Cirrhosis Induces Alterations in Epidermal Growth Factor (EGF) Receptor Kinase Activity and Receptor Autophosphorylation in Rat Hepatocytes

1989 ◽  
Vol 76 (s20) ◽  
pp. 10P-11P
Author(s):  
CN d'Arville ◽  
M Le ◽  
FR Simon ◽  
PJ Johnson
1993 ◽  
Vol 292 (1) ◽  
pp. 217-223 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Clark ◽  
N Konstantopoulos

Sulphydryl reagents have been shown to produce a variety of effects on insulin-receptor structure and function. However, localization of these effects to specific receptor domains has not been attempted. We have investigated this question with insulin- and epidermal growth factor (EGF)-receptors (both are receptor tyrosine kinases but have different sulphydryl/disulphide structures within the external domain), and the insulin receptor kinase (IRK) protein consisting solely of the insulin-receptor cytoplasmic domain and exhibiting constitutive kinase activity. Results showed a differential response between basal and activated receptors. The physiological reductant GSH stimulated basal receptor autophosphorylation, but was either without effect (EGF) or inhibited (insulin) activated receptors, and occurred without visible reduction of receptor structure. These results contrast with those obtained with dithiothreitol which appears to activate phosphorylation in association with reduction of the extracellular insulin-receptor disulphides, but is without effect on the EGF receptor or the IRK protein. Alkylating agents N-ethylmaleimide (NEM) and iodoacetamide (IAM) had opposing effects on receptor autophosphorylation. However, only in the basal state was IAM able to protect receptors from the inhibitory effect of NEM. Our results suggest that complex sulphydryl interactions can occur within the cytoplasmic domain of insulin- and EGF-receptors to alter receptor kinase activity. The basal and activated state of receptors is not the same with respect to sulphydryl reagent action, possibly due to conformational change in the receptor induced by ligand (insulin, EGF) or constitutive (IRK) activation.


2004 ◽  
Vol 171 (4S) ◽  
pp. 251-251
Author(s):  
Kazunori Hattori ◽  
Katsuyuki Iida ◽  
Akira Johraku ◽  
Sadamu Tsukamoto ◽  
Taeko Asano ◽  
...  

1991 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 913-919 ◽  
Author(s):  
H App ◽  
R Hazan ◽  
A Zilberstein ◽  
A Ullrich ◽  
J Schlessinger ◽  
...  

Raf-1 serine- and threonine-specific protein kinase is transiently activated in cells expressing the epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor upon treatment with EGF. The stimulated EGF receptor coimmunoprecipitates with Raf-1 kinase and mediates protein kinase C-independent phosphorylation of Raf-1 on serine residues. Hyperphosphorylated Raf-1 has lower mobility on sodium dodecyl sulfate gels and has sixfold-increased activity in immunocomplex kinase assay with histone H1 or Raf-1 sequence-derived peptide as a substrate. Raf-1 activation requires kinase-active EGF receptor; a point mutant lacking tyrosine kinase activity in inactive in Raf-1 coupling and association. It is noteworthy that tyrosine phosphorylation of c-Raf-1 induced by EGF was not detected in these cells. These observations suggest that Raf-1 kinase may act as an important downstream effector of EGF signal transduction.


1994 ◽  
Vol 14 (6) ◽  
pp. 3550-3558
Author(s):  
S P Soltoff ◽  
K L Carraway ◽  
S A Prigent ◽  
W G Gullick ◽  
L C Cantley

Conflicting results concerning the ability of the epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor to associate with and/or activate phosphatidylinositol (PtdIns) 3-kinase have been published. Despite the ability of EGF to stimulate the production of PtdIns 3-kinase products and to cause the appearance of PtdIns 3-kinase activity in antiphosphotyrosine immunoprecipitates in several cell lines, we did not detect EGF-stimulated PtdIns 3-kinase activity in anti-EGF receptor immunoprecipitates. This result is consistent with the lack of a phosphorylated Tyr-X-X-Met motif, the p85 Src homology 2 (SH2) domain recognition sequence, in this receptor sequence. The EGF receptor homolog, ErbB2 protein, also lacks this motif. However, the ErbB3 protein has seven repeats of the Tyr-X-X-Met motif in the carboxy-terminal unique domain. Here we show that in A431 cells, which express both the EGF receptor and ErbB3, PtdIns 3-kinase coprecipitates with the ErbB3 protein (p180erbB3) in response to EGF. p180erbB3 is also shown to be tyrosine phosphorylated in response to EGF. In contrast, a different mechanism for the activation of PtdIns 3-kinase in response to EGF occurs in certain cells (PC12 and A549 cells). Thus, we show for the first time that ErbB3 can mediate EGF responses in cells expressing both ErbB3 and the EGF receptor.


