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E3 ligase-defective Cbl mutants lead to a generalized mastocytosis and myeloproliferative disease. Blood 2009; 114:4197-208. [PMID: 19734451 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2008-12-190934] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Somatic mutations of Kit have been found in leukemias and gastrointestinal stromal tumors. The proto-oncogene c-Cbl negatively regulates Kit and Flt3 by its E3 ligase activity and acts as a scaffold. We recently identified the first c-Cbl mutation in human disease in an acute myeloid leukemia patient, called Cbl-R420Q. Here we analyzed the role of Cbl mutants on Kit-mediated transformation. Coexpression of Cbl-R420Q or Cbl-70Z with Kit induced cytokine-independent proliferation, survival, and clonogenic growth. Primary murine bone marrow retrovirally transduced with c-Cbl mutants and transplanted into mice led to a generalized mastocytosis, a myeloproliferative disease, and myeloid leukemia. Overexpression of these Cbl mutants inhibited stem cell factor (SCF)-induced ubiquitination and internalization of Kit. Both Cbl mutants enhanced the basal activation of Akt and prolonged the ligand-dependent activation. Importantly, transformation was observed also with kinase-dead forms of Kit and Flt3 in the presence of Cbl-70Z, but not in the absence of Kit or Flt3, suggesting a mechanism dependent on receptor tyrosine kinases, but independent of their kinase activity. Instead, transformation depends on the Src family kinase Fyn, as c-Cbl coimmunoprecipitated with Fyn and inhibition abolished transformation. These findings may explain primary resistance to tyrosine kinase inhibitors targeted at receptor tyrosine kinases.
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Here, we explore the role of Cbl proteins in regulation of neuronal apoptosis. In two paradigms of neuron apoptosis - nerve growth factor (NGF) deprivation and DNA damage - cellular levels of c-Cbl and Cbl-b fell well before the onset of cell death. NGF deprivation also induced rapid loss of tyrosine phosphorylation (and most likely, activation) of c-Cbl. Targeting c-Cbl and Cbl-b with siRNAs to mimic their loss/inactivation sensitized neuronal cells to death promoted by NGF deprivation or DNA damage. One potential mechanism by which Cbl proteins might affect neuronal death is by regulation of apoptotic c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) signaling. We demonstrate that Cbl proteins interact with the JNK pathway components mixed lineage kinase (MLK) 3 and POSH and that knockdown of Cbl proteins is sufficient to increase JNK pathway activity. Furthermore, expression of c-Cbl blocks the ability of MLKs to signal to downstream components of the kinase cascade leading to JNK activation and protects neuronal cells from death induced by MLKs, but not from downstream JNK activators. On the basis of these findings, we propose that Cbls suppress cell death in healthy neurons at least in part by inhibiting the ability of MLKs to activate JNK signaling. Apoptotic stimuli lead to loss of Cbl protein/activity, thereby removing a critical brake on JNK activation and on cell death.
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- Andrew A. Sproul
- Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, New York
- Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University, New York, New York
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular and Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University, New York, New York
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- Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University, New York, New York
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- Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University, New York, New York
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Shen M, Yen A. c-Cbl interacts with CD38 and promotes retinoic acid-induced differentiation and G0 arrest of human myeloblastic leukemia cells. Cancer Res 2008; 68:8761-9. [PMID: 18974118 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-08-1058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Retinoic acid (RA) is known to regulate cell growth and differentiation. In HL-60 human myeloblastic leukemia cells, it causes mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling leading to myeloid differentiation and G(0) cell cycle arrest. This communication reports that expression of the Cbl adaptor caused enhanced extracellular signal-regulated kinase 2 activation and promoted RA-induced differentiation and G(0)-arrest. Stable transfectants ectopically expressing c-Cbl underwent myeloid differentiation faster than wild-type (wt) cells when treated with RA. In contrast, c-Cbl knockdown stable transfectants differentiated slower than wt cells when treated with RA. Cells ectopically expressing c-Cbl had enhanced CD38 expression when treated with RA, and cells ectopically expressing CD38 had enhanced c-Cbl expression, even without with RA, suggesting an interaction between c-Cbl and CD38. Fluorescence resource energy transfer and coimmunoprecipitation showed that c-Cbl and CD38 bind each other. RA causes the gradual down-regulation and eventual loss of c-Cbl expression, resulting in loss of the Cbl-CD38 interaction, suggesting that c-Cbl plays a relatively early role in promoting RA-induced differentiation. RA-induced differentiation can thus be propelled by c-Cbl and by CD38, both of which bind together, enhance the expression of each other, and cause MAPK signaling. There thus seems to be a cooperative role for c-Cbl and CD38, reflected in their direct binding, in propulsion of RA-induced differentiation.
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- Miaoqing Shen
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
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Sargin B, Choudhary C, Crosetto N, Schmidt MHH, Grundler R, Rensinghoff M, Thiessen C, Tickenbrock L, Schwäble J, Brandts C, August B, Koschmieder S, Bandi SR, Duyster J, Berdel WE, Müller-Tidow C, Dikic I, Serve H. Flt3-dependent transformation by inactivating c-Cbl mutations in AML. Blood 2007; 110:1004-12. [PMID: 17446348 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2007-01-066076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 163] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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In acute myeloid leukemia (AML), mutational activation of the receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK) Flt3 is frequently involved in leukemic transformation. However, little is known about a possible role of highly expressed wild-type Flt3 in AML. The proto-oncogene c-Cbl is an important regulator of RTK signaling, acting through its ubiquitin ligase activity and as a platform for several signaling adaptor molecules. Here, we analyzed the role of c-Cbl in Flt3 signal transduction and myeloid transformation. C-Cbl physically interacted with Flt3 and was tyrosine phosphorylated in the presence of Flt3-ligand (FL). Overexpression of a dominant-negative form of c-Cbl (Cbl-70Z) inhibited FL-induced Flt3 ubiquitylation and internalization, indicating involvement of c-Cbl in Flt3 signaling. DNA sequencing of AML bone marrow revealed a case with a c-Cbl point mutation (Cbl-R420Q). Cbl-R420Q inhibited Flt3 internalization and ubiquitylation. Coexpression of Cbl-R420Q or Cbl-70Z with Flt3 induced cytokine-independent growth and survival of 32Dcl3 cells in the absence of FL. Also, the mutant Cbl proteins altered the amplitude and duration of Flt3-dependent signaling events. Our results indicate an important role of Cbl proteins in Flt3 signal modulation. Also, the data suggest a novel mechanism of leukemic transformation in AML by mutational inactivation of negative RTK regulators.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Bone Marrow/metabolism
- Bone Marrow/pathology
- COS Cells
- Cell Survival
- Cell Transformation, Neoplastic/genetics
- Cell Transformation, Neoplastic/metabolism
- Chlorocebus aethiops
- Gene Expression Regulation, Leukemic
- Genes, Dominant
- Humans
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/genetics
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/metabolism
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/pathology
- Mice
- Phosphorylation
- Point Mutation
- Protein Binding
- Protein Processing, Post-Translational
- Proto-Oncogene Mas
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-cbl/genetics
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-cbl/metabolism
- Signal Transduction
- fms-Like Tyrosine Kinase 3/genetics
- fms-Like Tyrosine Kinase 3/metabolism
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- Bülent Sargin
- Department of Medicine, Hematology and Oncology, and Interdisciplinary Center for Clinical Research, University Hospital Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Strasse 33, 48129 Münster, Germany
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Caligiuri MA, Briesewitz R, Yu J, Wang L, Wei M, Arnoczky KJ, Marburger TB, Wen J, Perrotti D, Bloomfield CD, Whitman SP. Novel c-CBL and CBL-b ubiquitin ligase mutations in human acute myeloid leukemia. Blood 2007; 110:1022-4. [PMID: 17475912 PMCID: PMC1924768 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2006-12-061176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 129] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The CBL ubiquitin ligase targets a variety of activated tyrosine kinases (TKs) for degradation. Many TKs are mutationally or autocrine activated and/or often overexpressed at the mRNA and protein levels in acute leukemias. We hypothesized that CBL is mutated in patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Four of 12 patients and the MOLM-13 cell line harbored c-CBL mutations, either RNA splicing mutations, missense mutations, or a nucleotide insertion. Additionally, 1 of the 12 patients harbored a missense mutation in the related CBL-b gene. Each c-CBL mutation involves the structurally important alpha-helix within the linker region, while the mutation in CBL-b was located in the Ub-E2 protein-binding RING finger. Short-interfering RNA knockdown of mutant c-CBL present in MOLM-13 cells was growth inhibitory. In summary, novel mutations in c-CBL and CBL-b have been identified in human AML and may represent potential targets for novel therapeutics.
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MESH Headings
- Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing/genetics
- Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing/metabolism
- Cell Line
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Female
- Humans
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/enzymology
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/genetics
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/pathology
- Male
- Mutation, Missense
- Protein Structure, Secondary/genetics
- Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/genetics
- Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/metabolism
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-cbl/genetics
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-cbl/metabolism
- RNA Splicing/genetics
- RNA, Small Interfering/genetics
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- Michael A Caligiuri
- Integrated Biomeducal Graduate Program, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 23240, USA
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Swaminathan G, Tsygankov AY. The Cbl family proteins: ring leaders in regulation of cell signaling. J Cell Physiol 2006; 209:21-43. [PMID: 16741904 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.20694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 228] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The proto-oncogenic protein c-Cbl was discovered as the cellular form of v-Cbl, a retroviral transforming protein. This was followed over the years by important discoveries, which identified c-Cbl and other Cbl-family proteins as key players in several signaling pathways. c-Cbl has donned the role of a multivalent adaptor protein, capable of interacting with a plethora of proteins, and has been shown to positively influence certain biological processes. The identity of c-Cbl as an E3 ubiquitin ligase unveiled the existence of an important negative regulatory pathway involved in maintaining homeostasis in protein tyrosine kinase (PTK) signaling. Recent years have also seen the emergence of novel regulators of Cbl, which have provided further insights into the complexity of Cbl-influenced pathways. This review will endeavor to provide a summary of current studies focused on the effects of Cbl proteins on various biological processes and the mechanism of these effects. The major sections of the review are as follows: Structure and genomic organization of Cbl proteins; Phosphorylation of Cbl; Interactions of Cbl; Localization of Cbl; Mechanism of effects of Cbl: (a) Ubiquitylation-dependent events: This section elucidates the mechanism of Cbl-mediated downregulation of EGFR and details the PTK and non-PTKs targeted by Cbl. In addition, it addresses the functional requirements for E3 Ubiquitin ligase activity of Cbl and negative regulation of Cbl-mediated downregulation of PTKs, (b) Adaptor functions: This section discusses the mechanisms of adaptor functions of Cbl in mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) activation, insulin signaling, regulation of Ras-related protein 1 (Rap1), PI-3' kinase signaling, and regulation of Rho-family GTPases and cytoskeleton; Biological functions: This section gives an account of the diverse biological functions of Cbl and includes the role of Cbl in transformation, T-cell signaling and thymus development, B-cell signaling, mast-cell degranulation, macrophage functions, bone development, neurite growth, platelet activation, muscle degeneration, and bacterial invasion; Conclusions and perspectives.
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- Gayathri Swaminathan
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Limesand KH, Schwertfeger KL, Anderson SM. MDM2 is required for suppression of apoptosis by activated Akt1 in salivary acinar cells. Mol Cell Biol 2006; 26:8840-56. [PMID: 16982679 PMCID: PMC1636839 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.01846-05] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Chronic damage to the salivary glands is a common side effect following head and neck irradiation. It is hypothesized that irreversible damage to the salivary glands occurs immediately after radiation; however, previous studies with rat models have not shown a causal role for apoptosis in radiation-induced injury. We report that etoposide and gamma irradiation induce apoptosis of salivary acinar cells from FVB control mice in vitro and in vivo; however, apoptosis is reduced in transgenic mice expressing a constitutively activated mutant of Akt1 (myr-Akt1). Expression of myr-Akt1 in the salivary glands results in a significant reduction in phosphorylation of p53 at serine(18), total p53 protein accumulation, and p21(WAF1) or Bax mRNA following etoposide or gamma irradiation of primary salivary acinar cells. The reduced level of p53 protein in myr-Akt1 salivary glands corresponds with an increase in MDM2 phosphorylation in vivo, suggesting that the Akt/MDM2/p53 pathway is responsible for suppression of apoptosis. Dominant-negative Akt blocked phosphorylation of MDM2 in salivary acinar cells from myr-Akt1 transgenic mice. Reduction of MDM2 levels in myr-Akt1 primary salivary acinar cells with small interfering RNA increases the levels of p53 protein and renders these cells susceptible to etoposide-induced apoptosis in spite of the presence of activated Akt1. These results indicate that MDM2 is a critical substrate of activated Akt1 in the suppression of p53-dependent apoptosis in vivo.
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- Kirsten H Limesand
- Department of Pathology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center at Fitzsimons, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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El Chami N, Ikhlef F, Kaszas K, Yakoub S, Tabone E, Siddeek B, Cunha S, Beaudoin C, Morel L, Benahmed M, Régnier DC. Androgen-dependent apoptosis in male germ cells is regulated through the proto-oncoprotein Cbl. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 171:651-61. [PMID: 16301331 PMCID: PMC2171555 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200507076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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The proto-oncoprotein Cbl is known to control several signaling processes. It is highly expressed in the testis, and because spermatogenesis is androgen dependent, we investigated the androgen dependency expression of Cbl through its testicular sublocalization and its expression levels in rats that were exposed to the antiandrogen flutamide or were hypophysectomized. We report the androgen dependency of Cbl as it localizes in pachytene spermatocytes during androgen-dependent stages, is down-regulated upon flutamide exposure, and is up-regulated with testosterone in hypophysectomized rats. Coculture experiments showed the key control exerted by the Sertoli cell on Cbl activity. As flutamide induces germ cell apoptosis, we investigate members of the Bcl-2 family upon flutamide exposure. We show that the proapoptotic Bcl-2 family member Bim mirrored Cbl expression through a posttranscriptional process. We also show that in Cbl knockout mouse testes, the imbalance between the high expression of Bim and Smac/Diablo and antiapoptotic factors such as cellular inhibitor of apoptosis 2 favors a survival process, which makes these mice unresponsive to androgen withdrawal and could explain their hypofertility.
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- Nisrine El Chami
- Faculté de Médecine Lyon-Sud, Institut National de la Santé et la Recherche Médicale, F-69921 Oullins Cedex, France
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Zeng S, Xu Z, Lipkowitz S, Longley JB. Regulation of stem cell factor receptor signaling by Cbl family proteins (Cbl-b/c-Cbl). Blood 2005; 105:226-32. [PMID: 15315962 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2004-05-1768] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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AbstractActivation of the KIT receptor tyrosine kinase contributes to the pathogenesis of several human diseases, but the mechanisms regulating KIT signaling have not been fully characterized. Here, we show that stem cell factor (SCF), the ligand for KIT, induces the interaction between KIT and Cbl proteins and their mutual degradation. Upon SCF stimulation, KIT binds to and induces the phosphorylation of Cbl proteins, which in turn act as E3 ligases, mediating the ubiquitination and degradation of KIT and themselves. Tyrosine kinase binding and RING finger domains of Cbl are essential for Cbl-mediated ubiquitination and degradation of KIT. We propose a negative feedback loop controlling the SCF-KIT signaling pathway, in which SCF activates KIT. The activated KIT in turn induces phosphorylation and activation of Cbl proteins. The Cbl proteins then bind and direct the degradation of activated KIT, leading to down-regulation of KIT signaling. (Blood. 2005;105:226-232)
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- Shan Zeng
- Department of Dermatology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
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Dinulescu DM, Wood LJ, Shen L, Loriaux M, Corless CL, Gross AW, Ren R, Deininger MWN, Druker BJ. c-CBL is not required for leukemia induction by Bcr-Abl in mice. Oncogene 2003; 22:8852-60. [PMID: 14654781 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1206892] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Bcr-Abl tyrosine kinase activity is essential for the pathogenesis of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). A number of Bcr-Abl substrates have been identified, but it is not clear which of these substrates are required for Bcr-Abl to transform cells. The multifunctional protein c-Cbl is one of the most prominently tyrosine-phosphorylated proteins in Bcr-Abl-expressing cells. Using cell lines and mice with homozygous disruption of the c-CBL locus, we investigated the role of this protein for Bcr-Abl-driven transformation. We find that although c-Cbl(-/-) fibroblast cell lines show a deficit in Bcr-Abl transformation compared to wild-type (Wt) cells, this deficit was less pronounced in c-Cbl(-/-) B cells derived from murine bone marrow. Most importantly, in a transplantation model of CML, Bcr-Abl was capable of inducing fatal leukemia in mice in the absence of c-Cbl protein. Our results indicate that c-Cbl is dispensable for Bcr-Abl-induced leukemogenesis in mice.
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Limesand KH, Barzen KA, Quissell DO, Anderson SM. Synergistic suppression of apoptosis in salivary acinar cells by IGF1 and EGF. Cell Death Differ 2003; 10:345-55. [PMID: 12700634 PMCID: PMC2885155 DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4401153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Tissue homeostasis requires balancing cell proliferation and programmed cell death. IGF1 significantly suppressed etoposide-induced apoptosis, measured by caspase 3 activation and quantitation of cellular subG(1) DNA content, in rat parotid salivary acinar cells (C5). Transduction of C5 cells with an adenovirus expressing a constitutively activated mutant of Akt-suppressed etoposide-induced apoptosis, whereas a kinase-inactive mutant of Akt suppressed the protective effect of IGF1. IGF1 also suppressed apoptosis induced by taxol and brefeldin A. EGF was unable to suppress apoptosis induced by etoposide, but was able to synergize with IGF1 to further suppress caspase 3 activation and DNA cleavage after etoposide treatment. The catalytic activity of Akt was significantly higher following stimulation with both growth factors compared to stimulation with IGF1 or EGF alone. These results suggest that a threshold of activated Akt is required for suppression of apoptosis and the cooperative action of growth factors in regulating salivary gland homeostasis.
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- KH Limesand
- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO 80262, USA
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- Department of Craniofacial Biology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, School of Dentistry, Denver, CO 80262, USA
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- Department of Craniofacial Biology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, School of Dentistry, Denver, CO 80262, USA
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- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO 80262, USA
- Corresponding author: SM Anderson Department of Pathology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, 4200 East Ninth Avenue, Denver, CO 80262, USA. Tel: +1 303 315 4787; Fax: +1 303 315 6721;
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Corsois L, Quatannens B, Dumont P, Aumercier M, Defresne MP, Régnier DCL. Association of a new c-Cbl related protein with the very first stages of apoptosis induction. CANCER DETECTION AND PREVENTION 2002; 26:93-104. [PMID: 12102152 DOI: 10.1016/s0361-090x(02)00006-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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This study investigates the involvement of the c-cbl proto-oncogene during the first stages of the apoptotic process. We have already shown that a c-Cbl aptotosis-related protein of 90 kDa (CARP 90) is detected very rapidly in the cytoplasm as well as in the nucleus of murine thymocytes after hydrocortisone (HC) treatment. We report here that this protein appeared as well after in vivo treatment of mice by gamma-irradiation or injection of anti-CD3 monoclonal antibody, two potent thymic apoptosis inductors, providing a close relationship between the occurrence of apoptosis and the appearance of CARP 90. We showed that CARP 90 and p120(cbl) share numerous epitopes strikingly suggesting that CARP 90 is coded by c-cbl. In addition, KO mice do not sustain CARP 90 appearance. We finally showed that CARP 90 contains N- and C-terminal end epitopes of p120(cbl), which suggests that CARP 90 is an alternative spliced form of c-cbl. This protein was also observed under gamma-irradiation in tissues of different origin, which enlarges the physiological significance of this phenomenon. The very rapid CARP 90 appearance under apoptotic conditions in the nucleus of cells originating in different tissues makes this protein if not a possible new actor of the apoptotic process, at least an interesting marker of this process.
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- Laurent Corsois
- Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, CNRS-UMR 8526, Institut Pasteur de Lille, France
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Wang L, Rudert WA, Loutaev I, Roginskaya V, Corey SJ. Repression of c-Cbl leads to enhanced G-CSF Jak-STAT signaling without increased cell proliferation. Oncogene 2002; 21:5346-55. [PMID: 12149655 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1205670] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2001] [Revised: 05/09/2002] [Accepted: 05/14/2002] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Engagement of the Granulocyte-Colony-Stimulating Factor (G-CSF) receptor activates non-receptor protein tyrosine kinases Lyn and Jak2. We found that Lyn-deficient DT40 cells that express the G-CSF receptor (DT40GR) do not demonstrate G-CSF-induced mitogenic signaling. Lyn associates with and phosphorylates a small set of molecules, including c-Cbl. c-Cbl is an adaptor involved in cell growth and cytoskeletal reorganization, predominantly in hematopoietic cells. Using yeast two-hybrid analysis, we found that c-Cbl directly couples Lyn to PI 3-kinase. We also found that expression of the c-CblY731F mutant, which uncouples PI 3-kinase, resulted in the inhibition of G-CSF-induced proliferative signaling in DT40GR cells. As a complementary strategy, we sought to analyse the effects of c-Cbl deficiency in DT40GR cells. We isolated, cloned and sequenced the full-length cDNA for chicken c-Cbl and constructed antisense vectors. Antisense inhibition of c-Cbl expression in DT40GR cells led to enhanced Jak-STAT activation following G-CSF stimulation. Yet, this enhancement of Jak-STAT activation was associated with decreased G-CSF-induced PI 3-kinase activity and DNA synthesis. PI 3-kinase activity correlated with DNA synthesis and physiological levels of c-Cbl. Together, these data suggest that physiologic level of c-Cbl provides a growth stimulatory pathway for G-CSF and that enhanced Jak-STAT activation is not sufficient for G-CSF-induced growth.
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- Lin Wang
- Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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Sattler M, Pride YB, Quinnan LR, Verma S, Malouf NA, Husson H, Salgia R, Lipkowitz S, Griffin JD. Differential expression and signaling of CBL and CBL-B in BCR/ABL transformed cells. Oncogene 2002; 21:1423-33. [PMID: 11857085 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1205202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2001] [Revised: 11/09/2001] [Accepted: 11/27/2001] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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CBL and the related CBL-B protein are two members of a family of RING finger type ubiquitin E3 ligases that are believed to function as negative regulators of signal transduction in hematopoietic and immune cells. In mice, expression of v-Cbl causes lymphomas, and targeted disruption of either the CBL gene or the CBL-B gene can result in a lymphoproliferative disorder or hypersensitivity of lymphocytes. CBL is one of the most prominent targets of the BCR/ABL tyrosine kinase oncogene. We compared the role of CBL and CBL-B in signal transduction of BCR/ABL using pairs of cell lines before and after expression of BCR/ABL. In contrast to CBL, BCR/ABL was found to rapidly downregulate the expression of CBL-B protein. The decrease in CBL-B protein induced by BCR/ABL was associated with downregulation of CBL-B mRNA. Downregulation and tyrosine phosphorylation of CBL-B required BCR/ABL kinase activity. However, despite their known similarities in structure and function, we found CBL and CBL-B proteins to be involved in distinct signaling complexes. CBL was predominantly in a complex with phosphatidylinositol 3'-kinase and CRKL, while CBL-B was not associated with any significant phosphatidylinositol 3'-kinase activity. A major CBL-B associated protein was identified as mono-ubiquitinated Vav, a nucleotide exchange factor for Rac1. These results demonstrate that BCR/ABL signals differentially through CBL and CBL-B, with downregulation of the CBL-B protein potentially contributing to BCR/ABL-mediated transformation.
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MESH Headings
- Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing
- Animals
- Carrier Proteins/genetics
- Carrier Proteins/metabolism
- Cell Line, Transformed
- Cell Movement
- Cell Transformation, Neoplastic/genetics
- Cell Transformation, Neoplastic/metabolism
- Down-Regulation
- Fusion Proteins, bcr-abl/genetics
- Fusion Proteins, bcr-abl/metabolism
- Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic/drug effects
- Genes, abl/genetics
- Humans
- Hydrogen Peroxide/pharmacology
- Mice
- Nuclear Proteins/metabolism
- Oncogene Protein v-cbl
- Oncogene Proteins/metabolism
- Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases/metabolism
- Phosphoproteins/genetics
- Phosphoproteins/metabolism
- Phosphorylation
- Phosphotyrosine/metabolism
- Protein Binding
- Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases/genetics
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins/genetics
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-cbl
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-pim-1
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-vav
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Retroviridae Proteins, Oncogenic/genetics
- Retroviridae Proteins, Oncogenic/metabolism
- Signal Transduction/drug effects
- Transfection
- Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases
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Affiliation(s)
- Martin Sattler
- Department of Adult Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 44 Binney Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
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Guasch G, Ollendorff V, Borg JP, Birnbaum D, Pébusque MJ. 8p12 stem cell myeloproliferative disorder: the FOP-fibroblast growth factor receptor 1 fusion protein of the t(6;8) translocation induces cell survival mediated by mitogen-activated protein kinase and phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/Akt/mTOR pathways. Mol Cell Biol 2001; 21:8129-42. [PMID: 11689702 PMCID: PMC99978 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.21.23.8129-8142.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
Abstract
The FOP-fibroblast growth factor receptor 1 (FGFR1) fusion protein is expressed as a consequence of a t(6;8) (q27;p12) translocation associated with a stem cell myeloproliferative disorder with lymphoma, myeloid hyperplasia and eosinophilia. In the present report, we show that the fusion of the leucine-rich N-terminal region of FOP to the catalytic domain of FGFR1 results in conversion of murine hematopoietic cell line Ba/F3 to factor-independent cell survival via an antiapoptotic effect. This survival effect is dependent upon the constitutive tyrosine phosphorylation of FOP-FGFR1. Phosphorylation of STAT1 and of STAT3, but not STAT5, is observed in cells expressing FOP-FGFR1. The survival function of FOP-FGFR1 is abrogated by mutation of the phospholipase C gamma binding site. Mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) is also activated in FOP-FGFR1-expressing cells and confers cytokine-independent survival to hematopoietic cells. These results demonstrate that FOP-FGFR1 is capable of protecting cells from apoptosis by using the same effectors as the wild-type FGFR1. Furthermore, we show that FOP-FGFR1 phosphorylates phosphatidylinositol 3 (PI3)-kinase and AKT and that specific inhibitors of PI3-kinase impair its ability to promote cell survival. In addition, FOP-FGFR1-expressing cells show constitutive phosphorylation of the positive regulator of translation p70S6 kinase; this phosphorylation is inhibited by PI3-kinase and mTOR (mammalian target of rapamycin) inhibitors. These results indicate that translation control is important to mediate the cell survival effect induced by FOP-FGFR1. Finally, FOP-FGFR1 protects cells from apoptosis by survival signals including BCL2 overexpression and inactivation of caspase-9 activity. Elucidation of signaling events downstream of FOP-FGFR1 constitutive activation provides insight into the mechanism of leukemogenesis mediated by this oncogenic fusion protein.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Caspase 9
- Caspase Inhibitors
- Cell Line
- Cell Survival/drug effects
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 6/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 8/genetics
- DNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism
- Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology
- Hematopoietic Stem Cells/cytology
- Hematopoietic Stem Cells/drug effects
- Hematopoietic Stem Cells/metabolism
- Humans
- Isoenzymes/metabolism
- Leucine/genetics
- Mice
- Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases/metabolism
- Mutagenesis, Site-Directed
- Myeloproliferative Disorders/genetics
- Myeloproliferative Disorders/metabolism
- Oncogene Proteins, Fusion/genetics
- Oncogene Proteins, Fusion/metabolism
- Oncogene Proteins, Fusion/pharmacology
- Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases/metabolism
- Phosphoinositide-3 Kinase Inhibitors
- Phospholipase C gamma
- Phosphorylation/drug effects
- Protein Kinases/metabolism
- Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins/metabolism
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2/metabolism
- Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/genetics
- Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 1
- Receptors, Fibroblast Growth Factor/genetics
- Receptors, Fibroblast Growth Factor/metabolism
- STAT1 Transcription Factor
- STAT3 Transcription Factor
- Signal Transduction/physiology
- TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases
- Trans-Activators/metabolism
- Transfection
- Translocation, Genetic/genetics
- Type C Phospholipases/metabolism
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Affiliation(s)
- G Guasch
- Laboratoire d'Oncologie Moléculaire, INSERM U 119, IFR 57, Marseille, France
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