title: Regulation of B-cell development by BCAP and CD19 through their binding to phosphoinositide 3-kinase.
abstract: Despite the importance of phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) in B-cell development, its activation mechanism still remains elusive. In this study, we show that deletion of both BCAP and CD19 leads to an almost complete block of BCR-mediated Akt activation and to severe defects in generation of immature and mature B cells. The YXXM motifs in BCAP and CD19 are crucial for regulating B-cell development in that mutation of these motifs abrogated their ability to induce BCR-mediated Akt activation as well as to promote B-cell development. Furthermore, the developmental defect in CD19(-/-)BCAP(-/-) B cells was partly relieved by introducing a constitutively active form of PI3K or PDK1. Together, our data suggest that BCAP and CD19 have complementary roles in BCR-mediated PI3K activation, thereby, at least in part, contributing to B-cell development.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory for Lymphocyte Differentiation, RIKEN Research Center for Allergy and Immunology, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Japan.
authors.forename: Yuichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Aiba
authors.forename: Megumi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kameyama
authors.forename: Tetsuo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamazaki
authors.forename: Thomas F
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Tedder
authors.forename: Tomohiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kurosaki
mesh_terms: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing / Q000172:deficiency / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D018941:Antigens, CD19 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000166:cytology* / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000276:immunology*; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D051379:Mice; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D011485:Protein Binding; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt / Q000378:metabolism; D000081382:Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Acetyl-Transferring Kinase; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D018941:Antigens, CD19; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt; D000081382:Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Acetyl-Transferring Kinase; C000631433:Pdk1 protein, mouse; C487978:Pik3ap1 protein, mouse