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T Yi

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Deficiency of SHP-1 protein-tyrosine phosphatase activity results in heightened osteoclast function and decreased bone density.

Mice homozygous for the motheaten (Hcphme) or viable motheaten (Hcphme-v) mutations are deficient in functional SHP-1 protein-tyrosine phosphatase and show severe defects in hematopoiesis. Comparison of femurs from mev/mev mice revealed significant decreases in bone mineral density (0.33 +/- 0.03 mg/mm3 for mev/mevversus 0.41 +/- 0.01 mg/mm3 for controls) and mineral content (1.97 +/- 0.36 mg for mev/mevversus 10.64 +/- 0.67 for controls) compared with littermate controls. Viable motheaten mice also showed reduced amounts of trabecular bone and decreased cortical thickness. These bone abnormalities were associated with a 14% increase in numbers of multinucleated osteoclasts and an increase in osteoclast resorption activity. In co-cultures of normal osteoblasts with mutant or control bone marrow cells, numbers of osteoclasts developing from mutant mice were increased compared with littermate control mice. Although mev/mev osteoclasts develop in the absence of colony-stimulating factor (CSF)-1, nevertheless cultured osteoclasts show increased size in the presence of CSF-1. CSF-1-deficient osteopetrosis (op/op) mutant mice develop severe osteosclerosis. However, doubly homozygous mev/mevop/op mice show an expansion of bone marrow cavities and reduced trabecular bone mass compared with op/op mice. Western blot analysis showed that several proteins that were markedly hyperphosphorylated on tyrosine residues were detected in the motheaten osteoclasts, including a novel 126-kd phosphotyrosine protein. The marked hyperphosphorylation of a 126-kd protein in motheaten osteoclasts suggests that this protein depends on SHP-1 for dephosphorylation. These findings demonstrate that the decreased SHP-1 catalytic activity in me/me and mev/mev mice results in an increased population of activated osteoclasts and consequent reduction in bone density.

Animals↗

Defective expression of the SHP-1 phosphatase in polycythemia vera.

The SHP-1 phosphatase associates with the receptors for erythropoietin, stem cell factor, and interleukin-3, and negatively regulates the mitogenic signals generated during engagement by their respective ligands. The erythroid progenitors of patients with polycythemia vera are hypersensitive to the mitogenic effects of these growth factors despite the fact that the numbers and binding affinities for their receptors are not increased. To determine whether post-receptor signaling defects may account for growth factor-hypersensitivity in polycythemia vera, we determined the expression of SHP-1 in highly purified erythroid progenitors from polycythemia vera patients. Our data demonstrate that in approximately 60% of the patients, expression of SHP-1 in the colony forming unit-erythroid population is diminished. The decreased expression of the protein may result from a transcriptional defect, as suggested by the diminished SHP-1 mRNA expression in the erythroid progenitors of these patients. Studies to determine the level of maturation of polycythemia vera and normal cells indicated that there was no difference between the two at early colony forming unit-erythroid stage of differentiation although polycythemia vera cells showed retarded differentiation kinetics at late colony forming unit-erythroid stage of differentiation. Furthermore, SHP-1 expression in normal colony forming unit-erythroid demonstrated downregulation of mRNA and protein levels during terminal differentiation, suggesting that its function is required for growth control during the early stages of erythropoiesis. These results indicate an important role for SHP-1 in the regulation of normal human erythroid progenitors and suggest that defective expression of the protein may contribute to the pathogenesis of polycythemia vera.

