title: Requirement of phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase for epithelial cell migration activated by human macrophage stimulating protein.
abstract: Macrophage stimulating protein (MSP) is a ligand for the RON receptor protein tyrosine kinase. Activation of RON in murine resident macrophages results in cell shape change and migration. We studied cell movement induced by MSP in different types of human epithelial cells and the possible role of phosphatidylinositol-3 (PI-3) kinase in RON-mediated signal transduction. We observed specific and saturable binding of 125I-MSP to RON on several epithelial cell lines. In addition to activation and phosphorylation of RON, MSP also induced tyrosine phosphorylation of the PI-3 kinase p85 subunit in a time-dependent manner, with a peak at 15 min. Moreover, phosphorylated RON formed a complex with PI-3 kinase in both HK-NOC keratinocyte and RON cDNA-transfected MDCK cells. An in vitro protein interaction assay confirmed that PI-3 kinase from a lysate of MSP-activated cells bound to pure RON protein. MSP, at a concentration range of 1 to 5 nM, induced migration of three epithelial cell lines. This effect was inhibited by wortmannin, a specific inhibitor for PI-3 kinase, with an IC50 of 10 nM. MSP-induced shape change in murine resident peritoneal macrophages was also abolished by wortmannin. These data suggest that activation of PI-3 kinase is required for MSP-induced epithelial cell migration. The stimulation by MSP of epithelial cell movement may have implications for tissue repair, wound healing, and tumor metastasis.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Immunobiology, National Cancer Institute and Frederick Cancer Research and Development Center, National Institutes of Health, Frederick, Maryland 21702, USA.
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Montero-Julian
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Dauny
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Leonard
mesh_terms: D002465:Cell Movement; D004847:Epithelial Cells; D006133:Growth Substances / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017228:Hepatocyte Growth Factor; D006801:Humans; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases; D010766:Phosphorylation; D017853:Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor) / Q000378:metabolism*; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction; D014443:Tyrosine / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D006133:Growth Substances; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; C082332:macrophage stimulating protein; D014443:Tyrosine; D017228:Hepatocyte Growth Factor; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases; D017853:Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor); C080835:RON protein; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases