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Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase SHP-1 Modulates T Cell Responses by Controlling Cbl-b Degradation
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Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase SHP-1 Modulates T Cell Responses by Controlling Cbl-b Degradation

Yun Xiao, Guilin Qiao, Juan Tang, Rong Tang, Hui Guo, Samantha Warwar, Wallace Y Langdon, Lijian Tao and Jian Zhang
The Journal of immunology (1950), Vol.195(9), pp.4218-4227
11/01/2015
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1501200
PMCID: PMC4610872
PMID: 26416283

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Abstract

Previously, we demonstrated that CD28 and CTLA-4 signaling control Casitas-B-lineage lymphoma (Cbl)-b protein expression, which is critical for T cell activation and tolerance induction. However, the molecular mechanism(s) of this regulation remains to be elucidated. In this study, we found that Cbl-b fails to undergo tyrosine phosphorylation upon CD3 stimulation because SHP-1 is recruited to and dephosphorylates Cbl-b, whereas CD28 costimulation abrogates this interaction. In support of this finding, T cells lacking SHP-1 display heightened tyrosine phosphorylation and ubiquitination of Cbl-b upon TCR stimulation, which correlates with decreased levels of Cbl-b protein. The aberrant Th2 phenotype observed in T cell-specific Shp1(-/-) mice is reminiscent of heightened Th2 response in Cblb(-/-) mice. Indeed, overexpressing Cbl-b in T cell-specific Shp1(-/-) T cells not only inhibits heightened Th2 differentiation in vitro, but also Th2 responses and allergic airway inflammation in vivo. Therefore, SHP-1 regulates Cbl-b-mediated T cell responses by controlling its tyrosine phosphorylation and ubiquitination.
CD28 Antigens - physiology Phosphorylation Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-cbl - metabolism Mice, Inbred C57BL Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 6 - physiology Th2 Cells - immunology Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 6 - chemistry Ubiquitination Animals T-Lymphocytes - immunology Mice Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing - metabolism Lymphocyte Specific Protein Tyrosine Kinase p56(lck) - physiology

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