scholarly journals Transformation and pp60v-src autophosphorylation correlate with SHC-GRB2 complex formation in rat and chicken cells expressing host-range and kinase-active, transformation-defective alleles of v-src.

1995 ◽  
Vol 6 (8) ◽  
pp. 953-966 ◽  
Author(s):  
M F Verderame ◽  
J L Guan ◽  
K M Woods Ignatoski

The biochemical properties of several pp60v-src substrates believed to participate in src-mediated transformation were examined in cells expressing a kinase-active, transformation-defective v-src allele (v-src-F172 delta/Y416F) and its parental allele, v-src-F172 delta, a host-range--dependent allele that transforms chicken cells to a fusiform morphology, but does not transform rat cells. Because pp60v-src-F172 delta is dependent on autophosphorylation for transforming ability, these alleles provide a unique opportunity to examine the role of pp60v-src autophosphorylation in regulating substrate interactions. Increased pp125FAK tyrosine phosphorylation and high levels of pp60v-src-associated phosphotidylinositol-3' kinase activity were detected specifically in chicken cells exhibiting round, refractile transformation but not in cells transformed to a fusiform morphology. Increased pp125FAK kinase activity, but not increased pp125FAK tyrosine-phosphorylation correlated with pp60v-src autophosphorylation and increased anchorage-independent growth. Thus, pp125FAK and PI3'K may participate in morphological transformation by v-src. Furthermore, association of phosphorylated SHC with the adapter GRB2 correlated with increased anchorage-independent growth (and autophosphorylation) in both rat and chicken cells independent of the morphological phenotype induced. Therefore, host-range dependence for transformation may be regulated through association of SHC with GRB2, thus implicating SHC as a crucial substrate for src-dependent transformation.

1992 ◽  
Vol 12 (10) ◽  
pp. 4706-4713
Author(s):  
H Sabe ◽  
M Okada ◽  
H Nakagawa ◽  
H Hanafusa

The protein product of the CT10 virus, p47gag-crk (v-Crk), which contains Src homology region 2 (SH2) and 3 (SH3) domains but lacks a kinase domain, is believed to cause an increase in cellular protein tyrosine phosphorylation. A candidate tyrosine kinase, Csk (C-terminal Src kinase), has been implicated in c-Src Tyr-527 phosphorylation, which negatively regulates the protein tyrosine kinase of pp60c-src (c-Src). To investigate how c-Src kinase activity is regulated in vivo, we first looked at whether v-Crk can activate c-Src kinase. We found that cooverexpression of v-Crk and c-Src caused elevation of c-Src kinase activity, resulting in an increase of tyrosine phosphorylation of cellular proteins and morphological transformation of rat 3Y1 fibroblasts. v-Crk and c-Src complexes were not detected, although v-Crk bound to a variety of tyrosine-phosphorylated proteins in cells overexpressing v-Crk and c-Src. Overexpression of Csk in these transformed cells caused reversion to normal phenotypes and also reduced the level of c-Src kinase activity. However, Csk did not cause reversion of cells transformed by v-Src or c-Src527F, in which Tyr-527 was changed to Phe. These results strongly suggest that Csk acts on Tyr-527 of c-Src and suppresses c-Src kinase activity in vivo. Because Csk can suppress transformation by cooverexpression of v-Crk and c-Src, we suggest that v-Crk causes activation of c-Src in vivo by altering the phosphorylation state of Tyr-527.


1989 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 629-638 ◽  
Author(s):  
A B Reynolds ◽  
D J Roesel ◽  
S B Kanner ◽  
J T Parsons

We used myristylated and nonmyristylated c-src-based variants and phosphotyrosine-specific antibodies to reevaluate the role of tyrosine phosphorylation in cellular transformation by pp60src. Prior methods used to detect tyrosine-phosphorylated proteins failed to discriminate predicted differences in tyrosine phosphorylation which are clearly observed with phosphotyrosine-specific antibodies and Western blotting (immunoblotting). Here we report the observation of a 120,000-Mr protein whose phosphorylation on tyrosine correlates with the induction of morphological transformation. p120 was not observed in cells overexpressing the regulated, nononcogenic pp60c-src, whereas phosphorylation of p120 was greatly enhanced in cells expressing activated, oncogenic pp60527F. Furthermore, phosphorylation of p120 was not induced by expression of the activated but nonmyristylated src variant pp602A/527F, which is transformation defective. p120 partitioned preferentially with cellular membranes, consistent with the observation that transforming src proteins are membrane associated. Although a number of additional putative substrates were identified and partially characterized with respect to intracellular localization, tyrosine phosphorylation of these proteins was not tightly linked to transformation.


1992 ◽  
Vol 12 (10) ◽  
pp. 4706-4713 ◽  
Author(s):  
H Sabe ◽  
M Okada ◽  
H Nakagawa ◽  
H Hanafusa

The protein product of the CT10 virus, p47gag-crk (v-Crk), which contains Src homology region 2 (SH2) and 3 (SH3) domains but lacks a kinase domain, is believed to cause an increase in cellular protein tyrosine phosphorylation. A candidate tyrosine kinase, Csk (C-terminal Src kinase), has been implicated in c-Src Tyr-527 phosphorylation, which negatively regulates the protein tyrosine kinase of pp60c-src (c-Src). To investigate how c-Src kinase activity is regulated in vivo, we first looked at whether v-Crk can activate c-Src kinase. We found that cooverexpression of v-Crk and c-Src caused elevation of c-Src kinase activity, resulting in an increase of tyrosine phosphorylation of cellular proteins and morphological transformation of rat 3Y1 fibroblasts. v-Crk and c-Src complexes were not detected, although v-Crk bound to a variety of tyrosine-phosphorylated proteins in cells overexpressing v-Crk and c-Src. Overexpression of Csk in these transformed cells caused reversion to normal phenotypes and also reduced the level of c-Src kinase activity. However, Csk did not cause reversion of cells transformed by v-Src or c-Src527F, in which Tyr-527 was changed to Phe. These results strongly suggest that Csk acts on Tyr-527 of c-Src and suppresses c-Src kinase activity in vivo. Because Csk can suppress transformation by cooverexpression of v-Crk and c-Src, we suggest that v-Crk causes activation of c-Src in vivo by altering the phosphorylation state of Tyr-527.


1989 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 629-638
Author(s):  
A B Reynolds ◽  
D J Roesel ◽  
S B Kanner ◽  
J T Parsons

We used myristylated and nonmyristylated c-src-based variants and phosphotyrosine-specific antibodies to reevaluate the role of tyrosine phosphorylation in cellular transformation by pp60src. Prior methods used to detect tyrosine-phosphorylated proteins failed to discriminate predicted differences in tyrosine phosphorylation which are clearly observed with phosphotyrosine-specific antibodies and Western blotting (immunoblotting). Here we report the observation of a 120,000-Mr protein whose phosphorylation on tyrosine correlates with the induction of morphological transformation. p120 was not observed in cells overexpressing the regulated, nononcogenic pp60c-src, whereas phosphorylation of p120 was greatly enhanced in cells expressing activated, oncogenic pp60527F. Furthermore, phosphorylation of p120 was not induced by expression of the activated but nonmyristylated src variant pp602A/527F, which is transformation defective. p120 partitioned preferentially with cellular membranes, consistent with the observation that transforming src proteins are membrane associated. Although a number of additional putative substrates were identified and partially characterized with respect to intracellular localization, tyrosine phosphorylation of these proteins was not tightly linked to transformation.


1988 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 176-185
Author(s):  
D K Morrison ◽  
P J Browning ◽  
M F White ◽  
T M Roberts

The role of tyrosine-specific phosphorylation in v-fms-mediated transformation was examined by immunoblotting techniques together with a high-affinity antibody that is specific for phosphotyrosine. This antiphosphotyrosine antibody detected phosphorylated tyrosine residues on the gp140v-fms molecule, but not gP180v-fms or gp120v-fms, in v-fms-transformed cells. This antibody also identified a number of cellular proteins that were either newly phosphorylated on tyrosine residues or showed enhanced phosphorylation on tyrosine residues as a result of v-fms transformation. However, the substrates of the v-fms-induced tyrosine kinase activity were not the characterized pp60v-src substrates. The phosphorylation of some of these cellular proteins and of the gp140fms molecule was found to correlate with the ability of v-fms/c-fms hybrids to transform cells. In addition, immunoblotting with the phosphotyrosine antibody allowed a comparison to be made of the substrates phosphorylated on tyrosine residues in various transformed cell lines. This study indicates that the pattern of tyrosine phosphorylation in v-fms-transformed cells is strikingly similar to that in v-sis-transformed cells.


1998 ◽  
Vol 275 (4) ◽  
pp. G705-G711 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adenike I. Ibitayo ◽  
Yasuhiro Tsunoda ◽  
Fumihiko Nozu ◽  
Chung Owyang ◽  
Khalil N. Bitar

Ceramide mediates sustained contraction of smooth muscle cells. C2 ceramide induced a rapid increase in Src kinase activity within 15 s, peaked at 1 min, and was sustained up to 8 min. Contraction and Src kinase activity were inhibited in cells incubated in Ca2+-free medium containing 2 mM EGTA and in cells preincubated with herbimycin A, a Src kinase inhibitor. Immunoblotting using a phosphospecific anti-Src (416Y) antibody showed a ceramide-induced increase in pp60 src tyrosine phosphorylation. Immunoprecipitation using an anti-phosphotyrosine antibody followed by Western immunoblotting using a monoclonal IgG anti-phosphoinositide 3-kinase NH2 terminal-SH2 domain antibody showed a ceramide-induced increase in phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI 3-kinase) tyrosine phosphorylation at a protein mass corresponding to 85 kDa, the regulatory subunit of PI 3-kinase, which contains the Src kinase binding site. PI 3-kinase phosphorylation was inhibited by herbimycin A and by the PI 3-kinase inhibitors wortmannin and LY-294002. Preincubation of cells with herbimycin A or PI 3-kinase inhibitors also resulted in an inhibition of mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase p42 and p44 activities as seen on Western blots. In summary, we found that 1) the maintenance of sustained contraction is dependent on extracellular Ca2+; 2) ceramide activates a nonreceptor tyrosine kinase pathway through activation of pp60 src and PI 3-kinase; and 3) the converging signals are probably through activation of MAP kinase.


2006 ◽  
Vol 203 (11) ◽  
pp. 2495-2507 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ganapati H. Mahabeleshwar ◽  
Weiyi Feng ◽  
David R. Phillips ◽  
Tatiana V. Byzova

The process of postnatal angiogenesis plays a crucial role in pathogenesis of numerous diseases, including but not limited to tumor growth/metastasis, diabetic retinopathy, and in tissue remodeling upon injury. However, the molecular events underlying this complex process are not well understood and numerous issues remain controversial, including the regulatory function of integrin receptors. To analyze the role of integrin phosphorylation and signaling in angiogenesis, we generated knock-in mice that express a mutant β3 integrin unable to undergo tyrosine phosphorylation. Two distinct models of pathological angiogenesis revealed that neovascularization is impaired in mutant β3 knock-in mice. In an ex vivo angiogenesis assay, mutant β3 knock-in endothelial cells did not form complete capillaries in response to vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) stimulation. At the cellular level, defective tyrosine phosphorylation in mutant β3 knock-in cells resulted in impaired adhesion, spreading, and migration of endothelial cells. At the molecular level, VEGF stimulated complex formation between VEGF receptor-2 and β3 integrin in wild-type but not in mutant β3 knock-in endothelial cells. Moreover, phosphorylation of VEGF receptor-2 was significantly reduced in cells expressing mutant β3 compared to wild type, leading to impaired integrin activation in these cells. These findings provide novel mechanistic insights into the role of integrin–VEGF axis in pathological angiogenesis.


2003 ◽  
Vol 284 (3) ◽  
pp. H994-H1002 ◽  
Author(s):  
David R. Mucha ◽  
Carter L. Myers ◽  
Richard C. Schaeffer

Endothelial monolayer hyperpermeability is regulated by a myosin light chain phosphorylation (MLCP)-dependent contractile mechanism. In this study, we tested the role of Src-dependent tyrosine phosphorylation to modulate endothelial contraction and monolayer barrier function with the use of the myosin phosphatase inhibitor calyculin A (CalA) to directly elevate MLCP with the Src family tyrosine kinase inhibitor herbimycin A (HA) in bovine pulmonary artery endothelial cells (EC). CalA stimulated an increase in MLCP, Src kinase activity, an increase in the tyrosine phosphorylation of paxillin and focal adhesion (FA) kinase (p125FAK), and monolayer hyperpermeability. Microscopic examination of CalA-treated EC revealed a contractile morphology characterized by peripheral contractile bands of actomyosin filaments and stress fibers linked to phosphotyrosine-containing FAs. These CalA-dependent events were HA sensitive. HA alone stimulated an improvement in monolayer barrier formation by reducing the levels of MLCP and phosphotyrosine-containing proteins and the number of large paracellular holes. These data show that Src kinase plays an important role in regulating monolayer hyperpermeability through adjustments in tyrosine phosphorylation, MLCP, and EC contraction.


2002 ◽  
Vol 22 (8) ◽  
pp. 2427-2440 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leslie A. Cary ◽  
Richard A. Klinghoffer ◽  
Christoph Sachsenmaier ◽  
Jonathan A. Cooper

ABSTRACT Src family kinases (SFKs) are crucial for signaling through a variety of cell surface receptors, including integrins. There is evidence that integrin activation induces focal adhesion kinase (FAK) autophosphorylation at Y397 and that Src binds to and is activated by FAK to carry out subsequent phosphorylation events. However, it has also been suggested that Src functions as a scaffolding molecule through its SH2 and SH3 domains and that its kinase activity is not necessary. To examine the role of SFKs in integrin signaling, we have expressed various Src molecules in fibroblasts lacking other SFKs. In cells plated on fibronectin, FAK could indeed autophosphorylate at Y397 independently of Src but with lower efficiency than when Src was present. This step was promoted by kinase-inactive Src, but Src kinase activity was required for full rescue. Src kinase activity was also required for phosphorylation of additional sites on FAK and for other integrin-directed functions, including cell migration and spreading on fibronectin. In contrast, Src mutations in the SH2 or SH3 domain greatly reduced binding to FAK, Cas, and paxillin but had little effect on tyrosine phosphorylation or biological assays. Furthermore, our indirect evidence indicates that Src kinase activity does not need to be regulated to promote cell migration and FAK phosphorylation. Although Src clearly plays important roles in integrin signaling, it was not concentrated in focal adhesions. These results indicate that the primary role of Src in integrin signaling is as a kinase. Indirect models for Src function are proposed.


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