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Mast cells play pivotal roles in allergic and inflammatory processes via distinct activation pathways. Mucosal and serosal mast cells are activated by the IgE/FcɛRI pathway, while only serosal mast cells are activated by basic secretagogues. We show that CD47 receptors are expressed on rat peritoneal mast cells. 4N1K, a peptide agonist of CD47, rapidly caused exocytosis. Such exocytosis required increased intracellular calcium and was inhibited by pertussis toxin and an antibody against the βγ dimer of a Gi protein. Cooperation with integrins and glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored proteins was necessary, since anti-integrin antibodies and pretreatment with phosphatidylinositol-phospholipase C reduced exocytosis. Depletion of membrane cholesterol inhibited exocytosis and decreased CD47 in lipid rafts, consistent with a CD47/integrin/Gi protein complex being located in rafts. An anti-CD47 antibody inhibited exocytosis induced by 4N1K and by mastoparan and spermine, suggesting that basic secretagogues might target CD47. We propose that 4N1K-stimulated mast cell exocytosis involves a CD47/integrin/Gi protein complex.
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Received 8 December 2008; received after revision 12 January 2009; accepted 29 January 2009
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Sick, E., Niederhoffer, N., Takeda, K. et al. Activation of CD47 receptors causes histamine secretion from mast cells. Cell. Mol. Life Sci. 66, 1271–1282 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00018-009-8778-2
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