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JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY
Volume 182, Issue 2, Pages 367-379Publisher
ROCKEFELLER UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200802007
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Antigen binding to the B cell receptors (BCRs) induces BCR clustering, phosphorylation of BCRs by the Src family kinase Lyn, initiation of signaling, and formation of an immune synapse. We investigated B cells as they first encountered antigen on a membrane using live cell high resolution total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy in conjunction with fluorescence resonance energy transfer. Newly formed BCR microclusters perturb the local membrane microenvironment, leading to association with a lipid raft probe. This early event is BCR intrinsic and independent of BCR signaling. Association of BCR microclusters with membrane-tethered Lyn depends on Lyn activity and persists as microclusters accumulate and form an immune synapse. Membrane perturbation and BCR-Lyn association correlate both temporally and spatially with the transition of microclustered BCRs from a closed to an open active signaling conformation. Visualization and analysis of the earliest events in BCR signaling highlight the importance of the membrane microenvironment for formation of BCR Lyn complexes and the B cell immune synapse.
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