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From the Klinikum der Universität Ulm, Ulm, 89081 Germany; and the Institut für Experimentelle Onkologie und Therapieforschung der Technischen Universität München, 81675 München, Germany
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Abstract |
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Tumor necrosis factor (TNF-
) is a proinflammatory cytokine. Its pleiotropic biological
properties are signaled through two distinct cell surface receptors: the TNF receptor type I
(TNFR-I) and the TNF receptor type II. Neither of the two receptors possesses tyrosine kinase
activity. A large majority of TNF-
-dependent activities can be mediated by TNFR-I. Recently, c-Raf-1 kinase was identified as an intracellular target of a signal transduction cascade
initiated by binding of TNF-
to TNFR-I. However, the mechanism engaged in TNF-
-dependent activation of c-Raf-1 kinase is still enigmatic.
Here we report that the cytosolic adapter protein Grb2 is a novel binding partner of TNFR-I.
Grb2 binds with its COOH-terminal SH3 domain to a PLAP motif within TNFR-I and with its
NH2-terminal SH3 domain to SOS (son of sevenless). A PLAP deletion mutant of TNFR-I fails
to bind Grb2. The TNFR-I/Grb2 interaction is essential for the TNF--dependent activation of
c-Raf-1 kinase; activation of c-Raf-1 kinase by TNF-
can be blocked by coexpression of Grb2 mutants harboring inactivating point mutations in the NH2- or COOH-terminal SH3 domain,
cell-permeable peptides that disrupt the Grb2/TNFR-I interaction or transdominant negative
Ras. Functionality of the TNFR-I/Grb2/SOS/Ras interaction is a prerequisite but not sufficient for TNF-
-dependent activation of c-Raf-1 kinase. Inhibition of the TNFR-I/FAN
(factor associated with neutral sphingomyelinase) interaction, which is essential for TNF-
-dependent activation of the neutral sphingomyelinase, either by cell-permeable peptides or by deletion of the FAN binding domain, prevents activation of c-Raf-1 kinase. In conclusion, binding
of the Grb2 adapter protein via its COOH-terminal SH3 domain to the nontyrosine kinase receptor TNFR-I results in activation of a signaling cascade known so far to be initiated, in the case
of the tyrosine kinase receptors, by binding of the SH2 domain of Grb2 to phosphotyrosine.
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Introduction |
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TNF- is a pleiotropic cytokine that triggers a variety of
biological effects on different target cell types (1). Two
different types of TNFR, which independently bind the
trimeric TNF-
molecule, mediate these effects. According
to their apparent molecular masses, these receptors are designated as p55 (TNFR-I) or p75 (TNFR-II) (1). Neither
of the two receptors possesses tyrosine kinase activity. The
primary amino acid (aa)1 sequences of the cytoplasmic domains of the two receptors display no significant homology,
suggesting that the two receptors interact with different
cellular proteins (4). Gene knockout experiments confirmed
that the two receptors control different signaling cascades (5, 6). The majority of the biological effects of TNF-
are
mediated by TNFR-I.
The two types of TNFR belong to the TNFR superfamily, which includes CD40 and the Fas antigen. Binding
of the ligand to these receptors results in receptor oligomerization and subsequent initiation of signal transduction
cascades. Apart from the death domain present in TNFR-I
and the Fas receptor, the cytoplasmic domain of TNFR-I does not share significant homology to known cell surface
receptors, including the members of the TNFR superfamily. Because a broad variety of cellular responses to TNF-
are mediated by TNFR-I and due to the lack of structural
similarities between TNFR-I and other cell surface receptors, the understanding of the mechanism of signal transduction through TNFR-I is of major biological interest.
TNF--dependent activation of phospholipase A2, protein kinase C, phosphatidylcholine-specific phospholipase C,
and sphingomyelinases (Smases) is ascribed to TNFR-I (7).
Near to the COOH terminus, the so-called death domain of
~80 amino acids was identified. In response to ligand binding, this domain recruits TNFR-associated death domain
(TRADD). TRADD interacts with FLICE/MACH1, a
death-promoting IL-1
-converting enzyme-like protease,
which is relevant for initiation of the apoptotic pathway
(10, 11). This domain is also involved in TNF-
-dependent
activation of acid Smase; the TNF-
-dependent activation
of the neutral (n)Smase is mediated by FAN, which binds to the membrane proximal part (8, 12, 13).
Recently, c-Raf-1 kinase was identified as an intracellular
target of a signal transduction cascade initiated by binding of TNF- to TNFR-I (14, 15). However, the mechanism engaged in TNF-
-dependent activation of c-Raf-1 kinase
still remained enigmatic. In this study, a novel binding partner of TNFR-I was identified, and its relevance for the
TNF-
-dependent activation of c-Raf-1 kinase was shown.
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Materials and Methods |
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Yeast Two-Hybrid Cloning.
For construction of the lexA DNA binding domain fusion, the vector plex202 (provided by R. Brent, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA) was used. The coding sequences for the cytoplasmic domain of TNFR-I (aa 205-426) or for the truncated form (aa 206-345) were cloned in frame into plex202. A Jurkat cDNA library fused to a synthetic activation domain (16) was screened. The yeast strain EG48/ JK103 (17) was instrumental. For analysis of the interaction of the cytoplasmic tail of (cyt)TNFR-I with full-length Grb2 and the SH3 or SH2 domain- mutated forms of Grb2, the matchmarker two-hybrid system was instrumental (Clontech). The coding sequence for the cytoplasmic domain of TNFR-I (aa 205-426) or the PLAP deletion mutant was fused to the DNA binding domain of Gal4 by subcloning pGBT9. The coding sequences for Grb2 (18),Immunoprecipitation.
Lysis of the cells was performed on ice in 20 mM Tris-HCl, pH 7.4, 137 mM NaCl, 0.05% Triton X-100, 1 mM PMSF, 0.2 U/ml aprotinin, 100 µg/ml leupeptin, and 1 mM orthovanadate. The lysate was clarified by centrifugation, and the supernatant was preabsorbed by 30-min incubation with protein A/G-agarose (Santa Cruz Biotechnology). Purified supernatants were incubated with antisera specific for c-TNFR-I (Santa Cruz Biotechnology), for full length TNFR-I, Grb2, or son of sevenless (SOS)1 (poly- and monoclonal sera from Santa Cruz Biotechnology and signal transduction laboratories), respectively. The complexes were precipitated by addition of protein A/G- agarose. The precipitates were washed twice with 0.5 M LiCl and 0.1 M Tris, pH 7.4, and once with 0.01 M Tris, pH 7.4.Western Blot Analysis.
For Western blot analysis, proteins were separated by SDS-PAGE (19) and transferred onto cellulose nitrate membranes (0.45 µm; Schleicher & Schuell). Membranes were washed for 30 min with PBST and preblocked for 15 min in PBST containing 10% nonfat dry milk powder (blocking solution). Incubation with the first antibody diluted in blocking solution was performed for 2 h at room temperature. After extensive washing with PBST, the bound antibody was detected by peroxidase-conjugated secondary antibodies (Amersham Corp.). After 45 min of washing, the blots were developed using the ECL Western blotting detection system (Amersham Corp.).Construction of Expression Plasmids.
The sequence coding for full length human TNFR-I was amplified from pHup60 (provided by P. Goodwin, Immunex Corp.) by PCR using a forward primer, which introduced the coding sequence for an NH2- terminal histidine tag and subcloned into pCDNA.3. The sequence coding for the cytoplasmic domain of TNFR-I (aa 205- 426) was subcloned into the bacterial expression plasmid pQe8 (QIAGEN Inc.). For construction of the PLAP deletion mutant, fragment I, nucleotide 256-1040, and fragment II, nucleotide 1050-1618, were amplified by PCR. In the case of fragment I, the backward primer introduced a HindIII site; in the case of fragment II, the forward primer harbored a HindIII site. The HindIII-restricted fragments were ligated and subcloned into the pCDNA.3 expression plasmid, generating pTNFR-ITransfection Experiments.
0.8 × 106 70Z/3 and 293 cells were transfected by lipofection using DOTAP (Boehringer Mannheim) or the calcium phosphate procedure. For transfections, 5 µg of the expression constructs was used, with the exception of 3xAP-1(activator protein 1)-chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT), where an amount of 1 µg was sufficient. Transfection efficiency was determined by transfection of the cells with green fluorescent protein. The transfection efficiency was 70-80%. Transfection efficiency was normalized for by transfection with a plasmid coding for the luciferase gene (pLuc). The CAT-ELISA was performed according to the instructions of the manufacturer (Boehringer Mannheim).Protein Purification.
Protein purification of the hexa-His-tag fusion proteins was performed as described previously (20).Kinase Assays.
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Results |
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To elucidate the mechanism of TNF--dependent activation of c-Raf-1 kinase, a yeast two-hybrid screen using the
lexA system was performed to identify adapter molecules
interacting with the membrane proximal region of TNFR-I.
Using a human Jurkat T cell cDNA library (16), a clone
encoding the COOH-terminal part of the adapter protein
Grb2 (aa 113-217) was identified. The coding sequence
consists of a truncated middle SH2 domain and a complete COOH-terminal SH3 domain (Table I, top). The complete
adapter protein Grb2 consists of a middle SH2 domain
known to bind to phosphotyrosine residues and an NH2-
and COOH-terminal SH3 domain. The TNFR-I/Grb2 interaction was confirmed using the Gal4 system by cotransfection of the yeast strain HF7c with pGAD424Grb2 and pGBT9cytTNFR-I (Table I, bottom). Only double-transfected cells grew under the selection conditions.
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To further confirm the interaction of Grb2 with the cytoplasmic domain of TNFR-I in another experimental system, coprecipitation experiments using highly purified, bacteria-derived Grb2 and cytTNFR-I were carried out. These experiments demonstrated that (i) Grb2 is indeed a binding partner of TNFR-I and (ii) no additional factors are necessary for the binding of Grb2 to TNFR-I (Fig. 1 A).
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The in vivo interaction of endogenous Grb2 with endogenous TNFR-I was studied by immunoprecipitation of cellular lysates derived from CCL13 cells. Grb2 was coprecipitated
by a TNFR-I-specific antibody and, vice versa, TNFR-I was
coprecipitated by a Grb2-specific antiserum (Fig. 1 B). These
results demonstrate that Grb2 binds to TNFR-I in vivo.
Moreover, binding of Grb2 to TNFR-I seems to be constitutive, as the presence of TNF- did not influence the amount
of coprecipitated TNFR-I by a Grb2-specific antiserum.
In the next set of experiments, the structural basis of the observed Grb2/TNFR-I interaction was analyzed. SH3 domains are known to bind to PXXP motifs (22). The membrane-proximal domain of TNFR-I harbors a PLAP motif within aa 237-240 as a potential binding site for the COOH-terminal SH3 domain of Grb2. Indeed, increasing concentrations of peptides covering this sequence (functional peptide TTKPLAP) were able to compete the interaction of Grb2 with the cytoplasmic domain of TNFR-I, as demonstrated by coprecipitation experiments in vitro (Fig. 2 A).
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The significance of this PLAP motif for the Grb2/
TNFR-I interaction was confirmed using the yeast two-hybrid system. A deletion mutant of cytTNFR-I lacking the
PLAP motif (pGBT9cytTNFR-IPLAP) failed to interact
with full length wild-type Grb2 (pGAD424Grb2) (Table I,
bottom). Furthermore, in vivo Grb2 could not be coprecipitated by Ni-NTA (nitrilotriacetic acid)-agarose from the
lysate of transfected 293 cells overproducing hexa-His-
tagged TNFR-I lacking the PLAP motif (Fig. 2 B). Ni-NTA-agarose specifically precipitated the hexa-His-tagged
mutated receptor but not the wild-type receptor.
Essential structural requirements of the Grb2 adapter protein for interaction with TNFR-I were analyzed using the
yeast two-hybrid system. Functional inactivating mutations
of the NH2-terminal SH3 domain (pGADGrb2NSH3) or
of the middle SH2 domain (pGADGrb2
SH2) did not affect the interaction of Grb2 with cytTNFR-I. The inactivating mutation of the COOH-terminal SH3 domain
(pGADGrb2
CSH3), however, abolished the interaction
with cytTNFR-I under these conditions (Table I, bottom).
These results confirm the dependence of the Grb2/TNFR-I
interaction on the COOH-terminal SH3 domain of Grb2.
The
significance of TNFR-I/Grb2 interaction for TNF--dependent activation of c-Raf-1 kinase was investigated by different experimental approaches. Cell-permeable peptides
were applied to disrupt the TNFR-I/Grb2 complex. These
peptides consist of two domains, a signal sequence derived
from the third helix of the antennapedia homeodomain,
which mediates membrane translocation (25), and the functional domain covering the PLAP sequence of TNFR-I.
Presence of these peptides abolished TNF-
-dependent
activation of c-Raf-1 kinase (Fig. 3 A). This effect is specific, as the EGF-dependent activation of c-Raf-1 kinase
was not affected by the presence of these peptides. Moreover, a mutated peptide (KLAP) did not affect the TNF-
-dependent activation of c-Raf-1 kinase.
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In addition, transfection of 70Z/3 cells, which lack functional TNFR-I, with an expression plasmid encoding wild-type TNFR-I restores the capability of TNF--dependent
activation of c-Raf-1 kinase. However, 70Z/3 cells transfected with an expression plasmid encoding the PLAP deletion mutant of TNFR-I failed to respond to TNF-
stimulation with an activation of c-Raf-1 kinase (Fig. 3 B).
Finally, transfection of 293 cells with expression plasmids encoding inactivating point mutations in the NH2-
or COOH-terminal SH3 domain of Grb2 in both cases caused
a loss of TNF--dependent induction of c-Raf-1 activity. The
mutation of the middle SH2 domain, however, did not affect
the TNF-
-dependent activation of c-Raf-1 kinase (Fig. 3 C).
In the case
of tyrosine kinase receptor-dependent activation of c-Raf-1
kinase, the SH3 domains of Grb2 are known to interact with
the SOS proteins, which interfere with Ras (22, 26, 27). Based on the observation that integrity of the NH2-terminal
SH3 domain of Grb2 is essential to trigger TNF--dependent activation of c-Raf-1 kinase, it was investigated whether
Grb2, while bound to TNFR-I with its COOH-terminal
SH3 domain, still interacts with SOS1/2 proteins with its
NH2-terminal SH3 domain. Hexa-His-tagged cytoplasmic
domain of TNFR-I was added to cellular lysates derived from 293 cells. The mixture was precipitated using either anti-Grb2- or anti-SOS1/2-specific antibodies, or Ni-NTA-agarose, which specifically precipitates 6H-cytTNFR-I. Western
blot analysis of the precipitates demonstrated that cytTNFR-I
indeed coprecipitates with both Grb2 and SOS (Fig. 4 A).
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Transfection of 293 cells with an expression plasmid
coding for a transdominant negative Ras mutant (RasN17)
caused a loss of TNF--dependent activation of c-Raf-1
kinase. These results demonstrated that the TNF-
-dependent activation of c-Raf-1 kinase requires the integrity of
the TNFR-I-Grb2-SOS-Ras pathway.
The physiological significance of
Grb2-mediated activation of c-Raf-1 kinase upon stimulation with TNF- was investigated by reporter gene assays.
Cotransfection of an AP-1-driven reporter gene plasmid
(p3xAP-1-CAT) (28) with the expression plasmids encoding the three Grb2 mutants harboring the inactivating
point mutations in the NH2- or COOH-terminal SH3 domain or those in the middle SH2 domain, with a transdominant negative Ras mutant (pRasN17), or with a transdominant negative mutant of c-Raf-1 kinase (pHCR13.1) (29)
caused, with exception of p
SH2Grb2, a loss of TNF-
-dependent induction of the reporter gene (Fig. 3 D). This
shows (i) that the integrity of the TNFR-I/Grb2 interaction is a prerequisite for the TNF-
-dependent activation of
AP-1, (ii) that, in addition to the COOH-terminal SH3 domain, the NH2-terminal SH3 domain of Grb2 is essential for
the activation of AP-1 by TNFR-I, and (iii) that Ras is involved in TNF-
-dependent signal transduction.
The PLAP-dependent Grb2/TNFR-I interaction
is essential but not sufficient for TNF--dependent activation of c-Raf-1 kinase (15). Transfected 70Z/3 cells producing a deletion mutant of TNFR-I (TNFR-I
308-340),
which lacks the ability to activate nSMase, fail to respond
with activation of c-Raf-1 kinase upon stimulation of
TNFR-I (8, 12). This mutant lacks the FAN binding domain (13, 30). FAN was recently discovered to mediate the
TNF-
-dependent activation of nSMase (12, 13) (Fig. 4 B).
