Publication Date:
1992-06-26
Description:
B lymphocytes and macrophages express closely related immunoglobulin G (IgG) Fc receptors (Fc gamma RII) that differ only in the structures of their cytoplasmic domains. Because of cell type-specific alternative messenger RNA splicing, B-cell Fc gamma RII contains an insertion of 47 amino acids that participates in determining receptor function in these cells. Transfection of an Fc gamma RII-negative B-cell line with complementary DNA's encoding the two splice products and various receptor mutants indicated that the insertion was responsible for preventing both Fc gamma RII-mediated endocytosis and Fc gamma RII-mediated antigen presentation. The insertion was not required for Fc gamma RII to modulate surface immunoglobulin-triggered B-cell activation. Instead, regulation of activation involved a region of the cytoplasmic domain common to both the lymphocyte and macrophage receptor isoforms. In contrast, the insertion did contribute to the formation of caps in response to receptor cross-linking, consistent with suggestions that the lymphocyte but not macrophage form of the receptor can associate with the detergent-insoluble cytoskeleton.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Amigorena, S -- Bonnerot, C -- Drake, J R -- Choquet, D -- Hunziker, W -- Guillet, J G -- Webster, P -- Sautes, C -- Mellman, I -- Fridman, W H -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1992 Jun 26;256(5065):1808-12.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Laboratoire d'Immunologie Cellulaire et Clinique, INSERM U 255, Institut Curie, Paris, France.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1535455" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Amino Acid Sequence
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Antigen-Antibody Complex/metabolism
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Antigen-Antibody Reactions/genetics/immunology
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Antigens, CD/genetics/*immunology
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Antigens, Differentiation/genetics/*immunology
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B-Lymphocytes/*immunology
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Calcium/metabolism
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*DNA-Binding Proteins
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Dose-Response Relationship, Immunologic
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Endocytosis/genetics/immunology
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Humans
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Immunohistochemistry
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Lymphocyte Activation/immunology
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Microscopy, Electron
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Receptors, Fc/genetics/*immunology
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Receptors, IgG
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Repressor Proteins/pharmacology
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Transcription Factors/pharmacology
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Transfection
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Viral Proteins
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Viral Regulatory and Accessory Proteins
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
