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Exposure of beta 2-adrenergic receptors (beta 2ARs) to agonists causes a rapid desensitization of the receptor-stimulated adenylyl cyclase response. Phosphorylation of the beta 2AR by several distinct kinases plays an important role in this desensitization phenomenon. In this study, we have utilized purified hamster lung beta 2AR and stimulatory guanine nucleotide binding regulatory protein (Gs), reconstituted in phospholipid vesicles, to investigate the molecular properties of this desensitization response. Purified hamster beta 2AR was phosphorylated by cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA),
protein kinase C
(
PKC
), or beta AR kinase (beta
ARK
), and receptor function was determined by measuring the beta 2AR-agonist-promoted Gs-associated GTPase activity. At physiological concentrations of Mg2+ (less than 1 mM), receptor phosphorylation inhibited coupling to Gs by 60% (PKA), 40% (
PKC
), and 30% (beta
ARK
). The desensitizing effect of phosphorylation was, however, greatly diminished when assays were performed at concentrations of Mg2+ sufficient to promote receptor-independent activation of Gs (greater than 5 mM). Addition of retinal arrestin, the light transduction component involved in the attenuation of rhodopsin function, did not enhance the uncoupling effect of beta
ARK
phosphorylation of beta 2AR when assayed in the presence of 0.3 mM free Mg2+. At concentrations of Mg2+ ranging between 0.5 and 5.0 mM, however, significant potentiation of beta
ARK
-mediated desensitization was observed upon arrestin addition. At a free Mg2+ concentration of 5 mM, arrestin did not potentiate the inhibition of receptor function observed on PKA or
PKC
phosphorylation. These results suggest that distinct pathways of desensitization exist for the receptor phosphorylated either by PKA or
PKC
or alternatively by beta
ARK
.
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PMID:Desensitization of the isolated beta 2-adrenergic receptor by beta-adrenergic receptor kinase, cAMP-dependent protein kinase, and protein kinase C occurs via distinct molecular mechanisms. 134 86
As the factor binding to the neu protein has been unknown, it has not been possible to confirm experimentally the proposed growth-factor receptor like functions of the neu protein. To approach this problem we constructed a recombinant receptor which enabled ligand regulation of the neu tyrosine kinase. The hybrid receptor consisted of the extracellular ligand binding, transmembrane and
protein kinase C
-substrate domains joined to the intracellular tyrosine kinase and carboxyl-terminal domains of the neu protein. Several properties of NIH3T3 cells carrying this construct were tested. We obtained the first experimental evidence that the neu proto-oncogene has mitogenic and transforming activities only in the presence of a ligand stimulating its tyrosine kinase activity. Various cellular and molecular biological parameters indicated that the chimeric receptor behaved very similarly to the
EGFR
. Also, this chimeric receptor has allowed us to compare the constitutive oncogenic and the ligand-activated non-oncogenic activities of the neu tyrosine kinase. In the future we plan to focus on characterization of possible differences between
EGFR
and neu signalling in more differentiated cellular backgrounds.
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PMID:A chimeric EGFR/neu receptor in functional analysis of the neu oncoprotein. 135 54
In papillary thyroid carcinomas, we have identified two tumor-specific rearrangements of the RET proto-oncogene leading to the formation of different transforming fusion products sharing the tyrosine kinase (tk) domain of the proto-oncogene and designated ptc-1 and ptc-2. We have analysed ptc-1 and ptc-2 products by immunoprecipitation with specific anti-
RET
antibodies followed by immunoblotting with the same reagent or with antibodies specific for phosphotyrosine (P-tyr) residues. The anti-
RET
antibodies were reactive with 64-kDa (p64ptc-1) and 81-kDa (p81ptc-2) proteins from lysates of ptc-1 and ptc-2 transformed cells, respectively, and identified two proteins of 140 kDa and 160 kDa from extracts of SK-N-SH, a neuroblastoma cell line previously shown to express two differently glycosylated forms of the normal
RET
product. The anti P-tyr antibodies, while detecting the same p64ptc-1 and p81ptc-2 proteins from ptc-1 and ptc-2 extracts, did not show any specific band in the neuroblastoma lysates. An additional set of experiments led us to conclude that, whereas the normal product of the RET proto-oncogene is a membrane-associated receptor-like molecule not intrinsically phosphorylated on tyrosine, both oncogenic forms of
RET
, ptc-1 and ptc-2, are constitutively phosphorylated on tyrosine, display an 'in vitro' autophosphorylation activity, are translocated from the membrane to the cytoplasm and are apparently unaffected by
protein kinase C
modulation.
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PMID:Identification of the product of two oncogenic rearranged forms of the RET proto-oncogene in papillary thyroid carcinomas. 143 45
Engagement of MHC class II (Ia) molecules on B cells induces tyrosine phosphorylation, phosphoinositide turnover, elevation of intracellular calcium concentrations, and a rise in cAMP levels. However, a role for these biochemical signals in mediating functional responses induced by Ia ligands remains largely undefined. In this study, we utilized the induction of B cell adhesion by Ia ligands to demonstrate a role for signals transduced via Ia molecules in the generation of a functional response. Ia ligands that induced B cell aggregation induced tyrosine phosphorylation, whereas Ia ligands that did not induce B cell aggregation failed to induce any detectable tyrosine phosphorylation. Ia-induced B cell aggregation and tyrosine phosphorylation were inhibited by genistein and by herbimycin A, inhibitors of tyrosine kinases (
PTK
). Sphingosine and calphostin C, inhibitors of
protein kinase C
(
PKC
), also inhibited Ia-induced adhesion whereas HA1004, an inhibitor of cyclic nucleotide-dependent kinases, did not. Ia ligands induced both LFA-1-dependent and LFA-1-independent B cell adhesion. These two pathways of cell adhesion differed in their requirement for activation signals.
PKC
activation was sufficient for LFA-1-dependent adhesion, whereas LFA-1-independent adhesion required independent phosphorylation events mediated by
PKC
and by
PTK
. These results provide functional relevance for biochemical signals transduced via Ia molecules by demonstrating that Ia-induced B cell adhesion is mediated by the activation of
PKC
and by one or more
PTK
.
...
PMID:Role of protein kinase activation in the induction of B cell adhesion by MHC class II ligands. 151 59
We investigated regulation of atrial natriuretic factor (ANF)-stimulated cellular cGMP accumulation (ANF-s-cGMP) in an ANF-responsive human renal cell line, SK-
NEP
-1. Dose-response data indicated that the EC50 for ANF(99-126) was 1.1 x 10(-9) M. Brain natriuretic peptide (10(-6) M) increased cGMP to a level indistinguishable from that of ANF (10(-6) M). [Met-(O)]ANF was only half as potent as ANF, and atriopeptin I (10(-6) M) did not increase cGMP over basal levels. Preincubation of SK-
NEP
-1 cells with ANF, but not atriopeptin I (API), for two hours or longer, caused a concentration-dependent down-regulation of ANF-s-cGMP. Phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA), a
protein kinase C
(
PKC
) activator, and A23187 and its 4-bromo derivative, calcium ionophores, inhibited ANF-s-cGMP in a dose-dependent manner. A23187 inhibition was calcium dependent and promoted net cGMP degradation. Thirty-six hour preincubation with PMA, a procedure used to down-regulate
PKC
, abolished acute PMA inhibition of ANF-s-cGMP without having an effect on ANF-s-cGMP or on 4-bromo-A23187 inhibition thereof. These data indicate that
PKC
activation specifically inhibited ANF-s-cGMP but that
PKC
was not required for ANF-s-cGMP in SK-
NEP
-1 cells. Thus structurally related ANF peptides,
protein kinase C
(
PKC
) activators, calcium ionophores are potential modulators of ANF-s-cGMP in cells from this human renal cell line.
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PMID:Phorbol and calcium decreased atriopeptin response in a human renal cell line. 164 14
Previous work (Gandino, L., Di Renzo, M. F., Giordano, S., Bussolino, F., and Comoglio, P.M. (1990) Oncogene 5, 721-725) has shown that the tyrosine kinase activity of the receptor encoded by the
MET
protooncogene is negatively modulated by
protein kinase C
(
PKC
). We now show that an increase of intracellular Ca2+ has a similar inhibitory effect in vivo, via a
PKC
-independent mechanism. In GTL-16 cells the p145MET kinase is overexpressed and constitutively phosphorylated on tyrosine. A rapid and reversible decrease of p145MET tyrosine phosphorylation was induced by treatment with the calcium ionophores A23187 or ionomycin. Experiments performed with the ionophores in absence of extracellular calcium showed that a rise in cytoplasmic Ca2+ concentration to 450 nM (due to release from intracellular stores) resulted in a similar effect. These Ca2+ concentrations had no effect on p145MET autophosphorylation in an in vitro kinase assay. This suggests that the effect of Ca2+ on p145MET tyrosine phosphorylation is not direct but may be mediated by Ca(2+)-activated proteins(s). Involvement of Ca(2+)-dependent tyrosine phosphatases was ruled out by experiments carried out in presence of Na2VO4. In vivo labeling with [32P]orthophosphate showed that the rise of intracellular Ca2+ induces serine phosphorylation of p145MET on a specific phosphopeptide. This suggests that Ca2+ negatively modulates p145MET kinase through the phosphorylation of a critical serine residue by a Ca(2+)-activated serine kinase distinct from
PKC
.
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PMID:Intracellular calcium regulates the tyrosine kinase receptor encoded by the MET oncogene. 165 34
Light-dependent deactivation of rhodopsin as well as homologous desensitization of beta-adrenergic receptors involves receptor phosphorylation that is mediated by the highly specific protein kinases rhodopsin kinase (RK) and beta-adrenergic receptor kinase (beta
ARK
), respectively. We report here the cloning of a complementary DNA for RK. The deduced amino acid sequence shows a high degree of homology to beta
ARK
. In a phylogenetic tree constructed by comparing the catalytic domains of several protein kinases, RK and beta
ARK
are located on a branch close to, but separate from the cyclic nucleotide-dependent protein kinase and
protein kinase C
subfamilies. From the common structural features we conclude that both RK and beta
ARK
are members of a newly delineated gene family of guanine nucleotide-binding protein (G protein)-coupled receptor kinases that may function in diverse pathways to regulate the function of such receptors.
...
PMID:The receptor kinase family: primary structure of rhodopsin kinase reveals similarities to the beta-adrenergic receptor kinase. 165 54
In the present study, we investigated the effects of calmodulin, adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP) and pertussis toxin (PT) on phorbol ester (PMA) (a
protein kinase C
activator) induced inhibition of ANF-stimulated cyclic GMP formation in cells from the human renal cell line, SK-
NEP
-1. PMA inhibited ANF-stimulated guanylate cyclase activity in particulate membranes by about 65%. Calmodulin reversed this inhibition in a dose dependent manner. ATP potentiated Mg++ but not Mn++ supported guanylate cyclase activity. In PMA treated membranes, ATP potentiating effects were abolished. PMA also inhibited ANF-stimulated cGMP accumulation, but pretreatment with PT prevented this PMA inhibition. PT did not affect basal or ANF-stimulated cGMP accumulation. In conclusion, these results demonstrated that PMA (activated
protein kinase C
) inhibited ANF stimulation of particulate guanylate cyclase in opposition to the activating effects of calmodulin or ATP in SK-
NEP
-1 cells. The
protein kinase C
inhibitory effects appeared to be mediated via a PT-sensitive G protein.
...
PMID:The opposing effects of calmodulin, adenosine 5'-triphosphate, and pertussis toxin on phorbol ester induced inhibition of atrial natriuretic factor stimulated guanylate cyclase in SK-NEP-1 cells. 167 90
We examined calcium and calmodulin regulation of atrial natriuretic factor stimulation of particulate-membrane guanylate cyclase (ANF-s-GC) in SK-
NEP
-1 cells. W7 and trifluoropiperazine, but not W5, inhibited whole cellular ANF-stimulated cyclic GMP accumulation (ANF-s-cGMP). EGTA and LaCl3 decreased ANF-s-GC and calmodulin reversed this inhibition. A23187-induced inhibition of ANF-s-cGMP was only partly reversible by IBMX. H7 or staurosporine counteracted the inhibitory effect of A23187. Calcium inhibited basal and ANF-s-GC. These data suggest that at low concentrations of calcium, ANF-s-GC was calcium-calmodulin dependent but high concentrations of calcium inhibited ANF-s-GC through phosphodiesterase, through inhibition of GC, and probably through
protein kinase C
.
...
PMID:Calcium and calmodulin regulate atrial natriuretic factor stimulation of cyclic GMP in a human renal cell line. 168 32
The receptor for hepatocyte growth factor, also known as scatter factor (HGF/SF), has recently been identified as the 190-kDa heterodimeric tyrosine kinase encoded by the
MET
proto-oncogene (p190MET). The signaling pathway(s) triggered by HGF/SF are unknown. In A549 cells, a lung epithelial cell line, nanomolar concentrations of HGF/SF induced tyrosine phosphorylation of the p190MET receptor. The autophosphorylated receptor coprecipitated with phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI 3-kinase) activity. In GTL16 cells, a cell line derived from a gastric carcinoma, the p190MET receptor, overexpressed and constitutively phosphorylated on tyrosine, coprecipitated with PI 3-kinase activity and with the 85-kDa PI 3-kinase subunit. In these cells activation of
protein kinase C
or the increase of intracellular [Ca2+] inhibits tyrosine phosphorylation of the p190MET receptor as well as the association with both PI 3-kinase activity and the 85-kDa subunit of the enzyme. In an in vitro assay, tyrosine phosphorylation of the immobilized p190MET receptor was required for binding of PI 3-kinase from cell lysates. These data strongly suggest that the signaling pathway activated by the HGF/SF receptor includes generation of D-3-phosphorylated inositol phospholipids.
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PMID:The tyrosine-phosphorylated hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor receptor associates with phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase. 171 89
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