An immunoglobulin-like receptor, Allergin-1, inhibits immunoglobulin E-mediated immediate hypersensitivity reactions

Nat Immunol. 2010 Jul;11(7):601-7. doi: 10.1038/ni.1886. Epub 2010 Jun 6.

Abstract

Anaphylaxis is a life-threatening immediate hypersensitivity reaction triggered by antigen capture by immunoglobulin E (IgE) bound to the high-affinity IgE receptor (FcvarepsilonRI) on mast cells. However, the regulatory mechanism of mast cell activation is not completely understood. Here we identify an immunoglobulin-like receptor, Allergin-1, that contains an immunoreceptor tyrosine-based inhibitory motif (ITIM)-like domain, and show it was preferentially expressed on mast cells. Mouse Allergin-1 recruited the tyrosine phosphatases SHP-1 and SHP-2 and the inositol phosphatase SHIP. Coligation of Allergin-1 and FcvarepsilonRI suppressed IgE-mediated degranulation of bone marrow-derived cultured mast cells. Moreover, mice deficient in Allergin-1 developed enhanced passive systemic and cutaneous anaphylaxis. Thus, Allergin-1 suppresses IgE-mediated, mast cell-dependent anaphylaxis in mice.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animals
  • Bone Marrow Cells / pathology
  • Cell Degranulation*
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Humans
  • Hypersensitivity, Immediate / genetics
  • Hypersensitivity, Immediate / immunology*
  • Hypersensitivity, Immediate / metabolism
  • Immunoglobulin E / metabolism
  • Inositol Polyphosphate 5-Phosphatases
  • Mast Cells / immunology
  • Mast Cells / metabolism*
  • Mast Cells / pathology
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Mice, Knockout
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Passive Cutaneous Anaphylaxis / immunology*
  • Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases / metabolism
  • Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 11 / metabolism
  • Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 6 / metabolism
  • Receptor Aggregation / immunology
  • Receptors, IgE / metabolism
  • Receptors, Immunologic / chemistry
  • Receptors, Immunologic / genetics
  • Receptors, Immunologic / immunology
  • Receptors, Immunologic / metabolism*

Substances

  • Milr1 protein, mouse
  • Receptors, IgE
  • Receptors, Immunologic
  • Immunoglobulin E
  • Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases
  • Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 11
  • Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 6
  • Inositol Polyphosphate 5-Phosphatases

Associated data

  • GENBANK/AB542950
  • GENBANK/AB542951
  • GENBANK/AB542952
  • GENBANK/AB542953