B cell-specific deletion of protein-tyrosine phosphatase Shp1 promotes B-1a cell development and causes systemic autoimmunity.
Spontaneous loss-of-function mutations in the protein-tyrosine phosphatase Shp1 cause the motheaten phenotype, characterized by widespread inflammation and autoimmunity. Because Shp1 is expressed in all hematopoietic cells, it has been unclear which aspects of the motheaten phenotypes are primary effects of Shp1 deficiency. We generated mice (Ptpn6(f/f);CD19-cre) that delete Shp1 specifically in B cells. Analysis of these mice indicates that the increase in B-1a cells in motheaten mice is a cell-autonomous consequence of Shp1 deficiency. Shp1-deficient B-1a cells could be derived from adult bone marrow and had N-nucleotide additions, consistent with an adult origin. Shp1 deficiency altered calcium response evoked by B cell antigen receptors and impaired CD40-evoked proliferation. Young Ptpn6(f/f);CD19-cre mice exhibited elevated serum immunoglobulins and impaired antibody responses to immunization, whereas older Ptpn6(f/f);CD19-cre mice developed systemic autoimmunity, characterized by DNA antibodies and immune complex glomerulonephritis. Thus, Shp1 deficiency in B cells alone perturbs B cell development and causes autoimmune disease.
Pao
Lily I
LI
Cancer Biology Program, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA 02115, USA. lpao@bidmc.harvard.edu
Lam
Kong-Peng
KP
Henderson
Joel M
JM
Kutok
Jeffery L
JL
Alimzhanov
Marat
M
Nitschke
Lars
L
Thomas
Matthew L
ML
Neel
Benjamin G
BG
Rajewsky
Klaus
K
D000818:Animals; D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex / Q000378:metabolism; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D016175:B-Lymphocyte Subsets / Q000166:cytology / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000276:immunology*; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D017353:Gene Deletion; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008817:Mice, Mutant Strains; D053824:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 6 / Q000172:deficiency / Q000235:genetics*
D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex; D053824:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 6; C509248:Ptpn6 protein, mouse