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JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE
Volume 134, Issue 5, Pages -Publisher
COMPANY BIOLOGISTS LTD
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.246421
Keywords
Herpesvirus; Innate immunity; TLR; cGAS; STING; RIG-I; UNC93B; Type I IFN; Cytomegalovirus; Cytokine secretion; Pattern recognition receptor
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- Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) [BR3432/3-1]
- Ministry of Science and Culture (MWK) of Lower Saxony, Germany
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PTP1B positively regulates the type I IFN response by promoting secretion of key antiviral cytokines, even though its deficiency did not affect Ifnb1 transcription. Macrophages from PTP1B-knockout mice accumulated type I IFN, indicating a role for PTP1B in mediating its secretion.
Protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B (PTP1B, also known as PTPN1) is a negative regulator of the leptin and insulin signalling pathways. This phosphatase is of great interest as PTP1B-knockout mice are protected against the development of obesity and diabetes. Here, we provide evidence for a novel function of PTP1B that is independent of its phosphatase activity, but requires its localisation to the membrane of the endoplasmic reticulum. Upon activation of pattern recognition receptors, macrophages and plasmacytoid dendritic cells from PTP1B-knockout mice secrete lower amounts of type I interferon (IFN) than cells from wild-type mice. In contrast, secretion of the proinflammatory cytokines TNF alpha and IL6 was unaltered. While PTP1B deficiency did not affect Ifnb1 transcription, type I IFN accumulated in macrophages, suggesting a role for PTP1B in mediating secretion of type I IFN. In summary, we have uncovered that PTP1B positively regulates the type I IFN response by promoting secretion of key antiviral cytokines.
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