Role for B-cell adapter for PI3K (BCAP) as a signaling adapter linking Toll-like receptors (TLRs) to serine/threonine kinases PI3K/Akt

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012 Jan 3;109(1):273-8. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1118579109. Epub 2011 Dec 20.

Abstract

Toll like receptors (TLRs) use Toll-IL-1 receptor (TIR) domain-containing adapters, such as myeloid differentiation primary response gene 88 (MyD88) and TIR domain-containing adapter inducing IFN-β (TRIF), to induce activation of transcription factors, including NF-κB, MAP kinases, and IFN regulatory factors. TLR signaling also leads to activation of PI3K, but the molecular mechanism is not understood. Here we have discovered a unique role for B-cell adapter for PI3K (BCAP) in the TLR-signaling pathway. We find that BCAP has a functional N-terminal TIR homology domain and links TLR signaling to activation of PI3K. In addition, BCAP negatively regulates proinflammatory cytokine secretion upon TLR stimulation. In vivo, the absence of BCAP leads to exaggerated recruitment of inflammatory myeloid cells following infections and enhanced susceptibility to dextran sulfate sodium-induced colitis. Our results demonstrate that BCAP is a unique TIR domain-containing TLR signaling adapter crucial for linking TLRs to PI3K activation and regulating the inflammatory response.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing / chemistry
  • Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing / metabolism*
  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animals
  • B-Lymphocytes / enzymology*
  • Enzyme Activation
  • HEK293 Cells
  • Humans
  • Inflammation / metabolism
  • Inflammation / pathology
  • Macrophages / metabolism
  • Macrophages / pathology
  • Membrane Glycoproteins / metabolism
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Mice, Knockout
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Myeloid Differentiation Factor 88 / metabolism
  • Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases / metabolism*
  • Protein Structure, Tertiary
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt / metabolism*
  • Signal Transduction*
  • Toll-Like Receptors / metabolism*

Substances

  • Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing
  • Membrane Glycoproteins
  • Myeloid Differentiation Factor 88
  • Pik3ap1 protein, mouse
  • Toll-Like Receptors
  • Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt