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hSiah2 is a new vav binding protein which inhibits Vav-mediated signaling pathways

Germani, Antonia; Romero Portillo, Francisco; Houlard, Martin; Camonis, Jacques H.; Gisselbrecht, Sylvie; Fischer, Siegmund; Varin-Blank, Nadine

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The hematopoietic proto-oncogene vav has been characterized as a Rac1- GDP/GTP exchanger protein which regulates cytoskeletal reorganization as well as signaling pathways leading to the activation of stress-activated protein kinases (SAPK/JNKs). Furthermore, vav overexpression enhances basal and T- cell receptor (TCR)-mediated stimulation of the nuclear factor of activated T cells (NFAT). We report here the interaction between Vav and hSiah2, a mammalian homolog of Drosophila Seven in absentia (Sina) that has been implicated in R7 photoreceptor cell formation during Drosophila eye development via the proteasome degradation pathway. Vav and hSiah2 interact in vitro and in vivo and colocalize in the cytoplasm of hematopoietic cells. The Src homology domain of Vav and the C-terminal region of hSiah2 are required for this interaction. We provide evidence for a negative regulation by hSiah2 of Vav-induced basal and TCR-mediated NFAT-dependent transcription. Overexpression of hSiah2 also inhibits the onco-Vav-induced JNK activation. Although the Vav-interacting domain is located in the C-terminal portion of hSiah2, the N-terminal region of hSiah2 is necessary for the inhibitory role that seems to be independent of the proteasome degradation.

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MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY, 0270-7306/99/$04.0010May 1999, p. 3798–3807 Vol. 19, No. 5 Copy igh © 1999, Ame ican Socie y o Mic obiology. All Righ s Rese ed. hSiah2 Is a New Va Binding P o ein Which Inhibi s Va -Media ed Signaling Pa hways ANTONIA GERMANI,* FRANCISCO ROMERO,† MARTIN HOULARD, JACQUES CAMONIS,‡ SYLVIE GISSELBRECHT, SIEGMUND FISCHER, AND NADINE VARIN-BLANK Ins i u Cochin de Ge´ne´ ique Mole´culai e, U363 INSERM, Hoˆpi al Cochin, Uni e si e´ Pa is V, 75014 Pa is, F ance Recei ed 3 Sep embe 1998/Re u ned o modi ica ion 27 Oc obe 1998/Accep ed 25 Janua y 1999 The hema opoie ic p o o-oncogene a has been cha ac e ized as a Rac1-GDP/GTP exchange p o ein which egula es cy oskele al eo ganiza ion as well as signaling pa hways leading o he ac i a ion o s ess-ac i a ed p o ein kinases (SAPK/JNKs). Fu he mo e, a o e exp ession enhances basal and T-cell ecep o (TCR)- media ed s imula ion o he nuclea ac o o ac i a ed T cells (NFAT). We epo he e he in e ac ion be ween Va and hSiah2, a mammalian homolog o D osophila Se en in absen ia (Sina) ha has been implica ed in R7 pho o ecep o cell o ma ion du ing D osophila eye de elopmen ia he p o easome deg ada ion pa hway. Va and hSiah2 in e ac in i o and in i o and colocalize in he cy oplasm o hema opoie ic cells. The S c homology domain o Va and he C- e minal egion o hSiah2 a e equi ed o his in e ac ion. We p o ide e idence o a nega i e egula ion by hSiah2 o Va -induced basal and TCR-media ed NFAT-dependen ansc ip ion. O e exp ession o hSiah2 also inhibi s he onco-Va -induced JNK ac i a ion. Al hough he Va - in e ac ing domain is loca ed in he C- e minal po ion o hSiah2, he N- e minal egion o hSiah2 is necessa y o he inhibi o y ole ha seems o be independen o he p o easome deg ada ion. The a p o o-oncogene p oduc , p95 a , is exp essed p i- ma ily in cells o hema opoie ic o igin (40). The oncogenic o m a ises om he dele ion o 67 N- e minal amino acids o c-Va and induces umo s in nude mice (15, 41). The p ima y s uc u e o Va has se e al s uc u al mo i s ound in p o eins in ol ed in cell signaling, e.g., an N- e minal leucine- ich e- gion, an acidic domain, a Dbl homology (DH) domain, a pleck- s in homology domain, a cys eine- ich sequence and a p oline- ich sequence, wo S c homology (SH3) domains lanking a single SH2 domain, and, inally, wo pu a i e nuclea localiza- ion sequences (59). Indeed, i has been demons a ed ha Va in e ac s, ia i s SH3 domains, wi h di e en cy oplasmic p o- eins, such as G b2 (53, 70), he e ogeneous ibonucleop o ein (hnRNP) K (11, 31), he ocal adhesion p o ein zyxin (33), and Cbl-b (10). Mo eo e , we desc ibed he in e ac ions o he C-SH3 domain o Va wi h Ku-70 and hnRNP C, wo p edom- inan ly nuclea p o eins (58, 60). Despi e he nume ous pa ne s desc ibed, he p ecise unc- ion o Va in cell-signaling pa hways is unclea . Upon s imu- la ion ia immune ecep o s (T-cell ecep o [TCR], B-cell ecep o [BCR], and FcRs) o a ious cy okine o g ow h ac- o ecep o s (cKi , Epo, in e leukin-2 [IL-2], IL-3, in e e on, epide mal g ow h ac o , pla ele -de i ed g ow h ac o , and o he s), Va is apidly and ansien ly y osine phospho yla ed (46, 59). Bo h S c and Syk/Zap70 amily kinases ha e been implica ed in Va phospho yla ion (19, 42). Biochemical e i- dence has shown ha ac i a ed Va ca alyzes, ia i s DH do- main, he con e sion o Rac1 p o ein, a membe o he Rho amily o GTPases, o he ac i e GTP-bound s a e (18, 29, 51). Rac1 ac i a ion leads in u n o he s imula ion o he JNK pa hway (17). Howe e , ecen in i o s udies on a 2/2 mice cas doub on he ole o Va in JNK ac i a ion (24, 35). P e ious s