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Mesoderm induction is a critical early step in vertebrate development, involving changes in gene expression and morphogenesis. In Xenopus, normal mesoderm formation depends on signalling through the fibroblast growth factor (FGF) tyrosine kinase receptor. One important signalling pathway from receptor tyrosine kinases involves p21ras (ref. 5). Ras associates with the serine kinase c-Raf-1 in a GTP-dependent manner, and this complex phosphorylates and activates MAPK/ERK kinase (MEK), a protein kinase with dual specificity. MEK then activates p42mapk and (at least in mammals) p44mapk, members of the mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase family. FGF activates MAP kinase during mesoderm induction, and the use of dominant-negative constructs suggests that mesoderm induction by FGF requires both Ras and Raf. However, these experiments do not reveal whether Ras and Raf do act through MAP kinase to induce mesoderm or whether another pathway, such as the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase cascade, is involved. Here we show that expression of active forms of MEK or of MAP kinase induces ventral mesoderm of the kind elicited by FGF. Overexpression of a Xenopus MAP kinase phosphatase blocks mesoderm induction by FGF, and causes characteristic defects in mesoderm formation in intact embryos, whereas inhibition of the P13 kinase and p70 S6 kinase pathways has no effect on mesoderm induction by FGF. FGF induces different types of mesoderm in a dose-dependent manner; strikingly, this is mimicked by expressing different levels of activated MEK. Together, these experiments demonstrate that activation of MAP kinases is necessary and sufficient for mesoderm formation.
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PMID:Mesoderm induction in Xenopus caused by activation of MAP kinase. 754 Nov 16

The identity of the sites of insulin-stimulated serine phosphorylation in the human insulin receptor was examined by synthesizing peptides that together encompassed all the serine residues of the cytosolic portion of the beta-subunit and testing them as substrates for phosphorylation by a preparation of human insulin receptor copurified with insulin-stimulated insulin receptor serine kinase activity. Of the 14 peptides studied, only 4 (1071--1080, 1290--1298, 1253--1271, and 1313--1329) were phosphorylated on serine, with the serine phosphorylation stimulated 2--4-fold by insulin. Peptides 1071--1080 and 1290--1298 were 3--7-fold better substrates for the serine phosphorylation than the other serine-phosphorylated peptides. Peptides 1071--1080 and 1313--1329 also exhibited insulin-stimulated phosphorylation on tyrosine. Two-dimensional thin-layer tryptic mapping of the phosphorylated insulin receptor/insulin-stimulated insulin receptor serine kinase preparation or of insulin receptor phosphorylated in human Hep G2 cells yielded two major peptides, called S1 and S2, that ran as a pair of closely migrating spots, and other lesser peptides that contained phosphoserine. S1 and S2 also contained some phosphotyrosine and gave phosposerine/phosphotyrosine ratios of approximately 6 and 0.96-1.50 for the in vivo and in vitro labeled receptor, respectively. S1 and S2 were not cleaved by V8. Of the serine-phosphorylated peptides, only 1290--1298 and 1071--1080 should be V8 resistant; 1290--1298 contains serine sites 1293/4 and migrated distinctly from S1 and S2 in tryptic maps. Peptide 1071--1080 mimicked the production of S1 and S2 in tryptic maps yielding a doublet of phosphopeptides, each containing phosphoserine and phosphotyrosine, which comigrated exactly with S1 and S2. Comigration was confirmed at a different pH and by mixing experiments. Radiosequenation showed that serine 1078 was phosphorylated. Tyrosine 1075 was also phosphorylated, but it was no more than a minor site in vivo. It is concluded that serine 1078 of the insulin receptor is a major site of insulin-stimulated phosphorylation in vivo and in vitro. The peptide sequences provide a range of substrates to facilitate the study, purification, and characterization of the insulin-stimulated insulin receptor serine kinase or kinases, and the identification of a major site of insulin-stimulated serine phosphorylation will help elucidate the function of the insulin receptor serine phosphorylation.
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PMID:Studies into the identity of the sites of insulin-stimulated insulin receptor serine phosphorylation. Characterization of synthetic peptide substrates for the insulin-stimulated insulin receptor serine kinase. 754 20

