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Query: EC:2.7.10.2 (
focal adhesion kinase
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Tyrosine phosphorylation of CAS (
Crk-associated substrate
, p130(Cas)) has been implicated as a key signaling step in integrin control of normal cellular behaviors, including motility, proliferation, and survival. Aberrant CAS tyrosine phosphorylation may contribute to cell transformation by certain oncoproteins, including v-Crk and v-Src, and to tumor growth and metastasis. The CAS substrate domain (SD) contains 15 Tyr-X-X-Pro motifs, which are thought to represent the major tyrosine phosphorylation sites and to function by recruiting downstream signaling effectors, including c-Crk and Nck. CAS makes multiple interactions, direct and indirect, with the tyrosine kinases Src and
focal adhesion kinase
(
FAK
), and as a result of this complexity, several plausible models have been proposed for the mechanism of CAS-SD phosphorylation. The objective of this study was to provide experimental tests of these models in order to determine the most likely mechanism(s) of CAS-SD tyrosine phosphorylation by
FAK
and Src. In vitro kinase assays indicated that
FAK
has a very poor capacity to phosphorylate CAS-SD, relative to Src. However,
FAK
expression along with Src was found to be important for achieving high levels of CAS tyrosine phosphorylation in COS-7 cells, as well as recovery of CAS-associated Src activity toward the SD. Structure-functional studies for both
FAK
and CAS further indicated that
FAK
plays a major role in regulating CAS-SD phosphorylation by acting as a docking or scaffolding protein to recruit Src to phosphorylate CAS, while a secondary
FAK
-independent mechanism involves Src directly bound to the CAS Src-binding domain (SBD). Our results do not support models in which
FAK
either phosphorylates CAS-SD directly or phosphorylates CAS-SBD to promote Src binding to this site.
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PMID:Mechanisms of CAS substrate domain tyrosine phosphorylation by FAK and Src. 1160
FAK
(
focal adhesion kinase
) is a nonreceptor protein-tyrosine kinase activated by tyrosine phosphorylation following integrin-mediated cell adhesion. Oncogenic Src promotes enhanced and deregulated
FAK
tyrosine phosphorylation which has been proposed to contribute to altered cell growth and/or morphological properties associated with transformation. In this study, an inducible
FAK
expression system was used to study the potential role of
FAK
in v-Src transformation. Our results portray
FAK
as a major v-Src substrate that also plays a role in recruiting v-Src to phosphorylate substrates CAS (
Crk-associated substrate
) and paxillin. The
FAK
Tyr-397 autophosphorylation site was necessary for this scaffolding function, but was not required for v-Src to stably interact with and phosphorylate
FAK
.
FAK
was also shown to negatively regulate v-Src mediated phosphorylation of the
FAK
-related kinase
PYK2
. Despite these effects,
FAK
does not play an essential role in targeting v-Src to major cellular substrates including CAS and paxillin. Nor is
FAK
strictly required to achieve the altered morphological and growth characteristics of v-Src transformed cells.
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PMID:FAK regulates tyrosine phosphorylation of CAS, paxillin, and PYK2 in cells expressing v-Src, but is not a critical determinant of v-Src transformation. 1178 67
Enteropathogenic species of the genus Yersinia penetrate the intestinal epithelium and then spread to the lymphatic system, where they proliferate extracellularly. At this location, most other bacteria are effectively ingested and destroyed by the resident phagocytes. Yersinia, on the other hand binds to receptors on the external surface of phagocytes, and from this location it blocks the capacity of these cells to exert their phagocytic function via different receptors. The mechanism behind the resistance to phagocytosis involves the essential virulence factor YopH, a protein tyrosine phosphatase that is translocated into interacting target cells via a type III secretion machinery. YopH disrupts peripheral focal complexes of host cells, seen as a rounding up of infected cells. The focal complex proteins that are dephosphorylated by YopH are
focal adhesion kinase
and
Crk-associated substrate
, the latter of which is a common substrate in both professional and non-professional phagocytes. In macrophages additional substrates have been found, the Fyn-binding/SLP-76-associated protein and SKAP-HOM. Phagocytosis is a rapid process that is activated when the bacterium interacts with the phagocyte. Consequently, the effect exerted by a microbe to block this process has to be rapid and precise. This review deals with the mechanisms involved in impeding uptake as well as with the role of the YopH substrates and focal complex structures in normal cell function.
