Signalinginto Lipid Rafts Reveals a Novel Step in Translocation of the B Cell Antigen Receptor
Signalinginto Lipid Rafts Reveals a Novel Step in Translocation of the B Cell Antigen Receptor
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2001
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P. Cheng;B. Brown;Wenxia Song;S. Pierce
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P. Cheng;B. Brown;Wenxia Song;S. Pierce
The cross-linking of the B cell Ag receptor (BCR) leads to the initiation of a signal transduction cascade in which the earliest events involve the phosphorylation of the immunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motifs of Ig a and Ig b by the Src family kinase Lyn and association of the BCR with the actin cytoskeleton. However, the mechanism by which BCR cross-linking initiates the cascade remains obscure. In this study, using various A20-transfected cell lines, biochemical and genetic evidence is provided that BCR cross-linking leads to the translocation of the BCR into cholesterol- and sphingolipid-rich lipid rafts in a process that is independent of the initiation of BCR signaling and does not require the actin cytoskeleton. Translocation of the BCR into lipid rafts did not require the Ig a /Ig b signaling complex, was not dependent on engagement of the FcR, and was not blocked by the Src family kinase inhibitor PP2 or the actin-depolymerizing agents cytochalasin D or latrunculin. Thus, cross-linking or oligomerization of the BCR induces the BCR translocation into lipid rafts, defining an event in B cell activation that precedes receptor phosphorylation and association with the actin cytoskeleton. The Journal of Immunology, 2001, 166: 3693–3701.