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b Infection, Immunity, Injury and Repair Program, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, The University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario MSG 1X8, Canada
c Department of Human Genetics and Molecular Biology Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, and the Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Cornell University, New York, New York 10021
d Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27710
e Department of Immunology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario MSG 1X8, Canada
Division of Immunology/Allergy and the Infection, Immunity, Injury, and Repair Program, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Ave., Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X8, Canada.416-813-8624416-813-8623
croifman{at}sickkids.on.ca
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Key Words: immune deficiency • apoptosis • mitochondria • purine metabolism • T lymphocyte
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An inherited deficiency in either one of the two purine salvage enzymes adenosine deaminase (ADA) or purine nucleoside phosphorylase (PNP) causes SCID disease 12. Studies with mouse lymphoma T cell lines suggested that the impaired degradation of deoxyribonucleoside substrates of ADA and PNP leads respectively to accumulation of dATP or dGTP, which can inhibit ribonucleotide reductase activity, abrogating DNA synthesis or DNA repair (Fig. 1; references 3456). dATP, but not dGTP, has also been found to form a complex with apoptotic protease-activating factor 1 (Apaf-1) and cytochrome C in the cytoplasm to activate caspases and induce apoptosis 7. Other mechanisms may also contribute to immunodeficiency associated with ADA deficiency, the more actively studied of the two disorders 8. However, the basis for immunodeficiency in PNP deficiency is still uncertain. Mice with PNP deficiency due to missense mutations showed a decline with age in numbers of immature and peripheral T cells and in T cell proliferation 9. These mice exhibited delayed immune deficiency characterized by a reduction in the numbers of immature and peripheral T cells and reduced T cell proliferation. In addition, mutations in PNP caused a secondary loss of deoxyguanosine kinase activity. The mechanism of the partial immune deficiency in these mice was not addressed.
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DASH phage vectors. Genomic clones were mapped and partially sequenced. A 7.0-kb genomic fragment containing the PNP catalytic sites within exons 3 and 4 was used to construct the targeting vector. A 1.2-kb genomic HindIII fragment containing exons 3 and 4 was replaced with a PGKneo-polA G418 resistance gene cassette 10 and a thymidine kinase (PGK-TK) expression cassette 11. E129/Cj embryonic stem cells (5 x 106) were electroporated with 20 µg of linearized targeting vector DNA. The embryonic stem cells were cultured onto G418 resistant murine fibroblasts and selection, in the presence of 300 µg/ml G418 and 2 µM Gancylovir, was initiated 48 h after electroporation. Double-resistant colonies were isolated after 10 d. PCR screening for homologous recombination was carried out using the diagnostic primers spanning the PGKneo and the short arm of the construct (see Fig. 2 A). Homologous recombination was subsequently confirmed by EcoRI digestion of genomic DNA and hybridization with probe A (see Fig. 2). Chimeric mice were produced by injection of embryonic cells into 3.5-d-old blastocysts 10. The contribution of embryonic stem cells to the germline of chimeric mice was assessed by breeding with C57BL/6 mice, and germline transmission of the PNP mutation was confirmed by Southern blot analysis of tail DNA. Mice heterozygous for the mutant gene were interbred to homozygosity.
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Deoxyguanosine kinase activity was assayed with [8-3H]2'-deoxyguanosine (4 mCi/mmol, Moravek Biochemicals, Inc.) as described 12.
Analysis of Intracellular Nucleosides, GTP, and dGTP Pools.
Intracellular nucleotides were extracted with 0.4 M ice-cold perchloric acid as described previously 13. After 5 min on ice, the cell extract was neutralized with 0.5 M tri-n-octylamine dissolved in 1,1,2-trichlorotrifluoroethane in the presence of 0.1% bromophenol blue until the solution changed to blue. Samples were centrifuged at 15,000 g for 1 min and frozen at –70°C until analyzed 14. Mitochondria were isolated by differential centrifugation 15. Nucleotides were separated on a Hewlett-Packard model 10848 chromatograph using a Partisil-5-SAX column (Whatman, Inc.; reference 3). Urinary nucleosides and deoxynucleosides were analyzed by reverse phase HPLC as described previously 3. Intracellular dGTP analysis was performed by the DNA polymerase method described by Sherman and Fyfe 16. Urinary nucleosides were determined using a C-18 reverse phase HPLC column 17.
Flow Cytometric Analysis.
Flow cytometry was performed using a dual laser FACScanTM (Becton Dickinson). Single cell suspensions (106 cells) of either thymi, spleen, lymph node, or bone marrow were stained for three-color fluorescence analysis. Fluorescein-conjugated antibodies included CD3, TCR, IgM, and CD45 or CD34. Phycoerythrin-conjugated antibodies included CD4, CD11b, CD14, CD43, and Sca-1. Biotin-conjugated antibodies included CD8, IgM, NK1.1, CD19, B220, CD25, and CD24, and were developed with CyChrome-strepavidin. All antibodies were purchased from BD PharMingen. Control antibodies were FITC–Leu-4, PE–Leu-4, and biotin–Leu-1 (Becton Dickinson).
Anti–Fc receptor (CD16) antibody was used in all populations except thymus. Cells were washed in phosphate buffer containing 0.1% bovine albumin with 0.01% sodium azide (staining buffer) at 4°C. Pellets were then stained with the FITC-conjugated antibody at 4°C for 15 min, after which PE-conjugated antibody was added, and cells were further incubated for 30 min at 4°C. After washing twice in staining buffer, cells were stained with biotin-conjugated antibodies and incubated for 20 min at 4°C. CyChrome strepavidin was added after washing, and after a further incubation of 15 min, cells were washed and resuspended in 0.5 ml of staining buffer, and were analyzed after filtering through a 0.8-µm filter and the addition of propidium iodide.
All fluorescence data were collected using logarithmic amplification on 10–50 K viable cells as determined by forward/side scatter and propidium iodide exclusion.
Determinations of Apoptosis.
Annexin V binding was performed according to the manufacturer's instructions (Boehringer). In some experiments, as indicated, thymocytes were stained as described above with a combination of PE- and biotin–CyChrome-conjugated antibodies before annexin V staining. Previous experiments showed that the antibodies did not interfere with the annexin V stain. The PNP inhibitor, CI-1000 (2-amino 3,5-dihydro-7-[3-thienylmethyl]-4H-pyrrolo[3,2-d]-pyrimidin-4-one HCl), used in the apoptosis experiments were a gift of Dr. R.B. Gilbertsen (Parke-Davis). Mice overexpressing Bcl2 in thymocytes (described by Sentman et al. 18) were obtained from The Jackson Laboratory.
Dissipation of mitochondrial membrane potential (
m) was determined using potentiometric sensitive fuorochrome, 3,3' dihexyloxacarbocyanine iodide (DiOC(6)3; 20 nM) 19. Caspase activity was inhibited by N-benzoyloxycarbonyl-Val-Ala-Asp fluoromethylketone (Z-VAD.fmk; 50 µM).
Apoptotic nuclear DNA fragmentation was measured by the terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase (TdT)-mediated dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL) technique using an FITC-conjugated dUTP kit (Boehringer) according to the manufacturer's instructions. The frequency of apoptotic cells as detected by fragmented nuclear DNA was determined by flow cytometry.
Cell Isolations and Cultures.
Thymocytes were cultured for the amounts of time indicated, ranging from 2–12 h in complete medium (RPMI with 10% FCS, 0.1 M glutamine, and 0.05 M Hepes with 2 x 10–5 M 2-ME at 5 x 106 cells/ml in 24-well plates; Costar). In some experiments, TCR was cross-linked using purified anti-TCR mAb (20 µg/ml) and anti-CD3 mAb (145-2C11 mAb; 20µg/ml), anti-CD4 mAb 1:4 vol of supernatant (RL172 20), and anti-CD8 mAb supernatant (3-155 [20]) for the time of culture. Cells were then washed and tested for apoptosis using the annexin V staining. Evidence for cross-linking was performed in these cultured cells by staining for the antigen being cross-linked with a specific mAb directed to this antigen.
