Bam32/DAPP1 promotes B cell adhesion and formation of polarized conjugates with T cells

J Immunol. 2010 Jun 15;184(12):6961-9. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.0904176. Epub 2010 May 21.

Abstract

B cell Ag receptors function in both signaling activation of Ag-specific cells and in collecting specific Ag for presentation to T lymphocytes. Signaling via PI3K is required for BCR-mediated activation and Ag presentation functions; however, the relevant downstream targets of PI3K in B cells are incompletely defined. In this study, we have investigated the roles of the PI3K effector molecule Bam32/DAPP1 in BCR signaling and BCR-mediated Ag presentation functions. In mouse primary B cells, Bam32 was required for efficient activation of the GTPase Rac1 and downstream signaling to JNK, but not activation of BLNK, phospholipase C gamma2, or calcium responses. Consistent with a role of this adaptor in Rac-mediated cytoskeletal rearrangement, Bam32 was required for BCR-induced cell adhesion and spreading responses on ICAM-1 or fibronectin-coated surfaces. The function of Bam32 in promoting Rac activation and adhesion required tyrosine 139, a known site of phosphorylation by Lyn kinase. After BCR crosslinking by Ag, Bam32-deficient B cells are able to carry out the initial steps of Ag endocytosis and processing, but show diminished ability to form Ag-specific conjugates with T cells and polarize F-actin at the B-T interface. As a result, Bam32-deficient B cells were unable to efficiently activate Ag-specific T cells. Together, these results indicate that Bam32 serves to integrate PI3K and Src kinase signaling to promote Rac-dependent B cell adhesive interactions important for Ag presentation function.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing / immunology
  • Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing / metabolism*
  • Animals
  • Antigen Presentation / immunology
  • B-Lymphocytes / immunology
  • B-Lymphocytes / metabolism*
  • Blotting, Western
  • Cell Adhesion / immunology
  • Lipoproteins / immunology
  • Lipoproteins / metabolism*
  • Lymphocyte Activation / immunology*
  • Mice
  • Mice, Knockout
  • Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases / immunology
  • Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases / metabolism
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt / immunology
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt / metabolism
  • Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell / immunology
  • Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell / metabolism
  • Signal Transduction / immunology*
  • T-Lymphocytes / immunology
  • T-Lymphocytes / metabolism*
  • src-Family Kinases / immunology
  • src-Family Kinases / metabolism

Substances

  • Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing
  • Dapp1 protein, mouse
  • Lipoproteins
  • Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell
  • Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases
  • src-Family Kinases
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt