The nonimmunoglobulin portion of lambda5 mediates cell-autonomous pre-B cell receptor signaling.
The nonimmunoglobulin portion of lambda5 mediates cell-autonomous pre-B cell receptor signaling.
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lambda5 的非免疫球蛋白部分介导细胞自主前 B 细胞受体信号传导。
作者:
K. Ohnishi;F. Melchers
The pre-B cell receptor (preBCR), composed of mu immunoglobulin (Ig) and surrogate light chains, signals large 'preB-II' cells to proliferate in the apparent absence of ligands or cooperating cells. We deleted the N-terminal, nonimmunoglobulin (nonlg) portion of lambda5, or mutated seven arginine residues in it to serine residues. PreBCRs with such mutant lambda5 proteins showed increased cell surface representation and a diminished rate of aggregation and internalization. Tyrosine phosphorylation of preBCR complexes containing mutant lambda5 proteins was abolished. These results indicate that the nonIg portion of lambda5, and the seven arginine residues in it, are needed for signal transduction, and that signaling could be cell autonomous. We propose two models to explain the apparently constitutive, ligand-independent signal-transducing capacity of the preBCR.