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Rodrigues NR, Theodosiou AM, Nesbit MA, Campbell L, Tandle AT, Saranath D, Davies KE. Characterization of Ngef, a novel member of the Dbl family of genes expressed predominantly in the caudate nucleus. Genomics 2000; 65:53-61. [PMID: 10777665 DOI: 10.1006/geno.2000.6138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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We have identified Ngef as a novel member of the family of Dbl genes. Many members of this family have been shown to function as guanine nucleotide exchange factors for the Rho-type GTPases. Ngef is predominantly expressed in brain, with the strongest signal in the caudate nucleus, a region associated with the control of movement. Ngef contains a translated trinucleotide repeat, a polyglutamic acid stretch interrupted by a glycine. We have localized the Ngef gene to mouse chromosome 1 and the human homologue of Ngef to human chromosome 2q37. We have shown in preliminary experiments that Ngef has transforming potential in cell culture and is able to induce tumors in nude mice.
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MESH Headings
- 3T3 Cells
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Blotting, Northern
- Caudate Nucleus/metabolism
- Chromosome Mapping
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 2/genetics
- DNA, Complementary/chemistry
- DNA, Complementary/genetics
- DNA, Complementary/isolation & purification
- Gene Expression
- Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors
- Humans
- In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
- Mice
- Mice, Nude
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Neoplasms, Experimental/genetics
- Neoplasms, Experimental/pathology
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Sequence Alignment
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
- Tissue Distribution
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- N R Rodrigues
- Department of Human Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QX, United Kingdom
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Blangy A, Vignal E, Schmidt S, Debant A, Gauthier-Rouvière C, Fort P. TrioGEF1 controls Rac- and Cdc42-dependent cell structures through the direct activation of rhoG. J Cell Sci 2000; 113 ( Pt 4):729-39. [PMID: 10652265 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.113.4.729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 137] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Rho GTPases regulate the morphology of cells stimulated by extracellular ligands. Their activation is controlled by guanine exchange factors (GEF) that catalyze their binding to GTP. The multidomain Trio protein represents an emerging class of Ρ regulators that contain two GEF domains of distinct specificities. We report here the characterization of Rho signaling pathways activated by the N-terminal GEF domain of Trio (TrioD1). In fibroblasts, TrioD1 triggers the formation of particular cell structures, similar to those elicited by RhoG, a GTPase known to activate both Rac1 and Cdc42Hs. In addition, the activity of TrioD1 requires the microtubule network and relocalizes RhoG at the active sites of the plasma membrane. Using a classical in vitro exchange assay, TrioD1 displays a higher GEF activity on RhoG than on Rac1. In fibroblasts, expression of dominant negative RhoG mutants totally abolished TrioD1 signaling, whereas dominant negative Rac1 and Cdc42Hs only led to partial and complementary inhibitions. Finally, expression of a Rho Binding Domain that specifically binds RhoG(GTP) led to the complete abolition of TrioD1 signaling, which strongly supports Rac1 not being activated by TrioD1 in vivo. These data demonstrate that Trio controls a signaling cascade that activates RhoG, which in turn activates Rac1 and Cdc42Hs.
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- A Blangy
- Centre de Recherche en Biochimie Macromoléculaire, CRBM CNRS UPR1086, IFR24, 34293 Montpellier Cedex 5, France.
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Tatsumoto T, Xie X, Blumenthal R, Okamoto I, Miki T. Human ECT2 is an exchange factor for Rho GTPases, phosphorylated in G2/M phases, and involved in cytokinesis. J Cell Biol 1999; 147:921-8. [PMID: 10579713 PMCID: PMC2169345 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.147.5.921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 342] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Animal cells divide into two daughter cells by the formation of an actomyosin-based contractile ring through a process called cytokinesis. Although many of the structural elements of cytokinesis have been identified, little is known about the signaling pathways and molecular mechanisms underlying this process. Here we show that the human ECT2 is involved in the regulation of cytokinesis. ECT2 catalyzes guanine nucleotide exchange on the small GTPases, RhoA, Rac1, and Cdc42. ECT2 is phosphorylated during G2 and M phases, and phosphorylation is required for its exchange activity. Unlike other known guanine nucleotide exchange factors for Rho GTPases, ECT2 exhibits nuclear localization in interphase, spreads throughout the cytoplasm in prometaphase, and is condensed in the midbody during cytokinesis. Expression of an ECT2 derivative, containing the NH(2)-terminal domain required for the midbody localization but lacking the COOH-terminal catalytic domain, strongly inhibits cytokinesis. Moreover, microinjection of affinity-purified anti-ECT2 antibody into interphase cells also inhibits cytokinesis. These results suggest that ECT2 is an important link between the cell cycle machinery and Rho signaling pathways involved in the regulation of cell division.
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- Takashi Tatsumoto
- Molecular Tumor Biology Section, Basic Research Laboratory, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-4255
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- Molecular Tumor Biology Section, Basic Research Laboratory, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-4255
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- Molecular Tumor Biology Section, Basic Research Laboratory, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-4255
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- Molecular Tumor Biology Section, Basic Research Laboratory, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-4255
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- Molecular Tumor Biology Section, Basic Research Laboratory, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-4255
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Whitehead IP, Lambert QT, Glaven JA, Abe K, Rossman KL, Mahon GM, Trzaskos JM, Kay R, Campbell SL, Der CJ. Dependence of Dbl and Dbs transformation on MEK and NF-kappaB activation. Mol Cell Biol 1999; 19:7759-70. [PMID: 10523665 PMCID: PMC84831 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.19.11.7759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Dbs was identified initially as a transforming protein and is a member of the Dbl family of proteins (>20 mammalian members). Here we show that Dbs, like its rat homolog Ost and the closely related Dbl, exhibited guanine nucleotide exchange activity for the Rho family members RhoA and Cdc42, but not Rac1, in vitro. Dbs transforming activity was blocked by specific inhibitors of RhoA and Cdc42 function, demonstrating the importance of these small GTPases in Dbs-mediated growth deregulation. Although Dbs transformation was dependent upon the structural integrity of its pleckstrin homology (PH) domain, replacement of the PH domain with a membrane localization signal restored transforming activity. Thus, the PH domain of Dbs (but not Dbl) may be important in modulating association with the plasma membrane, where its GTPase substrates reside. Both Dbs and Dbl activate multiple signaling pathways that include activation of the Elk-1, Jun, and NF-kappaB transcription factors and stimulation of transcription from the cyclin D1 promoter. We found that Elk-1 and NF-kappaB, but not Jun, activation was necessary for Dbl and Dbs transformation. Finally, we have observed that Dbl and Dbs regulated transcription from the cyclin D1 promoter in a NF-kappaB-dependent manner. Previous studies have dissociated actin cytoskeletal activity from the transforming potential of RhoA and Cdc42. These observations, when taken together with those of the present study, suggest that altered gene expression, and not actin reorganization, is the critical mediator of Dbl and Rho family protein transformation.
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- I P Whitehead
- Department of Microbiology, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey 07103, USA
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Abe K, Whitehead IP, O'Bryan JP, Der CJ. Involvement of NH(2)-terminal sequences in the negative regulation of Vav signaling and transforming activity. J Biol Chem 1999; 274:30410-8. [PMID: 10521418 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.43.30410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Deletion of the NH(2)-terminal 65 amino acids of proto-Vav (to form onco-Vav) activates its transforming activity, suggesting that these sequences serve a negative regulatory role in Vav function. However, the precise role of these NH(2)-terminal sequences and whether additional NH(2)-terminal sequences are also involved in negative regulation have not been determined. Therefore, we generated additional NH(2)-terminal deletion mutants of proto-Vav that lack the NH(2)-terminal 127, 168, or 186 amino acids, and assessed their abilities to cause focus formation in NIH 3T3 cells and to activate different signaling pathways. Since Vav mutants lacking 168 or 186 NH(2)-terminal residues showed a several 100-fold greater focus forming activity than that seen with deletion of 65 residues, residues spanning 66 to 187 also contribute significantly to negative regulation of Vav transforming activity. The increase in Vav transforming activity correlated with the activation of the c-Jun, Elk-1, and NF-kappaB transcription factors, as well as increased transcription from the cyclin D1 promoter. Tyrosine 174 is a key site of phosphorylation by Lck in vitro and Lck-mediated phosphorylation has been shown to be essential for proto-Vav GEF function in vitro. However, we found that an NH(2)-terminal Vav deletion mutant lacking this tyrosine residue (DeltaN-186 Vav) retained the ability to be phosphorylated by Lck in vivo and Lck still caused enhancement of DeltaN-186 Vav signaling and transforming activity. Thus, Lck can stimulate Vav via a mechanism that does not involve Tyr(174) or removal of NH(2)-terminal regulatory activity. Finally, we found that NH(2)-terminal deletion enhanced the degree of Vav association with the membrane-containing particulate fraction and that an isolated NH(2)-terminal fragment (residues 1-186) could impair DeltaN-186 Vav signaling. Taken together, these observations suggest that the NH(2) terminus may serve as a negative regulator of Vav by intramolecular interaction with COOH-terminal sequences to modulate efficient membrane association.
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- K Abe
- Department of Pharmacology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
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Rümenapp U, Blomquist A, Schwörer G, Schablowski H, Psoma A, Jakobs KH. Rho-specific binding and guanine nucleotide exchange catalysis by KIAA0380, a dbl family member. FEBS Lett 1999; 459:313-8. [PMID: 10526156 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(99)01270-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Several guanine nucleotide exchange factors (GEFs) for Rho-GTPases have been identified, all of them containing a Dbl homology (DH) and pleckstrin homology (PH) domain, but exhibiting different specificities to the Rho family members, Rho, Rac and Cdc42. We report here that KIAA0380, a protein with a tandem DH/PH domain, an amino-terminal PDZ domain and a regulator of G protein signalling (RGS) homology domain, is a specific GEF for RhoA, but not for Rac1 and Cdc42, as determined by GDP release, guanosine 5'-O-(3-thio)triphosphate (GTPgammaS) binding and protein binding assays. When expressed in J82 cells, DH/PH domain-containing forms of KIAA0380 induced actin stress fibers, whereas expression of the RGS homology domain prevented lysophosphatidic acid (LPA)-induced stress fiber formation.
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- U Rümenapp
- Institut für Pharmakologie, Universitätsklinikum Essen, Hufelandstr. 55, D-45122, Essen, Germany.
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Sakaguchi K, Lorenzi MV, Matsushita H, Miki T. Identification of a novel activated form of the keratinocyte growth factor receptor by expression cloning from parathyroid adenoma tissue. Oncogene 1999; 18:5497-505. [PMID: 10523826 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1202947] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Parathyroid adenomas are benign tumors in the parathyroid glands, whose pathogenesis is largely unknown. We utilized an expression cDNA cloning strategy to identify oncogenes activated in parathyroid adenomas. An expression cDNA library was prepared directly from a clinical sample of parathyroid adenoma tissue, transfected into NIH3T3 cells, and foci of morphologically transformed cells were isolated. Following plasmid rescue, we identified cDNAs for the keratinocyte growth factor receptor at a high frequency. Interestingly, approximately half of the clones encoded a variant receptor containing an altered C-terminus. Analysis of the transforming activity of the variant receptor revealed that the altered C-terminus up-regulated the transforming activity in a ligand-independent manner. The higher transforming activity was not accompanied by increase of dimerization or overall autophosphorylation of the receptor. However, tyrosine phosphorylation of downstream receptor substrates, including Shc isoforms and possibly FRS2, are increased in the transfectants expressing the parathyroid tumor-derived receptor. Genomic analysis showed that a previously unidentified exon was used to form the novel isoform. This alternative splicing appears to occur preferentially in parathyroid adenomas.
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MESH Headings
- 3T3 Cells
- Adenoma/genetics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Cell Transformation, Neoplastic/genetics
- Cloning, Molecular
- DNA, Complementary/genetics
- Dimerization
- Enzyme Activation
- Gene Library
- Humans
- Hyperparathyroidism/etiology
- Hyperparathyroidism, Secondary/etiology
- Hyperplasia
- Kidney Failure, Chronic/complications
- Mice
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Neoplasm Proteins/chemistry
- Neoplasm Proteins/genetics
- Neoplasm Proteins/metabolism
- Oncogenes
- Parathyroid Glands/pathology
- Parathyroid Neoplasms/genetics
- Phosphorylation
- Protein Isoforms/genetics
- Protein Isoforms/metabolism
- Protein Processing, Post-Translational
- RNA Splicing
- Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/chemistry
- Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/genetics
- Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/metabolism
- Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 2
- Receptors, Fibroblast Growth Factor
- Receptors, Growth Factor/chemistry
- Receptors, Growth Factor/genetics
- Receptors, Growth Factor/metabolism
- Sequence Alignment
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
- Transfection
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- K Sakaguchi
- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, National Cancer Institute, Building 37 Room 1E24, Bethesda, Maryland, MD 20892-4255, USA
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Yamane K, Tsuruo T. Conserved BRCT regions of TopBP1 and of the tumor suppressor BRCA1 bind strand breaks and termini of DNA. Oncogene 1999; 18:5194-203. [PMID: 10498869 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1202922] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The BRCT region, the carboxyl-terminus of BRCA1 (the breast cancer susceptibility gene 1 product), is a ubiquitous region homologous to regions in DNA repair enzymes and cell cycle regulators. We showed that the BRCT regions bound DNA fragments, using the TopBP1 protein (topoisomerase II binding protein 1), with eight BRCTs as a model protein. The bindings were independent of DNA sequences, forms of DNA termini and energy. The BRCT-DNA complex showed resistance to an exonuclease, indicating that BRCT bound DNA breaks. The BRCTs also bound DNA nicks, suggesting that BRCTs play an important role in detection of both single- and double-strand DNA breaks or ends. On the other hand, BRCTs did not bind circular intact DNA. BRCTs of BRCA1 also bound DNA termini. Since some BRCTs are unique general elements in some tumor suppressions, these findings will reveal novel aspects of the tumor suppression mechanism.
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- K Yamane
- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, University of Tokyo, 1-1-1, Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan
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Prokopenko SN, Brumby A, O'Keefe L, Prior L, He Y, Saint R, Bellen HJ. A putative exchange factor for Rho1 GTPase is required for initiation of cytokinesis in Drosophila. Genes Dev 1999; 13:2301-14. [PMID: 10485851 PMCID: PMC316993 DOI: 10.1101/gad.13.17.2301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 223] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Cytokinesis ensures the successful completion of the cell cycle and distribution of chromosomes, organelles, and cytoplasm between daughter cells. It is accomplished by formation and constriction of an actomyosin contractile ring that drives the progression of a cleavage furrow. Microinjection experiments and in vitro transfection assays have suggested a requirement for small GTPases of the Rho family in cytokinesis. Yet, the identity of proteins regulating Rho signaling pathways during cytokinesis remains unknown. Here we show that in Drosophila, Pebble (Pbl), a putative exchange factor for Rho GTPases (RhoGEF), is required for the formation of the contractile ring and initiation of cytokinesis. The dynamics of Pbl expression and its distribution during mitosis, as well as structure-function analysis, indicate that it is a key regulatory component of the pathway. pbl interacts genetically with Rho1, but not with Rac1 or Cdc42, and Pbl and Rho1 proteins interact in vivo in yeast. Similar to mutations in pbl, loss of Rho1 or expression of a dominant-negative Rho1 blocks cytokinesis. Our results identify Pbl as a RhoGEF specifically required for cytokinesis and linked through Rho1 activity to the reorganization of the actin cytoskeleton at the cleavage furrow.
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- S N Prokopenko
- Program in Developmental Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030 USA
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Pasteris NG, Gorski JL. Isolation, characterization, and mapping of the mouse and human Fgd2 genes, faciogenital dysplasia (FGD1; Aarskog syndrome) gene homologues. Genomics 1999; 60:57-66. [PMID: 10458911 DOI: 10.1006/geno.1999.5903] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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FGD1 encodes a guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) that specifically activates the Rho GTPase Cdc42. FGD1 gene mutations result in faciogenital dysplasia (FGDY, Aarskog syndrome), an X-linked developmental disorder that adversely affects the formation of multiple skeletal structures. Database searches show that the Caenorhabditis elegans genome contains an FGD1 homologue. Since C. elegans genes often have multiple vertebrate homologues, we hypothesized the existence of multiple mammalian FGD1-related sequences. Here we report the use of degenerate PCR to isolate and characterize the mouse and human Fgd2 genes, new members of the FGD1 gene family. Fgd2 cDNA encodes a 727-amino-acid protein with a predicted mass of 82 kDa. Fgd2 and FGD1 share a high degree of sequence identity that spans >560 contiguous amino acid residues. Fgd2, like FGD1, contains adjacent RhoGEF and PH domains, a second carboxy-terminal PH domain, and a distinctive FYVE domain. Genomic PCR studies indicate some degree of conserved gene structure between Fgd2 and FGD1. Fgd2 transcripts are present in several diverse tissues and during mouse embryogenesis, suggesting a role in embryonic development. Genetic linkage and radiation hybrid mapping data show that Fgd2 and the human FGD2 ortholog map to syntenic regions of murine chromosome 17 and human chromosome 6p21.2, respectively. The observation that all FGD1 gene family members contain equivalent signaling domains and a conserved structural organization strongly suggests that these signaling domains form a canonical core structure for members of the FGD1 family of RhoGEF proteins.
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MESH Headings
- Abnormalities, Multiple/genetics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Blotting, Northern
- Chromosome Mapping
- Chromosomes/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 6/genetics
- Cloning, Molecular
- DNA Primers
- DNA, Complementary/chemistry
- DNA, Complementary/genetics
- DNA, Complementary/isolation & purification
- Facial Bones/abnormalities
- Facial Bones/metabolism
- GTP-Binding Proteins/genetics
- Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors
- Humans
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Inbred Strains
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Muridae
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Proteins/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Sequence Alignment
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
- Tissue Distribution
- Urogenital Abnormalities/genetics
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- N G Pasteris
- Department of Human Genetics, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109-0688, USA
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Maru Y, Kobayashi T, Tanaka K, Shibuya M. BCR binds to the xeroderma pigmentosum group B protein. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1999; 260:309-12. [PMID: 10403766 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1999.0822] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The BCR gene is involved in the formation of the BCR-ABL oncogene responsible for the pathogenesis of Philadelphia chromosome-positive human leukemias. We have previously shown that P210 BCR-ABL binds to the xeroderma pigmentosum group B protein (XPB) through the portion of BCR that is homologous to the catalytic domain of GDP-GTP exchangers such as yeast CDC24 and Dbl. In the baculovirus overexpression system which facilitates binding of coexpressed proteins, we now show that XPB binds to the intact BCR protein efficiently but not to CDC24 or Dbl, suggesting specificity of this interaction. The binding of endogenous BCR and XPB proteins was also detected in Hela cells, and this was inhibited by a blocking peptide. Full-length (1-782) XPB and its truncated form (203-782), which does not contain the nuclear localization signal, were tagged with glutathione S-transferase (GST) and were expressed in Rat1 fibroblasts. GST-XPB(203-782) was localized predominantly in the cytoplasm and bound to BCR but not to p62, one of the other components in TFIIH. GST-XPB(1-782) was largely in the nucleus and bound to p62 and BCR. Although the biological significance of the binding remains to be uncovered, BCR binds to the XPB/p62 complex.
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- Y Maru
- Department of Genetics, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-0071, Japan.
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Fort P. Small GTPases of the Rho family and cell transformation. PROGRESS IN MOLECULAR AND SUBCELLULAR BIOLOGY 1999; 22:159-81. [PMID: 10081069 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-58591-3_8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/11/2023]
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- P Fort
- Institut de Génétique Moléculaire de Montpellier, UMR, CNRS 5535, France
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Stam JC, Collard JG. The DH protein family, exchange factors for Rho-like GTPases. PROGRESS IN MOLECULAR AND SUBCELLULAR BIOLOGY 1999; 22:51-83. [PMID: 10081065 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-58591-3_4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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- J C Stam
- Division of Cell Biology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Daniels RH, Zenke FT, Bokoch GM. alphaPix stimulates p21-activated kinase activity through exchange factor-dependent and -independent mechanisms. J Biol Chem 1999; 274:6047-50. [PMID: 10037684 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.10.6047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Activation of p21-activated kinases (Paks) is achieved through binding of the GTPases Rac or Cdc42 to a conserved domain in the N-terminal regulatory region of Pak. Additional signaling components are also likely to be important in regulating Pak activation. Recently, a family of Pak-interacting guanine nucleotide exchange factors (Pix) have been identified and which are good candidates for regulating Pak activity. Using an active, truncated form of alphaPix (amino acids 155-545), we observe stimulation of Pak1 kinase activity when alphaPix155-545 is co-expressed with Cdc42 and wild-type Pak1 in COS-1 cells. This activation does not occur when we co-express a Pak1 mutant unable to bind alphaPix. The activation of wild-type Pak1 by alphaPix155-545 also requires that alphaPix155-545 retain functional exchange factor activity. However, the Pak1(H83,86L) mutant that does not bind Rac or Cdc42 is activated in the absence of GTPase by alphaPix155-545 and by a mutant of alphaPix155-545 that no longer has exchange factor activity. Pak1 activity stimulated in vitro using GTPgammaS-loaded Cdc42 was also enhanced by recombinant alphaPix155-545 in a binding-dependent manner. These data suggest that Pak activity can be modulated by physical interaction with alphaPix and that this specific effect involves both exchange factor-dependent and -independent mechanisms.
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- R H Daniels
- Department of Immunology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
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Cdc42p is an essential GTPase that belongs to the Rho/Rac subfamily of Ras-like GTPases. These proteins act as molecular switches by responding to exogenous and/or endogenous signals and relaying those signals to activate downstream components of a biological pathway. The 11 current members of the Cdc42p family display between 75 and 100% amino acid identity and are functional as well as structural homologs. Cdc42p transduces signals to the actin cytoskeleton to initiate and maintain polarized gorwth and to mitogen-activated protein morphogenesis. In the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Cdc42p plays an important role in multiple actin-dependent morphogenetic events such as bud emergence, mating-projection formation, and pseudohyphal growth. In mammalian cells, Cdc42p regulates a variety of actin-dependent events and induces the JNK/SAPK protein kinase cascade, which leads to the activation of transcription factors within the nucleus. Cdc42p mediates these processes through interactions with a myriad of downstream effectors, whose number and regulation we are just starting to understand. In addition, Cdc42p has been implicated in a number of human diseases through interactions with its regulators and downstream effectors. While much is known about Cdc42p structure and functional interactions, little is known about the mechanism(s) by which it transduces signals within the cell. Future research should focus on this question as well as on the detailed analysis of the interactions of Cdc42p with its regulators and downstream effectors.
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- D I Johnson
- Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics and the Markey Center for Molecular Genetics, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont 05405,
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Uberall F, Hellbert K, Kampfer S, Maly K, Villunger A, Spitaler M, Mwanjewe J, Baier-Bitterlich G, Baier G, Grunicke HH. Evidence that atypical protein kinase C-lambda and atypical protein kinase C-zeta participate in Ras-mediated reorganization of the F-actin cytoskeleton. J Cell Biol 1999; 144:413-25. [PMID: 9971737 PMCID: PMC2132909 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.144.3.413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Expression of transforming Ha-Ras L61 in NIH3T3 cells causes profound morphological alterations which include a disassembly of actin stress fibers. The Ras-induced dissolution of actin stress fibers is blocked by the specific PKC inhibitor GF109203X at concentrations which inhibit the activity of the atypical aPKC isotypes lambda and zeta, whereas lower concentrations of the inhibitor which block conventional and novel PKC isotypes are ineffective. Coexpression of transforming Ha-Ras L61 with kinase-defective, dominant-negative (DN) mutants of aPKC-lambda and aPKC-zeta, as well as antisense constructs encoding RNA-directed against isotype-specific 5' sequences of the corresponding mRNA, abrogates the Ha-Ras-induced reorganization of the actin cytoskeleton. Expression of a kinase-defective, DN mutant of cPKC-alpha was unable to counteract Ras with regard to the dissolution of actin stress fibers. Transfection of cells with constructs encoding constitutively active (CA) mutants of atypical aPKC-lambda and aPKC-zeta lead to a disassembly of stress fibers independent of oncogenic Ha-Ras. Coexpression of (DN) Rac-1 N17 and addition of the phosphatidylinositol 3'-kinase (PI3K) inhibitors wortmannin and LY294002 are in agreement with a tentative model suggesting that, in the signaling pathway from Ha-Ras to the cytoskeleton aPKC-lambda acts upstream of PI3K and Rac-1, whereas aPKC-zeta functions downstream of PI3K and Rac-1. This model is supported by studies demonstrating that cotransfection with plasmids encoding L61Ras and either aPKC-lambda or aPKC-zeta results in a stimulation of the kinase activity of both enzymes. Furthermore, the Ras-mediated activation of PKC-zeta was abrogated by coexpression of DN Rac-1 N17.
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- F Uberall
- Institute of Medical Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Innsbruck, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
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Velasco JA, Avila MA, Notario V. The product of the cph oncogene is a truncated, nucleotide-binding protein that enhances cellular survival to stress. Oncogene 1999; 18:689-701. [PMID: 9989819 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1202324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Cph was isolated from neoplastic Syrian hamster embryo fibroblasts initiated by 3-methylcholanthrene (MCA), and was shown to be a single copy gene in the hamster genome, conserved from yeast to human cells, expressed in fetal cells and most adult tissues, and acting synergistically with H-ras in the transformation of murine NIH3T3 fibroblasts. We have now isolated Syrian hamster full-length cDNAs for the cph oncogene and proto-oncogene. Nucleotide sequence analysis revealed that cph was activated in MCA-treated cells by a point-mutational deletion at codon 214, which caused a shift in the normal open reading frame (ORF) and brought a translation termination codon 33 amino acids downstream. While proto-cph encodes a protein (pcph) of 469 amino acids, cph encodes a truncated protein (cph) of 246 amino acids with a new, hydrophobic C-terminus. Similar mechanisms activated cph in other MCA-treated Syrian hamster cells. The cph and proto-cph proteins have partial sequence homology with two protein families: GDP/GTP exchange factors and nucleotide phosphohydrolases. In vitro translated, gel-purified cph proteins did not catalyze nucleotide exchange for H-ras, but were able to bind nucleotide phosphates, in particular ribonucleotide diphosphates such as UDP and GDP. Steady-state levels of cph mRNA increased 6.7-fold in hamster neoplastic cells, relative to a 2.2-fold increase in normal cells, when they were subjected to a nutritional stress such as serum deprivation. Moreover, cph-transformed NIH3T3 cells showed increased survival to various forms of stress (serum starvation, hyperthermia, ionizing radiation), strongly suggesting that cph participates in cellular mechanisms of response to stress.
