title: Neuregulin-2, a new ligand of ErbB3/ErbB4-receptor tyrosine kinases.
abstract: The neuregulins (NRGs) are a family of multipotent epidermal-growth-factor-like (EGF-like) factors that arise from splice variants of a single gene. They influence the growth, differentiation, survival and fate of several cell types. We have now discovered a set of new neuregulin-like growth factors, which we call neuregulin-2 (NRG-2): these are encoded by their own gene and exhibit a distinct expression pattern in adult brain and developing heart. Like NRG-1, the EGF-like domain of the new ligands binds to both the ErbB3- and ErbB4-receptor tyrosine kinases. However, NRG-2 stimulates different ErbB-receptor tyrosine-phosphorylation profiles from NRG-1. Our results indicate that NRG-1 and NRG-2 mediate distinct biological processes by acting at different sites in tissues and eliciting different biochemical responses in cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA.
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Carraway
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Weber
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Unger
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ledesma
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gassmann
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lai
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism; D002448:Cell Adhesion; D019281:Dimerization; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor / Q000378:metabolism*; D066246:ErbB Receptors / Q000378:metabolism*; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008024:Ligands; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism; D009414:Nerve Growth Factors / Q000378:metabolism*; D020880:Neuregulins; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D020893:Receptor, ErbB-3; D066247:Receptor, ErbB-4; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D014443:Tyrosine / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D006023:Glycoproteins; D008024:Ligands; D009414:Nerve Growth Factors; D020880:Neuregulins; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014443:Tyrosine; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor; C587689:ERBB4 protein, human; D066246:ErbB Receptors; C587690:Erbb4 protein, mouse; D020893:Receptor, ErbB-3; D066247:Receptor, ErbB-4