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Published 17 December 2001. doi:10.1084/jem.194.12.1777
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The Journal of Experimental Medicine, Volume 194, Number 12, December 17, 2001 1777-1787


Original Article

The Intersectin 2 Adaptor Links Wiskott Aldrich Syndrome Protein (WASp)-mediated Actin Polymerization to T Cell Antigen Receptor Endocytosis

Mary K.H. McGavin1,2,3, Karen Badour1,2,3, Lynne A. Hardy1,2,3, Terrance J. Kubiseski3, Jinyi Zhang1,2,3 and Katherine A. Siminovitch1,2,3

1 Department of Medicine, Department of Immunology, and Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, the
2 Toronto General Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X5, Canada
3 Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X5, Canada

Address correspondence to K.A. Siminovitch, Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, 600 University Ave., Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X5, Canada. Phone: 416-586-8723; Fax: 416-586-8731; E-mail: ksimin{at}mshri.on.ca

Induction of T cell antigen receptor (TCR) endocytosis has a significant impact on TCR signaling and T cell behavior, but the molecular interactions coordinating internalization of the activated TCR are poorly understood. Previously we have shown that TCR endocytosis is regulated by the Wiskott Aldrich Syndrome protein (WASp), a cytosolic effector which, upon interaction with the cdc42 Rho GTPase, couples TCR engagement to Arp 2/3 complex-mediated actin polymerization. Here we report that WASp associates in T cells with intersectin 2, an endocytic adaptor containing multiple domains including a Dbl homology (DH) domain with the potential to activate Rho GTPases. Intersectin 2 association with WASp increases after TCR engagement, and its overexpression in Cos-7 cells induces WASp translocation to endocytic vesicles within which intersectin 2 colocalizes with both WASp and cdc42. Intersectin 2, but not a DH domain-deleted ({Delta}DH) form of intersectin 2, and stimulation via the TCR also trigger the activation of cdc42. Induction of TCR internalization is also augmented by intersectin 2 and severely impaired by latrunculin B treatment. Thus, intersection 2 appears to function cooperatively with WASp and cdc42 to link the clathrin endocytic machinery to WASp-mediated actin polymerization and ultimately to occupancy-induced TCR endocytosis.

Key Words: TCR endocytosis • actin polymerization • T cell activation • Wiskott Aldrich Syndrome protein • intersectin


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