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Han Y, Liu X, Shi B, Xiao R, Gou M, Wang H, Li Q. Identification and characterisation of the immune response properties of Lampetra japonica BLNK. Sci Rep 2016; 6:25308. [PMID: 27126461 PMCID: PMC4850452 DOI: 10.1038/srep25308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2015] [Accepted: 04/14/2016] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
Abstract
B cell linker protein (BLNK) is a central linker protein involved in B cell signal transduction in jawed vertebrates. In a previous study, we have reported the identification of a BLNK homolog named Lj-BLNK in lampreys. In this study, a 336 bp cDNA fragment encoding the Lj-BLNK Src homology 2 (SH2) domain was cloned into the vector pET-28a(+) and overexpressed in Escherichia coli BL21. The recombinant fragment of Lj-BLNK (rLj-BLNK) was purifiedby His-Bind affinity chromatography, and polyclonal antibodies against rLj-BLNK were raised in male New Zealand rabbits. Fluorescenceactivated cell sorting (FACS) analysisrevealed that Lj-BLNK was expressed in approximately 48% of the lymphocyte-like cells of control lampreys, and a significant increase in Lj-BLNK expression was observed in lampreys stimulated with lipopolysaccharide (LPS). Western blotting analysis showed that variable lymphocyte receptor B (VLRB) and Lj-BLNKwere distributed in the same immune-relevant tissues, and the levels of both were upregulated in supraneural myeloid bodies and lymphocyte-like cells after LPS stimulation. Immunofluorescence demonstrated that Lj-BLNK was localized in VLRB(+) lymphocyte-like cells. These results indicate that the Lj-BLNK protein identified in lampreys might play an important role in the VLRB-mediated adaptive immune response.
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- Yinglun Han
- College of Life Science, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116029, China.,Lamprey Research Center, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116029, China
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- College of Life Science, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116029, China.,Lamprey Research Center, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116029, China
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- College of Life Science, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116029, China.,Lamprey Research Center, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116029, China
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- College of Life Science, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116029, China.,Lamprey Research Center, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116029, China
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- College of Life Science, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116029, China.,Lamprey Research Center, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116029, China
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- College of Life Science, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116029, China.,Lamprey Research Center, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116029, China
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- College of Life Science, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116029, China.,Lamprey Research Center, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116029, China
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Han Y, Liu X, Yu T, Shi B, Xiao R, Pang Y, Li Q. A novel member of B-cell linker protein identified in lamprey, Lampetra japonica. Acta Biochim Biophys Sin (Shanghai) 2014; 46:526-30. [PMID: 24785332 DOI: 10.1093/abbs/gmu027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- Yinglun Han
- College of Life Science, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116029, China Lamprey Research Center, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116029, China
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- College of Life Science, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116029, China Lamprey Research Center, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116029, China
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- College of Life Science, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116029, China Lamprey Research Center, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116029, China
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- College of Life Science, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116029, China Lamprey Research Center, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116029, China
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- College of Life Science, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116029, China Lamprey Research Center, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116029, China
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- College of Life Science, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116029, China Lamprey Research Center, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116029, China
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- College of Life Science, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116029, China Lamprey Research Center, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116029, China
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Engels N, König LM, Heemann C, Lutz J, Tsubata T, Griep S, Schrader V, Wienands J. Recruitment of the cytoplasmic adaptor Grb2 to surface IgG and IgE provides antigen receptor-intrinsic costimulation to class-switched B cells. Nat Immunol 2009; 10:1018-25. [PMID: 19668218 DOI: 10.1038/ni.1764] [Citation(s) in RCA: 126] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2009] [Accepted: 06/04/2009] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The improved antibody responses of class-switched memory B cells depend on enhanced signaling from their B cell antigen receptors (BCRs). However, BCRs on both naive and antigen-experienced B cells use the canonical immunoglobulin-associated alpha and beta-protein signaling subunits. Here we identified a BCR isotype-specific signal-amplification mechanism. Whereas immunoglobulin M (IgM)-containing BCRs initiated intracellular signals exclusively through immunoglobulin-associated alpha- and beta-proteins, IgG- and IgE-containing BCRs also used a conserved tyrosine residue in the cytoplasmic segments of immunoglobulin heavy chains. When phosphorylated, this tyrosine recruited the adaptor Grb2, resulting in sustained protein kinase activation and prolonged generation of second messengers, which together culminated in enhanced B cell proliferation. Hence, membrane-bound IgG and IgE exert antigen recognition as well as costimulatory functions, thereby rendering memory B cells less dependent on T cell help.
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- Niklas Engels
- Institute of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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Arana E, Harwood NE, Batista FD. Regulation of integrin activation through the B-cell receptor. J Cell Sci 2008; 121:2279-86. [PMID: 18596256 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.017905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Effective immune surveillance is absolutely dependent on the migration of lymphocytes throughout the body and on their successful recognition of specific antigens. Both of these functions rely on the capacity of integrins that are expressed on the surface of lymphocytes to respond in a highly regulated manner to a variety of chemokines and antigens. This Commentary is primarily concerned with the role of the B-cell integrins LFA-1 and VLA-4 in the antigen-recognition process, and summarises what is currently known about the molecular mechanisms of ;inside-out' integrin activation in response to B-cell-receptor stimulation. Recent investigations have identified Vav, PI3K and small GTPases as crucial regulators of the inside-out activation of B-cell integrins. These observations are of particular interest as they allude to an underlying mechanism by which B-cell-receptor-mediated signalling is linked to cytoskeleton reorganisation and subsequent integrin activation.
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- Eloisa Arana
- Lymphocyte Interaction Laboratory, Cancer Research UK London Research Institute, Lincoln's Inn Fields Laboratories, London WC2A 3PX, UK
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Pearce AC, McCarty OJT, Calaminus SDJ, Vigorito E, Turner M, Watson SP. Vav family proteins are required for optimal regulation of PLCgamma2 by integrin alphaIIbbeta3. Biochem J 2007; 401:753-61. [PMID: 17054426 PMCID: PMC1770845 DOI: 10.1042/bj20061508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Vav proteins belong to the family of guanine-nucleotide-exchange factors for the Rho/Rac family of small G-proteins. In addition, they serve as important adapter proteins for the activation of PLCgamma (phospholipase Cgamma) isoforms by ITAM (immunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motif) receptors, including the platelet collagen receptor GPVI (glycoprotein VI). Vav proteins are also regulated downstream of integrins, including the major platelet integrin alphaIIbbeta3, which has recently been shown to regulate PLCgamma2. In the present study, we have investigated the role of Vav family proteins in filopodia and lamellipodia formation on fibrinogen using platelets deficient in Vav1 and Vav3. Wild-type mouse platelets undergo a limited degree of spreading on fibrinogen, characterized by the formation of numerous filopodia and limited lamellipodia structures. Platelets deficient in Vav1 and Vav3 exhibit reduced filopodia and lamellipodia formation during spreading on fibrinogen. This is accompanied by reduced alphaIIbbeta3-mediated PLCgamma2 tyrosine phosphorylation and reduced Ca(2+) mobilization. In contrast, the G-protein agonist thrombin stimulates full spreading of control and Vav1/3-deficient platelets. Consistent with this, stimulation of F-actin (filamentous actin) formation and Rac activation by thrombin is not altered in Vav-deficient cells. These results demonstrate that Vav1 and Vav3 are required for optimal spreading and regulation of PLCgamma2 by integrin alphaIIbbeta3, but that their requirement is by-passed upon G-protein receptor activation.
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- Andrew C Pearce
- Centre for Cardiovascular Sciences, Institute of Biomedical Research, Division of Medical Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK.
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Fuentes-Pananá EM, Bannish G, Karnell FG, Treml JF, Monroe JG. Analysis of the Individual Contributions of Igα (CD79a)- and Igβ (CD79b)-Mediated Tonic Signaling for Bone Marrow B Cell Development and Peripheral B Cell Maturation. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2006; 177:7913-22. [PMID: 17114463 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.177.11.7913] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The individual contribution of Igalpha and Igbeta for BCR-triggered fates is unclear. Prior evidence supports conflicting ideas concerning unique as well as redundant functions for these proteins in the context of BCR/pre-BCR signaling. Part of this ambiguity may reflect the recent appreciation that Igalpha and Igbeta participate in both Ag-independent (tonic) and Ag-dependent signaling. The present study undertook defining the individual requirement for Igalpha and Igbeta under conditions where only ligand-independent tonic signaling was operative. In this regard, we have constructed chimeric proteins containing one or two copies of the cytoplasmic domains of either Igalpha or Igbeta and Igalpha/Igbeta heterodimers with targeted Tyr-->Phe modifications. The ability of these proteins to act as surrogate receptors and trigger early bone marrow and peripheral B cell maturation was tested in RAG2(-/-) primary pro-B cell lines and in gene transfer experiments in the muMT mouse model. We considered that the threshold for a functional activity mediated by the pre-BCR/BCR might only be reached when two functional copies of the Igalpha/Igbeta ITAM domain are expressed together, and therefore the specificity conferred by these proteins can only be observed in these conditions. We found that the ligand-independent tonic signal is sufficient to drive development into mature follicular B cells and both Igalpha and Igbeta chains supported formation of this population. In contrast, neither marginal zone nor B1 mature B cell subsets develop from bone marrow precursors under conditions where only tonic signals are generated.
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- Ezequiel M Fuentes-Pananá
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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Grabbe A, Wienands J. Human SLP-65 isoforms contribute differently to activation and apoptosis of B lymphocytes. Blood 2006; 108:3761-8. [PMID: 16912232 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2006-02-005397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
Abstract
The SH2 domain-containing leukocyte adaptor protein of 65 kDa (SLP-65) is the key effector for signaling downstream of the B-cell antigen receptor (BCR). SLP-65 controls not only B lymphopoiesis and humoral immunity but also possesses a yet poorly defined tumor suppressor activity that is lost in many cases of acute lymphoblastic leukemia. We found that the 2 isoforms of human SLP-65 are differentially involved in positive and negative B-cell signaling. Reconstitution experiments revealed that an atypical SH3 domain-binding motif, which is present in the long but not in the short SLP-65 isoform, mediates association to Grb2 and suppresses activation of mitogen-activated protein kinases p38 and JNK as well as up-regulation of c-Fos expression. In turn, the short isoform activates not only AP1-driven but also NF-kappaB-driven gene transcription more potently than the long isoform. Conversely, the long rather than the short SLP-65 isoform promotes BCR-induced B-cell apoptosis. Our data further delineate the structural requirements of positive and negative SLP-65 signal transduction in normal and neoplastic cells.
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- Annika Grabbe
- Georg August University of Göttingen, Institute of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Humboldtallee 34, 37073 Göttingen, Germany
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Adapter molecules are multidomain proteins lacking intrinsic catalytic activity, functioning instead by nucleating molecular complexes during signal transduction. The SLP-76 family of adapters includes SH2 domain-containing leukocyte phosphoprotein of 76kDa (SLP-76), B cell linker protein (BLNK), and cytokine-dependent hematopoietic cell linker (Clnk). These proteins are critical for integration of numerous signaling cascades downstream of immunotyrosine-based activation motif (ITAM)-bearing receptors and integrins in diverse hematopoietic cell types. Mutations in genes encoding SLP-76 family adapters result in severe phenotypes, underscoring the critical role these proteins play in cellular development and function by directing formation of signaling complexes in a temporally- and spatially-specific manner.
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- Jennifer N Wu
- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, School of Medicine, Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute, University of Pennsylvania, 415 BRB II/III, 421 Curie Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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Pike KA, Ratcliffe MJH. Dual Requirement for the Igα Immunoreceptor Tyrosine-Based Activation Motif (ITAM) and a Conserved Non-Igα ITAM Tyrosine in Supporting Igαβ-Mediated B Cell Development. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2005; 174:2012-20. [PMID: 15699130 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.174.4.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
Abstract
Surface Ig (sIg) expression is a critical checkpoint during avian B cell development. Only cells that express sIg colonize bursal follicles, clonally expand, and undergo Ig diversification by gene conversion. Expression of a heterodimer, in which the extracellular and transmembrane domains of murine CD8alpha or CD8beta are fused to the cytoplasmic domains of chicken Igalpha (chIgalpha) or Igbeta, respectively (murine CD8alpha (mCD8alpha):chIgalpha + mCD8beta:chIgbeta), or an mCD8alpha:chIgalpha homodimer supported bursal B cell development as efficiently as endogenous sIg. In this study we demonstrate that B cell development, in the absence of chIgbeta, requires both the Igalpha ITAM and a conserved non-ITAM Igalpha tyrosine (Y3) that has been associated with binding to B cell linker protein (BLNK). When associated with the cytoplasmic domain of Igbeta, the Igalpha ITAM is not required for the induction of strong calcium mobilization or BLNK phosphorylation, but is still necessary to support B cell development. In contrast, mutation of the Igalpha Y3 severely compromised calcium mobilization when expressed as either a homodimer or a heterodimer with the cytoplasmic domain of Igbeta. However, coexpression of the cytoplasmic domain of Igbeta partially complemented the Igalpha Y3 mutation, rescuing higher levels of BLNK phosphorylation and, more strikingly, supporting B cell development.
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MESH Headings
- Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing
- Amino Acid Motifs
- Animals
- Antigens, CD/genetics
- Antigens, CD/physiology
- Avian Sarcoma Viruses/genetics
- Avian Sarcoma Viruses/immunology
- B-Lymphocytes/cytology
- B-Lymphocytes/immunology
- B-Lymphocytes/metabolism
- CD79 Antigens
- Calcium Signaling/genetics
- Calcium Signaling/immunology
- Carrier Proteins/metabolism
- Cell Differentiation/immunology
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Cells, Cultured
- Chick Embryo
- Chickens
- Conserved Sequence
- Cytoplasm/immunology
- Cytoplasm/metabolism
- Dimerization
- Mice
- Mutagenesis, Site-Directed
- Phosphoproteins/metabolism
- Phosphorylation
- Protein Structure, Tertiary/genetics
- Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell/genetics
- Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell/physiology
- Recombinant Fusion Proteins/biosynthesis
- Recombinant Fusion Proteins/physiology
- Tyrosine/genetics
- Tyrosine/metabolism
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Affiliation(s)
- Kelly A Pike
- Department of Immunology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Humphries LA, Dangelmaier C, Sommer K, Kipp K, Kato RM, Griffith N, Bakman I, Turk CW, Daniel JL, Rawlings DJ. Tec Kinases Mediate Sustained Calcium Influx via Site-specific Tyrosine Phosphorylation of the Phospholipase Cγ Src Homology 2-Src Homology 3 Linker. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:37651-61. [PMID: 15184383 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m311985200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Tyrosine phosphorylation of phospholipase Cgamma2 (PLCgamma2) is a crucial activation switch that initiates and maintains intracellular calcium mobilization in response to B cell antigen receptor (BCR) engagement. Although members from three distinct families of non-receptor tyrosine kinases can phosphorylate PLCgamma in vitro, the specific kinase(s) controlling BCR-dependent PLCgamma activation in vivo remains unknown. Bruton's tyrosine kinase (Btk)-deficient human B cells exhibit diminished inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate production and calcium signaling despite a normal inducible level of total PLCgamma2 tyrosine phosphorylation. This suggested that Btk might modify a critical subset of residues essential for PLCgamma2 activity. To evaluate this hypothesis, we generated site-specific phosphotyrosine antibodies recognizing four putative regulatory residues within PLCgamma2. Whereas all four sites were rapidly modified in response to BCR engagement in normal B cells, Btk-deficient B cells exhibited a marked reduction in phosphorylation of the Src homology 2 (SH2)-SH3 linker region sites, Tyr(753) and Tyr(759). Phosphorylation of both sites was restored by expression of Tec, but not Syk, family kinases. In contrast, phosphorylation of the PLCgamma2 carboxyl-terminal sites, Tyr(1197) and Tyr(1217), was unaffected by the absence of functional Btk. Together, these data support a model whereby Btk/Tec kinases control sustained calcium signaling via site-specific phosphorylation of key residues within the PLCgamma2 SH2-SH3 linker.
