title: Determinants of the phagocytic signal mediated by the type IIIA Fc gamma receptor, Fc gamma RIIIA: sequence requirements and interaction with protein-tyrosine kinases.
abstract: The Fc gamma receptor-associated gamma and zeta subunits contain a conserved cytoplasmic motif, termed the immunoglobulin gene tyrosine activation motif, which contains a pair of YXXL sequences. The tyrosine residues within these YXXL sequences have been shown to be required for transduction of a phagocytic signal. We have previously reported that the gamma subunit of the type IIIA Fc gamma receptor (Fc gamma RIIIA) is approximately 6 times more efficient in mediating phagocytosis than the zeta subunit of Fc gamma RIIIA. By exchanging regions of the cytoplasmic domains of the homologous gamma and zeta chains, we observed that the cytoplasmic area of the gamma chain bearing a pair of the conserved YXXL sequences is important in phagocytic signaling. Further specificity of phagocytic signaling is largely determined by the two internal XX amino acids in the YXXL sequences. In contrast, the flanking amino acids of the YXXL sequences including the seven intervening amino acids between the two YXXL sequences do not significantly affect the phagocytic signal. Furthermore, the protein-tyrosine kinase Syk, but not the related kinase ZAP-70, stimulated Fc gamma RIIIA-mediated phagocytosis. ZAP-70, however, increased phagocytosis when coexpressed with the Src family kinase Fyn. These data demonstrate the importance of the two specific amino acids within the gamma subunit YXXL cytoplasmic sequences in phagocytic signaling and explain the difference in phagocytic efficiency of the gamma and zeta chains. These results indicate the importance of Syk in Fc gamma RIIIA-mediated phagocytosis and demonstrate that ZAP-70 and syk differ in their requirement for a Src-related kinase in signal transduction.
authors.affiliation: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia 19104, USA.
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Schreiber
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites / Q000235:genetics; D002460:Cell Line; D004792:Enzyme Precursors / Q000276:immunology; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010587:Phagocytosis / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000276:immunology*; D017452:Receptors, IgG / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D012756:Sheep; D015398:Signal Transduction; D000072377:Syk Kinase; D051746:ZAP-70 Protein-Tyrosine Kinase
chemical_list: D004792:Enzyme Precursors; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D017452:Receptors, IgG; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; C000606896:SYK protein, human; D000072377:Syk Kinase; D051746:ZAP-70 Protein-Tyrosine Kinase; C497261:ZAP70 protein, human