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Originally published In Press as doi:10.1074/jbc.C500294200 on August 23, 2005
J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 280, Issue 40, 33697-33700, October 7, 2005
The Immune Modulator FTY720 Inhibits Sphingosine-1-phosphate Lyase Activity*
Padmavathi Bandhuvula,
Yuen Yee Tam,
Babak Oskouian, and
Julie D. Saba1
From the
Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute, Oakland, California 94609-1673
FTY720 is a novel immunomodulatory agent that inhibits lymphocyte trafficking and prevents allograft rejection. FTY720 is phosphorylated in vivo, and the phosphorylated drug acts as agonist for a family of G protein-coupled receptors that recognize sphingosine 1-phosphate. Evidence suggests that FTY720-phosphate-induced activation of S1P1 is responsible for its mechanism of action. FTY720 was rationally designed by modification of myriocin, a naturally occurring sphingoid base analog that causes immunosuppression by interrupting sphingolipid metabolism. In this study, we examined interactions between FTY720, FTY720-phosphate, and sphingosine-1-phosphate lyase, the enzyme responsible for irreversible sphingosine 1-phosphate degradation. FTY720-phosphate was stable in the presence of active sphingosine-1-phosphate lyase, demonstrating that the lyase does not contribute to FTY720 catabolism. Conversely, FTY720 inhibited sphingosine-1-phosphate lyase activity in vitro. Treatment of mice with FTY720 inhibited tissue sphingosine-1-phosphate lyase activity within 12 h, whereas lyase gene and protein expression were not significantly affected. Tissue sphingosine 1-phosphate levels remained stable or increased throughout treatment. These studies raise the possibility that disruption of sphingosine 1-phosphate metabolism may account for some effects of FTY720 on immune function and that sphingosine-1-phosphate lyase may be a potential target for immunomodulatory therapy.
Received for publication, June 29, 2005
, and in revised form, August 5, 2005.
* This work was supported by National Institutes of Health Grant CA77528. The costs of publication of this article were defrayed in part by the payment of page charges. This article must therefore be hereby marked "advertisement" in accordance with 18 U.S.C. Section 1734 solely to indicate this fact.
1 To whom correspondence should be addressed: Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute (CHORI), 5700 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Oakland, CA 94609-1673. Tel.: 510-450-7690; Fax: 510-450-7910; E-mail: jsaba{at}chori.org.

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