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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 275, Issue 44, 34772-34779, November 3, 2000

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Calcium-dependent Threonine Phosphorylation of Nonmuscle Myosin in Stimulated RBL-2H3 Mast Cells^*

Denis B. Buxton and Robert S. Adelstein

From the Laboratory of Molecular Cardiology, NHLBI, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892

Stimulation of RBL-2H3 m1 mast cells through the IgE receptor with antigen, or through a G protein-coupled receptor with carbachol, leads to the rapid appearance of phosphothreonine in nonmuscle myosin heavy chain II-A (NMHC-IIA). We demonstrate that this results from phosphorylation of Thr-1940 by calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaM kinase II), activated by increased intracellular calcium. The phosphorylation site in rodent NMHC-IIA was localized to the carboxyl terminus of NMHC-IIA distal to the coiled-coil region, and identified as Thr-1940 by site-directed mutagenesis. A fusion protein containing the NMHC-IIA carboxyl terminus was phosphorylated by CaM kinase II in vitro, while mutation of Thr-1940 to Ala eliminated phosphorylation. In contrast to rodents, in humans Thr-1940 is replaced by Ala, and human NMHC-IIA fusion protein was not phosphorylated by CaM kinase II unless Ala-1940 was mutated to Thr. Similarly, co-transfected Ala  Thr-1940 human NMHC-IIA was phosphorylated by activated CaM kinase II in HeLa cells, while wild type was not. In RBL-2H3 m1 cells, inhibition of CaM kinase II decreased Thr-1940 phosphorylation, and inhibited release of the secretory granule marker hexosaminidase in response to carbachol but not to antigen. These data indicate a role for CaM kinase stimulation and resultant threonine phosphorylation of NMHC-IIA in RBL-2H3 m1 cell activation.

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