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- Lisa A Humphries
- Molecular Biology Institute and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, UCLA, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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Bonvini E, DeBell KE, Verí MC, Graham L, Stoica B, Laborda J, Aman MJ, DiBaldassarre A, Miscia S, Rellahan BL. On the mechanism coupling phospholipase Cgamma1 to the B- and T-cell antigen receptors. ADVANCES IN ENZYME REGULATION 2004; 43:245-69. [PMID: 12791395 DOI: 10.1016/s0065-2571(02)00033-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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- Ezio Bonvini
- Division of Monoclonal Antibodies, Center for Biologics Evaluation & Research, US-FDA, HFM-564, NIH Campus, Bldg.29B/Rm.3NN10, 8800 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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Wang LD, Clark MR. B-cell antigen-receptor signalling in lymphocyte development. Immunology 2003; 110:411-20. [PMID: 14632637 PMCID: PMC1783068 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2567.2003.01756.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2003] [Revised: 09/15/2003] [Accepted: 09/15/2003] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Signalling through the B-cell antigen receptor (BCR) is required throughout B-cell development and peripheral maturation. Targeted disruption of BCR components or downstream effectors indicates that specific signalling mechanisms are preferentially required for central B-cell development, peripheral maturation and repertoire selection. Additionally, the avidity and the context in which antigen is encountered determine both cell fate and differentiation in the periphery. Although the signalling and receptor components required at each stage have been largely elucidated, the molecular mechanisms through which specific signalling are evoked at each stage are still obscure. In particular, it is not known how the pre-BCR initiates the signals required for normal development or how immature B cells regulate the signalling pathways that determine cell fate. In this review, we will summarize the recent studies that have defined the molecules required for B-cell development and maturation as well as the theories on how signals may be regulated at each stage.
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- Leo D Wang
- Section of Rheumatology and Committee on Immunology, Biological Sciences Division and Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
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Glassford J, Soeiro I, Skarell SM, Banerji L, Holman M, Klaus GGB, Kadowaki T, Koyasu S, Lam EWF. BCR targets cyclin D2 via Btk and the p85alpha subunit of PI3-K to induce cell cycle progression in primary mouse B cells. Oncogene 2003; 22:2248-59. [PMID: 12700661 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1206425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The p85alpha subunit of PI3-K and Btk are two crucial components of the B-cell receptor (BCR) signalling pathway. In the present study, we showed that primary splenic B cells from p85alpha null and xid (Btk-deficient) mice fail to induce cyclin D2 expression and enter early G1, but not S phase of the cell cycle in response to BCR engagement. Furthermore, these Btk or p85alpha null B cells displayed increased cell death compared with wild type following BCR engagement. These findings are further confirmed by studies showing that specific pharmacological inhibitors of Btk (LFM-A13), PI3-K (LY294002 and Wortmannin) and PLCgamma (U73122) also block cyclin D2 expression and S phase entry following BCR stimulation, as well as triggering apoptosis. Collectively, these data provide evidence for the concept that the B-cell signalosome (p85alpha, Btk, BLNK and PLCgamma) is involved in regulating cyclin D2 expression in response to BCR engagement. PKC and intracellular calcium are two major downstream effectors of the B-cell signalosome and can be activated by PMA and ionomycin, respectively. In small resting (G0) B cells, costimulation with PMA and ionomycin, but not PMA or ionomycin alone, induces cyclin D2 expression and cell-cycle progression. Consistent with this, we also showed that the BCR-mediated cyclin D2 induction could be abolished by pretreatment of resting B cells with specific inhibitors of capacitative Ca(2+) entry (SK&F 96365) or PKC (Gö6850). Our present results lead us to propose a model in which the B-cell signalosome targets cyclin D2 via the Ca(2+) and PKC-dependent signalling cascades to mediate cell-cycle progression in response to BCR engagement.
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MESH Headings
- Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing
- Agammaglobulinaemia Tyrosine Kinase
- Amides/pharmacology
- Animals
- Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic/immunology
- Apoptosis
- B-Lymphocytes/drug effects
- B-Lymphocytes/metabolism
- B-Lymphocytes/pathology
- Calcium Signaling/drug effects
- Calcium Signaling/physiology
- Carrier Proteins/physiology
- Cell Cycle/physiology
- Chromones/pharmacology
- Class Ib Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase
- Crosses, Genetic
- Cyclin D2
- Cyclins/biosynthesis
- Cyclins/genetics
- Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology
- Female
- Imidazoles/pharmacology
- Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes/genetics
- Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes/immunology
- Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes/pathology
- Indoles/pharmacology
- Ionomycin/pharmacology
- Isoenzymes/antagonists & inhibitors
- Isoenzymes/deficiency
- Isoenzymes/genetics
- Isoenzymes/physiology
- Macromolecular Substances
- Male
- Maleimides/pharmacology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Inbred CBA
- Mice, Knockout
- Mice, Mutant Strains
- Models, Immunological
- Morpholines/pharmacology
- Nitriles/pharmacology
- Phenotype
- Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases/deficiency
- Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases/genetics
- Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases/physiology
- Phosphoinositide-3 Kinase Inhibitors
- Phospholipase C gamma
- Phosphoproteins/physiology
- Phosphorylation
- Protein Interaction Mapping
- Protein Processing, Post-Translational
- Protein Subunits
- Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/antagonists & inhibitors
- Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/deficiency
- Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/genetics
- Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/physiology
- Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell/physiology
- Signal Transduction/drug effects
- Signal Transduction/physiology
- Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate/pharmacology
- Type C Phospholipases/physiology
- src-Family Kinases/physiology
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Affiliation(s)
- Janet Glassford
- Cancer Research-UK Labs and Section of Cancer Cell Biology, Department of Cancer Medicine, Imperial College School of Medicine at Hammersmith Hospital, Londom, UK
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Hsueh RC, Hammill AM, Lee JA, Uhr JW, Scheuermann RH. Activation of the Syk tyrosine kinase is insufficient for downstream signal transduction in B lymphocytes. BMC Immunol 2002; 3:16. [PMID: 12470302 PMCID: PMC139997 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2172-3-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2002] [Accepted: 12/06/2002] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Immature B lymphocytes and certain B cell lymphomas undergo apoptotic cell death following activation of the B cell antigen receptor (BCR) signal transduction pathway. Several biochemical changes occur in response to BCR engagement, including activation of the Syk tyrosine kinase. Although Syk activation appears to be necessary for some downstream biochemical and cellular responses, the signaling events that precede Syk activation remain ill defined. In addition, the requirements for complete activation of the Syk-dependent signaling step remain to be elucidated. RESULTS A mutant form of Syk carrying a combination of a K395A substitution in the kinase domain and substitutions of three phenylalanines (3F) for the three C-terminal tyrosines was expressed in a murine B cell lymphoma cell line, BCL1.3B3 to interfere with normal Syk regulation as a means to examine the Syk activation step in BCR signaling. Introduction of this kinase-inactive mutant led to the constitutive activation of the endogenous wildtype Syk enzyme in the absence of receptor engagement through a 'dominant-positive' effect. Under these conditions, Syk kinase activation occurred in the absence of phosphorylation on Syk tyrosine residues. Although Syk appears to be required for BCR-induced apoptosis in several systems, no increase in spontaneous cell death was observed in these cells. Surprisingly, although the endogenous Syk kinase was enzymatically active, no enhancement in the phosphorylation of cytoplasmic proteins, including phospholipase Cgamma2 (PLCgamma2), a direct Syk target, was observed. CONCLUSION These data indicate that activation of Syk kinase enzymatic activity is insufficient for Syk-dependent signal transduction. This observation suggests that other events are required for efficient signaling. We speculate that localization of the active enzyme to a receptor complex specifically assembled for signal transduction may be the missing event.