udies on a 2/2 mice also indica ed impai ed T-cell de elopmen and a poo p oli e a ion o ma u e T cells wi h a educed esponse o s imula ion h ough he TCR (25, 67, 72). O e exp ession o a seems o coope a e wi h Syk (19) and SLP76 (69) o syne gis ically induce basal and TCR-ac i a ed ansc ip ion o ei he he IL-2 gene o epo e cons uc s con aining binding si es o nuclea ac o o ac i a ed T cells (NFAT) p esen in he IL-2 p omo e (68). Recen indings om a 2/2 -ac i a ed lymphoid cells also showed he absence o IL-2 ansc ip ion e en hough he JNK ac i i y was s ill no mal (24, 35). These expe imen s demons a ed ha Va is an e ec o molecule ha unc ions downs eam o a a ie y o hema opoie ic cell ecep o s. Finally, Va 2, a p o ein highly homologous o Va bu wi h a mo e ubiqui ous exp ession and poo ly exp essed in hema opoie ic cells, has been iden i ied. I has been p oposed ha his p o ein may ha e Va -like unc- ions in nonhema opoie ic cells (30, 64). To u he in es iga e he ole o Va , we a emp ed o iden i y p o eins ha bind o i s S c homology domains (SH3- SH2-SH3) by he yeas wo-hyb id sys em. We iden i ied hSiah2, a human homolog o D osophila Se en in absen ia (Sina) (12), a ing inge (C 3 HC 4 )-con aining p o ein ha is equi ed o he co ec in eg a ion o signal ansduc ion downs eam o he y osine kinase ecep o Se enless (se ) and he Ras/Ra mi ogen-ac i a ed p o ein kinase (MAPK) pa hway du ing D osophila R7 pho o ecep o de elopmen (9, 13, 22, 26, 43). Recen ly i was shown ha Sina ac s oge he wi h Phyllopod (PHYL), induced by he Ras pa hway, o a ge he ep esso o cell a e de e mina ion T am ack (TTK) o deg ada ion by he p o easome pa hway (45, 66). Th ee highly conse ed mu- ine sina homologs (Siah1A,Siah1B, and Siah2) and wo hu- man homologs (hSiah1 and hSiah2) ha e been desc ibed (1, 20, 34, 37). Al hough he unc ion o he mammalian Siah p o eins has no been elucida ed, ecen s udies sugges ed ha hey migh be in ol ed in ubiqui in-media ed p o eolysis o se e al * Co esponding au ho . Mailing add ess: Ins i u Cochin de Ge´ne´- ique Mole´culai e, U363 INSERM, Hoˆpi al Cochin, 27 ue du Fau- bou g Sain Jacques, 75014 Pa is, F ance. Phone: 33(1)40469332. Fax: 33(1)46339297. E-mail: [email p o ec ed]. † P esen add ess: Depa amen o de Mic obiologı´a, Facul ad de Biologı´a, Uni e sidad de Se illa, 41080 Se ille, Spain. ‡ P esen add ess: Ins i u Cu ie, U248 INSERM, 75005 Pa is, F ance. 3798 on Ma ch 6, 2018 by USE/BCTA.GEN UNIVERSITARIAh p://mcb.asm.o g/Downloaded om p o eins (38, 71), as well as in g ow h a es and p53-induced apop osis (2, 47, 49). In his s udy, we showed ha Va and hSiah2 in e ac bo h in i o and in coimmunop ecipi a ion ex i o expe imen s. We de e mined ha he C- e minal hal o hSiah2 and he en i e SH3-SH2-SH3 egion o Va a e c i ical o binding. By im- muno luo escence s udies, we showed ha he wo p o eins colocalize in he cy oplasm o hema opoie ic cells. We u he demons a ed ha pa hways s imula ed by Va , namely, induc- ion o NFAT-dependen ansc ip ion and onco-Va -media - ed ac i a ion o JNK, a e la gely impai ed in cells o e exp ess- ing hSiah2. This inhibi ion is modula ed by he N- e minal egion o hSiah2 and does no in ol e ubiqui in-media ed p o- eolysis, a unc ion p e iously sugges ed o hSiah2. MATERIALS AND METHODS Plasmids. SHVAV con aining SH3-SH2-SH3 domains ( esidues 623 o 837 o Va ) was PCR ampli ied om pKLS1 (p o ided by M. Ba bacid, Mad id, Spain, and X. R. Bus elo, New Yo k, N.Y.) and used o he DNA-binding domain o LexA in pVJL10 (58). pGEX- 240 and pGEX- 460 we e ob ained by cloning he 240 and 460 cDNA agmen s, espec i ely, om pGAD- 240 (amino acids [aa] 13 o 324) and pGAD- 460 (aa 105 o 324) in o he EcoRI-No I si es o pGEX-4T2 (Pha macia Bio ech Inc.). Cons uc s encoding a unca ed o m o hSiah2 (pGEX- 240Da and pGEX- 240Db) we e ob ained by PCR ampli ica ion om pGAD- 240 wi h app op ia e oligonucleo ides (139 o 1555 and 139 o 1475, espec i ely) ollowed by liga ion in o BamHI-SalI si es o pGEX-4T2. Exp ession plasmids o myc- agged hSiah2 cDNA agmen s we e gene a ed by cloning he co esponding EcoRI-No I agmen s om pGAD- 240 and pGAD- 460 in o a pcDNA3-de i ed plasmid, pCAN-M2, o gene a e pCAN- 240 and pCAN- 460, espec i ely. The ull-leng h hSiah2 was gene a ed by eplacing he SpeI-D aIII agmen o pBK-CMV 240 wi h a PCR agmen ampli ied om human genomic DNA by using a 59p ime in he noncoding sequence o mouse Siah2 ( his sequence was highly conse ed among mouse Siah and hSiah1) and a39in e nal p ime o he 240 clone (nucleo ides 361 o 383). pKES-Va is a pcDNA3-de i ed plasmid con aining a ull-leng h mouse cDNA unde he con- ol o he cy omegalo i us p omo e (1a). pEF-Myc- agged Va was kindly p o ided by A. Al man (San Diego, Cali .). pEF-Myc- agged onco-Va was ob ained by eplacing he Va EcoRI-Bs XI agmen wi h he co esponding sequence om pJC7 (15). The NFAT-luci e ase epo e cons uc (kindly p o- ided by O. Acu o, Pa is, F ance) was de i ed om he pUBT-luc plasmid (21) and con ained he luci e ase gene unde he con ol o he human IL-2 p omo e NFAT-binding si e (23). pSV-bgal ec o (P omega) con ained he b-galac osi- dase gene d i en by he simian i us 40 p omo e . HA-JNK and pGEX-cJun we e p o ided by P. C espo (San ande , Spain). pBK-CMV hSiah1 was p o ided by R. B. Amson (Pa is, F ance). Yeas wo-hyb id sys em. Saccha omyces ce e isiae L40 (MATa p1 leu2 his3 LYS::lexA-HIS3 URA3::lexA-lacZ) was g own a 30°C in YPD medium (1% yeas ex ac , 2% polypep one, 2% glucose) and sequen ially co ans o med by he li hium ace a e me hod (65) wi h pVJL10-SHVAV and a cDNA lib a y om Ju ka cells used o he GAL4 ac i a ion domain in pGAD1318 (58). Double ans o man s we e pla ed on yeas d opou medium lacking T p, Leu, His, Lys, and U a (65). A e 5 days a 30°C, colonies we e pa ched on he same medium and eplica pla ed on Wha man 40 il e s o es o b-galac osidase ac i i y (8). Posi i e clones we e escued and es ed o speci ici y by e o ans o ma ion in o L40 ei he wi h pVJL10-SHVAV o wi h ex aneous a ge s (pLexA-Ras 12 o pLex-Lamin). Sequences o cDNA inse s om posi i e clones o he wo-hyb id sc een we e ob ained o bo h s ands wi h an au oma ic sequence (Applied Biosys ems model 373A) by he dideoxy- e mina ion me hod o Sange e al. (62). Sequence compa isons we e done wi h he FASTA p og am. Cell cul u e, ans ec ion, and an ibodies. Ju ka cells o simian i us 40 T-an igen (T-Ag)- ans ec ed Ju ka cells (p o ided by G. Baie , Innsb uck, Aus ia) we e g own in RPMI 1640 medium (Gibco) supplemen ed wi h 10% hea -inac i a ed e al cal se um (Boeh inge Mannheim), 2 mM L-glu amine, penicillin, and s ep omycin in a 5% CO 2 humidi ied a mosphe e a 37°C. Fo T-Ag Ju ka cells, he medium was supplemen ed wi h 2 mg o Gene icin pe ml (Gibco). Ra basophilic leukemia (RBL) and COS-7 cells we e cul u ed in Dul- becco’s modi ied Eagle’s medium supplemen ed wi h 10% e al cal se um, 2 mM L-glu amine, penicillin, and s ep omycin. COS-7 cells we e ans ec ed by he DEAE-dex an echnique (16). T-Ag Ju ka cells (10 6 ) we e elec opo a ed (a 260V and 960 mF) in 0.5 ml o RPMI 1640 supplemen ed wi h 20% e al cal se um in a Gene Pulse cu e e (Bio- Rad). The an i-Va monoclonal an ibody (MAb) was pu chased om Ups a e Bio- echnology. MAbs agains myc and hemagglu inin (HA) epi opes we e pu - chased om he Ame ican Type Cul u e Collec ion (9E10-CRL 1725) and Babco (12CA5), espec i ely. The an i-CD3 MAb (UCHT1) was p o ided by G. Bismu h (Pa is, F ance), and an i-CD28 was p o ided by D. Oli e (Ma seille, F ance). Rabbi polyclonal an i-hSiah2 an ibodies we e gene a ed agains a pep ide co esponding o aa 150 o 162 o hSiah2 (Syn em). Immuno luo escence s aining. RBL o Ju ka cells we e ixed in phospha e- bu e ed saline (PBS) plus 3% pa a o maldehyde and pe meabilized in PBS plus 0.1% T i on X-100. The co e slips we e insed and blocked o 10 min in PBS plus 0.2% bo ine se um albumin p io o incuba ion wi h an ibodies. Fixed cells we e incuba ed simul aneously wi h bo h p ima y an ibodies (an i-Va MAb and an i-hSiah2 se a, 1:500) o 30 min and hen incuba ed wi h donkey an i-mouse an ibody coupled o Texas ed (1:250) and wi h donkey an i- abbi an ibody coupled o luo escein iso hiocyana e (1:100). Fo pep ide-blocking expe imen s, he an i-hSiah2 an ise um was deple ed by incuba ion o 1ha 4°Cwi h a ni ocellulose memb ane sa u a ed wi h 1 mg o he immunizing pep ide p io o immuno luo escence s aining. The co e slips we e moun ed in Mowiol wi h Dabco an i ading (Hoechs , F ank u , Ge many). The s aining pa e n was analyzed by con ocal lase -scanning mic oscopy (Bio-Rad) a wo di e en emis- sion wa eleng hs ( luo escein iso hiocyana e, 522/535; Texas ed, 605/632), and colocaliza ion was pe o med by u he analysis o supe posed images ha we e ob ained as TIFF iles. In i o binding and immunop ecipi a ion expe imen s. Glu a hione S- ans- e ase (GST) usion p o eins we e induced and pu i ied as p e iously desc ibed (58). Lysa es om lysis o 10 7 Ju ka cells in Nonide P-40 (NP-40) bu e (10 mM T is-HCl [pH 7.4], 150 mM NaCl, 10% glyce ol, 1% NP-40, 1 mM di hio- h ei ol, 1% ap o inin, 1 mM phenylme hylsul onyl luo ide [PMSF], 1 mg o peps a in pe ml, 1 mg o leupep in pe ml) we e incuba ed o 2 h wi h usion p o ein bound o glu a hione-coupled aga ose beads (Pha macia). The beads we e washed i e imes in NP-40 lysis bu e , esuspended in Laemmli bu e and ac iona ed by sodium dodecyl sul a e-polyac ylamide gel elec opho esis (SDS- PAGE) (12% polyac ylamide). The p o eins we e elec o ans e ed o ni ocel- lulose memb anes and p obed wi h p ima y an ibody (MAb an i-Va dilu ed 1:1,000 in T is-bu e ed saline [pH 7.6]–0.05% Tween 20) ollowed by seconda y an ibody conjuga ed o ho se adish pe oxidase and hen e ealed wi h he ECL ki (Ame sham). Fo coimmunop ecipi a ion expe imen s, COS-7 and T-Ag Ju ka cells we e lysed in NP-40 bu e app oxima ely 48 h a e ans ec ion and lysa es we e incuba ed a 4°C wi h an i-myc ag MAb o 4 h ollowed by p o ein A-Sepha ose (Pha macia) o 1 h. The p ecipi a es we e analyzed as desc ibed below. Kinase assays. Subcon luen COS-7 o T-Ag Ju ka cells we e ans ec ed as desc ibed p e iously (16). A e ans ec ion, he cells we e cul u ed o 48 h, washed wi h PBS, and lysed a 4°C in a bu e con aining 20 mM T is-HCl (pH 7.5), 137 mM NaCl, 2 mM EDTA, 1% T i on X-100, 25 mM b-glyce ophospha e, 1 mM sodium anada e, 1 mM PMSF, 20 mg o ap o inin pe ml, and 20 mgo leupep in pe ml. Clea lysa es we e immunop ecipi a ed by incuba ion wi h an i-HA an ibodies (12CA5) o 2ha 4°C. Immunocomplexes we e eco e ed wi h Gamma bind Sepha ose beads (Pha macia) and washed wice in lysis bu e and