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FEBS LETTERS
卷 556, 期 1-3, 页码 204-210出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-5793(03)01432-7
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high-affinity IgE receptor; (-)-epigallocatechin-3-O-gallate; tea catechin; lipid raft; extracellular signal-regulated kinase; KU812
The major green tea catechin, (-)-epigallocatechin-3-O-gallate (EGCG), has a suppressive effect on the expression of the high-affinity IgE receptor FcepsilonRI, which is key molecule in the IgE-mediated allergic reactions. Here we show that EGCG binds to the cell surface and highly associates with plasma membrane microdomains, lipid rafts, on the human basophilic KU812 cells. The disruption of these lipid rafts caused a reduction of the amount of raft-associated EGCG and the FcepsilonRI-suppressive effect of EGCG. We also found that EGCG has an ability to inhibit the phosphorylation of the extracellular signal-regulated kinase1/2 (ERK1/2) and that the ERK1/2 specific inhibitor also reduced FcepsilonRI expression. Moreover, the inhibitory effect elicited by EGCG on ERK1/2 was prevented by disruption of rafts. Thus, these results suggest that the interaction between EGCG and the lipid rafts is important for EGCG's ability to downregulate FcepsilonRI expression, and ERK1/2 may be involved in this suppression signal. (C) 2003 Federation of European Biochemical Societies. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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