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RECEPTORS AND SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION

IgE alone-induced actin assembly modifies calcium signaling and degranulation in RBL-2H3 mast cells

¹Department of Veterinary Pharmacology, Graduate School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo 113-8657; and ²Department of Veterinary Clinic, Faculty of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Fuchu, Tokyo 183-8509, Japan

Submitted 14 May 2003 ; accepted in final form 17 September 2003

In the mast cell signaling pathways, the binding of immunoglobulin E (IgE) to FcRI, its high-affinity receptor, is generally thought to be a passive step. In this study, we examined the effect of IgE alone, that is, without antigen stimulation, on the degranulation in mast cells. Monomeric IgE (500–5,000 ng/ml) alone increased cytosolic Ca²⁺ level ([Ca²⁺]_i) and induced degranulation in rat basophilic leukemia (RBL)-2H3 mast cells. Monomeric IgE (5,000 ng/ml) alone also increased [Ca²⁺]_i and induced degranulation in bone marrow-derived mast cells. Interestingly, monomeric IgE (5–50 ng/ml) alone, in concentrations too low to induce degranulation, increased filamentous actin content in RBL-2H3 mast cells. We next examined whether actin dynamics affect the IgE alone-induced RBL-2H3 mast cell activation pathways. Cytochalasin D inhibited the ability of IgE alone (50 ng/ml) to induce de novo actin assembly. In cytochalasin D-treated cells, IgE (50 ng/ml) alone increased [Ca²⁺]_i and induced degranulation. We have summarized the current findings into two points. First, IgE alone increases [Ca²⁺]_i and induces degranulation in mast cells. Second, IgE, at concentrations too low to increase either [Ca²⁺]_i or degranulation, significantly induces actin assembly, which serves as a negative feedback control in the mast cell Ca²⁺ signaling and degranulation.

mast cell; immunoglobulin E; cytochalasin D; Y-27632; wortmannin

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