The Journal of Immunology, Vol 149, Issue 4 1138-1142, Copyright © 1992 by American Association of Immunologists

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Restoration of T cell receptor-mediated signal transduction by transfection of CD45 cDNA into a CD45-deficient variant of the Jurkat T cell line

GA Koretzky, MA Kohmetscher, T Kadleck and A Weiss
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa College, Iowa City 52242.

The TCR is a multimeric structure comprised of distinct Ag recognition and signal transduction components. Although none of the molecules that make up the TCR possess intrinsic protein tyrosine kinase (PTK) activity, stimulation of T cells via the TCR results in the rapid appearance of newly tyrosine phosphorylated proteins in cell lysates. Evidence suggests ligation of the TCR induces activation of a PTK that may be a member of the src family. One early consequence of this TCR- mediated PTK activation is the phosphorylation of the gamma 1 isoform of phospholipase C. This phosphorylation event is associated with increased enzymatic activity resulting in the hydrolysis of phosphatidylinositol 4,5 bisphosphate into two second messengers, inositol 1,4,5 trisphosphate and diacylglycerol. Recently, our laboratory and others have isolated mutant T cells that lack surface expression of CD45, the major surface tyrosine phosphatase expressed on lymphoid cells. Stimulation of the TCR on these cells fails to result in the expected activation events. We demonstrate that reconstitution of surface expression of the 180-kDa isoform of CD45 by gene transfer into a CD45-deficient mutant of the Jurkat T cell leukemic line restores the ability of the TCR to couple fully to its signal transduction machinery. These results support the role of CD45 tyrosine phosphatase activity in regulating the TCR-activated PTK.

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