PMID- 18759929 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20081103 LR - 20091119 IS - 1600-065X (Electronic) IS - 0105-2896 (Linking) VI - 224 DP - 2008 Aug TI - Control of lymphocyte development and activation by negative regulatory transmembrane adapter proteins. PG - 215-28 LID - 10.1111/j.1600-065X.2008.00656.x [doi] AB - Signals emanating from antigen receptors critically regulate immune cell activation, survival, and differentiation. Transmembrane adapter proteins (TRAPs), a group of molecules that organize signaling complexes at the plasma membrane, play a pivotal role in propagating and fine-tuning antigen receptor-mediated signaling. During the last years, it has been demonstrated that most of the TRAPs possess inhibitory functions, including linker for activation of T cells (LAT), the best characterized adapter that links the T-cell receptor (TCR) to Ca(2+) flux and mitogen-activated protein kinase activation. Indeed, it appears that LAT may assemble inhibitory complexes that trigger negative feedback loops, thus terminating T-cell activation. Additionally, recent data demonstrate that SIT [Src homology 2 domain-containing phosphatase 2 (SHP2)-interacting TRAP] fine-tunes TCR-mediated signaling events and negatively regulates T-cell development and homeostasis. The experimental evidence suggests that TRAPs play a crucial role also in establishing tolerance. In fact, loss of SIT, LAX, or NTAL (non-T cell activation linker)/linker for activation of B cells (LAB) resulted in the spontaneous development of autoimmune diseases. Moreover, we recently showed that in addition to the inhibition of Src-family kinases, PAG (phosphoprotein associated with glycosphingolipid-enriched domains) is also involved in the negative regulation of Ras activation. Collectively, these data demonstrate that TRAPs are important modulators of immune cell activation and function. Finally, it appears that TRAPs possess redundant yet not completely overlapping functions. FAU - Simeoni, Luca AU - Simeoni L AD - Institute of Molecular and Clinical Immunology, Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany. FAU - Lindquist, Jonathan A AU - Lindquist JA FAU - Smida, Michal AU - Smida M FAU - Witte, Vanessa AU - Witte V FAU - Arndt, Boerge AU - Arndt B FAU - Schraven, Burkhart AU - Schraven B LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Review PL - England TA - Immunol Rev JT - Immunological reviews JID - 7702118 RN - 0 (Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing) RN - 0 (Adaptor Proteins, Vesicular Transport) RN - 0 (Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte) RN - 0 (LAT protein, human) RN - 0 (Membrane Proteins) SB - IM MH - Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing/immunology/*metabolism MH - Adaptor Proteins, Vesicular Transport/immunology/metabolism MH - Animals MH - Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte/*immunology MH - Autoimmune Diseases/immunology MH - Cell Differentiation/immunology MH - Feedback, Physiological/*immunology MH - Humans MH - Immune System/cytology/growth & development/*immunology/metabolism MH - Lymphocyte Activation/immunology MH - Lymphocytes/cytology/immunology/*metabolism MH - Membrane Proteins/immunology/*metabolism MH - Signal Transduction/*immunology MH - src Homology Domains RF - 118 EDAT- 2008/09/02 09:00 MHDA- 2008/11/04 09:00 CRDT- 2008/09/02 09:00 PHST- 2008/09/02 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2008/11/04 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2008/09/02 09:00 [entrez] AID - IMR656 [pii] AID - 10.1111/j.1600-065X.2008.00656.x [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Immunol Rev. 2008 Aug;224:215-28. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-065X.2008.00656.x.