once mo e in kinase bu e (25 mM HEPES [pH 7.5], 25 mM MgCl 2 ,25mM b-glyce ophospha e, 1 mM sodium anada e, 1 mM PMSF, 20 mg o ap o inin pe ml, 20 mg o leupep in pe ml). JNK ac i i y was de e mined a e esuspen- sion o he immunocomplexes in 50 ml o kinase bu e con aining 10 mCi o [g- 32 P]ATP (3,000 Ci/mmol) pe eac ion and 50 mM unlabeled ATP, wi h 1 mg o GST–c-Jun usion p o ein as a subs a e (16). A e 30 min a 30°C, he eac ions we e s opped by he addi ion o 50 ml o sample bu e , and he p oduc s we e boiled a 95°C o 5 min and esol ed by SDS-PAGE (12% polyac ylamide). Au o adiog aphy was pe o med wi h he aid o an in ensi ying sc een and quan i a ed wi h a Phospho Image (Molecula Dynamics). Luci e ase assays. T-Ag Ju ka cells (10 7 ) we e elec opo a ed wi h 5 mgo he epo e plasmid pNFAT-Luc oge he wi h 20 mg o pEF-Va -Myc wi h o wi hou 20 mg o pCAN- 240/pCAN- 460. Simila amoun s o emp y ec o we e used as a con ol. A 24 h a e ans ec ion, 10 6 cells we e ei he le uns imu- la ed o s imula ed in g ow h medium con aining an i-CD3 MAb (10 mg/ml) plus an i-CD28 (10 mg/ml). A e 8ha 37°C, he cells we e lysed in 200 ml o bu e con aining 100 mM KPO 4 (pH 7.8), 1 mM di hio h ei ol, and 0.5% T i on X-100. Lysa e (20 ml) was mixed wi h 100 ml o assay bu e (200 mM KPO 4 [pH 7.8], 10 mM ATP, 20 mM MgCl 2 ) ollowed by 100 ml o 1 mM luci e in. Luci e ase ac i i y was de e mined in iplica e and exp essed as a bi a y uni s (AU) a e no maliza ion o he b-galac osidase alues o co ec o a ia ion in ans ec- ion e iciency. RESULTS hSiah2, a new Va -in e ac ing p o ein. To iden i y p o- eins implica ed in Va signaling pa hways, we used he yeas wo-hyb id sys em wi h he SH2 and SH3 domains o Va (SHVAV, aa 623 o 837) used o he DNA-binding domain o LexA as a bai o sc een a Ju ka T-cell cDNA lib a y. O app oxima ely 4 310 6 clones sc eened, 450 posi i e clones we e analyzed o hei speci ic in e ac ion wi h SHVAV. O hese, six clones om h ee independen LexA usions VOL. May 1999 INHIBITION OF Va PATHWAYS BY hSiah2 3799 on Ma ch 6, 2018 by USE/BCTA.GEN UNIVERSITARIAh p://mcb.asm.o g/Downloaded om s ongly in e ac ed wi h SHVAV. Sequence analysis o he yeas plasmids showed ha hey we e iden ical o hSiah2 (37). The p e iously desc ibed Sina/Siah p o eins con ain an N- e minal cys eine- ich egion (C 3 HC 4 ) called he ing in- ge domain and, in he C- e minal egion, wo basic clus e s close o a bipa i e nuclea localiza ion sequence (12, 20) (Fig. 1A). The wo la ges clones isola ed, 240 and 472 (aa 13 o 324), con ained almos he en i e coding sequence o hSiah2, whe eas he sho es one, 460 (aa 105 o 324), main ained only he C- e minal 11 aa o he ing inge do- main o hSiah2. A s ong in e ac ion was also de ec ed when 240 was exp essed as a usion o he LexA DNA-binding domain and SHVAV was exp essed as a usion o he Gal4 ac i a ion domain. Full-leng h hSiah2 was isola ed and, as expec ed, in e ac ed wi h SHVAV. As indica ed in Fig. 1B, no ansac i a ion was obse ed when di e en hSiah2 clones we e coexp essed wi h un ela ed usion plasmids (pLexA-Ras 12 o pLexA-lamin). When hSiah2 clones we e es ed wi h G b2, which, like Va , has closely spaced SH3- SH2-SH3 domains (63), no epo e gene ac i i y was de- ec ed (Fig. 1B), sugges ing ha he hSiah2-SHVAV in e - ac ion equi es a he speci ic SH3-SH2-SH3 sequences. Finally, when 240 was cloned in bo h pLexA and pGAD, a s ong sel -in e ac ion was obse ed in he yeas ap assay, sugges ing a possible dime iza ion p ocess o hSiah2 (Fig. 1B). Taking accoun o hSiah1/hSiah2 homology, he expec ed in e ac ion be ween SHVAV and hSiah1 was also obse ed (Fig. 1B). hSiah2 in e ac s wi h Va in i o, and he p o eins coim- munop ecipi a e om COS-7 and Ju ka T cells. The in e ac- ion be ween Va and hSiah2 was hen con i med by an in i o binding assay. Di e en hSiah2 egions used o GST (Fig. 2A) we e exp essed in Esche ichia coli, and he a ini y-pu i ied p o eins we e es ed o hei abili y o bind endogenous Va om Ju ka T-cell lysa es. Consis en wi h he yeas wo-hyb id assay, bo h hSiah2 usion p o eins, con aining an almos ull- leng h hSiah2 (GST- 240) o only he C- e minal po ion o hSiah2 (GST- 460), we e able o in e ac wi h Va (Fig. 2B). To delinea e he egion o hSiah2 esponsible o his in e ac- FIG. 1. Va in e ac s wi h hSiah2 in he yeas wo-hyb id sys em. (A) Sche- ma ic ep esen a ion o hSiah2 and he clones ob ained om he wo-hyb id sc eening. (B) P o ein in e ac ion in he wo-hyb id sys em. The L40 epo e s ain was co ans o med wi h 1 mg o he indica ed pLex- and pGAD-de i ed plasmids, and in e ac ions we e de ec ed as b-galac osidase ac i i y. FIG. 2. In i o binding be ween hSiah2 and Va . (A) Schema ic ep esen- a ion o GST-hSiah2 usion p o eins. (B) Binding o Va o GST-hSiah2 usion p o eins. To al-cell lysa es om 10 7 Ju ka T cells we e incuba ed a 4°C o 2 h wi h 1 mg o he usion p o eins o GST alone. (C) (Top) Lysa es om uns imu- la ed (0 min) and CD3-plus-CD28-s imula ed (1 min and 30 min) Ju ka T cells (10 7 ) we e incuba ed wi h 1 mg o GST- 240. The esul ing complexes we e esol ed by SDS-PAGE, and he Wes e n blo (Wb) was de eloped wi h an i-Va MAb. The le -hand lane con ains o al lysa e om 2 310 5 cells. (Bo om) Wes e n blo analysis wi h an iphospho y osine an ibody (an i-PTy ) o he o al- cell ex ac s used in he op panel. 