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- J A Velasco
- Department of Radiation Medicine, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20007, USA
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Ren Y, Li R, Zheng Y, Busch H. Cloning and characterization of GEF-H1, a microtubule-associated guanine nucleotide exchange factor for Rac and Rho GTPases. J Biol Chem 1998; 273:34954-60. [PMID: 9857026 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.273.52.34954] [Citation(s) in RCA: 247] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The Rho-related small GTPases are critical elements involved in regulation of signal transduction cascades from extracellular stimuli to cell nucleus and cytoskeleton. The Dbl-like guanine nucleotide exchange factors (GEF) have been implicated in direct activation of these GTPases. Here we have identified a new member of the Dbl family, GEF-H1, by screening a human HeLa cell cDNA library. GEF-H1 encodes a 100-kDa protein containing the conserved structural array of a Dbl homology domain in tandem with a pleckstrin homology domain and is most closely related to the lfc oncogene, but additionally it contains a unique coiled-coil domain at the carboxyl terminus. Biochemical analysis reveals that GEF-H1 is capable of stimulating guanine nucleotide exchange of Rac and Rho but is inactive toward Cdc42, TC10, or Ras. Moreover, GEF-H1 binds to Rac and Rho proteins in both the GDP- and guanosine 5'-3-O-(thio)triphosphate-bound states without detectable affinity for Cdc42 or Ras. Immunofluorescence reveals that GEF-H1 colocalizes with microtubules through the carboxyl-terminal coiled-coil domain. Overexpression of GEF-H1 in COS-7 cells results in induction of membrane ruffles. These results suggest that GEF-H1 may have a direct role in activation of Rac and/or Rho and in bringing the activated GTPase to specific target sites such as microtubules.
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- Y Ren
- Department of Pharmacology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.
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Aghazadeh B, Zhu K, Kubiseski TJ, Liu GA, Pawson T, Zheng Y, Rosen MK. Structure and mutagenesis of the Dbl homology domain. NATURE STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY 1998; 5:1098-107. [PMID: 9846881 DOI: 10.1038/4209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Guanine nucleotide exchange factors in the Dbl family activate Rho GTPases by accelerating dissociation of bound GDP, promoting acquisition of the GTP-bound state. Dbl proteins possess a approximately 200 residue catalytic Dbl-homology (DH) domain, that is arranged in tandem with a C-terminal pleckstrin homology (PH) domain in nearly all cases. Here we report the solution structure of the DH domain of human PAK-interacting exchange protein (betaPIX). The domain is composed of 11 alpha-helices that form a flattened, elongated bundle. The structure explains a large body of mutagenesis data, which, along with sequence comparisons, identify the GTPase interaction site as a surface formed by three conserved helices near the center of one face of the domain. Proximity of the site to the DH C-terminus suggests a means by which PH-ligand interactions may be coupled to DH-GTPase interactions to regulate signaling through the Dbl proteins in vivo.
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- B Aghazadeh
- Cellular Biochemistry and Biophysics Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10021, USA
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Kiyokawa E, Hashimoto Y, Kobayashi S, Sugimura H, Kurata T, Matsuda M. Activation of Rac1 by a Crk SH3-binding protein, DOCK180. Genes Dev 1998; 12:3331-6. [PMID: 9808620 PMCID: PMC317231 DOI: 10.1101/gad.12.21.3331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 365] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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DOCK180 is involved in integrin signaling through CrkII-p130(Cas) complexes. We have studied the involvement of DOCK180 in Rac1 signaling cascades. DOCK180 activated JNK in a manner dependent on Rac1, Cdc42Hs, and SEK, and overexpression of DOCK180 increased the amount of GTP-bound Rac1 in 293T cells. Coexpression of CrkII and p130(Cas) enhanced this DOCK180-dependent activation of Rac1. Furthermore, we observed direct binding of DOCK180 to Rac1, but not to RhoA or Cdc42Hs. Dominant-negative Rac1 suppressed DOCK180-induced membrane spreading. These results strongly suggest that DOCK180 is a novel activator of Rac1 and involved in integrin signaling.
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- E Kiyokawa
- Department of Pathology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8640, Japan
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Whitehead IP, Abe K, Gorski JL, Der CJ. CDC42 and FGD1 cause distinct signaling and transforming activities. Mol Cell Biol 1998; 18:4689-97. [PMID: 9671479 PMCID: PMC109055 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.18.8.4689] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/1998] [Accepted: 05/29/1998] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Activated forms of different Rho family members (CDC42, Rac1, RhoA, RhoB, and RhoG) have been shown to transform NIH 3T3 cells as well as contribute to Ras transformation. Rho family guanine nucleotide exchange factors (GEFs) (also known as Dbl family proteins) that activate CDC42, Rac1, and RhoA also demonstrate oncogenic potential. The faciogenital dysplasia gene product, FGD1, is a Dbl family member that has recently been shown to function as a CDC42-specific GEF. Mutations within the FGD1 locus cosegregate with faciogenital dysplasia, a multisystemic disorder resulting in extensive growth impairments throughout the skeletal and urogenital systems. Here we demonstrate that FGD1 expression is sufficient to cause tumorigenic transformation of NIH 3T3 fibroblasts. Although both FGD1 and constitutively activated CDC42 cooperated with Raf and showed synergistic focus-forming activity, both quantitative and qualitative differences in their functions were seen. FGD1 and CDC42 also activated common nuclear signaling pathways. However, whereas both showed comparable activation of c-Jun, CDC42 showed stronger activation of serum response factor and FGD1 was consistently a better activator of Elk-1. Although coexpression of FGD1 with specific inhibitors of CDC42 function demonstrated the dependence of FGD1 signaling activity on CDC42 function, FGD1 signaling activities were not always consistent with the direct or exclusive stimulation of CDC42 function. In summary, FGD1 and CDC42 signaling and transformation are distinct, thus suggesting that FGD1 may be mediating some of its biological activities through non-CDC42 targets.
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- I P Whitehead
- Department of Pharmacology and Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7295, USA
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Westwick JK, Lee RJ, Lambert QT, Symons M, Pestell RG, Der CJ, Whitehead IP. Transforming potential of Dbl family proteins correlates with transcription from the cyclin D1 promoter but not with activation of Jun NH2-terminal kinase, p38/Mpk2, serum response factor, or c-Jun. J Biol Chem 1998; 273:16739-47. [PMID: 9642229 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.273.27.16739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The dbl family of oncogenes encodes a large, structurally related, family of growth-regulatory molecules that possess guanine nucleotide exchange factor activity for specific members of the Rho family of Ras-related GTPases. We have evaluated matched sets of weakly and strongly transforming versions of five Dbl family proteins (Lfc, Lsc, Ect2, Dbl, and Dbs) to determine their ability to stimulate signaling pathways that are activated by Rho family proteins. We found that the transforming potential of this panel did not correlate directly with their ability to activate Jun NH2-terminal kinase, p38/Mpk2, serum response factor, or c-Jun. In contrast, transient stimulation of transcription from the cyclin D1 promoter provided a strong correlation with transforming potential, and we found constitutive up-regulation of cyclin D1 protein in Dbl family protein-transformed cells. In addition, we observed that at least two Dbl family members (Lfc and Ect2) induced changes in the actin cytoskeleton and exhibited nuclear signaling profiles that are consistent with a broader range of in vivo substrate utilization than is predicted from their in vitro exchange specificities. In summary, although Dbl family proteins exhibit signaling profiles that are consistent with their in vivo activation of Rho proteins, stimulation of cyclin D1 transcription is the only activity that correlates with transforming potential, thus suggesting that deregulated cell cycle progression may be important for Dbl family protein transformation.
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- J K Westwick
- Department of Pharmacology and Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7038, USA
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Zhou K, Wang Y, Gorski JL, Nomura N, Collard J, Bokoch GM. Guanine nucleotide exchange factors regulate specificity of downstream signaling from Rac and Cdc42. J Biol Chem 1998; 273:16782-6. [PMID: 9642235 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.273.27.16782] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The Rac and Cdc42 GTPases regulate diverse cellular behaviors involving the actin cytoskeleton, gene transcription, and the activity of multiple protein and lipid kinases. All of these pathways can potentially become activated when GTP-Rac or GTP-Cdc42 is formed in response to external cell signals, yet it is evident that each activity must also be able to be controlled individually. The mechanisms by which such specificity of GTPase signaling in response to upstream stimuli is achieved remains unclear. We investigated the action of several well characterized guanine nucleotide exchange factors (GEFRho) to activate Rac- and/or Cdc42-dependent kinase pathways. Coexpression studies in COS-7 cells revealed that the ability of individual guanine nucleotide exchange factors (GEFs) to activate the p21-activated kinase PAK1 could be dissociated from activation of c-Jun amino-terminal kinase, even though activation of both pathways requires the action of the GEFs on Rac and/or Cdc42. In contrast, expression of constitutively active forms of Rac or Cdc42 effectively stimulated both downstream kinases. We conclude that GEFs can be important determinants of downstream signaling specificity for members of the Rho GTPase family.
