title: Mast cell function is not altered by Coronin-1A deficiency.
abstract: Coronin-1A is a WD repeat protein family member, highly expressed in all hematopoietic lineages, and acts as a regulator of F-actin dynamics and Ca2+ signaling. In Coro1a(Lmb3) mice results in inactivation of the protein and leads to disease resistance in a model of lupus erythematosus. In Coro1a(-/-) and Coro1a(Lmb3) mice, peripheral T cells exhibit impairments in survival, migration, activation, and Ca2+ flux. In this study, we show that in vitro-differentiated mast cells from Coro1a(Lmb3) mice are viable, developed normally, and are fully functional in assays of degranulation, cytokine secretion, and chemotactic migration, despite increased F-actin levels. In Coro1a(Lmb3) mast cells, Ca2+ flux in response to physiological FcεRI stimulation is unaffected. Finally, Coro1a(Lmb3) mice showed similar in vivo mast cell responses as the WT mice. Coronin-1B and Coronin-1C expression levels were not increased in Coro1a(Lmb3) mast cells but were higher in mast cells than in CD4 T cells or B cells in WT mice. We conclude that Coronin-1A activity is not required for mast cell function.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Physiology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
authors.forename: Sanja
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Arandjelovic
authors.forename: Dilki
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wickramarachchi
authors.forename: Saskia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hemmers
authors.forename: Sunamita S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Leming
authors.forename: Dwight H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Kono
authors.forename: Kerri A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Mowen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002465:Cell Movement / Q000276:immunology; D002469:Cell Separation; D016207:Cytokines / Q000378:metabolism; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D015151:Immunoblotting; D008407:Mast Cells / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D008840:Microfilament Proteins / Q000172:deficiency / Q000276:immunology*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: D016207:Cytokines; D008840:Microfilament Proteins; C072061:coronin proteins