scholarly journals Evidence that the epidermal growth factor receptor and non-tyrosine kinase hormone receptors stimulate phosphoinositide hydrolysis by independent pathways

1990 ◽  
Vol 270 (2) ◽  
pp. 337-344 ◽  
Author(s):  
J R Hepler ◽  
R A Jeffs ◽  
W R Huckle ◽  
H E Outlaw ◽  
S G Rhee ◽  
...  

We have shown previously that exposure of a non-transformed continuous line of rat liver epithelial (WB) cells to epidermal growth factor (EGF), adrenaline, angiotensin II or [Arg8]vasopressin results in an accumulation of the inositol phosphates InsP1, InsP2 and InsP3 [Hepler, Earp & Harden (1988) J. Biol. Chem. 263, 7610-7619]. Studies were carried out with WB cells to determine whether the EGF receptor and other, non-tyrosine kinase, hormone receptors stimulate phosphoinositide hydrolysis by common, overlapping or separate pathways. The time courses for accumulation of inositol phosphates in response to angiotensin II and EGF were markedly different. Whereas angiotensin II stimulated a very rapid accumulation of inositol phosphates (maximal by 30 s), increases in the levels of inositol phosphates in response to EGF were measurable only following a 30 s lag period; maximal levels were attained by 7-8 min. Chelation of extracellular Ca2+ with EGTA did not modify this relative difference between angiotensin II and EGF in the time required to attain maximal phospholipase C activation. Under experimental conditions in which agonist-induced desensitization no longer occurred in these cells, the inositol phosphate responses to EGF and angiotensin II were additive, whereas those to angiotensin II and [Arg8]vasopressin were not additive. In crude WB lysates, angiotensin II, [Arg8]vasopressin and adrenaline each stimulated inositol phosphate formation in a guanine-nucleotide-dependent manner. In contrast, EGF failed to stimulate inositol phosphate formation in WB lysates in the presence or absence of guanosine 5′-[gamma-thio]triphosphate (GTP[S]), even though EGF retained the capacity to bind to and stimulate tyrosine phosphorylation of its own receptor. Pertussis toxin, at concentrations that fully ADP-ribosylate and functionally inactivate the inhibitory guanine-nucleotide regulatory protein of adenylate cyclase (Gi), had no effect on the capacity of EGF or hormones to stimulate inositol phosphate accumulation. In intact WB cells, the capacity of EGF, but not angiotensin II, to stimulate inositol phosphate accumulation was correlated with its capacity to stimulate tyrosine phosphorylation of the 148 kDa isoenzyme of phospholipase C. Taken together, these findings suggest that, whereas angiotensin II, [Arg8]vasopressin and alpha 1-adrenergic receptors are linked to activation of one or more phospholipase(s) C by an unidentified G-protein(s), the EGF receptor stimulates phosphoinositide hydrolysis by a different pathway, perhaps as a result of its capacity to stimulate tyrosine phosphorylation of phospholipase C-gamma.

1991 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 309-321 ◽  
Author(s):  
W J Wasilenko ◽  
D M Payne ◽  
D L Fitzgerald ◽  
M J Weber

Because functionally significant substrates for the tyrosyl protein kinase activity of pp60v-src are likely to include membrane-associated proteins involved in normal growth control, we have tested the hypothesis that pp60v-src could phosphorylate and alter the signaling activity of transmembrane growth factor receptors. We have found that the epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor becomes constitutively phosphorylated on tyrosine in cells transformed by the src oncogene and in addition displays elevated levels of phosphoserine and phosphothreonine. High-performance liquid chromatography phosphopeptide mapping revealed two predominant sites of tyrosine phosphorylation, both of which differed from the major sites of receptor autophosphorylation; thus, the src-induced phosphorylation is unlikely to occur via an autocrine mechanism. To determine whether pp60v-src altered the signaling activity of the EGF receptor, we analyzed the tyrosine phosphorylation of phospholipase C-gamma, since phosphorylation of this enzyme occurs in response to activation of the EGF receptor but not in response to pp60v-src alone. We found that in cells coexpressing pp60v-src and the EGF receptor, phospholipase C-gamma was constitutively phosphorylated, a result we interpret as indicating that the signaling activity of the EGF receptor was altered in the src-transformed cells. These findings suggest that pp60v-src-induced alterations in phosphorylation and function of growth regulatory receptors could play an important role in generating the phenotypic changes associated with malignant transformation.


1993 ◽  
Vol 289 (2) ◽  
pp. 387-394 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Biffen ◽  
M Shiroo ◽  
D R Alexander

The possible involvement of G-proteins in T cell antigen-receptor complex (TCR)-mediated inositol phosphate production was investigated in HPB-ALL T-cells, which were found to express the phospholipase C gamma 1 and beta 3 isoforms. Cross-linking the CD3 antigen on streptolysin-O-permeabilized cells stimulated a dose-dependent increase in inositol phosphate production, as did addition of guanosine 5′-[gamma-thio]triphosphate (GTP[S]) or vanadate, a phosphotyrosine phosphatase inhibitor. It was possible, therefore, that the CD3-antigen-mediated production of inositol phosphates was either via a G-protein-dependent mechanism or by stimulation of protein tyrosine phosphorylation. The CD3-induced inositol phosphate production was potentiated by addition of vanadate, but not by addition of GTP[S]. Guanosine 5′-[beta-thio]diphosphate (GDP[S]) inhibited the rise in inositol phosphates induced by GTP[S], vanadate or cross-linking the CD3 antigen. The increase in protein tyrosine phosphorylation stimulated by vanadate or the OKT3 monoclonal antibody was not observed in the presence of GDP[S], showing that in permeabilized HPB-ALL cells, GDP[S] inhibits the actions of tyrosine kinases as well as G-protein function. Addition of either ADP[S] or phenylarsine oxide inhibited CD3- and vanadate-mediated increases in both tyrosine phosphorylation and inositol phosphate production, but did not inhibit GTP[S]-stimulated inositol phosphate production. On the other hand, pretreatment of cells with phorbol 12,13-dibutyrate inhibited subsequent GTP[S]-stimulated inositol phosphate production but did not inhibit significantly inositol phosphate production stimulated by either OKT3 F(ab')2 fragments or vanadate. Our results are consistent with the CD3 antigen stimulating inositol phosphate production by increasing the level of protein tyrosine phosphorylation, but not by activating a G-protein.


1990 ◽  
Vol 258 (1) ◽  
pp. H173-H178 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. B. Turla ◽  
R. C. Webb

Recent studies suggest that serotonergic receptor activation is coupled to phospholipase C-mediated phosphoinositide hydrolysis, which results in the release of intracellular second messengers. The purpose of this study was to determine whether altered phosphoinositide metabolism is the basis for augmented vascular responsiveness to serotonin in genetic hypertension. Thoracic aortic segments isolated from stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRSP) and Wistar-Kyoto normotensive rats (WKY) were labeled with myo-[3H]inositol and stimulated with serotonin in the presence of LiCl. Accumulation of [3H]inositol phosphates was then quantitated by column chromatography. Basal inositol phosphate accumulation and basal incorporation of myo-[3H]inositol into aortic cell membranes from SHRSP was not significantly different from WKY values. At 2.6 x 10(-7) to 2.6 x 10(-4) M serotonin, phosphoinositide metabolism was significantly augmented in aortae from SHRSP compared with WKY. Depolarization (100 mM KCl) did not increase phosphoinositide hydrolysis above basal levels in SHRSP or WKY. 2-Nitro-4-carboxyphenyl-N,N-diphenyl carbamate (NCDC), an inhibitor of phospholipase C, prevented the serotonin-induced phosphoinositide metabolism. NCDC also partially inhibited phasic contractions (responses in calcium-free solution) to serotonin in aortas from SHRSP and WKY. In conclusion, abnormal phosphoinositide metabolism may be one mechanism responsible for the characteristic increase in vascular reactivity to serotonin in hypertension.


