title: Reduced tyrosine phosphorylation and nonresponsiveness to EGF-mediated cytotoxicity in EGF receptor-hyperproducing UCVA-1 cells.
abstract: UCVA-1 cells, derived from human pancreas adenocarcinoma, have a high number of epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptors (1.0 x 10(6) per cell) but their growth is not inhibited by EGF, unlike other EGF receptor-hyperproducing tumour cells. In UCVA-1 cells EGF activates neither the phosphatidylinositol turnover nor protein kinase C. EGF, however, enhances the phosphorylation of EGF receptors at specific tyrosine residues, indicating that the EGF receptor kinase is active and subject to autophosphorylation. Downmodulation of EGF receptors by 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol 13-acetate (TPA) is also observed. Using an anti-phosphotyrosine antibody several phosphoproteins, including EGF receptors, were immunoprecipitated from UCVA-1 cell lysates, whereas more than 20 phosphoproteins were detected in other EGF receptor-hyperproducing tumour cells (NA), indicating that tyrosine-phosphorylation of endogenous substrates by EGF receptor kinase is significantly reduced in UCVA-1 cells. Thus, non-responsiveness of UCVA-1 cells to EGF is correlated with the reduced tyrosine phosphorylation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hirai
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Shimizu
mesh_terms: D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell; D002455:Cell Division; D015536:Down-Regulation; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor / Q000494:pharmacology*; D066246:ErbB Receptors / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms; D010449:Peptide Mapping; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols / Q000378:metabolism; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000032:analysis; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D014443:Tyrosine / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D010716:Phosphatidylinositols; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D014443:Tyrosine; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor; D066246:ErbB Receptors; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate