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Query: UNIPROT:P51812 (mitogen-activated protein)
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Nerve growth factor (NGF) binds to two structurally unrelated transmembrane proteins on the surface of PC-12 cells, a 75-kDa glycoprotein with a short cytoplasmic sequence, and the trk protooncogene (pp140c-trk), a protein tyrosine kinase activated by NGF. Immediately after binding to cells, NGF induces changes in serine/threonine phosphorylation of several proteins. We have explored the relative roles of these two NGF binding proteins in mediating the activation of two intracellular kinases that may be responsible for some of these phosphorylations. The raf-1 protooncogene is a serine/threonine kinase activated by several growth factors and oncogenic proteins. Treatment of PC-12 cells with NGF increases the serine and threonine phosphorylation of raf-1 in an anti-raf-1 immunoprecipitate kinase assay. This increased phosphorylation observed in vitro is dose-dependent and transient and is accompanied by the NGF-dependent shift in the mobility of immunoblotted raf-1 on SDS sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, an effect thought to reflect phosphorylation. NGF-dependent activation of raf-1 is not dependent on protein kinase C, since prolonged exposure to phorbol esters under conditions that cause down-regulation of cellular protein kinase C activity has no effect on the NGF response. Expression of pp140c-trk in 3T3 fibroblasts (3T3-c-trk), as evidenced by cross-linking of 125I-NGF to the 140-kDa protein, permits the NGF-dependent activation of raf-1 kinase, detected in the immunoprecipitate kinase assay, anti-raf immunoblot shift on gel electrophoresis, and incorporation of [32P]orthophosphate into the raf-1 protein. The concentration dependence of raf-1 activation is identical in 3T3-c-trk and PC-12 cells, despite the absence of the 75-kDa NGF binding protein in 3T3-c-trk cells. NGF is without effect in untransfected 3T3 cells or in Chinese hamster ovary cells overexpressing p75, although raf-1 is present in these cells. Similarly, the NGF-dependent activation of mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase is detected in 3T3-c-trk cells, but not in untransfected 3T3 or Chinese hamster ovary cells overexpressing p75. As described for raf-1 activation, the NGF dose responses for MAP kinase activation in 3T3-c-trk and PC-12 cells are virtually superimposable. These data indicate that the activation of these two serine/threonine kinases by NGF is mediated solely by binding to and activating the pp140c-trk receptor.
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PMID:Nerve growth factor stimulates the activities of the raf-1 and the mitogen-activated protein kinases via the trk protooncogene. 132 11

Growth hormone (GH) plays a central role in regulating growth and intermediary metabolism in vertebrates, although the mechanisms by which GH initiates these actions are largely unknown. The GH receptor, a member of the cytokine receptor superfamily, does not demonstrate homology with any known tyrosine kinases. However, addition of GH to cells in vitro has been shown to stimulate tyrosine phosphorylation of various intracellular proteins including mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAP kinases) and the newly described Janus kinase, JAK2. Subsequent steps in GH-mediated signal transduction have not been delineated. In the present study, we have examined early events in GH action in vivo. Hypophysectomized juvenile male rats were treated with GH for 15, 30, or 60 min. Rat liver whole cell and nuclear extracts were prepared and analyzed via SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and Western blotting techniques. GH rapidly stimulated the tyrosine phosphorylation of at least 8 nuclear proteins of 205, 91, 83, 80, 65, 53, 44, and 42 kDa, and caused the dephosphorylation of a single approximately 149-kDa protein. Using specific antibodies, we have identified three of these nuclear phosphoproteins as 42- and 44-kDa MAP kinases, and as STAT91, a 91-kDa component of the interferon-stimulated gene factor-3 protein complex. One consequence of the activation of STAT91 in the nucleus is the appearance of GH-stimulated DNA binding activity, as assessed by gel-mobility shift assay using an oligonucleotide containing a c-sis-inducible element from the c-fos promoter. These results show that nuclear protein tyrosine phosphorylation is a prominent early event in GH action in vivo and demonstrate a link between GH-stimulated signal transduction and target gene expression.
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PMID:Rapid changes in nuclear protein tyrosine phosphorylation after growth hormone treatment in vivo. Identification of phosphorylated mitogen-activated protein kinase and STAT91. 751 Jun 76

