Distinct interactions of the X-linked lymphoproliferative syndrome gene product SAP with cytoplasmic domains of members of the CD2 receptor family

Clin Immunol. 2001 Jul;100(1):15-23. doi: 10.1006/clim.2001.5035.

Abstract

X-linked lymphoproliferative syndrome (XLP; Duncan's disease) is a primary immunodeficiency disease that manifests as an inability to regulate the immune response to Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection. Here we examine the ability of the product of the gene defective in XLP, SAP (DSHP/SH2D1A), to associate with the cytoplasmic domains of several members of the CD2 subfamily of cell surface receptors, including SLAM, 2B4, and CD84. While recruitment of SAP to SLAM occurred in a phosphorylation-independent manner, SAP was found to bind preferentially to tyrosine-phosphorylated cytoplasmic domains within 2B4 and CD84. Missense or nonsense mutations in the SAP open reading frame were identified in five of seven clinically diagnosed XLP patients from different kindreds. Four of these variants retained the ability to bind to the cytoplasmic tails of SLAM and CD84. While ectopic expression of wild-type SAP was observed to block the binding of SHP-2 to SLAM, mutant SAP derivatives that retained the ability to bind SLAM did not inhibit recruitment of SHP-2 to SLAM. In contrast, SAP binding to CD84 had no effect on the ability of CD84 to recruit SHP-2, but instead displaced SHP-1 from the cytoplasmic tail of CD84. These results suggest that mutations in the gene encoding the XLP protein SAP lead to functional defects in the protein that include receptor binding and SHP-1 and SHP-2 displacement and that SAP utilizes different mechanisms to regulate signaling through the CD2 family of receptors.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Antigens, CD / chemistry
  • Antigens, CD / metabolism
  • Binding, Competitive
  • CD2 Antigens / chemistry
  • CD2 Antigens / metabolism
  • Carrier Proteins / chemistry
  • Carrier Proteins / genetics*
  • Carrier Proteins / metabolism
  • Epstein-Barr Virus Infections / complications
  • Female
  • Glycoproteins / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulins / metabolism
  • Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins*
  • Lymphocyte Subsets / metabolism
  • Lymphoproliferative Disorders / complications
  • Lymphoproliferative Disorders / genetics*
  • Male
  • Membrane Glycoproteins*
  • Multigene Family
  • Mutation
  • Phenotype
  • Phosphotyrosine / metabolism
  • Protein Binding
  • Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 11
  • Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 6
  • Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases / metabolism
  • Receptors, Cell Surface
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins / metabolism
  • SH2 Domain-Containing Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases
  • Signal Transduction / genetics
  • Signaling Lymphocytic Activation Molecule Associated Protein
  • Signaling Lymphocytic Activation Molecule Family
  • Signaling Lymphocytic Activation Molecule Family Member 1
  • Transfection
  • src Homology Domains

Substances

  • Antigens, CD
  • CD2 Antigens
  • CD84 protein, human
  • Carrier Proteins
  • Glycoproteins
  • Immunoglobulins
  • Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
  • Membrane Glycoproteins
  • Receptors, Cell Surface
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins
  • SH2D1A protein, human
  • Signaling Lymphocytic Activation Molecule Associated Protein
  • Signaling Lymphocytic Activation Molecule Family
  • Signaling Lymphocytic Activation Molecule Family Member 1
  • Phosphotyrosine
  • PTPN11 protein, human
  • PTPN6 protein, human
  • Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 11
  • Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 6
  • Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases
  • SH2 Domain-Containing Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases