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Robertson SE, Setty SRG, Sitaram A, Marks MS, Lewis RE, Chou MM. Extracellular signal-regulated kinase regulates clathrin-independent endosomal trafficking. Mol Biol Cell 2005; 17:645-57. [PMID: 16314390 PMCID: PMC1356576 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e05-07-0662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Extracellular signal-regulated kinase (Erk) is widely recognized for its central role in cell proliferation and motility. Although previous work has shown that Erk is localized at endosomal compartments, no role for Erk in regulating endosomal trafficking has been demonstrated. Here, we report that Erk signaling regulates trafficking through the clathrin-independent, ADP-ribosylation factor 6 (Arf6) GTPase-regulated endosomal pathway. Inactivation of Erk induced by a variety of methods leads to a dramatic expansion of the Arf6 endosomal recycling compartment, and intracellular accumulation of cargo, such as class I major histocompatibility complex, within the expanded endosome. Treatment of cells with the mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase (MEK) inhibitor U0126 reduces surface expression of MHCI without affecting its rate of endocytosis, suggesting that inactivation of Erk perturbs recycling. Furthermore, under conditions where Erk activity is inhibited, a large cohort of Erk, MEK, and the Erk scaffold kinase suppressor of Ras 1 accumulates at the Arf6 recycling compartment. The requirement for Erk was highly specific for this endocytic pathway, because its inhibition had no effect on trafficking of cargo of the classical clathrin-dependent pathway. These studies reveal a previously unappreciated link of Erk signaling to organelle dynamics and endosomal trafficking.
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- Sarah E Robertson
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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Fritz RD, Radziwill G. The scaffold protein CNK1 interacts with the angiotensin II type 2 receptor. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2005; 338:1906-12. [PMID: 16289034 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.10.168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2005] [Accepted: 10/27/2005] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The scaffold protein CNK1 mediates proliferative as well as antiproliferative responses including differentiation and apoptosis. The angiotensin II type 2 (AT2) receptor belongs to the class of G protein-coupled receptors and also promotes antiproliferative effects. Here we report that CNK1 binds through the sterile alpha motif (SAM) and the conserved region in CNK (CRIC) to the AT2 receptor. The exchange of a conserved leucine residue with arginine in the CRIC domain increases the binding affinity of CNK1 to the AT2 receptor. The insertion of a negatively charged amino acid stretch into the linker region between the N- and the C-terminal part of CNK1 strengthens the interaction between CNK1 and the AT2 receptor in a Ras-regulated manner. The biological significance of the interaction was supported by coprecipitation of CNK1 and the AT2 receptor in mouse heart extracts. Thus, CNK1 may play a role in the AT2 receptor-mediated signaling pathways.
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- Rafael D Fritz
- Institute of Medical Virology, University of Zurich, 8006 Zurich, Switzerland
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Adams DG, Coffee RL, Zhang H, Pelech S, Strack S, Wadzinski BE. Positive regulation of Raf1-MEK1/2-ERK1/2 signaling by protein serine/threonine phosphatase 2A holoenzymes. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:42644-54. [PMID: 16239230 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m502464200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Protein serine/threonine phosphatase 2A (PP2A) regulates a wide variety of cellular signal transduction pathways. The predominant form of PP2A in cells is a heterotrimeric holoenzyme consisting of a scaffolding (A) subunit, a regulatory (B) subunit, and a catalytic (C) subunit. Although PP2A is known to regulate Raf1-MEK1/2-ERK1/2 signaling at multiple steps in this pathway, the specific PP2A holoenzymes involved remain unclear. To address this question, we established tetracycline-inducible human embryonic kidney 293 cell lines for overexpression of FLAG-tagged Balpha/delta regulatory subunits by approximately 3-fold or knock-down of Balpha by greater than 70% compared with endogenous levels. The expression of functional epitope-tagged B subunits was confirmed by the detection of A and C subunits as well as phosphatase activity in FLAG immune complexes from extracts of cells overexpressing the FLAG-Balpha/delta subunit. Western analysis of the cell extracts using phosphospecific antibodies for MEK1/2 and ERK1/2 demonstrated that activation of these kinases in response to epidermal growth factor was markedly diminished in Balpha knock-down cells but elevated in Balpha- and Bdelta-overexpressing cells as compared with control cells. In parallel with the activation of MEK1/2 and ERK1/2, the inhibitory phosphorylation site of Raf1 (Ser-259) was dephosphorylated in cells overexpressing Balpha or Bdelta. Pharmacological inhibitor studies as well as reporter assays for ERK-dependent activation of the transcription factor Elk1 revealed that the PP2A holoenzymes ABalphaC and ABdeltaC act downstream of Ras and upstream of MEK1 to promote activation of this MAPK signaling cascade. Furthermore both PP2A holoenzymes were found to associate with Raf1 and catalyze dephosphorylation of inhibitory phospho-Ser-259. Together these findings indicate that PP2A ABalphaC and ABdeltaC holoenzymes function as positive regulators of Raf1-MEK1/2-ERK1/2 signaling by targeting Raf1.
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- Deanna G Adams
- Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, USA
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Kortum RL, Costanzo DL, Haferbier J, Schreiner SJ, Razidlo GL, Wu MH, Volle DJ, Mori T, Sakaue H, Chaika NV, Chaika OV, Lewis RE. The molecular scaffold kinase suppressor of Ras 1 (KSR1) regulates adipogenesis. Mol Cell Biol 2005; 25:7592-604. [PMID: 16107706 PMCID: PMC1190290 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.25.17.7592-7604.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Mitogen-activated protein kinase pathways are implicated in the regulation of cell differentiation, although their precise roles in many differentiation programs remain elusive. The Raf/MEK/extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) kinase cascade has been proposed to both promote and inhibit adipogenesis. Here, we titrate expression of the molecular scaffold kinase suppressor of Ras 1 (KSR1) to regulate signaling through the Raf/MEK/ERK/p90 ribosomal S6 kinase (RSK) kinase cascade and show how it determines adipogenic potential. Deletion of KSR1 prevents adipogenesis in vitro, which can be rescued by introduction of low levels of KSR1. Appropriate levels of KSR1 coordinate ERK and RSK activation with C/EBPbeta synthesis leading to the phosphorylation and stabilization of C/EBPbeta at the precise moment it is required within the adipogenic program. Elevated levels of KSR1 expression, previously shown to enhance cell proliferation, promote high, sustained ERK activation that phosphorylates and inhibits peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma, inhibiting adipogenesis. Titration of KSR1 expression reveals how a molecular scaffold can modulate the intensity and duration of signaling emanating from a single pathway to dictate cell fate.
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- Robert L Kortum
- Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, 68198-7696, USA
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Dumaz N, Marais R. Integrating signals between cAMP and the RAS/RAF/MEK/ERK signalling pathways. Based on the anniversary prize of the Gesellschaft für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie Lecture delivered on 5 July 2003 at the Special FEBS Meeting in Brussels. FEBS J 2005; 272:3491-504. [PMID: 16008550 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2005.04763.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 237] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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One of the hallmarks of cAMP is its ability to inhibit proliferation in many cell types, but stimulate proliferation in others. Clearly cAMP has cell type specific effects and the outcome on proliferation is largely attributed to crosstalk from cAMP to the RAS/RAF/mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) and extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) kinase (MEK)/ERK pathway. We review the crosstalk between these two ancient and conserved pathways, describing the molecular mechanisms underlying the interactions between these pathways and discussing their possible biological importance.
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- Nicolas Dumaz
- Signal Transduction Team, Cancer Research UK Centre for Cell and Molecular Biology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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Van Kanegan MJ, Adams DG, Wadzinski BE, Strack S. Distinct protein phosphatase 2A heterotrimers modulate growth factor signaling to extracellular signal-regulated kinases and Akt. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:36029-36. [PMID: 16129692 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m506986200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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A key regulator of many kinase cascades, heterotrimeric protein serine/threonine phosphatase 2A (PP2A), is composed of catalytic (C), scaffold (A), and variable regulatory subunits (B, B', B'' gene families). In neuronal PC12 cells, PP2A acts predominantly as a gatekeeper of extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) activity, as shown by inducible RNA interference of the Aalpha scaffolding subunit and PP2A inhibition by okadaic acid. Although okadaic acid potentiates Akt/protein kinase B and ERK phosphorylation in response to epidermal, basic fibroblast, or nerve growth factor, silencing of Aalpha paradoxically has the opposite effect. Epidermal growth factor receptor Tyr phosphorylation was unchanged following Aalpha knockdown, suggesting that chronic Akt and ERK hyperphosphorylation leads to compensatory down-regulation of signaling molecules upstream of Ras and blunted growth factor responses. Inducible exchange of wild-type Aalpha with a mutant with selective B' subunit binding deficiency implicated PP2A/B' heterotrimers as Akt modulators. Conversely, silencing of the B-family regulatory subunits Balpha and Bdelta led to hyperactivation of ERK stimulated by constitutively active MEK1. In vitro dephosphorylation assays further support a role for Balpha and Bdelta in targeting the PP2A heterotrimer to dephosphorylate and inactivate ERKs. Thus, receptor tyrosine kinase signaling cascades leading to Akt and ERK activation are modulated by PP2A holoenzymes with distinct regulatory properties.
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- Michael J Van Kanegan
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
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Mercer K, Giblett S, Oakden A, Brown J, Marais R, Pritchard C. A-Raf and Raf-1 work together to influence transient ERK phosphorylation and Gl/S cell cycle progression. Oncogene 2005; 24:5207-17. [PMID: 15856007 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1208707] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The Raf/MEK/ERK (extracellular regulated kinase) signal transduction pathway controls the ability of cells to respond to proliferative, apoptotic, migratory and differentiation signals. We have investigated the combined contribution of A-Raf and Raf-1 isotypes to signalling through this pathway by generating mice with knockout mutations of both A-raf and raf-1 genes. Double knockout (DKO) mice have a more severe phenotype than single null mutations of either gene, dying in embryogenesis at E10.5. The DKO embryos show no changes in apoptosis, but staining for Ki67 indicates a generalized reduction in proliferation. DKO mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs) exhibit a delayed ability to enter S phase of the cell cycle. This is associated with a reduction in levels of transiently induced MEK and ERK phosphorylation and reduced expression of c-Fos and cyclin Dl. Levels of sustained ERK phosphorylation are not significantly altered. Thus, Raf-1 and A-Raf have a combined role in controlling physiological transient ERK activation and in maintenance of cell cycle progression at its usual rate.
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- Kathryn Mercer
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Leicester, Adrian Building, University Road, Leicester LEI 7RH, UK
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Rocheleau CE, Rönnlund A, Tuck S, Sundaram MV. Caenorhabditis elegans CNK-1 promotes Raf activation but is not essential for Ras/Raf signaling. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2005; 102:11757-62. [PMID: 16085714 PMCID: PMC1187957 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0500937102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Connector enhancer of Ksr (CNK) is a conserved multidomain protein essential for Ras signaling in Drosophila melanogaster and thought to be involved in Raf kinase activation. However, the precise role of CNK in Ras signaling is not known, and mammalian CNKs are proposed to have distinct functions. Caenorhabditis elegans has a single CNK homologue, cnk-1. Here, we describe the role of cnk-1 in C. elegans Ras signaling and its requirements for LIN-45 Raf activation. We find that cnk-1 positively regulates multiple Ras signaling events during development, but, unlike Drosophila CNK, cnk-1 does not appear to be essential for signaling. cnk-1 mutants appear to be normal but show cell-type-specific genetic interactions with mutations in two other Ras pathway scaffolds/adaptors ksr-1 and sur-8. Genetic epistasis using various activated LIN-45 Raf transgenes shows that CNK-1 promotes LIN-45 Raf activation at a step between the dephosphorylation of inhibitory sites in the regulatory domain and activating phosphorylation in the kinase domain. Our data are consistent with a model in which CNK promotes Raf phosphorylation/activation through membrane localization, oligomerization, or association with an activating kinase.
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- Christian E Rocheleau
- Department of Genetics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6145, USA
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Muslin AJ. Role of Raf Proteins in Cardiac Hypertrophy and Cardiomyocyte Survival. Trends Cardiovasc Med 2005; 15:225-9. [PMID: 16182133 DOI: 10.1016/j.tcm.2005.06.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2005] [Revised: 06/20/2005] [Accepted: 06/21/2005] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Cardiomyocyte survival and growth are regulated by the action of extracellular ligands that activate intracellular signaling cascades. The Raf family of protein serine/threonine kinases plays a critical role in the regulation of cardiomyocyte survival and growth. The three Raf family members, Raf-1, B-Raf, and A-Raf, are highly homologous, and they are all expressed in the heart. Protein kinases of the Raf family phosphorylate and activate the mitogen-activated protein kinase kinases (MKKs, also known as MEKs). MKKs, in turn, are dual-specificity threonine and tyrosine kinases that phosphorylate and activate extracellular signal-regulated kinases (ERKs). ERKs phosphorylate a variety of substrates, including nuclear transcription factors, which regulate cell physiology. Raf proteins also have antiapoptotic activity that is independent of MKK and ERK. In this review, the role of Raf family members in the regulation of cardiomyocyte survival and growth will be discussed.
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- Anthony J Muslin
- Center for Cardiovascular Research, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri 63110, USA.
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Sung U, Jennings JL, Link AJ, Blakely RD. Proteomic analysis of human norepinephrine transporter complexes reveals associations with protein phosphatase 2A anchoring subunit and 14-3-3 proteins. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2005; 333:671-8. [PMID: 15963952 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.05.165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2005] [Accepted: 05/25/2005] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The norepinephrine transporter (NET) terminates noradrenergic signals by clearing released NE at synapses. NET regulation by receptors and intracellular signaling pathways is supported by a growing list of associated proteins including syntaxin1A, protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) catalytic subunit (PP2A-C), PICK1, and Hic-5. In the present study, we sought evidence for additional partnerships by mass spectrometry-based analysis of proteins co-immunoprecipitated with human NET (hNET) stably expressed in a mouse noradrenergic neuroblastoma cell line. Our initial proteomic analyses reveal multiple peptides derived from hNET, peptides arising from the mouse PP2A anchoring subunit (PP2A-Ar) and peptides derived from 14-3-3 proteins. We verified physical association of NET with PP2A-Ar via co-immunoprecipitation studies using mouse vas deferens extracts and with 14-3-3 via a fusion pull-down approach, implicating specifically the hNET NH2-terminus for interactions. The transporter complexes described likely support mechanisms regulating transporter activity, localization, and trafficking.
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- Uhna Sung
- Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232-8548, USA
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Rajalingam K, Wunder C, Brinkmann V, Churin Y, Hekman M, Sievers C, Rapp UR, Rudel T. Prohibitin is required for Ras-induced Raf–MEK–ERK activation and epithelial cell migration. Nat Cell Biol 2005; 7:837-43. [PMID: 16041367 DOI: 10.1038/ncb1283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 269] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2005] [Accepted: 06/28/2005] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Ras proteins control the signalling pathways that are responsible for normal growth and malignant transformation. Raf protein kinases are direct Ras effector proteins that initiate the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) cascade, which mediates diverse biological functions such as cell growth, survival and differentiation. Here we show that prohibitin, a ubiquitously expressed and evolutionarily conserved protein is indispensable for the activation of the Raf-MEK-ERK pathway by Ras. The membrane targeting and activation of C-Raf by Ras needs prohibitin in vivo. In addition, direct interaction with prohibitin is required for C-Raf activation. C-Raf kinase fails to interact with the active Ras induced by epidermal growth factor in the absence of prohibitin. Moreover, in prohibitin-deficient cells the adhesion complex proteins cadherin and beta-catenin relocalize to the plasma membrane and thereby stabilize adherens junctions. Our data show an unexpected role of prohibitin in the activation of the Ras-Raf signalling pathway and in modulating epithelial cell adhesion and migration.
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- Krishnaraj Rajalingam
- Department of Molecular Biology, Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Schumannstrasse 21/22, D-10117 Berlin, Germany
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Kim M, Yan Y, Kortum RL, Stoeger SM, Sgagias MK, Lee K, Lewis RE, Cowan KH. Expression of kinase suppressor of Ras1 enhances cisplatin-induced extracellular signal-regulated kinase activation and cisplatin sensitivity. Cancer Res 2005; 65:3986-92. [PMID: 15899786 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-03-2334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Kinase suppressor of Ras1 (KSR1) interacts with several mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase pathway components, including Raf, MAP/extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) kinase (MEK), and ERK, and acts as a positive regulator of the Ras signaling cascade. Previous studies have shown that exposure of cells to the anticancer agent cisplatin (cis-diamminedichloroplatinum, CDDP) is associated with changes in multiple signal transduction pathways, including c-Jun-NH2-kinase, ERK, and p38 pathways. Moreover, ERK activation has been linked to changes in cell survival following CDDP treatment. In this report, we have examined the effects of KSR1 expression on the sensitivity of cells to CDDP-induced apoptosis. Loss of KSR1 expression in mouse embryo fibroblasts (MEFs) derived from KSR1 knockout mice (KSR-/- MEF) is associated with decreased CDDP-induced ERK activation and increased resistance to CDDP-induced apoptosis compared with wild-type MEFs (KSR+/+ MEF). Furthermore, transduction of KSR-/- MEFs and MCF-7 breast cancer cells with wild-type KSR1 resulted in enhanced ERK activation following CDDP exposure and increased sensitivity to CDDP. In addition, inhibition of ERK activation by exposing MEFs to the MEK1/2-specific inhibitors PD98059 and U0126 protected both KSR+/+ and KSR-/- MEFs cells from CDDP-induced apoptosis. These results indicate that KSR1-mediated regulation of ERK activity represents a novel determinant of CDDP sensitivity of cancer cells.
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- Min Kim
- Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska 68198-6805, USA
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Johnson GL, Dohlman HG, Graves LM. MAPK kinase kinases (MKKKs) as a target class for small-molecule inhibition to modulate signaling networks and gene expression. Curr Opin Chem Biol 2005; 9:325-31. [PMID: 15939336 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2005.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2005] [Accepted: 04/12/2005] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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MAPKs are members of a three-kinase phosphorelay system composed of the MAPK, MAPK kinase (MKK) and MAPK kinase kinase (MKKK). MKKKs phosphorylate and activate MKKs, which in turn phosphorylate and activate MAPKs. Scaffolding proteins organize MKK-MAPK complexes for activation by specific MKKKs and do so in specific locations in the cell. It is the MKKK associated with the scaffolded complex that provides selectivity for activation by upstream stimuli including GTPases, additional kinases and receptors. The demonstration that specific MKKKs also exert control over gene expression by regulating the repertoire of required transcriptional machinery is a newly recognized function for MKKKs. Appreciation of MKKKs as signaling hubs for selectively integrating different upstream stimuli into the control of MAPK networks, and the ability of MKKKs to function as master planners of the transcription factor machinery suggest that MKKK inhibitors will provide selective therapeutic intervention of stimulus-specific MAPK responses.
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- Gary L Johnson
- Department of Pharmacology, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, NC 27599-7365, USA.
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PP2A is one of the few serine/threonine-specific phosphatases in the cell, and its complex structure and regulation guarantees its many different functions. Some viruses have chosen to target this enzyme system in order to manage the host cell machinery for their own profit and to program cells into a malignant state. Suppression of PR61/B'gamma, a specific third regulatory subunit of PP2A, can substitute for the viral SV40 protein small t antigen in causing tumorigenic transformation of several human cell lines -- provided that telomerase, SV40 large T antigen and oncogenic Ras are also present. Accumulation of c-Myc seems to be the common denominator.
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- Veerle Janssens
- Afdeling Biochemie, KU Leuven, Faculteit Geneeskunde, Campus Gasthuisberg, Herestraat 49 Bus 901, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium
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Roberson MS, Bliss SP, Xie J, Navratil AM, Farmerie TA, Wolfe MW, Clay CM. Gonadotropin-releasing hormone induction of extracellular-signal regulated kinase is blocked by inhibition of calmodulin. Mol Endocrinol 2005; 19:2412-23. [PMID: 15890671 DOI: 10.1210/me.2005-0094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Our previous studies demonstrate that GnRH-induced ERK activation required influx of extracellular Ca2+ in alphaT3-1 and rat pituitary cells. In the present studies, we examined the hypothesis that calmodulin (Cam) plays a fundamental role in mediating the effects of Ca2+ on ERK activation. Cam inhibition using W7 was sufficient to block GnRH-induced reporter gene activity for the c-Fos, murine glycoprotein hormone alpha-subunit, and MAPK phosphatase (MKP)-2 promoters, all shown to require ERK activation. Inhibition of Cam (using a dominant negative) was sufficient to block GnRH-induced ERK but not c-Jun N-terminal kinase activity activation. The Cam-dependent protein kinase (CamK) II inhibitor KN62 did not recapitulate these findings. GnRH-induced phosphorylation of MAPK/ERK kinase 1 and c-Raf kinase was blocked by Cam inhibition, whereas activity of phospholipase C was unaffected, suggesting that Ca2+/Cam modulation of the ERK cascade potentially at the level of c-Raf kinase. Enrichment of Cam-interacting proteins using a Cam agarose column revealed that c-Raf kinase forms a complex with Cam. Reconstitution studies reveal that recombinant c-Raf kinase can associate directly with Cam in a Ca2+-dependent manner and this interaction is reduced in vitro by addition of W7. Cam was localized in lipid rafts consistent with the formation of a Ca2+-sensitive signaling platform including the GnRH receptor and c-Raf kinase. These data support the conclusion that Cam may have a critical role as a Ca2+ sensor in specifically linking Ca2+ flux with ERK activation within the GnRH signaling pathway.
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- Mark S Roberson
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cornell University, T3-004d Veterinary Research Tower, Ithaca, New York 14853, usa.
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Suh SK, Hood BL, Kim BJ, Conrads TP, Veenstra TD, Song BJ. Identification of oxidized mitochondrial proteins in alcohol-exposed human hepatoma cells and mouse liver. Proteomics 2005; 4:3401-12. [PMID: 15449375 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.200400971] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Heavy alcohol consumption can damage various cells and organs partly through production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and mitochondrial dysfunction. Treatment with antioxidants can significantly reduce the degree of damage. Despite well established roles of ROS in alcohol-induced cell injury, the proteins that are selectively oxidized by ROS are poorly characterized. We hypothesized that certain cysteinyl residues of target proteins are oxidized by ROS upon alcohol exposure, and these modified proteins may play roles in mitochondrial dysfunction. A targeted proteomics approach utilizing biotin-N-maleimide (biotin-NM) as a specific probe to label oxidized cysteinyl residues was employed to investigate which mitochondrial proteins are modified during and after alcohol exposure. Human hepatoma HepG2 cells with transduced CYP2E1 (E47 cells) were used as a model to generate ROS through CYP2E1-mediated ethanol metabolism. Following exposure to 100 mM ethanol for 4 and 8 h, the biotin-NM-labeled oxidized proteins were purified with agarose coupled to either streptavidin or monoclonal antibody against biotin. The purified proteins were resolved by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis and protein spots that displayed differential abundances were excised from the gel, in-gel digested with trypsin and analyzed for identity utilizing either matrix-assisted laser desorption-time of flight mass spectrometry or microcapillary reversed-phase liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. The results demonstrate that heat shock protein 60, protein disulfide isomerase, mitochondrial aldehyde dehydrogenases, prohibitin, and other proteins were oxidized after alcohol exposure. The identity of some of the proteins purified with streptavidin-agarose was also confirmed by immunoblot analyses using the specific antibody to each target protein. This method was also used to identify oxidized mitochondrial proteins in the alcohol-fed mouse liver. These results suggest that exposure to ethanol causes oxidation of various mitochondrial proteins that may negatively affect their function and contribute to alcohol-induced mitochondrial dysfunction and cellular injury.
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- Soo-Kyung Suh
- Laboratory of Membrane Biochemistry and Biophysics, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
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Dougherty MK, Müller J, Ritt DA, Zhou M, Zhou XZ, Copeland TD, Conrads TP, Veenstra TD, Lu KP, Morrison DK. Regulation of Raf-1 by direct feedback phosphorylation. Mol Cell 2005; 17:215-24. [PMID: 15664191 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2004.11.055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 447] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2004] [Revised: 10/22/2004] [Accepted: 11/24/2004] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The Raf-1 kinase is an important signaling molecule, functioning in the Ras pathway to transmit mitogenic, differentiative, and oncogenic signals to the downstream kinases MEK and ERK. Because of its integral role in cell signaling, Raf-1 activity must be precisely controlled. Previous studies have shown that phosphorylation is required for Raf-1 activation, and here, we identify six phosphorylation sites that contribute to the downregulation of Raf-1 after mitogen stimulation. Five of the identified sites are proline-directed targets of activated ERK, and phosphorylation of all six sites requires MEK signaling, indicating a negative feedback mechanism. Hyperphosphorylation of these six sites inhibits the Ras/Raf-1 interaction and desensitizes Raf-1 to additional stimuli. The hyperphosphorylated/desensitized Raf-1 is subsequently dephosphorylated and returned to a signaling-competent state through interactions with the protein phosphatase PP2A and the prolyl isomerase Pin1. These findings elucidate a critical Raf-1 regulatory mechanism that contributes to the sensitive, temporal modulation of Ras signaling.
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- Michele K Dougherty
- Laboratory of Protein Dynamics and Signaling, National Cancer Institute-Frederick, Frederick, MD 21702, USA
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Salerno M, Palmieri D, Bouadis A, Halverson D, Steeg PS. Nm23-H1 metastasis suppressor expression level influences the binding properties, stability, and function of the kinase suppressor of Ras1 (KSR1) Erk scaffold in breast carcinoma cells. Mol Cell Biol 2005; 25:1379-88. [PMID: 15684389 PMCID: PMC548014 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.25.4.1379-1388.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Metastatic disease is a significant contributor to cancer patient mortality. We previously reported that the Kinase Suppressor of Ras1 (KSR1) scaffold protein for the Erk mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway coimmunoprecipitated the metastasis suppressor protein Nm23-H1. We now hypothesize that altered expression levels of Nm23-H1 influence the binding properties, stability, and function of the KSR1 scaffold. Increased coimmunoprecipitation of Hsp90 with KSR1 was observed in either stable or transient transfectants of nm23-H1 in MDA-MB-435 human breast carcinoma cells. Similar trends were also observed in the cytoplasmic and nuclear fractions of cells. Cells expressing high levels of Nm23-H1 exhibited increased KSR1 degradation in the presence of either cycloheximide or an Hsp90-directed drug currently in clinical trial, 17-allylamino-17-demethoxygeldanamycin (17-AAG). In agreement with KSR1 degradation data, high-Nm23-H1-expression cells were preferentially inhibited in anchorage-independent colonization assays by 17-AAG. KSR1 scaffold binding patterns are dynamic in both the cytoplasmic and nuclear compartments, modulated by metastasis suppressor expression. Metastasis suppressor expression levels can impact traditional signaling pathways, such as the Erk pathway, resulting in altered tumor cell sensitivity to cancer therapeutics.
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- Massimiliano Salerno
- Women's Cancers Section, Laboratory of Pathology, Building 10, Room 2A33, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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Nikitina TV, Tishchenko LI. RNA polymerase III transcription machinery: Structure and transcription regulation. Mol Biol 2005. [DOI: 10.1007/s11008-005-0024-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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One of the most striking 'rags to riches' stories in the protein world is that of 14-3-3, originally identified in 1967 as merely an abundant brain protein. The first clues that 14-3-3 would play an important role in cell biology came almost 25 years later when it was found to interact with various proto-oncogene proteins and signaling proteins. The subsequent identification of 14-3-3 as a phosphoserine/phosphothreonine-binding protein firmly established its importance in cell signaling. 14-3-3 family members are found in all eukaryotes - from plants to mammals - and more than 100 binding partners have been identified to date. The targets of 14-3-3 are found in all subcellular compartments and their functional diversity is overwhelming - they include transcription factors, biosynthetic enzymes, cytoskeletal proteins, signaling molecules, apoptosis factors and tumor suppressors. 14-3-3 binding can alter the localization, stability, phosphorylation state, activity and/or molecular interactions of a target protein. Recent studies now indicate that the serine/threonine protein phosphatases PP1 and PP2A are important regulators of 14-3-3 binding interactions, and demonstrate a role for 14-3-3 in controlling the translocation of certain proteins from the cytoplasmic and endoplasmic reticulum to the plasma membrane. New reports also link 14-3-3 to several neoplastic and neurological disorders, where it might contribute to the pathogenesis and progression of these diseases.
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- Michele K Dougherty
- Laboratory of Protein Dynamics and Signaling, NCI-Frederick, Frederick, MD 21702, USA
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Melanoma is a form of skin cancer that has a poor prognosis and which is on the rise in Western populations. If detected early, it is easily treated by surgical excision. However, once melanoma metastasises it is notoriously resistant to existing therapies and for many patients the outlook is dismal. Thus a full description of melanoma etiology and a full understanding of the genetic lesions that underlie this disease is required to allow us to develop new and effective therapeutic strategies for its treatment. RAF proteins are a family of serine/threonine-specific protein kinases that form part of a signalling module that regulates cell proliferation, differentiation and survival. In mammals there are three isoforms, A-RAF, B-RAF and C-RAF, and recently it was shown that the B-RAF isoform is mutated in a high proportion of melanomas. In light of these exciting findings, we review what we have learned about B-RAF and its role in cutaneous melanoma.
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- Vanessa C Gray-Schopfer
- Signal Transduction Team, Cancer Research UK Centre of Cell and Molecular Biology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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Wellbrock C, Karasarides M, Marais R. The RAF proteins take centre stage. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol 2004; 5:875-85. [PMID: 15520807 DOI: 10.1038/nrm1498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 885] [Impact Index Per Article: 44.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Since their discovery over 20 years ago, the RAF proteins have been intensely studied. For most of that time, the focus of the field has been the C-RAF isoform and its role as an effector of the RAS proteins. However, a report that implicates B-RAF in human cancer has highlighted the importance of all members of this protein kinase family and recent studies have uncovered intriguing new data relating to their complex regulation and biological functions.
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- Claudia Wellbrock
- Signal Transduction Team, Cancer Research UK Centre of Cell and Molecular Biology, The Institute of Cancer Research, 237 Fulham Road, London SW3 6JB, UK
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Yan F, John SK, Wilson G, Jones DS, Washington MK, Polk DB. Kinase suppressor of Ras-1 protects intestinal epithelium from cytokine-mediated apoptosis during inflammation. J Clin Invest 2004; 114:1272-80. [PMID: 15520859 PMCID: PMC524224 DOI: 10.1172/jci21022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2004] [Accepted: 08/10/2004] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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TNF plays a pathogenic role in inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs), which are characterized by altered cytokine production and increased intestinal epithelial cell apoptosis. In vitro studies suggest that kinase suppressor of Ras-1 (KSR1) is an essential regulatory kinase for TNF-stimulated survival pathways in intestinal epithelial cell lines. Here we use a KSR1-deficient mouse model to study the role of KSR1 in regulating intestinal cell fate during cytokine-mediated inflammation. We show that KSR1 and its target signaling pathways are activated in inflamed colon mucosa. Loss of KSR1 increases susceptibility to chronic colitis and TNF-induced apoptosis in the intestinal epithelial cell. Furthermore, disruption of KSR1 expression enhances TNF-induced apoptosis in mouse colon epithelial cells and is associated with a failure to activate antiapoptotic signals including Raf-1/MEK/ERK, NF-kappaB, and Akt/protein kinase B. These effects are reversed by WT, but not kinase-inactive, KSR1. We conclude that KSR1 has an essential protective role in the intestinal epithelial cell during inflammation through activation of cell survival pathways.
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- Fang Yan
- Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-2576, USA
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Kinase suppressor of Ras-1 (KSR1) is a recently identified member of the EGFR-Ras-Raf-1-MAPK signaling pathway. A new study demonstrates that KSR1 protects intestinal epithelium from TNF-alpha-induced apoptosis, abrogating inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Since its discovery, there has been disagreement as to whether KSR1 possesses intrinsic kinase activity. Using transgenic mouse models and genetically modified mouse colon epithelial cells, Polk and coworkers show that the kinase activity of KSR1 is off in normal colon epithelial cells, becoming activated only at the onset of IBD. They also provide strong evidence that KSR1 kinase activity is essential for anti-apoptotic protection of the intestinal epithelium. These new data in support of KSR1 as a kinase highlight an ongoing debate as to whether KSR1 does indeed serve as a specific kinase in transphosphorylating and transactivating c-Raf-1 toward MEK1.
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- Richard Kolesnick
- Laboratory of Signal Transduction, The Sloan-Kettering Institute, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10021, USA.
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Lee M, Kim JY, Anderson WB. Src Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor PP2 Markedly Enhances Ras-independent Activation of Raf-1 Protein Kinase by Phorbol Myristate Acetate and H2O2. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:48692-701. [PMID: 15356004 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m403132200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Recently we reported that simultaneous treatment of NIH 3T3 cells with the combination of phorbol myristate acetate (PMA) and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) resulted in synergistic activation of Raf-1 kinase (Lee, M., Petrovics, G., and Anderson, W. B. (2003) Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 311, 1026-1033). In this study we have demonstrated that PP2 (4-amino-5-(4-chlorophenyl)-7-(t-butyl)pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidine), a potent and selective inhibitor of the Src-family tyrosine kinase, greatly potentiated the ability of PMA and/or H2O2 to activate Raf-1 kinase, whereas it blocked the tyrosine phosphorylation of Raf-1. Unlike PMA/H2O2 treatment, which showed transient activation, PP2-mediated Raf-1 activation was sustained and continued to increase through 4 h of treatment. Transient transfection studies with a dominant-negative mutant of Ras (N19Ras) indicated that this PP2-induced activation of Raf-1 was Ras-independent. Moreover, PP2 showed no effect on platelet-derived growth factor-induced Raf-1 activation. Interestingly, mutation of the reported Raf-1 Src family tyrosine kinase phosphorylation site by conversion of tyrosines 340 and 341 to phenylalanine (YY340/341FF Raf) had limited effect on the ability of PP2 to induce significant stimulation of Raf-1 kinase activity. Taken together, our results suggest that a tyrosine phosphorylation event is involved in the negative feedback regulation of Raf-1. Inhibition of a Src family tyrosine kinase by PP2 appears to alleviate this tyrosine kinase-mediated inhibition of Raf-1 and allow activating modification(s) of Raf-1 to proceed. This PP2 effect resulted in significant and sustained Ras-independent activation of Raf-1 by PMA and H2O2.
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- Michael Lee
- Laboratory of Genetic Toxicology, Korea Institute of Toxicology, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology, Yusong, Daejeon 305-600, Korea.
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Yan F, John SK, Wilson G, Jones DS, Washington MK, Polk DB. Kinase suppressor of Ras-1 protects intestinal epithelium from cytokine-mediated apoptosis during inflammation. J Clin Invest 2004. [DOI: 10.1172/jci200421022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Razidlo GL, Kortum RL, Haferbier JL, Lewis RE. Phosphorylation regulates KSR1 stability, ERK activation, and cell proliferation. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:47808-14. [PMID: 15371409 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m406395200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [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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Kinase suppressor of Ras (KSR) is a molecular scaffold that interacts with the components of the Raf/MEK/ERK kinase cascade and positively regulates ERK signaling. Phosphorylation of KSR1, particularly at Ser(392), is a critical regulator of KSR1 subcellular localization and ERK activation. We examined the role of phosphorylation of both Ser(392) and Thr(274) in regulating ERK activation and cell proliferation. We hypothesized that KSR1 phosphorylation is involved in generating signaling specificity through the Raf/MEK/ERK kinase cascade in response to stimulation by different growth factors. In fibroblasts, platelet-derived growth factor stimulation induces sustained ERK activation and promotes S-phase entry. Treatment with epidermal growth factor induces transient ERK activation but fails to drive cells into S phase. Mutation of Ser(392) and Thr(274) (KSR1.TVSA) promotes sustained ERK activation and cell cycle progression with either platelet-derived growth factor or epidermal growth factor treatment. KSR1(-/-) mouse embryo fibroblasts expressing KSR1.TVSA proliferate two times faster and grow to a higher density than cells expressing the same level of wild-type KSR1. In addition, KSR1.TVSA is more stable than wild-type KSR1. These data demonstrate that phosphorylation and stability of the molecular scaffold KSR1 are critical regulators of growth factor-specific responses that promote cell proliferation.
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- Gina L Razidlo
- Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska 68198-7696, USA
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Wilker E, Yaffe MB. 14-3-3 Proteins—a focus on cancer and human disease. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2004; 37:633-42. [PMID: 15350836 DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2004.04.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 171] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2004] [Revised: 03/10/2004] [Accepted: 04/23/2004] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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14-3-3 Proteins are a ubiquitous family of molecules that participate in protein kinase signaling pathways within all eukaryotic cells. Functioning as phosphoserine/phosphothreonine-binding modules, 14-3-3 proteins participate in phosphorylation-dependent protein-protein interactions that control progression through the cell cycle, initiation and maintenance of DNA damage checkpoints, activation of MAP kinases, prevention of apoptosis, and coordination of integrin signaling and cytoskeletal dynamics. In this review, we discuss the regulation of 14-3-3 structure and ligand binding, with a focus on the role of 14-3-3 proteins in human disease, particularly cancer. We discuss the latest data on the role of different 14-3-3 isotypes, the interaction of 14-3-3 proteins with Raf, Cdc25, and various integrin family members, and the likelihood that 14-3-3 proteins could be useful therapeutic targets in the treatment of human disease.
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- Erik Wilker
- Center for Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, E18-580, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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Laurent MN, Ramirez DM, Alberola-Ila J. Kinase Suppressor of Ras Couples Ras to the ERK Cascade during T Cell Development. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2004; 173:986-92. [PMID: 15240686 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.173.2.986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Ras signaling is critical for many developmental processes and requires the precise coordination of interactions among multiple downstream components. One mechanism by which this regulation is achieved is through the use of scaffolding molecules that coordinate the assembly of multimolecular complexes. Recently, the scaffolding molecule kinase suppressor of Ras (KSR) was isolated in genetic screens as a modifier of Ras signaling, although its contribution to regulating Ras-mediated activation of its different downstream effectors is not well understood. We have analyzed the role of KSR in linking Ras to the ERK cascade during positive selection. Our results demonstrate that KSR overexpression interferes with T cell development, an effect that requires the direct interaction between KSR and MEK. This functional effect correlates with the ability of KSR to uncouple Ras from the ERK cascade when overexpressed.
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- Micheline N Laurent
- Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
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The Ras-extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) cascade is a critical intracellular signaling pathway that regulates growth, survival, and differentiation. Previous work established that Ras-GTP binds to, and facilitates the activation of, the protein kinase Raf-1. Recently, it was demonstrated that the cation diffusion facilitator (CDF) proteins are involved in Ras-ERK signaling by use of a Caenorhabditis elegans genetic screen that identified suppressors of activated Ras. In the current work, we demonstrate that CDF proteins may function downstream of Ras, but upstream of Raf-1 in Xenopus oocytes. We also show that the C. elegans protein CDF-1 and its mammalian homologue ZnT-1 bind to the amino-terminal regulatory portion of Raf-1 and promote the biological and enzymatic activity of Raf-1. Furthermore, we show that Zn(2+) inhibits Raf-1 binding to ZnT-1. We propose a model in which CDF protein binding facilitates Raf-1 activation.
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- Tanawat Jirakulaporn
- Center for Cardiovascular Research, the Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
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Cohen BD, Nechamen CA, Dias JA. Human follitropin receptor (FSHR) interacts with the adapter protein 14-3-3tau. Mol Cell Endocrinol 2004; 220:1-7. [PMID: 15196694 DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2004.04.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2004] [Revised: 04/23/2004] [Accepted: 04/28/2004] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The human follitropin (follicle stimulating hormone, FSH) receptor (FSHR) is a G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR). To identify cytoplasmic proteins that may regulate FSHR function, a yeast-based interaction trap was performed. A linked construct of the first and second intracellular loops (iL1-iL2 bait) of FSHR was used as bait and a human ovarian cDNA library was used as prey. Among the proteins identified that interacted with the bait was 14-3-3tau, a member of a family of homodimeric cytoplasmic adapter proteins. Human granulosa cells, the site of FSHR expression in the ovary, were found to contain 14-3-3tau. Importantly, 14-3-3tau co-immunoprecipitated with FSHR stably expressed in HEK 293 cells. Its association with FSHR was follitropin-dependent. Over-expression of 14-3-3tau resulted in a modest decrease of follitropin-induced cAMP accumulation. Collectively, these data support a role for 14-3-3tau in follitropin action. The finding that 14-3-3tau interacts with FSHR is novel and should lead to new insights into the regulation of GPCR in general and FSHR specifically.
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- Brian D Cohen
- Wadsworth Center, David Axelrod Institute for Public Health, New York State Department of Health, 120 New Scotland Ave., Albany, NY 12208, USA
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Ras interacts with numerous downstream effectors to transmit a diverse array of cellular signals. A new study shows that a protein known as Impedes Mitogenic signal Propagation, IMP, is an E3 ubiquitin ligase that binds Ras and modulates MAP kinase signaling by regulating the scaffolding activity of KSR.
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- Stéphane Ory
- Laboratory of Protein Dynamics and Signaling, NCI-Frederick, Frederick, Maryland 21702, USA
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Kao G, Tuck S, Baillie D, Sundaram MV. C. elegansSUR-6/PR55 cooperates with LET-92/protein phosphatase 2A and promotes Raf activity independently of inhibitory Akt phosphorylation sites. Development 2004; 131:755-65. [PMID: 14724126 DOI: 10.1242/dev.00987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) can both positively and negatively influence the Ras/Raf/MEK/ERK signaling pathway, but its relevant substrates are largely unknown. In C. elegans, the PR55/B regulatory subunit of PP2A, which is encoded by sur-6, positively regulates Ras-mediated vulval induction and acts at a step between Ras and Raf. We show that the catalytic subunit (C) of PP2A, which is encoded by let-92, also positively regulates vulval induction. Therefore SUR-6/PR55 and LET-92/PP2A-C probably act together to dephosphorylate a Ras pathway substrate. PP2A has been proposed to activate the Raf kinase by removing inhibitory phosphates from Ser259 from Raf-1 or from equivalent Akt phosphorylation sites in other Raf family members. However, we find that mutant forms of C. elegansLIN-45 RAF that lack these sites still require sur-6. Therefore,SUR-6 must influence Raf activity via a different mechanism. SUR-6 and KSR(kinase suppressor of Ras) function at a similar step in Raf activation but our genetic analysis suggests that KSR activity is intact in sur-6mutants. We identify the kinase PAR-1 as a negative regulator of vulval induction and show that it acts in opposition to SUR-6 and KSR-1. In addition to their roles in Ras signaling, SUR-6/PR55 and LET-92/PP2A-C cooperate to control mitotic progression during early embryogenesis.
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- Gautam Kao
- Department of Genetics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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Hekman M, Wiese S, Metz R, Albert S, Troppmair J, Nickel J, Sendtner M, Rapp UR. Dynamic changes in C-Raf phosphorylation and 14-3-3 protein binding in response to growth factor stimulation: differential roles of 14-3-3 protein binding sites. J Biol Chem 2003; 279:14074-86. [PMID: 14688280 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m309620200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Phosphorylation events play a crucial role in Raf activation. Phosphorylation of serines 259 and 621 in C-Raf and serines 364 and 728 in B-Raf has been suggested to be critical for association with 14-3-3 proteins. To study the functional consequences of Raf phosphorylations at these positions, we developed and characterized phosphospecific antibodies directed against 14-3-3 binding epitopes: a monoclonal phosphospecific antibody (6B4) directed against pS621 and a polyclonal antibody specific for B-Raf-pS364 epitope. Although 6B4 detected both C- and B-Raf in Western blots, it specifically recognizes the native form of C-Raf but not B-Raf. Contrary to B-Raf, a kinase-dead mutant of C-Raf was found to be only poorly phosphorylated in the Ser-621 position. Moreover, serine 259 to alanine mutation prevented the Ser-621 phosphorylation suggesting an interdependence between these two 14-3-3 binding domains. Direct C-Raf.14-3-3 binding studies with purified proteins combined with competition assays revealed that the 14-3-3 binding domain surrounding pS621 represents the high affinity binding site, whereas the pS259 epitope mediates lower affinity binding. Raf isozymes differ in their 14-3-3 association rates. The time course of endogenous C-Raf activation in mammalian cells by nerve growth factor (NGF) has been examined using both phosphospecific antibodies directed against 14-3-3 binding sites (6B4 and anti-pS259) as well as phosphospecific antibodies directed against the activation domain (anti-pS338 and anti-pY340/pY341). Time course of Ser-621 phosphorylation, in contrast to Ser-259 phosphorylation, exhibited unexpected pattern reaching maximal phosphorylation within 30 s of NGF stimulation. Phosphorylation of tyrosine 340/341 reached maximal levels subsequent to Ser-621 phosphorylation and was coincident with emergence of kinase activity. Taken together, we found substantial differences between C-Raf.14-3-3 binding epitopes pS259 and pS621 and visualized for the first time the sequence of the essential C-Raf phosphorylation events in mammalian cells in response to growth factor stimulation.
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- Mirko Hekman
- Institute for Medical Radiation and Cell Research, University of Wuerzburg, 97078 Wuerzburg
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Yoder JH, Chong H, Guan KL, Han M. Modulation of KSR activity in Caenorhabditis elegans by Zn ions, PAR-1 kinase and PP2A phosphatase. EMBO J 2003; 23:111-9. [PMID: 14685271 PMCID: PMC1271663 DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7600025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2003] [Accepted: 11/14/2003] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Vulval differentiation in Caenorhabditis elegans is controlled by a conserved signal transduction pathway mediated by Ras and a kinase cascade that includes Raf, Mek and MAPK. Activation of this cascade is positively regulated by a number of proteins such as KSR (kinase suppressor of Ras), SUR-8/SOC-2, SUR-6/PP2A-B and CDF-1. We describe the functional characterization of sur-7 and several genes that regulate signaling downstream of ras. We identified sur-7 by isolating a mutation that suppresses an activated ras allele, and showed that SUR-7 is a divergent member of the cation diffusion facilitator family of heavy metal ion transporters that is probably localized to the endoplosmic recticulum membrane and regulates cellular Zn(2+) concentrations. Genetic double mutant analyses suggest that the SUR-7-mediated effect is not a general toxic response. Instead, Zn(2+) ions target a specific step of the pathway, probably regulation of the scaffolding protein KSR. Biochemical analysis in mammalian cells indicates that high Zn(2+) concentration causes a dramatic increase of KSR phosphorylation. Genetic analysis also indicates that PP2A phosphatase and PAR-1 kinase act downstream of Raf to positively and negatively regulate KSR activity, respectively.
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- John H Yoder
- Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institution, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
- Present address: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and The Institute of Gerontology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and The Institute of Gerontology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institution, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
- Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institution, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA. Tel.: +1 303 735 0375; Fax: +1 303 735 0175; E-mail:
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- Thomas Raabe
- Institut für Medizinische Strahlenkunde und Zellforschung, Universität Würzburg, Versbacherstr.5, 97078 Würzburg, Germany.
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