Recruitment of Pyk2 and Cbl to lipid rafts mediates signals important for actin reorganization in growing neurites.

Protein tyrosine kinase Pyk2 and multifunctional adaptor protein Cbl are implicated in the regulation of the cytoskeleton in several cell types. We report that Pyk2 and Cbl form a signaling complex that is translocated to lipid rafts and is enriched in growth cones of differentiating PC12 cells following growth factor ...
stimulation. We found that Pyk2 and Cbl interacted with the adaptor protein ArgBP2, which also bound to flotillin-1, a component of lipid raft microdomains. These interactions contributed to recruitment of the Pyk2/Cbl complex to lipid raft compartments. In addition, Pyk2, Cbl and ArgBP2 were found co-localized with actin in axons and growth cones of differentiated PC12 cells. Moreover, co-expression of Pyk2, ArgBP2 and Cbl facilitated growth factor-induced formation of lamellipodia at the tip of neurites. Formation of these growth cone lamellipodia was dependent on intact lipid rafts and the Cbl-associated effectors Crk and phosphatidylinositol 3 (PI 3)-kinase. Our results indicate that recruitment of Pyk2/Cbl complexes to lipid rafts participates in growth factor-induced regulation of the actin cytoskeleton in growing neurites.
Mesh Terms:
Actins, Animals, Axons, Cell Differentiation, Cell Line, Epidermal Growth Factor, Focal Adhesion Kinase 2, Growth Cones, Homeodomain Proteins, Humans, Membrane Microdomains, Membrane Proteins, Models, Biological, Neurites, Neurons, PC12 Cells, Phosphorylation, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor, Protein-Tyrosine Kinases, Proto-Oncogene Proteins, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-cbl, Pseudopodia, Rats, Signal Transduction, Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases
J. Cell. Sci.
Date: May. 15, 2004
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