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Tsygankov AY. TULA Proteins in Men, Mice, Hens, and Lice: Welcome to the Family. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24119126. [PMID: 37298079 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24119126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2023] [Revised: 05/16/2023] [Accepted: 05/18/2023] [Indexed: 06/12/2023] Open
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The two members of the UBASH3/STS/TULA protein family have been shown to critically regulate key biological functions, including immunity and hemostasis, in mammalian biological systems. Negative regulation of signaling through immune receptor tyrosine-based activation motif (ITAM)- and hemITAM-bearing receptors mediated by Syk-family protein tyrosine kinases appears to be a major molecular mechanism of the down-regulatory effect of TULA-family proteins, which possess protein tyrosine phosphatase (PTP) activity. However, these proteins are likely to carry out some PTP-independent functions as well. Whereas the effects of TULA-family proteins overlap, their characteristics and their individual contributions to cellular regulation also demonstrate clearly distinct features. Protein structure, enzymatic activity, molecular mechanisms of regulation, and biological functions of TULA-family proteins are discussed in this review. In particular, the usefulness of the comparative analysis of TULA proteins in various metazoan taxa, for identifying potential roles of TULA-family proteins outside of their functions already established in mammalian systems, is examined.
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- Alexander Y Tsygankov
- Sol Sherry Thrombosis Research Center, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA
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Kunapuli SP, Tsygankov AY. TULA-Family Regulators of Platelet Activation. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms232314910. [PMID: 36499237 PMCID: PMC9736690 DOI: 10.3390/ijms232314910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2022] [Revised: 11/17/2022] [Accepted: 11/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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The two members of the UBASH3/TULA/STS-protein family have been shown to critically regulate cellular processes in multiple biological systems. The regulatory function of TULA-2 (also known as UBASH3B or STS-1) in platelets is one of the best examples of the involvement of UBASH3/TULA/STS proteins in cellular regulation. TULA-2 negatively regulates platelet signaling mediated by ITAM- and hemITAM-containing membrane receptors that are dependent on the protein tyrosine kinase Syk, which currently represents the best-known dephosphorylation target of TULA-2. The biological responses of platelets to collagen and other physiological agonists are significantly downregulated as a result. The protein structure, enzymatic activity and regulatory functions of UBASH3/TULA/STS proteins in the context of platelet responses and their regulation are discussed in this review.
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Zhao J, Wei K, Chang C, Xu L, Jiang P, Guo S, Schrodi SJ, He D. DNA Methylation of T Lymphocytes as a Therapeutic Target: Implications for Rheumatoid Arthritis Etiology. Front Immunol 2022; 13:863703. [PMID: 35309322 PMCID: PMC8927780 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.863703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2022] [Accepted: 02/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease that can cause joint damage and disability. Epigenetic variation, especially DNA methylation, has been shown to be involved in almost all the stages of the pathology of RA, from autoantibody production to various self-effector T cells and the defects of protective T cells that can lead to chronic inflammation and erosion of bones and joints. Given the critical role of T cells in the pathology of RA, the regulatory functions of DNA methylation in T cell biology remain unclear. In this review, we elaborate on the relationship between RA pathogenesis and DNA methylation in the context of different T cell populations. We summarize the relevant methylation events in T cell development, differentiation, and T cell-related genes in disease prediction and drug efficacy. Understanding the epigenetic regulation of T cells has the potential to profoundly translate preclinical results into clinical practice and provide a framework for the development of novel, individualized RA therapeutics.
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- Jianan Zhao
- Guanghua Clinical Medical College, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.,Department of Rheumatology, Shanghai Guanghua Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.,Institute of Arthritis Research in Integrative Medicine, Shanghai Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Guanghua Clinical Medical College, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.,Department of Rheumatology, Shanghai Guanghua Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.,Institute of Arthritis Research in Integrative Medicine, Shanghai Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Guanghua Clinical Medical College, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.,Department of Rheumatology, Shanghai Guanghua Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.,Institute of Arthritis Research in Integrative Medicine, Shanghai Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Guanghua Clinical Medical College, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.,Department of Rheumatology, Shanghai Guanghua Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.,Institute of Arthritis Research in Integrative Medicine, Shanghai Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Guanghua Clinical Medical College, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.,Department of Rheumatology, Shanghai Guanghua Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.,Institute of Arthritis Research in Integrative Medicine, Shanghai Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Computation and Informatics in Biology and Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States.,Department of Medical Genetics, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States
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- Computation and Informatics in Biology and Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States.,Department of Medical Genetics, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States
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- Guanghua Clinical Medical College, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.,Department of Rheumatology, Shanghai Guanghua Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.,Institute of Arthritis Research in Integrative Medicine, Shanghai Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.,Arthritis Institute of Integrated Traditional and Western medicine, Shanghai Chinese Medicine Research Institute, Shanghai, China
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Tsygankov AY. TULA proteins as signaling regulators. Cell Signal 2019; 65:109424. [PMID: 31639493 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2019.109424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2019] [Revised: 09/16/2019] [Accepted: 09/18/2019] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Two members of the UBASH3/STS/TULA family exhibit a unique protein domain structure, which includes a histidine phosphatase domain, and play a key role in regulating cellular signaling. UBASH3A/STS-2/TULA is mostly a lymphoid protein, while UBASH3B/STS-1/TULA-2 is expressed ubiquitously. Dephosphorylation of tyrosine-phosphorylated proteins by TULA-2 and, probably to a lesser extent, by TULA critically contribute to the molecular basis of their regulatory effect. The notable differences between the effects of the two family members on cellular signaling and activation are likely to be linked to the difference between their specific enzymatic activities. However, these differences might also be related to the functions of their domains other than the phosphatase domain and independent of their phosphatase activity. The down-regulation of the Syk/Zap-70-mediated signaling, which to-date appears to be the best-studied regulatory effect of TULA family, is discussed in detail in this publication.
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- Alexander Y Tsygankov
- Sol Sherry Thrombosis Research Center, Fels Institute for Cancer Research and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, 3400 N. Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19140, United States.
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Yang XK, Liu J, Chen SY, Li M, Zhang MM, Leng RX, Pan HF, Shen Y, Liu WX, Xu SQ, Ye DQ, Shuai ZW. UBASH3A gene polymorphisms and expression profile in rheumatoid arthritis. Autoimmunity 2019; 52:21-26. [PMID: 30822156 DOI: 10.1080/08916934.2019.1581773] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Recent evidence has demonstrated that UBASH3A play a pivotal role in multiple autoimmune diseases. In this study, we explored the association between UBASH3A gene single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in a Chinese Han population. We also comparatively evaluated the UBASH3A expression profile in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from patients with RA and healthy controls. METHODS Four UBASH3A polymorphisms (rs1893592, rs11203203, rs2277798, and rs3788013) were studied in 553 patients with RA and 587 controls in a Chinese population. Genotyping was performed using the Fluidigm 192.24 Dynamic Array Integrated Fluidic Circuit (IFC). For gene expression study, UBASH3A mRNA levels of 30 RA patients and 31 healthy individuals were assessed by real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR). Data were analyzed by SPSS 19.0 software. RESULTS A significant association between rs1893592 polymorphism and RA was found under all genetic models (all p<.05). We also discovered a significant association between rs3788013 polymorphism and RA in the allele and genotype distributions, as well as the recessive model (all p<.05). Moreover, we found the genotype distribution and allele frequency of rs1893592 were significantly associated with RF phenotype in the RA patients (χ2 = 6.786, p=.034; χ2 = 4.534, p=.033; respectively). We also found the genotype distribution and allele frequency of rs2277798 were significantly associated with anti-CCP phenotype in the RA patients (χ2 = 7.873, p=.020; χ2 = 4.473, p=.034; respectively). However, we did not detect any significant associations between rs11203203 and RA susceptibility and autoantibody profiles (all p>.05). The mRNA expression of UBASH3A was increased in PBMCs of patients with RA when compared to healthy controls (p=.001). CONCLUSIONS Our observations suggested that the dysregulation of UBASH3A might be associated with the pathogenesis of RA, and UBASH3A gene polymorphisms (rs1893592 and rs3788013) might contribute to RA susceptibility in Chinese Han population.
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- Xiao-Ke Yang
- a Department of Rheumatology and Immunology , the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University , Hefei , Anhui , China
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- b Wuxi Center for Disease Control and Prevention , Wuxi , Jiangsu , China
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- a Department of Rheumatology and Immunology , the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University , Hefei , Anhui , China
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- a Department of Rheumatology and Immunology , the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University , Hefei , Anhui , China
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- a Department of Rheumatology and Immunology , the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University , Hefei , Anhui , China
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- c Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health , Anhui Medical University , Hefei , Anhui , China
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- c Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health , Anhui Medical University , Hefei , Anhui , China
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- b Wuxi Center for Disease Control and Prevention , Wuxi , Jiangsu , China
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- d Wuxi Emergency Medical Centre , Wuxi , Jiangsu , China
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- a Department of Rheumatology and Immunology , the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University , Hefei , Anhui , China
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- c Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health , Anhui Medical University , Hefei , Anhui , China
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- a Department of Rheumatology and Immunology , the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University , Hefei , Anhui , China
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Tsygankov AY. TULA-family proteins: Jacks of many trades and then some. J Cell Physiol 2018; 234:274-288. [PMID: 30076707 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.26890] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2018] [Accepted: 06/13/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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UBASH3/STS/TULA is a novel two-member family, which exerts several key regulatory effects in multiple cell types. UBASH3B/STS-1/TULA-2 is a highly active protein tyrosine phosphatase; its major target appears to be a specific regulatory site of protein tyrosine kinases of the Syk family, dephosphorylation of which inhibits Syk and Zap-70 kinases and suppresses receptor signaling mediated by these kinases. UBASH3A/STS-2/TULA exhibits substantial homology to UBASH3B/STS-1/TULA-2, but possesses only a small fraction of phosphatase activity of UBASH3B/STS-1/TULA-2, and thus, its regulatory effect may be based also on the phosphatase-independent mechanisms. Critical physiologic effects of these proteins have been demonstrated in T lymphocytes, platelets, stem cells, and other important cell types. These proteins have also been shown to play a key role in such pathologic conditions as autoimmunity, cancer, and thrombosis. The review focuses on the recent studies of this important family of cellular regulators.
