Journal: Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)
Article Title: DOK3 is required for IFN-β production by enabling TRAF3/TBK1 complex formation and IRF3 activation.
doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.1301601
Figure Lengend Snippet: FIGURE 6. BTK phosphorylates DOK3. (A) DOK3 is not phosphorylated in poly(I:C)-stimulated btk2/2 macrophages. Western blot analysis of DOK3 phosphorylation in WT and btk2/2 macrophages upon poly(I:C) stimulation is shown. Cells were stimulated with poly(I:C) and cell lysates were immuno- precipitated (IP) with an anti-DOK3 Ab or control IgG Abs and immuno- blotted (IB) with an anti-phosphotyrosine Ab (4G10). Membranes were subsequently stripped and immunoblotted with DOK3 Ab for loading control. (B) DOK3 is phosphorylated in poly(I:C)-stimulated but not BTK-inhibited macrophages. Cells were treated with DMSO as control or with the BTK- inhibitor LFM-A13, and DOK3 was immunoprecipitated and probed with anti-phosphotyrosine Ab and reprobed with anti-DOK3 Ab as control. (C) BTK kinase activity is required for DOK3 phosphorylation. HEK293T cells were nontransfected or transfected with FLAG-tagged DOK3 together with HA-tagged BTK, constitutively active BTK (E41K), or kinase-dead BTK (K430R). Cell lysates were immunoprecipitated with anti-FLAG Ab and immunoblotted with anti-phosphotyrosine (4G10) or anti-FLAG Abs. Whole- cell lysates (WCL) were included to show expression of the transfected gene constructs. (D) BTK physically binds DOK3. HEK293T cells were trans- fected with FLAG-tagged DOK3 and with or without HA-tagged BTK. Cell lysates were immunoprecipitated with anti-FLAG Ab and immunoblotted with anti-HA Ab. Whole-cell lysates were included to indicate expression of the transfected constructs. (E) In vitro kinase phosphorylation assay exam- ining the activities of purified WT and kinase-dead BTK (K430R) kinases on DOK3 as substrate as measured with the ADP-Glo kinase assay. Data are plotted as nanomoles phosphate transferred from ATP to a specific substrate. (F) BTK acts in concert with DOK3 and TBK1 to further increase ifn-b gene expression. HEK293T cells were transfected with various combinations of vectors bearing TBK1, DOK3, and BTK together with plasmids encoding IFN-b promoter luciferase (IFN-b-luc) reporter and Renilla luciferase and assayed at 24 h after transfection for luciferase activity. Data shown are representative of two independent experiments. * p , 0.05.
Article Snippet: Abs against DOK3, ERK2, phosphoERK2, phospho-AKT (Thr308 and Ser473), TRAF3, JNK1, p38, IRF3, IkBa, and histone deacetylase 1 (HDAC1) were from Santa Cruz Biotechnology.
Techniques: Western Blot, Phospho-proteomics, Control, Immunoprecipitation, Activity Assay, Transfection, Expressing, Construct, In Vitro, Kinase Assay, Gene Expression, Luciferase