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A DOCK8-WIP-WASp complex links T cell receptors to the actin cytoskeleton
Erin Janssen, … , Francis W. Luscinskas, Raif S. Geha
Erin Janssen, … , Francis W. Luscinskas, Raif S. Geha
Published September 6, 2016
Citation Information: J Clin Invest. 2016;126(10):3837-3851. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI85774.
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A DOCK8-WIP-WASp complex links T cell receptors to the actin cytoskeleton

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Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome (WAS) is associated with mutations in the WAS protein (WASp), which plays a critical role in the initiation of T cell receptor–driven (TCR-driven) actin polymerization. The clinical phenotype of WAS includes susceptibility to infection, allergy, autoimmunity, and malignancy and overlaps with the symptoms of dedicator of cytokinesis 8 (DOCK8) deficiency, suggesting that the 2 syndromes share common pathogenic mechanisms. Here, we demonstrated that the WASp-interacting protein (WIP) bridges DOCK8 to WASp and actin in T cells. We determined that the guanine nucleotide exchange factor activity of DOCK8 is essential for the integrity of the subcortical actin cytoskeleton as well as for TCR-driven WASp activation, F-actin assembly, immune synapse formation, actin foci formation, mechanotransduction, T cell transendothelial migration, and homing to lymph nodes, all of which also depend on WASp. These results indicate that DOCK8 and WASp are in the same signaling pathway that links TCRs to the actin cytoskeleton in TCR-driven actin assembly. Further, they provide an explanation for similarities in the clinical phenotypes of WAS and DOCK8 deficiency.

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Erin Janssen, Mira Tohme, Mona Hedayat, Marion Leick, Sudha Kumari, Narayanaswamy Ramesh, Michel J. Massaad, Sumana Ullas, Veronica Azcutia, Christopher C. Goodnow, Katrina L. Randall, Qi Qiao, Hao Wu, Waleed Al-Herz, Dianne Cox, John Hartwig, Darrell J. Irvine, Francis W. Luscinskas, Raif S. Geha

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WIP bridges DOCK8 to WASp.

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WIP bridges DOCK8 to WASp.
(A and B) Representative immunoblot and quant...
(A and B) Representative immunoblot and quantitative analysis of co-IP of WIP and DOCK8 from peripheral blood T cell lysates from an HC and a WASpnull patient (A) and of mouse splenic T cells from WT and Was–/– mice (B). T cells were examined 0 and 10 minutes after (+) anti-CD3 stimulation. Using densitometric scanning, quantification of the results was performed by calculating the ratio of WIP/DOCK8 bands in the DOCK8 immunoprecipitates to that in the lysates relative to controls. The results in A represent 2 WAS patients and 2 controls examined in 2 independent experiments, and in B, 3 WT and 3 Was–/– mice were examined in 3 independent experiments. Aliquots from the lysates used for IP were probed with MALT1 in A and with GAPDH in B to ensure equal loading. Error bars in A and B represent the mean ± SEM. Student’s t test. (C) Co-IP of rWIP-EGFP, but not EGFP, with rMyc-tagged DOCK8 (DOCK8-Myc) proteins (top panel) and of rDOCK8-Myc with rWASp-Flag, but not rMALT1-Flag, in the presence, but not in the absence, of rWIP-EGFP (bottom panel). (D) Map of the WIPΔWBD protein. (E) Representative immunoblot of the co-IP of WIP-EGFP and WIPΔWBD-EGFP with Myc-tagged DOCK8 in 293T cell transfectants. LRRC8A-Myc and EGFP transfectants were used as negative controls, and lysate aliquots were probed for Myc and EGFP to ensure equal loading. The * denotes a non-specific band. (F) Co-IP of DOCK8 and WASp with WIP in human T cells, using the 3D10 and D12C5 anti-WIP mAbs directed against distinct epitopes in the N-terminus and C-terminus of WIP, respectively. Data in C, E, and F represent 4 independent experiments.

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