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Activation of mature CD4+ T lymphocytes by antigen-presenting cells involves engagement of the CD3/T-cell antigen receptor complex along with the CD4 surface glycoprotein and the phosphorylation of cellular proteins on tyrosine residues leading to stimulation of a variety of cellular second-messenger systems. Several recent studies have implicated non-receptor protein tyrosine kinase of the src family, especially p56lck and p59fyn, in mediating at least a portion of these tyrosine phosphorylation events. In the present study we have examined the involvement of one type of second-messenger system, phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase (PI-3 kinase), in signal transduction during antibody-induced activation of normal resting human CD4+ T cells. We demonstrate that PI-3 kinase activity is increased following co-approximation of CD4 with the T-cell receptor and that PI-3 kinase activity co-precipitates with the CD4-p56lck complex. We also show that following T-cell activation a complex containing PI-3 kinase activity can be demonstrated in CD3 epsilon immunoprecipitates which is distinct from that which interacts with p56lck.
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PMID:Identification of distinct populations of PI-3 kinase activity following T-cell activation. 137 84

The tyrosine kinase domains of the platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) and colony-stimulating factor-1 (CSF-1)/c-fms receptors are interrupted by kinase inserts (ki) which vary in length and amino acid sequence. To define the role of the ki in the human alpha PDGF receptor (alpha PDGFR), we generated deletion mutants, designated alpha R delta ki-1 and alpha R delta ki-2, which lacked 80 (710 to 789) and 95 (695 to 789) amino acids of the 104-amino-acid ki region, respectively. Their functional characteristics were compared with those of the wild-type alpha PDGFR following introduction into a naive hematopoietic cell line, 32D. Biochemical responses, including PDGF-stimulated PDGFR tyrosine phosphorylation, phosphatidylinositol (PI) turnover, and receptor-associated PI-3 kinase activity, were differentially impaired by the deletions. Despite a lack of any detectable receptor-associated PI-3 kinase activity, 32D cells expressing alpha R delta ki-1 showed only partially impaired chemotactic and mitogenic responses and were capable of sustained proliferation in vitro and in vivo under conditions of autocrine stimulation by the c-sis product. 32D transfectants expressing the larger ki deletion (alpha R delta ki-2) showed markedly decreased or abolished biochemical and biological responses. However, insertion of the highly unrelated smaller c-fms (685 to 750) ki domain into alpha R delta ki-2 restored each of these activities to wild-type alpha PDGFR levels. Since the CSF-1R does not normally induce PI turnover, the ability of the c-fms ki domain to reconstitute PI turnover in the alpha R delta ki-2 transfectant provides evidence that the ki domain of the alpha PDGFR does not directly couple with this pathway. Taken together, all od these bindings imply that their ki domains have evolved to play very similar roles in the known signaling functions PDGF and CSF-1 receptors.
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PMID:Deletion or substitution within the alpha platelet-derived growth factor receptor kinase insert domain: effects on functional coupling with intracellular signaling pathways. 170 11

Deletion of a conserved juxtamembrane sequence (KFG) in the Trk NGF receptor resulted in impaired neurite outgrowth, somatic hypertrophy, and induction of c-fos, c-jun, and TIS1 immediate-early genes. In contrast, these receptors retained the ability to mediate NGF-promoted survival and TIS8 and TIS11 immediate-early gene induction. The mutated receptor also mediated unimpaired autophosphorylation; SHC, PLC-gamma 1, and ERK tyrosine phosphorylation; and PI-3 kinase and ERK activation. However, SNT protein tyrosine phosphorylation, which wild-type receptors mediate via a ras-independent pathway, was undetectable. These findings indicate that the KFG sequence is indispensable for activating a ras-independent NGF signaling pathway involved in promoting neuronal differentiation and highlight potential roles of non-tyrosine-containing receptor domains in growth factor signal transduction.
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PMID:Deletion of a conserved juxtamembrane sequence in Trk abolishes NGF-promoted neuritogenesis. 764 92

The tyrosine phosphorylation sites in the human alpha PDGF receptor (alpha PDGFR) required for association with PI-3 kinase have been identified as tyrosines 731 and 742. Mutation of either tyrosine substantially reduced PDGF-induced PI-3 kinase activity but did not impair the receptor-mediated mitogenic response. We sought to determine whether PDGF-induced PI-3 kinase activity could be further ablated so as to exclude a low threshold requirement for PDGFR signal transduction. Thus, we mutated both tyrosine 731 and 742 and expressed the double mutant (Y731F/Y742F) in 32D hematopoietic cells. In such transfectants, PDGF induced no detectable receptor-associated or anti-P-Tyr recoverable PI-3 kinase activity. Under the same conditions, neither mobility shift of raf-1 nor tyrosine phosphorylation of either PLC gamma or MAP kinase was impaired. 32D transfectants expressing the double mutant showed wild-type alpha PDGFR levels of mitogenic and chemotactic responses to PDGF. To examine the effect of the double mutation in cells that normally respond to PDGF, we generated chimeras in which the cytoplasmic domains of wild-type alpha PDGFR, Y731F, and Y731F/Y742F were linked to the extracellular domain of colony-stimulating factor-1 (CSF-1) receptor (fms). After introduction of the chimeric receptors into mouse NIH/3T3 fibroblasts, the ability of CSF-1 to stimulate growth of these transfectants was examined. Our data show that all these chimeric receptors exhibited similar abilities to mediate CSF-1-stimulated cell growth. These findings lead us to conclude that PDGF-induced PI-3 kinase activity is not required for PDGF-stimulated mitogenic pathway in both NIH/3T3 fibroblasts and 32D hematopoietic cells.
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PMID:Biological function of PDGF-induced PI-3 kinase activity: its role in alpha PDGF receptor-mediated mitogenic signaling. 792 90

The interaction of CD28 with its counter-receptor, B7, induces a cosignal in T cells required to prevent clonal anergy and to promote antigen-dependent interleukin-2 production. The molecular basis of the CD28 cosignal is not well understood but involves the activation of protein tyrosine kinase(s) (PTK). In this report we demonstrate that CD28 cross-linking on Jurkat T leukemic cells causes the activation of at least two PTK pathways. A CD28-induced, p56lck kinase-independent pathway causes tyrosine-phosphorylation of a 110-kDa substrate while recruitment of p56lck kinase activity is apparently required for CD28-induced tyrosine-phosphorylation of 97- and 68-kDa substrates as well as CD28-induced increases in intracellular calcium. The tyrosine phosphorylation of p110, but not p97 or p68, correlated with CD28 calcium-independent costimulatory activity. The pp110 molecule was tentatively identified as the catalytic subunit of phosphoinositide (PI)-3 kinase based upon its coimmunoprecipitation with the p85 regulatory subunit of PI-3 kinase. PI-3 kinase protein and catalytic activity were found complexed with the CD28 receptor if the receptor was "activated" by cross-linking on the surface of intact cells prior to detergent solubilization. The kinetics of association of PI-3 kinase with the "activated" CD28 receptor was rapid, occurring within 30 s of receptor cross-linking and was stable for at least 30 min. Analysis of the CD28 cytoplasmic peptide sequence revealed a putative PI-3 kinase src homology 2 binding motif and CD28 tyrosine phosphorylation site, DYMNM. Tyrosine phosphorylation of CD28 was detected in pervanadate-treated Jurkat B2.7 cells, but not untreated cells. Pervanadate-induced tyrosine phosphorylation of CD28 correlated with receptor association of PI-3 kinase in the absence of CD28 cross-linking, suggesting that CD28 association with PI-3 kinase uses a tyrosine phosphorylation-dependent mechanism. These data provide a model for CD28 signal transduction and support a role for PI-3 kinase in mediating the CD28 calcium-independent, cyclosporin A-insensitive costimulatory signal.
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PMID:CD28 signal transduction: tyrosine phosphorylation and receptor association of phosphoinositide-3 kinase correlate with Ca(2+)-independent costimulatory activity. 795 66

