title: Effect of dimerization on signal transduction and biological function of oncogenic Ros, insulin, and insulin-like growth factor I receptors.
abstract: The avian sarcoma virus UR2 codes for an oncogenic Gag-Ros fusion protein-tyrosine kinase (PTK). We have previously derived two retroviruses, T6 and NM1, coding for oncogenic Gag-insulin receptor and Gag-insulin-like growth factor I receptor (IGFR) fusion proteins, respectively. The Gag-IGFR fusion protein dimerizes, whereas Gag-Ros does not. To identify sequences affecting dimerization and the effect of dimerization on signaling and biological functions, we generated recombinants exchanging the extracellular and transmembrane sequences among the three fusion receptors. The presence of multiple cysteines in the Gag sequence appears to preclude dimerization, since deletion of the 3' cysteine residue allows for dimerization. Most of the chimeric receptors retain high PTK activity and induce transformation regardless of their configuration on the cell surface. UT, a UR2/T6 chimera, retained mitogenic activity but has a markedly reduced transforming ability, while UN7, a UR2/NM1 recombinant, which also harbors Y950F and F951S mutations in IGFR, exhibits dramatic reductions in both activities. All of the fusion receptors can phosphorylate insulin receptor substrate 1 and activate PI 3-kinase. UT protein induces Shc phosphorylation, whereas UN7 protein does not, but both are unable to activate mitogen-activated protein kinase. Our results show that overexpressed oncogenic Gag-fusion receptors do not require dimerization for their signaling and transforming functions and that the extracellular and transmembrane sequences of a receptor PTK can affect its specific substrate interactions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029, USA.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lai
authors.forename: L H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D033942:Adaptor Proteins, Vesicular Transport; D000818:Animals; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic; D002642:Chick Embryo; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*; D019281:Dimerization; D006031:Glycosylation; D055504:Insulin Receptor Substrate Proteins; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000378:metabolism; D010766:Phosphorylation; D017853:Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor) / Q000378:metabolism; D011485:Protein Binding; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000737:chemistry*; D017526:Receptor, IGF Type 1 / Q000737:chemistry*; D011972:Receptor, Insulin / Q000737:chemistry*; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D012097:Repressor Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*; D055765:Shc Signaling Adaptor Proteins; D015398:Signal Transduction; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D033942:Adaptor Proteins, Vesicular Transport; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D055504:Insulin Receptor Substrate Proteins; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D011506:Proteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D012097:Repressor Proteins; D055765:Shc Signaling Adaptor Proteins; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases; D017853:Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor); D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D017526:Receptor, IGF Type 1; D011972:Receptor, Insulin; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases