FcepsilonRI beta-chain ITAM amplifies PI3K-signaling to ensure synergistic degranulation response via FcepsilonRI and adenosine receptors

Eur J Immunol. 2010 Apr;40(4):1205-17. doi: 10.1002/eji.200939651.

Abstract

Simultaneous stimulation with antigen and adenosine in mast cells induces a synergistic degranulation response at a low antigen dose that is insufficient to cause secretion by itself. This kind of stimulation is thought to be relevant to the immediate asthmatic response upon bronchial challenge with low-dose allergen. In this context, FcepsilonRI- and adenosine receptor-mediated signalings cooperate to increase degranulation in mast cells. In the present study, we prepared mast cells that have mutations (Y219F/Y225F/Y229F) in three tyrosine residues of the FcepsilonRI beta-chain (FcRbeta)-ITAM in order to elucidate the molecular mechanisms of degranulation response synergistically elicited by costimulation with low-dose antigen and adenosine. Introduction of mutations in the FcRbeta-ITAM abolished the synergistic degranulation response. Upon costimulation with low-dose antigen and adenosine, tyrosine phosphorylation of Grb2-associated binder 2, which is located upstream of PI3K-signaling, was significantly increased, but severely diminished in FcRbeta-ITAM mutant cells. These findings indicate that FcRbeta acts as a critical element in mast cell synergistic degranulation response through FcepsilonRI and adenosine receptors, and that PI3K-signaling through FcRbeta-ITAM is a crucial participant in augmentation of FcepsilonRI-mediated degranulation by adenosine.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing
  • Adenosine / pharmacology
  • Animals
  • Calcium Signaling / physiology
  • Cell Degranulation / physiology*
  • Immunoglobulin E / immunology
  • Mast Cells / physiology*
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred Strains
  • Mice, Knockout
  • Mutagenesis, Site-Directed
  • Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases / physiology*
  • Phosphoproteins / metabolism
  • Phosphorylation
  • Phosphotyrosine / analysis
  • Protein Processing, Post-Translational
  • Protein Structure, Tertiary
  • Receptor Cross-Talk / physiology*
  • Receptors, IgE / genetics
  • Receptors, IgE / physiology*
  • Receptors, Purinergic P1 / physiology*
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins / metabolism
  • Signal Transduction / physiology*

Substances

  • Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing
  • Fc-epsilon receptor I beta-chain, mouse
  • Gab2 protein, mouse
  • Phosphoproteins
  • Receptors, IgE
  • Receptors, Purinergic P1
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins
  • Phosphotyrosine
  • Immunoglobulin E
  • Adenosine