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- Robert C Hsueh
- Laboratory of Molecular Pathology and Department of Pathology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
- Immunology Graduate Program, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Pathology and Department of Pathology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
- Cell Regulation Graduate Program, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Pathology and Department of Pathology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
- Immunology Graduate Program, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Cancer Immunobiology Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Pathology and Department of Pathology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
- Immunology Graduate Program, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
- Cancer Immunobiology Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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Chiu CW, Dalton M, Ishiai M, Kurosaki T, Chan AC. BLNK: molecular scaffolding through 'cis'-mediated organization of signaling proteins. EMBO J 2002; 21:6461-72. [PMID: 12456653 PMCID: PMC136961 DOI: 10.1093/emboj/cdf658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2002] [Revised: 10/14/2002] [Accepted: 10/17/2002] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Assembly of intracellular macromolecular complexes is thought to provide an important mechanism to coordinate the generation of second messengers upon receptor activation. We have previously identified a B cell linker protein, termed BLNK, which serves such a scaffolding function in B cells. We demonstrate here that phosphorylation of five tyrosine residues within human BLNK nucleates distinct signaling effectors following B cell antigen receptor activation. The phosphorylation of multiple tyrosine residues not only amplifies PLCgamma-mediated signaling but also supports 'cis'-mediated interaction between distinct signaling effectors within a large molecular complex. These data demonstrate the importance of coordinate phosphorylation of molecular scaffolds, and provide insights into how assembly of macromolecular complexes is required for normal receptor function.
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- Center for Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63110,
Genentech, Inc., Department of Immunology, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA and Department of Molecular Genetics, Institute for Liver Research, Kansai Medical University, Moriguchi 570-8506, Japan Corresponding author e-mail:
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- Center for Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63110,
Genentech, Inc., Department of Immunology, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA and Department of Molecular Genetics, Institute for Liver Research, Kansai Medical University, Moriguchi 570-8506, Japan Corresponding author e-mail:
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- Center for Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63110,
Genentech, Inc., Department of Immunology, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA and Department of Molecular Genetics, Institute for Liver Research, Kansai Medical University, Moriguchi 570-8506, Japan Corresponding author e-mail:
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Kurosaki T, Okada T. Regulation of phospholipase C-gamma2 and phosphoinositide 3-kinase pathways by adaptor proteins in B lymphocytes. Int Rev Immunol 2002; 20:697-711. [PMID: 11913946 DOI: 10.3109/08830180109045586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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The importance of phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) and phospholipase C (PLC)-gamma2 in B cell function and development has been highlighted by gene targeting experiments in mice. In fact, these knockout mice exhibit a profound inhibition of proliferative responses upon B cell receptor (BCR) engagement. The molecular connections between these effectors and upstream tyrosine kinases such as Syk have been studied intensively in the past few years. This mechanism involves the action of cytoplasmic adaptor molecules, which participate in forming multicomponent signaling complexes, thereby directing the appropriate subcellular localization of effector enzymes. In addition to these cytoplasmic adaptor proteins, cell surface coreceptors can be viewed as transmembrane adaptor proteins, because coreceptors can also change the localization of effector enzymes, which in turn modulates the BCR-initiated signals.
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- T Kurosaki
- Department of Molecular Genetics, Institute for Liver Research, Kansai Medical University, Moriguchi, Japan.
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Turner M, Billadeau DD. VAV proteins as signal integrators for multi-subunit immune-recognition receptors. Nat Rev Immunol 2002; 2:476-86. [PMID: 12094222 DOI: 10.1038/nri840] [Citation(s) in RCA: 255] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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In recent years, substantial progress has been made towards the identification of intracellular signalling molecules that couple multi-subunit immune-recognition receptors (MIRRs) to their various effector functions. Among these, the VAV proteins have been observed to have a crucial role in regulating some of the earliest events in receptor signalling. VAV proteins function, in part, as guanine-nucleotide exchange factors (GEFs) for the RHO/RAC family of GTPases. This review focuses on the role of VAV proteins in the regulation of lymphocyte development and function, and emphasizes the regulatory roles that these proteins have through both GEF-dependent and -independent mechanisms.
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- Martin Turner
- Lymphocyte Signalling and Development Laboratory, Molecular Immunology Programme, The Babraham Institute, Babraham, Cambridge CB2 4AT, UK.
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Aalto Y, El-Rifa W, Vilpo L, Ollila J, Nagy B, Vihinen M, Vilpo J, Knuutila S. Distinct gene expression profiling in chronic lymphocytic leukemia with 11q23 deletion. Leukemia 2001; 15:1721-8. [PMID: 11681413 DOI: 10.1038/sj.leu.2402282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is a heterogeneous disease with regard to its clinical course. The limitations of the methods currently available for prognostic assessment in CLL do not allow accurate prediction of the risk of disease progression in individual patients. The recently developed cDNA array technique provides a unique opportunity to study gene expression in various malignancies. To identify new molecular markers for prognostication of CLL patients, we analyzed cDNA arrays by using hierarchical clustering and standard statistic t-test on 34 CLL patients. We found significant expression differences in 78 genes compared to the reference tonsillar B lymphocytes. A cluster of genes, LCP1, PARP, BLR1, DEK, NPM, MCL1, SLP76, STAM, HIVEP1, EVI2B, CD25, HTLF, HIVEP2, BCL2, MNDA, PBX3, EB12, TCF1, CGRP, CD14, ILB, GZMK, GPR17 and CD79B, was associated (P < 0.05) with the unfavorable 11q deletion and also with the unfavorable Binet stages B and C. We present here gene expression profiling that is associated with CLL patients with the 11q23 deletion. Many of the genes in the cluster have not previously been shown to be related to the initiation or progression of CLL. These novel findings provide fundamental information for further attempts to understand the interaction of the clustered genes in the leukomogenesis of CLL in order to better design treatments aimed at specific molecular target(s).
