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Division of Hygienic Chemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan; and
Department of Oncogene Research, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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RI by the Src family kinase Lyn initiates a signaling
cascade leading to mast cell activation. In this study, we show that a
recently identified transmembrane protein, Csk-binding protein (Cbp),
also known as phospoprotein associated with glycosphingolipid-enriched
microdomains (PAG), negatively regulates Fc
RI signaling. In rat
basophilic leukemia (RBL)-2H3 cells, the levels of tyrosine
phosphorylation of Cbp/PAG and its association with
Csk, a negative regulator for Lyn, significantly elevate immediately
after aggregation of Fc
RI. An overexpression of Cbp/PAG in RBL-2H3
cells inhibits Fc
RI-mediated cell activation. This is accompanied
with decreased levels of tyrosine phosphorylation of
Fc
RI, association of Fc
RI with Lyn, and Fc
RI-associated
tyrosine kinase activity. These findings combined with the fact that
Cbp/PAG, Lyn, and aggregated Fc
RI are localized to lipid rafts,
suggest that upon Fc
RI aggregation Cbp/PAG down-regulates the
receptor-associated Lyn activity through relocating Csk to rafts,
thereby efficiently mediating feedback inhibition of Fc
RI
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RI on mast cells are aggregated by the binding of
allergen to receptor-bound IgE (1). One of the earliest
detectable events following Fc
RI aggregation is the tyrosine
phosphorylation of cellular proteins including receptor
subunits. The cytoplasmic domains of the
- and
-chains contain a
sequence termed the immunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motif
(ITAM)2 that is also
found in other multichain immune recognition receptors such as B cell
receptor and TCR (2). The two tyrosine residues in each
ITAM are phosphorylated upon Fc
RI aggregation, and then
the phosphorylated ITAM serves as a binding site for
signaling molecules containing src homology 2 (SH2) domains
such as Syk, a critical protein tyrosine kinase (PTK) responsible for
cell activation (1).
It is commonly thought that the Src family kinase Lyn is responsible
for the initial tyrosine phosphorylation of Fc
RI
subunits (3, 4, 5). Lyn that is constitutively associated
with a small fraction of the receptors mediates the tyrosine
phosphorylation of the receptors by a process of
transphosphorylation when the receptors are brought
into proximity upon aggregation (5, 6). A structural basis
of this "transphosphorylation" model is weak
interactions between Lyn and
subunits of Fc
RI (4, 7). In addition, specialized membrane domains (lipid rafts) are
involved in the initial Fc
RI signaling (8, 9, 10, 11). These
rafts are enriched in a number of signaling molecules including dually
acylated Src family kinases like Lyn (12). In quiescent
cells, Fc
RI is excluded from or only weakly associated with rafts,
while aggregation of receptors triggers its recruitment to rafts
(9, 10).
Once phosphorylated, aggregated receptors promote their
association with additional Lyn, thereby the receptor-associated PTK
activity is strongly enhanced (5, 13). Lyn, like other
members of the Src family kinases, possesses a negative-regulatory
phosphotyrosine located near the C terminus. This phosphotyrosine is
able to interact with the Lyns N-terminal SH2 domain, thereby
preventing the catalytic site of the kinase from accessing the external
kinase substrates. In hematopoietic cells, CD45, a transmembrane
protein tyrosine phosphatase, is implicated in the
dephosphorylation of this regulatory
phosphotyrosine (14). Several investigators including
ourselves suggested that CD45 functions as a positive regulator in
Fc
RI signaling (13, 15, 16). In contrast, Csk, which is
a ubiquitously expressed tyrosine kinase, specifically
phosphorylates the regulatory tyrosine (17).
Unlike Src family kinases, Csk is devoid of the amino-terminal
myristylation signal required for membrane localization. With regard to
the role of Csk in Fc
RI signaling, Honda et al. (18)
reported its implication in the initiation and the termination of the
Fc
RI-mediated Lyn activation.
Recently, two groups have identified a novel protein that regulates the activity of Src family kinases, which is a Csk-binding protein (Cbp)/phosphoprotein associated with glycosphingolipid-enriched microdomains (PAG) (19, 20). Cbp/PAG is a ubiquitously expressed transmembrane protein that exclusively localizes in lipid rafts. When phosphorylated on a specific tyrosine residue, Cbp/PAG becomes able to bind to the SH2 domain of Csk. This binding elevates the affinity of Csk for Src family kinases (21). Thus, Cbp/PAG is involved in the negative regulation of Src family kinases not only by relocating Csk to the membrane, but also by directly activating Csk. In primary T cells, Cbp/PAG is constitutively tyrosine phosphorylated, and the level of this phosphorylation is decreased following TCR aggregation (20, 22). In addition, the overexpression of Cbp/PAG in Jurkat cells impairs TCR-induced cell activation (20, 22).