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- Alexander Y Tsygankov
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Fels Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Biology and Sol Sherry Thrombosis Center, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is a chronic disease leading to fibrotic scarring of the intrahepatic and extrahepatic bile ducts, causing considerable morbidity and mortality via the development of cholestatic liver cirrhosis, concurrent IBD and a high risk of bile duct cancer. Expectations have been high that genetic studies would determine key factors in PSC pathogenesis to support the development of effective medical therapies. Through the application of genome-wide association studies, a large number of disease susceptibility genes have been identified. The overall genetic architecture of PSC shares features with both autoimmune diseases and IBD. Strong human leukocyte antigen gene associations, along with several susceptibility genes that are critically involved in T-cell function, support the involvement of adaptive immune responses in disease pathogenesis, and position PSC as an autoimmune disease. In this Review, we survey the developments that have led to these gene discoveries. We also elaborate relevant interpretations of individual gene findings in the context of established disease models in PSC, and propose relevant translational research efforts to pursue novel insights.
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Reppschläger K, Gosselin J, Dangelmaier CA, Thomas DH, Carpino N, McKenzie SE, Kunapuli SP, Tsygankov AY. TULA-2 Protein Phosphatase Suppresses Activation of Syk through the GPVI Platelet Receptor for Collagen by Dephosphorylating Tyr(P)346, a Regulatory Site of Syk. J Biol Chem 2016; 291:22427-22441. [PMID: 27609517 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m116.743732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2016] [Revised: 08/30/2016] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Protein-tyrosine phosphatase TULA-2 has been shown to regulate receptor signaling in several cell types, including platelets. Platelets are critical for maintaining vascular integrity; this function is mediated by platelet aggregation in response to recognition of the exposed basement membrane collagen by the GPVI receptor, which is non-covalently associated with the signal-transducing FcRγ polypeptide chain. Our previous studies suggested that TULA-2 plays an important role in negatively regulating signaling through GPVI-FcRγ and indicated that the tyrosine-protein kinase Syk is a key target of the regulatory action of TULA-2 in platelets. However, the molecular basis of the down-regulatory effect of TULA-2 on Syk activation via FcRγ remained unclear. In this study, we demonstrate that suppression of Syk activation by TULA-2 is mediated, to a substantial degree, by dephosphorylation of Tyr(P)346, a regulatory site of Syk, which becomes phosphorylated soon after receptor ligation and plays a critical role in initiating the process that yields fully activated Syk. TULA-2 is capable of dephosphorylating Tyr(P)346 with high efficiency, thus controlling the overall activation of Syk, but is less efficient in dephosphorylating other regulatory sites of this kinase. Therefore, dephosphorylation of Tyr(P)346 may be considered an important "checkpoint" in the regulation of Syk activation process. Putative biological functions of TULA-2-mediated dephosphorylation of Tyr(P)346 may include deactivation of receptor-activated Syk or suppression of Syk activation by suboptimal stimulation.
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- Kevin Reppschläger
- From the Departments of Microbiology and Immunology and.,Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-University Greifswald, 17489 Greifswald, Germany
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- From the Departments of Microbiology and Immunology and.,Polytech Clermont-Ferrand, Ingenieur Genie Biologique, Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne 63178, France, and
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- the Sol Sherry Thrombosis Research Center, Temple University Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19140
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- the Sol Sherry Thrombosis Research Center, Temple University Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19140.,PMV Pharmaceuticals, Cranbury Township, New Jersey 08512
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- the Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794
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- the Cardeza Foundation for Hematologic Research, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107
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- the Sol Sherry Thrombosis Research Center, Temple University Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19140.,Physiology and
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- From the Departments of Microbiology and Immunology and .,the Sol Sherry Thrombosis Research Center, Temple University Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19140
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Association of UBASH3A gene polymorphisms and systemic lupus erythematosus in a Chinese population. Gene 2015; 565:116-21. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2015.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2015] [Revised: 03/18/2015] [Accepted: 04/01/2015] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Cai T, Wang X, Muhali FS, Song R, Shi X, Jiang W, Xiao L, Li D, Zhang J. Lack of association between polymorphisms in the UBASH3A gene and autoimmune thyroid disease: a case control study. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015; 58:640-5. [PMID: 25211447 DOI: 10.1590/0004-2730000003209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2014] [Accepted: 04/10/2014] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to investigate UBASH3A gene variation association with autoimmune thyroid disease and clinical features in a Chinese Han population. SUBJECTS AND METHODS A total of 667 AITD patients (417 GD and 250 HT) and 301 healthy controls were genotyped for two single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) rs11203203, rs3788013 of UBASH3A gene, utilizing the Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometer (MALDI-TOF-MS) Platform. RESULTS Between the control group and AITD, GD and HT group, no statistically significant difference was observed in the genotypic and allelic frequencies of the two SNPs. There was no significant difference in allelic frequencies of the two SNPs between GD with and without ophthalmopathy. There was no significant difference in haplotype distributions between the control group and AITD, GD or HT group. CONCLUSION Rs11203203 and rs3788013 in UBASH3A gene may not be associated with AITD patients in Chinese Han population.
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- TianTian Cai
- Clinical Research Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Medical School, Xi?an Jiaotong University, Xi?an, China
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- Clinical Research Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Medical School, Xi?an Jiaotong University, Xi?an, China
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- Clinical Research Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Medical School, Xi?an Jiaotong University, Xi?an, China
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- Clinical Research Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Medical School, Xi?an Jiaotong University, Xi?an, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Jinshan Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Jinshan Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Jinshan Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Jinshan Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Jinshan Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Decreased UBASH3A mRNA Expression Levels in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells from Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. Inflammation 2015; 38:1903-10. [DOI: 10.1007/s10753-015-0170-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Members of the novel UBASH3/STS/TULA family of cellular regulators suppress T-cell-driven inflammatory responses in vivo. Immunol Cell Biol 2014; 92:837-50. [PMID: 25047644 DOI: 10.1038/icb.2014.60] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2013] [Revised: 06/17/2014] [Accepted: 06/17/2014] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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The UBASH3/STS/TULA family consists of two members sharing substantial homology and a similar multi-domain architecture, which includes a C-terminal histidine phosphatase domain capable of dephosphorylating phosphotyrosine-containing substrates. TULA-family proteins act as downregulators of receptor-induced activation in several cell types, including T cells and platelets. Deletion of both family members in mice has been shown to result in hyperresponsiveness of T cells to T-cell receptor (TCR)/CD3 complex engagement, but little is known about the biological consequences of double knockout (dKO) and especially of either single KO (sKO). We elucidated the biological consequences of the lack of TULA-family proteins in dKO and TULA and TULA-2 sKO animals. In order to do so, we examined immune responses in Trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid (TNBS)-induced colitis, a mouse model of human inflammatory bowel disease, which is characterized by the involvement of multiple cell types, of which T cells have a crucial role, in the development of a pathological inflammatory condition. Our data indicate that TNBS treatment upregulates T-cell responses in all KO mice studied to a significantly higher degree than in wild-type mice. Although the lack of either TULA-family member exacerbates inflammation and T-cell responses in a specific fashion, the lack of both TULA and TULA-2 in dKO exerts a higher effect than the lack of a single family member in TULA and TULA-2 sKO. Analysis of T-cell responses and TCR-mediated signaling argues that the proteins investigated affect T-cell signaling by regulating phosphorylation of Zap-70, a key protein tyrosine kinase.
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Evidence of stage- and age-related heterogeneity of non-HLA SNPs and risk of islet autoimmunity and type 1 diabetes: the diabetes autoimmunity study in the young. Clin Dev Immunol 2013; 2013:417657. [PMID: 24367383 PMCID: PMC3866813 DOI: 10.1155/2013/417657] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2013] [Revised: 09/10/2013] [Accepted: 09/23/2013] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Previously, we examined 20 non-HLA SNPs for association with islet autoimmunity (IA) and/or progression to type 1 diabetes (T1D). Our objective was to investigate fourteen additional non-HLA T1D candidate SNPs for stage- and age-related heterogeneity in the etiology of T1D. Of 1634 non-Hispanic white DAISY children genotyped, 132 developed IA (positive for GAD, insulin, or IA-2 autoantibodies at two or more consecutive visits); 50 IA positive children progressed to T1D. Cox regression was used to analyze risk of IA and progression to T1D in IA positive children. Restricted cubic splines were used to model SNPs when there was evidence that risk was not constant with age. C1QTNF6 (rs229541) predicted increased IA risk (HR: 1.57, CI: 1.20–2.05) but not progression to T1D (HR: 1.13, CI: 0.75–1.71). SNP (rs10517086) appears to exhibit an age-related effect on risk of IA, with increased risk before age 2 years (age 2 HR: 1.67, CI: 1.08–2.56) but not older ages (age 4 HR: 0.84, CI: 0.43–1.62). C1QTNF6 (rs229541), SNP (rs10517086), and UBASH3A (rs3788013) were associated with development of T1D. This prospective investigation of non-HLA T1D candidate loci shows that some SNPs may exhibit stage- and age-related heterogeneity in the etiology of T1D.
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Bakay M, Pandey R, Hakonarson H. Genes involved in type 1 diabetes: an update. Genes (Basel) 2013; 4:499-521. [PMID: 24705215 PMCID: PMC3924830 DOI: 10.3390/genes4030499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2013] [Revised: 08/26/2013] [Accepted: 09/05/2013] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) is a chronic multifactorial disease with a strong genetic component, which, through interactions with specific environmental factors, triggers disease onset. T1D typically manifests in early to mid childhood through the autoimmune destruction of pancreatic β cells resulting in a lack of insulin production. Historically, prior to genome-wide association studies (GWAS), six loci in the genome were fully established to be associated with T1D. With the advent of high-throughput single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) genotyping array technologies, enabling investigators to perform high-density GWAS, many additional T1D susceptibility genes have been discovered. Indeed, recent meta-analyses of multiple datasets from independent investigators have brought the tally of well-validated T1D disease genes to almost 60. In this mini-review, we address recent advances in the genetics of T1D and provide an update on the latest susceptibility loci added to the list of genes involved in the pathogenesis of T1D.
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- Marina Bakay
- Center for Applied Genomics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
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- Center for Applied Genomics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
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- Center for Applied Genomics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
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TULA-2, a novel histidine phosphatase, regulates bone remodeling by modulating osteoclast function. Cell Mol Life Sci 2012; 70:1269-84. [PMID: 23149425 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-012-1203-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2012] [Revised: 10/16/2012] [Accepted: 10/18/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Bone is a dynamic tissue that depends on the intricate relationship between protein tyrosine kinases (PTK) and protein tyrosine phosphatases (PTP) for maintaining homeostasis. PTKs and PTPs act like molecular on and off switches and help modulate differentiation and the attachment of osteoclasts to bone matrix regulating bone resorption. The protein T cell ubiquitin ligand-2 (TULA-2), which is abundantly expressed in osteoclasts, is a novel histidine phosphatase. Our results show that of the two family members, only TULA-2 is expressed in osteoclasts and that its expression is sustained throughout the course of osteoclast differentiation, suggesting that TULA-2 may play a role during early as well late stages of osteoclast differentiation. Skeletal analysis of mice that do not express TULA or TULA-2 proteins (DKO mice) revealed that there was a decrease in bone volume due to increased osteoclast numbers and function. Furthermore, in vitro experiments indicated that bone marrow precursor cells from DKO mice have an increased potential to form osteoclasts. At the molecular level, the absence of TULA-2 in osteoclasts results in increased Syk phosphorylation at the Y352 and Y525/526 residues and activation of phospholipase C gamma 2 (PLCγ2) upon engagement of immune-receptor-tyrosine-based-activation-motif (ITAM)-mediated signaling. Furthermore, expression of a phosphatase-dead TULA-2 leads to increased osteoclast function. Taken together, these results suggest that TULA-2 negatively regulates osteoclast differentiation and function.
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Regulation and function of syk tyrosine kinase in mast cell signaling and beyond. JOURNAL OF SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION 2011; 2011:507291. [PMID: 21776385 PMCID: PMC3135164 DOI: 10.1155/2011/507291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2010] [Accepted: 02/23/2011] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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The protein tyrosine kinase Syk plays a critical role in FcεRI signaling in mast cells. Binding of Syk to phosphorylated immunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motifs (p-ITAM) of the receptor subunits results in conformational changes and tyrosine phosphorylation at multiple sites that leads to activation of Syk. The phosphorylated tyrosines throughout the molecule play an important role in the regulation of Syk-mediated signaling. Reconstitution of receptor-mediated signaling in Syk−/− cells by wild-type Syk or mutants which have substitution of these tyrosines with phenylalanine together with in vitro assays has been useful strategies to understand the regulation and function of Syk.
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San Luis B, Sondgeroth B, Nassar N, Carpino N. Sts-2 is a phosphatase that negatively regulates zeta-associated protein (ZAP)-70 and T cell receptor signaling pathways. J Biol Chem 2011; 286:15943-54. [PMID: 21393235 PMCID: PMC3091203 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.177634] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2010] [Revised: 03/06/2011] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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T cell activity is controlled in large part by the T cell receptor (TCR). The TCR detects the presence of foreign pathogens and activates the T cell-mediated immune reaction. Numerous intracellular signaling pathways downstream of the TCR are involved in the process of T cell activation. Negative regulation of these pathways helps prevent excessive and deleterious T cell responses. Two homologous proteins, Sts-1 and Sts-2, have been shown to function as critical negative regulators of TCR signaling. The phosphoglycerate mutase-like domain of Sts-1 (Sts-1(PGM)) has a potent phosphatase activity that contributes to the suppression of TCR signaling. The function of Sts-2(PGM) as a phosphatase has been less clear, principally because its intrinsic enzyme activity has been difficult to detect. Here, we demonstrate that Sts-2 regulates the level of tyrosine phosphorylation on targets within T cells, among them the critical T cell tyrosine kinase Zap-70. Utilizing new phosphorylated substrates, we demonstrate that Sts-2(PGM) has clear, albeit weak, phosphatase activity. We further pinpoint Sts-2 residues Glu-481, Ser-552, and Ser-582 as specificity determinants, in that an Sts-2(PGM) triple mutant in which these three amino acids are altered to their counterparts in Sts-1(PGM) has substantially increased activity. Our results suggest that the phosphatase activities of both suppressor of TCR signaling homologues cooperate in a similar but independent fashion to help set the threshold for TCR-induced T cell activation.
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- Boris San Luis
- From the Departments of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology and
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- Physiology and Biophysics, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794
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- Physiology and Biophysics, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794
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- From the Departments of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology and
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Zhernakova A, Stahl EA, Trynka G, Raychaudhuri S, Festen EA, Franke L, Westra HJ, Fehrmann RSN, Kurreeman FAS, Thomson B, Gupta N, Romanos J, McManus R, Ryan AW, Turner G, Brouwer E, Posthumus MD, Remmers EF, Tucci F, Toes R, Grandone E, Mazzilli MC, Rybak A, Cukrowska B, Coenen MJH, Radstake TRDJ, van Riel PLCM, Li Y, de Bakker PIW, Gregersen PK, Worthington J, Siminovitch KA, Klareskog L, Huizinga TWJ, Wijmenga C, Plenge RM. Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies in celiac disease and rheumatoid arthritis identifies fourteen non-HLA shared loci. PLoS Genet 2011; 7:e1002004. [PMID: 21383967 PMCID: PMC3044685 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 278] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2010] [Accepted: 12/24/2010] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Epidemiology and candidate gene studies indicate a shared genetic basis for celiac disease (CD) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA), but the extent of this sharing has not been systematically explored. Previous studies demonstrate that 6 of the established non-HLA CD and RA risk loci (out of 26 loci for each disease) are shared between both diseases. We hypothesized that there are additional shared risk alleles and that combining genome-wide association study (GWAS) data from each disease would increase power to identify these shared risk alleles. We performed a meta-analysis of two published GWAS on CD (4,533 cases and 10,750 controls) and RA (5,539 cases and 17,231 controls). After genotyping the top associated SNPs in 2,169 CD cases and 2,255 controls, and 2,845 RA cases and 4,944 controls, 8 additional SNPs demonstrated P<5×10−8 in a combined analysis of all 50,266 samples, including four SNPs that have not been previously confirmed in either disease: rs10892279 near the DDX6 gene (Pcombined = 1.2×10−12), rs864537 near CD247 (Pcombined = 2.2×10−11), rs2298428 near UBE2L3 (Pcombined = 2.5×10−10), and rs11203203 near UBASH3A (Pcombined = 1.1×10−8). We also confirmed that 4 gene loci previously established in either CD or RA are associated with the other autoimmune disease at combined P<5×10−8 (SH2B3, 8q24, STAT4, and TRAF1-C5). From the 14 shared gene loci, 7 SNPs showed a genome-wide significant effect on expression of one or more transcripts in the linkage disequilibrium (LD) block around the SNP. These associations implicate antigen presentation and T-cell activation as a shared mechanism of disease pathogenesis and underscore the utility of cross-disease meta-analysis for identification of genetic risk factors with pleiotropic effects between two clinically distinct diseases. Celiac disease (CD) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are two autoimmune diseases characterized by distinct clinical features but increased co-occurrence in families and individuals. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) performed in CD and RA have identified the HLA region and 26 non-HLA genetic risk loci in each disease. Of the 26 CD and 26 RA risk loci, previous studies have shown that six are shared between the two diseases. In this study we aimed to identify additional shared risk alleles and, in doing so, gain more insight into shared disease pathogenesis. We first empirically investigated the distribution of putative risk alleles from GWAS across both diseases (after removing known risk loci for both diseases). We found that CD risk alleles are non-randomly distributed in the RA GWAS (and vice versa), indicating that CD risk alleles have an increased prior probability of being associated with RA (and vice versa). Next, we performed a GWAS meta-analysis to search for shared risk alleles by combing the RA and CD GWAS, performing both directional and opposite allelic effect analyses, followed by replication testing in independent case-control datasets in both diseases. In addition to the already established six non-HLA shared risk loci, we observed statistically robust associations at eight SNPs, thereby increasing the number of shared non-HLA risk loci to fourteen. Finally, we used gene expression studies and pathway analysis tools to identify the plausible candidate genes in the fourteen associated loci. We observed remarkable overrepresentation of T-cell signaling molecules among the shared genes.
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- Alexandra Zhernakova
- Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Complex Genetics Section, Department of Medical Genetics, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Division of Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Division of Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Broad Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Genetics Department, University Medical Centre Groningen and University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Division of Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Broad Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Center for Human Genetic Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Division of Genetics, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Genetics Department, University Medical Centre Groningen and University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Genetics Department, University Medical Centre Groningen and University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
- Blizard Institute of Cell and Molecular Science, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
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- Genetics Department, University Medical Centre Groningen and University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Genetics Department, University Medical Centre Groningen and University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Division of Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Broad Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Broad Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Broad Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Genetics Department, University Medical Centre Groningen and University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Medicine and Institute of Molecular Medicine, Trinity Centre for Health Sciences, Trinity College, St James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Clinical Medicine and Institute of Molecular Medicine, Trinity Centre for Health Sciences, Trinity College, St James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Clinical Medicine and Institute of Molecular Medicine, Trinity Centre for Health Sciences, Trinity College, St James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Groningen and University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Groningen and University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Genetics and Genomics Branch, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- European Laboratory for Food Induced Disease, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Unita' di Aterosclerosi e Trombosi, I.R.C.C.S Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, S. Giovanni Rotondo, Foggia, Italy
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Immunology, Children's Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Pathology, Children's Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Human Genetics, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Rheumatology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Celera, Alameda, California, United States of America
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- Division of Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Broad Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Division of Genetics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, Manhasset, New York, United States of America
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- Arthritis Research Campaign–Epidemiology Unit, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Mount Sinai Hospital and University Health Network, Toronto, Canada
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- Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet at Karolinska University Hospital Solna, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Genetics Department, University Medical Centre Groningen and University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Division of Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Broad Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Division of Genetics, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Wang X, Zhu H, Snieder H, Su S, Munn D, Harshfield G, Maria BL, Dong Y, Treiber F, Gutin B, Shi H. Obesity related methylation changes in DNA of peripheral blood leukocytes. BMC Med 2010; 8:87. [PMID: 21176133 PMCID: PMC3016263 DOI: 10.1186/1741-7015-8-87] [Citation(s) in RCA: 152] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2010] [Accepted: 12/21/2010] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Despite evidence linking obesity to impaired immune function, little is known about the specific mechanisms. Because of emerging evidence that immune responses are epigenetically regulated, we hypothesized that DNA methylation changes are involved in obesity induced immune dysfunction and aimed to identify these changes. METHOD We conducted a genome wide methylation analysis on seven obese cases and seven lean controls aged 14 to 18 years from extreme ends of the obesity distribution and performed further validation of six CpG sites from six genes in 46 obese cases and 46 lean controls aged 14 to 30 years. RESULTS In comparison with the lean controls, we observed one CpG site in the UBASH3A gene showing higher methylation levels and one CpG site in the TRIM3 gene showing lower methylation levels in the obese cases in both the genome wide step (P = 5 × 10(-6) and P = 2 × 10(-5) for the UBASH3A and the TRIM3 gene respectively) and the validation step (P = 0.008 and P = 0.001 for the UBASH3A and the TRIM3 gene respectively). CONCLUSIONS Our results provide evidence that obesity is associated with methylation changes in blood leukocyte DNA. Further studies are warranted to determine the causal direction of this relationship as well as whether such methylation changes can lead to immune dysfunction.
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- Xiaoling Wang
- Georgia Prevention Institute, Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA, USA.
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Chen X, Ren L, Kim S, Carpino N, Daniel JL, Kunapuli SP, Tsygankov AY, Pei D. Determination of the substrate specificity of protein-tyrosine phosphatase TULA-2 and identification of Syk as a TULA-2 substrate. J Biol Chem 2010; 285:31268-76. [PMID: 20670933 PMCID: PMC2951201 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.114181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2010] [Revised: 07/28/2010] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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TULA-1 (UBASH3A/STS-2) and TULA-2 (p70/STS-1) represent a novel class of protein-tyrosine phosphatases. Previous studies suggest that TULA-2 is sequence-selective toward phosphotyrosyl (Tyr(P)) peptides. In this work the substrate specificity of TULA-1 and -2 was systematically evaluated by screening a combinatorial Tyr(P) peptide library. Although TULA-1 showed no detectable activity toward any of the Tyr(P) peptides in the library, TULA-2 recognizes two distinct classes of Tyr(P) substrates. On the N-terminal side of Tyr(P), the class I substrates contain a proline at the Tyr(P)-1 position, a hydrophilic residue at the Tyr(P)-2 position, and aromatic hydrophobic residues at positions Tyr(P)-3 and beyond. The class II substrates typically contain two or more acidic residues, especially at Tyr(P)-1 to Tyr(P)-3 positions, and aromatic hydrophobic residues at other positions. At the C-terminal side of Tyr(P), TULA-2 generally prefers acidic and aromatic residues. The library screening results were confirmed by kinetic analysis of representative peptides selected from the library as well as Tyr(P) peptides derived from various Tyr(P) proteins. TULA-2 is highly active toward peptides corresponding to the Tyr(P)-323 and Tyr(P)-352 sites of Syk, and the Tyr(P)-397 site of focal adhesion kinase and has lower activity toward other Tyr(P) sites in these proteins. In glycoprotein VI-stimulated platelets, knock-out of the TULA-2 gene significantly increased the phosphorylation level of Syk at Tyr-323 and Tyr-352 sites and to a lesser degree at the Tyr-525/526 sites. These results suggest that Syk is a bona fide TULA-2 substrate in platelets.
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- Xianwen Chen
- From the Department of Chemistry and Ohio State Biochemistry Program, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210
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- From the Department of Chemistry and Ohio State Biochemistry Program, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210
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- the Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, and
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- Pharmacology
- the Sol Sherry Thrombosis Research Center, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19140
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- Physiology, and
- the Sol Sherry Thrombosis Research Center, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19140
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- the Departments of Microbiology and Immunology
- the Fels Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Biology, and
- the Sol Sherry Thrombosis Research Center, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19140
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- From the Department of Chemistry and Ohio State Biochemistry Program, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210
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A novel histidine tyrosine phosphatase, TULA-2, associates with Syk and negatively regulates GPVI signaling in platelets. Blood 2010; 116:2570-8. [PMID: 20585042 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2010-02-268136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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T-cell ubiquitin ligand-2 (TULA-2) is a recently discovered histidine tyrosine phosphatase thought to be ubiquitously expressed. In this work, we have investigated whether TULA-2 has a key role in platelet glycoprotein VI (GPVI) signaling. This study indicates that TULA-2 is expressed in human and murine platelets and is able to associate with Syk and dephosphorylate it. Ablation of TULA-2 resulted in hyperphosphorylation of Syk and its downstream effector phospholipase C-γ2 as well as enhanced GPVI-mediated platelet functional responses. In addition, shorter bleeding times and a prothrombotic phenotype were observed in mice lacking TULA-2. We therefore propose that TULA-2 is the primary tyrosine phosphatase mediating the dephosphorylation of Syk and thus functions as a negative regulator of GPVI signaling in platelets.
