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Stimulation of tyrosine phosphorylation without inositol lipid hydrolysis in human B lymphocytes on engaging CD72.

Occupancy of CD72 on resting tonsillar B cells by monoclonal antibodies (mAb) promotes entry into the G1 phase of the cell cycle with an accompanying increase in MHC Class II expression and provides a co-stimulus to immobilized anti-mu for driving DNA synthesis. We now report that engagement of CD72 by mAb stimulates tyrosine phosphorylation in B cells with a peak of activity seen at 5-10 min. Two major substrates of 29 and 57 kDa showed a basal level of phosphorylation which increased with time, while a 40 kDa protein and several other minor components were phosphorylated de novo on the addition of mAb to CD72. Inositol lipid hydrolysis was found to be unperturbed, although a shallow rise in the basal level of intracellular free Ca2+ was provoked on engaging CD72. Receptor cross-linking was not a requirement for signaling human B cells through CD72: simple occupancy by univalent antibody was sufficient both to trigger the rise in basal [Ca2+]i and to promote DNA synthesis.[1]

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  1. Stimulation of tyrosine phosphorylation without inositol lipid hydrolysis in human B lymphocytes on engaging CD72. Kamal, M., Knox, K., Finney, M., Michell, R.H., Holder, M.J., Gordon, J. FEBS Lett. (1993) [Pubmed]
 
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