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PMID:Resistance to phagocytosis by Yersinia. 1189 May 50
The tyrosine phosphatase YopH is an essential virulence factor produced by pathogenic Yersinia species. YopH is translocated into host cells via a type III secretion system and its dephosphorylating activity causes disruption of focal complex structures and blockage of the phagocytic process. Among the host cell targets of YopH are the focal adhesion proteins
Crk-associated substrate
(p130Cas) and
focal adhesion kinase
(
FAK
) in epithelial cells, and p130Cas and Fyn-binding protein (Fyb) in macrophages. Previous studies have shown that the N-terminal domain of YopH acts as a substrate-binding domain. In this study, the mechanism and biological importance of the targeting of YopH to focal complexes relative to its interaction with p130Cas/Fyb was elucidated. Mutants of YopH that were defective in p130Cas/Fyb binding but otherwise indistinguishable from wild type were constructed. Mutants unable to bind p130Cas did not localize to focal complex structures in infected cells, indicating that the association with p130Cas is critical for appropriate subcellular localization of YopH. These yopH mutants were also clearly attenuated in virulence, showing that binding to p130Cas and/or Fyb is biologically relevant in Yersinia infections.
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PMID:Interaction between the Yersinia protein tyrosine phosphatase YopH and eukaryotic Cas/Fyb is an important virulence mechanism. 1254 70
KAI1/CD82 protein is a member of the tetraspanin superfamily and has been rediscovered as a cancer metastasis suppressor. The mechanism of KAI1/CD82-mediated suppression of cancer metastasis remains to be established. In this study, we found that migration of the metastatic prostate cancer cell line Du145 was substantially inhibited when KAI1/CD82 was expressed. The expression of
focal adhesion kinase
(
FAK
) and Lyn, a Src family tyrosine kinase and substrate of
FAK
, was up-regulated at both RNA and protein levels upon KAI1/CD82 expression. The activation of
FAK
and Lyn, however, remained unchanged in Du145-KAI1/CD82 cells. As a downstream target of
FAK
-Lyn signaling, the p130CAS (
Crk-associated substrate
) protein was decreased upon the expression of KAI1/CD82. Consequently, less p130CAS-CrkII complex, which functions as a "molecular switch" in cell motility, was formed in Du145-KAI1/CD82 cells. To confirm that the p130CAS-CrkII complex is indeed important for the motility inhibition by KAI1/CD82, overexpression of p130CAS in Du145-KAI1/CD82 cells increased the formation of p130CAS-CrkII complex and largely reversed the KAI1/CD82-mediated inhibition of cell motility. Taken together, our studies indicate the following: 1) signaling of
FAK
-Lyn-p130CAS-CrkII pathway is altered in KAI1/CD82-expressing cells, and 2) p130CAS-CrkII coupling is required for KAI1/CD82-mediated suppression of cell motility.
...
