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We have found that the beta-subunit of the insulin receptor is a phosphoprotein and that the degree of phosphorylation is increased by the binding of insulin to its receptor. Furthermore we have found that the beta-subunit of the insulin receptor itself is a tyrosine-specific protein kinase. Tyrosine-specific protein kinases have been reported to be associated with the transforming gene product of RNA tumor viruses, the EGF receptor, the IGF-I receptor and a protein believed to be the receptor for PDGF. These findings suggest that determination of the endogenous substrated for these tyrosine-specific protein kinases may yield a sequence of regulatory proteins for cell growth and transformation. From this point of view, our recent findings that the purified insulin receptor-kinase can phosphorylate purified microtubule protein (tubulin, MAP2, tau) are interesting.
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PMID:[Phosphorylation of the receptor insulin and insulin-like growth factors]. 388 59

Protamine sulfate blocked 125I-PDGF binding to its specific physiological receptor on Swiss mouse 3T3 cells. Reduced 125I-PDGF binding in the presence of protamine sulfate correlated directly with a protamine sulfate dose-dependent decrease in the PDGF-dependent incorporation of [3H]-thymidine into 3T3 cells and a decreased PDGF-stimulated tyrosine-specific protein kinase activity in isolated membrane preparations of 3T3 cells. Protamine sulfate blocked 125I-PDGF binding to simian sarcoma virus transformed cells (SSV-NIH 3T3 and SSV-NP1 cells) and to nontransformed cells in a manner qualitatively identical to unlabelled PDGF. In contrast, protamine sulfate enhanced the specific binding of 125I-EGF by increasing the apparent number of EGF receptors on the cell surface. The increase in 125I-EGF receptor binding was not prevented by cycloheximide nor by actinomycin D. Protamine sulfate did not affect 125I-EGF binding to membranes from 3T3 cells or the EGF-stimulated 3T3 cell membrane tyrosine specific protein kinase activity, suggesting that protamine sulfate may have exposed a population of cryptic EGF receptors otherwise not accessible. Protamine sulfate was fractionated into four active fractions by Sephadex G-50 gel filtration columns; the half maximum inhibition concentration of 125I-PDGF binding to 3T3 cells of protamines I and II (MW approximately 11,000 daltons and 7,000 daltons, respectively) is approximately 0.4 microM. Protamine II (MW approximately 4,800 daltons) was equally active (half maximum inhibition concentration approximately 0.4 microM); protamine IV (MW approximately 3,300 daltons) was substantially less active (half maximum inhibition concentration approximately 2.8 microM). These investigations have extended previous observations that protamine sulfate is a potent inhibitor of PDGF binding and establish that protamine sulfate blocks PDGF binding at the physiological receptor, preventing PDGF initiated biological activities. Protamine sulfate can be used as a reagent to separate the influence of PDGF and EGF on cells with high specificity and has been used to demonstrate that the receptors on simian sarcoma virus transformed 3T3 cells qualitatively respond identically to protamine sulfate as to unlabelled PDGF and are likely identical to those on nontransformed 3T3 cells.
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PMID:Protamine inhibits platelet derived growth factor receptor activity but not epidermal growth factor activity. 609 64

Figure 2 summarizes our current interpretation of data concerning signals from the activated PDGF receptor involved in directed migration and proliferation of human arterial SMC. Binding of PDGF (PDGF-BB or PDGF-AA) causes PDGF-receptor dimerization, tyrosine autophosphorylation, and subsequent binding of several molecules containing SH2 domains to the activated receptor. Binding and activation of PLC gamma by the PDGF receptor leads to PIP2 hydrolysis, resulting in generation of diacylglycerol (DAG) and IP3. Subsequently, intracellular levels of calcium are elevated as a result of IP3-mediated calcium release from intracellular compartments. The decreased levels of PIP2 and increased levels of calcium both favor actin-filament disassembly by inducing capping of actin-filament barbed ends and actin-monomer sequestration. A localized, and transient, actin-filament disassembly enables the cell to extend filopodia towards PDGF, thereby enabling chemotaxis to take place. At a later time and/or in a different compartment, actin-filament assembly is promoted by PDGF by a mechanism that is not completely understood, but that may involve small GTP-binding proteins, such as Rho, and formation of DAG. Migration on collagen requires functional alpha 2 beta 1 integrins, which may either constitute a permissive state required for a cell to migrate, or which may be actively involved in intracellular signals leading to migration. PDGF-induced DNA synthesis and proliferation involves activation of Ras, MAP kinase kinase, and MAP kinase. Cross-talk between PKA signaling and tyrosine-kinase receptor signaling results in PKA inhibition of the MAP kinase cascade, probably at the level of Raf. Activation of PI 3-kinase, or a PI 3-kinase-like enzyme, is also likely to contribute to the mitogenic effects of PDGF in these cells (Bornfeldt, unpublished observation). What determines if a SMC will migrate and/or proliferate in response to PDGF? Results are starting to emerge that show regulation of expression of molecules involved in intracellular signaling with different phenotypic states of SMC. For example, expression of PLC gamma is very low in intact vascular wall (where SMC show a "contractile phenotype"), and induced when SMC are converted to a "synthetic phenotype" in culture. Proliferation and expression of MAP kinase, but not calcium signaling, appear to be regulated by the extracellular matrix, and the profile of integrin expression is different in SMC in culture compared to SMC in the vascular wall. Thus, the relation between expression of signaling molecules involved in migration and signaling molecules involved in proliferation, as well as cross-talk between different signal-transduction pathways, may determine the net effect of PDGF.
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PMID:Platelet-derived growth factor. Distinct signal transduction pathways associated with migration versus proliferation. 748 87

Adrenomedullin (ADM) is a vasoactive peptide that was recently localized in renal glomeruli. In the present study we explored whether ADM stimulates cAMP system in glomerular mesangial cells (MC) and whether it can via "negative-crosstalk" inhibit the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) and thus suppress proliferation of MC. We found that ADM elicited accumulation of cAMP and in situ activation of protein kinase A (PKA) in cultured MC. Addition of 1 nM ADM to incubation media inhibited the proliferation in both quiescent MC and cells maximally stimulated by PDGF and also decreased the activation of MAPK induced by PDGF. These results indicate that ADM can suppress MC mitogenesis and suggest that it may function as an endogenous paracrine supressor of MC proliferation.
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PMID:Adrenomedullin suppresses mitogenesis in rat mesangial cells via cAMP pathway. 748 54

Src homology 2 (SH2) domains are found in a variety of signaling proteins and bind phosphotyrosine-containing peptide sequences. To explore the binding properties of the SH2 domain of the Src protein kinase, we used immobilized phosphopeptides to bind purified glutathione S-transferase-Src SH2 fusion proteins. With this assay, as well as a free-peptide competition assay, we have estimated the affinities of the Src SH2 domain for various phosphopeptides relative to a Src SH2-phosphopeptide interaction whose Kd has been determined previously (YEEI-P; Kd = 4 nM). Two Src-derived phosphopeptides, one containing the regulatory C-terminal Tyr-527 and another containing the autophosphorylation site Tyr-416, bind the Src SH2 domain in a specific though low-affinity manner (with about 10(4)-lower affinity than the YEEI-P peptide). A platelet-derived growth factor receptor (PDGF-R) phosphopeptide containing Tyr-857 does not bind appreciably to the Src SH2 domain, suggesting it is not the PDGF-R binding site for Src as previously reported. However, another PDGF-R-derived phosphopeptide containing Tyr-751 does bind the Src SH2 domain (with an affinity approximately 2 orders of magnitude lower than that of YEEI-P). All of the phosphopeptides which bind to the Src SH2 domain contain a glutamic acid at position -3 or -4 with respect to phosphotyrosine; changing this residue to alanine greatly diminishes binding. We have also tested Src SH2 mutants for their binding properties and have interpreted our results in light of the recent crystal structure solution for the Src SH2 domain. Mutations in various conserved and nonconserved residues (R155A, R155K, N198E, H201R, and H201L) cause slight reductions in binding, while two mutations cause severe reductions. The W148E mutant domain, which alters the invariant tryptophan that marks the N-terminal border of the SH2 domain, binds poorly to phosphopeptides. Inclusion of the SH3 domain in the fusion protein partially restores the binding by the W148E mutant. A change in the invariant arginine that coordinates twice with phosphotyrosine in the peptide (R175L) results in a nearly complete loss of binding. The R175L mutant does display high affinity for the PDGF-R peptide containing Tyr-751, via an interaction that is at least partly phosphotyrosine independent. We have used this interaction to show that the R175L mutation also disrupts the intramolecular interaction between the Src SH2 domain and the phosphorylated C terminus within the context of the entire Src protein; thus, the binding properties observed for mutant domains in an in vitro assay appear to mimic those that occur in vivo.
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PMID:Binding of the Src SH2 domain to phosphopeptides is determined by residues in both the SH2 domain and the phosphopeptides. 750 71

