BANK regulates BCR-induced calcium mobilization by promoting tyrosine phosphorylation of IP(3) receptor.

B-cell activation mediated through the antigen receptor is dependent on activation of protein tyrosine kinases (PTKs) such as Lyn and Syk and subsequent phosphorylation of various signaling proteins. Here we report on the identification and characterization of the B-cell scaffold protein with ankyrin repeats (BANK), a novel substrate of tyrosine ...
kinases. BANK is expressed in B cells and is tyrosine phosphorylated upon B-cell antigen receptor (BCR) stimulation, which is mediated predominantly by Syk. Overexpres sion of BANK in B cells leads to enhancement of BCR-induced calcium mobilization. We found that both Lyn and inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor (IP(3)R) associate with the distinct regions of BANK and that BANK promotes Lyn-mediated tyrosine phosphorylation of IP(3)R. Given that IP(3)R channel activity is up-regulated by its tyrosine phosphorylation, BANK appears to be a novel scaffold protein regulating BCR-induced calcium mobilization by connecting PTKs to IP(3)R. Because BANK expression is confined to functional BCR-expressing B cells, BANK-mediated calcium mobilization may be specific to foreign antigen-induced immune responses rather than to signaling required for B-cell development.
Mesh Terms:
Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing, Amino Acid Sequence, Animals, Ankyrin Repeat, B-Lymphocytes, Calcium Channels, Calcium Signaling, Carrier Proteins, Humans, Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptors, Lymphocyte Activation, Macromolecular Substances, Membrane Proteins, Mice, Mice, Knockout, Mice, SCID, Molecular Sequence Data, Phosphorylation, Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell, Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear, Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, Tyrosine, src-Family Kinases
EMBO J.
Date: Jan. 15, 2002
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