title: IgE receptor (Fc epsilon RI) and signal transduction.
abstract: This review suggests a model in which both beta- and gamma-chains synergize in the initiation of Fc epsilon RI signal transduction function. Receptor aggregation by antigens induces activation of lyn, which is already bound to the Fc epsilon RI beta-chain under resting conditions. Whilst activated, lyn would phosphorylate the tyrosine residues in the Fc epsilon RI gamma-chain. This phosphorylation would be responsible for the recruitment of syk (probably via its SH2 domains) as well as other signalling molecules. Syk kinase would then be activated by the engagement of its SH2 domains and/or its phosphorylation. Syk could then interact with and activate (through phosphorylation) downstream effector molecules.
authors.affiliation: Molecular Allergy and Immunology Section, National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD 20852, USA.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Kinet
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Jouvin
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Paolini
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Numerof
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Scharenberg
mesh_terms: D004792:Enzyme Precursors / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D017455:Receptors, IgE / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology*; D015398:Signal Transduction; D000072377:Syk Kinase; D019061:src-Family Kinases / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004792:Enzyme Precursors; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D017455:Receptors, IgE; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; C000606896:SYK protein, human; D000072377:Syk Kinase; C060902:lyn protein-tyrosine kinase; D019061:src-Family Kinases