CT
LA-4 (CD152), high-avidity receptor for CD80 andCD86, is a powerfu
l regu
lator of Tce
ll activation. Whi
le CTLA-4 functions at the ce
ll surface, it isprimari
ly
loca
lized in intrace
llu
lar vesic
lesand cyc
les to the ce
ll surface. The CTLA-4 cytop
lasmic domaincontains sequences that direct itsintrace
llu
lar
loca
lization and regu
late its signa
ling. Here wedemonstrate that effector mo
lecu
les invo
lvedin receptor trafficking and signa
ling interact with distinct, butover
lapping, sequences in the CTLA-4cytop
lasmic domain. Using the yeast two-hybrid method, wedemonstrate association of the
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2 subunitof AP-2, the c
lathrin-associated comp
lex found in p
lasmamembrane-associated coated pits, with thecytop
lasmic tai
l of CTLA-4, but not CD28. The
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1 subunit ofAP-1, found in Go
lgi-associated coatedpits, associated with neither CTLA-4 nor CD28. Sequences requiredfor interaction of
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2 and CTLA-4were
loca
lized to residues,
161TTGVY in CTLA-4; thissequence is N-termina
l to, but over
laps with, aprevious
ly identified SH2 binding motif,
165YVKM,invo
lved in CTLA-4 signa
ling.
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2 interactedpreferentia
lly with CTLA-4 when residue
165Y wasnonphosphory
lated, whereas a PI3 kinase SH2 domaininteracted preferentia
lly when
165Y was phosphory
lated.In co-transfection experiments, both tyrosineresidues in the cytop
lasmic tai
l of CTLA-4 (
165Y and
182Y) were phosphory
lated by the T
lymphocyte-associated tyrosine kinase, p56
lck. Thus, phosphory
lation of CTLA-4residue
165Y may reciproca
lly regu
latesigna
ling and trafficking of CTLA-4 by determining which effectormo
lecu
les bind to its cytop
lasmictai
l.