POSSIBLE ORIENTATIONAL CONSTRAINTS DETERMINE SECRETORY SIGNALS INDUCED BY AGGREGATION OF IGE RECEPTORS ON MAST-CELLS
POSSIBLE ORIENTATIONAL CONSTRAINTS DETERMINE SECRETORY SIGNALS INDUCED BY AGGREGATION OF IGE RECEPTORS ON MAST-CELLS
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DOI:
10.1002/j.1460-2075.1988.tb03304.x
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发表时间:
1988-12-20
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影响因子:
11.4
通讯作者:
PECHT, I
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作者:
ORTEGA, E;SCHWEITZERSTENNER, R;PECHT, I
Three biologically active monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) specific for the monovalent, high-affinity membrane receptor for IgE (Fc.epsilon.R) were employed in analysing the secretory response of mast cells of the RBL-2H3 line to crosslinking of their Fc.epsilon.R. All three mAbs (designated F4, H10 and J17) complete with each other and with IgE for binding to the F.epsilon.R. Their stoichiometry of binding is 1 Fab:1 Fc.epsilon.R, hence, the intact mAbs can aggregate the Fc.epsilon.Rs to dimers only. Since all three mAbs induce secretion , we conclude that Fc.epsilon.R dimers constitute a sufficient ''signal element'' for secretion of mediators for RBL-2H3 cells. The secretory dose-response of the cells to these three mAbs are, however, markedly different: F4 caused rather high secretion, reaching almost 80% of the cells'' content, Both the intrinsic affinities and equilibrium constants for the receptor dimerization were derived from analysis of binding data of the Fab fragments and intact mABS. These parameters were used to compute the extent fo Fc.epsilon.R dimerization caused by each of the antibodies. However, the different secretory responses to the three mAbs could not be rationalized simply in terms of the extent of Fc.epsilon.R is not only the number of crosslinked Fc.epsilon.R which determines the magnitude of secretion-causing signal, but rather other constraints imposed by each individual mAb are also important. These constraints are most probably configruational ones, yielding differently oriented Fc.epsilon.Rs in the produced dimers. These results provide, to our knowledge, the first evidence for a possible role of the relative orientation of receptors being crosslinked in a stimulatory aggregation process.