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Mice Deficient in Sphingosine Kinase 1 Are Rendered Lymphopenic by FTY720

Sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P), a lipid signaling molecule that regulates many cellular functions, is synthesized from sphingosine and ATP by the action of sphingosine kinase. Two such kinases have been identified, SPHK1 and SPHK2. To begin to investigate the physiological functions of sphingosine ki...

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Published in:The Journal of biological chemistry 2004-12, Vol.279 (50), p.52487-52492
Main Authors: Allende, Maria L, Sasaki, Teiji, Kawai, Hiromichi, Olivera, Ana, Mi, Yide, van Echten-Deckert, Gerhild, Hajdu, Richard, Rosenbach, Mark, Keohane, Carol Ann, Mandala, Suzanne, Spiegel, Sarah, Proia, Richard L
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Summary:Sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P), a lipid signaling molecule that regulates many cellular functions, is synthesized from sphingosine and ATP by the action of sphingosine kinase. Two such kinases have been identified, SPHK1 and SPHK2. To begin to investigate the physiological functions of sphingosine kinase and S1P signaling, we generated mice deficient in SPHK1. Sphk1 null mice were viable, fertile, and without any obvious abnormalities. Total SPHK activity in most Sphk1 -/-tissues was substantially, but not completely, reduced indicating the presence of multiple sphingosine kinases. S1P levels in most tissues from the Sphk1 -/- mice were not markedly decreased. In serum, however, there was a significant decrease in the S1P level. Although S1P signaling regulates lymphocyte trafficking, lymphocyte distribution was unaffected in lymphoid organs of Sphk1 -/- mice. The immunosuppressant FTY720 was phosphorylated and elicited lymphopenia in the Sphk1 null mice showing that SPHK1 is not required for the functional activation of this sphingosine analogue prodrug. The results with these Sphk1 null mice reveal that some key physiologic processes that require S1P receptor signaling, such as vascular development and proper lymphocyte distribution, can occur in the absence of SPHK1.
ISSN:0021-9258
1083-351X
DOI:10.1074/jbc.M406512200