The Journal of Immunology, Vol 154, Issue 6 2714-2723, Copyright © 1995 by American Association of Immunologists

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Molecular cloning of a cDNA clone encoding a phosphoprotein component related to the Ig receptor-mediated signal transduction

S Inui, K Kuwahara, J Mizutani, K Maeda, T Kawai, H Nakayasu and N Sakaguchi
Department of Immunology, School of Life Science, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, Yonago, Japan.

We have shown previously that a 52-kDa phosphoprotein (p52) co- precipitated with Ig receptor (IgR)-associated MB-1 protein was inducibly phosphorylated by the stimulation with 12-O-tetradecanoyl- phorbol-13-acetate. By immunizing the 52-kDa protein co-precipitated with MB-1, we prepared a mAb (19-14), which can immunoprecipitate the p52 and the associated kinase molecule. Immune complex kinase assay with the 19-14 mAb showed that the p52 is associated with a novel kinase molecule and is involved in IgR-mediated signal transduction. Here we isolated a cDNA clone (alpha 4) from a murine bone marrow cDNA library in lambda gt-11 vector by the 19-14 mAb. The alpha 4 cDNA encodes a novel protein of 340 amino acids with multiple potential phosphorylation sites. The 1.4-kb alpha 4 mRNA is expressed in various cells including cell lines of B lineage, T lineage, monocytic, fibroblast, and normal organs such as liver, spleen, thymus, and brain. To study the molecule encoded by the alpha 4 cDNA, we produced a chimeric protein of the glutathione S transferase (GST)-alpha 4 in pGEX- 3X expression vector. The 19-14 mAb binds to the GST-alpha 4 fusion protein. Rabbit anti-alpha 4 Ab prepared by immunizing the GST-alpha 4 fusion protein immunoprecipitated a 52-kDa phosphoprotein from WEHI-231 cells. The 52-kDa phosphoprotein immunoprecipitated by the anti-alpha 4 Ab is tightly associated with kinase activity that is similarly observed with the p52 protein reported previously. Moreover, the 52-kDa phosphoprotein immunoprecipitated with the anti-alpha 4 Ab is identical to the p52 by the protein comparison on non-equilibrium pH gradient gel electrophoresis/SDS-PAGE, isoelectric focusing/SDS-PAGE, and V8 protease mapping. The 52-kDa phosphoprotein is associated with functional components that are inducibly phosphorylated by anti-IgM stimulation. These results suggested that the alpha 4 gene-encoded molecule is functionally involved in the IgR-mediated signal transduction in B cells.

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