Purified T cells derived from both lymph nodes and spleen of PNP-deficient as well as control mice were obtained by nylon wool depleting these populations. In brief, 5 x 107 cells nylon wool–packed (Robbins Scientific) were poured into 10- or 20-ml syringes. Columns were preincubated for 45 min with the syringe volume of 1% BSA-PBS, and cells were loaded in 1–3 ml and incubated for another 45 min. Cells were then eluted with two column volumes, washed, and stained for CD3, CD11, and/or IgM mAb. Nylon wool lymph node T cells were on average >90% pure (range 86–98% in n = 16 experiments).
Cytotoxic T Cell Assay.
Purified T cells derived from the spleens of PNP-deficient (H-2b) or wild-type controls were cocultured with 20 cGy gamma-irradiated splenocytes derived from either CBA (H-2k) or DBA/2 (H-2d) at 10 x 106 responder with 10 x 106 irradiated stimulators in 20 ml final volume in flasks.
Half of the cultures were supplemented with a previously tested optimal dose of rIL-2 (provided by Dr. R. Miller, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario). After 5 d, recovered cells were counted and used in a 4-h chromium assay at E/T ratios ranging from 3–100:1 in u-shaped 96-well plates. Each culture was assayed against the haplotype of the stimulator used, third party stimulator or syngeneic H-2b. The tumor cell lines (3,000 cells per well) P815 (H-2d) and BW5467 (H-2k) were used as targets.
Percentage cytotoxicity was calculated as (experimental release – spontaneous release)/(total release – spontaneous release) x 100. Spontaneous releases were <12%.
Gamma Irradiation and T Lymphocyte Proliferation Assay.
For gamma irradiation experiments, T cells from the thymus or spleen were suspended in RPMI 1640 with 10% FCS at 10 x 106 cells/ml, and were exposed to varying doses of gamma irradiation from a 137Cs irradiator. Total spleen or lymph node cells (3 x 105 cells) or nylon wool–purified T cells (3 x 105 cells) were cultured in complete medium in 96 flat-bottomed plates (Costar) in the presence or absence of Con A (2 µg/ml) and IL-2 (10 U/ml). Lymphocyte proliferation was measured after 72 h. 1 µCi [3H]thymidine was added 4 h before the termination of the cultures.
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Metabolic Abnormalities in PNP-deficient Mice.
To understand the metabolic consequences of PNP deficiency, we first analyzed the levels of PNP substrates excreted in their urine. The urine of PNP-deficient mice contains large amounts of the four PNP substrates (inosine, deoxyinosine, guanosine, and deoxyguanosine), similar to PNP-deficient patients (reference 17; Table A). The intracellular concentration of GTP is reduced in PNP–/– cells, reflecting the lack of a guanosine kinase and inability to form (and hence salvage) guanine (Table ; Fig. 1; references 21, 22). In contrast, dGTP pools were elevated by about eightfold in PNP–/– cells. As was proposed previously 14, phosphorylation of deoxyguanosine, the rate-limiting step in its conversion to dGTP, may be limited by an unexplained secondary loss of deoxyguanosine kinase activity found in cells of PNP-deficient mice (Table B; Fig. 1; reference 23). In preliminary studies, we observed a substantial increase in whole blood PNP activity (20% of wild-type level) in each of three PNP knockout mice treated with polyethylene glycol (PEG)-modified PNP, which also eliminated the excretion of PNP substrates and alleviated the secondary loss of deoxyguanosine kinase activity (data not shown).
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Abnormalities in Lymphocyte Subpopulations in PNP-deficient Mice.
