TY - JOUR
T1 - FcαRI (CD89) alleles determine the proinflammatory potential of serum IgA
AU - Wu, Jianming
AU - Ji, Chuanyi
AU - Xie, Fenglong
AU - Langefeld, Carl D.
AU - Qian, Kun
AU - Gibson, Andrew W.
AU - Edberg, Jeffrey C.
AU - Kimberly, Robert P.
PY - 2007/3/15
Y1 - 2007/3/15
N2 - The human IgA FcR (FcαRI; CD89) mediates a variety of immune system functions including degranulation, endocytosis, phagocytosis, cytokine synthesis, and cytokine release. We have identified a common, nonsynonymous, single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in the coding region of CD89 (844A→G) (rs16986050), which changes codon 248 from AGC (Ser248) to GGC (Gly248) in the cytoplasmic domain of the receptor. The two different alleles demonstrate significantly different FcαRI-mediated intracellular calcium mobilization and degranulation in rat basophilic leukemia cells and cytokine production (IL-6 and TNF-α) in murine macrophage P388D1 cells. In the absence of FcR γ-chain association in P388D1 cells, the Ser 248-FcαRI allele does not mediate cytokine production, but the Gly248-FcαRI allele retains the capacity to mediate a robust production of proinflammatory cytokine. This allele-dependent difference is also seen with FcαRI-mediated IL-6 cytokine release by human neutrophils ex vivo. These findings and the enrichment of the proinflammatory Gly 248-FcαRI allele in systemic lupas erythematosus populations in two ethnic groups compared with their respective non-systemic lupus erythematosus controls suggest that FcαRI (CD89) α-chain alleles may affect receptor-mediated signaling and play an important role in the modulation of immune responses in inflammatory diseases.
AB - The human IgA FcR (FcαRI; CD89) mediates a variety of immune system functions including degranulation, endocytosis, phagocytosis, cytokine synthesis, and cytokine release. We have identified a common, nonsynonymous, single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in the coding region of CD89 (844A→G) (rs16986050), which changes codon 248 from AGC (Ser248) to GGC (Gly248) in the cytoplasmic domain of the receptor. The two different alleles demonstrate significantly different FcαRI-mediated intracellular calcium mobilization and degranulation in rat basophilic leukemia cells and cytokine production (IL-6 and TNF-α) in murine macrophage P388D1 cells. In the absence of FcR γ-chain association in P388D1 cells, the Ser 248-FcαRI allele does not mediate cytokine production, but the Gly248-FcαRI allele retains the capacity to mediate a robust production of proinflammatory cytokine. This allele-dependent difference is also seen with FcαRI-mediated IL-6 cytokine release by human neutrophils ex vivo. These findings and the enrichment of the proinflammatory Gly 248-FcαRI allele in systemic lupas erythematosus populations in two ethnic groups compared with their respective non-systemic lupus erythematosus controls suggest that FcαRI (CD89) α-chain alleles may affect receptor-mediated signaling and play an important role in the modulation of immune responses in inflammatory diseases.
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U2 - 10.4049/jimmunol.178.6.3973
DO - 10.4049/jimmunol.178.6.3973
M3 - Article
C2 - 17339498
AN - SCOPUS:33947203686
SN - 0022-1767
VL - 178
SP - 3973
EP - 3982
JO - Journal of Immunology
JF - Journal of Immunology
IS - 6
ER -