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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-5-28
pubmed:abstractText
Protein kinase C-theta (PKC-theta) is essential for mature T cell activation; however, the mechanism by which it is recruited to the TCR signaling machinery is unknown. Here we show that T cell stimulation by antibodies or peptide-major histocompatibility complex (MHC) induces translocation of PKC-theta to membrane lipid rafts, which localize to the immunological synapse. Raft translocation was mediated by the PKC-theta regulatory domain and required Lck but not ZAP-70. In addition, PKC-theta was associated with Lck in the rafts. An isolated PKC-straight theta catalytic fragment did not partition into rafts or activate the transcription factor NF-kappa B, although addition of a Lck-derived raft-localization sequence restored these functions. Thus, physiological T cell activation translocates PKC-theta to rafts, which localize to the T cell synapse; this PKC-theta translocation is important for its function.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
1529-2908
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
2
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
556-63
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Antigen-induced translocation of PKC-theta to membrane rafts is required for T cell activation.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Cell Biology, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, 10355 Science Center Drive, San Diego, CA 92121, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.