Association of Csk to VE-cadherin and inhibition of cell proliferation.

Vascular endothelial cadherin (VE-cadherin) mediates contact inhibition of cell growth in quiescent endothelial cell layers. Searching for proteins that could be involved in VE-cadherin signaling, we found the cytosolic C-terminal Src kinase (Csk), a negative regulator of Src family kinases. We show that Csk binds via its SH2 domain to ...
the phosphorylated tyrosine 685 of VE-cadherin. VE-cadherin recruits Csk to cell contacts and both proteins can be co-precipitated from cell lysates of transfected cells and endothelial cells. Association of VE-cadherin and Csk in endothelial cells increased with increasing cell density. CHO cells expressing the tyrosine replacement mutant VE-cadherin-Y685F grow to higher cell densities than cells expressing wild-type VE-cadherin. Overexpression of Csk in these cells under an inducible promoter inhibits cell proliferation in the presence and absence of VE-cadherin, but not in the presence of VE-cadherin-Y685F. Reduction of Csk expression by RNA interference enhances endothelial cell proliferation. Our results suggest that the phosphorylated tyrosine residue 685 of VE-cadherin and probably the binding of Csk to this site are involved in inhibition of cell growth triggered by cell density.
Mesh Terms:
Animals, Antigens, CD, Binding Sites, CHO Cells, COS Cells, Cadherins, Cell Line, Tumor, Cell Proliferation, Cricetinae, Endothelium, Vascular, Gene Library, Glutathione Transferase, Mice, Phosphorylation, Protein Binding, Protein-Tyrosine Kinases, RNA, Small Interfering, Tyrosine
EMBO J.
Date: May. 04, 2005
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