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MESH Headings
- Aged
- Chromosome Deletion
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11
- Female
- Gene Expression Profiling
- Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
- Genetic Markers
- Humans
- Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell/diagnosis
- Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell/genetics
- Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell/metabolism
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis
- Prognosis
- RNA, Neoplasm/biosynthesis
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
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- Y Aalto
- Department of Medical Genetics, Haartman Institute and Helsinki University Central Hospital, University of Helsinki, Finland
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Wilde JI, Watson SP. Regulation of phospholipase C gamma isoforms in haematopoietic cells: why one, not the other? Cell Signal 2001; 13:691-701. [PMID: 11602179 DOI: 10.1016/s0898-6568(01)00191-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Phospholipase C gamma (PLCgamma) isoforms are critical for the generation of calcium signals in haematopoietic systems in response to the stimulation of immune receptors. PLCgamma is unique amongst phospholipases in that it is tightly regulated by the action of a number of tyrosine kinases. It is itself directly phosphorylated on a number of tyrosines and contains several domains through which it can interact with other signalling proteins and lipid products such as phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-trisphosphate. Through this network of interactions, PLCgamma is activated and recruited to its substrate, phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate, at the membrane. Both isoforms of PLCgamma, PLCgamma1 and PLCgamma2, are present in haematopoietic cells. The signalling cascade involved in the regulation of these two isoforms varies between cells, though the systems are similar for both PLCgamma1 and PLCgamma2. We will compare these cascades for both PLCgamma1 and PLCgamma2 and discuss possible reasons as to why one form of PLCgamma and not the other is required for signalling in specific haematopoietic cells, including T lymphocytes, B lymphocytes, platelets, and mast cells.
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- J I Wilde
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3QT, UK.
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Tsuji S, Okamoto M, Yamada K, Okamoto N, Goitsuka R, Arnold R, Kiefer F, Kitamura D. B cell adaptor containing src homology 2 domain (BASH) links B cell receptor signaling to the activation of hematopoietic progenitor kinase 1. J Exp Med 2001; 194:529-39. [PMID: 11514608 PMCID: PMC2193495 DOI: 10.1084/jem.194.4.529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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The B cell adaptor containing src homology 2 domain (BASH; also termed BLNK or SLP-65), is crucial for B cell antigen receptor (BCR)-mediated activation, proliferation, and differentiation of B cells. BCR-mediated tyrosine-phosphorylation of BASH creates binding sites for signaling effectors such as phospholipase Cgamma (PLCgamma)2 and Vav, while the function of its COOH-terminal src homology 2 domain is unknown. We have now identified hematopoietic progenitor kinase (HPK)1, a STE20-related serine/threonine kinase, as a protein that inducibly interacts with the BASH SH2 domain. BCR ligation induced rapid tyrosine-phosphorylation of HPK1 mainly by Syk and Lyn, resulting in its association with BASH and catalytic activation. BCR-mediated activation of HPK1 was impaired in Syk- or BASH-deficient B cells. The functional SH2 domain of BASH and Tyr-379 within HPK1 which we identified as a Syk-phosphorylation site were both necessary for interaction of both proteins and efficient HPK1 activation after BCR stimulation. Furthermore, HPK1 augmented, whereas its kinase-dead mutant inhibited IkappaB kinase beta (IKKbeta) activation by BCR engagement. These results reveal a novel BCR signaling pathway leading to the activation of HPK1 and subsequently IKKbeta, in which BASH recruits tyrosine-phosphorylated HPK1 into the BCR signaling complex.
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- Sachiyo Tsuji
- Division of Molecular Biology, Research Institute for Biological Sciences, Science University of Tokyo, Chiba 278-0022, Japan
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- Division of Molecular Biology, Research Institute for Biological Sciences, Science University of Tokyo, Chiba 278-0022, Japan
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- Division of Molecular Biology, Research Institute for Biological Sciences, Science University of Tokyo, Chiba 278-0022, Japan
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- Division of Molecular Biology, Research Institute for Biological Sciences, Science University of Tokyo, Chiba 278-0022, Japan
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- Division of Molecular Biology, Research Institute for Biological Sciences, Science University of Tokyo, Chiba 278-0022, Japan
- Inheritance and Variation Group, PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Chiba 278-0022, Japan
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- Max-Planck-Institute for Physiological and Clinical Research, W.G. Kerckhoff-Institute, D-61231 Bad Nauheim, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institute for Physiological and Clinical Research, W.G. Kerckhoff-Institute, D-61231 Bad Nauheim, Germany
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- Division of Molecular Biology, Research Institute for Biological Sciences, Science University of Tokyo, Chiba 278-0022, Japan
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Tedford K, Nitschke L, Girkontaite I, Charlesworth A, Chan G, Sakk V, Barbacid M, Fischer KD. Compensation between Vav-1 and Vav-2 in B cell development and antigen receptor signaling. Nat Immunol 2001; 2:548-55. [PMID: 11376343 DOI: 10.1038/88756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 141] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Vav-1 and Vav-2 are closely related Dbl-homology GTP exchange factors (GEFs) for Rho GTPases. Mutation of Vav-1 disrupts T cell development and T cell antigen receptor-induced activation, but has comparatively little effect on B cells. We found that combined deletion of both Vav-1 and Vav-2 in mice resulted in a marked reduction in mature B lymphocyte numbers. Vav-1(-/-)Vav-2(-/-) B cells were unresponsive to B cell antigen receptor (BCR)-driven proliferation in vitro and to thymus-independent antigen in vivo. BCR-stimulated intracellular calcium mobilization was greatly impaired in Vav-1(-/-)Vav-2(-/-) B cells. These findings establish a role for Vav-2 in BCR calcium signaling and reveal that the Vav family of GEFs is critical to B cell development and function.
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- K Tedford
- Abteilung Physiologische Chemie, Universität Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, D-89069 Ulm, Germany
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Wong J, Ishiai M, Kurosaki T, Chan AC. Functional complementation of BLNK by SLP-76 and LAT linker proteins. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:33116-22. [PMID: 10934198 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m004467200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Recent studies have demonstrated a requirement for the SLP-76 (SH2 domain-containing leukocyte protein of 76 kDa) and LAT (linker for activation of T cells) adaptor/linker proteins in T cell antigen receptor activation and T cell development as well as the BLNK (B cell linker) linker protein in B cell antigen receptor (BCR) signal transduction and B cell development. Whereas the SLP-76 and LAT adaptor proteins are expressed in T, natural killer, and myeloid cells and platelets, BLNK is preferentially expressed in B cells and monocytes. Although BLNK is structurally homologous to SLP-76, BLNK interacts with a variety of downstream signaling proteins that interact directly with both SLP-76 and LAT. Here, we demonstrate that neither SLP-76 nor LAT alone is sufficient to restore the signaling deficits observed in BLNK-deficient B cells. Conversely, the coexpression of SLP-76 and LAT together restored BCR-inducible calcium responses as well as activation of all three families of mitogen-activated protein kinases. Together, these data suggest functional complementation of SLP-76 and LAT in T cell antigen receptor function with BLNK in BCR function.
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- J Wong
- Center for Immunology, the Divisions of Nephrology and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine and Pathology, and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
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Mizuno K, Tagawa Y, Mitomo K, Arimura Y, Hatano N, Katagiri T, Ogimoto M, Yakura H. Src homology region 2 (SH2) domain-containing phosphatase-1 dephosphorylates B cell linker protein/SH2 domain leukocyte protein of 65 kDa and selectively regulates c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase activation in B cells. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2000; 165:1344-51. [PMID: 10903736 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.165.3.1344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Src homology region 2 (SH2) domain-containing phosphatase-1 (SHP-1) is a cytosolic protein tyrosine phosphatase containing two SH2 domains in its NH2 terminus. That immunological abnormalities of the motheaten and viable motheaten mice are caused by mutations in the gene encoding SHP-1 indicates that SHP-1 plays important roles in lymphocyte differentiation, proliferation, and activation. To elucidate molecular mechanisms by which SHP-1 regulates BCR-mediated signal transduction, we determined SHP-1 substrates in B cells using the substrate-trapping approach. When the phosphatase activity-deficient form of SHP-1, in which the catalytic center cysteine (C453) was replaced with serine (SHP-1-C/S), was introduced in WEHI-231 cells, tyrosine phosphorylation of a protein of about 70 kDa was strongly enhanced. Immunoprecipitation and Western blot analyses revealed that this protein is the B cell linker protein (BLNK), also named SH2 domain leukocyte protein of 65 kDa, and that upon tyrosine phosphorylation BLNK binds to SHP-1-C/S in vitro. In vitro kinase assays demonstrated that hyperphosphorylation of BLNK in SHP-1-C/S-expressing cells was not due to enhanced activity of Lyn or Syk. Furthermore, BCR-induced activation of c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase was shown to be significantly enhanced in SHP-1-C/S transfectants. Taken collectively, our results suggest that BLNK is a physiological substrate of SHP-1 in B cells and that SHP-1 selectively regulates c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase activation.
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- K Mizuno
- Department of Immunology and Signal Transduction, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute for Neuroscience, Tokyo Metropolitan Organization for Medical Research, Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan
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Signal transduction by the BCR is critical for progression through developmental checkpoints as well as for immune responses. Recent results obtained in mice deficient either in an adaptor molecule, BLNK (alternatively named SLP-65 or BASH), or in phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase have revealed similar - though not identical - phenotypes to those of Btk(-/-) mice, suggesting a functional link between BLNK, Btk and phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase.
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- T Kurosaki
- Department of Molecular Genetics, Institute for Liver Research, Kansai Medical University, Moriguchi, 570-8506, Japan. kurosaki@mxr. mesh.ne.jp
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Adapter molecules contain discrete modular domains that direct specific intermolecular interactions to orchestrate assembly of signaling complexes. A number of adapter proteins play critical roles in both positive and negative regulation of antigen-receptor signaling, influencing lymphocyte development and function.
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- P S Myung
- Graduate Program of Immunology, University of Pennsylvania, The Leonard and Madlyn Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6160, USA
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Studies over the past few years have demonstrated the importance of linker or adaptor proteins in the signaling pathways activated by the B cell antigen-receptor. These proteins direct the appropriate subcellular localization of enzymatic complexes, amplify signaling pathways and integrate the functions of distinct signaling complexes. Many of the recently identified linker proteins function through these distinct mechanisms to upregulate the BCR signaling pathway. In addition, linker proteins facilitate the influences of co-receptors that augment or dampen the BCR signaling pathway.
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- M E Kelly
- Department of Pediatrics, Medicine and Pathology, Center for Immunology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Washington University School of Medicine, Box 8022, Saint Louis, MO 63110, USA
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Brooks SR, Li X, Volanakis EJ, Carter RH. Systematic analysis of the role of CD19 cytoplasmic tyrosines in enhancement of activation in Daudi human B cells: clustering of phospholipase C and Vav and of Grb2 and Sos with different CD19 tyrosines. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2000; 164:3123-31. [PMID: 10706702 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.164.6.3123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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CD19 is a coreceptor on B cells that enhances the increase in cytoplasmic calcium and ERK2 activation when coligated with the B cell Ag receptor. Constructs containing point mutations and truncations were expressed in Daudi human B lymphoblastoid cells to systematically determine the requirement for individual CD19 cytoplasmic tyrosines in these responses. Evidence for activity was found for Y330, Y360, and Y421 as well as that previously published for Y391. Precipitates formed with phosphopeptides consisting of CD19 sequences flanking these residues were used to screen for cytoplasmic proteins that mediate signaling. Phosphopeptide Y330 precipitated Grb2 and Sos, whereas phosphopeptides Y391 and Y421 both precipitated Vav and phospholipase C-gamma2. These molecules also were found associated with native CD19. In mapping studies with altered constructs, CD19 Y330 and/or Y360 were necessary for binding Grb2 and Sos. Vav associated with CD19 constitutively in unstimulated cells by a tyrosine-independent mechanism requiring the portion of CD19 encoded by exons 9-12. After B cell Ag receptor stimulation, Vav association was tyrosine-dependent, but binding was influenced by multiple residues. However, when maximally phosphorylated by pervanadate, Y391 and, to a lesser extent, Y421 were sufficient. CD19 Y391 was also both necessary and sufficient for binding phospholipase C-gamma2. Thus, different tyrosines along the CD19 cytoplasmic domain provide scaffolding for the formation of complexes of different signaling molecules.
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MESH Headings
- Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing
- Adjuvants, Immunologic/metabolism
- Adjuvants, Immunologic/physiology
- Antigens, CD19/genetics
- Antigens, CD19/metabolism
- Antigens, CD19/physiology
- B-Lymphocytes/drug effects
- B-Lymphocytes/enzymology
- B-Lymphocytes/immunology
- B-Lymphocytes/metabolism
- Calcium Signaling/immunology
- Cell Cycle Proteins
- Cytoplasm/immunology
- Cytoplasm/metabolism
- Exons
- GRB2 Adaptor Protein
- Humans
- Isoenzymes/metabolism
- Lymphocyte Activation/drug effects
- Lymphocyte Activation/immunology
- MAP Kinase Signaling System/immunology
- Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1/physiology
- Molecular Weight
- Mutagenesis, Site-Directed
- Peptide Mapping
- Phospholipase C gamma
- Phosphopeptides/metabolism
- Proteins/metabolism
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins/metabolism
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-vav
- Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell/metabolism
- Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell/physiology
- Son of Sevenless Protein, Drosophila/metabolism
- Tumor Cells, Cultured
- Type C Phospholipases/metabolism
- Tyrosine/genetics
- Tyrosine/metabolism
- Tyrosine/physiology
- Vanadates/pharmacology
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- S R Brooks
- Departments of Medicine and Microbiology, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
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Hayashi K, Nittono R, Okamoto N, Tsuji S, Hara Y, Goitsuka R, Kitamura D. The B cell-restricted adaptor BASH is required for normal development and antigen receptor-mediated activation of B cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2000; 97:2755-60. [PMID: 10688901 PMCID: PMC16002 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.040575697] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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B cell antigen receptor signals development, activation, proliferation, or apoptosis of B cells depending on their condition, and its proper signaling is critical for activation and homeostasis of the immune system. The B cell-restricted adaptor protein BASH (also termed BLNK/SLP-65) is rapidly phosphorylated by the tyrosine kinase Syk after BCR ligation and binds to various signaling proteins. BASH structurally resembles SLP-76, which is essential for T cell development and T cell receptor signaling. To evaluate the role for BASH in B cell development and function in vivo, we disrupted BASH alleles in embryonic stem cells by means of homologous recombination and used these cells to complement lymphocyte-incompetent blastocysts from RAG2-deficient mice. In the resultant chimeric mice, T cell development was apparently normal, but B cell development was impaired, and a normally rare population of large preB cells expressing preB cell receptor dominated in the bone marrow in place of small preB cells, although they were mostly noncycling. In addition, the mature B cell populations in the periphery and the bone marrow profoundly decreased in size, as did B-1 cells in the peritoneal cavity, and serum Ig was severely reduced. The BASH-deficient B cells scarcely proliferated or up-regulated B7-2 in response to BCR ligation and poorly proliferated upon CD40 ligation or lipopolysaccharide stimulation. This phenotype indicates that BASH is critical for preB cell receptor signaling inducing proliferation of large preB cells and the following differentiation, for peripheral B cell maturation, and for BCR signaling inducing activation/proliferation of B cells.