Analysis of thymocyte subpopulations in PNP–/– 3-mo-old mice reveals a twofold increase in the frequency of immature CD4–CD8– double negative (DN) cells and a decrease in the total cell numbers of CD4+CD8+ double positive (DP) and CD4+ and CD8+ single positive (SP) thymocytes (Fig. 3 A and Fig. 4 A).
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Lymphocyte Function in PNP-deficient Mice.
We assessed the function of T cells from PNP-deficient mice and tested the ability of cytotoxic T cells to specifically kill in a mixed lymphocyte reaction against H-2k– and H-2d–bearing stimulator cells. PNP-deficient spleen cells (H-2b) were cocultured for 5 d in the presence of irradiated spleen cells derived from either DBA/2 mice (H-2d; data not shown) or CBA mice (H-2k; Fig. 5). The cultures were set up in the presence or absence of IL-2. Recovered cells were then tested in a 4-h 51Cr-release assay for their ability to lyse allogeneic H-2k targets or third party H-2b targets. In the absence of exogenous IL-2, H-2k–stimulated PNP-deficient T cells were unable to kill either H-2k–bearing or H-2d–bearing targets. However, in the presence of IL-2, the ability of PNP-deficient T cells to kill allogeneic H-2k cells was restored to a level comparable to that of their heterozygous littermates (Fig. 5). This observation suggests that T cells from PNP-deficient mice have an impaired ability to mount an immune response in the absence of exogenously added IL-2.
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m is an early apoptotic event that is independent of caspase activity for intramitochondrial apoptotic agents, but m is dependent on caspase activity if the apoptotic signal is extramitochondrial 19. Thus, resistance of m to caspase inhibition is indicative of apoptotic signals that originate within the mitochondria. Deoxyguanosine in the presence of PNP inhibitor caused rapid dissipation of m, similar to other apoptosis-inducing agents. This dissipation of m was resistant to cytosolic caspase inhibition, indicating that deoxyguanosine initiates apoptosis within the mitochondria (Fig. 8). In contrast, the deoxyguanosine-induced fragmentation of nuclear DNA, a late event in apoptosis, was inhibited by caspase inhibitor. These results are consistent with the hypothesis that accumulation of dGTP in the mitochondria is responsible for the apoptosis observed in PNP-deficient thymocytes.
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The immune deficiency disease caused by loss of PNP enzymatic activity could be due to either interference with purine salvage resulting in depletion of GTP or to the accumulation of one or more of the PNP substrates inosine, guanosine, deoxyinosine, and deoxyguanosine. Decreased intracellular levels of GTP observed in PNP deficiency (Table ) are unlikely to contribute to the immune dysfunction, as a similar decrease in intracellular levels of GTP in hypoxanthine guanine phosphorybosyl transferase (HGPRT) deficiency has no effect on immune function in patients with Lesch-Nyan syndrome 39. The only other intracellular metabolic abnormality in PNP–/– mice, as well as in PNP+/– mice, is the expansion of intracellular dGTP pools (Table ), which are normally tightly regulated in mammalian cells 4041.
The observed increase in intracellular dGTP pools in PNP deficiency is modest (17 pmol/106 cells, or eightfold normal levels) compared with the 4–5 mM concentration of deoxyguanosine accumulated in the urine of these mice (Table ). This may be partly explained by end product inhibition of deoxyguanosine kinase activity by dGTP 4243. In addition, cells from PNP–/– mice exhibit a secondary loss of deoxyguanosine kinase activity in all tissues examined, further limiting the potential of deoxyguanosine accumulation (Table B; reference 14). The underlying mechanisms have not been established, although partial restoration of deoxyguanosine kinase activity after treatment with PEG-PNP clearly indicates an effect of a PNP substrate or metabolite. It is not clear whether deoxyguanosine kinase activity is reduced in cells of human patients with PNP deficiency. However, in PNP-deficient mice, this effect is likely to moderate the immune dysfunction, and perhaps prevents the neurologic abnormalities often present in human patients.
