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From the * Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Departments of Medicine and of Microbiology and
Immunology, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143; The Src family protein tyrosine kinases (PTKs), Lck and Fyn, are coexpressed in T cells and
perform crucial functions involved in the initiation of T cell antigen receptor (TCR) signal
transduction. However, the mechanisms by which Lck and Fyn regulate TCR signaling are
still not completely understood. One important question is whether Lck and Fyn have specific
targets or only provide functional redundancy during TCR signaling. We have previously
shown that Lck plays a major role in the tyrosine phosphorylation of the TCR-
SUGEN, Redwood City,
California 94063; and § the Department of Pharmacology, New York University Medical Center,
New York 10016
chain and the
ZAP-70 PTK. In an effort to identify the targets that are specifically regulated by Fyn, we have
studied the tyrosine phosphorylation of Pyk2, a recently discovered new member of the focal
adhesion kinase family PTK. We demonstrated that Pyk2 was rapidly tyrosine phosphorylated
following TCR stimulation. TCR-induced tyrosine phosphorylation of Pyk2 was selectively
dependent on Fyn but not Lck. Moreover, in heterologous COS-7 cells, coexpression of Pyk2
with Fyn but not Lck resulted in substantial increases in Pyk2 tyrosine phosphorylation. The
selective regulation of Pyk2 tyrosine phosphorylation by Fyn in vivo correlated with the preferential phosphorylation of Pyk2 by Fyn in vitro. Our results demonstrate that Pyk2 is a specific target regulated by Fyn during TCR signaling.
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