Cell fate is determined by cell-specific activation of transcription factor sigma F after asymmetric division during sporulation by Bacillus subtilis. The activity of sigma F is governed by SpoIIAA, SpoIIAB, and SpoIIE, a membrane protein localized at the polar septum. SpoIIAB binds to and inhibits sigma F, and SpoIIAA inhibits SpoIIAB, which prevents SpoIIAB from binding to sigma F. SpoIIAB is also a serine kinase that inactivates SpoIIAA. Here, it is demonstrated that SpoIIE dephosphorylates SpoIIAA-P and overcomes SpoIIAB-mediated inhibition of sigma F. The finding that SpoIIE is a serine phosphatase links asymmetric division to the pathway governing cell-specific gene transcription.
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PMID:Activation of cell-specific transcription by a serine phosphatase at the site of asymmetric division. 757 13

Activin, a member of the transforming growth factor-beta superfamily, binds to two classes of cell surface receptors. These receptors, designated type I and type II, are structurally related members of transmembrane serine kinase superfamily. Antibodies specific for either type I or type II activin receptor can coprecipitate complexes containing both affinity-labeled receptors from activin-responsive cells. Two type I receptors show cell-specific expression and associate with the ligand-binding, type II receptors. To investigate the roles of the cytoplasmic receptor domains in signaling through a heteromeric ligand receptor complex, we have made kinase-deficient activin receptors and correlated their losses in kinase activity with inhibitory effects on an activin-dependent transcriptional response in activin-responsive cell lines. Wild-type activin type II receptors phosphorylate activin type I receptors in transfected COS cells. In contrast, kinase-deficient activin type II receptors fail to phosphorylate type I receptors in transfected COS cells and act as dominant negative mutants to block activin-induced transcriptional activity in both Chinese hamster ovary and K562 (human erythroleukemia) cells. Kinase-deficient activin type IB receptors also block activin-induced transcriptional activity in both Chinese hamster ovary and K562 cells, whereas kinase-deficient activin type I receptors have no effect in either cell line. These results indicate that kinase activities of both type II and type I receptors are required for activin signaling, and that the two type I receptors, which are expressed in a tissue-specific manner, are functionally distinct.
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PMID:Inactivation of activin-dependent transcription by kinase-deficient activin receptors. 758

The granulocyte activation Ags, CD66a, CD66b, CD66c, and CD66d, are expressed at low levels on resting blood granulocytes, but their surface expression is up-regulated following stimulation. CD66a, in contrast to CD66b and CD66c which are anchored to the membrane via a glycosyl-phosphatidylinositol linkage, is a transmembrane protein with a cytoplasmic domain. We have previously reported that CD66a is phosphorylated in human neutrophils, largely on tyrosine, with a lower level of phosphoserine. We have now found that CD66a undergoes a rapid increase in phosphorylation following stimulation with FMLP, platelet-activating factor, and 12-O-tetradecanoyl-phorbol-13-acetate. This increase in phosphorylation was transient, with maximal phosphorylation observed by 1 min and a return to base line by 5 min following stimulation. Protein kinase activity was detected in neutrophils associated with CD66a, CD66b, and CD66c. Most of the protein kinase activity associated with these Ags was tyrosine kinase activity, with a lesser amount of threonine and serine kinase activities. Lyn and Hck accounted for much of the associated tyrosine kinase activity. The data suggest that phosphorylation of CD66a on tyrosine by an associated tyrosine kinase may play a role in the function of CD66a. In addition, associated tyrosine kinase activity may play a role in signal transduction from CD66a, CD66b, and CD66c to regulate other cell functions.
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PMID:CD66 family members are associated with tyrosine kinase activity in human neutrophils. 759 54

