title: The transmembrane protein-tyrosine phosphatase LAR modulates signaling by multiple receptor tyrosine kinases.
abstract: Antisense-mediated suppression of the transmembrane protein-tyrosine phosphatase (PTPase) LAR has been shown previously to increase insulin-dependent phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI 3-kinase) activation by greater than 300% in the rat hepatoma cell line McA-RH7777. Here, insulin-dependent insulin receptor tyrosine kinase activation was examined with recombinant insulin receptor substrate 1 (IRS-1) as the substrate and shown to be 3-fold greater in cells with suppressed LAR levels. Consistent with a receptor level effect, in vivo insulin-dependent tyrosine phosphorylation of both IRS-1 and Shc was increased by a similar 3-fold with LAR suppression. These increases in IRS-1 and Shc phosphorylation were paralleled by increases in insulin-dependent PI 3-kinase association with IRS-1 and activation of the MAP kinase pathway. Reduced LAR levels also resulted in increases of over 300% and 250% in epidermal growth factor (EGF)- and hepatocyte growth factor (HGF)-dependent receptor autophosphorylation, respectively, as well as a severalfold increase in substrate tyrosine phosphorylation. In a post-receptor response, EGF- and HGF-dependent MAP kinase activation was increased by 300% and 350%, respectively, with LAR suppression. Similarly, growth factor-dependent PI 3-kinase activation was increased in LAR antisense expressing cells when compared to null vector expressing cells. These results demonstrate that the transmembrane PTPase LAR modulates ligand-dependent activation of at least three receptor tyrosine kinases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, New York 14642, USA.
authors.forename: D T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Kulas
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Goldstein
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Mooney
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000201:enzymology*; D055504:Insulin Receptor Substrate Proteins; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D011972:Receptor, Insulin / Q000378:metabolism*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D055504:Insulin Receptor Substrate Proteins; C526296:Irs1 protein, rat; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D011972:Receptor, Insulin; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases