PMID- 25941081 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20161221 LR - 20181113 IS - 1879-0712 (Electronic) IS - 0014-2999 (Print) IS - 0014-2999 (Linking) VI - 778 DP - 2016 May 5 TI - Signal transduction and chemotaxis in mast cells. PG - 11-23 LID - S0014-2999(15)00397-0 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.ejphar.2015.02.057 [doi] AB - Mast cells play crucial roles in both innate and adaptive arms of the immune system. Along with basophils, mast cells are essential effector cells for allergic inflammation that causes asthma, allergic rhinitis, food allergy and atopic dermatitis. Mast cells are usually increased in inflammatory sites of allergy and, upon activation, release various chemical, lipid, peptide and protein mediators of allergic reactions. Since antigen/immunoglobulin E (IgE)-mediated activation of these cells is a central event to trigger allergic reactions, innumerable studies have been conducted on how these cells are activated through cross-linking of the high-affinity IgE receptor (FcepsilonRI). Development of mature mast cells from their progenitor cells is under the influence of several growth factors, of which the stem cell factor (SCF) seems to be the most important. Therefore, how SCF induces mast cell development and activation via its receptor, KIT, has been studied extensively, including a cross-talk between KIT and FcepsilonRI signaling pathways. Although our understanding of the signaling mechanisms of the FcepsilonRI and KIT pathways is far from complete, pharmaceutical applications of the knowledge about these pathways are underway. This review will focus on recent progresses in FcepsilonRI and KIT signaling and chemotaxis. CI - Copyright (c) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Draber, Petr AU - Draber P AD - Department of Signal Transduction, Institute of Molecular Genetics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, CZ 14220 Prague, Czech Republic. Electronic address: petr.draber@img.cas.cz. FAU - Halova, Ivana AU - Halova I AD - Department of Signal Transduction, Institute of Molecular Genetics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, CZ 14220 Prague, Czech Republic. FAU - Polakovicova, Iva AU - Polakovicova I AD - Department of Signal Transduction, Institute of Molecular Genetics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, CZ 14220 Prague, Czech Republic. FAU - Kawakami, Toshiaki AU - Kawakami T AD - Division of Cell Biology, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, 9420 Athena Circle La Jolla, CA 92037, USA; Laboratory for Allergic Disease, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences (IMS-RCAI), Yokohama 230-0045, Japan. LA - eng GR - R01 AR064418/AR/NIAMS NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 HL124283/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - 1R01HL124283-01/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 AR064418-01A1/AR/NIAMS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Review DEP - 20150502 PL - Netherlands TA - Eur J Pharmacol JT - European journal of pharmacology JID - 1254354 SB - IM MH - Animals MH - *Chemotaxis/drug effects MH - Humans MH - Mast Cells/*cytology/drug effects MH - *Signal Transduction/drug effects PMC - PMC4630209 MID - NIHMS686928 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Chemotaxis OT - IgE receptor OT - KIT receptor OT - Mast cell OT - Plasma membrane OT - Signal transduction EDAT- 2015/05/06 06:00 MHDA- 2016/12/22 06:00 PMCR- 2017/05/05 CRDT- 2015/05/06 06:00 PHST- 2014/11/25 00:00 [received] PHST- 2015/02/09 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2015/02/17 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2015/05/06 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/05/06 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/12/22 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/05/05 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0014-2999(15)00397-0 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.ejphar.2015.02.057 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Eur J Pharmacol. 2016 May 5;778:11-23. doi: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2015.02.057. Epub 2015 May 2.