The role of Cbp/PAG in Fc
RI-mediated signaling has not been
explored. The similarities in some functional properties between
Fc
RI and TCR systems prompted us to explore the possible role of
Cbp/PAG in Fc
RI signaling and thereby further assess the functional
significance of Csk in this receptor system.
| Materials and Methods |
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Rat basophilic leukemia (RBL)-2H3 cells were grown as adherent
monolayers and harvested following exposure to trypsin and EDTA
(23). The cells were then sensitized with anti-DNP IgE
mAb (H1 DNP-
-26.82) as previously described (13, 23, 24). When the cells were fractionated by sucrose density
gradient centrifugation, the cells were sensitized with
biotin-conjugated IgE and stimulated with streptavidin (9, 25). Polyclonal anti-rat Cbp/PAG Ab was prepared by
immunizing rabbits with a synthetic peptide (GDLQQGRDVTRL)
corresponding to the C-terminal 12 residues of rat Cbp/PAG coupled with
keyhole limpet hemocyanin. Anti-myc Ab was purchased
from Santa Cruz Biotechnology (Santa Cruz, CA). The other Abs and
reagents we used have been described (13, 23, 25).
cDNA constructs and transfection
The full-length rat Cbp/PAG was inserted into a pCMV-Tag1 vector (Stratagene, La Jolla, CA) to generate myc-tagged Cbp/PAG. The cDNA construct was then subcloned into a pCXN2 expression vector (26) kindly provided by Dr. J. Miyazaki (Osaka University, Osaka, Japan). RBL-2H3 cells were transfected with this vector by electroporation, and G-418-resistant clones were screened by immunoblotting with anti-myc. Among the monoclonal transfectants obtained, two cell lines stably expressing the highest levels of Cbp/PAG were used for the experiments.
Isolation of lipid rafts
Lipid rafts were isolated from cell lysates by sucrose gradient centrifugation under detergent-free conditions (27). Briefly, cells were homogenized in the homogenate buffer containing 500 mM Na2CO3 and then fractionated by a discontinuous sucrose gradient centrifugation. In some experiments, proteins in fractions were quantitatively precipitated using CH3OH and CHCl3 (28).
Immunoprecipitation, immunoblotting, and in vitro kinase assay
The conditions for immunoprecipitation and immunoblotting were
described previously (13, 23, 25). The IgE-bound Fc
RI
was immunoprecipitated with anti-IgE. When we immunoprecipitated
Cbp/PAG, cells were solubilized in lysis buffer containing 60 mM
octyl-D-glycoside which is destructive to lipid rafts.
Fc
RI-associated PTK activities were measured using exogenous
substrates (cdc-2-derived peptide; KVEKIGEGTYGVVKK) and
[
-32P]ATP as described previously (6, 13).
Degranulation and Ca2+ mobilization assay
The assay conditions for degranulation were described previously (23). Measurements of intracellular free Ca2+ concentration were performed using Fura-PE3 as a Ca2+ indicator (13).
| Results and Discussion |
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RI results in an enhanced tyrosine
phosphorylation of Cbp/PAG (see Fig. 4
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RI aggregation, the association of Cbp/PAG with Csk is
enhanced. These results indicate that more Csk are recruited to lipid
rafts upon Fc
RI aggregation, which may result in the down-regulation
of the receptor-mediated signaling.
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RI-mediated
signaling, we overexpressed a wild-type (WT) form of Cbp/PAG in RBL-2H3
cells. Two established clones, Cbp/WT-1 and Cbp/WT-2, were used for
detailed analysis. The detection of Cbp/PAG by immunoblotting with
anti-Cbp/PAG Abs demonstrates that the levels of expression of
Cbp/PAG in Cbp/WT-1 and Cbp/WT-2 are
6- to 7-fold higher than that
in the parental RBL-2H3 cells (Fig. 3
RI and CD45 (data not shown). As compared
with that in RBL-2H3 cells, the overall intensity of tyrosine
phosphorylation of Cbp/PAG both at quiescence and after
aggregation of Fc
RI was increased in cells overexpressing Cbp/PAG
(Fig. 4
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RI aggregation. The cells were also
stimulated simultaneously with PMA and calcium ionophore A23187 to
estimate their maximal ability to degranulate. Although the levels of
degranulation in response to PMA and A23187 were comparable, the
Fc
RI-mediated responses of Cbp/WT-1 and Cbp/WT-2 cells were
significantly reduced compared with that of the parental RBL-2H3 cells
(Fig. 5
RI aggregation
was impaired in these Cbp/PAG overexpressing cells (Fig. 5
RI.
