Our long-term efforts to elucidate receptor-mediated signalling in immune cells, particularly transmembrane signalling initiated by FcɛRI, the receptor for IgE in mast cells, led us unavoidably to contemplate the role of the heterogeneous plasma membrane. Our early investigations with fluorescence microscopy revealed co-redistribution of certain lipids and signalling components with antigen-cross-linked IgE–FcɛRI and pointed to participation of ordered membrane domains in the signalling process. With a focus on this function, we have worked along with others to develop diverse and increasingly sophisticated tools to analyse the complexity of membrane structure that facilitates regulation and targeting of signalling events. The present chapter describes how initial membrane interactions of clustered IgE–FcɛRI lead to downstream cellular responses and how biochemical information integrated with nanoscale resolution spectroscopy and imaging is providing mechanistic insights at the level of molecular complexes.
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Nanodomains in early and later phases of FcɛRI signalling
David Holowka
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David Holowka
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, U.S.A.
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Barbara Baird
Barbara Baird
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Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, U.S.A.
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Essays Biochem (2015) 57: 147–163.
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Ingela Parmryd, David Holowka, Barbara Baird; Nanodomains in early and later phases of FcɛRI signalling. Essays Biochem 15 February 2015; 57 147–163. doi: https://doi.org/10.1042/bse0570147
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