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The mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) senses nutrients and growth factors to coordinate cell growth, metabolism and autophagy. Extensive research has mapped the signaling pathways regulated by mTOR that are involved in human diseases, such as cancer, and in diabetes and ageing. Recently, however, new studies have demonstrated important roles for mTOR in promoting the differentiation of adult stem cells, driving the growth and proliferation of stem and progenitor cells, and dictating the differentiation program of multipotent stem cell populations. Here, we review these advances, providing an overview of mTOR signaling and its role in murine and human stem and progenitor cells.
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- Delong Meng
- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA.,Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA.,Hamon Center for Regenerative Science and Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA.,Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA.,Hamon Center for Regenerative Science and Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA .,Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA.,Hamon Center for Regenerative Science and Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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Thewke DP, Kou J, Fulmer ML, Xie Q. The HGF/MET Signaling and Therapeutics in Cancer. CURRENT HUMAN CELL RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/978-981-10-7296-3_8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Ferreira APA, Boucrot E. Mechanisms of Carrier Formation during Clathrin-Independent Endocytosis. Trends Cell Biol 2017; 28:188-200. [PMID: 29241687 DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2017.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2017] [Revised: 11/14/2017] [Accepted: 11/16/2017] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Clathrin-independent endocytosis (CIE) mediates the cellular uptake of many extracellular ligands, receptors, and pathogens, including several life-threatening bacterial toxins and viruses. So far, our understanding of CIE carrier formation has lagged behind that of clathrin-coated vesicles. Impediments have been the imprecise definition of some CIE pathways, the lack of specific cargoes being transported and of exclusive cytosolic markers and regulators. Notwithstanding these limitations, three distinct molecular mechanisms by which CIE carriers form can be defined. Cargo capture by cytosolic proteins is the main mechanism used by fast endophilin-mediated endocytosis (FEME) and interleukin 2 receptor (IL-2R) endocytosis. Acute signaling-induced membrane remodeling drives macropinocytosis. Finally, extracellular lipid or cargo clustering by the glycolipid-lectin (GL-Lect) hypothesis mediates the uptake of Shiga and cholera toxins and receptors by the CLIC/GEEC pathway. Here, we review these mechanisms and highlight current gaps in knowledge that will need to be addressed to complete our understanding of CIE.
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- Antonio P A Ferreira
- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Division of Biosciences, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Division of Biosciences, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, UK; Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, Birkbeck College, London, WC1E 7HX, UK.
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Konstorum A, Lowengrub JS. Activation of the HGF/c-Met axis in the tumor microenvironment: A multispecies model. J Theor Biol 2017; 439:86-99. [PMID: 29203124 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2017.11.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2017] [Revised: 10/24/2017] [Accepted: 11/30/2017] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The tumor microenvironment is an integral component in promoting tumor development. Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs), which reside in the tumor stroma, produce Hepatocyte Growth Factor (HGF), an important trigger for invasive and metastatic tumor behavior. HGF contributes to a pro-tumorigenic environment by activating its cognate receptor, c-Met, on tumor cells. Tumor cells, in turn, secrete growth factors that upregulate HGF production in CAFs, thereby establishing a dynamic tumor-host signaling program. Using a spatiotemporal multispecies model of tumor growth, we investigate how the development and spread of a tumor is impacted by the initiation of a dynamic interaction between tumor-derived growth factors and CAF-derived HGF. We show that establishment of such an interaction results in increased tumor growth and morphological instability, the latter due in part to increased cell species heterogeneity at the tumor-host boundary. Invasive behavior is further increased if the tumor lowers responsiveness to paracrine pro-differentiation signals, which is a hallmark of neoplastic development. By modeling anti-HGF and anti-c-Met therapy, we show how disruption of the HGF/c-Met axis can reduce tumor invasiveness and growth, thereby providing theoretical evidence that targeting tumor-microenvironment interactions is a promising avenue for therapeutic development.
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- Anna Konstorum
- Center for Quantitative Medicine, UConn Health, Farmington, CT, USA.
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- Department of Mathematics, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA; Center for Complex Biological Systems, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA; Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA; Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, Irvine, USA.
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Trophic factors control cellular physiology by activating specific receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs). While the over activation of RTK signaling pathways is associated with cell growth and cancer, recent findings support the concept that impaired down-regulation or deactivation of RTKs may also be a mechanism involved in tumor formation. Under this perspective, the molecular determinants of RTK signaling inhibition may act as tumor-suppressor genes and have a potential role as tumor markers to monitor and predict disease progression. Here, we review the current understanding of the physiological mechanisms that attenuate RTK signaling and discuss evidence that implicates deregulation of these events in cancer.
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Expression and mutational analysis of c-CBL and its relationship to the MET receptor in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Oncotarget 2017; 8:18726-18734. [PMID: 27244893 PMCID: PMC5386642 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.9640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2015] [Accepted: 04/16/2016] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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MET is frequently overexpressed in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) and degraded by c-CBL E3-ubiquitin ligase. We investigated genetic variations of c-CBL in HNSCC and the relationship between c-CBL and MET expression. High MET, low c-CBL expression was detected in 10 cell lines and 73 tumor tissues. Two novel mutations (L254S, L281F), and the single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) P782L were identified from archival tumor tissues. 27.3% of loss of heterozygosity was found at CBL locus. Ectopic expression of wild-type c-CBL in SCC-35 cells downregulated MET expression and decreased cell viability. These results suggest MET overexpression is related to altered c-CBL expression, which may influence tumorigenesis.
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Nuclear Met promotes hepatocellular carcinoma tumorigenesis and metastasis by upregulation of TAK1 and activation of NF-κB pathway. Cancer Lett 2017; 411:150-161. [PMID: 28989054 DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2017.09.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2017] [Revised: 09/18/2017] [Accepted: 09/26/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Presence of Met receptor tyrosine kinase in the nucleus of cells has been reported. However, the functions of Met which expresses in the nucleus (nMet) remain elusive. In this study, we found that nMet was increased in 89% of HCC tumorous tissues when compared with the corresponding non-tumorous liver tissues. nMet expression increased progressively along HCC development and significantly correlated with cirrhosis, poorer cellular differentiation, venous invasion, late stage HCC and poorer overall survival. Western blot analysis revealed that nMet is a 48-kDa protein comprising the carboxyl terminal of Met receptor. Induced expression of nMet promoted HCC cell growth, migration and invasiveness in vitro and tumorigenesis and pulmonary metastasis in vivo. Luciferase assay showed that nMet activated NF-κB pathway. Indeed, p-IKKα/β and nuclear p-p65 were higher in nMet stable cells than in the control cells. Perturbation of TAK1/NF-κB axis abrogated the aggressiveness of HCC cells, both in vitro and in vivo. In conclusion, nMet was overexpressed and as a potential prognostic biomarker of HCC. Functionally, nMet accelerated HCC tumorigenesis and metastasis via the activation of TAK1/NF-κB pathway.
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Flaig TW, Kamat AM, Hansel D, Ingersoll MA, Barton Grossman H, Mendelsohn C, DeGraff D, Liao JC, Taylor JA. Proceedings of the 3rd Annual Albert Institute for Bladder Cancer Research Symposium. Bladder Cancer 2017; 3:211-223. [PMID: 28824949 PMCID: PMC5545918 DOI: 10.3233/blc-170111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The Third Annual Albert Institute Bladder Symposium was held on September 8–10th, 2016, in Denver Colorado. Participants discussed several critical topics in the field of bladder cancer: 1) Best practices for tissue analysis and use to optimize correlative studies, 2) Modeling bladder cancer to facilitate understanding and innovation, 3) Targeted therapies for bladder cancer, 4) Tumor phylogeny in bladder cancer, 5) New Innovations in bladder cancer diagnostics. Our understanding of and approach to treating urothelial carcinoma is undergoing rapid advancement. Preclinical models of bladder cancer have been leveraged to increase our basic and mechanistic understanding of the disease. With the approval of immune checkpoint inhibitors for the treatment of advanced urothelial carcinoma, the treatment approach for these patients has quickly changed. In this light, molecularly-defined subtypes of bladder cancer and appropriate pre-clinical models are now essential to the further advancement and appropriate application of these therapeutic improvements. The optimal collection and processing of clinical urothelial carcinoma tissues samples will also be critical in the development of predictive biomarkers for therapeutic selection. Technological advances in other areas including optimal imaging technologies and micro/nanotechnologies are being applied to bladder cancer, especially in the localized setting, and hold the potential for translational impact in the treatment of bladder cancer patients. Taken together, advances in several basic science and clinical areas are now converging in bladder cancer. These developments hold the promise of shaping and improving the clinical care of those with the disease.
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- Thomas W Flaig
- Department of Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Department of Urology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University ofCalifornia San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Penn State University, Hershey, PA, USA
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- Department of Urology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- University of Kansas, Department of Urology, Kansas City, KS, USA
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Kaul Z, Chakrabarti O. Tumor susceptibility gene 101 regulates predisposition to apoptosis via ESCRT machinery accessory proteins. Mol Biol Cell 2017; 28:2106-2122. [PMID: 28539405 PMCID: PMC5509423 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e16-12-0855] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2016] [Revised: 05/11/2017] [Accepted: 05/16/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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ESCRT proteins are implicated in myriad cellular processes, including endosome formation, fusion of autophagosomes/amphisomes with lysosomes, and apoptosis. The role played by these proteins in either facilitating or protecting against apoptosis is unclear. In this study, while trying to understand how deficiency of Mahogunin RING finger 1 (MGRN1) affects cell viability, we uncovered a novel role for its interactor, the ESCRT-I protein TSG101: it directly participates in mitigating ER stress-mediated apoptosis. The association of TSG101 with ALIX prevents predisposition to apoptosis, whereas ALIX-ALG-2 interaction favors a death phenotype. Altered Ca2+ homeostasis in cells and a simultaneous increase in the protein levels of ALIX and ALG-2 are required to elicit apoptosis by activating ER stress-associated caspase 4/12. We further demonstrate that in the presence of membrane-associated, disease-causing prion protein CtmPrP, increased ALIX and ALG-2 levels are detected along with ER stress markers and associated caspases in transgenic brain lysates and cells. These effects were rescued by overexpression of TSG101. This is significant because MGRN1 deficiency is closely associated with neurodegeneration and prenatal and neonatal mortality, which could be due to excess cell death in selected brain regions or myocardial apoptosis during embryonic development.
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- Zenia Kaul
- Biophysics and Structural Genomics Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata 700064, India
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- Biophysics and Structural Genomics Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata 700064, India
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Zhu Y, Zhang X, Wang L, Ji Z, Xie M, Zhou X, Liu Z, Shi H, Yu R. Loss of SH3GL2 promotes the migration and invasion behaviours of glioblastoma cells through activating the STAT3/MMP2 signalling. J Cell Mol Med 2017; 21:2685-2694. [PMID: 28470949 PMCID: PMC5661104 DOI: 10.1111/jcmm.13184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2016] [Accepted: 03/06/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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SH3GL2 (Src homology 3 (SH3) domain GRB2‐like 2) is mainly expressed in the central nervous system and regarded as a tumour suppressor in human glioma. However, the molecular mechanism of the SH3GL2 protein involved in malignant behaviours of human glioma has not been elucidated. In this study, we tried to investigate the role of SH3GL2 in glioma cell migration and invasion and explore its underlined molecular mechanism. Firstly, we discovered that the protein level of SH3GL2 was widely decreased in the human glioma patients, especially in high‐grade glioma tissues. Then, we determined the role of SH3GL2 in migration and invasion of glioma cells upon SH3GL2 knocking down and overexpressing. It was showed that knocking down of SH3GL2 promoted the migration and invasion of glioma cells, whereas overexpression of SH3GL2 inhibited them. Further study on molecular mechanism disclosed that silencing of SH3GL2 obviously activated the STAT3 (signal transducer and activator of transcription 3) signalling thereby promoting the expression and secretion of MMP2. On the contrary, overexpression of SH3GL2 had opposite effect. Taken together, the above results suggest that SH3GL2 suppresses migration and invasion behaviours of glioma cells through negatively regulating STAT3/MMP2 signalling and that loss of SH3GL2 may intensify the STAT3/MMP2 signalling thereby contributing to the migration and invasion of glioma cells.
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- Yufu Zhu
- Institute of Nervous System Diseases, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China.,Brain Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China
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- Institute of Nervous System Diseases, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China.,The Graduate School, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China
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- Institute of Nervous System Diseases, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China.,Brain Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China
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- Institute of Nervous System Diseases, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China.,The Graduate School, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China
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- Institute of Nervous System Diseases, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China.,Brain Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China
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- The Graduate School, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China.,Department of General Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- The Graduate School, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China.,Department of General Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Institute of Nervous System Diseases, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China.,Brain Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China
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- Institute of Nervous System Diseases, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China.,Brain Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China
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Targeting c-MET in gastrointestinal tumours: rationale, opportunities and challenges. Nat Rev Clin Oncol 2017; 14:562-576. [PMID: 28374784 DOI: 10.1038/nrclinonc.2017.40] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Data from many preclinical studies, including those using cellular models of colorectal, gastric, gastro-oesophageal and gastro-oesophageal junction cancers, indicate that the hepatocyte growth factor (HGF)-hepatocyte growth factor receptor (c-MET) pathway is vital for the growth, survival and invasive potential of gastrointestinal cancers. Following the availability of data from these various studies, and data on c-MET expression as a biomarker that indicates a poor prognosis in patients with gastrointestinal cancer and increased c-MET expression, inhibitors targeting this pathway have entered the clinic in the past decade. However, the design of clinical trials that incorporate the use of HGF/c-MET inhibitors in their most appropriate genetic and molecular context remains crucial. Recognizing and responding to this challenge, the European Commission funded Framework 7 MErCuRIC programme is running a biomarker-enriched clinical trial investigating the efficacy of combined c-MET/MEK inhibition in patients with RAS-mutant or RAS-wild-type metastatic colorectal cancer with aberrant c-MET expression. The design of this trial enables the continued refinement of the predictive biomarker and co-development of companion diagnostics. In this Review, we focus on advances in our understanding of inhibition of the HGF/c-MET pathway in patients with gastro-intestinal cancers, the prominent challenges facing the clinical translation and implementation of agents targeting HGF/c-MET, and discuss the various efforts, and associated obstacles to the discovery and validation of biomarkers that will enable patient stratification in this context.
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Farrell PJ, Matuszkiewicz J, Balakrishna D, Pandya S, Hixon MS, Kamran R, Chu S, Lawson JD, Okada K, Hori A, Mizutani A, Iwata H, de Jong R, Hibner B, Vincent P. MET Tyrosine Kinase Inhibition Enhances the Antitumor Efficacy of an HGF Antibody. Mol Cancer Ther 2017; 16:1269-1278. [PMID: 28341789 DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.mct-16-0771] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2016] [Revised: 12/13/2016] [Accepted: 03/15/2017] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Receptor tyrosine kinase therapies have proven to be efficacious in specific cancer patient populations; however, a significant limitation of tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) treatment is the emergence of resistance mechanisms leading to a transient, partial, or complete lack of response. Combination therapies using agents with synergistic activity have potential to improve response and reduce acquired resistance. Chemoreagent or TKI treatment can lead to increased expression of hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) and/or MET, and this effect correlates with increased metastasis and poor prognosis. Despite MET's role in resistance and cancer biology, MET TKI monotherapy has yielded disappointing clinical responses. In this study, we describe the biological activity of a selective, oral MET TKI with slow off-rate and its synergistic antitumor effects when combined with an anti-HGF antibody. We evaluated the combined action of simultaneously neutralizing HGF ligand and inhibiting MET kinase activity in two cancer xenograft models that exhibit autocrine HGF/MET activation. The combination therapy results in additive antitumor activity in KP4 pancreatic tumors and synergistic activity in U-87MG glioblastoma tumors. Pharmacodynamic characterization of biomarkers that correlate with combination synergy reveal that monotherapies induce an increase in the total MET protein, whereas combination therapy significantly reduces total MET protein levels and phosphorylation of 4E-BP1. These results hold promise that dual targeting of HGF and MET by combining extracellular ligand inhibitors with intracellular MET TKIs could be an effective intervention strategy for cancer patients who have acquired resistance that is dependent on total MET protein. Mol Cancer Ther; 16(7); 1269-78. ©2017 AACR.
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- Pamela J Farrell
- Department of Biological Sciences, Takeda California, San Diego, California.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Takeda California, San Diego, California
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Takeda California, San Diego, California
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Takeda California, San Diego, California
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- Department of Chemistry, Takeda California, San Diego, California
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- Department of Computational Sciences and Crystallography, Takeda California, San Diego, California
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- Pharmaceutical Research Division, Takeda Pharmaceutical Companies Ltd, Shonan, Japan
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- Pharmaceutical Research Division, Takeda Pharmaceutical Companies Ltd, Shonan, Japan
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- Pharmaceutical Research Division, Takeda Pharmaceutical Companies Ltd, Shonan, Japan
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- Pharmaceutical Research Division, Takeda Pharmaceutical Companies Ltd, Shonan, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Takeda California, San Diego, California
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- Oncology Biology, Takeda Boston, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Takeda California, San Diego, California
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Newly synthesized transmembrane proteins undergo a series of steps to ensure that only the required amount of correctly folded protein is localized to the membrane. The regulation of protein quality and its abundance at the membrane are often controlled by ubiquitination, a multistep enzymatic process that results in the attachment of ubiquitin, or chains of ubiquitin to the target protein. Protein ubiquitination acts as a signal for sorting, trafficking, and the removal of membrane proteins via endocytosis, a process through which multiple ubiquitin ligases are known to specifically regulate the functions of a number of ion channels, transporters, and signaling receptors. Endocytic removal of these proteins through ubiquitin-dependent endocytosis provides a way to rapidly downregulate the physiological outcomes, and defects in such controls are directly linked to human pathologies. Recent evidence suggests that ubiquitination is also involved in the shedding of membranes and associated proteins as extracellular vesicles, thereby not only controlling the cell surface levels of some membrane proteins, but also their potential transport to neighboring cells. In this review, we summarize the mechanisms and functions of ubiquitination of membrane proteins and provide specific examples of ubiquitin-dependent regulation of membrane proteins.
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- Natalie Foot
- Centre for Cancer Biology, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
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- Centre for Cancer Biology, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
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- Centre for Cancer Biology, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
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Jeon HM, Lee J. MET: roles in epithelial-mesenchymal transition and cancer stemness. ANNALS OF TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE 2017; 5:5. [PMID: 28164090 DOI: 10.21037/atm.2016.12.67] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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In a number of cancers, deregulated MET pathway leads to aberrantly activated proliferative and invasive signaling programs that promote malignant transformation, cell motility and migration, angiogenesis, survival in hypoxia, and invasion. A better understanding of oncogenic MET signaling will help us to discover effective therapeutic approaches and to identify which tumors are likely to respond to MET-targeted cancer therapy. In this review, we will summarize the roles of MET signaling in cancer, with particular focus on epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and cancer stemness. Then, we will provide update on MET targeting agents and discuss the challenges that should be overcome for the development of an effective therapy.
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- Hye-Min Jeon
- Department of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
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- Department of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
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Song K, Russo G, Krauss M. Septins As Modulators of Endo-Lysosomal Membrane Traffic. Front Cell Dev Biol 2016; 4:124. [PMID: 27857942 PMCID: PMC5093113 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2016.00124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2016] [Accepted: 10/19/2016] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Septins constitute a family of GTP-binding proteins, which assemble into non-polar filaments in a nucleotide-dependent manner. These filaments can be recruited to negatively charged membrane surfaces. When associated with membranes septin filaments can act as diffusion barriers, which confine subdomains of distinct biological functions. In addition, they serve scaffolding roles by recruiting cytosolic proteins and other cytoskeletal elements. Septins have been implicated in a large variety of membrane-dependent processes, including cytokinesis, signaling, cell migration, and membrane traffic, and several family members have been implicated in disease. However, surprisingly little is known about the molecular mechanisms underlying their biological functions. This review summarizes evidence in support of regulatory roles of septins during endo-lysosomal sorting, with a particular focus on phosphoinositides, which serve as spatial landmarks guiding septin recruitment to distinct subcellular localizations.
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- Kyungyeun Song
- Leibniz-Institut für Molekulare Pharmakologie Berlin, Germany
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- Leibniz-Institut für Molekulare Pharmakologie Berlin, Germany
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- Leibniz-Institut für Molekulare Pharmakologie Berlin, Germany
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Murdoch JD, Rostosky CM, Gowrisankaran S, Arora AS, Soukup SF, Vidal R, Capece V, Freytag S, Fischer A, Verstreken P, Bonn S, Raimundo N, Milosevic I. Endophilin-A Deficiency Induces the Foxo3a-Fbxo32 Network in the Brain and Causes Dysregulation of Autophagy and the Ubiquitin-Proteasome System. Cell Rep 2016; 17:1071-1086. [PMID: 27720640 PMCID: PMC5080600 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2016.09.058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2016] [Revised: 06/24/2016] [Accepted: 09/19/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Endophilin-A, a well-characterized endocytic adaptor essential for synaptic vesicle recycling, has recently been linked to neurodegeneration. We report here that endophilin-A deficiency results in impaired movement, age-dependent ataxia, and neurodegeneration in mice. Transcriptional analysis of endophilin-A mutant mice, complemented by proteomics, highlighted ataxia- and protein-homeostasis-related genes and revealed upregulation of the E3-ubiquitin ligase FBXO32/atrogin-1 and its transcription factor FOXO3A. FBXO32 overexpression triggers apoptosis in cultured cells and neurons but, remarkably, coexpression of endophilin-A rescues it. FBXO32 interacts with all three endophilin-A proteins. Similarly to endophilin-A, FBXO32 tubulates membranes and localizes on clathrin-coated structures. Additionally, FBXO32 and endophilin-A are necessary for autophagosome formation, and both colocalize transiently with autophagosomes. Our results point to a role for endophilin-A proteins in autophagy and protein degradation, processes that are impaired in their absence, potentially contributing to neurodegeneration and ataxia. Endophilin-A is needed for autophagosome formation in mammalian neurons and brain Absence of endophilin-A upregulates the E3-ubiquitin ligase FBXO32 FBXO32-endophilin-A interaction maintains neuronal health and protein homeostasis Endophilin-A KO mice show age-dependent ataxia, motor impairments, and neurodegeneration
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- John D Murdoch
- European Neuroscience Institute (ENI), 37077 Göttingen, Germany; Institute of Cellular Biochemistry, University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG), 37073 Göttingen, Germany
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- VIB Center for Brain & Disease Research, 3000 Leuven, Belgium; KU Leuven Department of Human Genetics, Leuven Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease (LIND), 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- Computational Systems Biology, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Computational Systems Biology, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- European Neuroscience Institute (ENI), 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Epigenetics and Systems Medicine in Neurodegenerative Diseases, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), 37077 Göttingen, Germany; Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Göttingen, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- VIB Center for Brain & Disease Research, 3000 Leuven, Belgium; KU Leuven Department of Human Genetics, Leuven Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease (LIND), 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- Computational Systems Biology, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute of Cellular Biochemistry, University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG), 37073 Göttingen, Germany.
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- European Neuroscience Institute (ENI), 37077 Göttingen, Germany.
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Kühn J, Wong LE, Pirkuliyeva S, Schulz K, Schwiegk C, Fünfgeld KG, Keppler S, Batista FD, Urlaub H, Habeck M, Becker S, Griesinger C, Wienands J. The adaptor protein CIN85 assembles intracellular signaling clusters for B cell activation. Sci Signal 2016; 9:ra66. [PMID: 27353366 DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.aad6275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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The adaptor molecule Cbl-interacting protein of 85 kD (CIN85) regulates signaling from a number of cell surface receptors, such as growth factor receptors and antigen receptors on lymphocytes. Because of its multidomain structure, CIN85 is thought to act as a classical adaptor protein that connects functionally distinct components of a given signaling pathway through diverse protein domains. However, we found that in B lymphocytes, CIN85 functions to oligomerize SLP-65, which is the central effector protein of the B cell receptor (BCR). Therefore, CIN85 trimerizes through a carboxyl-terminal, coiled-coil domain. The multiple Src homology 3 (SH3) domains of trimeric CIN85 molecules associated with multiple SLP-65 molecules, which recruited further CIN85 trimers, thereby perpetuating the oligomerization process. Formation of this oligomeric signaling complex in resting B cells rendered the cells poised for the efficient initiation of intracellular signaling upon BCR stimulation. Our data suggest that the functionality of signaling cascades does not rely solely on the qualitative linkage of their various components but requires a critical number of effectors to become concentrated in signaling complexes.
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- Julius Kühn
- Institute of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Georg August University of Göttingen, Humboldtallee 34, 37073 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of NMR-based Structural Biology, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Am Fassberg 11, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Georg August University of Göttingen, Humboldtallee 34, 37073 Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Georg August University of Göttingen, Humboldtallee 34, 37073 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of NMR-based Structural Biology, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Am Fassberg 11, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department for Cellular Logistic, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Lymphocyte Interaction Laboratory, London Research Institute, Cancer Research UK, Lincoln's Inn Fields 44, London WC2A 3LY, UK
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- Lymphocyte Interaction Laboratory, London Research Institute, Cancer Research UK, Lincoln's Inn Fields 44, London WC2A 3LY, UK
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- Bioanalytical Mass Spectrometry, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, 37077 Göttingen, Germany. Bioanalytics Group, Institute for Clinical Chemistry, University Medical Center, Robert-Koch-Strasse 40, 37075 Göttingen, Germany
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- Statistical Inverse Problems in Biophysics, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of NMR-based Structural Biology, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Am Fassberg 11, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of NMR-based Structural Biology, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Am Fassberg 11, 37077 Göttingen, Germany.
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- Institute of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Georg August University of Göttingen, Humboldtallee 34, 37073 Göttingen, Germany.
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Mercier V, Laporte MH, Destaing O, Blot B, Blouin CM, Pernet-Gallay K, Chatellard C, Saoudi Y, Albiges-Rizo C, Lamaze C, Fraboulet S, Petiot A, Sadoul R. ALG-2 interacting protein-X (Alix) is essential for clathrin-independent endocytosis and signaling. Sci Rep 2016; 6:26986. [PMID: 27244115 PMCID: PMC4886688 DOI: 10.1038/srep26986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2016] [Accepted: 05/09/2016] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The molecular mechanisms and the biological functions of clathrin independent endocytosis (CIE) remain largely elusive. Alix (ALG-2 interacting protein X), has been assigned roles in membrane deformation and fission both in endosomes and at the plasma membrane. Using Alix ko cells, we show for the first time that Alix regulates fluid phase endocytosis and internalization of cargoes entering cells via CIE, but has no apparent effect on clathrin mediated endocytosis or downstream endosomal trafficking. We show that Alix acts with endophilin-A to promote CIE of cholera toxin and to regulate cell migration. We also found that Alix is required for fast endocytosis and downstream signaling of the interleukin-2 receptor giving a first indication that CIE is necessary for activation of at least some surface receptors. In addition to characterizing a new function for Alix, our results highlight Alix ko cells as a unique tool to unravel the biological consequences of CIE.
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- Vincent Mercier
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Unité 1216, F-38042 Grenoble, France.,Université Grenoble Alpes, Institut des Neurosciences, F-38042 Grenoble, France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Unité 1216, F-38042 Grenoble, France.,Université Grenoble Alpes, Institut des Neurosciences, F-38042 Grenoble, France
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- INSERM U1209, Grenoble, F-38042, France.,Université Grenoble Alpes, Institut Albert Bonniot, F-38000 Grenoble, France.,CNRS UMR 5309, F-38000 Grenoble, France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Unité 1216, F-38042 Grenoble, France.,Université Grenoble Alpes, Institut des Neurosciences, F-38042 Grenoble, France
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- Institut Curie, PSL Research University, Membrane Dynamics and Mechanics of Intracellular Signaling Laboratory, Paris, France.,INSERM, U1143, Paris, France.,CNRS, UMR 3666, Paris, France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Unité 1216, F-38042 Grenoble, France.,Université Grenoble Alpes, Institut des Neurosciences, F-38042 Grenoble, France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Unité 1216, F-38042 Grenoble, France.,Université Grenoble Alpes, Institut des Neurosciences, F-38042 Grenoble, France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Unité 1216, F-38042 Grenoble, France.,Université Grenoble Alpes, Institut des Neurosciences, F-38042 Grenoble, France
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- INSERM U1209, Grenoble, F-38042, France.,Université Grenoble Alpes, Institut Albert Bonniot, F-38000 Grenoble, France.,CNRS UMR 5309, F-38000 Grenoble, France
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- Institut Curie, PSL Research University, Membrane Dynamics and Mechanics of Intracellular Signaling Laboratory, Paris, France.,INSERM, U1143, Paris, France.,CNRS, UMR 3666, Paris, France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Unité 1216, F-38042 Grenoble, France.,Université Grenoble Alpes, Institut des Neurosciences, F-38042 Grenoble, France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Unité 1216, F-38042 Grenoble, France.,Université Grenoble Alpes, Institut des Neurosciences, F-38042 Grenoble, France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Unité 1216, F-38042 Grenoble, France.,Université Grenoble Alpes, Institut des Neurosciences, F-38042 Grenoble, France
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Lucarelli S, Pandey R, Judge G, Antonescu CN. Similar requirement for clathrin in EGF- and HGF- stimulated Akt phosphorylation. Commun Integr Biol 2016; 9:e1175696. [PMID: 27489582 PMCID: PMC4951169 DOI: 10.1080/19420889.2016.1175696] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2016] [Revised: 03/30/2016] [Accepted: 04/01/2016] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Receptor tyrosine kinases, such as the epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor (EGFR) and Met lead to activation of intracellular signals including Akt, a critical regulator of cell survival, metabolism and proliferation. Upon binding their respective ligands, each of these receptors is recruited into clathrin coated pits (CCPs) eventually leading to endocytosis. We have recently shown that phosphorylation of Gab1 and Akt following EGFR activation requires clathrin, but does not require receptor endocytosis. We examined whether clathrin regulates Akt signaling downstream of Met, as it does for EGFR signaling. Stimulation with the Met ligand Hepatocyte Growth Factor (HGF) leads to enrichment of phosphorylated Gab1 (pGab1) within CCPs in ARPE-19 cells. Perturbation of clathrin using the inhibitor pitstop2 decreases HGF-stimulated Akt phosphorylation. These results indicate that clathrin may regulate Met signaling leading to Akt phosphorylation similarly as it does for EGFR signaling.