PMID:Requirement of the p130CAS-Crk coupling for metastasis suppressor KAI1/CD82-mediated inhibition of cell migration. 1273 93
Several years ago, we demonstrated that glucose induced tyrosine phosphorylation of a 125-kDa protein (p125) in pancreatic beta-cells (Konrad, R. J., Dean, R. M., Young, R. A., Bilings, P. C., and Wolf, B. A. (1996) J. Biol. Chem. 271, 24179-24186). Glucose induced p125 tyrosine phosphorylation in beta-TC3 insulinoma cells, beta-HC9 cells, and in freshly isolated rat islets, whereas increased tyrosine phosphorylation was not observed with other fuel secretagogues. Initial efforts to identify p125 were unsuccessful, so a new approach was taken. The protein was purified from betaTC6,F7 cells via an immunodepletion method. After electrophoresis and colloidal Coomassie Blue staining, the area of the gel corresponding to p125 was excised and subjected to tryptic digestion. Afterward, mass spectrometry was performed and the presence of
Crk-associated substrate
(Cas) was detected. Commercially available antibodies against Cas were obtained and tested directly in beta-cells, confirming glucose-induced tyrosine phosphorylation of Cas. Further experiments demonstrated that in beta-cells the glucose-induced increase in Cas tyrosine phosphorylation occurs immediately and is not accompanied by increased
focal adhesion kinase
tyrosine phosphorylation. Finally, it is also demonstrated via Western blotting that Cas is present in normal isolated rat islets. Together, these results show that the identity of the previously described p125 beta-cell protein is Cas and that Cas undergoes rapid glucose-induced tyrosine phosphorylation in beta-cells.
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PMID:Glucose stimulates the tyrosine phosphorylation of Crk-associated substrate in pancreatic beta-cells. 1274 46
CrkII belongs to a family of adaptor proteins that become tyrosine phosphorylated after various stimuli. We examined the role of CrkII tyrosine phosphorylation in fibronectin-induced cell migration. Overexpression of CrkII inhibited dephosphorylation of focal adhesion components such as p130
Crk-associated substrate
(p130cas) and paxillin by protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B (PTP1B). Tyrosine-phosphorylated CrkII was dephosphorylated by PTP1B both in vitro and in vivo, showing for the first time that PTP1B directly dephosphorylates CrkII. A CrkII mutant in which tyrosine residue 221 was substituted by phenylalanine (CrkII-Y221F) could not be tyrosine phosphorylated, and it showed significantly increased binding to p130cas and paxillin. Enhanced binding of CrkII to p130cas has been reported to promote cell migration. Nonphosphorylated CrkII-Y221F promoted HT1080 cell migration on fibronectin, whereas wild-type CrkII did not at moderate expression levels. Moreover, co-expression of CrkII and PTP1B promoted HT1080 cell migration on fibronectin and retained tyrosine phosphorylation and binding of p130cas to CrkII, whereas paxillin tyrosine phosphorylation was reduced. These findings support the concepts that CrkII binding activity is regulated by tyrosine kinases and phosphatases, and that tyrosine phosphorylation of CrkII can downmodulate cell migration mediated by the
focal adhesion kinase
/p130cas pathway.
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PMID:Tyrosine phosphorylation of the CrkII adaptor protein modulates cell migration. 1279 22
The ability of the
focal adhesion kinase
(
FAK
) to integrate signals from extracellular matrix and growth factor receptors requires the integrity of Tyr397, a major autophosphorylation site that mediates the Src homology 2-dependent binding of Src family kinases. However, the precise roles played by
FAK
in specific Src-induced pathways, especially as they relate to oncogenic transformation, remain unclear. Here, we investigate the role of
FAK
in v-Src-induced oncogenic transformation by transducing temperature-sensitive v-Src (ts72v-Src) into p53-null FAK+/+ or
FAK
-/- mouse embryo fibroblasts (MEF). At the permissive temperature (PT), ts72v-Src induced abundant tyrosine phosphorylation, morphological transformation and cytoskeletal rearrangement in
FAK
-/- MEF, including the restoration of cell polarity, typical focal adhesion complexes, and longitudinal F-actin stress fibers. v-Src rescued the haptotactic, linear directional, and invasive motility defects of
FAK
-/- cells to levels found in FAK+/+ or FAK+/+-[ts72v-Src] cells, and, in the case of monolayer wound healing motility, there was an enhancement. Src activation failed to increase the high basal tyrosine phosphorylation of the
Crk-associated substrate
, CAS, found in
FAK
-/- MEF, indicating that CAS phosphorylation alone is insufficient to induce motility in the absence of
FAK
- or v-Src-induced cytoskeletal remodeling. Compared with FAK+/+[ts72v-Src] controls,
FAK
-/-[ts72v-Src] clones exhibited 7-10-fold higher anchorage-independent proliferation that could not be attributed to variations in either v-Src protein level or stability. Re-expression of
FAK
diminished the colony-forming activities of
FAK
-/-[ts72v-Src] without altering ts72v-Src expression levels, suggesting that
FAK
attenuates Src-induced anchorage independence. Our data also indicate that the enhanced Pyk2 level found in
FAK
-/- MEF plays no role in v-Src-induced anchorage independence. Overall, our data indicate that
FAK
, although dispensable, attenuates v-Src-induced oncogenic transformation by modulating distinct signaling and cytoskeletal pathways.
