PMID- 22654878 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE DCOM- 20120823 LR - 20211021 IS - 1664-3224 (Electronic) IS - 1664-3224 (Linking) VI - 3 DP - 2012 TI - Mast cell chemotaxis - chemoattractants and signaling pathways. PG - 119 LID - 10.3389/fimmu.2012.00119 [doi] LID - 119 AB - Migration of mast cells is essential for their recruitment within target tissues where they play an important role in innate and adaptive immune responses. These processes rely on the ability of mast cells to recognize appropriate chemotactic stimuli and react to them by a chemotactic response. Another level of intercellular communication is attained by production of chemoattractants by activated mast cells, which results in accumulation of mast cells and other hematopoietic cells at the sites of inflammation. Mast cells express numerous surface receptors for various ligands with properties of potent chemoattractants. They include the stem cell factor (SCF) recognized by c-Kit, antigen, which binds to immunoglobulin E (IgE) anchored to the high affinity IgE receptor (FcepsilonRI), highly cytokinergic (HC) IgE recognized by FcepsilonRI, lipid mediator sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P), which binds to G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). Other large groups of chemoattractants are eicosanoids [prostaglandin E(2) and D(2), leukotriene (LT) B(4), LTD(4), and LTC(4), and others] and chemokines (CC, CXC, C, and CX3C), which also bind to various GPCRs. Further noteworthy chemoattractants are isoforms of transforming growth factor (TGF) beta1-3, which are sensitively recognized by TGF-beta serine/threonine type I and II beta receptors, adenosine, C1q, C3a, and C5a components of the complement, 5-hydroxytryptamine, neuroendocrine peptide catestatin, tumor necrosis factor-alpha, and others. Here we discuss the major types of chemoattractants recognized by mast cells, their target receptors, as well as signaling pathways they utilize. We also briefly deal with methods used for studies of mast cell chemotaxis and with ways of how these studies profited from the results obtained in other cellular systems. FAU - Halova, Ivana AU - Halova I AD - Department of Signal Transduction, Institute of Molecular Genetics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic Prague, Czech Republic. FAU - Draberova, Lubica AU - Draberova L FAU - Draber, Petr AU - Draber P LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20120525 PL - Switzerland TA - Front Immunol JT - Frontiers in immunology JID - 101560960 PMC - PMC3360162 OTO - NOTNLM OT - IgE receptor OT - cell migration OT - chemoattractant OT - chemotaxis OT - mast cell OT - plasma membrane OT - signal transduction EDAT- 2012/06/02 06:00 MHDA- 2012/06/02 06:01 PMCR- 2012/01/01 CRDT- 2012/06/02 06:00 PHST- 2012/02/22 00:00 [received] PHST- 2012/04/24 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2012/06/02 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/06/02 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/06/02 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2012/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.3389/fimmu.2012.00119 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Front Immunol. 2012 May 25;3:119. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2012.00119. eCollection 2012.