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Tsygankov AY. TULA-family proteins: an odd couple. Cell Mol Life Sci 2009; 66:2949-52. [PMID: 19585081 PMCID: PMC11115739 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-009-0071-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2009] [Revised: 06/01/2009] [Accepted: 06/09/2009] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Two members of the TULA family (TULA/STS-2/UBASH3A and TULA-2/STS-1/UBASH3B) recently emerged as novel regulators of several cellular functions. The degree of structural similarity between the TULA-family proteins is typical for proteins that belong to the same family. Furthermore, the experiments with knockout mice lacking these proteins may be interpreted as suggesting that functions of TULA-family proteins in T lymphocytes overlap. At the same time, TULA and TULA-2 exhibit clear functional dissimilarities, starting with the finding that a conserved phosphatase domain present in both proteins exhibits remarkable differences in enzymatic activity; TULA-2 is an active phosphatase capable of dephosphorylating multiple tyrosine-phosphorylated proteins, whereas the phosphatase activity of TULA is extremely low. In contrast, TULA, but not TULA-2, facilitates growth factor withdrawal-induced apoptosis in T cells. In spite of their apparent importance, the functional role of TULA-family proteins is not well understood. In particular, the role of functional dissimilarities between them remains unclear.
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- Alexander Y Tsygankov
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Sol Sherry Thrombosis Center and Fels Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Biology, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA.
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Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is a chronic disease that typically manifests itself in childhood through the autoimmune destruction of pancreatic beta cells, resulting in a lack of production of insulin. T1D is a multifactorial disease with a strong genetic component that is thought to interact with specific environmental triggers. Several genetic determinants of T1D were already established before the era of genome-wide association studies, primarily with the HLA class II genes, encoding highly polymorphic antigen-presenting proteins that account for almost 50% of the genetic risk for T1D. The recent development of high-throughput single nucleotide polymorphism genotyping array technologies has enabled investigators to perform high-density genome-wide association studies in search of the remaining T1D loci. Combined with the well-established genes known for many years, 16 loci have now been uncovered to date as being robustly associated with the pathogenesis of this phenotype.
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- Struan F A Grant
- Center for Applied Genomics, 1216E Abramson Research Center, 3615 Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104-4318, USA
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Concannon P, Onengut-Gumuscu S, Todd JA, Smyth DJ, Pociot F, Bergholdt R, Akolkar B, Erlich HA, Hilner JE, Julier C, Morahan G, Nerup J, Nierras CR, Chen WM, Rich SS. A human type 1 diabetes susceptibility locus maps to chromosome 21q22.3. Diabetes 2008; 57:2858-61. [PMID: 18647951 PMCID: PMC2551699 DOI: 10.2337/db08-0753] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2008] [Accepted: 07/14/2008] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The Type 1 Diabetes Genetics Consortium (T1DGC) has assembled and genotyped a large collection of multiplex families for the purpose of mapping genomic regions linked to type 1 diabetes. In the current study, we tested for evidence of loci associated with type 1 diabetes utilizing genome-wide linkage scan data and family-based association methods. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS A total of 2,496 multiplex families with type 1 diabetes were genotyped with a panel of 6,090 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). Evidence of association to disease was evaluated by the pedigree disequilibrium test. Significant results were followed up by genotyping and analyses in two independent sets of samples: 2,214 parent-affected child trio families and a panel of 7,721 case and 9,679 control subjects. RESULTS- Three of the SNPs most strongly associated with type 1 diabetes localized to previously identified type 1 diabetes risk loci: INS, IFIH1, and KIAA0350. A fourth strongly associated SNP, rs876498 (P = 1.0 x 10(-4)), occurred in the sixth intron of the UBASH3A locus at chromosome 21q22.3. Support for this disease association was obtained in two additional independent sample sets: families with type 1 diabetes (odds ratio [OR] 1.06 [95% CI 1.00-1.11]; P = 0.023) and case and control subjects (1.14 [1.09-1.19]; P = 7.5 x 10(-8)). CONCLUSIONS The T1DGC 6K SNP scan and follow-up studies reported here confirm previously reported type 1 diabetes associations at INS, IFIH1, and KIAA0350 and identify an additional disease association on chromosome 21q22.3 in the UBASH3A locus (OR 1.10 [95% CI 1.07-1.13]; P = 4.4 x 10(-12)). This gene and its flanking regions are now validated targets for further resequencing, genotyping, and functional studies in type 1 diabetes.
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- Patrick Concannon
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
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