title: SWAP-70 regulates c-kit-induced mast cell activation, cell-cell adhesion, and migration.
abstract: SWAP-70, an unusual phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase-dependent protein that interacts with the RhoGTPase Rac, is highly expressed in mast cells. Cultured bone marrow mast cells (BMMC) from SWAP-70(-/-) mice are reduced in FcepsilonRI-triggered degranulation. This report describes the hitherto-unknown role of SWAP-70 in c-kit receptor signaling, a key proliferation and differentiation pathway in mast cells. Consistent with the role of Rac in cell motility and regulation of the actin cytoskeleton, mutant cells show abnormal actin rearrangements and are deficient in migration in vitro and in vivo. SWAP-70(-/-) BMMC are impaired in calcium flux, in proper translocation and activity of Akt kinase (required for mast cell activation and survival), and in translocation of Rac1 and Rac2 upon c-kit stimulation. Adhesion to fibronectin is reduced, but homotypic cell association induced through c-kit is strongly increased in SWAP-70(-/-) BMMC. Homotypic association requires extracellular Ca(2+) and depends on the integrin alpha(L)beta(2) (LFA-1). ERK is hyperactivated upon c-kit signaling in adherent and dispersed mutant cells. Together, we suggest that SWAP-70 is an important regulator of specific effector pathways in c-kit signaling, including mast cell activation, migration, and cell adhesion.
authors.affiliation: Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Department of Gene and Cell Medicine, 1425 Madison Ave., Box 1496, New York, NY 10029-6574, USA.
authors.forename: Raja Rajeswari
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Sivalenka
authors.forename: Rolf
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jessberger
mesh_terms: D000199:Actins / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002448:Cell Adhesion; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D002465:Cell Movement; D049109:Cell Proliferation; D002470:Cell Survival; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000378:metabolism; D003599:Cytoskeleton / Q000378:metabolism; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D048049:Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D005353:Fibronectins / Q000378:metabolism; D005419:Flavonoids / Q000494:pharmacology; D005982:Glutathione Transferase / Q000378:metabolism; D020662:Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D016169:Lymphocyte Function-Associated Antigen-1 / Q000378:metabolism; D008407:Mast Cells / Q000166:cytology*; D051379:Mice; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D015778:Minor Histocompatibility Antigens; D009154:Mutation; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D021381:Protein Transport; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt; D019009:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction; D019089:Stem Cell Factor / Q000378:metabolism; D013347:Subcellular Fractions / Q000378:metabolism; D013997:Time Factors; D020744:rac GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D020830:rac1 GTP-Binding Protein / Q000378:metabolism; D000097766:RAC2 GTP-Binding Protein
chemical_list: D000199:Actins; D002118:Calcium; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D048049:Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases; D005353:Fibronectins; D005419:Flavonoids; D005982:Glutathione Transferase; D020662:Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors; D016169:Lymphocyte Function-Associated Antigen-1; D015778:Minor Histocompatibility Antigens; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt; D019009:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit; D019089:Stem Cell Factor; D020744:rac GTP-Binding Proteins; D020830:rac1 GTP-Binding Protein; D000097766:RAC2 GTP-Binding Protein; C113365:Swap70 protein, mouse; C093973:2-(2-amino-3-methoxyphenyl)-4H-1-benzopyran-4-one