Cell Differentiation↗

p27KIP1 deletions in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

The p27KIP1 gene, which encodes a cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) inhibitor, has been assigned to chromosome band 12p12, a region often affected by cytogenetically apparent deletions or translocations in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). As described here, fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) analysis of 35 primary ALL samples with cytogenetic evidence of 12p abnormalities revealed hemizygous deletions of p27KIP1 in 29 cases. Further analysis of 19 of these cases with two additional gene-specific probes from the 12p region (hematopoietic cell phosphatase, HCP and cyclin D2, CCND2) showed that p27KIP1 is located more proximally on the short arm of chromosome 12 and is deleted more frequently than either HCP or CCND2. Of 16 of these cases with hemizygous deletion of p27KIP1, only eight showed loss of HCP or CCND2, whereas loss of either of the latter two loci was uniformly associated with loss of p27KIP1. Missense mutations or mutations leading to premature termination codons were not detected in the coding sequences of the retained p27KIP1 alleles in any of the 16 ALL cases examined, indicating a lack of homozygous inactivation. By Southern blot analysis, one case of primary T-cell ALL had hemizygous loss of a single p27KIP1 allele and a 34.5-kb deletion, including the second coding exon of the other allele. Despite homozygous inactivation of p27KP1 in this case, our data suggest that haploinsufficiency for p27KIP1 is the primary consequence of 12p chromosomal deletions in childhood ALL. The oncogenic role of reduced, but not absent, levels of p27KIP1 is supported by recent studies in murine models and evidence that this protein not only inhibits the activity of complexes containing CDK2 and cyclin E, but also promotes the assembly and catalytic activity of CDK4 or CDK6 in complexes with cyclin D.

Adolescent↗

Protein-tyrosine phosphatase Shp-1 is a negative regulator of IL-4- and IL-13-dependent signal transduction.

Binding of interleukin (IL)-4 to its transmembrane receptor results in the Jak-mediated tyrosine phosphorylation of a number of protein components of the IL-4 signaling cascade, including Jak1, Jak2, Jak3, Tyk2, IL-4Ralpha, IRS-1, IRS-2, and Stat6 in appropriate cell types. However, the protein-tyrosine phosphatases (PTPs) that dephosphorylate these proteins and terminate signaling remained unidentified. We have noted that IL-4-dependent activation of Stat6 is sustained longer in fibroblasts than in lymphoid cells. Because Shp-1, an SH2 domain-containing PTP, is expressed primarily in hematopoietic cells, we examined whether Shp-1 activity could regulate IL-4-dependent cell signaling. Expression of an Shp-1 transgene in NIH 3T3 cells markedly reduces both IL-4-dependent Stat6 activation and Stat6-mediated transcription of IL-4-responsive genes. In accord with this, IL-4 treatment of bone marrow-derived macrophages from viable motheaten mice that express substantially reduced levels of Shp-1 activity show remarkably enhanced activation of Stat6. In addition, Stat6 activation by IL-4 is significantly enhanced in pre-B cells derived from motheaten (Shp-1 null mutant) mice compared with normal pre-B cells derived from control animals. These data clearly implicate Shp-1 in the negative regulation of the IL-4/IL-13-activated Jak-Stat pathway.

3T3 Cells↗

SLP-76 is a direct substrate of SHP-1 recruited to killer cell inhibitory receptors.

Activation of immune system cells via antigen-, Fc-, or natural killer cell-triggering-receptor stimulation is aborted by co-engagement of inhibitory receptors. Negative signaling by killer cell inhibitory receptors and related receptors depends on the Src homology 2 (SH2)-containing protein tyrosine phosphatase SHP-1. Using a combination of direct binding and functional assays, we demonstrated that the SH2 domain-containing leukocyte protein 76 (SLP-76) is a specific target for dephosphorylation by SHP-1 in T cells and natural killer cells. Furthermore, we showed that tyrosine-phosphorylated SLP-76 is required for optimal activation of cytotoxic lymphocytes, suggesting that the targeted dephosphorylation of SLP-76 by SHP-1 is an important mechanism for the negative regulation of immune cell activation by inhibitory receptors.

Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing↗

SHP-1 phosphatase C-terminus interacts with novel substrates p32/p30 during erythropoietin and interleukin-3 mitogenic responses.