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- K Zhou
- Departments of Immunology and Cell Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
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Yamane K, Kawabata M, Tsuruo T. A DNA-topoisomerase-II-binding protein with eight repeating regions similar to DNA-repair enzymes and to a cell-cycle regulator. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1997; 250:794-9. [PMID: 9461304 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.00794.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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A two-hybrid system was used to isolate factors that interact with the C-terminal region of DNA topoisomerase IIbeta. A positive clone isolated from a HeLa cDNA library encoded 1522 amino acid residues (molecular mass 170670). The protein, designated topoisomerase-IIbeta-binding protein 1 (TopBP1), interacted with the C-terminal region of topoisomerase IIbeta synthesized in vitro. A database search indicated that TopBP1 possessed eight regions similar to regions of Rad4, Cut5, Ect2, Rev1 and X-ray repair cross-complementing 1 (XRCC1) proteins and a region similar to auto-modification sites of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase, suggesting that TopBP1 supported catalytic reactions of topoisomerase II through transient breakages of DNA strands.
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- K Yamane
- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, University of Tokyo, Japan
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Saka Y, Esashi F, Matsusaka T, Mochida S, Yanagida M. Damage and replication checkpoint control in fission yeast is ensured by interactions of Crb2, a protein with BRCT motif, with Cut5 and Chk1. Genes Dev 1997; 11:3387-400. [PMID: 9407031 PMCID: PMC316798 DOI: 10.1101/gad.11.24.3387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 214] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Fission yeast Cut5/Rad4 plays a unique role in the genome maintenance as it is required for replication, replication checkpoint, and normal UV sensitivity. It is unknown, however, how Cut5 protein is linked to other checkpoint proteins, and what part it plays in replication and UV sensitivity. Here we report that Cut5 interacts with a novel checkpoint protein Crb2 and that this interaction is needed for normal genome maintenance. The carboxyl terminus of Crb2 resembles yeast Rad9 and human 53BP1 and BRCA1. Crb2 is required for checkpoint arrests induced by irradiation and polymerase mutations, but not for those induced by inhibited nucleotide supply. Upon UV damage, Crb2 is transiently modified, probably phosphorylated, with a similar timing of phosphorylation in Chk1 kinase, which is reported to restrain Cdc2 activation. Crb2 modification requires other damage-sensing checkpoint proteins but not Chk1, suggesting that Crb2 acts at the upstream of Chk1. The modified Crb2 exists as a slowly sedimenting form, whereas Crb2 in undamaged cells is in a rapidly sedimenting structure. Cut5 and Crb2 interact with Chk1 in a two-hybrid system. Moreover, moderate overexpression of Chk1 suppresses the phenotypes of cut5 and crb2 mutants. Cut5, Crb2, and Chk1 thus may form a checkpoint sensor-transmitter pathway to arrest the cell cycle.
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- Y Saka
- Department of Biophysics, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa-Oiwake, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606, Japan
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- L Van Aelst
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York 11724, USA. vanaelst@.cshl.org
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Roux P, Gauthier-Rouvière C, Doucet-Brutin S, Fort P. The small GTPases Cdc42Hs, Rac1 and RhoG delineate Raf-independent pathways that cooperate to transform NIH3T3 cells. Curr Biol 1997; 7:629-37. [PMID: 9285711 DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(06)00289-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND Ras-mediated transformation of mammalian cells has been shown to activate multiple signalling pathways, including those involving mitogen-activated protein kinases and the small GTPase Rho. Members of the Rho family affect cell morphology by controlling the formation of actin-dependent structures: specifically, filopodia are induced by Cdc42Hs, lamellipodia and ruffles by Rac, and stress fibers by RhoA. In addition, Rho GTPases are involved in progression through the G1 phase of the cell cycle, and Rac1 and RhoA have recently been directly implicated in the morphogenic and mitogenic responses to transformation by oncogenic Ras. In order to examine the cross-talk between Ras and Rho proteins, we investigated the effects on focus-forming activity and cell growth of the Rho-family members Cdc42Hs, Rac1 and RhoG by expressing constitutively active or dominant-negative forms in NIH3T3 cells. RESULTS Expression of Rac1 or RhoG modulated the saturation density to which the cells grew, probably by affecting the level of contact inhibition. Although all three GTPases were required for cell transformation mediated by Ras but not by constitutively active Raf, the selective activation of each GTPase was not sufficient to induce the formation of foci. The coordinated activation of Cdc42Hs, RhoG and Rac1, however, elicited a high focus-forming activity, independent of the mitogen-activated ERK and JNK protein kinase pathways. CONCLUSIONS Ras-mediated transformation induces extensive changes in cell morphology which require the activity of members of the Rho family of GTPases. Our data show that the pattern of coordinated Rho family activation that elicits a focus-forming activity in NIH3T3 cells is distinct from the regulatory cascade that has been proposed for the control of actin-dependent structures in Swiss 3T3 cells.
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- P Roux
- Institut de Génétique Moléculaire, C.N.R.S. UMR5535, 1919 route de Mende, F-34293 Montpellier cedex 5, France.
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Gong TW, Shin JJ, Burmeister M, Lomax MI. Complete cDNAs for CDC42 from chicken cochlea and mouse liver. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1997; 1352:282-92. [PMID: 9224952 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-4781(97)00027-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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CDC42 is a member of the ras superfamily of small GTP-binding proteins that are related through the highly conserved GTP-binding domain and are involved in signal transduction pathways. Two full-length CDC42 cDNAs have been isolated: a 2148-bp chick cochlea cDNA and a 2063-bp mouse liver cDNA. Each encodes a CDC42 protein of 191 amino acids. The avian CDC42 protein differs from the mouse at only one amino acid residue, a Thr for a Ser at position 185. Both CDC42 proteins are more similar to the ubiquitous human isoform originally isolated from placenta than to the isoform isolated from fetal brain. Using a probe from the 3' UTR of the mouse liver CDC42 cDNA, we demonstrated that the mouse gene is expressed in all tissues examined. Southern blot analysis of a mouse inter-specific backcross with this gene-specific probe identified at least three CDC42-like (Cdc42l) genes in the mouse genome. Cdc42l1 was mapped to distal mouse Chromosome 4, near Cappb1. Cdc42l2 mapped more proximal on Chromosome 4, whereas Cdc42l3 mapped to the X Chromosome.
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- T W Gong
- Kresge Hearing Research Institute, Department of Otolaryngology/Head-Neck Surgery, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0648, USA
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Ludbrook SB, Eccleston JF, Strom M. Cloning and characterization of a rhoGAP homolog from Dictyostelium discoideum. J Biol Chem 1997; 272:15682-6. [PMID: 9188459 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.25.15682] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Small GTPases interact with a variety of proteins that affect nucleotide binding and cleavage. GTPase activating proteins (GAPs) are one class of these proteins that act by accelerating the intrinsic GTPase rate resulting in the formation of the biologically inactive GDP-bound form of the GTPase. For the Rho subfamily of GTPases, there is a growing number of proteins with rhoGAP activity that are identifiable by a homologous region of about 150 amino acids. We have exploited this homology using the polymerase chain reaction to clone the first rhoGAP homolog, called DdRacGAP, from the slime mold Dictyostelium discoideum. The GAP domain of DdRacGAP (amino acids 1-212), when expressed and purified from Escherichia coli, is active on both Dictyostelium and human Rho family GTPases but not human Ras. The full-length protein is 1356 amino acids in length and has several interesting homologies in addition to the GAP domain, including an SH3 domain, a dbl homology domain, and a pleckstrin homology domain.
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- S B Ludbrook
- National Institute for Medical Research, Department of Physical Biochemistry, The Ridgeway, Mill Hill, NW7 1AA, London, United Kingdom
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Members of the Rho/Rac/Cdc42Hs family of GTPases have been shown to participate in many aspects of the signaling of cell growth and differentiation. Although the biochemical properties of these GTPases have been extensively studied, very little is known about their gene structure and regulation. RhoG, a member related to Rac and Cdc42Hs, is activated at the transcriptional level in the mid-G1 phase of stimulated fibroblasts. As a first step toward the characterization of the regulatory elements involved in serum-regulated expression, we isolated and determined the structure of the corresponding human locus (ARHG, localized in 11p15.4-p15.5). This is the first gene structure of a member of the Rho/Rac/Cdc42Hs family. At variance with Ras and Rab3A genes, ARHG contains a single intron larger than 20 kb that splits a 62-nt-long 5' noncoding first exon from the rest of the mRNA. The sequences upstream of the cap sites exhibit transcriptional activity. They are G/C-rich and devoid of TATA or CAAT boxes, as found for many housekeeping genes, including Ras genes.
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- L Le Gallic
- Institut de Génétique Moléculaire, CNRS UMR5535, Montpellier, France
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Werner LA, Manseau LJ. A Drosophila gene with predicted rhoGEF, pleckstrin homology and SH3 domains is highly expressed in morphogenic tissues. Gene 1997; 187:107-14. [PMID: 9073073 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-1119(96)00732-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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We have identified a Drosophila gene that has substantial sequence homology to a distinct class of proto-oncogenes that includes DBL, VAV, Tiam-1, ost and ect-2. It has predicted Rho or Rac guanine exchange factor (Rho/RacGEF) and pleckstin homology (PH) domains with the PH immediately downstream of the Rho/RacGEF. Rho/RacGEFs catalyze the dissociation of GDP from the Rho/Rac subfamily of Ras-like GTPases, thus activating the target Rho/Rac (Takai et al. (1995) Trends Biochem. Sci. 20, 227-231]. Members of the Rho/Rac subfamily regulate organization of the actin cytoskeleton, which controls the morphology, adhesion and motility of cells (Nobes et al. (1995) J. Cell Sci. 108, 225 233; Ridley and Hall (1992) Cell 70, 389-399; Ridley et al. (1992) Cell 70, 401-410]. Message from this gene is found throughout oogenesis and embryogenesis. Of particular interest, message is most abundant in furrows and folds of the embryo where cell shapes are changing and the cytoskeleton is likely to be undergoing reorganization.
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- L A Werner
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson 85721, USA
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Whitehead IP, Campbell S, Rossman KL, Der CJ. Dbl family proteins. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1997; 1332:F1-23. [PMID: 9061011 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-419x(96)00040-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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- I P Whitehead
- Department of Pharmacology, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599, USA.
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Zheng Y, Fischer DJ, Santos MF, Tigyi G, Pasteris NG, Gorski JL, Xu Y. The faciogenital dysplasia gene product FGD1 functions as a Cdc42Hs-specific guanine-nucleotide exchange factor. J Biol Chem 1996; 271:33169-72. [PMID: 8969170 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.271.52.33169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 132] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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The Rho family of small GTP-binding proteins plays important roles in the regulation of actin cytoskeleton organization and cell growth. Activation of these GTPases involves the replacement of bound GDP with GTP, a process catalyzed by the Dbl-like guanine-nucleotide exchange factors, all of which seem to share a putative catalytic motif termed the Dbl homology (DH) domain, followed by a pleckstrin homology (PH) domain. Here we have examined the role of a Dbl-like molecule, the faciogenital dysplasia gene product (FGD1), which when mutated in its Dbl homology domain, cosegregates with the developmental disease Aarskog-Scott syndrome. We report that a polypeptide of FGD1 encompassing the DH and PH domains can bind specifically to the Rho family GTPase Cdc42Hs and stimulates the GDP-GTP exchange of the isoprenylated form of Cdc42Hs. Microinjection of this FGD1 polypeptide into Swiss 3T3 fibroblast cells induces the formation of peripheral actin microspikes, similar to that previously observed when cells were injected with a constitutively active form of Cdc42Hs. This effect of FGD1 on actin organization is readily inhibited by coinjection of a dominant-negative mutant of Cdc42Hs. Examination of NIH 3T3 cells expressing the FGD1 fragment revealed that similar to cells expressing Dbl, two independent elements downstream of Cdc42Hs, the Jun NH2-terminal kinase and the p70 S6 kinase, became activated. Hence, our results indicate that FGD1, through its DH and PH domains, acts as a Cdc42Hs-specific guanine-nucleotide exchange factor and suggest that the Cdc42Hs GTPase may have a role in mammalian development.
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- Y Zheng
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee 38163, USA.
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Harhammer R, Gohla A, Schultz G. Interaction of G protein Gbetagamma dimers with small GTP-binding proteins of the Rho family. FEBS Lett 1996; 399:211-4. [PMID: 8985147 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(96)01327-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Gbetagamma dimers of heterotrimeric G proteins have been shown to be important for the translocation of cytosolic proteins to membranes. The involvement of Gbetagamma in those signaling processes mediated by small GTP-binding proteins of the Rho family was studied using purified proteins. We showed specific binding of bovine brain Gbetagamma to immobilized GST-Rho fusion proteins. In addition, brain Gbetagamma, but not transducin Gbetagamma, was able to inhibit GTPgammaS binding to GST-Rho in a concentration-dependent manner. GTPgammaS binding to GST-Rac was also decreased by brain Gbetagamma whereas nucleotide binding to GST-Cdc42 was not changed. We conclude that Gbetagamma dimers may participate in the process of membrane attachment and/or other regulations of Rho and Rac.
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- R Harhammer
- Institut für Pharmakologie, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
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Glaven JA, Whitehead IP, Nomanbhoy T, Kay R, Cerione RA. Lfc and Lsc oncoproteins represent two new guanine nucleotide exchange factors for the Rho GTP-binding protein. J Biol Chem 1996; 271:27374-81. [PMID: 8910315 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.271.44.27374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Lfc and Lsc are two recently identified oncoproteins that contain a Dbl homology domain in tandem with a pleckstrin homology domain and thus share sequence similarity with a number of other growth regulatory proteins including Dbl, Tiam-1, and Lbc. We show here that Lfc and Lsc, like their closest relative Lbc, are highly specific guanine nucleotide exchange factors (GEFs) for Rho, causing a >10-fold stimulation of [3H]GDP dissociation from Rho and a marked stimulation of GDP-[35S]GTPgammas (guanosine 5'-O-(3-thiotriphosphate) exchange. All three proteins (Lbc, Lfc, and Lsc) are able to act catalytically in stimulating the guanine nucleotide exchange activity, such that a single molecule of each of these oncoproteins can activate a number of molecules of Rho. Neither Lfc nor Lsc shows any ability to stimulate GDP dissociation from other related GTP-binding proteins such as Rac, Cdc42, or Ras. Thus Lbc, Lfc, and Lsc appear to represent a subgroup of Dbl-related proteins that function as highly specific GEFs toward Rho and can be distinguished from Dbl, Ost, and Dbs which are less specific and show GEF activity toward both Rho and Cdc42. Consistent with these results, Lbc, Lfc, and Lsc each form tight complexes with the guanine nucleotide-depleted form of Rho and bind weakly to the GDP- and GTPgammaS-bound states. None of these oncoproteins are able to form complexes with Cdc42 or Ras. However, Lfc (but not Lbc nor Lsc) can bind to Rac, and this binding occurs equally well when Rac is nucleotide-depleted or is in the GDP- or GTPgammaS-bound state. These findings raise the possibility that in addition to acting directly as a GEF for Rho, Lfc may play other roles that influence the signaling activities of Rac and/or coordinate the activities of the Rac and Rho proteins.
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- J A Glaven
- Department of Pharmacology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
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Zheng Y, Glaven JA, Wu WJ, Cerione RA. Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate provides an alternative to guanine nucleotide exchange factors by stimulating the dissociation of GDP from Cdc42Hs. J Biol Chem 1996; 271:23815-9. [PMID: 8798610 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.271.39.23815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Members of the Rho subfamily of Ras-related GTP-binding proteins play important roles in the organization of the actin cytoskeleton and in the regulation of cell growth. We have shown previously that the dbl oncogene product, which represents a prototype for a family of growth regulatory proteins, activates Rho subfamily GTP-binding proteins by catalyzing the dissociation of GDP from their nucleotide binding site. In the present study, we demonstrate that the acidic phospholipid, phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP2), provides an alternative mechanism for the activation of Cdc42Hs. Among a variety of lipids tested, only PIP2 was able to stimulate GDP release from Cdc42Hs in a dose-dependent manner, with a half-maximum effect at approximately 50 microM. Unlike the Dbl oncoprotein, which requires the presence of (free) guanine nucleotide in the medium to replace the GDP bound to Cdc42Hs, PIP2 stimulates GDP release from Cdc42Hs in the absence of free guanine nucleotide. PIP2, when incorporated into phosphatidylcholine carrier vesicles, binds tightly to the guanine nucleotide-depleted form of Cdc42Hs and weakly to the GDP-bound form of the GTP-binding protein but does not bind to GTP-bound Cdc42Hs, similar to what was observed for the Dbl oncoprotein. However, mutational analysis of Cdc42Hs indicates that the site that is essential for the functional interaction between PIP2 and Cdc42Hs is distinct from the Dbl-binding site and is located at the positively charged carboxyl-terminal end of the GTP-binding protein. The GDP-releasing activity of PIP2 is highly effective toward Cdc42Hs and Rho (and is similar to the reported effects of PIP2 on Arf (Terui, T., Kahn, R. A., and Randazzo, P. A., (1994) J. Biol. Chem. 269, 28130-28135)), is less effective with Rac, and is not observed with Ras, Rap1a, or Ran. The ability of PIP2 to activate Cdc42Hs (or Rho) and Arf provides a possible point of convergence for the biological pathways regulated by these different GTP-binding proteins and may be related to the synergism observed between Arf and Rho-subtype proteins in the stimulation of phospholipase D activity (Singer, W. D., Brown, H. A., Bokoch, G. M., and Sternweis, P. C. (1995) J. Biol. Chem. 270, 14944-14950).
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- Y Zheng
- Department of Pharmacology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
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Lorenzi MV, Horii Y, Yamanaka R, Sakaguchi K, Miki T. FRAG1, a gene that potently activates fibroblast growth factor receptor by C-terminal fusion through chromosomal rearrangement. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1996; 93:8956-61. [PMID: 8799135 PMCID: PMC38576 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.93.17.8956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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A constitutively active form of fibroblast growth factor 2 (FGFR2) was identified in rat osteosarcoma (ROS) cells by an expression cloning strategy. Unlike other tyrosine kinase receptors activated by N-terminal truncation in tumors, this receptor, FGFR2-ROS, contains an altered C terminus generated from chromosomal rearrangement with a novel gene, designated FGFR activating gene 1 (FRAG1). While the removal of the C terminus slightly activates FGFR2, the presence of the FRAG1 sequence drastically stimulates the transforming activity and autophosphorylation of the receptor. FGFR2-ROS is expressed as a unusually large protein and is highly phosphorylated in NIH 3T3 transfectants. FRAG1 is ubiquitously expressed and encodes a predicted protein of 28 kDa lacking significant structural similarity to known proteins. Epitope-tagged FRAG1 protein showed a perinuclear localization by immunofluorescence staining. The highly activated state of FGFR2-ROS appears to be attributed to constitutive dimer formation and higher phosphorylation level as well as possibly altered subcellular localization. These results indicate a unique mechanism of receptor activation by a C terminus alteration through a chromosomal fusion with FRAG1.
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- M V Lorenzi
- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Zheng Y, Zangrilli D, Cerione RA, Eva A. The pleckstrin homology domain mediates transformation by oncogenic dbl through specific intracellular targeting. J Biol Chem 1996; 271:19017-20. [PMID: 8702569 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.271.32.19017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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The pleckstrin homology (PH) domain is an approximately 100 amino acid structural motif found in many cellular signaling molecules, including the Dbl oncoprotein and related, putative guanine nucleotide exchange factors (GEFs). Here we have examined the role of the Dbl PH (dPH) domain in the activities of oncogenic Dbl. We report that the dPH domain is not involved in the interaction of Dbl with small GTP-binding proteins and is incapable of transforming NIH 3T3 fibroblasts. On the other hand, co-expression of the dPH domain with oncogenic Dbl inhibits Dbl-induced transformation. A deletion mutant of Dbl that lacks a significant portion of the PH domain retains full GEF activity, but is completely inactive in transformation assays. Replacement of the PH domain by the membrane-targeting sequence of Ras is not sufficient for the recovery of transforming activity. However, subcellular fractionations of Dbl and Dbl mutants revealed that the PH domain is necessary and sufficient for the association of Dbl with the Triton X-100-insoluble cytoskeletal components. Thus, our results suggest that the dPH domain mediates cellular transformation by targeting the Dbl protein to specific cytoskeletal locations to activate Rho-type small GTP-binding proteins.
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- Y Zheng
- Department of Pharmacology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853-6401, USA
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Whitehead IP, Khosravi-Far R, Kirk H, Trigo-Gonzalez G, Der CJ, Kay R. Expression cloning of lsc, a novel oncogene with structural similarities to the Dbl family of guanine nucleotide exchange factors. J Biol Chem 1996; 271:18643-50. [PMID: 8702517 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.271.31.18643] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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In a screen for genes with oncogenic potential expressed by the murine B6SUtA1 myeloid progenitor cell line, we isolated a 2. 5-kilobase pair cDNA whose expression causes strong morphological transformation and deregulated proliferation of NIH 3T3 cells. The transforming cDNA encodes a truncated protein (designated Lsc) with a region of sequence similarity to the product of the lbc oncogene. This region includes the tandem Dbl homology and pleckstrin homology domains that are hallmarks of the Dbl-like proteins, a family of presumptive or demonstrated guanine nucleotide exchange factors that act on Rho family GTPases. Lsc requires intact Dbl homology and pleckstrin homology domains for its oncogenic activity. The transforming activity of Lsc in NIH 3T3 cells is reduced by cotransfection with p190 (a GTPase activating protein for Rho family GTPases) and the Rho family dominant-negative mutants RhoA(19N), CDC42(17N), and Rac1(17N). These results indicate a role for the Rho family of GTPases in mediating the transforming activity of Lsc and are consistent with the exchange specificities that have been attributed to Dbl family members. The lsc gene is expressed in a variety of tissues and is particularly abundant in hemopoietic tissues (thymus, spleen, and bone marrow). Lsc is a member of a growing family of proteins that may function as activators of Rho family GTPases in a developmental or tissue-specific manner.
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- I P Whitehead
- Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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Boivin D, Bilodeau D, Béliveau R. Regulation of cytoskeletal functions by Rho small GTP-binding proteins in normal and cancer cells. Can J Physiol Pharmacol 1996. [DOI: 10.1139/y96-083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Gong TW, Hegeman AD, Shin JJ, Adler HJ, Raphael Y, Lomax MI. Identification of genes expressed after noise exposure in the chick basilar papilla. Hear Res 1996; 96:20-32. [PMID: 8817303 DOI: 10.1016/0378-5955(96)00013-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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We used differential display of mRNA, a method based on reverse transcriptase-PCR, to identify genes whose expression increases in response to acoustic trauma in the chick basilar papilla. Identifying these genes would provide insight into processes involved in repair of the damaged epithelium or in hair cell regeneration. We compared mRNA from the basilar papilla of normal chicks, from chicks exposed to an octave band noise (center frequency: 1.5 kHz) presented at 118 dB for 6 h, and from chicks exposed to noise and allowed to recover for 2 days. Thus far, we have identified 70 bands that appear to be differentially displayed on DNA sequencing gels; approximately 40 of these bands have been subcloned and sequenced. DNA sequences were compared with sequences in the GenBank database to identify genes with significant (70-85%) sequence identity to known genes. Chick cDNAs identified included: the parathyroid hormone-related protein, an immediate early gene; the delta-subunit of the neuronal-specific Ca2+/calmodulin-regulated protein kinase II; and the GTP-binding protein CDC42, a member of the ras superfamily of G proteins. A fourth cDNA had 84% sequence identity to an uncharacterized human cDNA (expressed sequence tag), indicating that this is a novel gene. Slot-blot hybridization analysis of these cDNAs probed with labeled DNA generated from mRNA from each experimental group indicated higher levels of mRNA for each of these four genes after noise exposure. These results indicate the potential involvement of both Ca2+/calmodulin-mediated signaling and GTPase cascades in the response to noise damage and during hair cell regeneration in the chick basilar papilla.
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- T W Gong
- Kresge Hearing Research Institute, Department of Otolaryngology/Head-Neck Surgery, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor 48109-0648, USA
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Reid T, Furuyashiki T, Ishizaki T, Watanabe G, Watanabe N, Fujisawa K, Morii N, Madaule P, Narumiya S. Rhotekin, a new putative target for Rho bearing homology to a serine/threonine kinase, PKN, and rhophilin in the rho-binding domain. J Biol Chem 1996; 271:13556-60. [PMID: 8662891 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.271.23.13556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 282] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Using a mouse embryo cDNA library, we conducted a two-hybrid screening to identify new partners for the small GTPase Rho. One clone obtained by this procedure contained a novel cDNA of 291 base pairs and interacted strongly with RhoA and RhoC, weakly with RhoB, and not at all with Rac1 and Cdc42Hs. Full-length cDNAs were then isolated from a mouse brain library. While multiple splicing variants were common, we identified three cDNAs with an identical open reading frame encoding a 61-kDa protein that we named rhotekin (from the Japanese "teki," meaning target). The N-terminal part of rhotekin, encoded by the initial cDNA and produced in bacteria as a glutathione S-transferase fusion protein, exhibited in vitro binding to 35S-labeled guanosine 5'-3-O-(thio)triphosphate-bound Rho, but not to Rac1 or Cdc42Hs in ligand overlay assays. In addition, this peptide inhibited both endogenous and GTPase-activating protein-stimulated Rho GTPase activity. The amino acid sequence of this region shares approximately 30% identity with the Rho-binding domains of rhophilin and a serine/threonine kinase, PKN, two other Rho target proteins that we recently identified (Watanabe, G., Saito, Y., Madaule, P., Ishizaki, T., Fujisawa, K., Morii, N., Mukai, H., Ono, Y., Kakizuka, A., and Narumiya, S. (1996) Science 271, 645-648). Thus, not only is rhotekin a novel partner for Rho, but it also belongs to a wide family of proteins that bear a consensus Rho-binding sequence at the N terminus. To our knowledge, this is the first conserved sequence for Rho effectors, and we have termed this region Rho effector motif class 1.
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- T Reid
- Department of Pharmacology, Kyoto University Faculty of Medicine, Yoshida, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606, Japan
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Bonnefoy-Bérard N, Munshi A, Yron I, Wu S, Collins TL, Deckert M, Shalom-Barak T, Giampa L, Herbert E, Hernandez J, Meller N, Couture C, Altman A. Vav: function and regulation in hematopoietic cell signaling. Stem Cells 1996; 14:250-68. [PMID: 8724692 DOI: 10.1002/stem.140250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Vav, a 95 kDa proto-oncogene product expressed specifically in hematopoietic cells, was originally isolated as a transforming human oncogene. Vav contains an array of functional domains that are involved in interactions with other proteins and, possibly, with lipids. These include, among others, a putative guanine nucleotide exchange domain, a cysteine-rich region similar to the phorbol ester/diacylglycerol-binding domain of protein kinase C, a pleckstrin-homology domain, and Src-homology 2 and 3 (SH2 and SH3, respectively) domains. The presence of these domains, the transforming activity of the vav oncogene, and the rapid increase in tyrosine phosphorylation of Vav induced by triggering of diverse receptors indicate that it plays an important role in hematopoietic cell signaling pathways. Such a role is supported by recent studies using "knockout" mice and transiently transfected T cells, in which Vav deletion or overexpression, respectively, had marked effects on lymphocyte development or activation. The presence of a putative guanine nucleotide exchange domain, the prototype of which is found in the dbl oncogene product, implies that Vav functions as a guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) for one (or more) members of the Ras-like family of small GTP-binding proteins. In support of such a role, Vav preparations were found in some (but not other) studies to mediate in vitro-specific GEF activity for Ras. Additional studies are required to identify the physiological regulators and targets of Vav, and its exact role in hematopoietic cell development and signaling.
