title: Increased tyrosine kinase activity of c-Src during calcium-induced keratinocyte differentiation.
abstract: In cultured human epidermal keratinocytes, induction of differentiation by Ca2+ and ionophore treatment was found to result in rapid elevation of c-Src tyrosine kinase activity and inactivation of the c-Yes tyrosine kinase. Activation of c-Src kinase was accompanied by tyrosine dephosphorylation, which might be explained by a rapid increase in intracellular protein-tyrosine phosphatase activity. Ca(2+)-induced differentiation was also associated with altered tyrosine phosphorylation of several cellular proteins and correlated with a marked redistribution of intracellular phosphotyrosine from membrane and adhesion sites to the nucleus. Some of the c-Src protein was also found in the nucleus after Ca2+ treatment, and Ca(2+)-activated c-Src bound to three cellular proteins (120 kDa, 65 kDa, and 34 kDa). In agreement with these results, immunohistochemistry on human epidermis revealed an increase in c-Src expression and tyrosine phosphorylation in cells undergoing differentiation, which strongly suggests a possible role of non-receptor tyrosine kinases in epithelial cell maturation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Oncology, Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10021.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sudol
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hanafusa
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Krueger
mesh_terms: D002118:Calcium / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D015603:Keratinocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000201:enzymology*; D019000:Phosphotyrosine; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D051575:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-yes; D016392:Proto-Oncogene Proteins pp60(c-src) / Q000378:metabolism*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D014443:Tyrosine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism; D019061:src-Family Kinases
chemical_list: D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D019000:Phosphotyrosine; D014443:Tyrosine; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D051575:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-yes; D016392:Proto-Oncogene Proteins pp60(c-src); D019061:src-Family Kinases; D002118:Calcium