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Fig. 3. Involvement of Tec kinases in TCR signaling. The Tec kinases (represented
here by Itk) are part of a signaling complex nucleated by LAT and SLP76 that
is critical for the activation of PLC-
, Ca2+ mobilization,
MAPK activation, as well as for downstream cytoskeletal rearrangements and
transcriptional regulation. The red boxes represent phosphorylated ITAMs on
the intracellular tails of the invariant TCR chains. Red circles represent
actin. PIP2, PtdIns(4,5)P2; PIP3,
PtdIns(3,4,5)P3.