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Query: EC:2.5.1.18 (
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Using transient overexpression and microinjection approaches, we examined SHPTP2's function in growth factor signaling. Overexpression of catalytically inactive SHPTP2 (PTP2CS) but not catalytically inactive SHPTP1, inhibited mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase activation and Elk-1 transactivation following
epidermal growth factor
(
EGF
) stimulation of 293 cells. An SHPTP2 mutant with both C-terminal tyrosyl phosphorylation sites converted to phenylalanine (PTP2YF) was also without effect; moreover, PTP2YF rescued PTP2CS-induced inhibition of
EGF
-induced Elk-1 transactivation. PTP2CS did not inhibit transactivation by activated Ras, suggesting that SHPTP2 acts upstream of or parallel to Ras. Neither PTP2CS nor PTP2YF inhibited platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF)-induced Elk-1 transactivation. Thus, protein-tyrosine phosphatase activity, but not tyrosyl phosphorylation of SHPTP2, is required for the immediate-early responses to
EGF
but not to PDGF. To determine whether SHPTP2 is required later in the cell cycle, we assessed S-phase entry in NIH 3T3 cells microinjected with anti-SHPTP2 antibodies or with a
glutathione S-transferase
(
GST
) fusion protein encoding both SH2 domains (
GST
-SH2). Microinjection of anti-SHPTP2 antibodies prior to stimulation inhibited
EGF
- but no PDGF- or serum-induced S-phase entry. Anti-SHPTP2 antibodies or
GST
-SH2 fusion protein could inhibit
EGF
-induced S-phase entry for up to 8 h after
EGF
addition. Although MAP kinase activation was detected shortly after
EGF
stimulation, no MAP kinase activation was detected around the restriction point. Therefore, SHPTP2 is absolutely required for immediate-early and late events induced by some, but not all, growth factors, and the immediate-early and late signal transduction pathways regulated by SHPTP2 are distinguishable.
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PMID:Multiple requirements for SHPTP2 in epidermal growth factor-mediated cell cycle progression. 862 63
Shc has two distinct domains, amino-terminal and SH2 domain, which can interact with activated growth factor receptors. Shc interacts with insulin receptor via Shc-amino-terminal (N) domain, whereas Shc associates with epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor through both Shc-N and -SH2 domains. In accordance with the different functional roles between insulin and
EGF
receptors,
EGF
stimulated tyrosine phosphorylation of Shc faster than insulin. To clarify the functional importance of three distinct Shc domains on insulin and
EGF
signaling, we microinjected
glutathione S-transferase
(
GST
) fusion proteins containing the amino terminus plus collagen homology domain (NCH), collagen homology domain (CH), and Src homology 2 domain (SH2) into Rat1 fibroblasts expressing insulin receptors (HIRc). Bromodeoxyuridine (BrdUrd) incorporation into newly synthesized DNA was subsequently studied to assess the importance of the three distinct domains of Shc. Microinjection of the NCH-
GST
fusion protein inhibited BrdUrd incorporation induced by both
EGF
and insulin, whereas microinjection of the SH2-
GST
fusion protein inhibited
EGF
, but not insulin stimulation of DNA synthesis. Neither
EGF
- nor insulin-induced BrdUrd incorporation was inhibited by the CH-
GST
fusion protein. Following
EGF
or insulin stimulation, Shc is phosphorylated on single Tyr-317 residue serving as a docking site for Grb2. Microinjection of Shc-N+CH
GST
fusion protein with Tyr-317 --> Phe replacement (Y317F) also inhibited insulin stimulation of DNA synthesis. Next, we stably overexpressed wild-type Shc or Y317F mutant Shc into HIRc cells. Insulin-induced tyrosine phosphorylation of IRS-1 was compared among the transfected cell lines, since IRS-1 and Shc could competitively interact with insulin receptor. Insulin-stimulated tyrosine phosphorylation of IRS-1 was decreased in both WT-Shc and Y317F-Shc cells compared with that in HIRc cells. Furthermore, overexpression of the Shc-SH2 domain or Shc-N+CH domain with Y317F mutation interfered with
EGF
-stimulated endogenous Shc phosphorylation. These results suggest that the amino terminus domain of Shc is functionally important in insulin- and
EGF
-induced cell cycle progression and that the phosphorylation of Shc Tyr-317 residue is independent of Shc interaction with these receptors.
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PMID:Functional importance of amino-terminal domain of Shc for interaction with insulin and epidermal growth factor receptors in phosphorylation-independent manner. 870 28
We have utilized the yeast two-hybrid system to identify proteins that interact with the cytoplasmic domain of the insulin receptor. We identified a human cDNA that is a splice variant of the human GRB10 homolog GRB-IR, which we term GRB10/IR-SV1 (for GRB10/GRB-IR splice variant 1). The protein encoded by the GRB10/IR-SV1 cDNA contains an SH2 domain and a pleckstrin homology domain. Cloning of a full-length human cDNA revealed a predicted coding sequence that was similar to the mouse GRB10 protein, although GRB10/IR-SV1 contained an 80-amino acid deletion. The GRB10/IR-SV1 cDNA is a splice variant of the GRB-IR cDNA such that GRB10/IR-SV1 contains an intact pleckstrin homology domain and a distinct amino terminus. The interaction of GRB10/IR-SV1 with the insulin receptor and the insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) receptor is mediated by the SH2 domain, and we show that
glutathione S-transferase
-SH2 domain fusion proteins interact specifically in vitro with the insulin receptor derived from mammalian cells. The GRB10/IR-SV1 SH2 domain also interacted with an approximately 135-kDa phosphoprotein from unstimulated cell lysates, an interaction that decreased after insulin stimulation. We present evidence that the GRB10/IR-SV1 protein plays a functional role in insulin and IGF-I signaling by showing that microinjection of an SH2 domain fusion protein inhibited insulin- and IGF-I-stimulated mitogenesis in fibroblasts, yet had no effect on mitogenesis induced by
epidermal growth factor
. Our findings suggest that GRB10/IR-SV1 may serve to positively link the insulin and IGF-I receptors to an uncharacterized mitogenic signaling pathway.
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PMID:Interaction of a GRB-IR splice variant (a human GRB10 homolog) with the insulin and insulin-like growth factor I receptors. Evidence for a role in mitogenic signaling. 879 17
Shc is involved in the activation of Ras in response to many growth factors. Shc contains two phosphotyrosine binding domains, an Src homology 2 (SH2) domain in the carboxyl terminus of the protein and a phosphotyrosine binding (PTB) domain in the amino terminus. Since functional roles for these two domains have not been established, we microinjected
glutathione S-transferase
fusion proteins of either the Shc PTB or SH2 domains into fibroblasts expressing insulin and
epidermal growth factor
receptors and measured their effects on DNA synthesis. We found that the Shc PTB was necessary for insulin-induced mitogenic signaling, whereas the SH2 domain was not. In contrast, for
epidermal growth factor
signaling, the Shc SH2 was functionally more important. These differential modes of signal transduction may be an important factor in determining the specificity of the response of a cell to external stimuli.
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PMID:Functional roles of the Shc phosphotyrosine binding and Src homology 2 domains in insulin and epidermal growth factor signaling. 882 62
Comparison of the protein expression patterns of proliferating normal primary human keratinocytes plated in serum-free medium (SFKM), supplemented with
epidermal growth factor
(
EGF
) and bovine pituitary extract (BPE), and similar cultures induced to differentiate by the addition of Dulbecco's modified Eagle medium (DMEM), containing 10% fetal calf serum (FCS), revealed several known and unknown polypeptides that are abnormally regulated in the differentiated cells. Upregulated proteins included keratins (keratins 6, 10/11, 14 and 16), members of the S100 protein family psoriasin, MRP8, MRP14 and S100c), actin-binding proteins (gelsolin and tropomyosin 9220), annexins (annexins IV and VIII), hsp28, the fatty acid binding protein 5 (FABP5), the squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) antigen, members of the 14-3-3 family, involucrin, E-cadherin, cystatin A, desmoglein and integrins alpha 2 and beta 1, as well as several proteins of as yet unknown identity. The highest upregulated proteins corresponded to psoriasin (124.0 times), MRP8 (42.4 times), MRP14 (14.9 times), tropomyosin 9220 (11.5 times), involucrin (11.1 times), and FABP5 (9.1 times). FABP5, hsp28, and tropomyosin 9220 were also highly upregulated in quiescent keratinocytes indicating that their increased levels in the differentiated cells may be due to loss of proliferative activity. Highly downregulated proteins included PAI-2, tropomyosins 9213, 9121 and 9122, keratin 5, calnexin, 14-3-3 beta and eta, nucleoside diphosphate kinase A, Rho GDIs, hsp60, hnRNPs H and C2, alpha-enolase, eIF-4D, thioredoxin, annexins III and V, moesin, nucleolar protein B23,
GST
pi and PCNA/cyclin. Both the high expression of keratin 6 and 16--which are markers for an alternative pathway of keratinocyte differentiation--as well as the extremely high upregulation of some members of the S100 protein family indicate that the cells have differentiated via an abnormal pathway.
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PMID:Identification of proteins that are abnormally regulated in differentiated cultured human keratinocytes. 882 83
Different forms of one of the enzymes catalyzing the xenobiotic metabolism,
glutathione S-transferase
P1-1 (
GST
P1-1), purified from normal and tumoral lung tissues, are described. Statistically significant (p < 0.05) increasing of enzyme activity in tumour, as compared with normal tissue, is shown. Molecular weights and isoelectric points of the enzyme two forms were characterized. Statistically significant increasing in the concentration of fatty acids with C = 18 bound to
GST
P1-1 in tumour tissues, was demonstrated. The possibility of regulation of
GST
P1-1 activity, as well as the level of its phosphorylation on serine and threonine, under the influence of the
epidermal growth factor
, is shown.
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PMID:[Glutathione S-transferase P1-1 in normal and cancerous lung tissue: properties, function, and possible mechanisms for regulating activity]. 901 Dec 39
We have used two approaches to identify possible substrates of the insulin receptor (IR) tyrosine kinase. First, we used a potent tyrosine phosphatase inhibitor, phenylarsine oxide (PAO), which is reported to be specific for the insulin-induced signal transduction route, to augment tyrosine phosphorylation. Second, we used src homology 2 (SH2) domains fused to
glutathione S-transferase
as high affinity binding agents for tyrosine-phosphorylated proteins. Using the SH2 domain-containing region of p120 GTPase-activating protein and growth factor-bound protein 2, we observed a tyrosine-phosphorylated M(r) 70,000 protein in insulin- plus PAO-treated NIH3T3 cells overexpressing the IR. This M(r) 70,000 protein, which migrated as a doublet on SDS-polyacrylamide gels, efficiently bound to polyuridylic acid-Sepharose but is distinct from similar-size RNA-binding proteins such as p62 (sam68) and heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoproteins I, K, L, and M. In addition, it differs from other M(r) 70,000 tyrosine-phosphorylated proteins, such as SH2-containing tyrosine phosphatase, raf1, and paxillin. Tyrosine phosphorylation of this protein was hardly observed after
epidermal growth factor
treatment. This suggests that the M(r) 70,000 protein is a novel and specific substrate for the IR kinase or an insulin-induced tyrosine kinase. The requirement for PAO to identify this tyrosine phosphorylation indicates a high turnover rate of the tyrosine phosphate.
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PMID:Insulin-induced tyrosine phosphorylation of a M(r) 70,000 protein revealed by association with the Src homology 2 (SH2) and SH3 domains of p120GAP and Grb2. 905 95
The human proto-oncogene product c-Cbl and a similar protein in Caenorhabditis elegans (Sli-1) contain a proline-rich COOH-terminal region that binds Src homology 3 (SH3) domains of proteins such as the adapter Grb2. Cb1-Grb2 complexes can be recruited to tyrosine-phosphorylated
epidermal growth factor
(
EGF
) receptors through the SH2 domain of Grb2. Here we identify by molecular cloning a Drosophila cDNA encoding a protein (Drosophila Cbl [D-Cbl]) that shows high sequence similarity to the N-terminal region of human c-Cbl but lacks proline-rich sequences and fails to bind Grb2. Nonetheless, in COS-1 cells, expression of hemagglutinin epitope-tagged D-Cbl results in its coimmunoprecipitation with
EGF
receptors in response to
EGF
.