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- K Hayashi
- Research Institute for Biological Sciences, Science University of Tokyo, Japan
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Yasuda T, Maeda A, Kurosaki M, Tezuka T, Hironaka K, Yamamoto T, Kurosaki T. Cbl suppresses B cell receptor-mediated phospholipase C (PLC)-gamma2 activation by regulating B cell linker protein-PLC-gamma2 binding. J Exp Med 2000; 191:641-50. [PMID: 10684856 PMCID: PMC2195830 DOI: 10.1084/jem.191.4.641] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Accumulating evidence indicates that the Cbl protein plays a negative role in immune receptor signaling; however, the mode of Cbl action in B cell receptor (BCR) signaling still remains unclear. DT40 B cells deficient in Cbl showed enhanced BCR-mediated phospholipase C (PLC)-gamma2 activation, thereby leading to increased apoptosis. A possible explanation for the involvement of Cbl in PLC-gamma2 activation was provided by findings that Cbl interacts via its Src homology 2 (SH2) domain with B cell linker protein (BLNK) after BCR ligation. BLNK is a critical adaptor molecule for PLC-gamma2 tyrosine phosphorylation through its binding to the PLC-gamma2 SH2 domains. As a consequence of the interaction between Cbl and BLNK, the BCR-induced recruitment of PLC-gamma2 to BLNK and the subsequent PLC-gamma2 tyrosine phosphorylation were inhibited. Thus, our data suggest that Cbl negatively regulates the PLC-gamma2 pathway by inhibiting the association of PLC-gamma2 with BLNK.
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- Tomoharu Yasuda
- From the Department of Oncology, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 108-0071, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Institute for Liver Research, Kansai Medical University, Moriguchi 570-8506, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Institute for Liver Research, Kansai Medical University, Moriguchi 570-8506, Japan
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- From the Department of Oncology, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 108-0071, Japan
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- From the Department of Oncology, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 108-0071, Japan
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- From the Department of Oncology, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 108-0071, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Institute for Liver Research, Kansai Medical University, Moriguchi 570-8506, Japan
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A ubiquitous signaling event in hormonal responses is the phospholipase C (PLC)-catalyzed hydrolysis of phosphatidylinositol 4, 5-bisphosphate to produce the metabolite second messenger molecules inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate and diacylglycerol. The former provokes a transient increase in intracellular free Ca(2+), while the latter serves as a direct activator of protein kinase C. In tyrosine kinase-dependent signaling pathways this reaction is mediated by the PLC-gamma isozymes. These are direct substrates of many tyrosine kinases in a wide variety of cell types. The mechanism of PLC-gamma activation involves its association with and phosphorylation by receptor and non-receptor tyrosine kinases, as well as interaction with specialized adaptor molecules and, perhaps, other second messenger molecules. However, the biochemistry of PLC-gamma is at a more advanced state than a clear understanding of exactly how this signaling element functions in the generation of a mitogenic response.
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- G Carpenter
- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, 37232-0146, USA.
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DeBell KE, Stoica BA, Verí MC, Di Baldassarre A, Miscia S, Graham LJ, Rellahan BL, Ishiai M, Kurosaki T, Bonvini E. Functional independence and interdependence of the Src homology domains of phospholipase C-gamma1 in B-cell receptor signal transduction. Mol Cell Biol 1999; 19:7388-98. [PMID: 10523627 PMCID: PMC84732 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.19.11.7388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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B-cell receptor (BCR)-induced activation of phospholipase C-gamma1 (PLCgamma1) and PLCgamma2 is crucial for B-cell function. While several signaling molecules have been implicated in PLCgamma activation, the mechanism coupling PLCgamma to the BCR remains undefined. The role of PLCgamma1 SH2 and SH3 domains at different steps of BCR-induced PLCgamma1 activation was examined by reconstitution in a PLCgamma-negative B-cell line. PLCgamma1 membrane translocation required a functional SH2 N-terminal [SH2(N)] domain, was decreased by mutation of the SH3 domain, but was unaffected by mutation of the SH2(C) domain. Tyrosine phosphorylation did not require the SH2(C) or SH3 domains but depended exclusively on a functional SH2(N) domain, which mediated the association of PLCgamma1 with the adapter protein, BLNK. Forcing PLCgamma1 to the membrane via a myristoylation signal did not bypass the SH2(N) domain requirement for phosphorylation, indicating that the phosphorylation mediated by this domain is not due to membrane anchoring alone. Mutation of the SH2(N) or the SH2(C) domain abrogated BCR-stimulated phosphoinositide hydrolysis and signaling events, while mutation of the SH3 domain partially decreased signaling. PLCgamma1 SH domains, therefore, have interrelated but distinct roles in BCR-induced PLCgamma1 activation.
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- K E DeBell
- Laboratory of Immunobiology, Division of Monoclonal Antibodies, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Gold MR. Intermediary signaling effectors coupling the B-cell receptor to the nucleus. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol 1999; 245:77-134. [PMID: 10533311 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-57066-7_3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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- M R Gold
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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Craxton A, Otipoby KL, Jiang A, Clark EA. Signal transduction pathways that regulate the fate of B lymphocytes. Adv Immunol 1999; 73:79-152. [PMID: 10399006 DOI: 10.1016/s0065-2776(08)60786-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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- A Craxton
- Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle 98195, USA
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Ji QS, Chattopadhyay A, Vecchi M, Carpenter G. Physiological requirement for both SH2 domains for phospholipase C-gamma1 function and interaction with platelet-derived growth factor receptors. Mol Cell Biol 1999; 19:4961-70. [PMID: 10373546 PMCID: PMC84312 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.19.7.4961] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Two approaches have been utilized to investigate the role of individual SH2 domains in growth factor activation of phospholipase C-gamma1 (PLC-gamma1). Surface plasmon resonance analysis indicates that the individual N-SH2 and C-SH2 domains are able to specifically recognize a phosphotyrosine-containing peptide corresponding to Tyr 1021 of the platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) beta receptor. To assess SH2 function in the context of the full-length PLC-gamma1 molecule as well as within the intact cell, PLC-gamma1 SH2 domain mutants, disabled by site-directed mutagenesis of the N-SH2 and/or C-SH2 domain(s), were expressed in Plcg1(-/-) fibroblasts. Under equilibrium incubation conditions (4 degrees C, 40 min), the N-SH2 domain, but not the C-SH2 domain, was sufficient to mediate significant PLC-gamma1 association with the activated PDGF receptor and PLC-gamma1 tyrosine phosphorylation. When both SH2 domains in PLC-gamma1 were disabled, the double mutant did not associate with activated PDGF receptors and was not tyrosine phosphorylated. However, no single SH2 mutant was able to mediate growth factor activation of Ca2+ mobilization or inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3) formation. Subsequent kinetic experiments demonstrated that each single SH2 domain mutant was significantly impaired in its capacity to mediate rapid association with activated PDGF receptors and become tyrosine phosphorylated. Hence, when assayed under physiological conditions necessary to achieve a rapid biological response (Ca2+ mobilization and IP3 formation), both SH2 domains of PLC-gamma1 are essential to growth factor responsiveness.
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- Q S Ji
- Departments of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146, USA
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Bubeck-Wardenburg J, Wong J, Fütterer K, Pappu R, Fu C, Waksman G, Chan AC. Regulation of antigen receptor function by protein tyrosine kinases. PROGRESS IN BIOPHYSICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1999; 71:373-92. [PMID: 10354705 DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6107(98)00060-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- J Bubeck-Wardenburg
- Departments of Internal Medicine and Pathology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
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Melamed I, Patel H, Brodie C, Gelfand EW. Activation of Vav and Ras through the nerve growth factor and B cell receptors by different kinases. Cell Immunol 1999; 191:83-9. [PMID: 9973529 DOI: 10.1006/cimm.1998.1402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Engagement of the B-cell antigen receptor (BCR) or the nerve growth factor receptor (NGFR/TrkA) induces activation of multiple tyrosine kinases, resulting in phosphorylation of numerous intracellular substrates. We show that addition of NGF or anti-IgM antibody leads to the early tyrosine phosphorylation of p95(vav), which is expressed exclusively in hematopoietic cells; NGF, similar to crosslinking the BCR, also results in the rapid activation of Ras. The phosphorylation of Vav and activation of Ras triggered by NGF is mediated through Trk tyrosine kinase, whereas signaling through the BCR uses a different tyrosine kinase. We also show that NGF induces tyrosine phosphorylation of Shc and its association with Grb2. Vav and Ras with the adaptor proteins Shc and Grb2 appear to serve as a link between different receptor-mediated signaling pathways and, in human B cells, may play an important regulatory role in neuroimmune interactions.
