title: Tie2 Signaling Enhances Mast Cell Progenitor Adhesion to Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 (VCAM-1) through α4β1 Integrin.
abstract: Mast cell (MC) activation contributes considerably to immune responses, such as host protection and allergy. Cell surface immunoreceptors expressed on MCs play an important role in MC activation. Although various immunoreceptors on MCs have been identified, the regulatory mechanism of MC activation is not fully understood. To understand the regulatory mechanisms of MC activation, we used gene expression analyses of human and mouse MCs to identify a novel immunoreceptor expressed on MCs. We found that Tek, which encodes Tie2, was preferentially expressed in the MCs of both humans and mice. However, Tie2 was not detected on the cell surface of the mouse MCs of the peritoneal cavity, ear skin, or colon lamina propria. In contrast, it was expressed on mouse bone marrow-derived MCs and bone marrow MC progenitors (BM-MCps). Stimulation of Tie2 by its ligand angiopoietin-1 induced tyrosine phosphorylation of Tie2 in MEDMC-BRC6, a mouse embryonic stem cell-derived mast cell line, and enhanced MEDMC-BRC6 and mouse BM-MCp adhesion to vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1) through α4β1 integrin. These results suggest that Tie2 signaling induces α4β1 integrin activation on BM-MCps for adhesion to VCAM-1.
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
authors.forename: Kazumasa
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kanemaru
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.|Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (AMED-CREST), Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Emiko
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Noguchi
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.|Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, University of Fukui, Fukui, Japan.
authors.forename: Takahiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tokunaga
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
authors.forename: Kei
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nagai
authors.affiliation: Cell Engineering Division, RIKEN BioResource Center, Kounodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hiroyama
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.|Cell Engineering Division, RIKEN BioResource Center, Kounodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
authors.forename: Yukio
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.|Life Science Center of Tsukuba Advanced Research Alliance (TARA), University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.|Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (AMED-CREST), Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Satoko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tahara-Hanaoka
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.|Life Science Center of Tsukuba Advanced Research Alliance (TARA), University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.|Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (AMED-CREST), Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shibuya
mesh_terms: D042683:Angiopoietin-1 / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells / Q000166:cytology; D002448:Cell Adhesion; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D039041:Integrin alpha4beta1 / Q000378:metabolism*; D016023:Integrins; D008297:Male; D008407:Mast Cells / Q000166:cytology*; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D042787:Receptor, TIE-2 / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction; D013234:Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism; D019010:Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D042683:Angiopoietin-1; D039041:Integrin alpha4beta1; D016023:Integrins; D019010:Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1; C071777:integrin alpha4beta7; D042787:Receptor, TIE-2