Growth factors stimulate tyrosine dephosphorylation of p75 and its dissociation from the SH2 domain of Grb2.

The growth factor receptor-binding protein (Grb2) has a key role in initiating the mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling cascade in major cell regulatory pathways. The binding of proteins to the SH2 domain of Grb2 has been reported to occur mainly after they are tyrosine-phosphorylated following receptor activation. Using an in vitro ...
binding assay, immunoprecipitation, and Far Western techniques, we report that in quiescent cells a 75-kDa protein binds directly to the SH2 domain of Grb2. All of the tyrosine-phosphorylated p75 protein co-localizes with Grb2.Sos complex in the cytosolic fraction of the cell in vivo and undergoes tyrosine dephosphorylation when cells are treated with mitogenic ligands such as epidermal, platelet-derived, and fibroblast growth factors, endothelin-1, and bombesin but not tumor necrosis factor-alpha, interferon-alpha and -gamma, interleukein-6, and leukemic inhibitory factor, which are either cell growth inhibitory or not significantly mitogenic. The dephosphorylation of p75 and the ensuing dissociation from Grb2 is rapid, occurring within 30 s following mitogenic stimulation by ligands such as epidermal growth factor, suggesting p75 to be an early component in the signal transduction pathways involving Grb2.
Mesh Terms:
3T3 Cells, Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing, Animals, Carrier Proteins, Epidermal Growth Factor, ErbB Receptors, Fibroblast Growth Factors, GRB2 Adaptor Protein, Growth Substances, Humans, Mice, Phosphoproteins, Phosphorylation, Phosphotyrosine, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor, Proteins, src Homology Domains
J. Biol. Chem.
Date: Nov. 21, 1997
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