Cutting Edge: Transmembrane phosphoprotein Csk-binding protein/phosphoprotein associated with glycosphingolipid-enriched microdomains as a negative feedback regulator of mast cell signaling through the FcepsilonRI

J Immunol. 2002 Mar 1;168(5):2087-90. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.168.5.2087.

Abstract

Tyrosine phosphorylation in the cytoplasmic domains of FcepsilonRI by the Src family kinase Lyn initiates a signaling cascade leading to mast cell activation. In this study, we show that a recently identified transmembrane protein, Csk-binding protein (Cbp), also known as phospoprotein associated with glycosphingolipid-enriched microdomains (PAG), negatively regulates FcepsilonRI signaling. In rat basophilic leukemia (RBL)-2H3 cells, the levels of tyrosine phosphorylation of Cbp/PAG and its association with Csk, a negative regulator for Lyn, significantly elevate immediately after aggregation of FcepsilonRI. An overexpression of Cbp/PAG in RBL-2H3 cells inhibits FcepsilonRI-mediated cell activation. This is accompanied with decreased levels of tyrosine phosphorylation of FcepsilonRI, association of FcepsilonRI with Lyn, and FcepsilonRI-associated tyrosine kinase activity. These findings combined with the fact that Cbp/PAG, Lyn, and aggregated FcepsilonRI are localized to lipid rafts, suggest that upon FcepsilonRI aggregation Cbp/PAG down-regulates the receptor-associated Lyn activity through relocating Csk to rafts, thereby efficiently mediating feedback inhibition of FcepsilonRI signaling.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • CSK Tyrosine-Protein Kinase
  • Calcium / metabolism
  • Cell Degranulation
  • Down-Regulation
  • Glycosphingolipids / analysis
  • Mast Cells / immunology*
  • Membrane Microdomains / chemistry
  • Membrane Microdomains / metabolism*
  • Membrane Proteins / genetics
  • Membrane Proteins / metabolism*
  • Membrane Proteins / physiology*
  • Phosphoproteins / genetics
  • Phosphoproteins / metabolism*
  • Phosphoproteins / physiology*
  • Phosphorylation
  • Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / metabolism
  • Rats
  • Receptors, IgE / immunology*
  • Receptors, IgE / metabolism
  • Signal Transduction
  • Transfection
  • Tumor Cells, Cultured
  • src-Family Kinases

Substances

  • Glycosphingolipids
  • Membrane Proteins
  • Pag1 protein, rat
  • Phosphoproteins
  • Receptors, IgE
  • Protein-Tyrosine Kinases
  • CSK Tyrosine-Protein Kinase
  • src-Family Kinases
  • Calcium