The B cell receptor promotes B cell activation and proliferation through a non-ITAM tyrosine in the Igα cytoplasmic domain
The B cell receptor promotes B cell activation and proliferation through a non-ITAM tyrosine in the Igα cytoplasmic domain
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DOI:
10.1016/j.immuni.2006.04.014
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发表时间:
2006-07-01
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32.4
通讯作者:
Rajewsky, Klaus
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作者:
Patterson, Heide Christine K.;Kraus, Manfred;Rajewsky, Klaus
In addition to the tyrosines of the Ig alpha and beta immunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motifs (ITAMs), the evolutionarily conserved Ig alpha non-ITAM tyrosine 204 becomes phosphorylated upon antigen recognition by the B cell receptor (BCR). Here we demonstrate that splenic B cells from mice with a targeted mutation of Ig alpha Y204 exhibited an isolated defect in T cell-independent B cell activation, proliferation, and antibody response upon BCR engagement, yet normal BCR capping, antigen internalization, antigen presentation, and T cell-dependent antibody production. Mutant B cells, present in normal numbers, exhibited unimpaired BCR-induced spleen tyrosine kinase (Syk) phosphorylation but reduced B cell linker protein (BLNK) phosphorylation, calcium flux, and nuclear factor kappa B (NF kappa B), c-jun N-terminal kinase (JNK), and extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) activation. These results suggest that Ig alpha non-ITAM tyrosine 204 promotes a distinct cellular response, namely T-independent B cell proliferation and differentiation via phosphorylation of the adaptor BLNK.