Sphingosine kinase 2 is required for modulation of lymphocyte traffic by FTY720 |
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Authors: | Kharel Yugesh Lee Sangderk Snyder Ashley H Sheasley-O'neill Stacey L Morris Margaret A Setiady Yulius Zhu Ran Zigler Molly A Burcin Tracy L Ley Klaus Tung Kenneth S K Engelhard Victor H Macdonald Timothy L Pearson-White Sonia Lynch Kevin R |
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Institution: | Department of Pharmacology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USA. |
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Abstract: | Immunotherapeutic drugs that mimic sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P) disrupt lymphocyte trafficking and cause T helper and T effector cells to be retained in secondary lymphoid tissue and away from sites of inflammation. The prototypical therapeutic agent, 2-alkyl-2-amino-1,3-propanediol (FTY720), stimulates S1P signaling pathways only after it is phosphorylated by one or more unknown kinases. We generated sphingosine kinase 2 (SPHK2) null mice to demonstrate that this kinase is responsible for FTY720 phosphorylation and thereby its subsequent actions on the immune system. Both systemic and lymphocyte-localized sources of SPHK2 contributed to FTY720 induced lymphopenia. Although FTY720 was selectively activated in vivo by SPHK2, other S1P pro-drugs can be phosphorylated to cause lymphopenia through the action of additional sphingosine kinases. Our results emphasize the importance of SPHK2 expression in both lymphocytes and other tissues for immune modulation and drug metabolism. |
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