SHP-1 protein tyrosine phosphatase is a critical negative regulator of mitogenic signaling, as demonstrated by the heightened growth responses to hematopoietic growth factors in hematopoietic cells of motheaten mice, which lack functional SHP-1 expression due to mutations in the SHP-1 gene. The mitogenic signaling molecules dephosphorylated by SHP-1 have not been fully identified. We detected two proteins (p32/p30) that are hyperphosphorylated in a DA3/erythropoietin receptor (EpoR) cell line that expresses a mutant containing the SHP-1 C-terminus that suppresses the function of the endogenous phosphatase and induces hyperproliferative responses to interleukin-3 (IL-3) and Epo. Hyperphosphorylated p32/p30 are also detected in motheaten hematopoietic cells, demonstrating an association of p32/p30 hyperphosphorylation with SHP-1-deficiency and growth factor-hyperresponsiveness. The hyperphosphorylated p32/30 associate with SHP-1 via its C-terminus, because they coimmunoprecipitate with the phosphatase and the C-terminal mutant and they bind in vitro to a synthetic peptide of the mutant but not the GST fusion proteins of SHP-1 SH2 domains. Induction of p32/p30 phosphorylation by IL-3 or Epo occurs mainly at 2 to 18 hours poststimulation in the DA3/EpoR cell line, indicating p32/p30 as novel signaling molecules during cell cycle progression. These data demonstrate a function for the SHP-1 C-terminus in recruiting potential substrates p32/p30 and suggest that SHP-1 may regulates mitogenic signaling by dephosphorylating p32/p30.

Amino Acid Sequence↗

Recruitment of SH2-containing protein tyrosine phosphatase SHP-1 to the interleukin 2 receptor; loss of SHP-1 expression in human T-lymphotropic virus type I-transformed T cells.

Interleukin 2 (IL-2) rapidly induces tyrosine phosphorylation of intracellular substrates, including the IL-2 receptor beta chain (IL-2Rbeta), Janus kinase 1 (Jak1), Jak3, signal transducer/activator of transcription proteins, and Shc, but the mechanism underlying dephosphorylation of these proteins is not known. The src homology 2 (SH2) containing tyrosine phosphatase 1 (SHP-1) is recruited by several hematopoietic surface receptors indicating that this phosphatase plays an important role as a regulator of signaling. We have found that IL-2 induces association of SHP-1 with the IL-2 receptor complex, and that once SHP-1 is recruited to the activated receptor it is able to decrease tyrosine phosphorylation of IL-2Rbeta and the associated tyrosine kinases Jak1 and Jak3. This dephosphorylation is specific as expression of a catalytically inactive form of SHP-1, or expression of the related phosphatase SHP-2 did not result in dephosphorylation of the IL-2 receptor components. Furthermore, we have found that SHP-1 expression is greatly decreased or undetectable in a number of IL-2 independent HTLV-I transformed T cell lines that exhibit constitutive Jak/signal transducer/activator of transcription activation. In HTLV-I infected T cells, down-regulation of SHP-1 expression was also found to correlate with the acquisition of IL-2 independence. These observations suggest that SHP-1 normally functions to antagonize the IL-2 signal transduction pathway and that HTLV-I infection and oncogenic transformation can lead to loss of SHP-1 expression resulting in constitutive activation of IL-2 regulated T cell responses.

Cell Transformation, Viral↗

Disabled-2 (Dab2) is an SH3 domain-binding partner of Grb2.

Disabled-2 (Dab2), a mammalian structural homolog of Drosophila Disabled (Dab), is a mitogen-responsive phosphoprotein. It has been speculated to be a negative regulator of growth since its expression is lost in ovarian carcinomas. Dab2 contains a C-terminal proline-rich domain with sequences similar to those found in Sos, a guanine nucleotide exchange factor for Ras. The proline-rich sequences of Sos mediate the interaction of Sos with Grb2, an adaptor protein which coupled tyrosine kinase receptors to Sos. Herein, we have investigated the possibility that Dab2 interacts with Grb2. In experiments of co-immunoprecipitation from BAC1.2F5 macrophage cell lysates, significant quantities of Grb2 were associated with both Sos and Dab2, although Dab2 and Sos were not present in the same complex. Transfection of Dab2 into a Dab2-negative cell line (293 cells) decreased the amount of Grb2 associated with Sos, suggesting that Dab2 competes with Sos for binding to Grb2. Proline-rich peptides corresponding to Dab2 (#661-669) and to Sos (#1146-1161) inhibited the binding of Dab2 to Grb2, but were less effective in disrupting the Grb2-Sos complex. The expressed proline-rich domain of Dab2 (#600-730) bound Grb2, but other regions of Dab2 failed to bind Grb2. Both of the individual SH3 domains of Grb2 bound to Sos (N-terminal SH3 domain >> C-terminal SH3 domain), but binding to Dab2 required the intact Grb2, suggesting cooperative binding using both SH3 domains of Grb2. These data indicate that Dab2 binds to the SH3 domains of Grb2 via its C-terminal proline-rich sequences. Dab2 may modulate growth factor/Ras pathways by competing with Sos for binding to Grb2.

Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing↗

Identification of a domain in the beta subunit of the type I interferon (IFN) receptor that exhibits a negative regulatory effect in the growth inhibitory action of type I IFNs.

Expression of human alpha and long form of the beta (betaL) subunits of type I interferon receptor (IFN-R) in mouse cells is sufficient to activate the Jak-Stat pathway and to elicit an antiviral state in response to human IFNalpha2 and IFNbeta. We demonstrate herein, however, that these cells respond to the antiproliferative effects of murine IFNalphabeta but not human type I IFNs. These results suggest that an unknown species-specific component is required for the antiproliferative effect of human type I IFNs. The absence of this component can be complemented by expressing the human betaL chain truncated at amino acid 346. Thus, the distal region of betaL appears to function as a negative regulator of the growth inhibitory effects of type I IFNs. Further studies looking for possible targets of the betaL regulatory domain demonstrated that this region associates with a tyrosine phosphatase. These results suggest that a protein associated with the negative regulatory domain of betaL, likely a tyrosine phosphatase, plays a role in regulating the growth inhibitory effects of human type I IFNs.

Animals↗

Reduced Tyk2/SHP-1 interaction and lack of SHP-1 mutation in a kindred of familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis.

Familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (FHLH) is an autosomal recessive disease with features similar to those of the murine motheaten phenotype resulting from mutations of protein tyrosine phosphatase SHP-1. This has raised the possibility that defects in SHP-1 or SHP-1-regulated signaling molecules may be present in FHLH. In this study, we examined SHP-1 protein and transcript in the peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) of an FHLH family. Our results show that the FHLH patient and the parents express comparable levels of a single SHP-1 protein and that the SHP-1 cDNA clone from the patient contains no mutation in the coding region. Interestingly, a reduced association of SHP-1 with the Jak family kinase Tyk2 was detected in the patient and the defect appears to have been inherited from one of the parents. This reduced SHP-1/Tyk2 association is likely due to a defect in Tyk2 or in cellular factors regulating Tyk2, because we found no abnormalities in SHP-1 or in SHP-1 association with the other Jak kinases. These data demonstrate that the SHP-1 gene is intact in FHLH and that the defect in some cases with this disease may involve signaling molecules regulated by SHP-1.

Adult↗

Interferon alpha activates the tyrosine kinase Lyn in haemopoietic cells.

We investigated whether the src-family tyrosine kinase Lyn is involved in the generation of interferon alpha (IFN alpha) signals in haemopoietic cells. In vitro kinase assays using IFN alpha-sensitive cells of B-cell origin demonstrated the presence of IFN alpha-dependent kinase activity in anti-Lyn immunoprecipitates. Further studies demonstrated that Lyn associates via its src homology 2 (SH2) domain with the Janus family tyrosine kinase Tyk-2. This interaction was IFN alpha-dependent and involved direct binding of the SH2 domain of Lyn to the IFN alpha-activated form of Tyk-2. Thus, during binding of IFN alpha to its receptor in malignant haemopoietic cells, Lyn is engaged in an IFN alpha-signalling pathway, probably downstream of Tyk-2.

Blotting, Western↗

SHP-1 deficiency in B-lineage cells is associated with heightened lyn protein expression and increased lyn kinase activity.

SHP-1 protein tyrosine phosphatase is a critical regulator of signal transduction in hematopoietic cells. In the present study, we derived two pre-B cell lines, PBCL-1 and PBCL-2, from normal and SHP-1-deficient motheaten mice, respectively, and characterized hyperphosphorylated proteins in PBCL-2 cells to identify SHP-1-regulated molecules. Two proteins of 56 and 53 kDa (p56/p53) in PBCL-2 cells showed heightened phosphorylation (3- to 6-fold) in comparison with those in PBCL-1. p56/p53 were identified as the two forms of the lyn protein tyrosine kinase (p56/p53lyn), which showed increased kinase activity in PBCL-2 cells. Interestingly, the protein levels of p56/53lyn were found to be 3- to 6-fold higher in PBCL-2 cells than those in PBCL-1, whereas the transcript levels of lyn in the two cell lines were comparable. A modest increase in p56/53lyn protein expression was also detected in primary spleen B cells of motheaten mice. Thus SHP-1 deficiency in B-lineage cells, especially pre-B cells, is associated with increased lyn protein expression and kinase activity. These data indicate a role for SHP-1 in regulating lyn through a post-transcriptional mechanism.

Animals↗

Evolutionarily stable strategy, stable state, periodic cycle and chaos in a simple discrete time two-phenotype model.

A simple discrete time two-phenotype matrix game model is investigated. In this model, according to the suggestion of Vincent & Fisher (1988, Evolutionary Ecology 2, 321-337), the fitness of an individual is defined to be an exponential function of its expected pay-off value. The results show that : (i) in our model, the static conditions of ESS are only dependent on the properties of pay-off matrix, but not on the specific form of fitness function. This result implies that the ESS conditions on our model are completely identical with the conditions in the two-phenotype model with linear fitness function. (ii) In our model, the relationship between the static conditions of ESS and the dynamic properties of the pure strategy model is that if the interior fixed point of the pure strategy model is not an ESS-equilibrium, then it must be unstable; conversely, if the interior fixed point of the pure strategy model is an ESS-equilibrium, then it can be stable or unstable, and an unstable ESS-equilibrium must correspond to the cyclic or chaotic behaviour of the population state.

Animals↗

Effect of time delay and evolutionarily stable strategy.

In this paper, a simple two-phenotype model with time delay is investigated. The main results are that: (i) the stability of the interior equilibrium point of the pure strategy model not only depends on the property of the payoff matrix but also the effect of time delay; (ii) the conditions of the evolutionarily stable strategy in the two-phenotype model with time delay are completely identical with the conditions in the two-phenotype model with no time delay; and (iii) a mixed evolutionarily stable strategy can be an unstable equilibrium state of the population in the two-phenotype model with time delay.

Animals↗

A novel phosphotyrosine motif with a critical amino acid at position -2 for the SH2 domain-mediated activation of the tyrosine phosphatase SHP-1.

SHP-1 is a protein-tyrosine phosphatase associated with inhibition of activation pathways in hematopoietic cells. The catalytic activity of SHP-1 is regulated by its two SH2 (Src homology 2) domains; phosphotyrosine peptides that bind to the SH2 domains activate SHP-1. The consensus sequence (I/V)XYXX(L/V) is present in the cytoplasmic tails of several lymphocyte receptors that interact with the second SH2 domain of SHP-1. In several of these receptors, there are two or three occurrences of the motif. Here we show that the conserved hydrophobic amino acid preceding the phosphotyrosine is critical for binding to and activation of SHP-1 by peptides corresponding to sequences from killer cell inhibitory receptors. The interaction of most SH2 domains with phosphopeptides requires only the phosphotyrosine and the three residues downstream of the tyrosine. In contrast, the shortest peptide able to bind or activate SHP-1 also included the two residues upstream of the phosphotyrosine. A biphosphopeptide corresponding to the cytoplasmic tail of a killer cell inhibitory receptor with the potential to interact simultaneously with both SH2 domains of SHP-1 was the most potent activator of SHP-1. The hydrophobic residue upstream of the tyrosine was also critical in the context of the biphosphopeptide. The contribution of a hydrophobic amino acid two residues upstream of the tyrosine in the SHP-1-binding motif may be an important feature that distinguishes inhibitory receptors from those that provide activation signals.

Amino Acids↗

Surface expression of hemopoietic cell phosphatase fails to complement CD45 deficiency and inhibits TCR-mediated signal transduction in a Jurkat T cell clone.

Previous studies have shown that the protein tyrosine phosphatase CD45 is required for initiation of signal transduction through several lymphoid receptors. In contrast, there is increasing evidence that another protein tyrosine phosphatase, hemopoietic cell phosphatase (known as HCP, SHP, PTP1C, SHPTP-1, or PTPN6), is a negative regulator of signaling in hemopoietic cells. To determine the effect of HCP on signal transduction through the TCR, HCP was expressed as a chimeric molecule with extracellular and transmembrane domains of the HLA-A2 molecule (A2/HCP) on wild-type Jurkat T cells and the CD45-deficient variant, J45.01. In this report, we show that expression of A2/HCP, unlike A2 chimeras containing the enzymatic regions of CD45, fails to rescue TCR-mediated signal transduction in J45.01. Furthermore, expression of A2/HCP on wild-type Jurkat T cells results in diminished inositol phosphate production following TCR ligation as well as markedly diminished nuclear factor of activated T cells promoter activity. Surprisingly, however, TCR-mediated tyrosine phosphorylation of phospholipase C gamma 1 remains intact in the Jurkat cells expressing the A2/HCP chimera. These experiments provide further evidence that HCP can serve a negative regulatory role in receptor-mediated signaling in immune cells. Additionally, our studies suggest that surface expression of HCP in T cells may provide a means to identify phosphotyrosine-containing proteins that are required for coupling signaling pathways initiated by ligation of the T cell Ag receptor.

Calcium↗

Selective reporter expression in mast cells using a chymase promoter.

Primate alpha-chymases are mast cell neutral proteases that are involved in regulating several regulatory peptides including angiotensin II. Because of significant substrate specificity differences among the chymase group of enzymes, animal models that overexpress primate chymases are crucial for delineating the in vivo function of these enzymes. Activation of alpha-prochymase requires processing enzymes and proteoglycans found in mast cell secretory granules. Thus, the development of models overexpressing active primate chymase requires a mast cell-specific promoter. We show that the 571-base pair (bp) 5'-upstream sequence of the baboon chymase gene, which encodes an alpha-chymase, coupled to the prokaryotic lacZ gene allows the targeting of beta-galactosidase to mast cells in transgenic mice. Tissue expression of the transgene is similar to the expression of the endogenous mouse alpha-chymase mouse mast cell protease-5. A mouse mast cell line that endogenously expresses mouse mast cell protease-5 (JKras mast cells) also selectively supports the expression of this transgene. In vitro transcription studies in JKras mast cells shows the critical role of a GATA cis-regulatory motif in baboon chymase promoter, located approximately 430-bp upstream of the transcription start site. These results suggest that the 571-bp domain of the baboon chymase promoter contains most, if not all, of the mast cell-specific region of the promoter. We describe here for the first time a promoter that directs expression of transgenes specifically to mouse mast cells. This promoter should be generally applicable for dominant expression of mast cell regulatory proteins.

3T3 Cells↗

[Determination of caffeine metabolite for the evaluation of N-acetyltransferase, CYP1A2 and xanthine oxidase activities].

Caffeine was used as a metabolic probe to measure, in 120 healthy volunteers, the activities of three enzymes, deduced to be N-acetyltransferase(NAT2), CYP1A2 and xanthine oxidase (XO). The caffeine metabolites of 5-acetylamino-6-formylamino-3-methyluracil (AFMU), 1-methylxanthine(1X), 1-methyluric acid(1U), 1, 7-dimethylxanthine(17X), and 1, 7-dimethyluric acid(17U) in urine were determined with HPLC after 4-5 hours of caffeine drink. The ratios of AFMU/1X or AFMU/(AFMU + 1X + 1U), (AFMU + 1X + 1U)/17X or (AFMU + 1X + 1U)/17U, and 1U/1X or 1U/(1X + 1U) were used as the index of NAT2, CYP1A2, and XO activities respectively. Frequency distribution analysis of the metabolic ratios of NAT2 indicated two distinct group with 20 slow acetylators and 100 rapid acetylators. Similar CYP1A2 activity was found in Chinese compared with European volunteers. Frequency analysis of CYP1A2 indicated the log normal distribution in 120 Chinese. The CYP1A2 index was much higher in smokers than that in nonsmokers. But no obvious difference was observed between young and old volunteers. The XO index also showed log normal distribution and has the similar value compared with European volunteers. The concentration variations of 1X and 1U in young volunteers were much lower than that in old volunteers.

Adolescent↗