The insulin receptor (IR) tyrosine kinase can apparently directly phosphorylate and activate one or more serine kinases. The identities of such serine kinases and their modes of activation are still unclear. We have described a serine kinase (here designated insulin receptor serine (IRS) kinase) from rat liver membranes that co-purifies with IR on wheat germ agglutinin-agarose. The kinase was activated after phosphorylation of the membrane glycoproteins by casein kinase-1, casein kinase-2, or casein kinase-3 (Biochem Biophys Res Commun 171: 75-83,1990). In this study, IRS kinase was further characterized. The presence of vanadate or phosphotyrosine in reaction mixtures was required for activation to be observed. Phosphoserine and phosphothreonine are only about 25% as effective as phosphotyrosine, whereas sodium fluoride and molybdate were ineffective in supporting activation. Vanadate and phosphotyrosine support IRS kinase activation by apparently inhibiting phosphotyrosine protein phosphatases present among the membrane glycoproteins. IR beta-subunit, myelin basic protein, and microtubule-associated protein-2 are good substrates for IRS kinase. The kinase prefers Mn2+ (Ka = 1.3 mM) as a metal cofactor. Mg2+ (Ka = 3.3 mM) is only 30% as effective as Mn2+. The kinase activity is stimulated by basic polypeptides, with greater than 30-fold activation achieved with polylysine and protamine. Our results suggest that both serine/threonine and tyrosine phosphorylation are required for activation of IRS kinase. Serine phosphorylation is catalyzed by one of the casein kinases, whereas tyrosine phosphorylation is catalyzed by a membrane tyrosine kinase, possibly IR tyrosine kinase.
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PMID:Insulin receptor serine kinase activation by casein kinase 2 and a membrane tyrosine kinase. 768 48

Intracellular protein phosphorylation is thought to be the initial step in cell activation. Bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) induces a special set of the protein phosphorylation in the murine peritoneal macrophages, including p65 (molecular mass of 65 kDa) which is a substrate of serine kinase and the most dominant phosphorylated cytosolic protein. This article deals with the relation between the LPS-induced protein phosphorylation in the murine peritoneal macrophages and their productions of IL-1 beta and TNF-alpha. LPS-induced p65 phosphorylation seems to be dependent on protein kinase C (PKC) and calmodulin (CaM), because it diminishes in the presence of inhibitors to PKC or CaM. Tyrosine kinase inhibitors do not affect the p65 phosphorylation. The PKC inhibitors also affect the mRNA expressions and the productions of active molecules of IL-1 beta and TNF-alpha. Though the CaM inhibitor inhibits the mRNA expression and the active molecule production of IL-1 beta, it does not affect those of TNF-alpha. These results suggest that LPS-induced p65 phosphorylation is closely related to PKC and CaM, and that IL-1 beta production depends on PKC and CaM, while the TNF-alpha production is not dependent on CaM. These findings indicate the existence of multiple pathways and different regulatory mechanisms for transduction of LPS signal in the macrophages. Furthermore, LPS-induced phosphorylation is not observed in endotoxin tolerant macrophages after re-stimulation with LPS, suggesting that the LPS-stimulus signal is blocked at a site in the signal transduction-pathway before the point of phosphorylation of proteins in the tolerant macrophages.
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PMID:Intracellular protein phosphorylation in murine peritoneal macrophages in response to bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS): effects of kinase-inhibitors and LPS-induced tolerance. 768 35

We show the association of a protein kinase activity with CD5 immunoprecipitates under different detergent conditions (1% digitonin, 1% Triton X-100). This association can be observed in all CD5+ cell types tested (PBMC, thymocytes, B cells from chronic lymphocytic leukemia, and some lymphoblastoid T cell lines as Jurkat, Molt-4, 8402). Phosphoaminoacid analysis of the in vitro phosphorylated proteins and Western blot analysis of the immunoprecipitates with an antiphosphotyrosine mAb show that, in contrast with other lymphocyte receptors (CD3, CD4, IL-2R), CD5 coimmunoprecipitates a serine kinase activity. Our results show also that preactivation of cells through the CD3/TCR complex induces a rapid (detectable in 1-3 min) and transient (returns to basal levels after 10-15 min) increase in the kinase activity associated with CD5 immunoprecipitates. This CD3-induced increase in CD5-associated kinase activity correlates with an increase in CD5 phosphorylation. Furthermore, activation with soluble anti-CD5 mAb induces also an increase in the kinase activity associated with this receptor. In contrast with the increase observed after activation with CD3, after activation with CD5 the increase in the kinase activity peaks after 10 min and is maintained for 1 h. These different kinetics suggest that there may exist different mechanisms that regulate this phenomenon.
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PMID:Association of an activation inducible serine kinase activity with CD5. 769 49

