title: Activation of Rac1 by a Crk SH3-binding protein, DOCK180.
abstract: DOCK180 is involved in integrin signaling through CrkII-p130(Cas) complexes. We have studied the involvement of DOCK180 in Rac1 signaling cascades. DOCK180 activated JNK in a manner dependent on Rac1, Cdc42Hs, and SEK, and overexpression of DOCK180 increased the amount of GTP-bound Rac1 in 293T cells. Coexpression of CrkII and p130(Cas) enhanced this DOCK180-dependent activation of Rac1. Furthermore, we observed direct binding of DOCK180 to Rac1, but not to RhoA or Cdc42Hs. Dominant-negative Rac1 suppressed DOCK180-induced membrane spreading. These results strongly suggest that DOCK180 is a novel activator of Rac1 and involved in integrin signaling.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8640, Japan.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kiyokawa
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sugimura
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kurata
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Matsuda
mesh_terms: D016475:3T3 Cells; D000818:Animals; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000502:physiology; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D020558:GTP Phosphohydrolases / Q000502:physiology; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D016023:Integrins / Q000378:metabolism; D048031:JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D051379:Mice; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D011485:Protein Binding; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D050737:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-crk; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology; D020744:rac GTP-Binding Proteins; D018909:src Homology Domains
chemical_list: C099818:DOCK1 protein, human; D016023:Integrins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D011506:Proteins; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D050737:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-crk; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases; D048031:JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D020558:GTP Phosphohydrolases; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins; D020744:rac GTP-Binding Proteins