1991 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 2697-2703 ◽  
Author(s):  
C A Faaland ◽  
F H Mermelstein ◽  
J Hayashi ◽  
J D Laskin

Treatment of A431 human epidermoid cells with epidermal growth factor (EGF; 20 nM) results in decreased proliferation. This is associated with blockage of the cells in the S and/or G2 phases of the cell cycle. We found that tyrphostin, a putative tyrosine kinase inhibitor, in the range of 50 to 100 microM, partially reversed the growth-inhibitory and cell cycle changes induced by EGF. By using high-pressure liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection, we found that tyrphostin was readily incorporated into A431 cells, reaching maximal levels within 1 h. Although tyrphostin (50 to 100 microM) had no effect on high-affinity binding of EGF to its receptor in A431 cells for up to 24 h, the compound partially inhibited EGF-stimulated EGF receptor tyrosine kinase activity. However, this effect was evident only after prolonged treatment of the cells (4 to 24 h) with the drug. When the peak intracellular concentration of tyrphostin occurred (1 h), no inhibition of tyrosine kinase activity was observed. After both 1 and 24 h, tyrphostin was a less effective inhibitor of tyrosine kinase activity than the potent tumor promoter 12-O-tetradecanoyl phorbol-13-acetate, which almost completely blocked EGF receptor autophosphorylation. On the basis of our data, we hypothesize that tyrphostin is not a competitive inhibitor of the EGF receptor tyrosine kinase in intact cells and that it functions by an indirect mechanism.


1989 ◽  
Vol 259 (2) ◽  
pp. 577-583 ◽  
Author(s):  
J Blay ◽  
K A Valentine-Braun ◽  
J K Northup ◽  
M D Hollenberg

Membrane vesicles shed from intact A-431 epidermoid carcinoma cells and harvested in the presence of Ca2+ contained epidermal-growth-factor (EGF) receptor/kinase substrates of apparent molecular masses 185, 85, 70, 55, 38 and 27 kDa. The 38 kDa substrate (p38) was recognized by an antibody that had been raised against the human placental EGF receptor/kinase substrate calpactin II (lipocortin I). The A-431 and placental substrates, isolated by immunoprecipitation after phosphorylation in situ, yielded identical phosphopeptide maps upon limited proteolytic digestion with each of five different enzymes. The A-431-cell vesicular p38 is therefore calpactin II. EGF treatment of the intact A-431 cells before inducing vesiculation was not necessary for the substrate to be present within the vesicles. Our data thus indicate that receptor internalization is not a prerequisite for receptor-mediated phosphorylation of calpactin II. The ability of the protein to function as a substrate for the receptor/kinase depended upon the continued presence of Ca2+ during the vesicle-isolation procedure. EGF-stimulated phosphorylation of calpactin II was much less pronounced in vesicles prepared from A-431 cells in the absence of Ca2+, although comparable amounts of the protein were detectable by immunoblotting. Calpactin II therefore appears to be sequestered in a Ca2+-modulated manner within shed vesicles, along with at least four other major targets for the EGF receptor/kinase. The vesicle preparation may be a useful model system in which to study the phosphorylation and function of potentially important membrane-associated substrates for the receptor.


1986 ◽  
Vol 239 (3) ◽  
pp. 691-697 ◽  
Author(s):  
N Reiss ◽  
H Kanety ◽  
J Schlessinger

Several enzymes of the glycolytic pathway are phosphorylated in vitro and in vivo by retroviral transforming protein kinases. These substrates include the enzymes phosphoglycerate mutase (PGM), enolase and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH). Here we show that purified EGF (epidermal growth factor)-receptor kinase phosphorylates the enzymes PGM and enolase and also the key regulatory enzymes of the glycolytic pathway, phosphofructokinase and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH), in an EGF-dependent manner. Stoichiometry of phosphate incorporation into GAPDH (calculated from native Mr) is the highest, reaching approximately 1. LDH and other enzymes of the glycolytic pathway are not phosphorylated by the purified EGF-receptor kinase. These enzymes are phosphorylated under native conditions, and the Km values of EGF-receptor kinase for their phosphorylation are close to the physiological concentrations of these enzymes in the cell. EGF stimulates the reaction by 2-5-fold by increasing the Vmax. without affecting the Km of this process. Phosphorylation is rapid at 22 degrees C and at higher temperatures. However, unlike the self-phosphorylation of EGF-receptor, which occurs at 4 degrees C, the glycolytic enzymes are poorly phosphorylated at this temperature. Some enzymes, in particular enolase, increase the receptor Km for ATP in the autophosphorylation process and thus may act as competitive inhibitors of EGF-receptor self-phosphorylation. On the basis of the Km values of EGF receptor for the substrate enzymes and for ATP in the phosphorylation reaction, these enzymes may also be substrates in vivo for the EGF-receptor kinase.


1990 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 5011-5014 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Nesterov ◽  
G Reshetnikova ◽  
N Vinogradova ◽  
N Nikolsky

Functional state of internalized epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor in A-431 cells has been studied. The use of photoaffinity [125I]EGF derivative allowed us to establish that inside the cell the EGF retains its connection with the receptor. With the help of polyclonal antibodies to phosphotyrosine, it has been shown that EGF-receptor complexes maintain their phosphorylated state during internalization. The internalized EGF receptor kinase as well as that localized in the plasma membrane appeared to be able to phosphorylate synthetic peptide substrate introduced into the cell.


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