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The Journal of Immunology, 1998, 161: 2716-2722.
Copyright © 1998 by The American Association of Immunologists

Superclustering of B Cell Receptor and Fc{gamma}RIIB1 Activates Src Homology 2-Containing Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase-11

Katsuaki Sato and Atsuo Ochi2

The John P. Robarts Research Institute and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada


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Fc{gamma}RIIB1 (CD32) is a receptor that binds the Fc domain of Ag-complexed IgG. Coaggregation of B cell receptor (BCR) and Fc{gamma}RIIB1 generates a dominant negative signal that inhibits B cell activation. In Ag-specific Id-positive B cells, the co-cross-linking of BCR and Fc{gamma}RIIB1 by anti-Id Ab resulted in the association of both Src homology 2-containing protein tyrosine phosphatase (SHP-1) and Src homology 2-containing inositol phosphatase (SHIP) with the Fc{gamma}RIIB1; however, only SHIP activity was detected. "Superclustering" of the BCR and Fc{gamma}RIIB1 complex induced by stimulation with anti-Id Ab plus polyvalent Ag synergistically activated SHP-1. The degree of co-cross-linking between BCR and Fc{gamma}RIIB1 may determine the activation status of SHP-1 and SHIP.


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Accumulating evidence suggests that hemopoietic cells are regulated by two functionally distinct types of membrane receptors, those that deliver activation signals and receptors that provide inhibitory signals (1, 2, 3). Probably the most characterized examples of inhibitory receptor are observed in B cells, where the Fc{gamma}RIIB1 receptor, CD22, and more recently PIR-B (paired Ig-like receptor B) generate inhibitory signals that antagonize BCR-mediated activation signals (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11). Fc{gamma}RIIB1 inhibitory signaling is initiated by binding of IgG immune complexes, thus making such immune complexes a potent immunosuppressive reagent in vivo (12, 13).

The studies of Fc{gamma}RIIB1-deficient mice showed that humoral and anaphylactic responses to antigenic challenge were augmented in these mice (14). These observations reinforced the importance of dominant negative signals transduced by this receptor in vivo. Upon coaggregating Fc{gamma}RIIB1 with BCR,3 SHP-1 and SHIP were found to associate with the tyrosine-phosphorylated immunoreceptor tyrosine-based inhibitory motif (pITIM) of the Fc{gamma}RIIB1 receptor (7, 15), suggesting that both SHP-1 and SHIP contribute to generation of the dominant negative signals. Indeed, B cells of mice carrying noncatalytic SHP-1 (motheaten mutations) were hyper-responsive to BCR stimulation (16).

Previous studies of SHP-1 in Fc{gamma}RIIB1-stimulated B cell lines paradoxically demonstrated that coaggregation of Fc{gamma}RIIB1 with BCR only marginally altered the tyrosine phosphorylation levels of cellular proteins while simultaneously promoting the association of SHP-1 with Fc{gamma}RIIB1 (7, 17, 18, 19). Interestingly, coaggregation of Fc{gamma}RIIB1 with BCR resulted in the activation of p53/56lyn and Syk, which plays an obligatory role in B cell activation (20). Recent studies of SHP-1-deficient B cells further indicated that SHP-1 is unlikely to be an essential molecule for Fc{gamma}RIIB1-mediated inhibitory signaling (21, 22). Accordingly, the role of SHP-1 in dominant negative signals induced by Fc{gamma}RIIB1 remains largely elusive.

