Distinct role for c-kit receptor tyrosine kinase and SgIGSF adhesion molecule in attachment of mast cells to fibroblasts
Distinct role for c-kit receptor tyrosine kinase and SgIGSF adhesion molecule in attachment of mast cells to fibroblasts
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DOI:
10.1038/labinvest.3700231
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发表时间:
2005-03-01
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5
通讯作者:
Kitamura, Y
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作者:
Koma, Y;Ito, A;Kitamura, Y
Binding of stem cell factor ( SCF) to c- kit receptor tyrosine kinase ( KIT) transduces signals essential for mast cell development via several pathways including activation of phosphatidylinositol 3- kinase ( PI3- K). When cultured mast cells ( CMCs) are cocultured with fibroblasts expressing membrane- bound SCF, CMCs with normal KIT adhere to fibroblasts and proliferate, whereas CMCs lacking cell surface expression of KIT do neither. Spermatogenic immunoglobulin superfamily ( SgIGSF) was identified as another molecule that participates in mast cell adhesion to fibroblasts. Since the IC- 2 mast cell line expressed neither KIT nor SgIGSF, the effect of ectopic expression of KIT or SgIGSF on the adhesion of IC- 2 cells was examined. Three forms of KIT with the normal ectodomain were used: wild- type ( KIT- WT) and two mutant types with a phenylalanine substitution at the tyrosine residue 719 ( KIT- Y719F) or 821 ( KIT- Y821F). KIT- Y719F does not activate PI3- K, whereas KIT- Y821F does. Firstly, KIT or SgIGSF was expressed singly in IC- 2 cells. All three forms of KIT increased the adhesion level of IC- 2 cells, whereas SgIGSF did not. Secondly, SgIGSF was coexpressed with one of the three forms of KIT. Coexpression of SgIGSF with KIT- WT or KIT- Y821F increased the adhesion level more markedly than was achieved by KIT- WT or KIT- Y821F alone. The effect was abolished by an antibody that blocks SCF - KIT interaction. In contrast, coexpression of SgIGSF with KIT- Y719F did not increase the adhesion level induced by KIT- Y719F alone. In adhesion of mast cells to fibroblasts, KIT appeared to behave as an adhesion molecule and as an activator of other adhesion molecules through phosphorylating PI3- K.