The metabolic and mitogenic actions of insulin have been proposed to be mediated by cellular serine/threonine kinases such as the ribosomal protein S6 kinases pp70-S6 (pp70-S6 kinase) and pp90rsk and the erk-encoded mitogen-activated protein kinases (pp42mapk and pp44mapk). Rapamycin completely blocked activation of pp70-S6 kinase by insulin in 3T3-L1 adipocytes, but did not inhibit insulin-stimulated glucose transport, translocation of GLUT4 to the cell surface, or activation of pp90rsk or pp44mapk by insulin. Concordant with the inhibition of kinase activity, rapamycin prevented the insulin-induced decrease in mobility of pp70-S6 kinase visualized by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, reflecting a reduction in the hormone-stimulated phosphorylation of the enzyme. The structurally related macrolide, FK506, had no effect on pp70-S6 kinase or hexose uptake. These data demonstrate that rapamycin blocks insulin activation of pp70-S6 kinase in 3T3-L1 adipocytes and that pp70-S6 kinase is not required in the signaling pathway leading to insulin-stimulated glucose transport.
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PMID:Dissociation of pp70 ribosomal protein S6 kinase from insulin-stimulated glucose transport in 3T3-L1 adipocytes. 767 6

CD14, a glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored glycoprotein of leukocytes, binds endotoxin (lipopolysaccharide (LPS)) with high affinity. After the murine pre-B cell line 70Z/3 is transfected with DNA encoding human CD14 (hCD14), the resultant stably transfected cell line, 70Z/3-hCD14, responds to 1000-fold lower LPS concentrations than the parental CD14-negative line. We have used 70Z/3-hCD14 cells, RAW264.7 cells, and elicited murine peritoneal exudate macrophages (PEM) to study LPS-induced protein tyrosine phosphorylation. LPS induces the rapid tyrosine phosphorylation of a 38-kDa protein (p38) in 70Z/3-hCD14 cells, PEM, and RAW264.7 cells and of two isoforms of mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPK) in only RAW264.7 cells and PEM. p38 can be distinguished from the MAPK isoforms based on differences in mobilities on SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and the lack of reactivity of p38 with anti-MAPK antibody even after dephosphorylation with potato acid phosphatase. Synthetic lipid A induces p38 phosphorylation in 70Z/3-hCD14 cells, whereas phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate and interferon-gamma fail to induce tyrosine phosphorylation of p38. Pretreatment of 70Z/3-hCD14 cells with anti-hCD14 monoclonal antibody or the tyrosine kinase inhibitor herbimycin A inhibits LPS-induced tyrosine phosphorylation of p38. These results suggest that increased protein tyrosine phosphorylation occurs rapidly after LPS binds to CD14 and is likely to be an important event in mediating LPS-induced cell activation.
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PMID:Endotoxin induces rapid protein tyrosine phosphorylation in 70Z/3 cells expressing CD14. 769 11

We have shown that hyperoxic exposure of immature rats induces airway smooth muscle layer thickening and cell turnover parallel to that found in the airways of patients with bronchopulmonary dysplasia and chronic, severe asthma. We hypothesized that reactive oxygen species could promote the observed airway remodeling by directly stimulating signal transduction pathways that regulate cell growth. To test this hypothesis in cultured cells, we assessed the effects of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) on mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase activation in bovine tracheal myocytes. The MAP kinases are a family of 40 to 46 kD cytosolic serine/threonine kinases that participate in the transduction of mitogenic signals to the cell nucleus. Quiescent cells were exposed to H2O2 (25 to 200 microns; 2 to 60 min), after which SDS-PAGE of cell extracts was performed. Western analysis using an anti-MAP kinase antiserum revealed a decrease in the mobility of the 42 and 44 kD MAP kinase bands after H2O2 exposures of 5 to 30 min, reflecting the phosphorylation at threonine and tyrosine residues required for enzymatic activity. MAP kinase activation was demonstrated by kinase renaturation assays, which showed an almost 4-fold increase in 42 and 44 kD MAP kinase activity. Down-regulation of protein kinase C (PKC) with phorbol 12,13-dibutyrate (PDBu) partially reduced H2O2-stimulated MAP kinase activity, suggesting that H2O2 induces MAP kinase activation via both PKC-dependent and PKC-independent pathways. Western analysis using a phosphotyrosine monoclonal antibody revealed increased tyrosine phosphorylation of proteins with approximate molecular weights of 72 and 125 kD after H2O2 exposure, demonstrating that H2O2 can stimulate the tyrosine phosphorylation of multiple cytosolic proteins, including MAP kinase.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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PMID:Hydrogen peroxide stimulates mitogen-activated protein kinase in bovine tracheal myocytes: implications for human airway disease. 794 86

Son of sevenless-1 and -2 (Sos-1 and -2) are guanosine nucleotide exchange factors implicated in the activation of Ras by both the insulin and epidermal growth factor signal transduction pathways. Ras appears to function by initiating the activation of cellular protein kinases including mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinases. Sos proteins contain numerous sequences in their carboxyl-terminal regions which correspond to consensus sites for MAP kinase phosphorylation. To examine whether these sites are substrates for MAP kinases, the cDNA encoding Drosophila Sos (dSos) was tagged with sequences encoding the major antigenic epitope of the influenza virus hemagglutinin (HA) to create a dSosHA fusion construct. dSosHA was transiently expressed in COS-1 cells and immunoprecipitated with anti-HA antibodies. When immune complexes were incubated with purified MAP kinase and [gamma-32P]ATP, a phosphorylated band of 180 kDa was observed when analyzed by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. This band was not present in immunoprecipitations from cells transfected with vector alone. No phosphorylation of the 180 kDa band was seen when immunoprecipitates were incubated with [gamma-32P]ATP in the absence of MAP kinase. Two dimensional analysis of tryptic peptides from dSosHA phosphorylated by MAP kinase in vitro revealed two major phosphorylated species that were also found in dSosHA isolated from COS-1 cells labeled with 32Pi. These results are consistent with the hypothesis that a feedback loop exists wherein growth factor-activated MAP kinases phosphorylate and regulate Sos proteins.
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PMID:Phosphorylation of the Ras nucleotide exchange factor son of sevenless by mitogen-activated protein kinase. 810 39

Endothelins (ET-1, -2, -3) display pleiotropic activities, by signalling through G-protein-coupled membrane receptors. We show here that ET-1 and ET-3 stimulate within minutes the tyrosine phosphorylation of a 42 kDa protein (p42) in primary cultures of mouse embryo astrocytes, but not in any of two subclones of rat astrocytoma C6 cells. This effect, measured by anti-phosphotyrosine immunoblotting of cell extracts, was also observed in response to bradykinin, platelet-derived growth factor, the phorbol ester phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate and the G-protein activator fluoroaluminate. Pretreatment of cells with pertussis toxin, which inactivates Gi/G(o) proteins, did not affect these responses. However, down-regulation of protein kinase C completely blocked the response to phorbol ester and fluoroaluminate and at least partially impaired the ET-1-stimulated phosphorylation of p42. We have identified p42 as p42mapk, a mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase, on the basis of the following data: by sequential immunoblotting with antiphosphotyrosine and anti-MAP kinase antibodies, (i) similar kinetics are observed for p42 phosphorylation and the decrease in p42mapk electrophoretic mobility, likely corresponding to its tyrosine/threonine phosphorylation [de Vries-Smits, Boudewijn, Burgering, Leevers, Marshall and Bos (1992) Nature (London) 357, 602-604]; (ii) p42 and the shifted form of p42mapk co-migrate on SDS/PAGE; (iii) the myelin-basic-protein kinase activity of p42mapk is stimulated by ET-1, in parallel with the tyrosine phosphorylation of p42. In conclusion, these findings strongly suggest that endothelins can stimulate the tyrosine phosphorylation and activation of p42mapk in astrocytes, via pertussis-toxin-insensitive G protein and protein kinase C-dependent and -independent pathways.
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PMID:Endothelins stimulate tyrosine phosphorylation and activity of p42/mitogen-activated protein kinase in astrocytes. 834 18

Both bombesin and epidermal growth factor (EGF) are potent mitogens in Swiss 3T3 cells that nonetheless have dissimilar receptor structures. To explore possible common intracellular events involved in the stimulation of cellular growth by these two peptides, we have evaluated the regulation of the mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase. Exposure of Swiss 3T3 cells to bombesin, EGF or the protein kinase C activator phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) causes the rapid and transient stimulation of the enzyme activity. Pretreatment of cells with the protein kinase inhibitor H-7, or down-regulation of cellular protein kinase C by prolonged exposure to PMA, causes a decrease of over 90% in the activation of MAP kinase by bombesin. In contrast, these treatments have no effect on the stimulation of MAP kinase by EGF. The stimulation of MAP kinase activity by bombesin is dose-dependent, occurring over a narrow concentration range of the peptide. Both EGF and bombesin stimulate the phosphorylation of an immunoprecipitable MAP kinase protein migrating at 42 kDa on SDS/PAGE. Phosphoamino acid analysis of this phosphorylated protein reveals that EGF and bombesin stimulate phosphorylation on tyrosine, threonine and serine residues. Tyrosine phosphorylation of the enzyme, as evaluated by antiphosphotyrosine blotting of the immunoprecipitated protein, reveals that the time course of phosphorylation by both mitogens correlates with stimulation of enzyme activity. These results provide further evidence for the convergence of discrete pathways emanating from tyrosine kinase and G-protein-linked receptors in the regulation of MAP kinase.
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PMID:Bombesin and epidermal growth factor stimulate the mitogen-activated protein kinase through different pathways in Swiss 3T3 cells. 838 Sep 87

