title: Reconstitution of B cell antigen receptor-induced signaling events in a nonlymphoid cell line by expressing the Syk protein-tyrosine kinase.
abstract: B cell antigen receptor (BCR) cross-linking activates both Src family and Syk tyrosine kinases, resulting in increased cellular protein-tyrosine phosphorylation and activation of several downstream signaling enzymes. To define the role of Syk in these events, we expressed the BCR in the AtT20 mouse pituitary cell line. These nonlymphoid cells endogenously expressed the Src family kinase Fyn but not Syk. Anti-IgM stimulation of these cells failed to induce most of the signaling events that occur in B cells. BCR-expressing AtT20 transfectants were generated that also expressed Syk. Syk expression reconstituted several signaling events upon anti-IgM stimulation, including Syk phosphorylation and association with the BCR, tyrosine phosphorylation of numerous proteins including Shc, and activation of mitogen-activated protein kinase. In contrast, Syk expression did not reconstitute anti-IgM-induced inositol phosphate production. A catalytically inactive Syk mutant could associate with the BCR and become tyrosine phosphorylated but could not reconstitute downstream signaling events. Expression of the Src family kinase Lck instead of Syk also did not reconstitute signaling. Thus, wild type Syk was required to reconstitute several BCR-induced signaling events but was not sufficient to couple the BCR to the phosphoinositide signaling pathway.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, G.W. Hooper Foundation, University of California, San Francisco 94143,USA.
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Richards
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Gold
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Hourihane
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: DeFranco
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Matsuuchi
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000888:Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic / Q000008:administration & dosage; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D001483:Base Sequence; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D002460:Cell Line; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D004792:Enzyme Precursors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols / Q000378:metabolism; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D011947:Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction; D000072377:Syk Kinase; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D000888:Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic; D017931:DNA Primers; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D004792:Enzyme Precursors; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols; D011947:Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D000072377:Syk Kinase; C000606897:Syk protein, mouse; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases