Institute of Cellular & Molecular Immunology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
Eur J Immunol. 2020 Dec;50(12):1912-1928. doi: 10.1002/eji.202048621. Epub 2020 Aug 7.
Antigen recognition by B-cell antigen receptors (BCRs) activates distinct intracellular signaling pathways that control the differentiation fate of activated B lymphocytes. BCR-proximal signaling enzymes comprise protein tyrosine kinases, phosphatases, and plasma membrane lipid-modifying enzymes, whose function is furthermore coordinated by catalytically inert adaptor proteins. Here, we show that an additional class of enzymatic activity provided by guanine-nucleotide exchange factors (GEFs) of the Vav family controls BCR-proximal Ca mobilization, cytoskeletal actin reorganization, and activation of the PI3 kinase/Akt pathway. Whereas Vav1 and Vav3 supported all of those signaling processes to different extents in a human B-cell model system, Vav2 facilitated Actin remodeling, and activation of Akt but did not promote Ca signaling. On BCR activation, Vav1 was directly recruited to the phosphorylated BCR and to the central adaptor protein SLP65 via its Src homology 2 domain. Pharmacological inhibition or genetic inactivation of the substrates of Vav GEFs, small G proteins of the Rho/Rac family, impaired BCR-induced Ca mobilization, probably because phospholipase Cγ2 requires activated Rac proteins for optimal activity. Our findings show that Vav family members are key relays of the BCR signalosome that differentially control distinct signaling pathways both in a catalysis-dependent and -independent manner.
B 细胞抗原受体 (BCR) 通过识别抗原激活不同的细胞内信号通路,控制活化 B 淋巴细胞的分化命运。BCR 近端信号酶包括蛋白酪氨酸激酶、磷酸酶和质膜脂质修饰酶,其功能还通过无催化活性的衔接蛋白进行协调。在这里,我们表明 Vav 家族的鸟嘌呤核苷酸交换因子 (GEF) 提供了另一类酶活性,控制 BCR 近端 Ca 动员、细胞骨架肌动蛋白重排和 PI3 激酶/Akt 途径的激活。在人 B 细胞模型系统中,Vav1 和 Vav3 在不同程度上支持所有这些信号过程,而 Vav2 促进肌动蛋白重塑和 Akt 的激活,但不促进 Ca 信号。在 BCR 激活时,Vav1 通过其Src 同源 2 结构域直接被募集到磷酸化的 BCR 和中央衔接蛋白 SLP65 上。Vav GEFs 的底物,即 Rho/Rac 家族的小 G 蛋白的药理学抑制或基因失活,损害了 BCR 诱导的 Ca 动员,可能是因为磷脂酶 Cγ2 需要激活的 Rac 蛋白才能发挥最佳活性。我们的研究结果表明,Vav 家族成员是 BCR 信号体的关键中继,以依赖催化和非依赖催化的方式,差异控制不同的信号通路。
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