title: A role for Pyk2 and Src in linking G-protein-coupled receptors with MAP kinase activation.
abstract: The mechanisms by which mitogenic G-protein-coupled receptors activate the MAP kinase signalling pathway are poorly understood. Candidate protein tyrosine kinases that link G-protein-coupled receptors with MAP kinase include Src family kinases, the epidermal growth factor receptor, Lyn and Syk. Here we show that lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) and bradykinin induce tyrosine phosphorylation of Pyk2 and complex formation between Pyk2 and activated Src. Moreover, tyrosine phosphorylation of Pyk2 leads to binding of the SH2 domain of Src to tyrosine 402 of Pyk2 and activation of Src. Transient overexpression of a dominant interfering mutant of Pyk2 or the protein tyrosine kinase Csk reduces LPA- or bradykinin-induced activation of MAP kinase. LPA- or bradykinin-induced MAP kinase activation was also inhibited by overexpression of dominant interfering mutants of Grb2 and Sos. We propose that Pyk2 acts with Src to link Gi- and Gq-coupled receptors with Grb2 and Sos to activate the MAP kinase signalling pathway in PC12 cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, New York University Medical Center, 10016, USA.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Dikic
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tokiwa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lev
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Courtneidge
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schlessinger
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001920:Bradykinin / Q000494:pharmacology; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D002460:Cell Line; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D051418:Focal Adhesion Kinase 2; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008246:Lysophospholipids / Q000494:pharmacology; D016716:PC12 Cells; D010766:Phosphorylation / Q000187:drug effects; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D014162:Transfection; D019061:src-Family Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D008246:Lysophospholipids; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D051418:Focal Adhesion Kinase 2; C496054:Ptk2b protein, rat; D019061:src-Family Kinases; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins; D001920:Bradykinin; D002118:Calcium