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Genetic screening and biochemical studies during the past few years have led to the discovery of a family of cell growth regulatory proteins and oncogene products for which the Dbl oncoprotein is a prototype. These putative guanine nucleotide exchange factors for Rho family small GTP-binding proteins (G proteins) all contain a Dbl homology domain in tandem with a pleckstrin homology domain, and seem to activate specific members of the Rho family of proteins to elicit various biological functions in cells. The Dbl homology domain is directly responsible for binding and activating the small G proteins to mediate downstream signaling events, whereas the pleckstrin homology domain may serve to target these positive regulators of G proteins to specific cellular locations to carry out the signaling task. Despite the increasing interest in the Dbl family of proteins, there is still a good deal to learn regarding the biochemical mechanisms that underlie their diverse biological functions.
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- R A Cerione
- Department of Pharmacology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-6401, USA
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Zhao ZS, Leung T, Manser E, Lim L. Pheromone signalling in Saccharomyces cerevisiae requires the small GTP-binding protein Cdc42p and its activator CDC24. Mol Cell Biol 1995; 15:5246-57. [PMID: 7565673 PMCID: PMC230772 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.15.10.5246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 159] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Pheromone signalling in Saccharomyces cerevisiae is mediated by the STE4-STE18 G-protein beta gamma subunits. A possible target for the subunits is Ste20p, whose structural homolog, the serine/threonine kinase PAK, is activated by GTP-binding p21s Cdc42 and Rac1. The putative Cdc42p-binding domain of Ste20p, expressed as a fusion protein, binds human and yeast GTP-binding Cdc42p. Cdc42p is required for alpha-factor-induced activation of FUS1.cdc24ts strains defective for Cdc42p GDP/GTP exchange show no pheromone induction at restrictive temperatures but are partially rescued by overexpression of Cdc42p, which is potentiated by Cdc42p12V mutants. Epistatic analysis indicates that CDC24 and CDC42 lie between STE4 and STE20 in the pathway. The two-hybrid system revealed that Ste4p interacts with Cdc24p. We propose that Cdc42p plays a pivotal role both in polarization of the cytoskeleton and in pheromone signalling.
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- Z S Zhao
- Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, National University of Singapore, Kent Ridge
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Bagrodia S, Taylor SJ, Creasy CL, Chernoff J, Cerione RA. Identification of a mouse p21Cdc42/Rac activated kinase. J Biol Chem 1995; 270:22731-7. [PMID: 7559398 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.270.39.22731] [Citation(s) in RCA: 358] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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We have isolated a novel member of the mammalian PAK (p21 activated kinase) and yeast Ste20 serine/threonine kinase family from a mouse fibroblast cDNA library, designated mPAK-3. Expression of mPAK-3 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae partially restores mating function in ste20 null cells. Like other PAKs, mPAK-3 contains a putative Cdc42Hs/Rac binding sequence and when transiently expressed in COS cells, full-length mPAK-3 binds activated (GTP gamma S (guanosine 5'-3-O-(thio-triphosphate)-bound) glutathione S-transferase (GST)-Cdc42Hs and GST-Rac1 but not GST-RhoA. As expected for a putative target molecule, mPAK-3 does not bind to an effector domain mutant of Cdc42Hs. Furthermore, activated His-tagged Cdc42Hs and His-tagged Rac stimulate mPAK-3 autophosphorylation and phosphorylation of myelin basic protein by mPAK-3 in vitro. Interestingly, the amino-terminal region of mPAK-3 contains potential SH3-binding sites and we find that mPAK-3, expressed in vitro and in vivo, shows highly specific binding to the SH3 domain of phospholipase C-gamma and at least one SH3 domain in the adapter protein Nck. These results raise the possibility of an additional level of regulation of the PAK family in vivo.
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- S Bagrodia
- Department of Pharmacology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
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Yu JC, DeSeabra AJ, Wang LM, Fleming TP, Chedid M, Miki T, Heidaran MA. An unexpected transforming gene in calf-thymus carrier DNA: bovine hst. Gene 1995; 162:333-4. [PMID: 7557455 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(95)00330-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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During a search for transforming genes by transfecting a human cDNA expression library together with calf thymus carrier-DNA into NIH/3T3 cells, we found a focus which was induced by a plasmid containing a sequence highly homologous to human HST (a transforming gene from Human STomach cancer). However, PCR analysis identified the source of this sequence as calf thymus DNA. The deduced amino acid (aa) sequence of bovine HST shows 91 and 81% identity to the human and mouse HST aa sequences, respectively. These data suggest that the hst of calf thymus carrier-DNA could induce transformation of NIH/3T3 cells.
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- J C Yu
- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Whitehead I, Kirk H, Tognon C, Trigo-Gonzalez G, Kay R. Expression cloning of lfc, a novel oncogene with structural similarities to guanine nucleotide exchange factors and to the regulatory region of protein kinase C. J Biol Chem 1995; 270:18388-95. [PMID: 7629163 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.270.31.18388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 145] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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In order to identify cDNAs that can induce oncogenic transformation, a retroviral vector was used to transfer a library of cDNAs from the murine 32D hemopoietic cell line into NIH 3T3 fibroblasts. We have identified and recovered a provirus containing a 1.8-kilobase pair cDNA whose expression causes morphological transformation in NIH 3T3 cells. The transforming cDNA contains a complete open reading frame that encodes a protein (designated Lfc) with a region of sequence similarity to the product of the lbc oncogene. This region includes a domain that is characteristic of the CDC24 family of guanine nucleotide exchange factors in tandem with a pleckstrin homology (PH) domain. The Lfc protein is distinguished from Lbc by a 150-amino acid NH2-terminal extension that contains a cysteine- and histidine-rich domain similar to the diacylglycerol-binding site (zinc butterfly) found in protein kinase C. NH2- and COOH-terminal deletion analysis revealed that both the PH and putative guanine nucleotide exchange factor domains are required, but the zinc butterfly is dispensable, for transformation. Although the removal of the PH domain of the Lfc protein completely eliminated its ability to transform NIH 3T3 cells, replacement of this domain with an isoprenylation site restored all of its transforming activity. This suggests that a PH domain-dependent recruitment of the Lfc protein to the cellular membrane is a necessary step for cellular transformation. The lfc gene is expressed in a broad range of tissues as well as in a variety of hemopoietic and non-hemopoietic cell lines. Lfc appears to be a new member of a growing family of proteins that are likely to act as activators of Ras-like proteins in a developmental or cell-lineage specific manner.
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- I Whitehead
- Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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Takai S, Chan AM, Yamada K, Miki T. Assignment of the human TIM proto-oncogene to 7q33-->q35. CANCER GENETICS AND CYTOGENETICS 1995; 83:87-9. [PMID: 7656213 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-4608(95)00017-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The human transforming gene TIM has been mapped to human chromosome 7 region q33-->q35 by fluorescence in situ hybridization with R-banded chromosomes. Rearrangements within this region have been reported to occur in acute myeloid leukemia cells.
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- S Takai
- Department of Genetics, International Medical Center of Japan, Tokyo
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Minden A, Lin A, Claret FX, Abo A, Karin M. Selective activation of the JNK signaling cascade and c-Jun transcriptional activity by the small GTPases Rac and Cdc42Hs. Cell 1995; 81:1147-57. [PMID: 7600582 DOI: 10.1016/s0092-8674(05)80019-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1279] [Impact Index Per Article: 44.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
Abstract
The Rho subfamily of GTPases is involved in control of cell morphology in mammals and yeast. The mammalian Rac and Cdc42 proteins control formation of lamellipodia and filopodia, respectively. These proteins also activate MAP kinase (MAPK) cascades that regulate gene expression. Constitutively activated forms of Rac and Cdc42Hs are efficient activators of a cascade leading to JNK and p38/Mpk2 activation. RhoA did not exhibit this activity, and none of the proteins activated the ERK subgroup of MAPKs. JNK, but not ERK, activation was also observed in response to Dbl, an oncoprotein that acts as a nucleotide exchange factor for Cdc42Hs. Results with dominant interfering alleles place Rac1 as an intermediate between Ha-Ras and MEKK in the signaling cascade leading from growth factor receptors and v-Src to JNK activation. JNK and p38 activation are likely to contribute to the biological effects of Rac, Cdc42Hs, and Dbl on cell growth and proliferation.
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Affiliation(s)
- A Minden
- Department of Pharmacology, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla 92093-0636, USA
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