Alterations in activities of protein phosphatases PP1 and PP2A in T and B lymphocytes of autoimmune MRL/MpJ-lpr/lpr mice.
Activities of protein phosphatases PP1 and PP2A were determined in T and B lymphocytes of autoimmune-prone MRL/MpJ-lpr/lpr mice (MRL/lpr mice) and two control strains, MRL/MpJ-(+)/+ mice (MRL/+/+ mice) and C3H/HeJ mice. Potential PP1 activity, which was measured after treatment of cell extract with Co(2+)-trypsin, was much higher in T lymphocytes than B lymphocytes. However, no difference in the activity was observed between MRL/lpr mice and the controls. Spontaneous PP2A activity showed similar levels in T and B lymphocytes from normal mice, but potential PP2A activity, which was measured after treatment with 2-mercaptoethanol, was significantly higher in T lymphocytes from MRL/lpr mice than those from controls. No differences were detected in PP1 or PP2A activities in B lymphocytes. From these results, our previous data [Matsuzawa, S. et al. (1992) J. Biochem. 111, 472-477] demonstrating increases in potential activities of PP1 and PP2A in lymphoid tissues from autoimmune MRL/lpr mice can be interpreted as follows. 1) The increase in potential PP1 activity of the lymphoid tissues from MRL/lpr mice is caused by replacement of B lymphocytes by abnormal T lymphocytes, which accumulate in enormous numbers. 2) The increase of potential PP2A activity in the lymphoid tissues from MRL/lpr mice is caused by the increase in this activity in their T lymphocytes.[1]References
- Alterations in activities of protein phosphatases PP1 and PP2A in T and B lymphocytes of autoimmune MRL/MpJ-lpr/lpr mice. Zhu, T., Matsuzawa, S., Mizuno, Y., Kikuchi, K. J. Biochem. (1993) [Pubmed]
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