PMID- 15972641 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20050831 LR - 20190516 IS - 0022-1767 (Print) IS - 1550-6606 (Electronic) IS - 0022-1767 (Linking) VI - 175 IP - 1 DP - 2005 Jul 1 TI - Independent trafficking of Ig-alpha/Ig-beta and mu-heavy chain is facilitated by dissociation of the B cell antigen receptor complex. PG - 147-54 AB - The BCR relays extracellular signals and internalizes Ag for processing and presentation. We have previously demonstrated that ligation of the BCR destabilizes Ig-alpha/Ig-beta (Ig-alphabeta) from mu-H chain (mum). In this study we report that receptor destabilization represents a physical separation of mum from Ig-alphabeta. Sucrose gradient fractionation localized Ig-alphabeta to G(M1)-containing lipid microdomains in the absence of mum. Confocal and electron microscopy studies revealed the colocalization of unsheathed mum with clathrin-coated vesicles. Furthermore, mum failed to associate with clathrin-coated vesicles when receptor destabilization was inhibited, suggesting that unsheathing of mum is required for clathrin-mediated endocytosis. In summary, we found that Ag stimulation physically separates Ig-alphabeta from mum, facilitating concomitant signal transduction and Ag delivery to the endocytic compartment. FAU - Kim, Jin-Hyang AU - Kim JH AD - Department of Pathology and the Cancer Research and Treatment Center, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA. FAU - Cramer, Lorraine AU - Cramer L FAU - Mueller, Heather AU - Mueller H FAU - Wilson, Bridget AU - Wilson B FAU - Vilen, Barbara J AU - Vilen BJ LA - eng GR - R01 AI053266/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. PL - United States TA - J Immunol JT - Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) JID - 2985117R RN - 0 (Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains) RN - 0 (Immunoglobulin alpha-Chains) RN - 0 (Immunoglobulin mu-Chains) RN - 0 (Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell) RN - 37758-47-7 (G(M1) Ganglioside) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Antigen Presentation MH - Biological Transport, Active MH - Cell Line MH - Clathrin-Coated Vesicles/immunology/metabolism MH - Endocytosis MH - G(M1) Ganglioside/metabolism MH - Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains/*metabolism MH - Immunoglobulin alpha-Chains/metabolism MH - Immunoglobulin mu-Chains/metabolism MH - Kinetics MH - Membrane Microdomains/immunology/metabolism MH - Mice MH - Microscopy, Electron MH - Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell/*metabolism MH - Signal Transduction PMC - PMC3895480 MID - NIHMS541643 COIS- Disclosures The authors have no financial conflict of interest. EDAT- 2005/06/24 09:00 MHDA- 2005/09/01 09:00 PMCR- 2014/01/19 CRDT- 2005/06/24 09:00 PHST- 2005/06/24 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2005/09/01 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2005/06/24 09:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/01/19 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 175/1/147 [pii] AID - 10.4049/jimmunol.175.1.147 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Immunol. 2005 Jul 1;175(1):147-54. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.175.1.147.