| First Author | Lee SY | Year | 2014 |
| Journal | Immunity | Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 6 | Pages | 934-46 |
| PubMed ID | 25526308 | Mgi Jnum | J:315352 |
| Mgi Id | MGI:6830191 | Doi | 10.1016/j.immuni.2014.10.021 |
| Citation | Lee SY, et al. (2014) Noncanonical mode of ERK action controls alternative alphabeta and gammadelta T cell lineage fates. Immunity 41(6):934-46 |
| abstractText | Gradations in extracellular regulated kinase (ERK) signaling have been implicated in essentially every developmental checkpoint or differentiation process encountered by lymphocytes. Yet, despite intensive effort, the molecular basis by which differences in ERK activation specify alternative cell fates remains poorly understood. We report here that differential ERK signaling controls lymphoid-fate specification through an alternative mode of action. While ERK phosphorylates most substrates, such as RSK, by targeting them through its D-domain, this well-studied mode of ERK action was dispensable for development of gammadelta T cells. Instead, development of gammadelta T cells was dependent upon an alternative mode of action mediated by the DEF-binding pocket (DBP) of ERK. This domain enabled ERK to bind a distinct and select set of proteins required for specification of the gammadelta fate. These data provide the first in vivo demonstration for the role of DBP-mediated interactions in orchestrating alternate ERK-dependent developmental outcomes. |
