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Query: EC:2.7.10.2 (focal adhesion kinase)
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beta2 integrin molecules are involved in a multitude of cellular events, including adhesion, migration, and cellular activation. Here, we studied the influence of beta2 integrins on interleukin-2 (IL-2)-mediated signal transduction in human CD4(+) T cell lines obtained from healthy donors and a leukocyte adhesion deficiency (LAD) patient. We show that IL-2 induces tyrosine phosphorylation of a 125-kDa protein and homotypic adhesion in beta2 integrin (CD18)-positive but not in beta2-integrin-negative T cells. EDTA, an inhibitor of integrin adhesion, blocks IL-2-induced tyrosine phosphorylation of the 125-kDa protein but not other proteins in beta2-integrin-positive T cells. Likewise, a beta2 integrin (CD18) antibody selectively inhibits induction of the 125-kDa phosphotyrosine protein, whereas cytokine-mediated tyrosine phosphorylation of other proteins is largely unaffected. Immunoprecipitation experiments indicate that the IL-2-induced 125-kDa phosphotyrosine protein is the focal adhesion kinase-related protein B (fakB). Thus, IL-2 induces strong tyrosine phosphorylation of fakB in beta2-integrin-positive but not in beta2-integrin-negative T cells, and CD18 mAb selectively blocks IL-2-induced fakB-tyrosine phosphorylation in beta2-integrin-positive T cells. In parallel experiments, IL-2 does not induce or augment tyrosine phosphorylation of p125(FAK). In conclusion, our data indicate that IL-2 induces beta2-integrin-dependent signal transduction events involving the tyrosine kinase substrate fakB.
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PMID:Interleukin-2 induces beta2-integrin-dependent signal transduction involving the focal adhesion kinase-related protein B (fakB). 961 21

We have studied the role of protein tyrosine phosphorylation in amylase secretion from differentiated AR4-2J cells. The secretagogue bombesin, the protein kinase C activator phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA), and the protein-tyrosine phosphatase inhibitor pervanadate induced tyrosine phosphorylation of different proteins, including paxillin and p125(FAK), which was reduced or blocked by the tyrosine kinase inhibitors genistein and tyrphostin B56, respectively. Both PMA and pervanadate continuously increased amylase secretion with a similar time course, reaching the level of bombesin-induced amylase release after 60 min. Their effects were not additive and could be inhibited by preincubation of AR4-2J cells with genistein or tyrphostin B56, respectively. Inhibition of protein kinase C with Ro 31-8220 nearly abolished the effects of PMA, but had no effect on either pervanadate-induced protein tyrosine phosphorylation or amylase secretion. An increase in cytosolic free Ca2+ concentration by thapsigargin or A23187 caused a rapid increase in amylase release within the initial 5 min. In the presence of PMA or pervanadate, amylase secretion was further stimulated to levels comparable to those induced by bombesin after 30 min of stimulation. Inhibition of PMA-induced amylase secretion by Ro 31-8220 was less at elevated cytosolic free Ca2+ concentrations than without Ca2+. Furthermore, an increase in cytosolic free Ca2+ concentration had no effect on protein tyrosine phosphorylation in either the absence or presence of PMA or pervanadate. We therefore conclude that in the cascade of events that lead to bombesin-induced protein secretion from AR4-2J cells, protein tyrosine phosphorylation occurs downstream of protein kinase C activation. A further step in secretion that is Ca2+-dependent occurs distal to protein tyrosine phosphorylation.
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PMID:Pervanadate stimulates amylase release and protein tyrosine phosphorylation of paxillin and p125(FAK) in differentiated AR4-2J pancreatic acinar cells. 963

Sphingosine-1-phosphate (SPP), a bioactive lipid, acts both intracellularly and extracellularly to cause pleiotropic biological responses. Recently, we identified SPP as a ligand for the G protein-coupled receptor Edg-1 (Lee, M.-J., J.R. Van Brocklyn, S. Thangada, C.H. Liu, A.R. Hand, R. Menzeleev, S. Spiegel, and T. Hla. 1998. Science. 279:1552-1555). Edg-1 binds SPP with remarkable specificity as only sphinganine-1-phosphate displaced radiolabeled SPP, while other sphingolipids did not. Binding of SPP to Edg-1 resulted in inhibition of forskolin-stimulated cAMP accumulation, in a pertussis toxin-sensitive manner. In contrast, two well-characterized biological responses of SPP, mitogenesis and prevention of apoptosis, were clearly unrelated to binding to Edg-1 and correlated with intracellular uptake. SPP also stimulated signal transduction pathways, including calcium mobilization, activation of phospholipase D, and tyrosine phosphorylation of p125(FAK), independently of edg-1 expression. Moreover, DNA synthesis in Swiss 3T3 fibroblasts was significantly and specifically increased by microinjection of SPP. Finally, SPP suppresses apoptosis of HL-60 and pheochromocytoma PC12 cells, which do not have specific SPP binding or expression of Edg-1 mRNA. Conversely, sphinganine-1-phosphate, which binds to and signals via Edg-1, does not have any significant cytoprotective effect. Thus, SPP is a prototype for a novel class of lipid mediators that act both extracellularly as ligands for cell surface receptors and intracellularly as second messengers.
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PMID:Dual actions of sphingosine-1-phosphate: extracellular through the Gi-coupled receptor Edg-1 and intracellular to regulate proliferation and survival. 966 Aug 76

