Multiple defects in Fc epsilon RI signaling in Syk-deficient nonreleaser basophils and IL-3-induced recovery of Syk expression and secretion |
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Authors: | Kepley C L Youssef L Andrews R P Wilson B S Oliver J M |
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Institution: | Department of Pathology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA. ckepley@thor.unm.edu |
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Abstract: | Human basophils respond to Ag-induced cross-linking of their high affinity IgE receptor, FcepsilonRI, by releasing histamine and other mediators from granules, producing IL-4 and other cytokines and, as shown in this study, by forming membrane ruffles and showing increased very late Ag-4 (VLA-4)-mediated adhesion to VCAM-1-expressing target cells. We have identified five blood donors whose basophils lack detectable levels of the FcepsilonRI-associated protein tyrosine kinase, Syk. Despite showing no obvious ultrastructural differences from normal basophils, nonreleaser basophils fail to form membrane ruffles, to show increased VLA-4-mediated adhesive activity, or to produce IL-4 in response to FcepsilonRI cross-linking. Although Syk protein levels are suppressed in basophils from all five donors, Syk mRNA is consistently present. Furthermore, culturing nonreleaser basophils for 4 days with IL-3 restores Syk protein expression and FcepsilonRI-mediated histamine release. Understanding the reversible suppression of Syk protein expression in nonreleaser basophils, and learning to replicate this property in patients with allergic inflammation could be a powerful and specific way to limit symptomatic disease. |
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