title: Proteolytic processing of the hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor receptor by furin.
abstract: The hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor (HGF/SF) receptor consists of an alpha- and a beta-subunit, which are derived from a single-chain precursor by endoproteolytic processing. The precursor is not proteolytically processed in LoVo colon carcinoma cells. The uncleaved receptor immunopurified from the cells was cleaved in vitro by furin. Furthermore, the HGF/SF receptor was proteolytically processed in LoVo cells transfected with furin cDNA. These results indicate that furin is a processing endoprotease for the HGF/SF receptor. Tyrosine autophosphorylation of the uncleaved receptor was induced by HGF/SF, and the growth of the cells expressing the uncleaved receptor was stimulated by HGF/SF, indicating that the proteolytic processing of the receptor is not essential for the signal transduction of HGF/SF.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Liver Research, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Komada
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hatsuzawa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shibamoto
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakayama
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kitamura
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D016466:CHO Cells; D006224:Cricetinae; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D010450:Endopeptidases / Q000378:metabolism; D045683:Furin; D015870:Gene Expression; D017228:Hepatocyte Growth Factor / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D019859:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-met; D015398:Signal Transduction; D013381:Subtilisins / Q000235:genetics / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014162:Transfection; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D017228:Hepatocyte Growth Factor; D019859:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-met; D010450:Endopeptidases; D013381:Subtilisins; D045683:Furin