Project description:Acute Lung Injury (ALI) can cause Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), a lethal condition with limited treatment options and currently a common global cause of death due to COVID-19-induced ALI. ARDS secondary to Transfusion-Related Acute Lung Injury (TRALI) has been recapitulated pre-clinically by anti-MHC-I antibody administration to LPS-primed mice. In this model, we demonstrated that inhibitors of PTP1B, a protein tyrosine phosphatase that regulates signaling pathways of fundamental importance to homeostasis and inflammation, prevented lung injury and increased survival. Treatment with PTP1B inhibitors attenuated the aberrant neutrophil function that drives ALI, and was associated with release of myeloperoxidase, suppression of Neutrophil Extracellular Trap (NET) formation, and inhibition of neutrophil migration. Mechanistically, reduced signaling through the CXCR4 chemokine receptor, particularly to the activation of mTOR, was essential for these effects, linking PTP1B in hibition to promoting an aged neutrophil phenotype. Considering dysregulated activation of neutrophils is implicated in sepsis and can cause collateral tissue damage, we demonstrated also that PTP1B inhibitors improved survival and ameliorated lung injury in the LPS-induced sepsis model. Our data highlight PTP1B inhibition for prevention of TRALI and ARDS from multiple etiologies.
Project description:Analysis of protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B (PTP1B) deficient mammary glands from nulliparous mice at estrous and pregnancy day 3, 7, 10 and 15. We used a genetically ablated PTP1B mouse model to gain a deeper knowledge of the role PTP1B plays in mammary gland development and to define the mechanism regulated by this phosphatase. Results provide insight into the role of PTP1B in mammary gland development and differentiation. Mouse mammary glands were isolated from PTP1B -/- and PTP1B +/+ nulliparous mice at estrous and pregnancy day 3, 7, 10 and 15 for RNA extraction and hybridization on Affymetrix microarrays.
Project description:Analysis of protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B (PTP1B) deficient mammary glands from nulliparous mice at estrous and pregnancy day 3, 7, 10 and 15. We used a genetically ablated PTP1B mouse model to gain a deeper knowledge of the role PTP1B plays in mammary gland development and to define the mechanism regulated by this phosphatase. Results provide insight into the role of PTP1B in mammary gland development and differentiation.
Project description:Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a critical condition marked by a sudden decline in kidney function, often triggered by ischemia-reperfusion (IR) injury. Its pathophysiology involves inflammation, oxidative stress, and endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress. Recently, protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B (PTP1B) has been highlighted as a therapeutic target for ischemic disease due to its potential implication in activating ER stress. In this study, we observed significant overexpression of PTP1B in human kidney tissues during AKI. Additionally, in mouse models of AKI, we confirmed that this overexpression is associated with the upregulation of ER stress and inflammatory pathways mediated by Src. To explore the effect of PTP1B inhibition in AKI, we employed PTP1B-targeting siRNA (PTPi) delivered via extracellular vesicles derived from commercial milk (mEVs). PTPi@mEVs effectively reduced PTP1B expression in proximal tubular cells, decreasing ER stress and Src kinase activation. In an IR-AKI mouse, PTPi@mEVs alleviated renal dysfunction, reduced cell death, and restored gene expression related to inflammation, ROS, and ER stress. Histological analysis confirmed that PTP1B knockdown mitigated tight junction disruption in renal tissue. These findings underscore the therapeutic potential of targeting PTP1B to mitigate AKI symptoms, highlighting the efficacy of mEVs-mediated PTPi delivery in reducing acute inflammatory responses and renal dysfunction.
Project description:The switch from the faster α-MHC to the slower β-MHC isoform that occurs in cardiac hypertrophy is generally thought to reduce contractile performance and to contribute to functional maladaptation. This MHC switch is regulated by miRNAs and thyroid hormones in development and hypertrophy. Since exacerbated hypertrophy is observed in absence of β-MHC expression in PTP1B cKO mice, we speculated that PTP1B inactivation associated with pressure-overload hypertrophy could disrupt miRNAs homeostasis. In this dataset, expression status of 1908 mouse miRNAs was investigated and reveal that PTP1B contribute to gene silencing by mediating miRNA loading onto the RISC complex.
Project description:To investigate the effect of the MDS-associated U2AF1-S34F mutation on gene expression and pre-mRNA splicing in mouse neutrophils, we performed RNA-seq on RNA isolated from bone marrow neutrophils expressing either U2AF1-S34F or U2AF1-WT transgenes
Project description:Endometrial cancer had a relatively high prevalence of MMR deficiency. MMR-D/MSI-H endometrial cancer patients are suggested to be potential beneficiaries of PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitor therapy. Here, we explored the prognostic value of MSI subtype in endometrial cancer and its correlation with immune environment. Based on expression and clinical data of 78 POLE, 123 MSI and 299 Other EC samples from the TCGA-UCEC project, we found that the MSI tumors were identified more often in early stage, had a lower age, better patient survival, enriched CD8+ T cells, and regulatory T cells and less M2 macrophages and activated dendritic cells than the Other group, and shared a relatively similar expression profile with POLE group by differential analysis. In addition, we established the immune landscape of an MMR-D endometrial cancer tissue using unbiased single-cell RNA-seq analysis of 3371 cells. By immunohistochemistry analysis, we found that the MMR-D tumors showed a higher trend of CD20+ B cells infiltration. Our study might expand our understanding of the role of immune subsets in MSI endometrial carcinomas and provide guidance of immunotherapy for endometrial cancer.