title: Intermolecular association of the p185neu protein and EGF receptor modulates EGF receptor function.
abstract: We have used cross-linking reagents on cell lines expressing both p185neu and EGFR. The lysates of the cells were precipitated with anti-p185neu or anti-EGFR antibodies. These precipitates included a high molecular weight complex that was identified as an EGFR-p185neu heterodimer. Heterodimerization was found to be induced by exposure to EGR. The EGFR of these cells displayed three affinity states for EGF: low (Kd, approximately 10(-9) M), high (Kd, 10(-9) to 10(-10) M), and very high (Kd, 10(-11) M), as determined by Scatchard analyses. Relatively small levels of EGF had a dramatic biological effect on cells expressing very high affinity EGFR. The very high affinity EGFR disappeared after the cells were treated with anti-p185neu monoclonal antibodies that selectively down-regulated p185neu. EGF and TPA had differential effects on down-modulation of the EGFR in cells that express either one or both species of receptor proteins.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia 19104-6082.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wada
authors.forename: X L
authors.initials: XL
authors.lastname: Qian
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Greene
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002455:Cell Division; D002460:Cell Line; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic; D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents; D004261:DNA Replication; D015536:Down-Regulation / Q000187:drug effects; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D066246:ErbB Receptors / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000378:metabolism; D015870:Gene Expression; D007700:Kinetics; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D051379:Mice; D008970:Molecular Weight; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D011519:Proto-Oncogenes; D018719:Erb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine Kinases; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology; D013936:Thymidine / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor; D066246:ErbB Receptors; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D018719:Erb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine Kinases; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate; D013936:Thymidine