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Wang D, Liu G, Meng Y, Chen H, Ye Z, Jing J. The Configuration of GRB2 in Protein Interaction and Signal Transduction. Biomolecules 2024; 14:259. [PMID: 38540680 PMCID: PMC10968029 DOI: 10.3390/biom14030259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2024] [Revised: 02/15/2024] [Accepted: 02/17/2024] [Indexed: 07/02/2024] Open
Abstract
Growth-factor-receptor-binding protein 2 (GRB2) is a non-enzymatic adaptor protein that plays a pivotal role in precisely regulated signaling cascades from cell surface receptors to cellular responses, including signaling transduction and gene expression. GRB2 binds to numerous target molecules, thereby modulating a complex cell signaling network with diverse functions. The structural characteristics of GRB2 are essential for its functionality, as its multiple domains and interaction mechanisms underpin its role in cellular biology. The typical signaling pathway involving GRB2 is initiated by the ligand stimulation to its receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs). The activation of RTKs leads to the recruitment of GRB2 through its SH2 domain to the phosphorylated tyrosine residues on the receptor. GRB2, in turn, binds to the Son of Sevenless (SOS) protein through its SH3 domain. This binding facilitates the activation of Ras, a small GTPase, which triggers a cascade of downstream signaling events, ultimately leading to cell proliferation, survival, and differentiation. Further research and exploration into the structure and function of GRB2 hold great potential for providing novel insights and strategies to enhance medical approaches for related diseases. In this review, we provide an outline of the proteins that engage with domains of GRB2, along with the function of different GRB2 domains in governing cellular signaling pathways. This furnishes essential points of current studies for the forthcoming advancement of therapeutic medications aimed at GRB2.
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- Dingyi Wang
- College of Pharmaceutical Science, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China
- Hangzhou Institute of Medicine, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou 310022, China
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- Hangzhou Institute of Medicine, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou 310022, China
- School of Life Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin 200072, China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Science, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China
- Hangzhou Institute of Medicine, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou 310022, China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Science, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China
- Hangzhou Institute of Medicine, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou 310022, China
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- Hangzhou Institute of Medicine, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou 310022, China
- Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Prevention, Diagnosis and Therapy of Upper Gastrointestinal Cancer, Hangzhou 310022, China
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- Hangzhou Institute of Medicine, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou 310022, China
- Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Prevention, Diagnosis and Therapy of Upper Gastrointestinal Cancer, Hangzhou 310022, China
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Sandouk A, Xu Z, Baruah S, Tremblay M, Hopkins JB, Chakravarthy S, Gakhar L, Schnicker NJ, Houtman JCD. GRB2 dimerization mediated by SH2 domain-swapping is critical for T cell signaling and cytokine production. Sci Rep 2023; 13:3505. [PMID: 36864087 PMCID: PMC9981690 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-30562-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2022] [Accepted: 02/25/2023] [Indexed: 03/04/2023] Open
Abstract
GRB2 is an adaptor protein required for facilitating cytoplasmic signaling complexes from a wide array of binding partners. GRB2 has been reported to exist in either a monomeric or dimeric state in crystal and solution. GRB2 dimers are formed by the exchange of protein segments between domains, otherwise known as "domain-swapping". Swapping has been described between SH2 and C-terminal SH3 domains in the full-length structure of GRB2 (SH2/C-SH3 domain-swapped dimer), as well as between α-helixes in isolated GRB2 SH2 domains (SH2/SH2 domain-swapped dimer). Interestingly, SH2/SH2 domain-swapping has not been observed within the full-length protein, nor have the functional influences of this novel oligomeric conformation been explored. We herein generated a model of full-length GRB2 dimer with an SH2/SH2 domain-swapped conformation supported by in-line SEC-MALS-SAXS analyses. This conformation is consistent with the previously reported truncated GRB2 SH2/SH2 domain-swapped dimer but different from the previously reported, full-length SH2/C-terminal SH3 (C-SH3) domain-swapped dimer. Our model is also validated by several novel full-length GRB2 mutants that favor either a monomeric or a dimeric state through mutations within the SH2 domain that abrogate or promote SH2/SH2 domain-swapping. GRB2 knockdown and re-expression of selected monomeric and dimeric mutants in a T cell lymphoma cell line led to notable defects in clustering of the adaptor protein LAT and IL-2 release in response to TCR stimulation. These results mirrored similarly-impaired IL-2 release in GRB2-deficient cells. These studies show that a novel dimeric GRB2 conformation with domain-swapping between SH2 domains and monomer/dimer transitions are critical for GRB2 to facilitate early signaling complexes in human T cells.
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- Aline Sandouk
- Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Immunology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52242, USA
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- Protein and Crystallography Facility, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52242, USA
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- Protein and Crystallography Facility, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52242, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52242, USA
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- Biophysics Collaborative Access Team, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, 60439, USA
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- Biophysics Collaborative Access Team, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, 60439, USA
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- Protein and Crystallography Facility, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52242, USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52242, USA
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- Protein and Crystallography Facility, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52242, USA
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- Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Immunology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52242, USA.
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52242, USA.
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Ochi S, Iiyama M, Oda M. Interdomain interactions in Grb2 revealed by the conformational stability and CD28 binding analysis. Biophys Chem 2022; 284:106792. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2022.106792] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2022] [Revised: 02/27/2022] [Accepted: 03/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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The intramolecular allostery of GRB2 governing its interaction with SOS1 is modulated by phosphotyrosine ligands. Biochem J 2021; 478:2793-2809. [PMID: 34232285 DOI: 10.1042/bcj20210105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2021] [Revised: 07/01/2021] [Accepted: 07/07/2021] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Growth factor receptor-bound protein 2 (GRB2) is a trivalent adaptor protein and a key element in signal transduction. It interacts via its flanking nSH3 and cSH3 domains with the proline-rich domain (PRD) of the RAS activator SOS1 and via its central SH2 domain with phosphorylated tyrosine residues of receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs; e.g. HER2). The elucidation of structural organization and mechanistic insights into GRB2 interactions, however, remain challenging due to their inherent flexibility. This study represents an important advance in our mechanistic understanding of how GRB2 links RTKs to SOS1. Accordingly, it can be proposed that (1) HER2 pYP-bound SH2 potentiates GRB2 SH3 domain interactions with SOS1 (an allosteric mechanism); (2) the SH2 domain blocks cSH3, enabling nSH3 to bind SOS1 first before cSH3 follows (an avidity-based mechanism); and (3) the allosteric behavior of cSH3 to other domains appears to be unidirectional, although there is an allosteric effect between the SH2 and SH3 domains.
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Kukuk L, Dingley AJ, Granzin J, Nagel-Steger L, Thiagarajan-Rosenkranz P, Ciupka D, Hänel K, Batra-Safferling R, Pacheco V, Stoldt M, Pfeffer K, Beer-Hammer S, Willbold D, Koenig BW. Structure of the SLy1 SAM homodimer reveals a new interface for SAM domain self-association. Sci Rep 2019; 9:54. [PMID: 30631134 PMCID: PMC6328559 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-37185-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2018] [Accepted: 11/30/2018] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Sterile alpha motif (SAM) domains are protein interaction modules that are involved in a diverse range of biological functions such as transcriptional and translational regulation, cellular signalling, and regulation of developmental processes. SH3 domain-containing protein expressed in lymphocytes 1 (SLy1) is involved in immune regulation and contains a SAM domain of unknown function. In this report, the structure of the SLy1 SAM domain was solved and revealed that this SAM domain forms a symmetric homodimer through a novel interface. The interface consists primarily of the two long C-terminal helices, α5 and α5', of the domains packing against each other. The dimerization is characterized by a dissociation constant in the lower micromolar range. A SLy1 SAM domain construct with an extended N-terminus containing five additional amino acids of the SLy1 sequence further increases the stability of the homodimer, making the SLy1 SAM dimer two orders of magnitude more stable than previously studied SAM homodimers, suggesting that the SLy1 SAM dimerization is of functional significance. The SLy1 SAM homodimer contains an exposed mid-loop surface on each monomer, which may provide a scaffold for mediating interactions with other SAM domain-containing proteins via a typical mid-loop-end-helix interface.
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- Laura Kukuk
- Institute of Complex Systems, Strukturbiochemie (ICS-6), Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425, Jülich, Germany
- Institut für Physikalische Biologie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Universitätsstraße 1, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute of Complex Systems, Strukturbiochemie (ICS-6), Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425, Jülich, Germany
- Institut für Physikalische Biologie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Universitätsstraße 1, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute of Complex Systems, Strukturbiochemie (ICS-6), Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425, Jülich, Germany
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- Institute of Complex Systems, Strukturbiochemie (ICS-6), Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425, Jülich, Germany
- Institut für Physikalische Biologie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Universitätsstraße 1, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute of Complex Systems, Strukturbiochemie (ICS-6), Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425, Jülich, Germany
- Institut für Physikalische Biologie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Universitätsstraße 1, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institut für Physikalische Biologie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Universitätsstraße 1, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute of Complex Systems, Strukturbiochemie (ICS-6), Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425, Jülich, Germany
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- Institute of Complex Systems, Strukturbiochemie (ICS-6), Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425, Jülich, Germany
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- Institute of Complex Systems, Strukturbiochemie (ICS-6), Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425, Jülich, Germany
- Institut für Makromolekulare Chemie, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Stefan-Meier-Straße 31, 79104, Freiburg, Germany
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- Institut für Physikalische Biologie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Universitätsstraße 1, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie und Krankenhaushygiene, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Universitätsstraße 1, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie und Krankenhaushygiene, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Universitätsstraße 1, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany
- Institut für Experimentelle und Klinische Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, und Interfakultäres Zentrum für Pharmakogenomik und Arzneimittelforschung (ICePhA), Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Wilhelmstraße 56, 72074, Tübingen, Germany
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- Institute of Complex Systems, Strukturbiochemie (ICS-6), Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425, Jülich, Germany.