1991 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 2018-2025
Author(s):  
L Sultzman ◽  
C Ellis ◽  
L L Lin ◽  
T Pawson ◽  
J Knopf

Upon binding to its cell surface receptor, platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) causes the tyrosine phosphorylation of phospholipase C-gamma 1 (PLC-gamma 1) and stimulates the production of diacylglycerol and inositol 1,4,5-triphosphate. We showed that following stimulation by PDGF, rat-2 cells overexpressing PLC-gamma 1 display an increase in the levels of both tyrosine-phosphorylated PLC-gamma 1 and inositol phosphates compared with the parental rat-2 cells. This increased responsiveness to PDGF is a direct effect of PLC-gamma 1 overexpression, as a cell line expressing similar levels of an enzymatically inactive point mutant of PLC-gamma 1, PLC-gamma 1 335Q, did not show elevated inositol phosphate production in response to PDGF. Hematopoietic cells express PLC-gamma 2, a PLC isoform that is closely related to PLC-gamma 1. When rat-2 cells overexpressing PLC-gamma 2 were treated with PDGF, an increase in both the tyrosine phosphorylation and the in vivo activity of PLC-gamma 2 was observed. Aluminum fluoride (AIF4-), a universal activator of PLC linked to G-proteins, did not produce an increase in the levels of inositol phosphates in either of the overexpressing cell lines compared with parental rat-2 cells, demonstrating that PLC-gamma isoforms respond specifically to a receptor with tyrosine kinase activity.


1997 ◽  
Vol 322 (3) ◽  
pp. 937-946 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susanne KLEIN ◽  
Marietta KASZKIN ◽  
Holger BARTH ◽  
Volker KINZEL

Epidermal growth factor (EGF)-induced signalling was studied separately in the mitosis and G2-phases of HeLa monolayer cells presynchronized (1) by amethopterin inhibition and thymidine release or (2) by nocodazole. For comparison, cells were treated with the phorbol ester phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA). In contrast with the observed responses effected by PMA, which seem to be independent of cell cycle and synchronization conditions, those induced by EGF are greatly influenced by both criteria. Synchronization with nocodazole abolished the EGF-induced stimulation of phosphoinositide hydrolysis in G2 as well as in mitotic cells although tyrosine phosphorylation of the EGF receptor and phospholipase Cγ1 could be shown to occur, especially in G2 cells. Synchronization with amethopterin/thymidine showed that, in contrast with G2 cells, mitotic cells were not able to react to EGF with an increase in phosphoinositide hydrolysis although a certain degree of EGF receptor dimerization and autophosphorylation as well as tyrosine phosphorylation of phospholipase Cγ1 could still be shown to occur in mitosis. The results seem to indicate that the EGF pathway leading to a stimulation of phosphoinositide hydrolysis is attenuated at different levels and requires a cytoskeletal condition that is not present either after treatment (24 h) with nocodazole or during normal mitosis of a monolayer cell.


1994 ◽  
Vol 80 (5) ◽  
pp. 890-896 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomoki Todo ◽  
Rudolf Fahlbusch

✓ In order to elucidate some of the signal transduction processes in human meningioma cells, the authors studied the effect of epidermal growth factor (EGF) and bromocriptine on inositol phospholipid hydrolysis, using low-passage human meningioma cells in culture. Epidermal growth factor is a well-studied mitogenic factor for meningioma cells, whereas bromocriptine is known to have an inhibitory effect on meningioma cell proliferation. The addition of EGF to meningioma cells caused stimulation of inositol phosphate accumulation in a dose-dependent manner at 60 minutes posttreatment, with the maximum effect (120% to 167% of control) achieved at a concentration of 10 ng/ml. Extraction of separate inositol phosphates revealed that inositol monophosphate (IP1) and inositol bisphosphate (IP2), but not inositol trisphosphate (IP3), accounted for the increase at 60 minutes. Kinetic analysis of EGF-stimulated inositol phospholipid hydrolysis showed that a sharp and transient increase in IP3 from 5 to 12 minutes post-EGF and a transient but more gradual increase in IP2 from 2 to 12 minutes post-EGF were followed by a gradual and steady increase in IP1, which was significantly greater than control after 5 minutes. On the other hand, long-term studies showed a down-regulation of inositol phosphate accumulation (a 64% decrease vs. control) after 7 days of treatment with EGF (10 ng/ml). Bromocriptine (5 µM) exhibited no significant effect on inositol phosphate accumulation at 60 minutes in four of five meningiomas studied. However, of two meningiomas studied with bromocriptine in combination with EGF, both showed a significant additive increase in inositol phosphate accumulation compared to those treated with EGF alone. The results suggest a close involvement of inositol phospholipid turnover in human meningioma cells in response to mitogenic stimulation by EGF.


1992 ◽  
Vol 286 (2) ◽  
pp. 541-547 ◽  
Author(s):  
S M Liu ◽  
G Carpenter

A variety of changes in the functions of specific plasma-membrane components have been reported in cells exposed to a heat shock. In this study, we examined the consequences of heat stress on epidermal-growth-factor (EGF)-induced receptor autophosphorylation and receptor-mediated tyrosine phosphorylation of phospholipase C-gamma 1 (PLC-gamma 1), a cellular substrate. Although the tyrosine kinase activity of the EGF receptor is rapidly inactivated at 45 degrees C in vitro [Carpenter, King & Cohen (1979) J. Biol. Chem. 254, 4884-4891], EGF stimulates autophosphorylation of its receptor in both A-431 cells and human fibroblasts after a prolonged heat shock. Phosphoamino acid analysis of the receptor reveals an EGF-induced increase in phosphotyrosine and phosphoserine at 46 degrees C. EGF also stimulates the phosphorylation of phospholipase C-gamma 1 and induces the formation of inositol phosphates under heat-shock conditions. 125I-EGF binding and internalization in A-431 cells is not decreased during incubations at 46 degrees C for up to 90 min. EGF-induced dimerization of EGF receptors on the cell surface is preserved during heat shock. Though EGF-receptor-mediated endocytosis is not inhibited by elevated temperature, the degradation of internalized 125I-EGF is dramatically decreased. These results indicate that, aside from ligand degradation, the EGF-mediated pathway of signal transduction through phospholipase C-gamma 1 remains remarkably intact during conditions of extreme cellular stress.


1994 ◽  
Vol 267 (5) ◽  
pp. C1239-C1245 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. R. Schelling ◽  
H. Singh ◽  
R. Marzec ◽  
S. L. Linas

Angiotensin II (ANG II) stimulates proximal tubule sodium transport by decreasing adenylyl cyclase activity. The role of ANG II-dependent phospholipase C is less certain. To determine the contribution of phospholipase C and adenylyl cyclase to apical (AP) ANG II-dependent sodium transport, unidirectional (AP to basolateral) 22Na flux was measured in rat proximal tubule cells cultured on permeable supports. AP ANG II (100 nM)-dependent sodium flux was prevented by preincubation with concentrations of the phospholipase C inhibitor U-73122 (1 microM) that blocked ANG II-dependent inositol phosphate formation. AP ANG II-dependent sodium flux was also abolished by preincubation with the intracellular calcium mobilization inhibitor 3,4,5-trimethoxybenzoic acid 8-(diethylamino)octyl ester (TMB-8), further suggesting that ANG II-dependent sodium transport was mediated by inositol phosphates. Neither U-73122 nor TMB-8 prevented ANG II-dependent adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP) decreases. Incubation with dibutyryl cAMP (10 microM) or forskolin (10 microM) prevented ANG II-dependent sodium flux as well as ANG II-dependent inositol phosphate formation. In conclusion, ANG II-dependent proximal tubule sodium transport in cultured cells was transduced by phospholipase C and adenylyl cyclase. The adenylyl cyclase effect on ANG II-dependent sodium transport was mediated by phospholipase C.


1997 ◽  
Vol 272 (5) ◽  
pp. G1276-G1284 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Piiper ◽  
D. Stryjek-Kaminska ◽  
S. Zeuzem

In the present study, isolated pancreatic acinar membranes were used to investigate the mechanism of epidermal growth factor (EGF)-induced activation of phospholipase C (PLC). The data show that EGF caused a rapid and strong increase in tyrosine phosphorylation of the EGF receptor, with a maximum 5-15 s after the beginning of the incubation followed by a decline. With use of [3H]phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate as an exogenous substrate, PLC activity increased fourfold on exposure of the membranes to EGF (85 nM). In contrast, EGF-induced tyrosine phosphorylation of PLC-gamma 1 was rather small, indicating that tyrosine phosphorylation of PLC-gamma 1 is not proportional to changes in PLC activity. EGF-induced activation of PLC was strongly inhibited by pretreatment of the membranes with pertussis toxin, by an antibody raised against a COOH-terminal sequence shared by alpha-subunits of the inhibitory G proteins G(i)1 and G(i)2, and by an anti-PLC-gamma 1 antibody, whereas anti-G(i) alpha 3, anti-Gq/11 alpha, and anti-PLC-beta 1 antibodies had no effect. In contrast, pertussis toxin or the anti-G(i) alpha 1-2 antibody had no effect on EGF-induced tyrosine phosphorylation of PLC-gamma 1. EGF promoted association of G(i) proteins with both the EGF receptor and PLC-gamma 1 with similar kinetics as EGF-receptor autophosphorylation. All EGF-induced responses were abolished by the specific tyrosine kinase inhibitor pp60v-arc (137-157), suggesting that EGF-receptor tyrosine kinase activity is essential for G(i)1-2-mediated activation of PLC-gamma 1. However, there was no evidence of tyrosine phosphorylation of G(i) alpha 1-2. Taken together, these data show that EGF causes activation of PLC-gamma 1 by a mechanism requiring activation of G(i)1-2 and only a small increase in tyrosine phosphorylation of PLC-gamma 1.


1988 ◽  
Vol 253 (3) ◽  
pp. 765-775 ◽  
Author(s):  
G Guillon ◽  
N Gallo-Payet ◽  
M N Balestre ◽  
C Lombard

Vasopressin (VP) and angiotensin II (AT II) stimulate the production of inositol phosphates (IP) in rat glomerulosa cells. Guanosine 5′-[gamma-thio]triphosphate (GTP[S]), but not VP or AT II, stimulates IP production in a myo-[3H]inositol-prelabelled glomerulosa-cell membrane preparation. In combination with GTP[S], these hormones potentiate the response to GTP[S], indicating the existence of a G-protein involved in the coupling of the VP and AT II receptor with the phospholipase C. ADP-ribosylation with pertussis toxin (IAP) revealed the specific labelling of a single molecule of 41 kDa. No significant inhibition of VP- or AT II-stimulated IP accumulation was detected in intact cells when the whole 41 kDa molecule was endogenously ADP-ribosylated by IAP treatment. On the contrary, when glomerulosa cells were infected with cholera toxin (CT), both the VP- and AT II-stimulated IP accumulations were inhibited in a dose-dependent manner. Yet these effects were partial even at high concentrations of CT, and could not be related to the ADP-ribosylation of ‘alpha s’ molecules. Similarly, when the cells were infected with 1 microgram of CT/ml, the specific binding of VP and AT II decreased by 50-60%. Such results may signify that the treatment primarily affects the densities of the hormone receptors. When glomerulosa cells were incubated for 15 h in the presence of 10 nM-corticotropin (ACTH), a condition in which the intracellular concentration of cyclic AMP was increased 3-fold, the maximum IP response to 0.1 microM-VP or -AT II was decreased by 50%. When similar experiments were carried out only after a 15 min incubation period with the same concentration of ACTH, the increase in cyclic AMP was more pronounced, but no inhibition of hormone-induced IP accumulation was observed. Altogether, these results may suggest that CT exerts its action on the VP- or AT II-sensitive phospholipase C systems via a prolonged increase in intracellular cyclic AMP.


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