Affiliation:
1. Program in Immunology, Department of Immunology; Tufts University School of Medicine; Boston, MA 02111, USA
2. Department of Biology; University of Massachusetts Boston; Boston, MA 02125, USA
Abstract
Vav family guanine nucleotide exchange factors (GEFs) are essential regulators of immune function. Despite their structural similarity, Vav1 promotes and Vav2 opposes T cell receptor (TCR)-induced calcium entry. Using a Vav1-deficient Jurkat T cell line, we find that Vav1 facilitates calcium entry via non-catalytic scaffolding functions that are encoded by the catalytic core of Vav1 and flanking linker regions. We implicate in this scaffolding function a previously undescribed polybasic motif that is strictly conserved in Vav1 and absent from Vav2 in tetrapods. Conversely, the catalytic activity of Vav2 contributes to the suppression of TCR-mediated calcium entry. Using an in vivo ‘GEF trapping’ assay in intact cells, we demonstrate that Cdc42 interacts with the catalytic surface of Vav2 but not Vav1, and that Vav1 discriminates Cdc42 from Rac1 via F56 (W56 in Rac1). Lastly, the Cdc42-specific inhibitor ZCL278 and the shRNA-mediated suppression of Cdc42 each prevent the inhibition of TCR-induced calcium entry by Vav2. These findings define stark differences in the functions of Vav1 and Vav2 and provide an explanation for the differential usage of these Vav isoforms by immune subpopulations.
Funder
American Heart Association
National Institutes of Health
Publisher
The Company of Biologists
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