EGF
also caused tyrosine phosphorylation of D-Cbl in such cells, but no association of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase was detected in assays using anti-p85 antibody. A point mutation in D-Cbl (G305E) that suppresses the negative regulation of LET-23 by the Cbl homolog Sli-1 in C. elegans prevented tyrosine phosphorylation of D-Cbl as well as binding to the liganded EGF receptor in COS-1 cells. Colocalization of
EGF
receptors with both endogenous c-Cbl or expressed D-Cbl in endosomes of
EGF
-treated COS-1 cells is also demonstrated by immunofluorescence microscopy. In lysates of adult transgenic Drosophila melanogaster,
GST
-DCbl binds to the tyrosine-phosphorylated 150-kDa torso-DER chimeric receptor. Expression of D-Cbl directed by the sevenless enhancer in intact Drosophila compromises severely the development of the R7 photoreceptor neuron. These data suggest that despite the lack of Grb2 binding sites, D-Cbl functions as a negative regulator of receptor tyrosine kinase signaling in the Drosophila eye by a mechanism that involves its association with
EGF
receptors or other tyrosine kinases.
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PMID:Interactions of Drosophila Cbl with epidermal growth factor receptors and role of Cbl in R7 photoreceptor cell development. 912 72
In this study, we evaluated the naturally acquired immune response to Plasmodium vivax merozoite surface protein 1 (PvMSP1) in individuals with recent clinical episodes of malaria from the state of Para, Brazil. Ten recombinant proteins representing the first 682 amino acids (aa) of the N-terminal region and one representing the final 111 aa of the C-terminal region were expressed in Escherichia coli as
glutathione S-transferase
fusion proteins. Both of these regions have been suggested as candidates for development of a vaccine against Plasmodium sp. The total frequencies of individuals with antibodies and cellular immune responses to PvMSP1 were high (83.8 and 75%, respectively). The recombinant proteins representing the N- and C-terminal regions were recognized by 51.4 and 64.1% of sera, respectively. The frequency of responders to the C-terminal region increased according to the number of previous malaria episodes, reaching 83.3% after four episodes. Cellular immune response was measured by in vitro proliferation and gamma interferon production. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells of 75 and 47.2% of individuals proliferated in response to stimulation by the N- and C-terminal regions, respectively. Also, we found that one protein representing the N terminus and a second representing the C terminus of PvMSP1 stimulated 54.5% of individuals to secrete gamma interferon. We concluded that PvMSP1 is immunogenic to a large proportion of individuals exposed to malaria. Our results also suggested that the C-terminal region of PvMSP1 containing the two
epidermal growth factor
-like domains is particularly immunogenic to antibodies and T cells during natural infection in humans.
...
PMID:Acquired immune responses to the N- and C-terminal regions of Plasmodium vivax merozoite surface protein 1 in individuals exposed to malaria. 912 37
The role of stress proteins on the function of insulin receptor is not well understood. In the rat-1 fibroblasts overexpressing human insulin receptors, heat shock protein (Hsp) 90 was co-immunoprecipitated with insulin receptors and the association was not affected by insulin stimulation. A
GST
-fusion protein containing the intracellular insulin receptor beta subunit was associated with Hsp 90 in vitro, suggesting the direct interaction of this protein with insulin receptor beta-subunit. Furthermore, microinjection of anti-Hsp 90 antibody into these cells completely inhibited insulin-stimulated mitogenesis. However, neither
epidermal growth factor
-stimulated nor serum-stimulated mitogenic signal in the cells was affected by the antibody microinjection. These results suggest that Hsp 90 constitutively binds to insulin receptor beta-subunit, which may be necessary for insulin signaling in mitogenesis.
...
PMID:Functional importance of heat shock protein 90 associated with insulin receptor on insulin-stimulated mitogenesis. 926 13
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