In this communication we have employed A20/2J B lymphoma cells transfected with TNP-specific BCR, termed A20/2J HLTNP, as the B cell model to investigate the function of SHP-1 and SHIP in Fc{gamma}RIIB1 inhibitory signaling. An anti-Id Ab was used to coaggregate TNP-specific BCR with Fc{gamma}RIIB1. To enhance the co-cross-linking of BCR and Fc{gamma}RIIB1, cells were also incubated with the polyvalent Ag, TNP22-BSA. Our data indicate that activation of SHP-1 is dependent upon a high degree of clustering ("superclustering") induced by coaggregation of Fc{gamma}RIIB1 with BCR using anti-Id Ab and additional co-cross-linking with TNP22-BSA. In A20/2J HLTNP cells dually stimulated with anti-Id Ab and TNP22-BSA, tyrosine phosphorylation of cellular proteins was greatly reduced. Immunoprecipitated Fc{gamma}RIIB1 of these same cells dephosphorylated activated p53/56lyn. These data show that SHP-1 is potentially a molecular element of Fc{gamma}RIIB1 signaling that inhibits the BCR-complexed protein tyrosine kinases (PTKs; e.g., p53/56lyn). The observation provides further insight into Fc{gamma}RIIB1 signaling, in that the degree of clustering of Fc{gamma}RIIB1-coaggregated BCR determines the extent of dominant negative signaling in B cells: superclustering activates both SHP-1 and SHIP-mediated signaling, whereas lower levels of clustering only stimulate SHIP signaling.


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Cells and stimulating reagents

A20/2J B lymphoma ({gamma}2a+, {kappa}+, H-2d, Fc{gamma}RIIB1+) (23) and its Fc{gamma}RIIB1- mutant, IIA1.6 (24) were stably transfected with a plasmid encoding the TNP-specific µ heavy chain and {kappa} light chain Ig genes (25) as described previously (26). The preparation of TNP7-BSA, TNP22-BSA, anti-Id Ab, and F(ab')2 of anti-Id Ab was described previously (26).

Immunoblotting

A20/2J HLTNP and IIA1.6 HLTNP cells (107) were incubated with 10 µg/ml TNP22-BSA in the presence or the absence of 50 µg/ml anti-Id Ab or control IgG for 5 min. The cells were washed twice in cold PBS and resuspended in 200 µl of lysis buffer (1% Nonidet P-40, 20 mM Tris-HCl (pH 8.0), 137 mM NaCl, 10% glycerol, 2 mM EDTA, 10 µg/ml leupeptin, 10 µg/ml aprotinin, 1 mM PMSF, and 1 mM sodium orthovanadate). The nuclei and the insoluble cell debris were removed by centrifugation at 4°C for 10 min at 14,000 x g. The postnuclear extracts were collected and used as total cell lysates. Total cell lysates were used as is or subjected to immunoprecipitation with anti-p53/56lyn Ab or 2.4G2 mAb (anti-Fc{gamma}RIIB1). Each sample for SDS-PAGE contained 105 cells extract when total cell lysate was used as is. To prepare immunoprecipitated samples, Ab-Ag complexes were collected by protein A/G agarose (Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Santa Cruz, CA) and washed three times with lysis buffer. Total cell lysates or immunoprecipitates were suspended in 2x SDS sample buffer (313 mM Tris-HCl (pH 6.8), 10% SDS, 2% 2-ME, 50% glycerol, and 0.01% bromophenol blue) and heated at 95°C for 3 min. In some experiments, postimmunoprecipitation supernatants were used as Ag-precleared total cell lysates. Protein samples were fractionated by 10 or 12% SDS-PAGE, and transferred onto polyvinylidene difluoride (PVDF) membranes (Millipore, Bedford, MA). Nonspecific Ab binding on the membrane was blocked with 1% BSA and 0.1% Tween-20 in Tris-saline (10 mM Tris-HCl (pH 7.4) and 100 mM NaCl) for 20 min at 37°C. The membrane was then incubated for 1 h at room temperature with HRP-conjugated anti-phosphotyrosine Ab (or the relevant Abs as required, followed by HRP-conjugated secondary Abs) and washed for 15 min with 0.5% Tween-20 in Tris-saline. The blot was visualized by enhanced chemiluminescence (ECL; Amersham, Arlington Heights, IL). For some experiments, membranes were stripped of primary Ab with 100 mM glycine (pH 2.5) and 1 M NaCl, washed, and reprobed.

In vitro kinase assay

Cells (107) were incubated as described previously (14), lysed with 200 µl of RIPA buffer (1% Nonidet P-40, 0.5% sodium deoxycholate, 0.1% SDS, 20 mM Tris-HCl (pH 8.0), 137 mM NaCl, 10% glycerol, 2 mM EDTA, 10 µg/ml leupeptin, 10 µg/ml aprotinin, 1 mM PMSF, and 1 mM sodium orthovanadate), and the lysates were subjected to immunoprecipitation with anti-p53/56lyn Ab. To test the specificity of anti-p53/56lyn Ab, immunizing peptide (Santa Cruz Biotechnology) was used to block immunoprecipitation. The samples were washed three times with RIPA buffer and twice with kinase buffer (50 mM Tris-HCl (pH 7.4), 50 mM NaCl, 10 mM MnCl2, 10 mM MgCl2, and 0.1 mM sodium orthovanadate) before resuspension in 20 µl of kinase buffer containing 10 µCi of [{gamma}-32P]ATP (3000 Ci/mmol-1; DuPont-New England Nuclear, Boston, MA). The mixture was incubated at 30°C for 10 min. Reactions were terminated by addition of 20 µl of 2x SDS sample buffer. Samples were heated at 95°C for 3 min, separated by 10% SDS-PAGE, dried, and exposed to film at -80°C for 2 h. To quantitate changes in activity, bands corresponding to the autophosphorylated p53/56lyn were scanned and analyzed using a Molecular Imager (Bio-Rad, Richmond, CA).

SHP-1 assay

For analysis of protein tyrosine phosphatase activity of SHP-1, 2.4G2 mAb immunoprecipitates (prepared in lysis buffer without sodium orthovanadate) were incubated at 37°C for 30 min in 200 µl of phosphatase buffer (62 mM HEPES (pH 5.0), 6.25 mM EDTA, and 12.5 mM DTT) containing 25 mM p-nitrophenylphosphate (Sigma, St. Louis, MO). Reactions were terminated by addition of 0.8 ml of 1 N NaOH, and the absorbance measured at 410 nm by spectrophotometry. To assay dephosphorylation of autophosphorylated p53/56lyn by 2.4G2 mAb immunoprecipitates, anti-p53/56lyn Ab immunoprecipitates prepared from Ag-stimulated A20/2J HLTNP cells (108) were subjected to in vitro kinase reaction as described. The reaction was terminated by addition of 1 ml of cold phosphatase buffer, and the precipitates were recovered by centrifugation and resuspended in 250 µl of phosphatase buffer. 32P-phosphorylated anti-p53/56lyn Ab immunoprecipitates (107 cell equivalents) were mixed with 2.4G2 immunoprecipitates prepared from a separate group of untreated or stimulated A20/2J HLTNP cells. Addition of protein A/G agarose beads alone in the absence of 1 mM sodium orthovanadate was also performed as a control. After an overnight incubation at 37°C, the reaction was stopped by addition of 20 µl of 2x SDS sample buffer, and the protein samples were resolved by 10% SDS-PAGE, transferred onto PVDF membranes, and detected by autoradiography. In a similar experiment, nonradiolabeled anti-p53/56lyn Ab immunoprecipitates were incubated with 2.4G2 mAb immunoprecipitates for 24 h at 37°C, resolved by SDS-PAGE, and transferred to a PVDF membrane. The membrane was subsequently subjected to anti-phosphotyrosine Ab (RC20) Western blotting. To ensure equivalent amounts of p53/56lyn in each sample, the same membrane was probed with anti-p53/56lyn Ab and developed with HRP-conjugated goat F(ab')2 anti-rabbit IgG Ab by ECL.

SHIP assay

The inositol phosphatase activity of anti-SHIP Ab or 2.4G2 mAb immunoprecipitates was assayed by hydrolysis of [3H]inositol 1,3,4,5-tetrakisphosphate ([3H]Ins(1, 3, 4, 5)P4) as described previously (15) with some modifications. Anti-SHIP or 2.4G2 mAb immunoprecipitates prepared from untreated or stimulated cells (5 x 107) or protein A/G agarose alone controls were washed twice with inositol phosphatase buffer (50 mM Tris-HCl (pH 7.4) and 10 mM MgCl2) and resuspended in 25 µl of inositol phosphatase buffer containing 25 pCi of [3H]Ins(1, 3, 4, 5)P4 (21 Ci/mmol; DuPont-New England Nuclear). The reaction mixtures were incubated at 37°C for 30 min, and incubation was stopped by adding 500 µl of cold 2 mM LiCl. Samples were subjected to AG1-X8 formate column chromatography (Bio-Rad) with the column pre-equilibrated with 50 mM ammonium formate. Serial elutions were collected, starting at 0.4 M ammonium formate/0.1 M formic acid and ending at 1.2 M ammonium formate/0.1 M formic acid. Radioactivity in eluted fractions was measured in a liquid scintillation counter. Fractions containing [3H]InsP3 were detected according to an InsP3 standard sample ([3H]inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate; 21 Ci/mmol; DuPont-New England Nuclear). The amounts (picomoles) of Ins(1, 3, 4)P4 were calculated based on the counts per minute values.


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Previously, we have observed that treatment of A20/2J HLTNP cells with anti-Id Ab (intact Abs were used in experiments unless specified in the text) inhibited the internalization of BCR complexed with TNP-conjugated Ag in a Fc{gamma}RIIB1-dependent fashion (26). To investigate whether the inhibitory effects associated with anti-Id Ab correlated with modification of intracellular signaling induced by Ag stimulation, we assessed total cellular tyrosine phosphorylation in whole cell lysates (Fig. 1Go). TNP22-BSA or anti-Id Ab stimulation resulted in increased cellular tyrosine phosphorylation; however, following dual stimulation with TNP22-BSA and anti-Id Ab, the degree of tyrosine phosphorylation of cellular proteins was dramatically weakened. The synergistic inhibition of cellular protein tyrosine phosphorylation by TNP22-BSA and anti-Id Ab was contingent upon the expression of Fc{gamma}RIIB1, as identical stimulation of an Fc{gamma}RIIB1-negative mutant A20/2J transfectant, IIA1.6 HLTNP, resulted in protein tyrosine phosphorylation equivalent to that observed in TNP22-BSA-stimulated cells. The data suggest the presence of a unique inhibitory mechanism against PTKs in TNP22-BSA- and anti-Id Ab-stimulated A20/2J HLTNP cells.



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FIGURE 1. Anti-Id Ab abrogates TNP22-BSA-induced protein tyrosine phosphorylation in A20/2J HLTNP cells. A20/2J HLTNP and IIA1.6 HLTNP cells (107) were incubated with 10 µg/ml TNP22-BSA in the presence or the absence of 50 µg/ml anti-Id Ab (anti-Sp6) or control IgG for 5 min at 37°C. Total cell lysates prepared from A20/2J HLTNP and IIA1.6 HLTNP cells were fractionated by 12% SDS-PAGE, and tyrosine-phosphorylated proteins were detected by Western blotting using RC20 (Transduction Laboratories, Lexington, KY).

 
Current data suggest that p53/56lyn activity is crucial for the initiation of BCR-mediated signaling (27). We therefore investigated whether p53/56lyn activity is regulated in dually stimulated A20/2J HLTNP cells. Both phosphotyrosine-specific Western blotting (Fig. 2Go, A and B) and autokinase assay (Fig. 2Go, C and D) of p53/56lyn demonstrated that p53/56lyn is inactive in TNP22-BSA- and anti-Id Ab-stimulated A20/2J HLTNP cells, while TNP22-BSA or anti-Id Ab alone resulted in tyrosine phosphorylation and kinase activity of p53/56lyn. The results indicated that anti-Id Ab simulates activation of p53/56lyn as reported previously (20).



