Veselits Margaret, Tanaka Azusa, Lipkowitz Stanley, O'Neill Shannon, Sciammas Roger, Finnegan Alison, Zhang Jian, Clark Marcus R
Section of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine and Knapp Center for Lupus and Immunological Research, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America.
Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America.
PLoS One. 2014 Mar 20;9(3):e89792. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0089792. eCollection 2014.
Casitas B-lineage lymphoma-b (Cbl-b) is a ubiquitin ligase (E3) that modulates signaling by tagging molecules for degradation. It is a complex protein with multiple domains and binding partners that are not involved in ubiquitinating substrates. Herein, we demonstrate that Cbl-b, but not c-Cbl, is recruited to the clustered B cell antigen receptor (BCR) and that Cbl-b is required for entry of endocytosed BCRs into late endosomes. The E3 activity of Cbl-b is not necessary for BCR endocytic trafficking. Rather, the ubiquitin associated (UBA) domain is required. Furthermore, the Cbl-b UBA domain is sufficient to confer the receptor trafficking functions of Cbl-b on c-Cbl. Cbl-b is also required for entry of the Toll-like receptor 9 (TLR9) into late endosomes and for the in vitro activation of TLR9 by BCR-captured ligands. These data indicate that Cbl-b acts as a scaffolding molecule to coordinate the delivery of the BCR and TLR9 into subcellular compartments required for productively delivering BCR-captured ligands to TLR9.
Casitas B 系淋巴瘤 b(Cbl-b)是一种泛素连接酶(E3),通过标记分子进行降解来调节信号传导。它是一种复杂的蛋白质,具有多个结构域和结合伴侣,这些结构域和结合伴侣不参与底物的泛素化过程。在此,我们证明 Cbl-b 而非 c-Cbl 被招募至聚集的 B 细胞抗原受体(BCR),并且 Cbl-b 是内吞的 BCR 进入晚期内体所必需的。Cbl-b 的 E3 活性对于 BCR 的内吞运输并非必需。相反,泛素相关(UBA)结构域是必需的。此外,Cbl-b 的 UBA 结构域足以赋予 c-Cbl Cbl-b 的受体运输功能。Cbl-b 对于 Toll 样受体 9(TLR9)进入晚期内体以及 BCR 捕获的配体对 TLR9 的体外激活也是必需的。这些数据表明,Cbl-b 作为一种支架分子,协调 BCR 和 TLR9 向亚细胞区室的转运,这些区室是将 BCR 捕获的配体有效递送至 TLR9 所必需的。