In addition, disruption of the TNFR-I/FAN interaction by
cell-permeable peptides (25) covering the binding domain
blocked the TNF-
-dependent activation of c-Raf-1 kinase
(Fig. 4 C). These data confirm the relevance of TNF-
-dependent activation of nSMase for induction of c-Raf-1 kinase activity.
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Discussion |
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Based on our results, we propose that the TNF--dependent activation of c-Raf-1 kinase is mediated through at
least two cooperative domains that are both indispensable.
The cytoplasmic tail of TNFR-I interacts via a PLAP motif
with the COOH-terminal SH3 domain of the adapter protein Grb2. The NH2-terminal SH3 domain of Grb2 interferes with SOS, therefore linking TNFR-I to c-Raf-1 kinase involving Ras (26). In contrast to the situation, in the
case of tyrosine kinase receptors, in which Grb2 interacts
with its middle SH2 domain with phosphotyrosine, this
Grb2/SOS/Ras-dependent pathway is not sufficient for activation of c-Raf-1 kinase. A second domain is required.
This domain was recently shown to bind FAN (12, 13). The
TNFR-I/FAN interaction is essential for TNF-
-dependent activation of nSMase (8, 12, 13, 31, 32). The hydrolysis of sphingomyelin catalyzed by nSMase generates ceramide, which can finally activate ceramide-activated protein (CAP) kinase. CAP kinase recently has been shown to bind
to TNF-
-dependent activated c-Raf-1 kinase (15). Both
pathways, the Grb2-SOS-RAS pathway and the activated
CAP kinase pathway, might cooperatively mediate TNF-
-dependent activation of c-Raf-1 kinase (Fig. 4 D).
Although TNFR-I does not belong to the tyrosine kinase receptor family, Grb2 has been identified as a binding
partner. In contrast to the interaction with phosphotyrosine, which is mediated through its middle SH2 domain,
Grb2 interacts here with TNFR-I via its COOH-terminal
SH3 domain. Although there is an obvious difference on
the molecular level of the receptor/adapter interaction, in
both cases, binding of Grb2 to the receptor is essential for triggering activation of c-Raf-1 kinase. Whereas for tyrosine kinase receptors the Grb2-SOS-Ras pathway seems to
be sufficient for activation of c-Raf-1 kinase, in the case of
TNFR-I, a second pathway via CAP kinase is involved.
One possible explanation is that the interaction of SOS
with the NH2-terminal SH3 domain of Grb2 is not strong
enough to recruit c-Raf-1 kinase to the membrane and, in
addition, the membrane-associated CAP kinase is required. Moreover, the binding of Grb2 to the PLAP motif in the
cytoplasmic domain of TNFR-I is constitutive. Therefore,
TNF--dependent activation of nSMase provides a trigger
for the TNF-
-dependent activation of c-Raf-1 kinase.
In conclusion, we demonstrate that the tyrosine kinase
adapter protein Grb2 is a novel binding partner of TNFR-I
and is essential for TNF--dependent activation of c-Raf-1 kinase.
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Footnotes |
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Address correspondence to Eberhard Hildt, TU München, Klinikum rechts der Isar Institut für Experimentelle Onkologie und Therapieforschung, Ismaninger Str. 22, 81675 München, Germany. Phone: 49-89-4140-4463/70; Fax: 49-89-4140-4476; E-mail: tbi12bb{at}mail.lrz-muenchen.de
Received for publication 10 December 1998 and in revised form 23 March 1999.
We wish to thank Prof. M. Krönke (Christian Albrechts University, Kiel, Germany) for the generous gift of the yeast two-hybrid clone. We are indebted to Dr. B. Munz (MPI f ür Biochemie, Munich, Germany) for helpful discussions and D. Katapodis for excellent technical assistance.
This work was supported by a grant of the Münchner Medizinische Wochenschrift (MMW; Munich) to E. Hildt.
Abbreviations used in this paper aa, amino acid; AP-1, activator protein 1; CAP, ceramide-activated protein; CAT, chloramphenicol acetyltransferase; EGF, epidermal growth factor; n, neutral; NTA, nitrilotriacetic acid; Smase, sphingomyelinase; SOS, son of sevenless.
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