Spying on IgE receptor signaling: simply complex, or not?

J Cell Biol. 2005 Nov 7;171(3):415-7. doi: 10.1083/jcb.200510105.

Abstract

Plasma membrane organization and the potential role, or not, of lipid raft microdomains in signal transduction is a controversial topic. Cross-correlation fluorescent correlation spectroscopy (CC-FCS) shows promise as a new approach to rapidly probe protein-protein interactions in living cells during signal transduction. CC-FCS data from studies of IgE receptor signaling challenge models of large stable lipid raft signaling domains and reveal a new complexity in the dynamic (re)organization of signaling complexes.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cell Membrane / metabolism*
  • Diffusion
  • Humans
  • Membrane Microdomains / physiology
  • Phosphorylation
  • Receptors, IgE / metabolism
  • Receptors, IgE / physiology*
  • Signal Transduction / physiology*
  • Spectrometry, Fluorescence
  • src-Family Kinases / physiology*

Substances

  • Receptors, IgE
  • lyn protein-tyrosine kinase
  • src-Family Kinases