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RI aggregation. Immunoprecipitation of Fc
RI
following immunoblotting with antiphosphotyrosine Ab showed that the
overexpression of Cbp/PAG significantly decreased the
aggregation-induced tyrosine phosphorylation of both
the
- and
-chains of the receptors (Fig. 6
RI induced by receptor
aggregation.
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RI with Lyn, we
found that the level of preassociation was similar between parental
RBL-2H3 cells and two Cbp/PAG overexpressing cell lines (Fig. 6
RI and Lyn reside, which prevents
the recruitment of any additional Lyn proteins toward
phosphorylated receptors.
To determine whether Cbp/PAG affects the Fc
RI-associated PTK
activity, Fc
RI was immunoprecipitated and subjected to in vitro
kinase assay. As reported previously (13), the PTK
activity of receptors from the parental RBL-2H3 cells was markedly
enhanced by receptor aggregation, as judged by the PTK activity toward
exogenous substrates that is known to be a good substrate for the Src
family kinases (Fig. 6
C). In contrast, although the basal
activity was indistinguishable, the enhanced PTK activity following
Fc
RI aggregation was hardly seen in both Cbp/PAG overexpressing cell
lines. These data clearly indicate that Cbp/PAG negatively regulates
the enhancement of Fc
RI-associated PTK activity following receptor
aggregation.
Upon the triggering of TCR, Cbp/PAG in T cells is rapidly
dephosphorylated by unknown phosphatases, leading to the
dissociation of Csk from rafts (20, 22). Shortly
thereafter, Cbp/PAG is rephosphorylated, thereby recruiting
Csk back into rafts, which results in the termination of TCR signaling.
Thus, Cbp/PAG in T cells functions to keep resting T cells in a
quiescent state. In contrast, we demonstrate that in mast cells the
level of tyrosine phosphorylation of Cbp/PAG and its
association with Csk increases following the aggregation of Fc
RI.
Therefore, the important role of Cbp/PAG in Fc
RI signaling appears
to suppress the excessive responses once the receptors are aggregated,
rather than to repress the Lyn activity in resting cells. The tyrosine
phosphorylation of Cbp/PAG is thought to be mediated by
the Src family kinases (19). Indeed, both constitutive and
inducible tyrosine phosphorylation of Cbp/PAG was
suppressed by the treatment of cells with PP2, a selective
inhibitor for Src family kinases (data not shown). Therefore, we
speculate that in lipid rafts the up-regulated Fc
RI-associated Lyn
kinase upon receptor aggregation phosphorylates Cbp/PAG
followed by recruitment of Csk to the rafts and suppression of the
receptor-associated Lyn. Thus, in mast cells, Cbp/PAG is likely to
function as a negative feedback regulator for cell activation upon
aggregation of Fc
RI.
Our results combined with a previous report (13) strongly
support the notion that mast cell signaling through Fc
RI is
dynamically regulated by CD45 and Csk. Because Fc
RI rapidly
translocates into lipid rafts upon aggregation, the exclusive
localization of Cbp/PAG could allow an efficient inhibition of
aggregated Fc
RI-associated Lyn activity by Csk. However, the precise
mechanism by which CD45 positively regulates tyrosine
phosphorylation of Fc
RI upon receptor aggregation is
unclear. Whether the functions of CD45 in Fc
RI signaling relate to
lipid rafts awaits further investigation. Nevertheless, lipid rafts are
likely to play key roles in the regulation of Fc
RI signaling.
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2 Abbreviations used in this paper: ITAM, immunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motif; Cbp, Csk-binding protein; PAG, phosphoprotein associated with glycosphingolipid-enriched microdomains; PTK, protein tyrosine kinase; RBL, rat basophilic leukemia; SH2, src homology 2; WT, wild type. ![]()
Received for publication December 3, 2001. Accepted for publication January 9, 2002.
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