title: Linkage of G protein-coupled receptors to the MAPK signaling pathway through PI 3-kinase gamma.
abstract: The tyrosine kinase class of receptors induces mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) activation through the sequential interaction of the signaling proteins Grb2, Sos, Ras, Raf, and MEK. Receptors coupled to heterotrimeric guanine triphosphate-binding protein (G protein) stimulate MAPK through Gbetagamma subunits, but the subsequent intervening molecules are still poorly defined. Overexpression of phosphoinositide 3-kinase gamma (PI3Kgamma) in COS-7 cells activated MAPK in a Gbetagamma-dependent fashion, and expression of a catalytically inactive mutant of PI3Kgamma abolished the stimulation of MAPK by Gbetagamma or in response to stimulation of muscarinic (m2) G protein-coupled receptors. Signaling from PI3Kgamma to MAPK appears to require a tyrosine kinase, Shc, Grb2, Sos, Ras, and Raf. These findings indicate that PI3Kgamma mediates Gbetagamma-dependent regulation of the MAPK signaling pathway.
authors.affiliation: Max Planck Research Unit Molecular Cell Biology, Medical Faculty, University of Jena, 07747 Jena, Germany.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lopez-Ilasaca
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Crespo
authors.forename: P G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Pellici
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Gutkind
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wetzker
mesh_terms: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D000730:Androstadienes / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D019556:COS Cells; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D002217:Carbachol / Q000494:pharmacology; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000201:enzymology; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D051380:GRB2 Adaptor Protein; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D020662:Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors; D019950:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases; D010766:Phosphorylation; D017853:Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor) / Q000378:metabolism*; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D043585:Receptor, Muscarinic M2; D011976:Receptors, Muscarinic / Q000378:metabolism; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction; D014162:Transfection; D014443:Tyrosine / Q000378:metabolism; D000077191:Wortmannin; D020663:ras Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors; D018631:ras Proteins / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D000730:Androstadienes; D051380:GRB2 Adaptor Protein; D020662:Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors; D011506:Proteins; D043585:Receptor, Muscarinic M2; D011976:Receptors, Muscarinic; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D020663:ras Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors; D014443:Tyrosine; D002217:Carbachol; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases; D017853:Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor); D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases; D019950:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins; D018631:ras Proteins; D000077191:Wortmannin