Journal
MOLECULAR IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 46, Issue 13, Pages 2539-2547Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2009.05.013
Keywords
Mast cells; Fc epsilon RI; Signal transduction; NFAT signaling; Degranulation
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- National Institutes of Health
- NIDCR
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High affinity IgE receptor (Fc epsilon RI)-induced activation of mast cells results in degranulation and generation of leukotrienes and cytokines. Fc epsilon RI-induced mast cell activation was analyzed at a single cell basis using a rat basophilic leukemia (RBL-2H3) cell line transfected with a reporter plasmid containing three tandem NFAT (nuclear factor of activated T cells) binding sites fused to enhanced green fluorescent protein (GFP). Surprisingly, with this sensitive detection system, there is activation of IgE sensitized cells at concentrations of antigen as low as 10 pg/ml, which was 10-fold lower than was detected by degranulation. There were differences in signaling pathways leading to degranulation compared to NFAT-mediated gene activation. Both signaling to NFAT activation and degranulation required Syk and calcineurin. However inhibitors of the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase pathway blocked degranulation but did not NFAT activation. The results also indicate that NFAT was activated at lower intracellular signals compared to degranulation. Therefore, FceRI activation can result in nuclear signals in the absence of the release of mediators. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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