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PMID:v-Src rescues actin-based cytoskeletal architecture and cell motility and induces enhanced anchorage independence during oncogenic transformation of focal adhesion kinase-null fibroblasts. 1450 Jul 22
Although the expression of CCK(2) receptors is widely reported in human colorectal cancers, little is known on its role in mediating the proliferative effects of mature amidated gastrin (G17 amide) on colorectal cancers. The purpose of the present study was to determine the effects of G17 amide on tyrosine phosphorylation of
focal adhesion kinase
(
FAK
), paxillin, and p130
Crk-associated substrate
(p130(Cas)) in Colo 320 cells, a human colorectal cancer cell line which expresses CCK(2) receptors. By immunoprecipitation and immunoblotting, an increase in tyrosine phosphorylation of
FAK
(tyrosine-397), paxillin (tyrosine-31), and p130(Cas) was detected in a time- and dose-dependent manner. Overexpression of CCK(2) receptors in Colo 320 cells (Colo 320 WT) by stable transfection with the human CCK(2) receptor cDNA resulted in an increased tyrosine phosphorylation of
FAK
, paxillin, and p130(Cas). After incubation with 1 microM L-365,260, a specific CCK(2) receptor antagonist, this increase was completely inhibited. Our results demonstrate that in human colon cancer cells, gastrin caused a rapid tyrosine phosphorylation of
FAK
, paxillin, and p130(Cas) by activation of CCK(2) receptor. The phosphorylation of these proteins might be important in mediating gastrin effects on proliferation, apoptosis, and metastasis.
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PMID:Rapid tyrosine phosphorylation of focal adhesion kinase, paxillin, and p130Cas by gastrin in human colon cancer cells. 1466 36
Crk-associated substrate
(
CAS
) is a tyrosine kinase substrate implicated in integrin control of cell behavior. Phosphorylation, by Src family kinases, of multiple tyrosine residues in the
CAS
substrate domain (SD) is a major integrin signaling event that promotes cell motility. In this study, novel phosphospecific antibodies directed against
CAS
SD phosphotyrosine sites ("pCAS" antibodies) were characterized and employed to investigate the cellular regulation and localization of
CAS
SD tyrosine phosphorylation. An analysis of
CAS
and
focal adhesion kinase
(
FAK
) variants expressed in
CAS
- and
FAK
-deficient cell lines, respectively, indicated that
CAS
SD tyrosine phosphorylation is substantially achieved by Src family kinases brought into association with
CAS
through two distinct mechanisms: direct binding to the
CAS
Src-binding domain and indirect association through a
FAK
bridge. Cell immunostaining with pCAS antibodies revealed that
CAS
SD tyrosine phosphorylation occurs exclusively at sites of integrin adhesion including both nascent focal complexes formed at the edges of extending lamellipodia as well as mature focal adhesions underlying the cell body. These findings further document a role for
FAK
as an important upstream regulator of
CAS
SD tyrosine phosphorylation and implicate
CAS
-mediated signaling events in promoting membrane protrusion/lamellipodium extension during cell motility.
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PMID:Regulation and localization of CAS substrate domain tyrosine phosphorylation. 1475 47
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