The product of the protooncogene c-src is modified during the cellular response to platelet-derived growth factor.
We have observed a modification of the cellular protein kinase pp60c-src, elicited in murine 3T3 fibroblasts by platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF). The modification occurred rapidly after addition of PDGF to the culture medium and was first detected as a reduction in the electrophoretic mobility of a portion of the pp60c-src molecules. A similarly modified form of the viral homologue pp60v-src occurs in vivo in the absence of stimulation by PDGF. The occurrence of modified forms of both pp60c-src and pp60v-src was associated with a novel phosphorylation at tyrosine in the amino-terminal domains of the proteins. The time-course and dose-response for this modification of pp60c-src paralleled PDGF-induced increases in phosphorylation of pp36, a major cellular substrate for several tyrosine-specific protein kinases. In parallel experiments, treatment of cells with PDGF increased the kinase activity of pp60c-src in an immunocomplex assay. These results suggest pp60c-src may play a role in the mitogenic response to PDGF.
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D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D051379:Mice; D008938:Mitosis; D010766:Phosphorylation; D019000:Phosphotyrosine; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D016392:Proto-Oncogene Proteins pp60(c-src); D014443:Tyrosine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism
D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D019000:Phosphotyrosine; D014443:Tyrosine; D016392:Proto-Oncogene Proteins pp60(c-src)