GSBS Student Publications
Title
Protein kinase C signaling during T cell activation induces the endoplasmic reticulum stress response
Publication Date
2008-04-18
UMMS Affiliation
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences; Department of Medicine, Diabetes Division; Program in Gene Function and Expression; Program in Molecular Medicine
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Life Sciences | Medicine and Health Sciences
Abstract
T cell receptor (TCR) ligation (signal one) in the presence of co-stimulation (signal two) results in downstream signals that increase protein production enabling naive T cells to fully activate and gain effector function. Enhanced production of proteins by a cell requires an increase in endoplasmic reticulum (ER) chaperone expression, which is accomplished through activation of a cellular mechanism known as the ER stress response. The ER stress response is initiated during the cascade of events that occur for the activation of many cells; however, this process has not been comprehensively studied for T cell function. In this study, we used primary T cells and mice circulating TCR transgenic CD8(+) T cells to investigate ER chaperone expression in which TCR signaling was initiated in the presence or absence of co-stimulation. In the presence of both signals, in vitro and in vivo analyses demonstrated induction of the ER stress response, as evidenced by elevated expression of GRP78 and other ER chaperones. Unexpectedly, ER chaperones were also increased in T cells exposed only to signal one, a treatment known to cause T cells to enter the 'nonresponsive' states of anergy and tolerance. Treatment of T cells with an inhibitor to protein kinase C (PKC), a serine/threonine protein kinase found downstream of TCR signaling, indicated PKC is involved in the induction of the ER stress response during the T cell activation process, thus revealing a previously unknown role for this signaling protein in T cells. Collectively, these data suggest that induction of the ER stress response through PKC signaling is an important component for the preparation of a T cell response to antigen.
DOI of Published Version
10.1007/s12192-008-0038-0
Source
Cell Stress Chaperones. 2008 Dec;13(4):421-34. Epub 2008 Apr 17. Link to article on publisher's site
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Cell stress and chaperones
Related Resources
PubMed ID
18418732
Repository Citation
Pino, Steven C.; O'Sullivan-Murphy, Bryan; Lidstone, Erich A.; Thornley, Thomas B.; Jurczyk, Agata; Urano, Fumihiko; Greiner, Dale L.; Mordes, John P.; Rossini, Aldo A.; and Bortell, Rita, "Protein kinase C signaling during T cell activation induces the endoplasmic reticulum stress response" (2008). GSBS Student Publications. 1483.
https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/gsbs_sp/1483