title: Role of host phosphotyrosine phosphatase SHP-1 in the development of murine leishmaniasis.
abstract: Activation of host phosphotyrosine phosphatase SHP-1 by Leishmania and its subsequent impact on tyrosine phosphorylation-based signaling cascades were shown to represent an important mechanism whereby this pathogen may alter host cell functions. Herein, we report that Leishmania-induced macrophage SHP-1 activity is necessary for its survival within phagocytes through the attenuation of nitric oxide-dependent and -independent microbicidal mechanisms. In vivo, Leishmania major infection, which footpad inflammation is mostly undetectable in SHP-1-deficient viable motheaten mice, was accompanied by increased inducible nitric oxide synthase and activation of neutrophils. These enhanced cellular activities were paralleled by a marked activation of signaling events usually negatively regulated by SHP-1. Overall, this study firmly establishes that modulation of the signaling terminator SHP-1 by Leishmania is essential for its installment and propagation.
authors.affiliation: Centre de Recherche en Infectiologie CHUQ, Université Laval, Ste-Foy, Québec, Canada.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Forget
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Siminovitch
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Brochu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rivest
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Radzioch
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Olivier
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D051550:I-kappa B Kinase; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D016773:Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology; D051379:Mice; D008809:Mice, Inbred C3H; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / Q000502:physiology; D016328:NF-kappa B / Q000378:metabolism; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000502:physiology; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000502:physiology; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000235:genetics; D054592:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 11; D053824:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 6; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases / Q000502:physiology*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D016328:NF-kappa B; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; C496564:Chuk protein, mouse; D051550:I-kappa B Kinase; C496562:Ikbkb protein, mouse; C496566:Ikbke protein, mouse; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D054592:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 11; D053824:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 6; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases; C516725:Ptpn11 protein, mouse; C509248:Ptpn6 protein, mouse