The ubiquitously expressed Na-H exchanger NHE1 functions in regulating intracellular pH and cell volume. NHE1 activity is stimulated by hormones, growth factors, and activation of integrin receptors. We recently determined that NHE1 activity is also stimulated by activation of the low molecular weight GTPase RhoA and that increases in NHE1 activity are necessary for RhoA-induced formation of actin stress fibers. We now show that NHE1 acts downstream of RhoA to modulate initial steps in integrin signaling for the assembly of focal adhesions. Adhesion of CCL39 fibroblasts on fibronectin was markedly delayed in the presence of the NHE inhibitor ethylisopropylamiloride. In mutant PS120 cells, derived from CCL39 fibroblasts but lacking NHE1, adhesion was also delayed but was rescued in PS120 cells stably expressing NHE1. In the absence of NHE1 activity, cell spreading was inhibited, and the accumulation of integrins, paxillin, and vinculin at focal contacts was impaired. Additionally, tyrosine phosphorylation of p125(FAK) induced by integrin clustering was also impaired. Inactivation of RhoA with C3 transferase and inhibition of the Rho-kinase p160ROCK with the pyridine derivative Y-27632 completely abolished activation of NHE1 by integrins but not by platelet-derived growth factor. These findings indicate that NHE1 acts downstream of RhoA to contribute a previously unrecognized critical signal to proximal events in integrin-induced cytoskeletal reorganization.
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PMID:Na-H exchange acts downstream of RhoA to regulate integrin-induced cell adhesion and spreading. 969 82

Low density lipoprotein (LDL) is known to sensitize platelets to agonists via integrin mediated outside-in signaling (Hackeng, C. M., Huigsloot, M., Pladet, M. W., Nieuwenhuis, H. K., Rijn, H. J. M. v., and Akkerman, J. W. N. (1999) Arterioscler. Thromb. Vasc. Biol., in press). As outside in signaling is associated with phosphorylation of p125(FAK), the effect of LDL on p125(FAK) phosphorylation in platelets was investigated. LDL induced p125(FAK) phosphorylation in a dose- and time- dependent manner. The phosphorylation was independent of ligand binding to integrin alphaIIbbeta3 and aggregation, such in contrast to alpha-thrombin-induced p125(FAK) phosphorylation, that critically depended on platelet aggregation. Platelets from patients with Glanzmann's thrombastenia showed the same LDL- induced phos- phorylation of p125(FAK) as control platelets, whereas alpha-thrombin completely failed to phosphorylate the kinase in the patients platelets. LDL signaling to p125(FAK) was independent of integrin alpha2 beta1, the FcgammaRII receptor, and the lysophosphatidic acid receptor and not affected by inhibitors of cyclooxygenase, protein kinase C, ERK1/2 or p38(MAPK). Phosphorylation of p125(FAK) by LDL was strongly inhibited by cyclic AMP. These observations indicate that LDL is a unique platelet agonist, as it phosphorylates p125(FAK) in platelet suspensions, under unstirred conditions and independent of integrin alphaIIb beta3.
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PMID:Low density lipoprotein phosphorylates the focal adhesion-associated kinase p125(FAK) in human platelets independent of integrin alphaIIb beta3. 986 54

Cholecystokinin (CCK) dose-dependently stimulates enzyme secretion or loss of cell integrity in the exocrine pancreas. Signaling mechanims include tyrosine phosphorylation of p125(FAK) and paxillin. Here, we examine their potential function. Maximum phosphorylation of both proteins was observed after stimulation of freshly isolated rat pancreatic acini with 10 nM CCK, a concentration known to initiate breakdown of the terminal actin web and cell damage. Under these conditions, CCK initiated transient redistribution of paxillin from the apical cytosol to the apical and lateral plasma membrane within 2 min, where it colocalized with the terminal actin web. Relocation of paxillin was confirmed in subcellular fractions by western blotting and coincided with maximum phosphorylation of membrane-bound p125(FAK) and paxillin. Subsequently, paxillin was redistributed to the basolateral cytosol and was degraded. p125(FAK) remained membrane-bound. We conclude that phosphorylation and redistribution of paxillin and phosphorylation of p125(FAK) may participate in the CCK-induced disassembly of acinar cell actin.
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PMID:Cholecystokinin-induced redistribution of paxillin in rat pancreatic acinar cells. 991 50

