Abstract
To investigate why responses of mast cells to antigen-induced IgE receptor (FcεRI) aggregation depend nonlinearly on antigen dose, we characterized a new artificial ligand, DF3, through complementary modeling and experimentation. This ligand is a stable trimer of peptides derived from bacteriophage T4 fibritin, each conjugated to a hapten (DNP). We found low and high doses of DF3 at which degranulation of mast cells sensitized with DNP-specific IgE is minimal, but ligand-induced receptor aggregation is comparable to aggregation at an intermediate dose, optimal for degranulation. This finding makes DF3 an ideal reagent for studying the balance of negative and positive signaling in the FcεRI pathway. We find that the lipid phosphatase SHIP and the protein tyrosine phosphatase SHP-1 negatively regulate mast cell degranulation over all doses considered. In contrast, SHP-2 promotes degranulation. With high DF3 doses, relatively rapid recruitment of SHIP to the plasma membrane may explain the reduced degranulation response. Our results demonstrate that optimal secretory responses of mast cells depend on the formation of receptor aggregates that promote sufficient positive signaling by Syk to override phosphatase-mediated negative regulatory signals.
Recommended Citation
A. Mahajan and D. Barua and P. Cutler and D. S. Lidke and F. A. Espinoza and C. Pehlke and R. Grattan and Y. Kawakami and C. Tung and A. R. Bradbury and W. S. Hlavacek and B. S. Wilson, "Optimal Aggregation of FcεRI with a Structurally Defined Trivalent Ligand Overrides Negative Regulation Driven by Phosphatases," ACS Chemical Biology, vol. 9, no. 7, pp. 1508 - 1519, American Chemical Society (ACS), Jul 2014.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1021/cb500134t
Department(s)
Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
Keywords and Phrases
2,4 Dinitrophenol; Df 3; Fc Epsilon Receptor I; Fc Receptor; Ligand; Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase SHP 1; Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase SHP 2; Unclassified Drug; Antigen; FcepsilonRI Protein, Rat; Fibritin Protein, Enterobacteria Phage T4; Immunoglobulin E; Immunoglobulin E Receptor; Ligand; Peptide; Phosphatase; Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase SHP 2; Virus Protein, Animal Cell; Article; Bacteriophage T4; Capping Phenomenon; Cell Membrane; Cross Linking; Endocytosis; Enzyme Localization; Fluorescence Imaging; Immunoelectron Microscopy; Mast Cell Degranulation; Molecular Model; Mouse; Nonhuman; Priority Journal; Receptor Binding; Signal Transduction; Animal; Chemical Structure; Chemistry; Cytology; Degranulation; Human; Immunology; Mast Cell; Rat, Animals; Antigens; Cell Degranulation; Humans; Immunoglobulin E; Ligands; Mast Cells; Models, Molecular; Peptides; Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases; Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 11; Rats; Receptors, IgE; Signal Transduction; Viral Proteins
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
1554-8929
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Final Version
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2014 American Chemical Society (ACS), All rights reserved.
Publication Date
01 Jul 2014
PubMed ID
24784318
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