| Literature DB >> 11971956 |
Randy Shen1, Ying-Bin Ouyang, Cheng-Kui Qu, Andres Alonso, Lindsey Sperzel, Tomas Mustelin, Mark H Kaplan, Gen-Sheng Feng.
Abstract
Grb-2-related adaptor protein (Grap) is a Grb2-like SH3-SH2-SH3 adaptor protein with expression restricted to lymphoid tissues. Grap(-/-) lymphocytes isolated from targeted Grap-deficient mice exhibited enhanced proliferation, interleukin-2 production, and c-fos induction in response to mitogenic T-cell receptor (TCR) stimulation, compared to wild-type cells. Ectopic expression of Grap led to a suppression of Elk-1-directed transcription induced by the Ras/Erk pathway, without having effects on gene expression mediated by Jnk and p38 mitogen-activated protein kinases. Together, these data suggest that Grap, unlike Grb2, acts as a negative regulator of TCR-stimulated intracellular signaling by downregulating signal relay through the Ras/Erk pathway.Entities:
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Year: 2002 PMID: 11971956 PMCID: PMC133801 DOI: 10.1128/MCB.22.10.3230-3236.2002
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Mol Cell Biol ISSN: 0270-7306 Impact factor: 4.272