Angiotensin II induces protein tyrosine kinase activation and apparent decreased electrophoretic mobility of the c-raf-1 serine/threonine protein kinase in cultured rat vascular smooth muscle cells. Tyrosine phosphorylation of at least 9 cellular proteins with molecular weights of 151, 131, 116, 110, 90, 65, 62, 60, 52 kd was induced in a time- and concentration-dependent manner, and included a serine/threonine protein kinase. The phosphotyrosine containing proteins differed from those induced by PDGF BB or AB. Angiotensin II by itself was shown not to act as a mitogen in cultured smooth muscle cells.
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PMID:Angiotensin II mediates intracellular signalling in vascular smooth muscle cells by activation of tyrosine-specific protein kinases and c-raf-1. 750 74

Interferons (IFNs) exert antiproliferative effects on many types of cells. The underlying molecular mechanism, however, is unclear. One possibility is that IFNs block growth factor-induced mitogenic signaling, which involves activation of Ras/Raf-1/MEK/mitogen-activated protein kinase. We have tested this hypothesis by using HER14 cells (NIH 3T3 cell expressing both platelet-derived growth factor [PDGF] and epidermal growth factor [EGF] receptors) as a model system. Our studies showed that IFNs (alpha/beta and gamma) blocked PDGF-and phorbol ester- but not EGF-stimulated DNA synthesis and cell proliferation. While the ligand-stimulated receptor tyrosine phosphorylation and interaction with downstream signaling molecules, such as GRB2, were not affected, IFNs specifically blocked PDGF- and phorbol ester- but not EGF-stimulated activation of Raf-1, mitogen-activated protein kinases, and tyrosine phosphorylation of an unidentified 34-kDa protein. This inhibition could be detected as early as 5 min after IFN treatments and was insensitive to cycloheximide, indicating that de novo protein synthesis is not required. The IFN-induced inhibition acted upstream of Raf-1 kinase and downstream of diacyl glycerol/phorbol ester, suggesting that protein kinase C (PKC) is the potential primary target. Consistently, downregulation of PKC by chronic phorbol myristate acetate treatment or inhibition of PKC by H7 and staurosporine blocked PDGF- and phorbol myristate acetate- but not EGF-induced signaling and DNA synthesis. Moreover, incubating cells with antisense oligodeoxyribonucleotides of PKC delta eliminated production of PKC delta protein and specifically blocked PDGF- but not EGF-stimulated mitogenesis in these cells. Thus, these studies have elucidated a major difference in the early events of EGF-and PDGF-stimulated signal transduction and, more importantly, revealed a novel mechanism by which IFNs may execute their antiproliferative function.
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PMID:Interferons block protein kinase C-dependent but not-independent activation of Raf-1 and mitogen-activated protein kinases and mitogenesis in NIH 3T3 cells. 862 73

Inhibition of cell proliferation is an important biologic function of interferons (IFNs), which has been exploited in therapeutic treatment of certain hematologic malignancies. However, the molecular mechanism was not clear. We have recently shown that IFNs (alpha/beta and gamma) inhibit protein kinase C (PKC)-dependent (such as PDGF and phorbol ester) but not PKC-independent (such as epidermal growth factor) activation of Raf-1 and mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPK/ERKs) in fibroblasts (Xu et al, Mol Cell Biol 14:8018, 1994), suggesting a novel mechanism by which IFNs execute their antiproliferative function. Monocytes/macrophages are primary targets in vivo for IFN-gamma, the major activity of macrophage-activating factor. In the present study, mechanism of IFN-gamma-induced antiproliferative action in macrophages in response to colony-stimulating factor-1 (CSF-1) has been investigated. Our results show that antiproliferative effect of IFN-gamma overrode mitogenic effect of CSF-1 and phorbol ester, as measured by early gene expression, DNA synthesis and cell proliferation. Although activation, phosphorylation, and turnover of the CSF-1 receptor and CSF-1-induced increase in diacylglycerol production remained normal, IFN-gamma blocked CSF-1-stimulated activation of mitogen-activated protein kinases, Raf-1 kinase, increase in GTP-bound Ras and tyrosine phosphorylation, and activation of protein kinase C delta (PKC-delta). PKC-delta was required for CSF-1-induced mitogenic signaling and a primary target for IFN-gamma-induced inhibition. Interestingly, although phorbol myristate acetate stimulated Ras activation, PKC-delta did not appear to be an upstream activator of Ras. These studies clearly indicated that IFN-gamma specifically inhibits PKC-delta activation, resulting in blockage of the early events of mitogenesis in macrophages in response to CSF-1.
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PMID:Blockage of the early events of mitogenic signaling by interferon-gamma in macrophages in response to colony-stimulating factor-1. 870 28

