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JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 287, Issue 24, Pages 20258-20269Publisher
AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M112.358119
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- National Institutes of Health [R01 HL077177, R01 HL08111]
- ICREA Funding Source: Custom
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Mast cells mediate a range of immune responses. However, the mechanisms that contribute to their development remain poorly understood. Here, using a P38 alpha conditional knockout system, we provide evidence to suggest that P38 alpha plays critical roles in regulating mast cell differentiation and migration via distinct mechanisms. Induced deletion of P38 alpha in bone marrow cells retards the maturation of mast cells in part by inhibiting the activation of cAMP response element-binding protein and expression of microphthalmia-associated transcription factor, which encourages the generation of basophils over mast cells. In fully differentiated mast cells, absence of P38 alpha inhibits stem cell factor-induced activation of Akt and ERK, which is associated with reduced chemotaxis. In vivo, conditional deletion of P38 alpha results in reduced numbers of mast cells in certain tissues and a failure to reconstitute these cells in W-sh mice transplanted with P38 alpha(-/-) Lin(-)c-kit(+)Sca-1(+) (LKS+) cells. Our findings suggest that P38 alpha plays a dual role in mast cell development by regulating IL-3-induced differentiation of mast cell progenitor cells as well as by regulating stem cell factor-induced migration of fully differentiated mast cells.
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