3800 GERMANI ET AL. MOL.CELL.BIOL. on Ma ch 6, 2018 by USE/BCTA.GEN UNIVERSITARIAh p://mcb.asm.o g/Downloaded om ion, we p oduced C- e minal dele ions o 38 aa (GST- 240Da) o 164 aa (GST- 240Db) o clone 240. Wi h he la e dele- ion, he in e ac ion wi h Va could no longe be de ec ed (Fig. 2B). A simila esul was also ob ained in he yeas wo-hyb id assays ( esul s no shown). This indica es ha he domain o hSiah2 esponsible o he in e ac ion wi h Va lies be ween aa 160 and 286 o hSiah2 and does no in ol e he ing inge domain, which is known o be a p o ein-p o ein in e ac ion domain (7). We used he yeas wo-hyb id assay o delinea e he hSiah2-binding si e in he Va molecule. None o he indi idual SH3 o SH2 domains no subdomains such as N- e - minus–SH3-SH2 o SH2-SH3–C- e minus we e able o in e - ac wi h hSiah2 (clone 240), indica ing ha a con o ma ion p esen in he comple e SHVAV egion was equi ed o bind- ing o hSiah2 (da a no shown). The associa ion be ween Va and hSiah2 was no modula ed by cellula ac i a ion. Lysa es om uns imula ed o an i-CD3- plus an i-CD28-s imula ed Ju- ka cells exhibi ed he same amoun o Va p o eins bound o he GST- 240 usion p o ein (Fig. 2C, op), despi e an in- c eased Va y osine phospho yla ion a e ac i a ion (Fig. 2C, bo om). To u he analyze he associa ion be ween hSiah2 and Va , bo h COS-7 and T-Ag Ju ka cells we e ans ec ed wi h ex- p ession ec o s encoding Va alone, myc epi ope- agged hSiah2 alone ( 240 o 460), o myc epi ope- agged hSiah2 oge he wi h Va . This app oach was ende ed necessa y be- cause he an i-hSiah2 an ise um did no allow us o immuno- p ecipi a e he p o ein. The lysa es we e immunop ecipi a ed wi h an i-myc an ibody, and he immunocomplexes we e ana- lyzed o he p esence o Va and hSiah2 p o eins. As shown in Fig. 3, Va could be de ec ed in he immunocomplexes de i ed om bo h cell ypes co ans ec ed wi h Va and ei he he 240 o 460 clones. As expec ed, Va could no be de ec ed in an i-myc immunop ecipi a es om cells ans ec ed wi h ei he myc-hSiah2 ( 240 o 460) o Va cons uc s alone o om hSiah2-plus-Va ans ec an s immunop ecipi a ed wi h un- ela ed se a (Fig. 3A and B, op, and da a no shown). We ca ied ou ecip ocal immunop ecipi a ion expe imen s (IP an i-Va in Va and myc-hSiah2 ans ec ed cells), bu in spi e o he p esence o simila le els o he p o eins, he le el o myc- agged hSiah2 de ec ed was oo low o be meaning ul (da a no shown). This disc epancy migh be because he an i- Va an ibody in e e ed wi h hSiah2-Va in e ac ion. Colocaliza ion o Siah and Va . Fu he suppo o he in i o Va -hSiah2 in e ac ion was ob ained by s udying he sub- cellula localiza ion o endogenous Siah and Va by immuno- luo escence labeling. We used bo h Ju ka T cells and RBL cells, whose adhe ence p ope ies acili a e he isualiza ion o subcellula s uc u es. In bo h cell models, Siah and Va we e de ec ed mainly in he cy oplasm, al hough a weak signal was obse ed in he nucleus (Fig. 4C and E). No s aining was de ec ed wi h he p eimmune Siah an ise um ollowed by he seconda y an ibody (Fig. 4A) o when an i-Siah an ise um was deple ed wi h an excess o he immunizing pep ide p io o incuba ion wi h he cells (Fig. 4B). Al hough p e ious s udies indica ed ha D osophila Sina was a nuclea p o ein (12) and ha in ans ec ed COS-7 cells hSiahs we e dis ibu ed in dis- c e e cy oplasmic pa icles (38), we ound ha endogenous Siah was e enly dis ibu ed in he cy oplasm, wi h a p o- nounced pe inuclea localiza ion. In e es ingly, his egion is he majo si e o colocaliza ion o he wo p o eins (Fig. 4G). A e s imula ion o RBL cells ia agg ega ion o FcεRI, a pa ial nuclea ansloca ion o Va bu no Siah could be de ec ed (Fig. 4D and F), lea ing he majo colocaliza ion si e a ound he nucleus (Fig. 4F and H). These da a p o ide u - he e idence o he exis ence o a cy oplasmic in i o complex be ween Va and hSiah2 and ein o ce he coimmunop ecipi- a ion esul s showing ha he in e ac ions we e no induced du ing he expe imen al p ocedu e, al hough a speci ic con o - ma ion was equi ed o de ec his in e ac ion. hSiah2 inhibi s Va -media ed NFAT ac i a ion. I has been epo ed ha TCR s imula ion con ibu es o IL-2 p oduc ion h ough ac i a ion o di e en ansc ip ion ac o s, including NFAT and AP1 (55). O e exp ession o Va leads o an in- c eased basal NFAT ansc ip ional ac i i y, which is u he enhanced by TCR s imula ion (36, 68). We es ed whe he hSiah2 may also be in ol ed in Va -media ed NFAT ac i a- ion. To his end, we o e exp essed Va ei he alone o in combina ion wi h myc- agged hSiah2 (clone 240 o 460) in T-Ag Ju ka cells and examined hei ela i e e ec s on he ac i i y o a NFAT-luci e ase epo e cons uc (NFAT-luc) con aining a ime o an IL-2-de i ed cis-ac ing elemen cloned ups eam o he luci e ase epo e gene. The ac i a ion o his p omo e equi es coope a i e binding o NFAT p o- eins and AP1 ansc ip ion ac o s (55). As expec ed, Va o e exp ession led o a signi ican induc ion o he basal an- FIG. 3. hSiah2 in e ac s wi h Va in mammalian cells. COS-7 cells (A) o T-Ag Ju ka cells (B), ansien ly ans ec ed wi h 4 and 20 mg, espec i ely, o ei he pKES-Va (Va ), myc- agged pCAN- 240 (myc- 240), o pCAN- 460 (myc- 460) alone o wi h a combina ion o he ec o s (Va 1myc- 240; Va 1myc- 460), we e lysed in NP-40 bu e and immunop ecipi a ed wi h an i-myc MAb and p o ein G-Sepha ose beads. Immunop ecipi a es (IP) we e de ec ed wi h an i-Va MAb ( op). Exp ession o ans ec ed hSiah2 (clones 240 and 460) was e i ied by ep obing he ni ocellulose memb ane wi h an i-myc MAb (bo om). Wb, Wes e n blo . VOL. May 1999 INHIBITION OF Va PATHWAYS BY hSiah2 3801 on Ma ch 6, 2018 by USE/BCTA.GEN UNIVERSITARIAh p://mcb.asm.o g/Downloaded om sc ip ional ac i i y o he NFAT epo e cons uc ela i e o he con ol ec o , which was u he inc eased by CD3 plus CD28 s imula ion (Fig. 5A). Coexp ession o hSiah2 (clone 240) wi h Va inhibi ed he Va -induced NFAT ac i i y in uns imula ed cells, and a consis en educ ion was obse ed in CD3- plus CD28-s imula ed cells. On he o he hand, no inhi- bi ion was obse ed when Va was coexp essed wi h clone 460. Exp ession o ei he 240 o 460 alone did no signi i- can ly modi y basal and CD3- plus CD28-s imula ed NFAT ac i i y (Fig. 5A). A simila esul was also obse ed wi h he ull-leng h hSiah2. As epo ed in Fig. 6, hSiah2 inhibi ed Va -media ed NFAT induc ion in a dose-dependen manne . In e es ingly, hSiah1, which is highly homologous o hSiah2 apa om he N- e minal egion, did no exhibi any signi ican inhibi ion o Va -media ed NFAT ac i i y (Fig. 6). Since an in ac N- e mi- nal egion o hSiah2 is equi ed o he inhibi ion o Va - induced NFAT ac i i y, his inhibi o y e ec may e lec an associa ion o hSiah2 and Va in a complex in ol ing he N- e minal egion o hSiah2 wi h an as ye uncha ac e ized p o- FIG. 4. Immunolocaliza ion o Va and hSiah2 by con ocal immuno luo escence mic oscopy. RBL cells we e labeled wi h p eimmune Siah an ise um (A), Siah an ise um deple ed o he immunizing pep ide (B), an i-Va MAb (C and D), and an i-hSiah2 abbi polyclonal an ibody (E and F) as desc ibed in Ma e ials and Me hods. Colocaliza ion o ed luo escence om Va and g een luo escence om hSiah2 p oduced a yellow signal, indica ing an o e lap in he dis ibu ion o he wo p o eins (G and H). In panels D, F, and H, cells we e s imula ed (S im.) by FcεRI c oss-linking. Panels A and B we e ob ained wi h a much highe ansmission a e in o de o he signal o be de ec able. 3802 GERMANI ET AL. MOL.CELL.BIOL. on Ma ch 6, 2018 by USE/BCTA.GEN UNIVERSITARIAh p://mcb.asm.o g/Downloaded om ein. The N- e minal egion o hSiah1, which showed only 53% homology o i s coun e pa in hSiah2, could no media e such an in e ac ion and hence could no ha e any inhibi o y ole. hSiah2 inhibi s onco-Va -media ed JNK ac i a ion. Recen e idence showed ha ac i a ed Va ca alyzes GDP-GTP ex- change on Rac1 and ha Rac1-GTP s imula es he kinase ac i i y o JNK (17, 18). The inding ha hSiah2 in e ac ed wi h Va led us o in es iga e whe he hSiah2 may modula e Va -induced JNK ac i i y. To his end an HA- agged JNK and he oncogenic o m o Va (onco-Va ), which cons i u i ely ac i a es JNK, we e co ans ec ed in COS-7 o T-Ag Ju ka cells, alone o oge he wi h myc epi ope- agged hSiah2 ( 240 o 460 clones). As shown in Fig. 7A and C, coexp ession o 240 wi h onco-Va and HA-JNK ab oga ed almos com- ple ely he onco-Va -induced JNK ac i a ion ( h ee- o ou - old), which e u ned o le els ound in cells ans ec ed only wi h JNK. In con as , co ans ec ion o he N- e minally de- le ed hSiah2 ( 460), which s ill binds o Va , did no modi y he ac i a ion o JNK by onco-Va despi e simila le els o exp es- sion o he di e en p o eins (Fig. 7B and D). These esul s a o an inhibi o y ole o hSiah2 in he onco-Va -induced JNK ac i a ion and ag ee wi h he inhibi o y e ec obse ed wi h clone 240 bu no 460 in Va -induced NFAT ac i i y. hSiah2 does no dec ease he s abili y o Va p o ein. Bo h Sina and mu ine Siah2 ha e been implica ed in egula ing he p o easomal deg ada ion o di e se p o eins o which hey bind (38, 45, 66). This unc ion seems o be associa ed wi h he amino- e minal 114 aa o he Sina and Siah p o eins, including he ing inge domain, which in e ac s in a yeas ap assay wi h ubiqui in-conjuga ing enzymes and Ubc9 homologs (38, 45, 66). To in es iga e whe he hSiah2 exp ession a ec s Va p o ein s abili y, we pe o med a pulse-chase expe imen (Fig. 8). COS-7 cells we e ansien ly ans ec ed wi h myc epi ope- agged Va alone o oge he wi h myc epi ope- agged hSiah2 ( 240 o 460). Co ans ec ion o Va wi h ei he 240 o 460 did no accele a e Va deg ada ion (Fig. 8). We also obse ed ha he hal -li e o Siah was somehow much sho e han ha o Va . Taken oge he , hese indings exclude he no ion ha hSiah2 could al e Va s abili y. The e idence ha he N- e minal dele ion mu an o hSiah2 ails o inhibi Va -induced NFAT and JNK ac i i y p omp ed us o ask whe he he in- hibi o y mechanism o hSiah2 could be media ed by he deg- ada ion o one o mo e componen s o he signal ansduc ion pa hways induced by Va . JNK assays wi h COS-7 cells co- ans ec ed wi h hSiah2 and Va showed ha JNK inhibi ion did no occu ia he deg ada ion o ei he JNK, Rac1, o c-Jun (da a no shown). Addi ionally, ea men o he cells wi h he p o easome inhibi o LLnL (N-ace yl-Leu-Leu-no leucinal) o lac acys in a 50 mM did no modi y he inhibi o y e ec o hSiah2 in NFAT o JNK assays (da a no shown). Toge he , hese da a demons a e ha he inhibi o y mechanism o hSiah2 migh no in ol e a p o easome deg ada ion pa hway. DISCUSSION We epo he e he iden i ica ion o a new Va -associa ed p o ein, hSiah2, a human homolog o