Macrophage stimulating protein (MSP) is a ligand for the RON receptor protein tyrosine kinase. Activation of RON in murine resident macrophages results in cell shape change and migration. We studied cell movement induced by MSP in different types of human epithelial cells and the possible role of phosphatidylinositol-3 (PI-3) kinase in RON-mediated signal transduction. We observed specific and saturable binding of 125I-MSP to RON on several epithelial cell lines. In addition to activation and phosphorylation of RON, MSP also induced tyrosine phosphorylation of the PI-3 kinase p85 subunit in a time-dependent manner, with a peak at 15 min. Moreover, phosphorylated RON formed a complex with PI-3 kinase in both HK-NOC keratinocyte and RON cDNA-transfected MDCK cells. An in vitro protein interaction assay confirmed that PI-3 kinase from a lysate of MSP-activated cells bound to pure RON protein. MSP, at a concentration range of 1 to 5 nM, induced migration of three epithelial cell lines. This effect was inhibited by wortmannin, a specific inhibitor for PI-3 kinase, with an IC50 of 10 nM. MSP-induced shape change in murine resident peritoneal macrophages was also abolished by wortmannin. These data suggest that activation of PI-3 kinase is required for MSP-induced epithelial cell migration. The stimulation by MSP of epithelial cell movement may have implications for tissue repair, wound healing, and tumor metastasis.
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PMID:Requirement of phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase for epithelial cell migration activated by human macrophage stimulating protein. 895 Sep 84

The molecular mechanism by which cell surface receptors stimulate the serine/threonine kinase activity of c-Jun N-terminal kinases (JNKs) was investigated using a transient cotransfection experiments in COS-7 cells. Our data demonstrate that JNK activity is potently induced by platelet derived growth factor (PDGF) upon expression of beta PDGFR wild type (beta RWT). However, PDGF failed to mediate JNK activation in cells expressing beta PDGFR mutant lacking the binding site for phosphatidylinositol-3 (PI-3) kinase but not for phospholipase C gamma (PLC gamma) or Syp. Consistent with this result, a PI-3 kinase inhibitor, wortmannin inhibited activation of JNK by PDGF. Furthermore, overexpression of P110 the catalytic domain of PI-3 kinase was sufficient for activation of JNKs which could be efficiently inhibited by dominant negative forms of Ras, Rac but not of RhoA or Cdc42. Taken together all of these findings suggest that activation of JNK by PDGF involves receptor association with PI-3 kinase activity, which in turn acts on a ras- and rac-dependent pathway.
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PMID:Requirement of phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase for activation of JNK/SAPKs by PDGF. 912 62

Receptor tyrosine kinases are classified into subfamilies, which are believed to function independently, with heterodimerization occurring only within the same subfamily. In this study, we present evidence suggesting a direct interaction between the epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor (EGFR) and the platelet-derived growth factor beta (PDGFbeta) receptor (PDGFbetaR), members of different receptor tyrosine kinase subfamilies. We find that the addition of EGF to COS-7 cells and to human foreskin Hs27 fibroblasts results in a rapid tyrosine phosphorylation of the PDGFbetaR and results in the recruitment of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase to the PDGFbetaR. In R1hER cells, which overexpress the EGFR, we find ligand-independent tyrosine phosphorylation of the PDGFbetaR and the constitutive binding of a substantial amount of PI-3 kinase activity to it, mimicking the effect of ligand in untransfected cells. In support of the possibility that this may be a direct interaction, we show that the two receptors can be coimmunoprecipitated from untransfected Hs27 fibroblasts and from COS-7 cells. This association can be reconstituted by introducing the two receptors into 293 EBNA cells. The EGFR/PDGFbetaR association is ligand-independent in all cell lines tested. We also demonstrate that the fraction of PDGFbetaR bound to the EGFR in R1hER cells undergoes an EGF-induced mobility shift on Western blots indicative of phosphorylation. Our findings indicate that direct interactions between receptor tyrosine kinases classified under different subfamilies may be more widespread than previously believed.
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PMID:The epidermal growth factor receptor associates with and recruits phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase to the platelet-derived growth factor beta receptor. 950 92

Gab1 has structural similarities with Drosophila DOS (daughter of sevenless), which is a substrate of the protein tyrosine phosphatase Corkscrew. Both Gab1 and DOS have a pleckstrin homology domain and tyrosine residues, potential binding sites for various SH2 domain-containing adapter molecules when they are phosphorylated. We found that Gab1 was tyrosine phosphorylated in response to various cytokines, such as interleukin-6 (IL-6), IL-3, alpha interferon (IFN-alpha), and IFN-gamma. Upon the stimulation of IL-6 or IL-3, Gab1 was found to form a complex with phosphatidylinositol (PI)-3 kinase and SHP-2, a homolog of Corkscrew. Mutational analysis of gp130, the common subunit of IL-6 family cytokine receptors, revealed that neither tyrosine residues of gp130 nor its carboxy terminus was required for tyrosine phosphorylation of Gab1. Expression of Gab1 enhanced gp130-dependent mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase ERK2 activation. A mutation of tyrosine 759, the SHP-2 binding site of gp130, abrogated the interactions of Gab1 with SHP-2 and PI-3 kinase as well as ERK2 activation. Furthermore, ERK2 activation was inhibited by a dominant negative p85 PI-3 kinase, wortmannin, or a dominant negative Ras. These observations suggest that Gab1 acts as an adapter molecule in transmitting signals to ERK MAP kinase for the cytokine receptor gp130 and that SHP-2, PI-3 kinase, and Ras are involved in Gab1-mediated ERK activation.
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PMID:Gab1 acts as an adapter molecule linking the cytokine receptor gp130 to ERK mitogen-activated protein kinase. 963 95

RON (recepteur d'origine nantais) is a receptor tyrosine kinase expressed in murine peritoneal resident macrophages and activated by macrophage-stimulating protein (MSP). The objectives of this investigation were to study the RON expression in exudate macrophages and the mechanisms by which RON inhibits inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) expression induced by LPS and IFN-gamma. We found that mouse peritoneal resident and Con A-elicited macrophages collected on day 3 or day 5 express RON. Acute exudate macrophages collected on day 1 did not express RON. Activation of RON inhibited LPS- and IFN-gamma-induced macrophage nitric oxide production and iNOS mRNA accumulation. Similar inhibition was observed also in Raw264.7 macrophage cell lines transfected with human RON cDNA. In these cells, MSP induced RON phosphorylation concomitant with reduced iNOS mRNA expression and protein synthesis. Further, we show that activated RON inhibited the iNOS gene transcription activity as assessed by chloramphenicol acetyltransferase activity in Raw264.7 cells expressing RON. Wortmannin, a specific inhibitor of phosphatidylinositol-3 (PI-3) kinase, prevented the inhibitory effect of RON on the iNOS gene promoter activity and on the nitric oxide production induced by LPS and IFN-gamma. These effects were confirmed further by introducing a dominant-inhibitory PI-3 kinase p85 subunit in RON-expressing Raw264.7 cells. Taken together, our results suggest that RON is expressed in peritoneal macrophages at later stages of inflammation. Activation of RON by MSP in mature exudate macrophages inhibits LPS- and IFN-gamma-induced iNOS synthesis. PI-3 kinase is an important effector molecule required for RON-mediated inhibition of iNOS expression in macrophages.
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PMID:Activation of the RON receptor tyrosine kinase inhibits inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) expression by murine peritoneal exudate macrophages: phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase is required for RON-mediated inhibition of iNOS expression. 979 31


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