Allosteric inhibition of SHP2 uncovers aberrant TLR7 trafficking in aggravating psoriasis

Abstract Psoriasis is a complex chronic inflammatory skin disease with unclear molecular mechanisms. We found that the Src homology‐2 domain‐containing protein tyrosine phosphatase‐2 (SHP2) was highly expressed in both psoriatic patients and imiquimod (IMQ)‐induced psoriasis‐like mice. Also, the SHP...

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Main Authors: Yuyu Zhu, Zhigui Wu, Wei Yan, Fenli Shao, Bowen Ke, Xian Jiang, Jian Gao, Wenjie Guo, Yuping Lai, Hongyue Ma, Dijun Chen, Qiang Xu, Yang Sun
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Published: Springer Nature 2021-12-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.15252/emmm.202114455
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author Yuyu Zhu
Zhigui Wu
Wei Yan
Fenli Shao
Bowen Ke
Xian Jiang
Jian Gao
Wenjie Guo
Yuping Lai
Hongyue Ma
Dijun Chen
Qiang Xu
Yang Sun
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Zhigui Wu
Wei Yan
Fenli Shao
Bowen Ke
Xian Jiang
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Wenjie Guo
Yuping Lai
Hongyue Ma
Dijun Chen
Qiang Xu
Yang Sun
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description Abstract Psoriasis is a complex chronic inflammatory skin disease with unclear molecular mechanisms. We found that the Src homology‐2 domain‐containing protein tyrosine phosphatase‐2 (SHP2) was highly expressed in both psoriatic patients and imiquimod (IMQ)‐induced psoriasis‐like mice. Also, the SHP2 allosteric inhibitor SHP099 reduced pro‐inflammatory cytokine expression in PBMCs taken from psoriatic patients. Consistently, SHP099 significantly ameliorated IMQ‐triggered skin inflammation in mice. Single‐cell RNA sequencing of murine skin demonstrated that SHP2 inhibition impaired skin inflammation in myeloid cells, especially macrophages. Furthermore, IMQ‐induced psoriasis‐like skin inflammation was significantly alleviated in myeloid cells (monocytes, mature macrophages, and granulocytes)—but not dendritic cells conditional SHP2 knockout mice. Mechanistically, SHP2 promoted the trafficking of toll‐like receptor 7 (TLR7) from the Golgi to the endosome in macrophages by dephosphorylating TLR7 at Tyr1024, boosting the ubiquitination of TLR7 and NF‐κB‐mediated skin inflammation. Importantly, Tlr7 point‐mutant knock‐in mice showed an attenuated psoriasis‐like phenotype compared to wild‐type littermates following IMQ treatment. Collectively, our findings identify SHP2 as a novel regulator of psoriasis and suggest that SHP2 inhibition may be a promising therapeutic approach for psoriatic patients.
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spelling doaj-art-7b0a4376e81f4df1be1193acb086c2c02025-08-20T03:43:14ZengSpringer NatureEMBO Molecular Medicine1757-46761757-46842021-12-0114312210.15252/emmm.202114455Allosteric inhibition of SHP2 uncovers aberrant TLR7 trafficking in aggravating psoriasisYuyu Zhu0Zhigui Wu1Wei Yan2Fenli Shao3Bowen Ke4Xian Jiang5Jian Gao6Wenjie Guo7Yuping Lai8Hongyue Ma9Dijun Chen10Qiang Xu11Yang Sun12State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Department of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Nanjing UniversityState Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Department of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Nanjing UniversityDepartment of Dermatology and Venereology, West China Hospital, Sichuan UniversityState Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Department of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Nanjing UniversityLaboratory of Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Translational Neuroscience Center, West China Hospital and State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, Sichuan UniversityDepartment of Dermatology and Venereology, West China Hospital, Sichuan UniversityState Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Department of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Nanjing UniversityState Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Department of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Nanjing UniversityShanghai Key Laboratory of Regulatory Biology, School of Life Sciences, East China Normal UniversityCollege of Pharmacy, Nanjing University of Chinese MedicineState Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Department of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Nanjing UniversityState Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Department of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Nanjing UniversityState Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Department of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Nanjing UniversityAbstract Psoriasis is a complex chronic inflammatory skin disease with unclear molecular mechanisms. We found that the Src homology‐2 domain‐containing protein tyrosine phosphatase‐2 (SHP2) was highly expressed in both psoriatic patients and imiquimod (IMQ)‐induced psoriasis‐like mice. Also, the SHP2 allosteric inhibitor SHP099 reduced pro‐inflammatory cytokine expression in PBMCs taken from psoriatic patients. Consistently, SHP099 significantly ameliorated IMQ‐triggered skin inflammation in mice. Single‐cell RNA sequencing of murine skin demonstrated that SHP2 inhibition impaired skin inflammation in myeloid cells, especially macrophages. Furthermore, IMQ‐induced psoriasis‐like skin inflammation was significantly alleviated in myeloid cells (monocytes, mature macrophages, and granulocytes)—but not dendritic cells conditional SHP2 knockout mice. Mechanistically, SHP2 promoted the trafficking of toll‐like receptor 7 (TLR7) from the Golgi to the endosome in macrophages by dephosphorylating TLR7 at Tyr1024, boosting the ubiquitination of TLR7 and NF‐κB‐mediated skin inflammation. Importantly, Tlr7 point‐mutant knock‐in mice showed an attenuated psoriasis‐like phenotype compared to wild‐type littermates following IMQ treatment. Collectively, our findings identify SHP2 as a novel regulator of psoriasis and suggest that SHP2 inhibition may be a promising therapeutic approach for psoriatic patients.https://doi.org/10.15252/emmm.202114455psoriasisPTPN11scRNA‐seqtherapeutic targetTLR7
spellingShingle Yuyu Zhu
Zhigui Wu
Wei Yan
Fenli Shao
Bowen Ke
Xian Jiang
Jian Gao
Wenjie Guo
Yuping Lai
Hongyue Ma
Dijun Chen
Qiang Xu
Yang Sun
Allosteric inhibition of SHP2 uncovers aberrant TLR7 trafficking in aggravating psoriasis
EMBO Molecular Medicine
psoriasis
PTPN11
scRNA‐seq
therapeutic target
TLR7
title Allosteric inhibition of SHP2 uncovers aberrant TLR7 trafficking in aggravating psoriasis
title_full Allosteric inhibition of SHP2 uncovers aberrant TLR7 trafficking in aggravating psoriasis
title_fullStr Allosteric inhibition of SHP2 uncovers aberrant TLR7 trafficking in aggravating psoriasis
title_full_unstemmed Allosteric inhibition of SHP2 uncovers aberrant TLR7 trafficking in aggravating psoriasis
title_short Allosteric inhibition of SHP2 uncovers aberrant TLR7 trafficking in aggravating psoriasis
title_sort allosteric inhibition of shp2 uncovers aberrant tlr7 trafficking in aggravating psoriasis
topic psoriasis
PTPN11
scRNA‐seq
therapeutic target
TLR7
url https://doi.org/10.15252/emmm.202114455
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