H. Fukamachi et al., ACTIVATION OF MULTIPLE PROTEIN-KINASES INCLUDING A MAP KINASE UPON FC-EPSILON-RI CROSS-LINKING, International archives of allergy and immunology, 102(1), 1993, pp. 15-25
Previous studies have shown that protein-serine/threonine kinases and
protein-tyrosine kinase(s) are activated by cross-linking of the high-
affinity receptor for IgE, FcepsilonRI, on mast cells and basophils. I
n vitro kinase assays (ISDR kinase assays) on cellular proteins immobi
lized on polyvinylidene difluoride membrane after denaturation and ren
aturation were employed to estimate the complexity of protein kinases
expressed in mouse mast cells. The results demonstrated that a large n
umber (more than 60) of both serine/threonine- and tyrosine-specific k
inases are present in a mouse mast cell line, PT-18. Cross-linking of
FcepsilonRI-induced activation of a subset of both serine/threonine ki
nases and tyrosine kinases in PT-18 as well as bone marrow-derived mou
se mast cells, as revealed by the ISDR kinase assay. Among them, MAP k
inase (or ERK2) was shown to be tyrosine -phosphorylated and activated
transiently upon FcepsilonRI cross-linking, suggesting its potential
role in mast cell signal transduction.