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- Stefanie Lucarelli
- Department of Chemistry and Biology, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Graduate Program in Molecular Science, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biology, Ryerson University , Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biology, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Graduate Program in Molecular Science, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biology, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Graduate Program in Molecular Science, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science of St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Ariyawutyakorn W, Saichaemchan S, Varella-Garcia M. Understanding and Targeting MET Signaling in Solid Tumors - Are We There Yet? J Cancer 2016; 7:633-49. [PMID: 27076844 PMCID: PMC4829549 DOI: 10.7150/jca.12663] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2015] [Accepted: 01/22/2016] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The MET signaling pathway plays an important role in normal physiology and its deregulation has proved critical for development of numerous solid tumors. Different technologies have been used to investigate the genomic and proteomic status of MET in cancer patients and its association with disease prognosis. Moreover, with the development of targeted therapeutic drugs, there is an urgent need to identify potential biomarkers for selection of patients who are more likely to derive benefit from these agents. Unfortunately, the variety of technical platforms and analysis criteria for diagnosis has brought confusion to the field and a lack of agreement in the evaluation of MET status as a prognostic or predictive marker for targeted therapy agents. We review the molecular mechanisms involved in the deregulation of the MET signaling pathway in solid tumors, the different technologies used for diagnosis, and the main factors that affect the outcome, emphasizing the urge for completing analytical and clinical validation of these tests. We also review the current clinical studies with MET targeted agents, which mostly focus on lung cancer.
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- Witthawat Ariyawutyakorn
- 1. Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, 110 Intavarorod Rd., Muang, Chiang Mai, Thailand 50200
- 3. Department of Medicine, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, 12801 East 17th Ave, RC1 South, L18-8118, Mail Stop 8117, Aurora, Colorado, USA 80045
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- 2. Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine, Phramongkutklao Hospital and College of Medicine, 315 Phayathai Rd., Ratchathewi, Bangkok, Thailand 10400
- 3. Department of Medicine, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, 12801 East 17th Ave, RC1 South, L18-8118, Mail Stop 8117, Aurora, Colorado, USA 80045
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- 3. Department of Medicine, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, 12801 East 17th Ave, RC1 South, L18-8118, Mail Stop 8117, Aurora, Colorado, USA 80045
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Smith G, Tomlinson D, Harrison M, Ponnambalam S. Chapter Eight - Ubiquitin-Mediated Regulation of Cellular Responses to Vascular Endothelial Growth Factors. PROGRESS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE 2016; 141:313-38. [DOI: 10.1016/bs.pmbts.2016.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Fan SHY, Numata Y, Numata M. Endosomal Na+/H+ exchanger NHE5 influences MET recycling and cell migration. Mol Biol Cell 2015; 27:702-15. [PMID: 26700318 PMCID: PMC4750928 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e15-04-0257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2015] [Accepted: 12/18/2015] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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The neuron-enriched Na+/H+ exchanger NHE5 is expressed in C6 glioma cells, acidifies recycling endosomes, and modulates cell surface abundance of receptor tyrosine kinases MET and EGFR. NHE5 depletion impairs MET recycling and facilitates degradation, thereby impairing cell migration and polarity. Increased recycling and elevated cell surface expression of receptors serve as a mechanism for persistent receptor-mediated signaling. We show that the neuron-enriched Na+/H+ exchanger NHE5 is abundantly expressed in C6 glioma cells and plays an important part in regulating cell surface expression of the receptor tyrosine kinases MET and EGF receptor. NHE5 is associated with transferrin receptor (TfR)- and Rab11-positive recycling endosomal membranes, and NHE5 knockdown by short hairpin RNA significantly elevates pH of TfR-positive recycling endosomes. We present evidence that NHE5 facilitates MET recycling to the plasma membrane, protects MET from degradation, and modulates HGF-induced phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase and mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling. Moreover, NHE5 depletion abrogates Rac1 and Cdc42 signaling and actin cytoskeletal remodeling. We further show that NHE5 knockdown impairs directed cell migration and causes loss of cell polarity. Our study highlights a possible role of recycling endosomal pH in regulating receptor-mediated signaling through vesicular trafficking.
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- Steven Hung-Yi Fan
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada
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Ubiquitination switches EphA2 vesicular traffic from a continuous safeguard to a finite signalling mode. Nat Commun 2015; 6:8047. [PMID: 26292967 PMCID: PMC4560775 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2015] [Accepted: 07/11/2015] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Autocatalytic phosphorylation of receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs) enables diverse, context-dependent responses to extracellular signals but comes at the price of autonomous, ligand-independent activation. Using a conformational biosensor that reports on the kinase activity of the cell guidance ephrin receptor type-A (EphA2) in living cells, we observe that autonomous EphA2 activation is suppressed by vesicular recycling and dephosphorylation by protein tyrosine phosphatases 1B (PTP1B) near the pericentriolar recycling endosome. This spatial segregation of catalytically superior PTPs from RTKs at the plasma membrane is essential to preserve ligand responsiveness. Ligand-induced clustering, on the other hand, promotes phosphorylation of a c-Cbl docking site and ubiquitination of the receptor, thereby redirecting it to the late endosome/lysosome. We show that this switch from cyclic to unidirectional receptor trafficking converts a continuous suppressive safeguard mechanism into a transient ligand-responsive signalling mode.
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Adam RM, DeGraff DJ. Molecular mechanisms of squamous differentiation in urothelial cell carcinoma: a paradigm for molecular subtyping of urothelial cell carcinoma of the bladder. Urol Oncol 2015; 33:444-50. [PMID: 26254697 DOI: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2015.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2015] [Revised: 05/26/2015] [Accepted: 06/15/2015] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND Recent molecular characterization studies focusing on bladder cancer have provided a wealth of information, including the identification of specific molecular subtypes of this disease. Interestingly, a particular molecular subtype identified by several different groups is characterized, at least in part, by the presence of squamous differentiation (SqD) in a significant fraction of primary tumors. Tumors that exhibit SqD are extremely aggressive. Moreover, conflicting reports exist relative to the sensitivity of bladder tumors exhibiting SqD to multimodal treatment. Bladder cancers that exhibit SqD appear to be distinct clinical entities and are often associated with a specific molecular subtype; therefore, it is important to understand the molecular drivers of this process. PURPOSE Because presence of SqD is closely associated with a basal molecular phenotype, we review the evidence for specific pathways in SqD. In addition, we pose key areas for future exploration.
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- Rosalyn M Adam
- Department of Urology, Boston Children׳s Hospital, Boston, MA; Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Department of Pathology, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA; Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA.
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Yakymovych I, Yakymovych M, Zang G, Mu Y, Bergh A, Landström M, Heldin CH. CIN85 modulates TGFβ signaling by promoting the presentation of TGFβ receptors on the cell surface. J Cell Biol 2015; 210:319-32. [PMID: 26169354 PMCID: PMC4508896 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201411025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2014] [Accepted: 06/03/2015] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Members of the transforming growth factor β (TGFβ) family initiate cellular responses by binding to TGFβ receptor type II (TβRII) and type I (TβRI) serine/threonine kinases, whereby Smad2 and Smad3 are phosphorylated and activated, promoting their association with Smad4. We report here that TβRI interacts with the SH3 domains of the adaptor protein CIN85 in response to TGFβ stimulation in a TRAF6-dependent manner. Small interfering RNA-mediated knockdown of CIN85 resulted in accumulation of TβRI in intracellular compartments and diminished TGFβ-stimulated Smad2 phosphorylation. Overexpression of CIN85 instead increased the amount of TβRI at the cell surface. This effect was inhibited by a dominant-negative mutant of Rab11, suggesting that CIN85 promoted recycling of TGFβ receptors. CIN85 enhanced TGFβ-stimulated Smad2 phosphorylation, transcriptional responses, and cell migration. CIN85 expression correlated with the degree of malignancy of prostate cancers. Collectively, our results reveal that CIN85 promotes recycling of TGFβ receptors and thereby positively regulates TGFβ signaling.
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- Ihor Yakymovych
- Science for Life Laboratory, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research Ltd., Uppsala University, SE-75124 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Science for Life Laboratory, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research Ltd., Uppsala University, SE-75124 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Biosciences and Pathology, Umeå University, SE-90185 Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Biosciences and Pathology, Umeå University, SE-90185 Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Biosciences and Pathology, Umeå University, SE-90185 Umeå, Sweden
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- Science for Life Laboratory, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research Ltd., Uppsala University, SE-75124 Uppsala, Sweden Department of Medical Biosciences and Pathology, Umeå University, SE-90185 Umeå, Sweden
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- Science for Life Laboratory, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research Ltd., Uppsala University, SE-75124 Uppsala, Sweden
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Identification of a novel MET mutation in high-grade glioma resulting in an auto-active intracellular protein. Acta Neuropathol 2015; 130:131-44. [PMID: 25862637 PMCID: PMC4469304 DOI: 10.1007/s00401-015-1420-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2015] [Revised: 03/13/2015] [Accepted: 03/25/2015] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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MET has gained interest as a therapeutic target for a number of malignancies because of its involvement in tumorigenesis, invasion and metastasis. At present, a number of inhibitors, both antibodies against MET or its ligand hepatocyte growth factor, and small molecule MET tyrosine kinase inhibitors are in clinical trials. We here describe a novel variant of MET that is expressed in 6 % of high-grade gliomas. Characterization of this mutation in a glioma cell line revealed that it consists of an intronic deletion, resulting in a splice event connecting an intact splice donor site in exon 6 with the next splice acceptor site being that of exon 9. The encoded protein lacks parts of the extracellular IPT domains 1 and 2, encoded by exons 7 and 8, resulting in a novel pseudo-IPT and is named METΔ7−8. METΔ7−8 is located predominantly in the cytosol and is constitutively active. The auto-activating nature of METΔ7−8, in combination with a lack of transmembrane localization, renders METΔ7−8 not targetable using antibodies, although the protein is efficiently deactivated by MET-specific tyrosine kinase inhibitors. Testing of MET-expressing tumors for the presence of this variant may be important for treatment decision making.
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Inoue K, Ishibe S. Podocyte endocytosis in the regulation of the glomerular filtration barrier. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2015; 309:F398-405. [PMID: 26084928 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00136.2015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2015] [Accepted: 06/15/2015] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Severe defects in the glomerular filtration barrier result in nephrotic syndrome, which is characterized by massive proteinuria. The podocyte, a specialized epithelial cell with interdigitating foot processes separated by a slit diaphragm, plays a vital role in regulating the passage of proteins from the capillary lumen to Bowman's space. Recent findings suggest a critical role for endocytosis in podocyte biology as highlighted by genetic mouse models of disease and human genetic mutations that result in the loss of the integrity of the glomerular filtration barrier. In vitro podocyte studies have also unraveled a plethora of constituents that are differentially internalized to maintain homeostasis. These observations provide a framework and impetus for understanding the precise regulation of podocyte endocytic machinery in both health and disease.
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- Kazunori Inoue
- Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
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Pérez-Ramírez C, Cañadas-Garre M, Jiménez-Varo E, Faus-Dáder MJ, Calleja-Hernández MÁ. MET: a new promising biomarker in non-small-cell lung carcinoma. Pharmacogenomics 2015; 16:631-47. [PMID: 25893986 DOI: 10.2217/pgs.15.11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) leads cancer-related deaths worldwide. Mutations in the kinase domain of the EGFR gene provide sensitivity to tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI) drugs. TKI show initial response rates over 75% in mutant EGFR-NSCLC patients, although most of these patients acquire resistance to EGFR inhibitors after therapy. EGFR-TKI resistance mechanisms include amplification in MET and its ligand, and also MET mutations. MET signaling dysregulation has been involved in tumor cell growth, survival, migration and invasion, angiogenesis and activation of several pathways, therefore representing an attractive target for anticancer drug development. In this review, we will discuss MET-related mechanisms of EGFR-TKI resistance in NSCLC, as well as the main drugs targeted to inhibit MET pathway.
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- Cristina Pérez-Ramírez
- Pharmacogenetics Unit, UGC Provincial de Farmacia de Granada, Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria de Granada, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Granada, Avda Fuerzas Armadas, 2, 18014 Granada, Spain
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Sprouty proteins are evolutionarily conserved modulators of MAPK/ERK pathway. Through interacting with an increasing number of effectors, mediators, and regulators with ultimate influence on multiple targets within or beyond ERK, Sprouty orchestrates a complex, multilayered regulatory system and mediates a crosstalk among different signaling pathways for a coordinated cellular response. As such, Sprouty has been implicated in various developmental and physiological processes. Evidence shows that ERK is aberrantly activated in malignant conditions. Accordingly, Sprouty deregulation has been reported in different cancer types and shown to impact cancer development, progression, and metastasis. In this article, we have tried to provide an overview of the current knowledge about the Sprouty physiology and its regulatory functions in health, as well as an updated review of the Sprouty status in cancer. Putative implications of Sprouty in cancer biology, their clinical relevance, and their proposed applications are also revisited. As a developing story, however, role of Sprouty in cancer remains to be further elucidated.
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- Samar Masoumi-Moghaddam
- UNSW Department of Surgery, University of New South Wales, St George Hospital, Kogarah, Sydney, NSW, 2217, Australia,
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Chen L, Liu W, Wang P, Xue Y, Su Q, Zeng C, Shang X. Endophilin-1 regulates blood-brain barrier permeability via EGFR-JNK signaling pathway. Brain Res 2015; 1606:44-53. [PMID: 25721793 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2015.02.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2014] [Revised: 02/08/2015] [Accepted: 02/10/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Endophilin-1 (Endo1), a multifunctional protein, is essential for synaptic vesicle endocytosis. However, the role and mechanism of endophilin-1 in blood-brain barrier (BBB) function are still unclear. This study was performed to determine whether endophilin-1 regulated BBB permeability via the EGFR-JNK signaling pathway. In the present study, we found that endophilin-1 over-expression in human cerebral microvascular endothelial cell (hCMEC/D3) increased BBB permeability and meanwhile reduced the expression levels of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), phosphorylated c-Jun N-terminal kinase (p-JNK). While endophilin-1 knockdown led to the contrary results. After JNK inhibitor SP600125 was administered to the endophilin-1 silenced hCMEC/D3 cells, the transendothelial electrical resistance (TEER) value was decreased and the permeability coefficient values to 4kDa and 40kDa FITC-dextran were increased. Results observed by Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) showed that tight junctions (TJs) were opened. Moreover, immunofluorescence and Western blot assays revealed the discontinuous distribution of TJ-associated proteins ZO-1, occludin on cell-cell boundaries and a significant decrease in protein expressing levels. Therefore, these results indicated that endophilin-1 positively regulated BBB permeability via the EGFR-JNK signaling pathway in hCMEC/D3 cells, which would provide an experimental basis for further research on endophilin-1 mediated the opening of BBB.
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- Lin Chen
- Department of Neurology, First Affiliated Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang 110001, People׳s Republic of China; Department of Neurobiology, College of Basic Medicine, China Medical University, Shenyang 110001, People׳s Republic of China; Institute of Pathology and Pathophysiology, China Medical University, Shenyang 110001, People׳s Republic of China; Department of Neurology, Hainan Provincial Nongken General Hospital, Haikou 570311, People׳s Republic of China
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- Department of Neurology, First Affiliated Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang 110001, People׳s Republic of China; Department of Neurobiology, College of Basic Medicine, China Medical University, Shenyang 110001, People׳s Republic of China; Institute of Pathology and Pathophysiology, China Medical University, Shenyang 110001, People׳s Republic of China
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- Department of Neurobiology, College of Basic Medicine, China Medical University, Shenyang 110001, People׳s Republic of China; Institute of Pathology and Pathophysiology, China Medical University, Shenyang 110001, People׳s Republic of China
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- Department of Neurobiology, College of Basic Medicine, China Medical University, Shenyang 110001, People׳s Republic of China; Institute of Pathology and Pathophysiology, China Medical University, Shenyang 110001, People׳s Republic of China
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- Department of Neurology, Hainan Provincial Nongken General Hospital, Haikou 570311, People׳s Republic of China
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- Department of Neurology, Hainan Provincial Nongken General Hospital, Haikou 570311, People׳s Republic of China
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- Department of Neurology, First Affiliated Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang 110001, People׳s Republic of China.
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Complex of MUC1, CIN85 and Cbl in Colon Cancer Progression and Metastasis. Cancers (Basel) 2015; 7:342-52. [PMID: 25675408 PMCID: PMC4381262 DOI: 10.3390/cancers7010342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2014] [Accepted: 02/03/2015] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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We previously reported that CIN85, an 85 KDa protein known to be involved in tumor cell migration and metastasis through its interaction with Cbl, associates with MUC1 in tumor cells. MUC1/CIN85 complex also regulates migration and invasion of tumor cells in vitro. Here, we examined specifically human colon carcinoma tissue microarrays (TMA) by immunohistochemistry for the expression of MUC1 and CIN85 and their potential role in cancer progression and metastasis. We detected a significant increase in expression of both MUC1 and CIN85 associated with advanced tumor stage and lymph node metastasis. We further investigated if Cbl could also be present in the MUC1/CIN85 complex. Co-immunoprecipitation assay showed that Cbl co-localized both with CIN85 and with MUC1 in a human colon cancer cell line. To begin to investigate the in vivo relevance of MUC1 overexpression and association with CIN85 and Cbl in cancer development and progression, we used human MUC1 transgenic mice that express MUC1 on the colonic epithelial cells, treated with azoxymethane to initiate and dextran sulfate sodium (AOM/DSS) to promote colorectal carcinogenesis. MUC1.Tg mice showed higher tumor incidence and decreased survival when compared with wild-type mice. Consistent with the in vitro data, the association of MUC1, CIN85 and Cbl was detected in colon tissues of AOM/DSS-treated MUC1 transgenic mice. MUC1/CIN85/Cbl complex appears to contribute to promotion and progression of colon cancer and thus increased expression of MUC1, CIN85 and Cbl in early stage colon cancer might be predictive of poor prognosis.
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Viticchiè G, Muller PAJ. c-Met and Other Cell Surface Molecules: Interaction, Activation and Functional Consequences. Biomedicines 2015; 3:46-70. [PMID: 28536399 PMCID: PMC5344229 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines3010046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2014] [Accepted: 01/08/2015] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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The c-Met receptor, also known as the HGF receptor, is one of the most studied tyrosine kinase receptors, yet its biological functions and activation mechanisms are still not fully understood. c-Met has been implicated in embryonic development and organogenesis, in tissue remodelling homeostasis and repair and in cancer metastasis. These functions are indicative of the many cellular processes in which the receptor plays a role, including cell motility, scattering, survival and proliferation. In the context of malignancy, sustained activation of c-Met leads to a signalling cascade involving a multitude of kinases that initiate an invasive and metastatic program. Many proteins can affect the activation of c-Met, including a variety of other cell surface and membrane-spanning molecules or receptors. Some cell surface molecules share structural homology with the c-Met extracellular domain and can activate c-Met via clustering through this domain (e.g., plexins), whereas other receptor tyrosine kinases can enhance c-Met activation and signalling through intracellular signalling cascades (e.g., EGFR). In this review, we provide an overview of c-Met interactions and crosstalk with partner molecules and the functional consequences of these interactions on c-Met activation and downstream signalling, c-Met intracellular localization/recycling and c-Met degradation.
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- Giuditta Viticchiè
- MRC (Medical Research Council) Toxicology Unit, Lancaster Road, Leicester LE1 9HN, UK.
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- MRC (Medical Research Council) Toxicology Unit, Lancaster Road, Leicester LE1 9HN, UK.
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Shimokawa N, Koibuchi N. Downregulation of receptor tyrosine kinases through ubiquitination: analysis by immunodetection. Methods Mol Biol 2015; 1233:121-133. [PMID: 25319895 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-1789-1_12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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After ligand binding, receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs) transmit intracellular signals involved in the regulation of various cell events and then attenuate signal transduction. Ubiquitination is a critical step involved in the downregulation of RTK signaling. Here, we describe how to immunodetect the ligand-induced ubiquitination and degradation of TrkA, an RTK, by immunoprecipitation and Western blotting.
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- Noriaki Shimokawa
- Department of Integrative Physiology, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Showa-machi, Maebashi, Gunma, 371-8511, Japan,
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Gaziova I, Davey RA, Elferink LA. Identification of factors regulating MET receptor endocytosis by high-throughput siRNA screening. Methods Mol Biol 2015; 1270:381-394. [PMID: 25702130 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-2309-0_26] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The tyrosine kinase MET, a receptor for hepatocyte growth factor, is a key regulator for normal development and organ renewal via stem cell maintenance. Dysregulated MET signaling contributes to tumor progression and metastasis and is considered a potent therapeutic target for a growing number of malignancies. Toward that goal it is critical to develop high-throughput assays to identify candidate regulators for the termination of MET signaling. We describe here a rapid and efficient method for identifying cellular factors required for MET ubiquitination, which utilizes high-throughput RNA interference screening (HT-siRNA) with a receptor internalization assay and an In-Cell ELISA in a 96-well format. The assay is amenable to a large array of cell surface proteins as well as genome-wide siRNA libraries, with high signal-to-background ratio and low well-to-well variability.
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- Ivana Gaziova
- Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, 301 University Blvd, Galveston, TX, 77555-0620, USA,
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Baldanzi G, Graziani A. Physiological Signaling and Structure of the HGF Receptor MET. Biomedicines 2014; 3:1-31. [PMID: 28536396 PMCID: PMC5344233 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines3010001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2014] [Accepted: 12/09/2014] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The "hepatocyte growth factor" also known as "scatter factor", is a multifunctional cytokine with the peculiar ability of simultaneously triggering epithelial cell proliferation, movement and survival. The combination of those proprieties results in the induction of an epithelial to mesenchymal transition in target cells, fundamental for embryogenesis but also exploited by tumor cells during metastatization. The hepatocyte growth factor receptor, MET, is a proto-oncogene and a prototypical transmembrane tyrosine kinase receptor. Inhere we discuss the MET molecular structure and the hepatocyte growth factor driven physiological signaling which coordinates epithelial proliferation, motility and morphogenesis.
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- Gianluca Baldanzi
- Department Translational Medicine, University Piemonte Orientale, via Solaroli 17, 28100 Novara, Italy.
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- Department Translational Medicine, University Piemonte Orientale, via Solaroli 17, 28100 Novara, Italy.
- Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, via Olgettina 58, 20132 Milano, Italy.
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Boucrot E, Ferreira APA, Almeida-Souza L, Debard S, Vallis Y, Howard G, Bertot L, Sauvonnet N, McMahon HT. Endophilin marks and controls a clathrin-independent endocytic pathway. Nature 2014; 517:460-5. [PMID: 25517094 DOI: 10.1038/nature14067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 373] [Impact Index Per Article: 37.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2014] [Accepted: 11/17/2014] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Endocytosis is required for internalization of micronutrients and turnover of membrane components. Endophilin has been assigned as a component of clathrin-mediated endocytosis. Here we show in mammalian cells that endophilin marks and controls a fast-acting tubulovesicular endocytic pathway that is independent of AP2 and clathrin, activated upon ligand binding to cargo receptors, inhibited by inhibitors of dynamin, Rac, phosphatidylinositol-3-OH kinase, PAK1 and actin polymerization, and activated upon Cdc42 inhibition. This pathway is prominent at the leading edges of cells where phosphatidylinositol-3,4-bisphosphate-produced by the dephosphorylation of phosphatidylinositol-3,4,5-triphosphate by SHIP1 and SHIP2-recruits lamellipodin, which in turn engages endophilin. This pathway mediates the ligand-triggered uptake of several G-protein-coupled receptors such as α2a- and β1-adrenergic, dopaminergic D3 and D4 receptors and muscarinic acetylcholine receptor 4, the receptor tyrosine kinases EGFR, HGFR, VEGFR, PDGFR, NGFR and IGF1R, as well as interleukin-2 receptor. We call this new endocytic route fast endophilin-mediated endocytosis (FEME).
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- Emmanuel Boucrot
- 1] MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK [2] Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London &Birkbeck College, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London &Birkbeck College, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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- 1] Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London &Birkbeck College, London WC1E 6BT, UK [2] Department of Biology, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan, 94235 Cachan, France
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- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK
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- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK
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- Institut Pasteur, Unité de Pathogenie Moleculaire Microbienne, 28 rue du Docteur Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Unité de Pathogenie Moleculaire Microbienne, 28 rue du Docteur Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France
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- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK
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- Volker Haucke
- Leibniz Institut für Molekulare Pharmakologie, 13125 Berlin, Germany
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Diesenberg K, Beerbaum M, Fink U, Schmieder P, Krauss M. SEPT9 negatively regulates ubiquitin-dependent downregulation of EGFR. J Cell Sci 2014; 128:397-407. [PMID: 25472714 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.162206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Septins constitute a family of GTP-binding proteins that are involved in a variety of biological processes. Several isoforms have been implicated in disease, but the molecular mechanisms underlying pathogenesis are poorly understood. Here, we show that depletion of SEPT9 decreases surface levels of epidermal growth factor receptors (EGFRs) by enhancing receptor degradation. We identify a consensus motif within the SEPT9 N-terminal domain that supports its association with the adaptor protein CIN85 (also known as SH3KBP1). We further show CIN85-SEPT9 to be localized exclusively to the plasma membrane, where SEPT9 is recruited to EGF-engaged receptors in a CIN85-dependent manner. Finally, we demonstrate that SEPT9 negatively regulates EGFR degradation by preventing the association of the ubiquitin ligase Cbl with CIN85, resulting in reduced EGFR ubiquitylation. Taken together, these data provide a mechanistic explanation of how SEPT9, though acting exclusively at the plasma membrane, impairs the sorting of EGFRs into the degradative pathway.
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- Katrin Diesenberg
- Leibniz-Institut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP), Robert-Rössle-Straße 10, 13125 Berlin, Germany
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- Leibniz-Institut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP), Robert-Rössle-Straße 10, 13125 Berlin, Germany
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- Leibniz-Institut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP), Robert-Rössle-Straße 10, 13125 Berlin, Germany
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- Leibniz-Institut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP), Robert-Rössle-Straße 10, 13125 Berlin, Germany
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- Leibniz-Institut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP), Robert-Rössle-Straße 10, 13125 Berlin, Germany
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Itch is required for lateral line development in zebrafish. PLoS One 2014; 9:e111799. [PMID: 25369329 PMCID: PMC4219781 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0111799] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2014] [Accepted: 10/03/2014] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The zebrafish posterior lateral line is formed during early development by the deposition of neuromasts from a migrating primordium. The molecular mechanisms regulating the regional organization and migration of the primordium involve interactions between Fgf and Wnt/β-catenin signaling and the establishment of specific cxcr4b and cxcr7b cytokine receptor expression domains. Itch has been identified as a regulator in several different signaling pathways, including Wnt and Cxcr4 signaling. We identified two homologous itch genes in zebrafish, itcha and itchb, with generalized expression patterns. By reducing itchb expression in particular upon morpholino knockdown, we demonstrated the importance of Itch in regulating lateral line development by perturbing the patterns of cxcr4b and cxcr7b expression. Itch knockdown results in a failure to down-regulate Wnt signaling and overexpression of cxcr4b in the primordium, slowing migration of the posterior lateral line primordium and resulting in abnormal development of the lateral line.
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Ahmad G, Mohapatra BC, Schulte NA, Nadeau SA, Luan H, Zutshi N, Tom E, Ortega-Cava C, Tu C, Sanada M, Ogawa S, Toews ML, Band V, Band H. Cbl-family ubiquitin ligases and their recruitment of CIN85 are largely dispensable for epidermal growth factor receptor endocytosis. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2014; 57:123-34. [PMID: 25449262 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2014.10.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2014] [Revised: 10/03/2014] [Accepted: 10/16/2014] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Members of the casitas B-lineage lymphoma (Cbl) family (Cbl, Cbl-b and Cbl-c) of ubiquitin ligases serve as negative regulators of receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs). An essential role of Cbl-family protein-dependent ubiquitination for efficient ligand-induced lysosomal targeting and degradation is now well-accepted. However, a more proximal role of Cbl and Cbl-b as adapters for CIN85-endophilin recruitment to mediate ligand-induced initial internalization of RTKs is supported by some studies but refuted by others. Overexpression and/or incomplete depletion of Cbl proteins in these studies is likely to have contributed to this dichotomy. To address the role of endogenous Cbl and Cbl-b in the internalization step of RTK endocytic traffic, we established Cbl/Cbl-b double-knockout (DKO) mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs) and demonstrated that these cells lack the expression of both Cbl-family members as well as endophilin A, while they express CIN85. We show that ligand-induced ubiquitination of EGFR, as a prototype RTK, was abolished in DKO MEFs, and EGFR degradation was delayed. These traits were reversed by ectopic human Cbl expression. EGFR endocytosis, assessed using the internalization of (125)I-labeled or fluorescent EGF, or of EGFR itself, was largely retained in Cbl/Cbl-b DKO compared to wild type MEFs. EGFR internalization was also largely intact in Cbl/Cbl-b depleted MCF-10A human mammary epithelial cell line. Inducible shRNA-mediated knockdown of CIN85 in wild type or Cbl/Cbl-b DKO MEFs had no impact on EGFR internalization. Our findings, establish that, at physiological expression levels, Cbl, Cbl-b and CIN85 are largely dispensable for EGFR internalization. Our results support the model that Cbl-CIN85-endophilin complex is not required for efficient internalization of EGFR, a prototype RTK.