CD20 is a B cell-specific 35/37 kDa integral membrane protein which modulates proliferation and differentiation of normal resting B cells when stimulated by CD20 antibodies. An increase in c-myc mRNA levels occurs within hours after treatment of resting B cells with CD20 mAb; however earlier events in the CD20 signal transduction pathway have not been described. Here we demonstrate that anti-CD20 mediated induction of c-myc mRNA is inhibited by the tyrosine kinase inhibitor herbimycin A, that CD20 is associated with both tyrosine and serine kinase activity, and that tyrosine phosphorylation of multiple substrates is induced within minutes upon ligation of CD20 with mAb. Association of the tyrosine and serine kinases with CD20 was stable in lysis buffer containing 1% NP40 and 0.25% deoxycholate. Under the same conditions, antibodies against several other B cell surface molecules failed to co-precipitate tyrosine kinase activity, however, a serine kinase was precipitated by the anti-CD19 mAb, B43. Both phospholipase C-gamma 1 and -gamma 2 were phosphorylated on tyrosine after cross-linking of CD20-bound mAb, and this correlated with increases in intracellular calcium that were partially resistant to depletion of extracellular calcium with EGTA. The pattern of tyrosine phosphorylated proteins observed in whole cell lysates after anti-CD20 cross-linking appeared to be a subset of those induced by anti-IgM; however, differences in phosphoproteins induced by anti-IgM and anti-CD20 were detected using a fynSH2-fusion protein.
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PMID:Association of tyrosine and serine kinases with the B cell surface antigen CD20. Induction via CD20 of tyrosine phosphorylation and activation of phospholipase C-gamma 1 and PLC phospholipase C-gamma 2. 769 52

Activation of the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway is believed to play a critical role in normal and pathophysiologic proliferation of mesangial cells. Recent studies have shown that MAP kinase activation by growth factors in other cell types involves activation of the low molecular weight G-protein ras and the protooncogene serine kinase c-raf-1. In this study the role of this pathway in rat renal mesangial cells was assessed. 20ng/ml of platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF), 10(-8) mol/L epidermal growth factor (EGF) as well as phorbol ester (10(-6) mol/L PMA) rapidly activated MAP kinase by 3-4 fold in these cells. PDGF and EGF, but not PMA were able to activate c-raf-1 and ras activity. Stimulation with inflammatory mediator PGE2 (50 mumol/L) or elevation of Intracellular cAMP by treatment of cells with forskolin (25 mumol/L) markedly blunted activation of MAP kinase induced by PDGF and EGF, but not PMA. Consistent with this observation, PGE2 abolished growth factor induced activation of c-raf-1. However, ras activation induced by growth factor was not affected by PGE2 and forskolin. These results suggest that MAP kinase activation can occur by at least two separate pathways in mesangial cells. Tyrosine kinase receptors activate MAP kinase through activation of ras and raf. This pathway can be blocked by PGE2 and elevation of cAMP, presumably by interfering with the ability of ras to activate raf. In addition, activation of protein kinase C by phorbol esters can activate MAP kinase in a ras/raf-independent manner. This pathway is not sensitive to inhibition by PGE2 or cAMP. It is likely that activation of each of these pathways, both resulting in a stimulated MAP kinase, will have different physiologic consequences in mediating mesangial cells growth.
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PMID:[Inhibition of growth factor stimulation of mitogen-activated protein kinase by prostaglandin E2 in rat renal mesangial cells]. 778 49


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