Epidermal growth factor (EGF) is a potent mitogen in many cell types including pancreatic cells. Recent studies show that the effects of some growth factors on growth and cell migration are mediated by tyrosine phosphorylation of the cytosolic tyrosine kinase p125 focal adhesion kinase (p125FAK) and the cytoskeletal protein, paxillin. The aim of the present study was to determine whether EGF activates this pathway in rat pancreatic acini and causes tyrosine phosphorylation of each of these proteins, and to examine the intracellular pathways involved. Treatment of pancreatic acini with EGF induced a rapid, concentration-dependent increase in p125FAK and paxillin tyrosine phosphorylation. Depletion of the intracellular calcium pool or inhibition of PKC activation had no effect on the response to EGF. However, inhibition of the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3-kinase) or inactivation of p21rho inhibited EGF-stimulated phosphorylation of p125FAK and paxillin by more than 70%. Finally, cytochalasin D, a selective disrupter of the actin filament network, completely inhibited EGF-stimulated tyrosine phosphorylation of both proteins. All these treatments did not modify EGF receptor autophosphorylation in response to EGF. These results identify p125FAK and paxillin as components of the intracellular pathways stimulated after EGF receptor occupation in rat pancreatic acini. Activation of this cascade requires activation of PI3-kinase and participation of p21rho, but not PKC activation and calcium mobilization.
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PMID:EGF stimulates tyrosine phosphorylation of focal adhesion kinase (p125FAK) and paxillin in rat pancreatic acini by a phospholipase C-independent process that depends on phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase, the small GTP-binding protein, p21rho, and the integrity of the actin cytoskeleton. 999 Mar

Del1 is a novel extracellular matrix protein encoding three Notch-like epidermal growth factor repeats, an RGD motif, and two discoidin domains. Del1 is expressed in an endothelial cell-restricted pattern during early development. In studies reported here, recombinant baculovirus Del1 protein was shown to promote alphavbeta3-dependent endothelial cell attachment and migration. Attachment of endothelial cells to Del1 was associated with clustering of alphavbeta3, the formation of focal complexes, and recruitment of talin and vinculin into these complexes. These events were shown to be associated with phosphorylation of proteins in the focal complexes, including the time-dependent phosphorylation of p125(FAK), MAPK, and Shc. When recombinant Del1 was evaluated in an in ovo chick chorioallantoic membrane assay, it was found to have potent angiogenic activity. This angiogenic activity was inhibited by a monoclonal antibody directed against alphavbeta3, and an RAD mutant Del1 protein was inactive. Thus Del1 provides a unique autocrine angiogenic pathway for the embryonic endothelium, and this function is mediated in part by productive ligation of integrin alphavbeta3.
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PMID:Del1 induces integrin signaling and angiogenesis by ligation of alphaVbeta3. 1019 94

SHP-2 is a ubiquitously expressed Src homology-2-containing cytosolic tyrosine phosphatase that binds to and becomes tyrosine-phosphorylated by the activated platelet-derived growth factor receptor-beta (PDGFR-beta). Removal of the binding site on the receptor, by mutation of Tyr1009 to Phe1009 (denoted Y1009F), led to loss of PDGF-stimulated phosphatase activity in cells expressing the mutated receptor, and these cells failed to form membrane edge ruffles and to migrate toward PDGF. Furthermore, treatment with phosphatase inhibitors phenylarsine oxide (PAO) and orthovanadate led to loss of PDGF-stimulated phosphatase activity and attenuated PDGF-stimulated migration of wild type PDGFR-beta cells. Treatment of wild type PDGFR-beta cells with combinations of PAO or orthovanadate and phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase inhibitors wortmannin or LY294002 resulted in a synergistic inhibition of PDGFR-beta-mediated cell migration. PDGF stimulation of wild type PDGFR-beta cells led to induction of p125 focal adhesion kinase (FAK) activity at low concentrations of the growth factor and a decrease at higher concentrations. In the mutant Y1009F cells and in wild type PDGFR-beta cells treated with PAO and orthovanadate, FAK activity was not increased in response to PDGF. These results suggest that SHP-2 activity is involved in regulation of FAK activity and thereby of cell migration through PDGFR-beta, independently of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase.
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PMID:Tyrosine phosphatase SHP-2 is involved in regulation of platelet-derived growth factor-induced migration. 1031 71

Recently, we demonstrated that pulsatile mechanical stretch induced rapid secretion of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) by cultured rat cardiac myocytes in vitro. To investigate whether pulsatile stretch activates intracellular signaling in cardiac myocytes, we examined the activation of mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) family members and focal adhesion kinase (p125(FAK)) in cultured rat cardiac myocytes. We found that pulsatile stretch rapidly phosphorylated p44/p42 MAPKs (extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase [ERK] 1/2), stress-activated protein kinase (SAPK), p38MAPK, and p125(FAK). The stretch-induced activation of ERKs was at least partly mediated by VEGF, which was shown to be induced by transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta, and was also partly dependent on tyrosine kinases as well as protein kinase C (PKC). These data provide the direct evidence that pulsatile stretch can activate intracellular signaling in cardiac myocytes and that this was at least partly mediated by VEGF, which may play a role in cardiac adaptation to mechanical overload.
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PMID:Pulsatile stretch activates mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) family members and focal adhesion kinase (p125(FAK)) in cultured rat cardiac myocytes. 1033 7


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