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- I Melamed
- Department of Pediatrics, National Jewish Medical and Research Center, 1400 Jackson Street, Denver, Colorado, 80206, USA
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Ishiai M, Kurosaki M, Pappu R, Okawa K, Ronko I, Fu C, Shibata M, Iwamatsu A, Chan AC, Kurosaki T. BLNK required for coupling Syk to PLC gamma 2 and Rac1-JNK in B cells. Immunity 1999; 10:117-25. [PMID: 10023776 DOI: 10.1016/s1074-7613(00)80012-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 270] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Signaling through the B cell receptor (BCR) is essential for B cell function and development. Despite the key role of Syk in BCR signaling, little is known about the mechanism by which Syk transmits downstream effectors. BLNK (B cell LiNKer protein), a substrate for Syk, is now shown to be essential in activating phospholipase C (PLC)gamma 2 and JNK. The BCR-induced PLC gamma 2 activation, but not the JNK activation, was restored by introduction of PLC gamma 2 membrane-associated form into BLNK-deficient B cells. As JNK activation requires both Rac1 and PLC gamma 2, our results suggest that BLNK regulates the Rac1-JNK pathway, in addition to modulating PLC gamma 2 localization.
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- M Ishiai
- Department of Molecular Genetics, Institute for Liver Research, Kansai Medical University, Moriguchi, Japan
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Ingham RJ, Holgado-Madruga M, Siu C, Wong AJ, Gold MR. The Gab1 protein is a docking site for multiple proteins involved in signaling by the B cell antigen receptor. J Biol Chem 1998; 273:30630-7. [PMID: 9804835 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.273.46.30630] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Gab1 is a member of the docking/scaffolding protein family which includes IRS-1, IRS-2, c-Cbl, p130(cas), and p62(dok). These proteins contain a variety of protein-protein interaction motifs including multiple tyrosine residues that when phosphorylated can act as binding sites for Src homology 2 (SH2) domain-containing signaling proteins. We show in the RAMOS human B cell line that Gab1 is tyrosine-phosphorylated in response to B cell antigen receptor (BCR) engagement. Moreover, tyrosine phosphorylation of Gab1 correlated with the binding of several SH2-containing signaling proteins to Gab1 including Shc, Grb2, phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase, and the SHP-2 tyrosine phosphatase. Far Western analysis showed that the SH2 domains of Shc, SHP-2, and the p85 subunit of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase could bind directly to tyrosine-phosphorylated Gab1 isolated from activated RAMOS cells. In contrast, the Grb2 SH2 domain did not bind directly to Gab1 but instead to the Shc and SHP-2 associated with Gab1. We also show that Gab1 is present in the membrane-enriched particulate fraction of RAMOS cells and that Gab1/signaling protein complexes are found in this fraction after BCR engagement. Thus, tyrosine-phosphorylated Gab1 may recruit cytosolic signaling proteins to cellular membranes where they can act on membrane-bound targets. This may be a critical step in the activation of multiple BCR signaling pathways.
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- R J Ingham
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z3, Canada
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Wienands J, Schweikert J, Wollscheid B, Jumaa H, Nielsen PJ, Reth M. SLP-65: a new signaling component in B lymphocytes which requires expression of the antigen receptor for phosphorylation. J Exp Med 1998; 188:791-5. [PMID: 9705962 PMCID: PMC2213353 DOI: 10.1084/jem.188.4.791] [Citation(s) in RCA: 210] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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The B cell antigen receptor (BCR) consists of the membrane-bound immunoglobulin (Ig) molecule as antigen-binding subunit and the Ig-alpha/Ig-beta heterodimer as signaling subunit. BCR signal transduction involves activation of protein tyrosine kinases (PTKs) and phosphorylation of several proteins, only some of which have been identified. The phosphorylation of these proteins can be induced by exposure of B cells either to antigen or to the tyrosine phosphatase inhibitor pervanadate/H2O2. One of the earliest substrates in B cells is a 65-kD protein, which we identify here as a B cell adaptor protein. This protein, named SLP-65, is part of a signaling complex involving Grb-2 and Vav and shows homology to SLP-76, a signaling element of the T cell receptor. In pervanadate/H2O2-stimulated cells, SLP-65 becomes phosphorylated only upon expression of the BCR. These data suggest that SLP-65 is part of a BCR transducer complex.
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- J Wienands
- Department for Molecular Immunology, Biology III, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany.
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Pivniouk V, Tsitsikov E, Swinton P, Rathbun G, Alt FW, Geha RS. Impaired viability and profound block in thymocyte development in mice lacking the adaptor protein SLP-76. Cell 1998; 94:229-38. [PMID: 9695951 DOI: 10.1016/s0092-8674(00)81422-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 308] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The adaptor protein SLP-76 is expressed in T lymphocytes and myeloid cells and is a substrate for ZAP-70 and Syk. We generated a SLP-76 null mutation in mice by homologous recombination in embryonic stem cells to evaluate the role of SLP-76 in T cell development and activation. SLP-76-deficient mice exhibited subcutaneous and intraperitoneal hemorrhaging and impaired viability. Analysis of lymphoid cells revealed a profound block in thymic development with absence of double-positive CD4+8+ thymocytes and of peripheral T cells. This block could not be overcome by in vivo treatment with anti-CD3. V-D-J rearrangement of the TCRbeta locus was not obviously affected. B cell development was normal. These results indicate that SLP-76 collects all pre-TCR signals that drive the development and expansion of double-positive thymocytes.
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- V Pivniouk
- Children's Hospital and Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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Linker or adapter proteins provide mechanisms by which receptors can amplify and regulate downstream effector proteins. We describe here the identification of a novel B cell linker protein, termed BLNK, that interfaces the B cell receptor-associated Syk tyrosine kinase with PLCgamma, the Vav guanine nucleotide exchange factor, and the Grb2 and Nck adapter proteins. Tyrosine phosphorylation of BLNK by Syk provides docking sites for these SH2-containing effector molecules that, in turn, permits the phosphorylation and/or activation of their respective signaling pathways. Hence, BLNK represents a central linker protein that bridges the B cell receptor-associated kinases with a multitude of signaling pathways and may regulate the biologic outcomes of B cell function and development.
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- C Fu
- Center for Immunology, Program in Molecular Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
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Peterson EJ, Clements JL, Fang N, Koretzky GA. Adaptor proteins in lymphocyte antigen-receptor signaling. Curr Opin Immunol 1998; 10:337-44. [PMID: 9638371 DOI: 10.1016/s0952-7915(98)80173-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Adaptor molecules, proteins that possess no intrinsic enzymatic function, but which mediate protein-protein interactions, have a critical role in integrating signal transduction pathways following engagement of cell-surface receptors. Several newly described adaptor molecules have been shown to serve important functions in the regulation of signaling events initiated by lymphocyte antigen receptors. Understanding how these adaptor proteins function to modulate signaling cascades will provide important insights into the complex biology of lymphocyte activation.
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- E J Peterson
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City 52242, USA.
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