title: The direct recruitment of BLNK to immunoglobulin alpha couples the B-cell antigen receptor to distal signaling pathways.
abstract: Following B-cell antigen receptor (BCR) ligation, the cytoplasmic domains of immunoglobulin alpha (Ig alpha) and Ig beta recruit Syk to initiate signaling cascades. The coupling of Syk to several distal substrates requires linker protein BLNK. However, the mechanism by which BLNK is recruited to the BCR is unknown. Using chimeric receptors with wild-type and mutant Ig alpha cytoplasmic tails we show that the non-immunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motif (ITAM) tyrosines, Y176 and Y204, are required to activate BLNK-dependent pathways. Subsequent analysis demonstrated that BLNK bound directly to phospho-Y204 and that fusing BLNK to mutated Ig alpha reconstituted downstream signaling events. Moreover, ligation of the endogenous BCR induced Y204 phosphorylation and BLNK recruitment. These data demonstrate that the non-ITAM tyrosines of Ig alpha couple Syk activation to BLNK-dependent pathways.
authors.affiliation: Committee on Immunology, Section of Rheumatology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA.
authors.forename: Shara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kabak
authors.forename: Brian J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Skaggs
authors.forename: Michael R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Gold
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Affolter
authors.forename: Kelly L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: West
authors.forename: Mark S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Foster
authors.forename: Karyn
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Siemasko
authors.forename: Andrew C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: Ruedi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Aebersold
authors.forename: Marcus R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Clark
mesh_terms: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D000818:Animals; D015703:Antigens, CD / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D051925:CD79 Antigens; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D002999:Clone Cells; D004792:Enzyme Precursors / Q000378:metabolism; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008958:Models, Molecular; D009154:Mutation; D051966:Phospholipase C gamma; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D020797:Receptor, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor beta / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D011947:Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction; D000072377:Syk Kinase; D010738:Type C Phospholipases / Q000378:metabolism; D018909:src Homology Domains
chemical_list: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D015703:Antigens, CD; C113939:B cell linker protein; D051925:CD79 Antigens; D002352:Carrier Proteins; C497882:Cd79a protein, mouse; D004792:Enzyme Precursors; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D007527:Isoenzymes; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D011947:Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D020797:Receptor, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor beta; D000072377:Syk Kinase; C000606897:Syk protein, mouse; D010738:Type C Phospholipases; D051966:Phospholipase C gamma