Constitutive association of EGF receptor with the CrkII-23 mutant that inhibits transformation of NRK cells by EGF and TGF-beta.

Crk belongs to the adapter proteins that participate in many signalling pathways from cell surface receptors. We have characterised the CrkII-23 mutant that inhibits the transformation of NRK cells induced by epidermal growth factor (EGF) and transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta. To study the biochemical difference, cDNAs of the wild-type CrkII ...
and the CrkII-23 mutant were introduced stably into NIH 3T3 cells expressing EGF receptor (EGFR). Both CrkII and CrkII-23 were phosphorylated on tyrosine upon EGF simulation with similar time course and dose dependency. Whereas the wild-type CrkII bound to EGFR only after EGF stimulation, CrkII-23 bound to EGFR from before stimulation. Mutation in the Src homology (SH) 2 or amino-terminal SH3 domain did not abolish the binding of CrkII-23 to EGFR in the quiescent cells, suggesting that the binding is mediated by a novel mechanism. These CrkII-23-derived mutants, however, did not suppress transformation of NRK cells by EGF and TGF-beta. Hence, both the SH2 and amino-terminal SH3 domains are required to inhibit transformation of NRK cells. These results suggest that persistent signalling from CrkII-23 bound to EGFR suppresses transformation by EGF and TGF-beta in NRK23 cells.
Mesh Terms:
3T3 Cells, Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing, Adaptor Proteins, Vesicular Transport, Animals, COS Cells, Cell Differentiation, Cell Transformation, Neoplastic, DNA Mutational Analysis, Epidermal Growth Factor, Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-2, Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors, Humans, Mice, Mutation, Neurons, PC12 Cells, Phosphorylation, Protein Binding, Protein Kinases, Protein Structure, Tertiary, Proteins, Proto-Oncogene Proteins, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-abl, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-cbl, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-crk, Rats, Receptor, Epidermal Growth Factor, Shc Signaling Adaptor Proteins, Transforming Growth Factor beta, Tyrosine, Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases, src Homology Domains
Cell. Signal.
Date: Apr. 01, 1998
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