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FIGURE 2. Anti-Id Ab represses TNP22-BSA-induced activation of p53/56lyn in A20/2J HLTNP cells. A20/2J HLTNP cells were used. Total cell lysates prepared from cells stimulated identically to those in Figure 1Go were immunoprecipitated with anti-p53/56lyn Ab (Santa Cruz Biotechnology). The immunoprecipitates were resolved by 10% SDS-PAGE and probed for phosphotyrosine (A) and p53/56lyn (B) by Western blotting. "Control" indicates that p53/56lyn was immunoprecipitated in the presence of the immunizing peptide. C, The p53/56lyn immunoprecipitates were subjected to in vitro kinase assays, separated by 10% SDS-PAGE, and visualized by autoradiography. D, The same membrane studied in C was analyzed by p53/56lyn-specific Western blotting. "H" in B and D indicates bands of Ig heavy chain used for immunoprecipitation. Similar results were observed in three individual experiments.

 
Both the demonstrated repression of tyrosine phosphorylation in whole cell lysates and the inhibition of p53/56lyn in TNP22-BSA- and anti-Id Ab-stimulated cells were absolutely dependent upon the presence of Fc{gamma}RIIB1 (data not shown). As tyrosine phosphorylation of Fc{gamma}RIIB1 is a key step in triggering the inhibition of Ag-stimulated BCR signaling, we hypothesized that Fc{gamma}RIIB1 may possess elevated tyrosine phosphorylation levels in A20/2J HLTNP cells after TNP22-BSA and anti-Id Ab stimulation. We therefore examined Fc{gamma}RIIB1 tyrosine phosphorylation levels (Fig. 3GoA). In a manner similar to previous reports that used anti-Ig Ab as the stimulating reagent by coaggregating Fc{gamma}RIIB1 with BCR (7, 17, 18, 19), we observed an induction of Fc{gamma}RIIB1 tyrosine phosphorylation in anti-Id Ab-stimulated cells. The position of Fc{gamma}RIIB1 (~66 kDa) was determined by Western blotting with an anti-Fc{gamma}RIIB1 Ab (14) (Fig. 3GoB). Concomitant stimulation with TNP22-BSA caused a slight increase in tyrosine phosphorylation. Furthermore, the data showed an increase in the level of tyrosine phosphorylation of the proteins associated with Fc{gamma}RIIB1 immunoprecipitated from dually stimulated A20/2J HLTNP cells. Therefore, dual stimulation with TNP22-BSA and anti-Id Ab exerts an additive effect that increased the tyrosine phosphorylation of Fc{gamma}RIIB1 as well as recruitment of tyrosine-phosphorylated proteins to the Fc{gamma}RIIB1.



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FIGURE 3. Dual stimulation with TNP22-BSA and anti-Id Ab results in tyrosine phosphorylation of Fc{gamma}RIIB1, which associates with SHP-1, SHIP, and multiple tyrosine-phosphorylated proteins. A20/2J HLTNP cells were stimulated as described in Figure 1Go. Total cell lysates were immunoprecipitated with 2.4G2 mAb (PharMingen) and resolved by 10% SDS-PAGE. Tyrosine-phosphorylated proteins were detected by phosphotyrosine-specific Western blotting (A). The membrane was stripped and reprobed with anti-mß-1 Ab (anti-Fc{gamma}RIIB1) (14) (B) and developed with HRP-conjugated goat F(ab')2 anti-rabbit IgG Ab using ECL. In a parallel experiment, shown in the three right lanes, the specificity of anti-Fc{gamma}RIIB1 Western blotting was confirmed using total cell lysates of A20/2J HLTNP (lane a), A20/2J HLTNP cell lysates that were precleared with 2.4G2 mAb (lane b), or 2.4G2 mAb immunoprecipitate (lane c). Similar results were observed in three individual experiments. The membrane identical with that studied in A was probed with anti-SHP-1 Ab (rabbit IgG, Santa Cruz Biotechnology; C) and developed with HRP-conjugated goat F(ab')2 anti-rabbit IgG Ab (Santa Cruz Biotechnology) using ECL. The same membrane was reprobed with anti-SHIP Ab (goat IgG, Santa Cruz Biotechnology; D) and developed with HRP-conjugated donkey F(ab')2 anti-goat IgG Ab (Santa Cruz Biotechnology) using ECL. "H" in C indicates the bands of Ig heavy chain used for immunoprecipitation.

 
The available data suggest that both SHP-1 and SHIP are capable of interacting with pITIM via SH2 domains (7, 15) and are thus candidate effectors of dominant negative Fc{gamma}RIIB1 signaling (7, 15, 28). Accordingly, the increased phosphorylation of Fc{gamma}RIIB1 observed in TNP22-BSA- and anti-Id Ab-stimulated A20/2J HLTNP cells may represent enhanced phosphorylation of ITIM, thereby augmenting the degree of association between Fc{gamma}RIIB1 and these phosphatases. To test this possibility, we have examined the association of SHP-1 with Fc{gamma}RIIB1 (Fig. 3GoC). While stimulation with anti-Id Ab induced SHP-1 to associate with Fc{gamma}RIIB1, additive stimulation with TNP22-BSA increased the association about twofold. Thus, the increase in tyrosine phosphorylation of Fc{gamma}RIIB1 paralleled the increased association of SHP-1 with Fc{gamma}RIIB1. We also investigated another phosphatase, SHIP, which potentially complexes with the Fc{gamma}RIIB1 of A20/2J HLTNP cells stimulated with anti-Id Ab or TNP22-BSA and anti-Id Ab (Fig. 3GoD). We observed that anti-Id Ab induced association of SHIP with Fc{gamma}RIIB1, and that the association was enhanced by additive stimulation with TNP22-BSA.

The Fc{gamma}RIIB1-associated SHP-1 must be activated for this association to be an effector mechanism in Fc{gamma}RIIB1 dominant negative signaling. However, when we examined tyrosine-specific phosphatase activity in Fc{gamma}RIIB1 immunoprecipitates, we consistently failed to demonstrate SHP-1 activity in samples stimulated with anti-Id Ab alone (Fig. 4Go, top). Strikingly, tyrosine-specific phosphatase activity was recorded in samples dually stimulated with TNP22-BSA and anti-Id Ab. Preclearing of whole cell lysates with anti-SHP-1 Ab, but not anti-SHP-2 Ab, eliminated the phosphotyrosine-specific phosphatase activity from Fc{gamma}RIIB1 immunoprecipitates (Fig. 4Go, middle). Furthermore, TNP7-BSA was less efficient than TNP22-BSA in the activation of SHP-1, indicating that the degree of BCR clustering is a crucial factor in determining Fc{gamma}RIIB1-associated phosphatase activity (Fig. 4Go, bottom). These results indicate that SHP-1 is not activated by association with Fc{gamma}RIIB1, but a mechanism subsequently triggers Fc{gamma}RIIB1-associated SHP-1 activity. The data strongly suggest that Fc{gamma}RIIB1-associated SHP-1 is activated in A20/2J HLTNP cells only by high levels of co-cross-linking between BCR and Fc{gamma}RIIB1.



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FIGURE 4. Activation of a Fc{gamma}RIIB1-associated protein tyrosine phosphatase in A20/2J HLTNP cells dually stimulated with TNP22-BSA and anti-Id Ab. The top panel shows the activity of Fc{gamma}RIIB1-associated SHP-1 against p-nitrophenylphosphate. A20/2J HLTNP cells (107) were stimulated identically to those in Figure 1Go. Total cell lysates were immunoprecipitated with 2.4G2 mAb, and the precipitated proteins were assayed for protein tyrosine phosphatase activity. Bars represent the SDs of triplicate experiments. The dotted line indicates SHP-1 activity in samples precipitated with protein A/G agarose beads only. The middle panel shows that the presence of SHP-1, but not SHP-2, is essential for the observed phosphotyrosine-specific phosphatase activity. These cell lysates were precleared with either anti-SHP-1 Ab or anti-SHP-2 Ab (Santa Cruz Biotechnology) before immunoprecipitation with anti-SHP-1 Ab. The bottom panel shows that TNP7-BSA is less efficient than TNP22-BSA in inducing SHP-1 activation.

 
To determine the link between suppression of p53/56lyn activity (Fig. 2Go) and Fc{gamma}RIIB1-associated SHP-1 activity, we have performed in vitro phosphatase assays using 32P-autophosphorylated p53/56lyn as a substrate. Both autoradiography (Fig. 5Go, A and B) and phosphotyrosine-specific Western blotting (Fig. 5Go, C and D) clearly indicated that only dual stimulation with TNP22-BSA and anti-Id Ab caused the Fc{gamma}RIIB1 immunoprecipitate to tyrosine dephosphorylate p53/56lyn. This result suggests that SHP-1 is directly involved in the suppression of p53/56lyn activity, a key PTK in BCR activation signaling. In parallel studies of other PTKs, including Syk and Blk, we found that the tyrosine phosphorylation and the activities of these PTKs are also suppressed in A20/2J HLTNP cells stimulated with TNP22-BSA and anti-Id Ab, but not in those stimulated with anti-Id Ab alone (data not shown). SHP-1, therefore, may be involved in the inactivation of multiple PTKs.



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FIGURE 5. Activity of Fc{gamma}RIIB1-associated tyrosine phosphatase against p53/56lyn. p53/56lyn was activated in A20/2J HLTNP cells by TNP22-BSA, immunoprecipitated, and subjected to in vitro kinase reaction. In A, aliquots of the radiolabeled p53/56lyn immunoprecipitates were incubated with 2.4G2 mAb immunoprecipitates taken from a separate pool of A20/2J HLTNP cells treated with stimulating reagents (five lanes at left). The reaction mixtures were subjected to 10% SDS-PAGE, transferred to PVDF membrane, and autoradiographed. In C, nonradiolabeled p53/56lyn was immunoprecipitated and used as substrate in an experiment similar to that described in A and probed with RC20. This same membrane was subsequently probed with anti-p53/56lyn Ab (B and D). "Agarose beads alone" indicates that radiolabeled p53/56lyn was incubated with a sample that had been immunoprecipitated with protein A/G agarose beads only. "None" indicates p53/56lyn immunoprecipitate only. "H" in B and D indicates the bands of Ig heavy chain used for immunoprecipitation. Similar results were observed in three individual experiments.

 
Unlike SHP-1, SHIP activity was readily detected in Fc{gamma}RIIB1 immunoprecipitates after anti-Id Ab stimulation, while additive stimulation with TNP22-BSA further increased SHIP activity (Fig. 6Go). Thus, there was a strong correlation between the degree of association of SHIP with Fc{gamma}RIIB1 and its resultant inositol phosphate-specific phosphatase activity.



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FIGURE 6. Detection of Fc{gamma}RIIB1-associated inositol polyphosphate 5'-phosphatase activity in A20/2J HLTNP cells dually stimulated with TNP22-BSA and anti-Id Ab. A20/2J HLTNP cells were incubated with TNP22-BSA in the presence or the absence of intact or F(ab')2 of anti-Id Ab. Total cell lysates were immunoprecipitated using anti-SHIP Ab (Stem Cell Technologies, Paisley, Scotland) or 2.4G2 mAb (shown as open columns), and the precipitated proteins were incubated with the substrate, [3H]Ins(1,3,4,5)P4. The reaction products were separated by column chromatography, and eluted radioactivity was measured in a liquid scintillation counter. The bars indicate SDs of triplicate reactions. The dotted line indicates the phosphatase activity of a sample preincubated with protein A/G agarose beads alone. The amount (picomoles) of [3H]Ins(1,3,4)P3 was calculated as previously reported (15). Similar results were observed in two individual experiments.

 
We have shown that only the high level of Fc{gamma}RIIB1 and BCR co-cross-linking induced by dual stimulation with TNP22-BSA and anti-Id Ab activated Fc{gamma}RIIB1-complexed SHP-1 (Fig. 4Go). It seems evident from these observations that the activation requirements of SHP-1 are different from those of SHIP in vivo. In fact, a molecular study of SHP-1 indicated that of the two tandem SH2 domains, the N-terminal SH2 domain regulated phosphatase activity, while the C-terminal SH2 domain mediated docking with pITIM (28). In comparison, cytosolic SHIP is constitutively active and possesses a single SH2 domain that regulates docking to tyrosine-phosphorylated proteins such as Fc{gamma}RIIB1 or Shc (15, 17, 18, 19). Accordingly, upon docking of SHP-1 to the pITIM of Fc{gamma}RIIB1, the coupling of a second tyrosine-phosphorylated motif to the N-terminal SH2 domain is required for the induction of phosphatase activity. As tested in vitro, pITIM of Fc{gamma}RIIB1 was a potential ligand for binding to the N-terminal SH2 of SHP-1 (7); however, this SH2 domain appeared to possess a lower affinity for pITIM of Fc{gamma}RIIB1 compared with the C-terminal SH2 domain (28). Therefore, a protein that is newly recruited to Fc{gamma}RIIB1 may possess a phosphotyrosine motif with a higher affinity for the N-terminal SH2 of SHP-1. Indeed, the pY429 peptide of the erythropoietin receptor cytoplasmic domain binds to N-terminal SH2 with a greater affinity than pITIM of Fc{gamma}RIIB1 (28).

The mechanism of the observed superclustering of BCR and Fc{gamma}RIIB1 in vivo is an intriguing question. In general, the coupling of BCR with Ag-Ig immune complexes will be a cumulative event. Thus, it is probable that in the initial stages of an encounter with immune complexes, SHIP will be the sole mediator of Fc{gamma}RIIB1 signaling, whereas in later stages, when numerous immune complexes occupy BCR and Fc{gamma}RIIB1 on the B cell surface, both SHIP and SHP-1 will synergistically generate dominant negative signals. It is noteworthy that treatment with anti-Id Ab alone, which probably represents a low level clustering, inhibited the internalization of BCR and Ag complex (26). The inhibition of BCR internalization is likely to increase the amount of Ag bound to the membrane BCR and may cause the subsequent superclustering that triggers both SHP-1 and SHIP in B cells.

It is also probable that the concentrations of the Ag, the specific Ab (or anti-Id Ab), and the Ab isotype are all key factors in the generation of dominant negative signals in B cells. The potential role of SHP-1 and SHIP activation in B cell tolerance has important implications for immune regulation and could be further investigated using Ag-specific B cell transgenic mice.

Phosphatases have also been suggested as repressors of T cell and NK cell activation (29, 30, 31). Upon defining the mechanism of phosphatase-mediated repression of B cells, the fundamental rules for regulating the balance among activation, anergy, and differentiation by membrane-expressed receptors may be elucidated.


    Acknowledgments
 
We thank J. V. Ravetch for anti-mß-1 Ab for Fc{gamma}RIIB-specific Western blotting, M. Ono for helpful suggestions in the measurement of the SHIP activity, G. Krystal and N. R. StC. Sinclair for helpful advice and comments, and S. Ragg (Robarts Research Institute) for assistance in the preparation of this manuscript.


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1 This work was supported by a grant from the Arthritis Society (no. 96069); in part by the National Cancer Institute of Canada (Grant 6349), the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation International/Medical Research Council of Canada, and the Leukemia Research Fund of Canada; and by a MultiOrgan Transplant Service Scholarship (to A.O.). Back

2 Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Atsuo Ochi, The John P. Robarts Research Institute, 1400 Western Rd., London, Ontario, Canada N6G 2V4. E-mail address: Back

3 Abbreviations used in this paper: BCR, B cell receptor; SHP, Src homology 2-containing protein tyrosine phosphatase; SHIP, Src homology 2-containing inositol phosphatase; pITIM, tyrosine-phosphorylated immunoreceptor tyrosine inhibitory motif; PTK, protein tyrosine kinase; PVDF, polyvinylidene difluoride; HRP, horseradish peroxidase; ECL, enhanced chemiluminescence; Ins(1,3,4,5)P4, inositol 1,3,4,5-tetrakis-phosphate; SH2, Src homology 2. Back

Received for publication June 25, 1997. Accepted for publication May 12, 1998.


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