We investigated activation of mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase, also known as microtubule associated protein-2 kinase (MAP-2K), by recombinant interleukin-2 (rIL-2) in phytohaemagglutinin (PHA)-induced peripheral blood lymphoblasts (PBL). MAP-kinase activation has been implicated in growth of lymphocytes and other cell types. Enzyme activity was purified from cell lysates by ion-exchange chromatography and activity measured by the ability to phosphorylate the substrates MAP-2 and myelin basic protein peptide (APRTPGGRR) in vitro. Recombinant IL-2 stimulated a variable (two-to 10-fold) and evanescent MAP-2K response which was dose dependent over the range 0-50 U/ml. In contrast to MAP-kinase activation by the CD3 receptor, activation by the IL-2 receptor (IL-2R) proceeded independently from protein kinase C (PKC) and extracellular-free Ca2+. MAP-kinase activation by CD3 involves an activation cascade which depends on Ca2+ influx and PKC activation. These events culminate in tyrosine phosphorylation and activation of MAP kinase. Recombinant IL-2 induced tyrosine phosphorylation of several intracellular proteins, including a 40,000 MW substrate which co-electrophoresed with ERK-2 on SDS-PAGE. The ERK-2 gene encodes a 41,000 MW MAP-2K and is subject to regulation by a variety of mitogens and growth factors in lymphocytes and non-lymphoid cells. MAP-kinase activation by rIL-2 was abrogated when PHA blasts were pretreated with the tyrosine protein kinase (TPK) inhibitor, methyl-2,5-dihydroxy-cinnamate. Although the TPK, p56lck, has been implicated in the activation of MAP kinase and the function of IL-2R, we found no mobility shift from a 56,000 to a 60,000 MW position as seen during PKC activation. Together these data suggest that tyrosine phosphorylation is critical to IL-2-mediated signal transduction and that MAP kinase is one of the cellular intermediates involved in this pathway.
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PMID:Activation of mitogen-activated protein kinase/ERK-2 in phytohaemagglutin in blasts by recombinant interleukin-2: contrasting features with CD3 activation. 838 29

Annexin XI (CAP-50) is a probable target protein of calcyclin. Being different from other annexins, annexin XI localizes mainly in nuclei of cultured fibroblasts. In rat embryonic fibroblasts transformed by Rous sarcoma virus oncogene, SR-3Y1 cells, phosphorylation of annexin XI was increased on both serine and threonine residues (Ser < Thr), compared with findings in control 3Y1 cells. The amount of phosphorylated annexin XI was approximately 8.5% of the total cellular annexin XI and the phosphorylated annexin XI migrated slightly slower on SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis than did the non-phosphorylated form of annexin XI. Phosphorylated annexin XI was recovered in the cytoplasmic fraction and did not bind to phosphatidylserine vesicle in the presence of high Ca2+ (over 1 mM). Annexin XI was phosphorylated by mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase, which was reported to be activated in v-src-transformed fibroblast (Gupta, S. K., Gallego, C. Johnson, G.L. and Heasley, L.E. (1992) J. Biol. Chem. 267, 7987-7990), on both serine and threonine residues (Ser >> Thr) in vitro. Comparative phosphopeptide mappings analyzed by reverse-phase high performance liquid chromatography suggested that the sites phosphorylated in situ in SR-3Y1 cells are distinct from the sites by MAP kinase. Annexin XI phosphorylated by MAP kinase still possessed the ability to bind to phosphatidylserine vesicle. These results suggest that annexin XI is a substrate for some Ser/Thr kinase(s) which is activated in v-src-transformed cells and that the phosphorylation may regulate the function of annexin XI in living cells.
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PMID:Phosphorylation of annexin XI (CAP-50) in SR-3Y1 cells. 839 45


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