- Institut für Physikalische Biologie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Universitätsstraße 1, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany.
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- Institute of Complex Systems, Strukturbiochemie (ICS-6), Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425, Jülich, Germany.
- Institut für Physikalische Biologie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Universitätsstraße 1, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany.
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Xu P, Chen AY, Ganaie SS, Cheng F, Shen W, Wang X, Kleiboeker S, Li Y, Qiu J. The 11-Kilodalton Nonstructural Protein of Human Parvovirus B19 Facilitates Viral DNA Replication by Interacting with Grb2 through Its Proline-Rich Motifs. J Virol 2019; 93:e01464-18. [PMID: 30282717 PMCID: PMC6288338 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01464-18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2018] [Accepted: 10/01/2018] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
Abstract
Lytic infection of human parvovirus B19 (B19V) takes place exclusively in human erythroid progenitor cells of bone marrow and fetal liver, which disrupts erythropoiesis. During infection, B19V expresses three nonstructural proteins (NS1, 11-kDa, and 7.5-kDa) and two structural proteins (VP1 and VP2). While NS1 is essential for B19V DNA replication, 11-kDa enhances viral DNA replication significantly. In this study, we confirmed the enhancement role of 11-kDa in viral DNA replication and elucidated the underlying mechanism. We found that 11-kDa specially interacts with cellular growth factor receptor-bound protein 2 (Grb2) during virus infection and in vitro We determined a high affinity interaction between 11-kDa and Grb2 that has an equilibrium dissociation constant (KD ) value of 18.13 nM. In vitro, one proline-rich motif was sufficient for 11-kDa to sustain a strong interaction with Grb2. In consistence, in vivo during infection, one proline-rich motif was enough for 11-kDa to significantly reduce phosphorylation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK). Mutations of all three proline-rich motifs of 11-kDa abolished its capability to reduce ERK activity and, accordingly, decreased viral DNA replication. Transduction of a lentiviral vector encoding a short hairpin RNA (shRNA) targeting Grb2 decreased the expression of Grb2 as well as the level of ERK phosphorylation, which resulted in an increase of B19V replication. These results, in concert, indicate that the B19V 11-kDa protein interacts with cellular Grb2 to downregulate ERK activity, which upregulates viral DNA replication.IMPORTANCE Human parvovirus B19 (B19V) infection causes hematological disorders and is the leading cause of nonimmunological fetal hydrops during pregnancy. During infection, B19V expresses two structural proteins, VP1 and VP2, and three nonstructural proteins, NS1, 11-kDa, and 7.5-kDa. While NS1 is essential, 11-kDa plays an enhancing role in viral DNA replication. Here, we elucidated a mechanism underlying 11-kDa protein-regulated B19V DNA replication. 11-kDa is tightly associated with cellular growth factor receptor-bound protein 2 (Grb2) during infection. In vitro, 11-kDa interacts with Grb2 with high affinity through three proline-rich motifs, of which at least one is indispensable for the regulation of viral DNA replication. 11-kDa and Grb2 interaction disrupts extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) signaling, which mediates upregulation of B19V replication. Thus, our study reveals a novel mechanism of how a parvoviral small nonstructural protein regulates viral DNA replication by interacting with a host protein that is predominately expressed in the cytoplasm.
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- Peng Xu
- Department of Microbiology, Molecular Genetics and Immunology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Molecular Genetics and Immunology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Molecular Genetics and Immunology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Molecular Genetics and Immunology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Molecular Genetics and Immunology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Molecular Genetics and Immunology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, USA
- Department of Biological Science and Technology, Wuhan University of Bioengineering, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Research and Development, Viracor Eurofins Laboratories, Lee's Summit, Missouri, USA
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- Department of Biological Science and Technology, Wuhan University of Bioengineering, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Microbiology, Molecular Genetics and Immunology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, USA
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Blue RE, Curry EG, Engels NM, Lee EY, Giudice J. How alternative splicing affects membrane-trafficking dynamics. J Cell Sci 2018; 131:jcs216465. [PMID: 29769303 PMCID: PMC6031328 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.216465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
Abstract
The cell biology field has outstanding working knowledge of the fundamentals of membrane-trafficking pathways, which are of critical importance in health and disease. Current challenges include understanding how trafficking pathways are fine-tuned for specialized tissue functions in vivo and during development. In parallel, the ENCODE project and numerous genetic studies have revealed that alternative splicing regulates gene expression in tissues and throughout development at a post-transcriptional level. This Review summarizes recent discoveries demonstrating that alternative splicing affects tissue specialization and membrane-trafficking proteins during development, and examines how this regulation is altered in human disease. We first discuss how alternative splicing of clathrin, SNAREs and BAR-domain proteins influences endocytosis, secretion and membrane dynamics, respectively. We then focus on the role of RNA-binding proteins in the regulation of splicing of membrane-trafficking proteins in health and disease. Overall, our aim is to comprehensively summarize how trafficking is molecularly influenced by alternative splicing and identify future directions centered on its physiological relevance.
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- R Eric Blue
- Department of Cell Biology & Physiology, School of Medicine, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology & Physiology, School of Medicine, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology & Physiology, School of Medicine, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology & Physiology, School of Medicine, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology & Physiology, School of Medicine, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
- McAllister Heart Institute, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
- Curriculum in Genetics and Molecular Biology (GMB), The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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Del Piccolo N, Hristova K. Quantifying the Interaction between EGFR Dimers and Grb2 in Live Cells. Biophys J 2017; 113:1353-1364. [PMID: 28734476 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2017.06.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2017] [Revised: 05/19/2017] [Accepted: 06/12/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Adaptor proteins are a class of cytoplasmic proteins that bind to phosphorylated residues in receptor tyrosine kinases and trigger signaling cascades that control critically important cellular processes, such as cell survival, growth, differentiation, and motility. Here, we seek to characterize the interaction between epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and the cytoplasmic adaptor protein growth factor receptor-bound protein 2 (Grb2) in a cellular context. To do so, we explore the utility of a highly biologically relevant model system, mammalian cells under reversible osmotic stress, and a recently introduced Förster resonance energy transfer microscopy method, fully quantified spectral imaging. We present a method that allows us to quantify the stoichiometry and the association constant of the EGFR-Grb2 binding interaction in the plasma membrane, in the presence and absence of activating ligand. The method that we introduce can have broad utility in membrane protein research, as it can be applied to different membrane protein-cytoplasmic protein pairs.
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- Nuala Del Piccolo
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Institute for NanoBio Technology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Institute for NanoBio Technology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.
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Yu Y, Nie Y, Feng Q, Qu J, Wang R, Bian L, Xia J. Targeted Covalent Inhibition of Grb2-Sos1 Interaction through Proximity-Induced Conjugation in Breast Cancer Cells. Mol Pharm 2017; 14:1548-1557. [PMID: 28060514 DOI: 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.6b00952] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Targeted covalent inhibitors of protein-protein interactions differ from reversible inhibitors in that the former bind and covalently bond the target protein at a specific site of the target. The site specificity is the result of the proximity of two reactive groups at the bound state, for example, one mild electrophile in the inhibitor and a natural cysteine in the target close to the ligand binding site. Only a few pharmaceutically relevant proteins have this structural feature. Grb2, a key adaptor protein in maintaining the ERK activity via binding Sos1 to activated RTKs, is one: the N-terminal SH3 domain of Grb2 (Grb2N-SH3) carries a unique solvent-accessible cysteine Cys32 close to its Sos1-binding site. Here we report the design of a peptide-based antagonist (a reactive peptide) that specifically binds to Grb2N-SH3 and subsequently undergoes a nucleophilic reaction with Cys32 to form a covalent bond thioether, to block Grb2-Sos1 interaction. Through rounds of optimization, we eventually obtained a dimeric reaction reactive peptide that can form a covalent adduct with endogenous Grb2 protein inside the cytosol of SK-BR-3 human breast cancer cells with pronounced inhibitory effect on cell mobility and viability. This work showcases a rational design of Grb2-targeted site-specific covalent inhibitor and its pronounced anticancer effect by targeting Grb2-Sos1 interaction.
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- Yongsheng Yu
- Clinical and Translational Research Center, Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine , Shanghai, China.,Department of Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong , Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong , Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong , Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong , Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong , Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong , Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong , Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Bilal MY, Houtman JCD. GRB2 Nucleates T Cell Receptor-Mediated LAT Clusters That Control PLC-γ1 Activation and Cytokine Production. Front Immunol 2015; 6:141. [PMID: 25870599 PMCID: PMC4378308 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2015.00141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2014] [Accepted: 03/14/2015] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
Abstract
GRB2 is a ubiquitously expressed adaptor protein required for signaling downstream of multiple receptors. To address the role of GRB2 in receptor-mediated signaling, the expression of GRB2 was suppressed in human CD4+ T cells and its role downstream of the T cell receptor (TCR) was examined. Interestingly, GRB2 deficient T cells had enhanced signaling from complexes containing the TCR. However, GRB2 deficient T cells had substantially reduced production of IL-2 and IFN-γ. This defect was attributed to diminished formation of linker for activation of T cells (LAT) signaling clusters, which resulted in reduced MAP kinase activation, calcium flux, and PLC-γ1 recruitment to LAT signaling clusters. Add back of wild-type GRB2, but not a novel N-terminal SH3 domain mutant, rescued LAT microcluster formation, calcium mobilization, and cytokine release, providing the first direct evidence that GRB2, and its ability to bind to SH3 domain ligands, is required for establishing LAT microclusters. Our data demonstrate that the ability of GRB2 to facilitate protein clusters is equally important in regulating TCR-mediated functions as its capacity to recruit effector proteins. This highlights that GRB2 regulates signaling downstream of adaptors and receptors by both recruiting effector proteins and regulating the formation of signaling complexes.
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- Mahmood Yousif Bilal
- Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Immunology, University of Iowa , Iowa City, IA , USA
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- Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Immunology, University of Iowa , Iowa City, IA , USA ; Department of Microbiology, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa , Iowa City, IA , USA
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Wuertenberger S, Groemping Y. A single PXXP motif in the C-terminal region of srGAP3 mediates binding to multiple SH3 domains. FEBS Lett 2015; 589:1156-63. [PMID: 25819436 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2015.03.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2015] [Revised: 03/18/2015] [Accepted: 03/18/2015] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The Slit-Robo GTPase-activating protein 3 (srGAP3) has been implicated in different critical aspects of neuronal development. These findings have mainly been based on the characterisation of the three conserved globular N-terminal domains, while the function of the C-terminal region (CTR) is still unknown. We show that this predicted unstructured region acts as an adaptor by binding to the endocytic proteins Amphiphysin, Endophilin-A2, Endophilin-A1, as well as the Ras signalling protein Grb2. All these interactions depend on a single proline-rich motif in the CTR and the Src-homology 3 domains of the binding partners. Via these interactions srGAP3 could link receptor signalling events to the endocytic machinery.
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- Silvia Wuertenberger
- Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Department of Protein Evolution, Spemannstr. 35, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Department of Protein Evolution, Spemannstr. 35, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany.
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Gable JE, Lee GM, Jaishankar P, Hearn BR, Waddling CA, Renslo AR, Craik CS. Broad-spectrum allosteric inhibition of herpesvirus proteases. Biochemistry 2014; 53:4648-60. [PMID: 24977643 PMCID: PMC4108181 DOI: 10.1021/bi5003234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Herpesviruses
rely on a homodimeric protease for viral capsid maturation.
A small molecule, DD2, previously shown to disrupt dimerization of
Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus protease (KSHV Pr)
by trapping an inactive monomeric conformation and two analogues generated
through carboxylate bioisosteric replacement (compounds 2 and 3) were shown to inhibit the associated proteases
of all three human herpesvirus (HHV) subfamilies (α, β,
and γ). Inhibition data reveal that compound 2 has
potency comparable to or better than that of DD2 against the tested
proteases. Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and a new application
of the kinetic analysis developed by Zhang and Poorman [Zhang, Z.
Y., Poorman, R. A., et al. (1991) J. Biol. Chem. 266, 15591–15594] show DD2, compound 2, and compound 3 inhibit HHV proteases by dimer disruption. All three compounds
bind the dimer interface of other HHV proteases in a manner analogous
to binding of DD2 to KSHV protease. The determination and analysis
of cocrystal structures of both analogues with the KSHV Pr monomer
verify and elaborate on the mode of binding for this chemical scaffold,
explaining a newly observed critical structure–activity relationship.
These results reveal a prototypical chemical scaffold for broad-spectrum
allosteric inhibition of human herpesvirus proteases and an approach
for the identification of small molecules that allosterically regulate
protein activity by targeting protein–protein interactions.
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- Jonathan E Gable
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California , San Francisco, California 94158-2280, United States
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Higo K, Oda M, Morii H, Takahashi J, Harada Y, Ogawa S, Abe R. Quantitative analysis by surface plasmon resonance of CD28 interaction with cytoplasmic adaptor molecules Grb2, Gads and p85 PI3K. Immunol Invest 2014; 43:278-91. [DOI: 10.3109/08820139.2013.875039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Grb2 promotes integrin-induced focal adhesion kinase (FAK) autophosphorylation and directs the phosphorylation of protein tyrosine phosphatase α by the Src-FAK kinase complex. Mol Cell Biol 2013; 34:348-61. [PMID: 24248601 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.00825-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The integrin-activated Src-focal adhesion kinase (FAK) kinase complex phosphorylates PTPα at Tyr789, initiating PTPα-mediated signaling that promotes cell migration. Recruitment of the BCAR3-Cas complex by PTPα-phospho-Tyr789 at focal adhesions is one mechanism of PTPα signaling. The adaptor protein Grb2 is also recruited by PTPα-phospho-Tyr789, although the role of the PTPα-Grb2 complex in integrin signaling is unknown. We show that silencing Grb2 expression in fibroblasts abolishes PTPα-Tyr789 phosphorylation and that this is due to two unexpected actions of Grb2. First, Grb2 promotes integrin-induced autophosphorylation of FAK-Tyr397. This is impaired in Grb2-depleted cells and prohibits FAK activation and formation of the Src-FAK complex. Grb2-depleted cells contain less paxillin, and paxillin overexpression rescues FAK-Tyr397 phosphorylation, suggesting that the FAK-activating action of Grb2 involves paxillin. A second distinct role for Grb2 in PTPα-Tyr789 phosphorylation involves Grb2-mediated coupling of Src-FAK and PTPα. This requires two phosphosites, FAK-Tyr925 and PTPα-Tyr789, for Grb2-Src homology 2 (SH2) binding. We propose that a Grb2 dimer links FAK and PTPα, and this positions active Src-FAK in proximity with other, perhaps integrin-clustered, molecules of PTPα to enable maximal PTPα-Tyr789 phosphorylation. These findings identify Grb2 as a new FAK activator and reveal its essential role in coordinating PTPα tyrosine phosphorylation to enable downstream integrin signaling and migration.
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McDonald CB, El Hokayem J, Zafar N, Balke JE, Bhat V, Mikles DC, Deegan BJ, Seldeen KL, Farooq A. Allostery mediates ligand binding to Grb2 adaptor in a mutually exclusive manner. J Mol Recognit 2013; 26:92-103. [PMID: 23334917 DOI: 10.1002/jmr.2256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2012] [Revised: 10/01/2012] [Accepted: 11/12/2012] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Allostery plays a key role in dictating the stoichiometry and thermodynamics of multi-protein complexes driving a plethora of cellular processes central to health and disease. Herein, using various biophysical tools, we demonstrate that although Sos1 nucleotide exchange factor and Gab1 docking protein recognize two non-overlapping sites within the Grb2 adaptor, allostery promotes the formation of two distinct pools of Grb2-Sos1 and Grb2-Gab1 binary signaling complexes in concert in lieu of a composite Sos1-Grb2-Gab1 ternary complex. Of particular interest is the observation that the binding of Sos1 to the nSH3 domain within Grb2 sterically blocks the binding of Gab1 to the cSH3 domain and vice versa in a mutually exclusive manner. Importantly, the formation of both the Grb2-Sos1 and Grb2-Gab1 binary complexes is governed by a stoichiometry of 2:1, whereby the respective SH3 domains within Grb2 homodimer bind to Sos1 and Gab1 via multivalent interactions. Collectively, our study sheds new light on the role of allostery in mediating cellular signaling machinery.
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- Caleb B McDonald
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Leonard Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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de Mol NJ, Kruijtzer JA, Moret EE, Broutin I, Liskamp RM. Unusual binding of Grb2 protein to a bivalent polyproline-ligand immobilized on a SPR sensor: Intermolecular bivalent binding. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2013; 1834:524-35. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2012.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2012] [Revised: 10/22/2012] [Accepted: 11/05/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Ellis JD, Barrios-Rodiles M, Colak R, Irimia M, Kim T, Calarco JA, Wang X, Pan Q, O'Hanlon D, Kim PM, Wrana JL, Blencowe BJ. Tissue-specific alternative splicing remodels protein-protein interaction networks. Mol Cell 2012; 46:884-92. [PMID: 22749401 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2012.05.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 293] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2012] [Revised: 03/29/2012] [Accepted: 05/07/2012] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Alternative splicing plays a key role in the expansion of proteomic and regulatory complexity, yet the functions of the vast majority of differentially spliced exons are not known. In this study, we observe that brain and other tissue-regulated exons are significantly enriched in flexible regions of proteins that likely form conserved interaction surfaces. These proteins participate in significantly more interactions in protein-protein interaction (PPI) networks than other proteins. Using LUMIER, an automated PPI assay, we observe that approximately one-third of analyzed neural-regulated exons affect PPIs. Inclusion of these exons stimulated and repressed different partner interactions at comparable frequencies. This assay further revealed functions of individual exons, including a role for a neural-specific exon in promoting an interaction between Bridging Integrator 1 (Bin1)/Amphiphysin II and Dynamin 2 (Dnm2) that facilitates endocytosis. Collectively, our results provide evidence that regulated alternative exons frequently remodel interactions to establish tissue-dependent PPI networks.
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- Jonathan D Ellis
- Banting and Best Department of Medical Research, Donnelly Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3E1, Canada
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Inhibition of basal FGF receptor signaling by dimeric Grb2. Cell 2012; 149:1514-24. [PMID: 22726438 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2012.04.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2011] [Revised: 02/14/2012] [Accepted: 04/13/2012] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Receptor tyrosine kinase activity is known to occur in the absence of extracellular stimuli. Importantly, this "background" level of receptor phosphorylation is insufficient to effect a downstream response, suggesting that strict controls are present and prohibit full activation. Here a mechanism is described in which control of FGFR2 activation is provided by the adaptor protein Grb2. Dimeric Grb2 binds to the C termini of two FGFR2 molecules. This heterotetramer is capable of a low-level receptor transphosphorylation, but C-terminal phosphorylation and recruitment of signaling proteins are sterically hindered. Upon stimulation, FGFR2 phosphorylates tyrosine residues on Grb2, promoting dissociation from the receptor and allowing full activation of downstream signaling. These observations establish a role for Grb2 as an active regulator of RTK signaling.
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McDonald CB, Bhat V, Mikles DC, Deegan BJ, Seldeen KL, Farooq A. Bivalent binding drives the formation of the Grb2-Gab1 signaling complex in a noncooperative manner. FEBS J 2012; 279:2156-73. [PMID: 22536782 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2012.08600.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Although the growth factor receptor binder 2 (Grb2)-Grb2-associated binder (Gab)1 macromolecular complex mediates a multitude of cellular signaling cascades, the molecular basis of its assembly has hitherto remained largely elusive. Herein, using an array of biophysical techniques, we show that, whereas Grb2 exists in a monomer-dimer equilibrium, the proline-rich (PR) domain of Gab1 is a monomer in solution. Of particular interest is the observation that although the PR domain appears to be structurally disordered, it nonetheless adopts a more or less compact conformation reminiscent of natively folded globular proteins. Importantly, the structurally flexible conformation of the PR domain appears to facilitate the binding of Gab1 to Grb2 with a 1:2 stoichiometry. More specifically, the formation of the Grb2-Gab1 signaling complex is driven via a bivalent interaction through the binding of the C-terminal homology 3 (cSH3) domain within each monomer of Grb2 homodimer to two distinct RXXK motifs, herein designated G1 and G2, located within the PR domain of Gab1. Strikingly, in spite of the key role of bivalency in driving this macromolecular assembly, the cSH3 domains bind to the G1 and G2 motifs in an independent manner with zero cooperativity. Taken together, our findings shed new light on the physicochemical forces driving the assembly of a key macromolecular signaling complex that is relevant to cellular health and disease.
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- Caleb B McDonald
- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and the USylvester Braman Family Breast Cancer Institute, Leonard Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, FL 33136, USA
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McDonald CB, Balke JE, Bhat V, Mikles DC, Deegan BJ, Seldeen KL, Farooq A. Multivalent binding and facilitated diffusion account for the formation of the Grb2-Sos1 signaling complex in a cooperative manner. Biochemistry 2012; 51:2122-35. [PMID: 22360309 DOI: 10.1021/bi3000534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Despite its key role in driving cellular growth and proliferation through receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK) signaling, the Grb2-Sos1 macromolecular interaction remains poorly understood in mechanistic terms. Herein, using an array of biophysical methods, we provide evidence that although the Grb2 adaptor can potentially bind to all four PXψPXR motifs (designated herein S1-S4) located within the Sos1 guanine nucleotide exchange factor, the formation of the Grb2-Sos1 signaling complex occurs with a 2:1 stoichiometry. Strikingly, such bivalent binding appears to be driven by the association of the Grb2 homodimer to only two of four potential PXψPXR motifs within Sos1 at any one time. Of particular interest is the observation that of a possible six pairwise combinations in which S1-S4 motifs may act in concert for the docking of the Grb2 homodimer through bivalent binding, only S1 and S3, S1 and S4, S2 and S4, and S3 and S4 do so, while pairwise combinations of sites S1 and S2 and sites S2 and S3 appear to afford only monovalent binding. This salient observation implicates the role of local physical constraints in fine-tuning the conformational heterogeneity of the Grb2-Sos1 signaling complex. Importantly, the presence of multiple binding sites within Sos1 appears to provide a physical route for Grb2 to hop in a flip-flop manner from one site to the next through facilitated diffusion, and such rapid exchange forms the basis of positive cooperativity driving the bivalent binding of Grb2 to Sos1 with high affinity. Collectively, our study sheds new light on the assembly of a key macromolecular signaling complex central to cellular machinery in health and disease.
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- Caleb B McDonald
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and USylvester Braman Family Breast Cancer Institute, Leonard Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida 33136, United States
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McDonald CB, Seldeen KL, Deegan BJ, Bhat V, Farooq A. Binding of the cSH3 domain of Grb2 adaptor to two distinct RXXK motifs within Gab1 docker employs differential mechanisms. J Mol Recognit 2010; 24:585-96. [PMID: 21472810 DOI: 10.1002/jmr.1080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2010] [Revised: 07/26/2010] [Accepted: 07/26/2010] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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A ubiquitous component of cellular signaling machinery, Gab1 docker plays a pivotal role in routing extracellular information in the form of growth factors and cytokines to downstream targets such as transcription factors within the nucleus. Here, using isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) in combination with macromolecular modeling (MM), we show that although Gab1 contains four distinct RXXK motifs, designated G1, G2, G3, and G4, only G1 and G2 motifs bind to the cSH3 domain of Grb2 adaptor and do so with distinct mechanisms. Thus, while the G1 motif strictly requires the PPRPPKP consensus sequence for high-affinity binding to the cSH3 domain, the G2 motif displays preference for the PXVXRXLKPXR consensus. Such sequential differences in the binding of G1 and G2 motifs arise from their ability to adopt distinct polyproline type II (PPII)- and 3(10) -helical conformations upon binding to the cSH3 domain, respectively. Collectively, our study provides detailed biophysical insights into a key protein-protein interaction involved in a diverse array of signaling cascades central to health and disease.
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- Caleb B McDonald
- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, USylvester Braman Family Breast Cancer Institute, Leonard Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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Shen X, Xi G, Radhakrishnan Y, Clemmons DR. Recruitment of Pyk2 to SHPS-1 signaling complex is required for IGF-I-dependent mitogenic signaling in vascular smooth muscle cells. Cell Mol Life Sci 2010; 67:3893-903. [PMID: 20521079 PMCID: PMC11115943 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-010-0411-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2010] [Revised: 04/30/2010] [Accepted: 05/17/2010] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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In vascular smooth muscle cells, IGF-I stimulates SHPS-1/SHP2/Src complex formation which is required for IGF-I-stimulated cell proliferation. Using SHP2/Src silencing and a Pyk2/Y402F mutant, we showed that Pyk2 was also recruited to the SHPS-1 complex. Pyk2 recruitment to SHPS-1 is mediated via the interaction of Pyk2 Tyr402 and the Src in response to IGF-I. Following Src/Pyk2 association, Src phosphorylates Pyk2 on Tyr881 providing a binding site for Grb2. Cells expressing Pyk2/Y881F showed decreased Grb2 recruitment to SHPS-1 and impaired Shc/Grb2 association. This change led to reduced Erk1/2 (MAP kinase) activation and cell proliferation in response to IGF-I. Our results show that, following its recruitment to the SHPS-1 signaling complex, Pyk2 localizes Grb2 in close proximity to Shc thereby facilitating Shc/Grb2 association which leads to Erk1/2 activation in response to IGF-I. Thus, Pyk2 recruitment to SHPS-1 plays an important role in regulating the IGF-I-stimulated mitogenic response.
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- Xinchun Shen
- Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 USA
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- Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 USA
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- Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 USA
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- Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 USA
- Division of Endocrinology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB# 7170, 8024 Burnett-Womack, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7170 USA
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Survey of the year 2008: applications of isothermal titration calorimetry. J Mol Recognit 2010; 23:395-413. [DOI: 10.1002/jmr.1025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Rieke C, Kähne T, Schweitzer K, Schraven B, Wienands J, Engelke M, Naumann M. Non-T cell activation linker regulates ERK activation in Helicobacter pylori-infected epithelial cells. Cell Signal 2010; 22:395-403. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2009.10.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2009] [Revised: 10/18/2009] [Accepted: 10/19/2009] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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McDonald CB, Seldeen KL, Deegan BJ, Bhat V, Farooq A. Assembly of the Sos1-Grb2-Gab1 ternary signaling complex is under allosteric control. Arch Biochem Biophys 2009; 494:216-25. [PMID: 20005866 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2009.12.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2009] [Revised: 12/07/2009] [Accepted: 12/08/2009] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Allostery has evolved as a form of local communication between interacting protein partners allowing them to quickly sense changes in their immediate vicinity in response to external cues. Herein, using isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) in conjunction with circular dichroism (CD) and macromolecular modeling (MM), we show that the binding of Grb2 adaptor--a key signaling molecule involved in the activation of Ras GTPase--to its downstream partners Sos1 guanine nucleotide exchange factor and Gab1 docker is under tight allosteric regulation. Specifically, our findings reveal that the binding of one molecule of Sos1 to the nSH3 domain allosterically induces a conformational change within Grb2 such that the loading of a second molecule of Sos1 onto the cSH3 domain is blocked and, in so doing, allows Gab1 access to the cSH3 domain in an exclusively non-competitive manner to generate the Sos1-Grb2-Gab1 ternary signaling complex.
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- Caleb B McDonald
- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and USylvester Braman Family Breast Cancer Institute, Leonard Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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