Ndfip1 protein promotes the function of itch ubiquitin ligase to prevent T cell activation and T helper 2 cell-mediated inflammation.

Nedd4 family interacting protein-1 (Ndfip1) is a protein whose only known function is that it binds Nedd4, a HECT-type E3 ubiquitin ligase. Here we show that mice lacking Ndfip1 developed severe inflammation of the skin and lung and died prematurely. This condition was due to a defect in Ndfip1(-/-) T ...
cells. Ndfip1(-/-) T cells were activated, and they proliferated and adopted a T helper 2 (Th2) phenotype more readily than did their Ndfip1(+/+) counterparts. This phenotype resembled that of Itchy mutant mice, suggesting that Ndfip1 might affect the function of Itch, an E3 ubiquitin ligase. We show that T cell activation promoted both Ndfip1 expression and its association with Itch. In the absence of Ndfip1, JunB half-life was prolonged after T cell activation. Thus, in the absence of Ndfip1, Itch is inactive and JunB accumulates. As a result, T cells produce Th2 cytokines and promote Th2-mediated inflammatory disease.
Mesh Terms:
Animals, Blotting, Western, Carrier Proteins, Cytokines, Flow Cytometry, Inflammation, Lymphocyte Activation, Membrane Proteins, Mice, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-jun, Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, T-Lymphocytes, Th2 Cells, Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases
Immunity
Date: Dec. 01, 2006
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