymphocytes/drug effects; T-Lymphocytes/enzymology; T-Lymphocytes/immunology; Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate/pharmacology; ras GTPase-Activating Proteins/genetics; ras GTPase-Activating Proteins/metabolism; ras Proteins/metabolism
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Annotations

Gene product	Qualifier	GO Term	Evidence Code	with/from	Aspect	Extension	Notes	Status
HUMAN:GRP1		GO:0043406: positive regulation of MAP kinase activity	ECO:0000315:		P		Fig 4B. Erk1/Erk2 phosphorylation (via MAPK) was delayed and reduced in RasGRP1- mutants.	complete CACAO 2101
HUMAN:GRP1	involved_in	GO:0043406: positive regulation of MAP kinase activity	ECO:0000315: mutant phenotype evidence used in manual assertion		P		Seeded From UniProt	complete

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