title: Alternatively spliced focal adhesion kinase in rat brain with increased autophosphorylation activity.
abstract: pp125 focal adhesion kinase (FAK), a cytoplasmic tyrosine kinase transducing signals initiated by integrin engagement and G protein-coupled receptors, is highly expressed in brain. FAK from brain had a higher molecular weight and an increased autophosphorylation activity, than from other tissues. In addition to a 9-base insertion in the 3'-coding region, which defines FAK+, rat striatal FAK mRNAs contained several additional short exons, coding for peptides of 28, 6, and 7 residues, respectively (termed boxes 28, 6, and 7), surrounding the autophosphorylated Tyr-397. In transfected COS 7 cells, the presence of boxes 6 and 7 conferred an increased overall tyrosine phosphorylation, a higher phosphorylation of Tyr-397 assessed with a phosphorylation state-specific antibody, and a more active autophosphorylation in immune precipitates. The presence of box 28 did not alter further these parameters. Two-dimensional phosphopeptide maps of hippocampal FAK were identical to those of FAK+6,7. The presence of the various exons did not alter the interaction of FAK with c-Src, n-Src, or Fyn. Thus, several splice isoforms of FAK are preferentially expressed in rat brain, some of which have an increased autophosphorylation activity, suggesting that FAK may have specific properties in neurons.
authors.affiliation: INSERM U 114, Chaire de Neuropharmacologie, Collège de France, 11 place Marcelin Berthelot, 75231 Paris cedex 05, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Burgaya
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Toutant
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Studler
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Le Bert
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gelman
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Girault
mesh_terms: D017398:Alternative Splicing; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001921:Brain / Q000201:enzymology*; D019556:COS Cells; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D051417:Focal Adhesion Kinase 1; D051416:Focal Adhesion Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010449:Peptide Mapping; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011972:Receptor, Insulin / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules; D007527:Isoenzymes; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D011972:Receptor, Insulin; D051417:Focal Adhesion Kinase 1; D051416:Focal Adhesion Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; C496051:Ptk2 protein, mouse; C496052:Ptk2 protein, rat