title: Tyrosine phosphorylation of the proto-oncogene product Vav and its association with the adapter Grb2/Ash in a human leukemia cell line UT-7.
abstract: The vav proto-oncogene product (Vav) is expressed exclusively in hematopoietic cells and is reported to have guanine nucleotide exchange activity. Here we report that granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor, interleukin-3, and erythropoietin induce tyrosine phosphorylation of Vav in a human leukemia cell line UT-7. Tyrosine phosphorylation of Vav is rapid and transient; it occurs within 1 min of the stimulation and at physiological concentrations of the factors. Furthermore, we show that Vav is constitutively associated with the adapter molecule Grb2/Ash in UT-7. These data suggest that tyrosine kinases, the adapter Grb2/Ash, and the guanine nucleotide exchange factor Vav are members of a signaling pathway leading to Ras activation in hematopoietic cells.
authors.affiliation: Third Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hanazono
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Odai
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mimura
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mitani
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yazaki
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hirai
mesh_terms: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D066246:ErbB Receptors / Q000378:metabolism; D004921:Erythropoietin / Q000494:pharmacology; D051380:GRB2 Adaptor Protein; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D007377:Interleukin-3 / Q000494:pharmacology; D007938:Leukemia / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D010766:Phosphorylation / Q000187:drug effects; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D000090063:Proto-Oncogene Mas; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D051567:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-vav; D016392:Proto-Oncogene Proteins pp60(c-src) / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology; D013268:Stimulation, Chemical; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D018631:ras Proteins / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D051380:GRB2 Adaptor Protein; C495948:GRB2 protein, human; D007377:Interleukin-3; C000715470:MAS1 protein, human; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D011506:Proteins; D000090063:Proto-Oncogene Mas; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D051567:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-vav; C496618:VAV1 protein, human; D004921:Erythropoietin; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor; D066246:ErbB Receptors; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D016392:Proto-Oncogene Proteins pp60(c-src); D018631:ras Proteins