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- Gulzar Ahmad
- Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 985950 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-5950, USA
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- Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 985950 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-5950, USA; Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 985950 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-5950, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology & Experimental Neuroscience, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 985950 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-5950, USA
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- Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 985950 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-5950, USA; Department of Genetics, Cell Biology & Anatomy, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 985950 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-5950, USA
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- Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 985950 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-5950, USA; Department of Genetics, Cell Biology & Anatomy, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 985950 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-5950, USA
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- Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 985950 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-5950, USA; Department of Pathology & Microbiology, College of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 985950 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-5950, USA
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- Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 985950 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-5950, USA; Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 985950 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-5950, USA
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- Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 985950 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-5950, USA
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- Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 985950 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-5950, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Tumor Biology, Kyoto University, Yoshida-Konoe-Cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Department of Pathology and Tumor Biology, Kyoto University, Yoshida-Konoe-Cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology & Experimental Neuroscience, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 985950 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-5950, USA
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- Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 985950 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-5950, USA; Department of Genetics, Cell Biology & Anatomy, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 985950 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-5950, USA; Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 985950 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-5950, USA
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- Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 985950 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-5950, USA; Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 985950 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-5950, USA; Department of Genetics, Cell Biology & Anatomy, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 985950 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-5950, USA; Department of Pathology & Microbiology, College of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 985950 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-5950, USA; Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 985950 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-5950, USA.
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Santos MS, Foss SM, Park CK, Voglmaier SM. Protein interactions of the vesicular glutamate transporter VGLUT1. PLoS One 2014; 9:e109824. [PMID: 25334008 PMCID: PMC4198130 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0109824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2014] [Accepted: 09/08/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Exocytotic release of glutamate depends upon loading of the neurotransmitter into synaptic vesicles by vesicular glutamate transporters, VGLUTs. The major isoforms, VGLUT1 and 2, exhibit a complementary pattern of expression in synapses of the adult rodent brain that correlates with the probability of release and potential for plasticity. Indeed, expression of different VGLUT protein isoforms confers different properties of release probability. Expression of VGLUT1 or 2 protein also determines the kinetics of synaptic vesicle recycling. To identify molecular determinants that may be related to reported differences in VGLUT trafficking and glutamate release properties, we investigated some of the intrinsic differences between the two isoforms. VGLUT1 and 2 exhibit a high degree of sequence homology, but differ in their N- and C-termini. While the C-termini of VGLUT1 and 2 share a dileucine-like trafficking motif and a proline-, glutamate-, serine-, and threonine-rich PEST domain, only VGLUT1 contains two polyproline domains and a phosphorylation consensus sequence in a region of acidic amino acids. The interaction of a VGLUT1 polyproline domain with the endocytic protein endophilin recruits VGLUT1 to a fast recycling pathway. To identify trans-acting cellular proteins that interact with the distinct motifs found in the C-terminus of VGLUT1, we performed a series of in vitro biochemical screening assays using the region encompassing the polyproline motifs, phosphorylation consensus sites, and PEST domain. We identify interactors that belong to several classes of proteins that modulate cellular function, including actin cytoskeletal adaptors, ubiquitin ligases, and tyrosine kinases. The nature of these interactions suggests novel avenues to investigate the modulation of synaptic vesicle protein recycling.
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- Magda S. Santos
- Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Francisco, School of Medicine, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Francisco, School of Medicine, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Graduate Program in Cell Biology, University of California San Francisco, School of Medicine, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Francisco, School of Medicine, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Francisco, School of Medicine, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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Bosch JA, Sumabat TM, Hafezi Y, Pellock BJ, Gandhi KD, Hariharan IK. The Drosophila F-box protein Fbxl7 binds to the protocadherin fat and regulates Dachs localization and Hippo signaling. eLife 2014; 3:e03383. [PMID: 25107277 PMCID: PMC4144329 DOI: 10.7554/elife.03383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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The Drosophila protocadherin Fat (Ft) regulates growth, planar cell polarity (PCP) and proximodistal patterning. A key downstream component of Ft signaling is the atypical myosin Dachs (D). Multiple regions of the intracellular domain of Ft have been implicated in regulating growth and PCP but how Ft regulates D is not known. Mutations in Fbxl7, which encodes an F-box protein, result in tissue overgrowth and abnormalities in proximodistal patterning that phenocopy deleting a specific portion of the intracellular domain (ICD) of Ft that regulates both growth and PCP. Fbxl7 binds to this same portion of the Ft ICD, co-localizes with Ft to the proximal edge of cells and regulates the levels and asymmetry of D at the apical membrane. Fbxl7 can also regulate the trafficking of proteins between the apical membrane and intracellular vesicles. Thus Fbxl7 functions in a subset of pathways downstream of Ft and links Ft to D localization. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.03383.001 Multi-cellular organisms are made up of cells that are organized into tissues and organs that reach a predictable size and shape at the end of their development. To do this, cells must be able to sense their position and orientation within the body and know when to stop growing. Epithelial cells—which make up the outer surface of an animal's body and line the cavities of its internal organs—connect to each other to form flat sheets. These sheets of cells contain structures that are oriented along the plane of the sheet. However, how this so-called ‘planar cell polarity’ coordinates with cell growth in order to build complex tissues and organs remains to be discovered. A protein called Fat is a major player in both planar cell polarity and the Hippo signaling pathway, which controls cell growth. As such, the Fat protein appears to be crucial for controlling the size and shape of organs. Mutations in the Fat protein cause massive tissue overgrowth, prevent planar cell polarity being established correctly, and stop the legs and wings of fruit flies developing normally. The Fat protein also plays a role in distributing another protein called Dachs—which is also part of the Hippo signaling pathway. In epithelial cells of the developing wing, Dachs is mostly located on the side of the cell that is closest to the tip of the developing wing (the so-called ‘distal surface’). How Fat and Dachs work together is not understood, but it is known that they do not bind to each other directly. Now, Bosch et al. show that in the fruit fly Drosophila, the Fat protein binds to another protein called Fbxl7. Flies that cannot produce working Fbxl7 have defects in some aspects of planar cell polarity and a modest increase in tissue growth. Fbxl7 seems to account for part, but not all, of the ability of Fat to restrict tissue growth. Furthermore, a lack of the Fbxl7 protein results in a spreading of Dachs protein across the apical surface—which faces out of the epithelial sheet—of epithelial cells. On the other hand, if Fbxl7 is over-expressed, Dachs is driven to the interior of each cell. Hence, a normal level of Fbxl7 protein restricts the Dachs protein to the correct parts of the cell surface. Together, the findings of Bosch et al. show that the Fbxl7 protein is a key link between the Fat and Dachs proteins. These results also provide an understanding of how growth and planar cell polarity—two processes that are essential for normal development of all multi-cellular organisms—are coordinated. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.03383.002
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- Justin A Bosch
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States
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- Department of Biology, Providence College, Providence, United States
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States
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Zheng X, Zhang J, Liao K. The basic amino acids in the coiled-coil domain of CIN85 regulate its interaction with c-Cbl and phosphatidic acid during epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) endocytosis. BMC BIOCHEMISTRY 2014; 15:13. [PMID: 25005938 PMCID: PMC4096430 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2091-15-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2014] [Accepted: 07/03/2014] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Background During EGFR internalization CIN85 bridges EGFR-Cbl complex, endocytic machinery and fusible membrane through the interactions of CIN85 with c-Cbl, endophilins and phosphatidic acid. These protein-protein and protein-lipid interactions are mediated or regulated by the positively charged C-terminal coiled-coil domain of CIN85. However, the details of CIN85-lipid interaction remain unknown. The present study suggested a possible electric interaction between the negative charge of phosphatidic acid and the positive charge of basic amino acids in coiled-coil domain. Results Mutations of the basic amino acids in the coiled-coil domain, especially K645, K646, R648 and R650, into neutral amino acid alanine completely blocked the interaction of CIN85 with c-Cbl or phosphatidic acid. However, they did not affect CIN85-endophilin interaction. In addition, CIN85 was found to associate with the internalized EGFR endosomes. It interacted with several ESCRT (Endosomal Sorting Complex Required for Transport) component proteins for ESCRT assembly on endosomal membrane. Mutations in the coiled-coil domain (deletion of the coiled-coil domain or point mutations of the basic amino acids) dissociated CIN85 from endosomes. These mutants bound the ESCRT components in cytoplasm to prevent them from assembly on endosomal membrane and inhibited EGFR sorting for degradation. Conclusions As an adaptor protein, CIN85 interacts with variety of partners through several domains. The positive charges of basic amino acids in the coiled-coil domain are not only involved in the interaction with phosphatidic acid, but also regulate the interaction of CIN85 with c-Cbl. CIN85 also interacts with ESCRT components for protein sorting in endosomes. These CIN85-protein and CIN85-lipid interactions enable CIN85 to link EGFR-Cbl endocytic complex with fusible membrane during EGFR endocytosis and subsequently to facilitate ESCRT formation on endosomal membrane for EGFR sorting and degradation.
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- From State Key Laboratory of Cell Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China.
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USP8 modulates ubiquitination of LRIG1 for Met degradation. Sci Rep 2014; 4:4980. [PMID: 24828152 PMCID: PMC4021411 DOI: 10.1038/srep04980] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2013] [Accepted: 04/28/2014] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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The Met receptor tyrosine kinase is an attractive target for cancer therapy as it promotes invasive tumor growth. SAIT301 is a novel anti-Met antibody, which induces LRIG1-mediated Met degradation and inhibits tumor growth. However, detailed downstream mechanism by which LRIG1 mediates target protein down-regulation is unknown. In the present study, we discovered that SAIT301 induces ubiquitination of LRIG1, which in turn promotes recruitment of Met and LRIG1 complex to the lysosome through its interaction with Hrs, resulting in concomitant degradation of both LRIG1 and Met. We also identified USP8 as a LRIG1-specific deubiquitinating enzyme, reporting the interaction between USP8 and LRIG1 for the first time. SAIT301 triggers degradation of LRIG1 by inhibiting the interaction of LRIG1 and USP8, which regulates ubiquitin modification and stability of LRIG1. In summary, SAIT301 employs ubiquitination of LRIG1 for its highly effective Met degradation. This unique feature of SAIT301 enables it to function as a fully antagonistic antibody without Met activation. We found that USP8 is involved in deubiquitination of LRIG1, influencing the efficiency of Met degradation. The relation of Met, LRIG1 and USP8 strongly supports the potential clinical benefit of a combination treatment of a USP8 inhibitor and a Met inhibitor, such as SAIT301.
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Liu Q, Zhou H, Langdon WY, Zhang J. E3 ubiquitin ligase Cbl-b in innate and adaptive immunity. Cell Cycle 2014; 13:1875-84. [PMID: 24875217 DOI: 10.4161/cc.29213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Casitas B-lineage lymphoma proto-oncogene-b (Cbl-b), a RING finger E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase, has been demonstrated to play a crucial role in establishing the threshold for T-cell activation and controlling peripheral T-cell tolerance via multiple mechanisms. Accumulating evidence suggests that Cbl-b also regulates innate immune responses and plays an important role in host defense to pathogens. Understanding the signaling pathways regulated by Cbl-b in innate and adaptive immune cells is therefore essential for efficient manipulation of Cbl-b in emerging immunotherapies for human disorders such as autoimmune diseases, allergic inflammation, infections, and cancer. In this article, we review the latest developments in the molecular structural basis of Cbl-b function, the regulation of Cbl-b expression, the signaling mechanisms of Cbl-b in immune cells, as well as the biological function of Cbl-b in physiological and pathological immune responses in animal models and human diseases.
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- Qingjun Liu
- Laboratory of Immunohematology; Beijing Institute of Transfusion Medicine; Beijing, PR China; Department of Microbial Infection and Immunity; The Ohio State University; Columbus, OH USA
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- Laboratory of Immunohematology; Beijing Institute of Transfusion Medicine; Beijing, PR China
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- School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine; University of Western Australia; Crawley, Western Australia, Australia
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- Department of Microbial Infection and Immunity; The Ohio State University; Columbus, OH USA
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Barrow-McGee R, Kermorgant S. Met endosomal signalling: In the right place, at the right time. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2014; 49:69-74. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2014.01.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2013] [Revised: 01/06/2014] [Accepted: 01/08/2014] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Loss of Sh3gl2/endophilin A1 is a common event in urothelial carcinoma that promotes malignant behavior. Neoplasia 2014; 15:749-60. [PMID: 23814487 DOI: 10.1593/neo.121956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2012] [Revised: 04/16/2013] [Accepted: 04/22/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Urothelial carcinoma (UC) causes substantial morbidity and mortality worldwide. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying urothelial cancer development and tumor progression are still largely unknown. Using informatics analysis, we identified Sh3gl2 (endophilin A1) as a bladder urothelium-enriched transcript. The gene encoding Sh3gl2 is located on chromosome 9p, a region frequently altered in UC. Sh3gl2 is known to regulate endocytosis of receptor tyrosine kinases implicated in oncogenesis, such as the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and c-Met. However, its role in UC pathogenesis is unknown. Informatics analysis of expression profiles as well as immunohistochemical staining of tissue microarrays revealed Sh3gl2 expression to be decreased in UC specimens compared to nontumor tissues. Loss of Sh3gl2 was associated with increasing tumor grade and with muscle invasion, which is a reliable predictor of metastatic disease and cancer-derived mortality. Sh3gl2 expression was undetectable in 19 of 20 human UC cell lines but preserved in the low-grade cell line RT4. Stable silencing of Sh3gl2 in RT4 cells by RNA interference 1) enhanced proliferation and colony formation in vitro, 2) inhibited EGF-induced EGFR internalization and increased EGFR activation, 3) stimulated phosphorylation of Src family kinases and STAT3, and 4) promoted growth of RT4 xenografts in subrenal capsule tissue recombination experiments. Conversely, forced re-expression of Sh3gl2 in T24 cells and silenced RT4 clones attenuated oncogenic behaviors, including growth and migration. Together, these findings identify loss of Sh3gl2 as a frequent event in UC development that promotes disease progression.
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Targeting of the MET receptor tyrosine kinase by small molecule inhibitors leads to MET accumulation by impairing the receptor downregulation. FEBS Lett 2014; 588:653-8. [PMID: 24440350 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2013.12.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2013] [Revised: 11/25/2013] [Accepted: 12/17/2013] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The MET receptor tyrosine kinase is deregulated primarily via overexpression or point mutations in various human cancers and different strategies for MET inhibition are currently evaluated in clinical trials. We observed by Western blot analysis and by Flow cytometry that MET inhibition by different MET small molecule inhibitors surprisingly increases in a dose-dependent manner total MET levels in treated cells. Mechanistically, this inhibition-related MET accumulation was associated with reduced Tyr1003 phosphorylation and MET physical association with the CBL ubiquitin ligase with concomitant decrease in MET ubiquitination. These data may suggest careful consideration for design of anti-MET clinical protocols.
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Calco GN, Stephens OR, Donahue LM, Tsui CC, Pierchala BA. CD2-associated protein (CD2AP) enhances casitas B lineage lymphoma-3/c (Cbl-3/c)-mediated Ret isoform-specific ubiquitination and degradation via its amino-terminal Src homology 3 domains. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:7307-19. [PMID: 24425877 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m113.537878] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Ret is the receptor tyrosine kinase for the glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) family of neuronal growth factors. Upon activation by GDNF, Ret is rapidly polyubiquitinated and degraded. This degradation process is isoform-selective, with the longer Ret51 isoform exhibiting different degradation kinetics than the shorter isoform, Ret9. In sympathetic neurons, Ret degradation is induced, at least in part, by a complex consisting of the adaptor protein CD2AP and the E3-ligase Cbl-3/c. Knockdown of Cbl-3/c using siRNA reduced the GDNF-induced ubiquitination and degradation of Ret51 in neurons and podocytes, suggesting that Cbl-3/c was a predominant E3 ligase for Ret. Coexpression of CD2AP with Cbl-3/c augmented the ubiquitination of Ret51 as compared with the expression of Cbl-3/c alone. Ret51 ubiquitination by the CD2AP·Cbl-3/c complex required a functional ring finger and TKB domain in Cbl-3/c. The SH3 domains of CD2AP were sufficient to drive the Cbl-3/c-dependent ubiquitination of Ret51, whereas the carboxyl-terminal coiled-coil domain of CD2AP was dispensable. Interestingly, activated Ret induced the degradation of CD2AP, but not Cbl-3/c, suggesting a potential inhibitory feedback mechanism. There were only two major ubiquitination sites in Ret51, Lys(1060) and Lys(1107), and the combined mutation of these lysines almost completely eliminated both the ubiquitination and degradation of Ret51. Ret9 was not ubiquitinated by the CD2AP·Cbl-3/c complex, suggesting that Ret9 was down-regulated by a fundamentally different mechanism. Taken together, these results suggest that only the SH3 domains of CD2AP were necessary to enhance the E3 ligase activity of Cbl-3/c toward Ret51.
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- Gina N Calco
- From the Department of Biologic and Materials Sciences, The University of Michigan School of Dentistry, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 and
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Okur MN, Russo A, O'Bryan JP. Receptor tyrosine kinase ubiquitylation involves the dynamic regulation of Cbl-Spry2 by intersectin 1 and the Shp2 tyrosine phosphatase. Mol Cell Biol 2014; 34:271-9. [PMID: 24216759 PMCID: PMC3911288 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.00850-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2013] [Revised: 07/30/2013] [Accepted: 10/31/2013] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Ubiquitylation of receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs) regulates their trafficking and lysosomal degradation. The multidomain scaffolding protein intersectin 1 (ITSN1) is an important regulator of this process. ITSN1 stimulates ubiquitylation of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) through enhancing the activity of the Cbl E3 ubiquitin ligase. However, the precise mechanism through which ITSN1 enhances Cbl activity is unclear. Here, we demonstrate that ITSN1 interacts with and recruits the Shp2 tyrosine phosphatase to Spry2 to enhance its dephosphorylation, thereby disrupting the inhibitory effect of Spry2 on Cbl and enhancing EGFR ubiquitylation. In contrast, expression of a catalytically inactive Shp2 mutant reversed the effect of ITSN1 on Spry2 dephosphorylation and decreased Cbl-mediated EGFR ubiquitylation. In addition, disruption of ITSN1 binding to Spry2 through point mutation of the Pro-rich ITSN1 binding site in Spry2 resulted in decreased Shp2-Spry2 interaction and enhanced Spry2 tyrosine phosphorylation. This study demonstrates that ITSN1 enhances Cbl activity, in part, by modulating the interaction of Cbl with Spry2 through recruitment of Shp2 phosphatase to the Cbl-Spry2 complex. These findings reveal a new level of complexity in the regulation of RTKs by Cbl through ITSN1 binding with Shp2 and Spry2.
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- Mustafa Nazir Okur
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- University of Illinois Cancer Center, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Center for Cardiovascular Research, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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