The observations described here, particularly the evidence that dGTP accumulation occurs selectively in mitochondria (Table ) and that PNP-deficient thymocytes and splenic T cells show increased sensitivity to irradiation (Table ; Fig. 10), offer new insight into the biochemical basis for immunodeficiency. We postulate that accumulation of dGTP in the mitochondria of T lymphocytes initiates apoptosis by interfering with the repair of mitochondrial DNA damage. This hypothesis is supported by several observations. The mitochondrial and T cell specificity of dGTP accumulation are consistent with the subcellular localization 44 and tissue distribution 134546 of deoxyguanosine kinase activity. Human deoxyguanosine kinase activity is localized exclusively in the mitochondria, and thus dGTP accumulates as expected in the mitochondria 47. That dGTP accumulation preferentially inhibits mitochondrial DNA synthesis or repair rather than nuclear DNA synthesis is suggested by the finding that PNP-deficient cells are sensitive to gamma irradiation, but are able to replicate their nuclear DNA in response to mitogen in the presence of IL-2 (Fig. 10).
Other observations provide additional evidence that the T cell damage in PNP deficiency originates in the mitochondria. Overexpression of deoxyguanosine kinase in the mitochondria leads to increased sensitivity to anticancer deoxyguanosine analogues 48. dGTP-mediated inhibition of mitochondrial DNA synthesis or repair might also initiate apoptosis by inducing release of cytochrome C into the cytoplasm.
Recently, the mutations responsible for the human mitochondrial disease neurogastrointestinal encephalomyopathy (MNGIE) were localized to the thymidine phosphorylase (TP) gene. TP phosphorylates thymine to yield thymidine, and thus has parallel activity in the pyrimidine salvage pathway to that of PNP in the purine salvage pathway 49. Patients with MNGIE syndrome have multiple deletions in their mitochondrial DNA and develop a muscular neurological disorder starting in their twenties. It has been postulated that dTTP accumulation in the mitochondria of these patients may be responsible for abnormalities in mitochondrial DNA synthesis and repair 49. Although the tissue-specific phenotype in the two diseases may vary according to the specific tissue expression of the respective kinases, it is likely that the neurological defects, including cerebral ataxia, common to PNP-deficient and MNGIE patients 35505152 may similarly be due to inhibition of mitochondrial DNA maintenance by either dGTP or dTTP (Fig. 11).
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Mitochondrial DNA repair is of critical importance in view of the increased frequency of mitochondrial DNA damage compared with nuclear DNA (20-fold higher; reference 57). The immediate effects of deoxyguanosine-induced apoptosis suggest the existence of an early detection mechanism of accumulation of mitochondrial DNA damage leading to the activation of mitochondrial apoptosis. The mechanisms that link nuclear DNA damage to apoptosis are under intensive investigation and include the participation of p53, ataxia telangiectesia mutated gene (ATm), and possibly dATP 7585960. In contrast, little is known about the mechanisms that link mitochondrial DNA damage to apoptosis. Changes in mitochondrial dNTP levels such as dGTP and dTTP may participate in linking mitochondrial DNA damage to apoptosis, analogous to the role of dATP in apoptosis and in nuclear DNA repair 760. The PNP-deficient mice provide an excellent model to test this hypothesis further.
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Submitted: 24 January 2000
Revised: 20 March 2000
Accepted: 3 April 2000
Abbreviations used in this paper: ADA, adenosine deaminase;
m, mitochondrial membrane potential; DN, double negative; DP, double positive; MNGIE, neurogastrointestinal encephalomyopathy; PNP, purine nucleoside phosphorylase; SP, single positive; TP, thymidine phosphorylase.
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) were suspended in RPMI 1640 medium with 10% FCS, and were gamma irradiated with the indicated dose. Irradiated thymocytes (106 ml) were incubated in RPMI 1640 medium with 10% FCS for 12 h, and the frequency of apoptotic cells was monitored by annexin V binding as described in Materials and Methods. Averages of annexin V–negative cells of three different experiments using two to three mice each.