D osophila Se en in absen ia (Sina). Sina was ini ially desc ibed as a nuclea p o- ein implica ed in he speci ica ion o he R7 pho o ecep o cell h ough he Ras1-MAPK signaling cascade (4, 52), com- p ising he y osine kinase Se enless, G b2, and Ra (26, 28, 44, 50, 61). Sina in e ac s wi h ubiqui in-conjuga ing enzymes ha FIG. 5. Va -media ed NFAT ac i a ion is inhibi ed by hSiah2. (A) T-Ag Ju ka cells (10 7 ) we e ans ec ed wi h NFAT and pSVb-galac osidase epo e plasmids (5 and 1 mg, espec i ely) and 20 mg o ei he an emp y ec o ( ec o ), pEF-Va (Va ), pCAN- 240 ( 240), pCAN- 460 ( 460), o a combina ion o he ec o s as indica ed. A o al o 10 6 cells we e ei he le uns imula ed o s imu- la ed a e 24 h wi h an i-CD3 plus an i-CD28 o 8 h. Luci e ase ac i i y was measu ed and co ec ed o b-galac osidase ac i i y, and he esul s we e ex- p essed as a e age old induc ion ela i e o uns imula ed cells ans ec ed wi h he emp y ec o . The da a a e ep esen a i e o ou independen expe imen s. The basal ac i i y and he maximum NFAT esponses we e app oxima ely 600 and 2 310 5 AU, espec i ely. (B) T-Ag Ju ka cell lysa es om panel A we e analyzed by immunoblo ing o exp ession o Va and hSiah2 ( 240 and 460). Wb, Wes e n blo . FIG. 6. O e exp ession o hSiah2 inhibi s Va -induced NFAT ac i i y in a dose-dependen manne . T-Ag Ju ka cells (10 7 ) we e ans ec ed wi h NFAT and pSVb-galac osidase epo e plasmids (5 and 1 mg, espec i ely), 10 mgo pEF-Va (Va ), and inc easing concen a ions o pBK-CMV hSiah2 o pBK- CMV hSiah1 as indica ed. Luci e ase ac i i y was de e mined and no malized o b-galac osidase ac i i y o co ec o ans ec ion e iciency. VOL. May 1999 INHIBITION OF Va PATHWAYS BY hSiah2 3803 on Ma ch 6, 2018 by USE/BCTA.GEN UNIVERSITARIAh p://mcb.asm.o g/Downloaded om a e able o a ge TTK, a ansc ip ional ep esso o neu onal cell a e, o he deg ada i e pa hway (45, 66). Recen ly, Siah p o eins we e ound o bind ei he o he cy oplasmic domain o he ecep o o ne in 1 (DCC, dele ed in colo ec al cance ) o o he nuclea ecep o co ep esso (N-CoR) and o medi- a e hei deg ada ion ia a p o easome-dependen mechanism (38, 72). Addi ionally, i has been epo ed ha he p53-induc- ible hSiah1 is a nega i e egula o o cell p oli e a ion and ha i s in e ac ion wi h BAG1, a ubiqui in-like Hsp70-Hsc70- eg- ula ing p o ein, ab oga ed his an ip oli e a i e ole (47). The FIG. 7. Inhibi o y e ec o hSiah2 on onco-Va -media ed JNK ac i a ion. COS-7 (A) o T-Ag Ju ka (C) cells we e ans ec ed wi h 1 mg (A) o 5 mg (C) o pcDNA3-HA-JNK oge he wi h 3 mg (A) o 15 mg (C) o exp ession ec o s con aining cDNA o he indica ed plasmids. The o al amoun o ans ec ed DNA was kep cons an by using emp y pcDNA3 ec o . COS-7 cells ea ed wi h 1 mg o anisomycin pe ml o 20 min we e used as a con ol. The kinase eac ion was pe o med in an i-HA immunop ecipi a es om he co esponding cellula lysa es wi h pu i ied GST–c-Jun as a subs a e (A and C, op panels). The le els o HA-JNK p o ein we e con i med by Wes e n blo (Wb) analysis wi h an i-HA an ibody (bo om panels). Values in he his og am ep esen he means and he s anda d e o s o ou independen expe imen s. COS-7 (B) and T-Ag Ju ka (D) cell lysa es om panels A and C we e analyzed by immunoblo ing o exp ession o Va and myc-epi ope- agged hSiah2 ( 240 and 460). The addi ional bands in hese blo s could be due o deg ada i e e en s caused by onco-Va o e exp ession. FIG. 8. hSiah2 does no dec ease he hal -li e o Va . COS-7 cells we e co ans ec ed wi h 4 mg o myc- agged pEF-Va (myc-Va ) and pCAN- 240 (myc- 240) o pCAN- 460 (myc- 460). A 48 h a e ans ec ion, he cells we e pulse-labeled o 1 h wi h [ 35 S]me hionine, chased wi h cold me hionine o he indica ed imes, and hen lysed as desc ibed in Ma e ials and Me hods. Va and hSiah2 p o eins we e immunop ecipi a ed (IP) wi h an i-myc an ibody and analyzed by SDS-PAGE and au o adiog aphy. 3804 GERMANI ET AL. MOL.CELL.BIOL. on Ma ch 6, 2018 by USE/BCTA.GEN UNIVERSITARIAh p://mcb.asm.o g/Downloaded om high le el o e olu iona y conse a ion o he Siah and Sina p o eins be ween humans, mice, and D osophila (76%) sug- ges s ha hese p o eins may play a c ucial ole in cellula p ocesses such as p oli e a ion, di e en ia ion, and su i al. Th ough a wo-hyb id sc een in yeas , we de ec ed an in e - ac ion be ween Va and hSiah2 (Fig. 1), which was con i med by using hSiah2 GST usion p o eins (Fig. 2) and also by pe o ming coimmunop ecipi a ion expe imen s wi h co ans- ec ed COS-7 and Ju ka T cells (Fig. 3). We also ound, by immuno luo escence mic oscopy, a colocaliza ion o Siah and Va in he cy oplasm o hema opoie ic cells, whe e Siah is p edominan ly obse ed (Fig. 4). Al hough he o iginal s udies epo ed a nuclea localiza ion signal o Sina, a somehow con o e sial dis ibu ion in cy oplasmic pa icles has been e- po ed o ans ec ed hSiah p o eins (12, 38). Bo h Va and hSiah2 con ain nuclea localiza ion sequences which could me- dia e he ansloca ion o one o bo h p o eins o he nucleus. Se e al Va -in e ac ing nuclea p o eins, such as Ku70 (58), ENX-1 (32) and hnRNP C (60), ha e been epo ed, and he p esence o Va in he nucleus has al eady been documen ed (14). In he p esen s udy, we showed some nuclea accumu- la ion o Va in RBL cells a e FcεRI s imula ion ha did no co ela e wi h a delocaliza ion o hSiah2, indica ing ha he unc ional ele ance o he Va -hSiah2 in e ac ion should be cy oplasmic a he han nucleoplasmic. On he o he hand, we epo ed ha y osine phospho yla ion o Va did no in lu- ence he Va -hSiah2 in e ac ion (Fig. 2). Ne e heless, he mechanism by which Va migh link ecep o -media ed signals o he nucleus is no ye es ablished, and he in e ac ion be- ween Siah and Va could be egula ed wi hin he cell by an as ye uncha ac e ized s imulus, o e ing o Siah he possibili y o modula ing some Va unc ions. The Va -hSiah2 in e ac ion equi es a speci ic con o ma- ional s uc u e o Va p esen in he comple e SH3-SH2-SH3 domain (Fig. 2). Residues 160 o 286 in he C- e minal egion o hSiah2 a e also in ol ed in binding o Va bu do no con ain a p oline- ich sequence expec ed o in e ac wi h Va SH3 domains. The e o e, he in e ac ion be ween Va and hSiah2 p obably co esponds o a di e en p o ein-p o ein in- e ac ion. In e es ingly, Ku70 p o ein does no use i s p oline- ich mo i in binding o he ca boxy- e minal SH3 domain o Va (58), and Cbl-b needs he comple e SH3-SH2-SH3 do- main o Va o co ec binding (10). We also ha e e idence, ob ained wi h he wo-hyb id sys em, indica ing ha hSiah2 could dime ize h ough a egion (aa 105 o 160) adjacen o he Va -in e ac ing domain (da a no shown). I will be in e es ing o in es iga e whe he he wo in e ac ions Va -hSiah2 and hSiah2-hSiah2 a e simul aneous o compe i i e. In his way, i is plausible ha he o ma ion o he complexes is con olled by subs a e a ailabili y. Al hough he ing inge domains a e gene ally in ol ed in p o ein-p o ein in e ac ions, nei he Va - hSiah2 no hSiah2-hSiah2 in e ac ions equi e his domain (Fig. 2 and da a no shown). The exp ession o hSiah2 impai ed he ansc ip ional ac i - i y o NFAT epo e gene exp ession induced by Va in Ju ka T cells (Fig. 5). NFAT is an impo an ac i a o o gene an- sc ip ion o cy okines, such as IL-2, IL-3, IL-4, and umo nec osis ac o alpha (55). This ac i a ion is media ed by co- ope a i e binding o NFAT p o eins wi h ansc ip ion ac o s o he AP-1 amily (Jun-Fos complex) (54). I has been shown ha Va ac i a es IL-2 gene exp ession and syne gizes wi h he TCR s imula ion in inducing NFAT-dependen ansc ip ion (36, 68). Ou esul s con i m hese indings and u he dem- ons a e ha coexp ession o hSiah2 and Va causes a signi - ican dec ease o NFAT epo e ac i i y ha is mo e p o- nounced in TCR-s imula ed cells. In e es ingly, nei he he N- e minal dele ion mu an o hSiah2 no a membe o he Siah amily, hSiah1, is able o inhibi Va -induced NFAT ac- i i y (Fig. 5 and 6). I is known ha hSiah1 and hSiah2 p o- eins exhibi s iking homology, di e ging signi ican ly only a hei N e mini. Toge he , hese esul s a o a model in which hSiah2 modula ion o Va ac i a ion migh be dependen on he o ma ion o a speci ic signaling complex wi h o he e ec- o s, p obably h ough he N- e minal egion o hSiah2, bu no o hSiah1, which in u n unc ions coope a i ely o in luence he downs eam e en s leading o IL-2 gene egula ion. We also obse ed ha hSiah2 was able o block he onco-Va - induced JNK s imula ion in co ans ec ed COS-7 and T-Ag Ju ka cells (Fig. 7). I has been epo ed ha onco-Va leads o he s imula ion o GDP-GTP exchange in Rac1, a p o ein implica ed in cell p oli e a ion and cy oskele al o ganiza ion (5, 56, 57) as well as in he ac i a ion o he JNK cascade (16). This inhibi ion could no be ob ained wi h he N- e minal dele ion mu an o hSiah2 (aa 105 o 324, clone 460). Al- hough he e a e con o e sial da a epo ing, on he one hand, onco-Va cons i u i e ac i a ion o Rac p o eins and sequen- ial JNK ac i a ion a e ans ec ion in T-cell lines (17, 18) and, on he o he hand, unimpai ed JNK ac i i y in T cells isola ed om a 2/2 animals (24, 35), he implica ion o Sina in he D osophila Ras-MAPK-induced signaling and he p es- ence o Va in bo h pa hways in ol ing G b2 (53, 70) and Rac1 (18, 29, 51) sugges ha hSiah2 in e ac ion wi h Va migh also impai di e se signal ansduc ion pa hways. This co ela es wi h ecen indings demons a ing ha se e al pa hways could be implica ed in JNK ac i a ion in T cells (39, 56). Addi ionally, he inhibi o y ac i i y o hSiah2 seems o be independen o he p o eoly ic mechanism p e iously de- sc ibed o Sina and mSiah2 (38, 45, 66, 71). Ou own expe - imen s showed ha hSiah2 did no modi y he hal -li e o Va , and he use o p o easomal blocking agen s showed ha he inhibi o y e ec o hSiah2 on NFAT ac i i y and JNK pa hways does no seem o be media ed ia ubiqui in-p o easome-de- penden deg ada ion (da a no shown). S udies o iden i y hSiah2-in e ac ing p o eins a e unde way and will be help ul o cla i y i s inhibi o y ole. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS We hank G. Baie o T-Ag Ju ka cells, M. Ba bacid and X. Bus elo o plasmid pKLS1, A. Al man o pEF-Myc- agged Va and pKES-Va plasmids, O. Acu o o he NFAT epo e cons uc , P. C espo o HA-JNK and pGEX-cJun plasmids, R. B. Amson o plas- mid pBK-hSiah1, G. Bismu h o an i-CD3 an ibody, D. Oli e o an i-CD28 an ibody, I. Bouchae o echnical assis ance in con ocal mic oscopy, and D. Li man and I. Dusan e o c i ical eading o he manusc ip . This wo k was suppo ed by he Ligue Na ionale Con e le Cance — Axe oncoge´ne`se and Fonda ion pou le Reche che Medicale. 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