title: Evaluation of normal and neoplastic human mast cells for expression of CD172a (SIRPalpha), CD47, and SHP-1.
abstract: Signal regulatory proteins (SIRPs) and tyrosine phosphatases have recently been implicated in the control of receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK)-dependent cell growth. In systemic mastocytosis (SM), neoplastic cells are driven by the RTK KIT, which is mutated at codon 816 in most patients. We examined expression of SIRPalpha, SIRPalpha ligand CD47, and Src homology 2 domain-containing protein tyrosine phosphatase-1 (SHP-1), a tyrosine phosphatase-type, negative regulator of KIT-dependent signaling, in normal human lung mast cells (HLMC) and neoplastic MC obtained from nine patients with SM. As assessed by multicolor flow cytometry, normal LMC expressed SIRPalpha, CD47, and SHP-1. In patients with SM, MC also reacted with antibodies against SIRPalpha and CD47. By contrast, the levels of SHP-1 were low or undetectable in MC in most cases. Corresponding data were obtained from mRNA analysis. In fact, whereas SIRPalpha mRNA and CD47 mRNA were detected in all samples, the levels of SHP-1 mRNA varied among donors. To demonstrate adhesive functions for SIRPalpha and CD47 on neoplastic MC, an adhesion assay was applied using the MC leukemia cell line HMC-1, which was found to bind to immobilized extracellular domains of SIRPalpha1 (SIRPalpha1ex) and CD47 (CD47ex), and binding of these cells to CD47ex was inhibited by the CD172 antibody SE5A5. In summary, our data show that MC express functional SIRPalpha and CD47 in SM, whereas expression of SHP-1 varies among donors and is low compared with LMC. It is hypothesized that CD172 and CD47 contribute to MC clustering and that the "lack" of SHP-1 in MC may facilitate KIT-dependent signaling in a subgroup of patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology & Hemostaseology, Medical University of Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Florian
authors.forename: Minoo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ghannadan
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mayerhofer
authors.forename: Karl J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Aichberger
authors.forename: Alexander W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Hauswirth
authors.forename: Gerit-Holger
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Schernthaner
authors.forename: Dieter
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Printz
authors.forename: Gerhard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fritsch
authors.forename: Alexandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Böhm
authors.forename: Karoline
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sonneck
authors.forename: Maria-Theresa
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Krauth
authors.forename: Michael R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Müller
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sillaber
authors.forename: Wolfgang R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Sperr
authors.forename: Hans-Jörg
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Bühring
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Valent
mesh_terms: D015703:Antigens, CD / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D000943:Antigens, Differentiation; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D051928:CD47 Antigen; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D016207:Cytokines / Q000494:pharmacology; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D006801:Humans; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D008407:Mast Cells / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D034721:Mastocytosis, Systemic / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D019006:Neural Cell Adhesion Molecules / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D054645:Protein Phosphatase 1; D053824:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 6; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic
chemical_list: D015703:Antigens, CD; D000943:Antigens, Differentiation; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D051928:CD47 Antigen; C497894:CD47 protein, human; D016207:Cytokines; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D019006:Neural Cell Adhesion Molecules; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic; C501920:SIRPA protein, human; D054645:Protein Phosphatase 1; C509249:PTPN6 protein, human; D053824:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 6; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases