STAT3 Functional Defects and a Novel Therapeutic Approach for Hyper IgE Syndrome

STAT3 功能缺陷和高 IgE 综合征的新治疗方法

基本信息

批准号：
7927739
负责人：
HANS D OCHS
金额：
$ 17.89万
依托单位：
SEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2009
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2009-09-30 至 2011-09-29
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7927739
关键词：
Abnormal Platelet Affect Antibody Formation Antigens Apoptosis Binding Blood Platelets Breeding Cell membrane Cessation of life Chimeric Proteins Complex DNA Sequence Rearrangement Defect Dose Generations Genes Goals Human Immune In Vitro Infection Investigation Job&apos s Syndrome Knockout Mice Link Lymphocyte Lymphocyte Function Megakaryocytes Membrane Lipids Missense Mutation Modeling Molecular Mus Mutation Mutation Analysis PH Domain Pathway interactions Patients Phenotype Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-Diphosphate Protein Deficiency Protein Kinase Proteins Research Route SH3 Domains STAT3 gene Signal Transduction Simplexvirus Site-Directed Mutagenesis System T-Lymphocyte Thrombocytopenia Tyrosine Phosphorylation Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome adapter protein base caspase-3 in vivo novel therapeutic intervention platelet protein P47

项目摘要

Since the identification of the gene responsible for the Wiskott- Aldrich syndrome (WAS), we have focused our research efforts on the WAS protein (WASP). The goal of this proposal is to define the molecular basis for classic WAS and its milder form, X-linked thrombocytopenia (XLT), and to study the many functions attributed to WASP in human and murine systems. Because of their central importance for the function of WASP, we have selected the pleckstrin homology (PH) domain and the SH3 binding domain of WASP for detailed analysis. Mutation analysis of patients with WAS/XLT has identified many missense mutations within the PH domain that result in XLT. PH domains are known to bind to membrane lipids (e.g., PIP2) and thus are responsible for localizing PH domain containing proteins to the cell membrane. Using an in vitro binding system, we will investigate whether naturally occurring mutations within the PH domain interfere with the binding of WASP to PIP2 and if site directed mutagenesis generates PH domains that no longer bind to PIP2. In contrast, mutations within the SH3 binding domain of WASP result in a severe WAS phenotype. Naturally occurring mutations and mutations obtained by site directed mutagenesis of the SH3 binding domain of WASP, expressed as GST-fusion proteins, will be used to demonstrate a loss of binding to SH3 containing adapter proteins and kinases known to interact with normal WASP. The effect of mutations within the PH and SH3 domain on tyrosine phosphorylation of WASP will also be investigated. Based on the observation that lymphocytes from patients with classic WAS, but not with XLT, show accelerated apoptosis and increased caspase-3 activity, we will investigate different death pathways to identify the mechanisms leading to this accelerated apoptosis. Finally, we have established a breeding colony of WAS deficient (KO) mice that will allows us to study in vivo the immune defect caused by mutations of WASP, using a T cell dependent antigen that is given at low or high doses by different routes to determine antibody responses, and an in vivo HSV infection model to study the generation of antigen-specific CTLs. The usefulness of WASP KO mice to study abnormal platelet function and accelerated apoptosis in vivo will be explored. Results from these investigations will clarify the function of WASP, explain the phenotypes of WAS/XLT and will undoubtedly have implications for optimal therapy of affected patients.

由于鉴定了负责Wiskott-Aldrich综合征（WAS）的基因，因此我们将研究工作集中在IS蛋白质（WASP）上。该提案的目的是定义经典的分子基础，其温和形式的X连锁血小板减少症（XLT），并研究人类和鼠系统中WASP归因于WASP的许多功能。由于它们对黄蜂功能的重要性，我们选择了pleckstrin同源（pH）域和黄蜂的SH3结合结构域进行详细分析。对IS/XLT患者的突变分析已确定pH结构域内的许多错义突变，导致XLT。已知pH结构域与膜脂质结合（例如PIP2），因此负责将含有蛋白质蛋白的pH结构域定位于细胞膜。使用体外结合系统，我们将研究pH结构域内的自然发生的突变是否干扰WASP与PIP2的结合，并且如果位点定向诱变会产生不再与PIP2结合的pH结构域。相比之下，WASP的SH3结合结构域内的突变导致严重的表型。天然存在的突变和通过位点定向的诱变（称为GST融合蛋白表示）的SH3结合结构域的定位诱变将用于证明与已知与正常WASP相互作用的含有衔接蛋白和激酶的结合丧失。还将研究pH和SH3结构域内突变对黄蜂酪氨酸磷酸化的影响。基于这样的观察结果，即经典患者的淋巴细胞是但没有XLT的淋巴细胞，表现出加速的凋亡和CASPASE-3活性的增加，我们将研究不同的死亡途径，以识别导致这种加速凋亡的机制。最后，我们建立了一个不足的繁殖菌落（KO）小鼠，它将使我们能够在体内研究由黄蜂突变引起的免疫缺陷，使用T细胞依赖性抗原，该抗原在低剂量或高剂量下通过不同的途径给予，以确定抗体反应，并在体内确定抗体感染模型，并在研究中研究抗基因抗原抗原蛋白酶的生成。将探索WASP KO小鼠研究血小板功能异常和体内加速凋亡的有用性。这些研究的结果将阐明黄蜂的功能，解释/XLT的表型，无疑将对受影响患者的最佳治疗产生影响。