title: Dysregulation of Src family kinases in mast cells from epilepsy-resistant ASK versus epilepsy-prone EL mice.
abstract: EL mice have been used as a model of epilepsy, whereas ASK mice are an epilepsy-resistant variant originating from a colony of EL mice. Mast cell-dependent anaphylaxis is easily inducible by stimulation with IgE and Ag in ASK mice, whereas EL mice are resistant to such stimuli. In this study we have characterized mast cells derived from these two strains. ASK mast cells proliferated more vigorously than EL cells in response to IL-3 and stem cell factor. Although ASK mast cells degranulated less vigorously than EL mast cells upon stimulation with IgE and Ag, ASK cells produced and secreted several-fold more TNF-alpha and IL-2 than EL cells. Consistent with the similarities of these ASK and EL mast cell responses with phenotypes of lyn(-/-) and wild-type mast cells, respectively, Lyn activity was reduced in ASK cells. In addition to the impaired Lyn activity, ASK cells just like lyn(-/-) cells exhibited reduced Syk activity, prolonged activation of ERK and JNK, and enhanced activation of Akt. Furthermore, the lipid raft-resident transmembrane adaptor protein Cbp/PAG that associates with Lyn was hypophosphorylated in ASK cells. Importantly, similar to lyn(-/-) cells, Fyn was hyperactivated in ASK cells. Therefore, these results are consistent with the notion that Lyn-dependent phosphorylation of Cbp/PAG negatively regulates Src family kinases. This study also suggests that reduced activity of Lyn, a negative regulator of mast cell activation, underlies the susceptibility of ASK mice to anaphylaxis and implies that dysregulation of Lyn and other Src family kinases contributes to epileptogenesis.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cell Biology, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
authors.forename: Jiro
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kitaura
authors.forename: Yuko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kawakami
authors.forename: Mari
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maeda-Yamamoto
authors.forename: Vaclav
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Horejsi
authors.forename: Toshiaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawakami
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016207:Cytokines / Q000378:metabolism; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D007073:Immunoglobulin E / Q000494:pharmacology; D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000378:metabolism; D007377:Interleukin-3 / Q000378:metabolism; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D008407:Mast Cells / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000276:immunology*; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008818:Mice, Neurologic Mutants; D020929:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000378:metabolism; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D051076:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fyn / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D000072377:Syk Kinase; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000378:metabolism; D019061:src-Family Kinases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D016207:Cytokines; D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D007376:Interleukin-2; D007377:Interleukin-3; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; C408344:Pag protein, mouse; C498709:Pag1 protein, mouse; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D007073:Immunoglobulin E; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; C494960:Fyn protein, mouse; D051076:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fyn; D000072377:Syk Kinase; C000606897:Syk protein, mouse; C060902:lyn protein-tyrosine kinase; D019061:src-Family Kinases; D020929:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases