RPTPμ and protein tyrosine phosphorylation regulate K+channel mRNA expression in adult cardiac myocytes

2000 ◽  
Vol 278 (2) ◽  
pp. C397-C403 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth M. Hershman ◽  
Edwin S. Levitan
Keyword(s):  
Mrna Expression ◽  
Tyrosine Phosphorylation ◽  
Cardiac Myocytes ◽  
Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase ◽  
Cardiac Myocyte ◽  
Tyrosine Phosphatase ◽  
Receptor Protein ◽  
Mrna Levels ◽  
Protein Tyrosine ◽  
Cell Cell

Previously, we reported that cell-cell contact regulates K+channel mRNA expression in cultured adult rat cardiac myocytes. Here we show that exposing cardiac myocytes to tyrosine kinase inhibitors (genistein, tyrphostin A25), but not inactive analogs, prevents downregulation of Kv1.5 mRNA and upregulation of Kv4.2 mRNA normally observed when they are cultured under low-density conditions. Furthermore, cardiac myocytes cocultured with cells that endogenously (Mv 1 Lu) or heterologously (Chinese hamster ovary cells) express the receptor-type protein tyrosine phosphatase μ (RPTPμ) display Kv1.5 mRNA levels paralleling that which was observed in myocytes cultured under high-density conditions and in intact tissue. In contrast, myocytes cocultured with control cells failed to produce this response. Finally, it is shown that Kv4.2 mRNA expression is unaffected by RPTPμ. These findings reveal that multiple tyrosine phosphorylation-dependent mechanisms control cardiac myocyte K+channel genes. Furthermore, we conclude that RPTPμ specifically regulates cardiac myocyte Kv1.5 mRNA expression. Thus this receptor protein tyrosine phosphatase may be important in responses to pathological conditions associated with the loss of cell-cell interactions in the heart.

scholarly journals Lack of association between receptor protein tyrosine phosphatase RPTP mu and cadherins.

1996 ◽  
Vol 134 (6) ◽  
pp. 1513-1517 ◽  
Author(s):  
G C Zondag ◽  
W H Moolenaar ◽  
M F Gebbink
Keyword(s):  
Tyrosine Phosphorylation ◽  
Cell Density ◽  
Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase ◽  
Tyrosine Phosphatase ◽  
Surface Expression ◽  
Receptor Protein ◽  
Cell Contacts ◽  
Protein Tyrosine ◽  
Receptor Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase ◽  
Cell Cell

RPTP mu is a receptor-like protein tyrosine phosphatase that mediates homophilic cell-cell interactions. Surface expression of RPTP mu is restricted to cell-cell contacts and is upregulated with increasing cell density, suggesting a role for RPTP mu in contact-mediated signaling. It was recently reported (Brady-Kalnay, S.M., D.L. Rimm, and N.K. Tonks. 1995. J. Cell Biol. 130:977-986) that RPTP mu binds directly to cadherin/catenin complexes, and thus may regulate the tyrosine phosphorylation of such complexes. Here we report that this concept needs revision. Through reciprocal precipitations using a variety of antibodies against RPTP mu, cadherins, and catenins, we show that RPTP mu does not interact with cadherin/catenin complexes, even when assayed under very mild lysis conditions. We find that the anti-RPTP mu antiserum used by others precipitates cadherins in a nonspecific manner independent of RPTP mu. We conclude that, contrary to previous claims, RPTP mu does not interact with cadherin complexes and thus is unlikely to directly regulate cadherin/catenin function.

scholarly journals Extracellular Matrix Remodeling in the Retina and Optic Nerve of a Novel Glaucoma Mouse Model

Biology ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 169
Author(s):  
Jacqueline Reinhard ◽  
Susanne Wiemann ◽  
Sebastian Hildebrandt ◽  
Andreas Faissner
Keyword(s):  
Extracellular Matrix ◽  
Optic Nerve ◽  
Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase ◽  
Tyrosine Phosphatase ◽  
Nerve Fibers ◽  
Receptor Protein ◽  
Mrna Levels ◽  
Protein Tyrosine ◽  
Tenascin C ◽  
Iop Elevation

Glaucoma is a neurodegenerative disease that is characterized by the loss of retinal ganglion cells (RGC) and optic nerve fibers. Increased age and intraocular pressure (IOP) elevation are the main risk factors for developing glaucoma. Mice that are heterozygous (HET) for the mega-karyocyte protein tyrosine phosphatase 2 (PTP-Meg2) show chronic and progressive IOP elevation, severe RGCs loss, and optic nerve damage, and represent a valuable model for IOP-dependent primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG). Previously, evidence accumulated suggesting that glaucomatous neurodegeneration is associated with the extensive remodeling of extracellular matrix (ECM) molecules. Unfortunately, little is known about the exact ECM changes in the glaucomatous retina and optic nerve. Hence, the goal of the present study was to comparatively explore ECM alterations in glaucomatous PTP-Meg2 HET and control wild type (WT) mice. Due to their potential relevance in glaucomatous neurodegeneration, we specifically analyzed the expression pattern of the ECM glycoproteins fibronectin, laminin, tenascin-C, and tenascin-R as well as the proteoglycans aggrecan, brevican, and members of the receptor protein tyrosine phosphatase beta/zeta (RPTPβ/ζ) family. The analyses were carried out in the retina and optic nerve of glaucomatous PTP-Meg2 HET and WT mice using quantitative real-time PCR (RT-qPCR), immunohistochemistry, and Western blot. Interestingly, we observed increased fibronectin and laminin levels in the glaucomatous HET retina and optic nerve compared to the WT group. RT-qPCR analyses of the laminins α4, β2 and γ3 showed an altered isoform-specific regulation in the HET retina and optic nerve. In addition, an upregulation of tenascin-C and its interaction partner RPTPβ/ζ/phosphacan was found in glaucomatous tissue. However, comparable protein and mRNA levels for tenascin-R as well as aggrecan and brevican were observed in both groups. Overall, our study showed a remodeling of various ECM components in the glaucomatous retina and optic nerve of PTP-Meg2 HET mice. This dysregulation could be responsible for pathological processes such as neovascularization, inflammation, and reactive gliosis in glaucomatous neurodegeneration.

Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase Is Activated through the Pleiotrophin/Receptor Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase (RPTP)β/ζ Signaling Pathway: A Unique Mechanism of Activation of Receptor Protein Tyrosine Kinases.

Blood ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 108 (11) ◽  
pp. 4355-4355
Author(s):  
Pablo Perez-Pinera ◽  
Wei Zhang ◽  
Zhaoyi Wang ◽  
James R. Berenson ◽  
Thomas F. Deuel
Keyword(s):  
Tyrosine Kinase ◽  
Signaling Pathway ◽  
Tyrosine Phosphorylation ◽  
Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase ◽  
Tyrosine Kinases ◽  
Tyrosine Phosphatase ◽  
Receptor Protein ◽  
Protein Tyrosine ◽  
Anaplastic Lymphoma ◽  
Unique Mechanism

Abstract Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase (ALK) is a receptor-type transmembrane tyrosine kinase (RTK) of the insulin receptor superfamily that structurally is most closely related to leukocyte tyrosine kinase. It was first discovered as a chimeric protein (NPM-ALK) of nucleophosmin and the C-terminal (kinase) domain of ALK in anaplastic large cell lymphomas (ALCL). NPM-ALK is constitutively active and generates the oncogenic signals that are the pathogenic mechanisms of these highly malignant cancers. The full-length ALK also is believed to have an important role in the pathogenesis of other human malignancies, since its expression is found in rhabdomyosarcomas, neuroblastomas, neuroectodermal tumors, glioblastomas, breast carcinomas, and melanomas. Recently it was proposed that pleiotrophin (PTN the protein, Ptn the gene) is the ligand that stimulates ALK to transduce signals to activate downstream targets. However, this proposal contrasted with earlier studies that demonstrated Receptor Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase (RPTP)β/ζ is the functional receptor for PTN. PTN was shown to inactivate RPTPβ/ζ and thereby permit the activity of different tyrosine kinases to increase tyrosine phosphorylation of the substrates of RPTPβ/ζ at the sites that are dephosphorylated by RPTPβ/ζ in cells not stimulated by PTN. Subsequent studies identified β-catenin, β-adducin, Fyn, GIT1/Cat-1, P190RhoGAP, and histone deacetylase 2 (HDAC-2) as downstream targets of the PTN/RPTPβ/ζ signaling pathway and demonstrated that their levels of tyrosine phosphorylation increase in PTN-stimulated cells. This diversity of PTN-regulated targets is one basis for the pleiotrophic activities of PTN. We now demonstrate that tyrosine phosphorylation of ALK is increased in PTN-stimulated cells through the PTN/RPTPβ/ζ signaling pathway. It is furthermore shown that ALK is activated in PTN-stimulated cells when it is expressed in cells without its extracellular domain, that β-catenin is a substrate of ALK, that the tyrosine phosphorylation site in β-catenin phosphorylated by ALK is the same site dephosphorylated by RPTPβ/ζ, and that PTN-stimulated tyrosine phosphorylation of β-catenin requires expression of ALK. The data suggest a unique mechanism to activate ALK; the data support a mechanism in which β-catenin is phosphorylated in tyrosine through the coordinated inactivation of RPTPβ/ζ, the activation of the tyrosine kinase activity of ALK, and the phosphorylation of β-catenin by ALK at the same site regulated by RPTPβ/ζ in PTN-stimulated cells. Since PTN often is inappropriately expressed in the same malignancies that express ALK, the data suggest a mechanism through which ALK signaling may contribute to those malignancies that express full length ALK through the activity of PTN to signal constitutively the same pathways as NPM-ALK in ALCL.

scholarly journals Cell surface expression of receptor protein tyrosine phosphatase RPTP mu is regulated by cell-cell contact.

1995 ◽  
Vol 131 (1) ◽  
pp. 251-260 ◽  
Author(s):  
M F Gebbink ◽  
G C Zondag ◽  
G M Koningstein ◽  
E Feiken ◽  
R W Wubbolts ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cell Surface ◽  
Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase ◽  
Tyrosine Phosphatase ◽  
Surface Expression ◽  
Lung Epithelial Cells ◽  
Receptor Protein ◽  
Cell Surface Expression ◽  
Cell Contact ◽  
Protein Tyrosine ◽  
Cell Cell

RPTP mu is a transmembrane protein tyrosine phosphatase with an adhesion molecule-like ectodomain. It has recently been shown that RPTP mu mediates homophilic interactions when expressed in insect cells. In this study, we have examined how RPTP mu may function as a cell contact receptor in mink lung epithelial cells, which express RPTPmu endogenously, as well as in transfected 3T3 cells. We find that RPTP mu has a relatively short half-life (3-4 hours) and undergoes posttranslational cleavage into two noncovalently associated subunits, with both cleaved and uncleaved molecules being present on the cell surface (roughly at a 1:1 ratio); shedding of the ectodomain subunit is observed in exponentially growing cells. Immunofluorescence analysis reveals that surface expression of RPTPmu is restricted to regions of tight cell-cell contact. RPTPmu surface expression increases significantly with increasing cell density. This density-induced upregulation of RPTP mu is independent of its catalytic activity and is also observed when transcription is driven by a constitutive promoter, indicating that modulation of RPTPmu surface expression occurs posttranscriptionally. Based on our results, we propose the following model of RPTP mu function: In the absence of cell-cell contact, newly synthesized RPTP mu molecules are rapidly cleared from the cell surface. Cell-cell contact causes RPTPmu to be trapped at the surface through homophilic binding, resulting in accumulation of RPTP mu at intercellular contact regions. This contact-induced clustering of RPTPmu may then lead to tyrosine dephosphorylation of intracellular substrates at cell-cell contacts.

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