FC RECEPTOR PHOSPHORYLATION DURING RECEPTOR-MEDIATED CONTROL OF B-CELL ACTIVATION
FC RECEPTOR PHOSPHORYLATION DURING RECEPTOR-MEDIATED CONTROL OF B-CELL ACTIVATION
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DOI:
10.1038/345628a0
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发表时间:
1990-06-14
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影响因子:
64.8
通讯作者:
MELLMAN, I
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作者:
HUNZIKER, W;KOCH, T;MELLMAN, I
IT is well known that Fc receptors for IgG (FcRII) on macrophages mediate the endocytosis of antibody–antigen complexes and signal the release of inflammatory and cytotoxic agents1. FcRII are also expressed at high levels on B cells where they are less involved in endocytosis than in modulating B-cell activation by membrane immunoglobulins2,3. Although crosslinking of membrane immunoglobulins can result in B-cell differentiation and proliferation through stimulation of phospholipase C, mobilization of intracellular Ca2+, and activation of protein kinase C, crosslinking FcR with membrane immunoglobulins confers a dominant inhibitory signal that prevents or aborts activation2–6. This form of regulation may have a role in the induction of tolerance by IgG7and in controlling the B-cell repertoire by anti-idiotypes8,9. The different functions of FcR on B cells and macrophages may reflect the fact that these cell types express closely related but distinct FcR isoforms. We have recently found that the main lymphocyte FcR isoform, FcRII-B1, is unable to mediate endocytosis by way of coated pits and coated vesicles owing to an in-frame insertion of 47 amino acids in its cytoplasmic tail10,11. Here we show that this insert, absent from the FcRII-B2 macrophage isoform, also contains serine phosphorylation sites that may have a role in the ability of FcR to regulate B-cell activation through membrane immunoglobulins.