Abstract
CD36 is a versatile receptor known to play a central role in the development of atherosclerosis, the pathogenesis of malaria, and the removal of apoptotic cells. Remarkably, the short cytosolically exposed regions of CD36 lack identifiable motifs, which has hampered elucidation of its mode of signaling. Using a combination of phosphoprotein isolation, mass spectrometry, superresolution imaging, and gene silencing, we have determined that the receptor induces ligand internalization through a heteromeric complex consisting of CD36, β1 and/or β2 integrins, and the tetraspanins CD9 and/or CD81. This receptor complex serves to link CD36 to the adaptor FcRγ, which bears an immunoreceptor tyrosine activation motif. By coupling to FcRγ, CD36 is able to engage Src-family kinases and Syk, which in turn drives the internalization of CD36 and its bound ligands.
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Publication types
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Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing / antagonists & inhibitors
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Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing / genetics
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Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing / metabolism*
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Animals
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Blotting, Western
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CD36 Antigens / metabolism*
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Cells, Cultured
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Endocytosis / physiology*
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Immunoprecipitation
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Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins / metabolism*
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Macrophages, Peritoneal / cytology
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Macrophages, Peritoneal / metabolism*
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Mice
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Phosphorylation
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Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / metabolism*
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RNA, Small Interfering / genetics
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Receptors, IgG / antagonists & inhibitors
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Receptors, IgG / genetics
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Receptors, IgG / metabolism*
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Signal Transduction
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Syk Kinase
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Tetraspanin 28 / metabolism
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Tetraspanin 29 / metabolism
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Tyrosine / metabolism
Substances
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Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing
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CD36 Antigens
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Cd81 protein, mouse
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Cd9 protein, mouse
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Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
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RNA, Small Interfering
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Receptors, IgG
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Tetraspanin 28
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Tetraspanin 29
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Tyrobp protein, mouse
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Tyrosine
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Protein-Tyrosine Kinases
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Syk Kinase
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Syk protein, mouse