title: Role of BLNK in oxidative stress signaling in B cells.
abstract: BLNK (B cell linker protein) represents a central linker protein that bridges the B cell receptor-associated kinases with a multitude of signaling pathways. In this study, we have investigated the role of BLNK in oxidative stress signaling in B cells. H2O2 treatment of B cells induced a rapid tyrosine phosphorylation of BLNK in a H2O2 dose-dependent manner, which was inhibited in Syk-deficient DT40 cells. Calcium mobilization in BLNK-deficient as well as Syk-deficient and phospholipase C (PLC)-gamma2-deficient cells after H2O2 treatment was completely abolished. These were derived from decreased inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate generation through PLC-gamma2 in BLNK-deficient cells. Moreover, viability of BLNK-deficient as well as PLC-gamma2-deficient cells after exposure to low doses of H2O2 was dramatically enhanced compared with that of the wild-type cells. Furthermore, c-Jun N-terminal kinase activation following high doses of H2O2 stimulation, but not low doses of H2O2 stimulation, was abrogated in BLNK-deficient as well as Syk-deficient cells. These findings have led to the suggestion that BLNK is required for coupling Syk to PLC-gamma2, thereby accelerating cell apoptosis in B cells exposed to low doses of H2O2.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Kobe University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takano
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Noda
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yanagi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamamura
mesh_terms: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D002470:Cell Survival; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002645:Chickens; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000378:metabolism; D053938:DNA Fragmentation; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004792:Enzyme Precursors / Q000378:metabolism; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000494:pharmacology; D015151:Immunoblotting; D015544:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D018384:Oxidative Stress; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000502:physiology*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011233:Precipitin Tests; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction; D000072377:Syk Kinase; D013997:Time Factors; D010738:Type C Phospholipases / Q000378:metabolism; D014443:Tyrosine / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; C113939:B cell linker protein; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D004792:Enzyme Precursors; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D014443:Tyrosine; D015544:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D000072377:Syk Kinase; D010738:Type C Phospholipases