CD22 Is a Functional Ligand for SH2 Domain-containing Protein-tyrosine Phosphatase-1 in Primary T Cells

Abstract

The intracellular Src homology 2 (SH2) domain-containing protein-tyrosine phosphatase (SHP-1) has been characterized as a negative regulator of T cell function, contributing to the definition of T cell receptor signaling thresholds in developing and peripheral mouse T lymphocytes. The activation of SHP-1 is achieved through the engagement of its tandem SH2 domains by tyrosine-phosphorylated proteins; however, the identity of the activating ligand(s) for SHP-1, within mouse primary T cells, is presently unresolved. The identification of SHP-1 ligand(s) in primary T cells would provide crucial insight into the molecular mechanisms by which SHP-1 contributes to in vivo thresholds for T cell activation. Here we present a combination of biochemical and yeast genetic analyses indicating CD22 to be a T cell ligand for the SHP-1 SH2 domains. Based on these observations we have confirmed that CD22 is indeed expressed on mouse primary T cells and capable of associating with SHP-1. Significantly, CD22-deficient T cells demonstrate enhanced proliferation in response to anti-CD3 or allogeneic stimulation. Furthermore, the co-engagement of CD3 and CD22 results in a raising of TCR signaling thresholds hence demonstrating a previously unsuspected functional role for CD22 in primary T cells. SHP-1,1 an intracellular protein-tyrosine phosphatase, has been demonstrated to be a negative regulator of TCR signaling thresholds (1). SHP-1 is normally maintained in a catalytically inactive state whereby activation minimally requires the engagement of the amino-terminal SH2 domain of SHP-1 by phosphotyrosine (PY)-containing ligand (2, 3). It is predicted that SHP-1-activating ligand(s) exists on mouse naïve T cells based on substantial functional evidence indicating SHP-1 to be catalytically active in naïve T cells (1, 4 -8). It is currently assumed that SHP-1 is activated by one or more components of the TCR signaling pathway. Indeed, the intracellular proteintyrosine kinase, ZAP-70, has been proposed to bind SHP-1 (9).However, the best evidence of SHP-1-associating molecules in other hemopoietic cells relates to the family of immunoreceptor tyrosine-based inhibitory motif (ITIM)-containing receptors (10). In particular, ITIM receptors Ly49 and CD66a associate with SHP-1 in subpopulations of primary T cells, but to date there has been no definition of the ITIM receptors that activate SHP-1 in the majority of mouse primary T cells (11).In the first instance, we have exploited SHP-1-deficient moth-eaten T cells to assist in the definition of genuine associations between SHP-1 and TCR signaling components in CD3/TCR-stimulated mouse primary T cells. Our results reveal no binding of the CD3 invariant chains or ZAP-70 to SHP-1 in mouse primary T cells following TCR/CD3 ligation. However, by employing pervanadate (PV) to induce a robust tyrosine phosphorylation of cellular proteins in primary T cells, we demonstrated that a glycosylated tyrosyl phosphoprotein of 150 kDa, (pp150) associates with SHP-1 in mouse peripheral T cells. We have ident...

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