Yj. Kim et al., NOVEL T-CELL ANTIGEN 4-1BB ASSOCIATES WITH THE PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASE P56(LCK1), The Journal of immunology, 151(3), 1993, pp. 1255-1262
4-1BB is a 30-kDa inducible T cell Ag, and is expressed predominantly
as a 55-kDa dimer on both CD4+ and CD8+ T lymphocytes. The cytoplasmic
tail of 4-1BB contains the sequence Cys-Arg-Cys-Pro, which is similar
to the sequence Cys-X-Cys-Pro, which mediates the binding of the CD4
and CD8 molecules to the protein tyrosine kinase p56lck . An anti-4-1B
B mAb, 53A2, was used to determine whether 4-1BB may associate with p5
6lck. The 53A2 mAb specifically recognized 4-1BB on a CD8+ T cell line
, CTLL-2, and coimmunoprecipitated a 56-kDa protein along with 4-1 BB.
Peptide mapping indicated that the 56-kDa phosphoprotein was identica
l to p56lck. The coimmunoprecipitation of p56lck with 4-1BB also occur
red in nonlymphoid cells such as insect (Sf-21) and HeLa cells when th
e two recombinant proteins were coexpressed. Analysis of mutant p56lck
recombinant proteins showed that two cysteine residues critical for p
56lck-D4 (or -CD8) complex formation are also required for the p56lck-
4-1BB interaction. These studies establish that 4-1BB physically assoc
iates with p56lck. 151: 1255.