We studied interactions between the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signalling pathway and cAMP-protein kinase (PKA) signaling pathway in regulation of mitogenesis of mesangial cells (MC) determined by [3H]thymidine incorporation, with or without added EGF. Forskolin or dibutyryl cAMP strongly (by 60-70%) inhibited [3H]thymidine incorporation into MC. Cilostamide, lixazinone or cilostazol selective inhibitors of cAMP-phosphodiesterase (PDE) isozyme PDE-III, inhibited mitogenesis to similar extent as forskolin and DBcAMP and activated in situ PKA, but without detectable increase in cAMP levels. Cilostamide and cilostazol were more than three times more effective at inhibiting mesangial mitogenesis than rolipram and denbufylline, inhibitors of isozyme PDE-IV, even though PDE-IV was two times more abundant in MC than was PDE-III. On the other hand, when incubated with forskolin, rolipram-enhanced cAMP accumulation was far greater (10-100x) than with cilostamide. EGF increased MAPK activity (+300%); PDE isozyme inhibitors which suppressed mitogenesis also inhibited MAPK. PDE isozyme inhibitors also suppressed PDGF-stimulated MC proliferation. We conclude that cAMP inhibits the mitogen-dependent MAPK-signaling pathway probably by decreasing the activity of Raf-1 due to PKA-catalyzed phosphorylation. Further, we surmise that minor increase in the cAMP pool metabolized by PDE-III is intimately related to regulation of mesangial proliferation. Thus, PDE isozyme inhibitors have the potential to suppress MC proliferation by a focused effect upon signaling pathways.
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PMID:Inhibitors of cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase isozymes type-III and type-IV suppress mitogenesis of rat mesangial cells. 761 11

1. The effects of A02011-1, a pyrazole derivative, on the proliferation of rat vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) were examined. 2. A02011-1 (1-100 microM) concentration-dependently inhibited [3H]-thymidine incorporation into DNA in rat VSMCs that were synchronized by 48 h serum depletion and then re-stimulated by addition of foetal calf serum (FCS, 10%), platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF, 10 ng ml-1), 5-hydroxytryptamine (10 microM) or ADP (10 microM). The inhibitory effect of A02011-1 was fully reversible. However, FCS-induced [3H]-thymidine incorporation into rat endothelial cells was unaffected by A02011-1. 3. The concentration of A02011-1 necessary for inhibition of the FCS-induced proliferation was similar to that necessary for adenosine 3':5'-cyclic monophosphate (cyclic AMP) formation. Adenylyl cyclase activity was increased in A02011-1-treated VSMCs, whereas cyclic AMP-specific phosphodiesterase activity was unchanged. 4. A02011-1 was equipotent with forskolin but was more potent than 8-bromo-cyclic AMP against FCS (10%)-induced proliferation. 5. The antiproliferative action of A02011-1 was mimicked by 8-bromo-cyclic AMP, a membrane-permeable cyclic AMP analogue and was antagonized by 2',5'-dideoxyadenosine, an adenylyl cyclase inhibitor and by Rp-cyclic AMPS, a competitive inhibitor of cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA) type I and II. 3-Isobutyl-1-methylxanthine (IBMX) caused significant potentiation of the antiproliferative activity of A02011-1. However, Rp-8-bromo-cyclic GMPS and staurosporine did not affect the antiproliferative activity of A02011-1. 6. A02011-1 still inhibited the FCS-induced DNA synthesis even when added 10-18h after restimulation of the serum-starved VSMCs with 10% FCS. Flow cytometry in synchronized cells revealed an acute blockade of FCS-inducible cell cycle progression at a point in the G,/S phase in A02011-1-treated cells. The inhibition of proliferation by A0201 1-1 was shown to be independent of cell damage,as documented by several criteria of cell viability.7. These results indicate that A0201 1-1 inhibition of VSMC proliferation was mediated by cyclic AMP and was due to a delay in the progression from the G1 into S phase of the cell cycle. A02011-1 did not cause cell toxicity and may thus hold promising potential for the prevention of atherosclerosis or vascular diseases.
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PMID:Antiproliferative effects of A02011-1, an adenylyl cyclase activator, in cultured vascular smooth muscle cells of rat. 762 Jul 13


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