The FcRγ Subunit and Syk Kinase Replace the CD3ζ-Chain and ZAP-70 Kinase in the TCR Signaling Complex of Human Effector CD4 T Cells
- 15 April 2003
- journal article
- Published by The American Association of Immunologists
- Vol. 170 (8), 4189-4195
- https://doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.170.8.4189
Abstract
The TCR-mediated signals required to activate resting T cells have been well characterized; however, it is not known how TCR-coupled signals are transduced in differentiated effector T cells that coordinate ongoing immune responses. Here we demonstrate that human effector CD4 T cells up-regulate the expression of the CD3ζ-related FcRγ signaling subunit that becomes part of an altered TCR/CD3 signaling complex containing CD3ε, but not CD3ζ. The TCR/CD3/FcRγ complex in effector cells recruits and activates the Syk, but not the ZAP-70, tyrosine kinase. This physiologic switch in TCR signaling occurs exclusively in effector, and not naive or memory T cells, suggesting a potential target for manipulation of effector responses in autoimmune, malignant, and infectious diseases.Keywords
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