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J. Cell Biol.,
Volume 145, Number 4, May 17, 1999 877-887
RI and Their Association with Detergent-resistant Membranes
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-1301
Tyrosine phosphorylation of the high affinity
immunoglobulin (Ig)E receptor (Fc
RI) by the Src
family kinase Lyn is the first known biochemical step
that occurs during activation of mast cells and basophils
after cross-linking of Fc
RI by antigen. The hypothesis that specialized regions in the plasma membrane, enriched in sphingolipids and cholesterol, facilitate the
coupling of Lyn and Fc
RI was tested by investigating
functional and structural effects of cholesterol depletion on Lyn/Fc
RI interactions. We find that cholesterol depletion with methyl-
-cyclodextrin substantially reduces stimulated tyrosine phosphorylation of Fc
RI
and other proteins while enhancing more downstream
events that lead to stimulated exocytosis. In parallel to
its inhibition of tyrosine phosphorylation, cholesterol depletion disrupts the interactions of aggregated Fc
RI
and Lyn on intact cells and also disrupts those interactions with detergent-resistant membranes that are isolated by sucrose gradient ultracentrifugation of lysed
cells. Importantly, cholesterol repletion restores receptor phosphorylation together with the structural interactions. These results provide strong evidence that
membrane structure, maintained by cholesterol, plays a
critical role in the initiation of Fc
RI signaling.
-cyclodextrin;
immunoglobulin
E receptor;
plasma membrane structure;
lipid domains;
signal transduction
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