title: A soluble version of the receptor-like protein tyrosine phosphatase kappa stimulates neurite outgrowth via a Grb2/MEK1-dependent signaling cascade.
abstract: Receptor-like protein tyrosine phosphatase kappa (RPTPkappa) is expressed in the nervous system in a manner consistent with a role in axonal growth and guidance. The extracellular domain of RPTPkappa shares structural features with cell adhesion molecules and can support homophilic adhesion. In the present study we produced a soluble Fc-chimeric protein containing the full extracellular domain of RPTPkappa. Following affinity capture, the RPTPkappa-Fc was shown to promote the aggregation of Covasphere beads, confirming its homophilic binding activity. When added to cultures of cerebellar neurons as a soluble molecule, the RPTPkappa chimera stimulated neurite outgrowth. The neurite outgrowth response was substantially inhibited by a cell-permeable peptide inhibitor of Grb2 and by PD 098059, a drug that has been used to inhibit MEK1 activation in a wide range of cell types. These results demonstrate that RPTPkappa can stimulate neurite outgrowth and provide evidence that this might involve the coupling of Grb2 to a MAPK signal transduction cascade.
authors.affiliation: Molecular Neurobiology Group, Guy's, King's and St Thomas's School of Medicine, Kings College London, Fourth Floor Hodgkin Building, Guy's Campus, London, SE1 9RT, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: N E
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Drosopoulos
authors.forename: F S
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Walsh
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Doherty
mesh_terms: D016475:3T3 Cells; D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D000818:Animals; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D005419:Flavonoids / Q000494:pharmacology; D051380:GRB2 Adaptor Protein; D007141:Immunoglobulin Fc Fragments / Q000235:genetics; D048369:MAP Kinase Kinase 1; D051379:Mice; D020929:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016501:Neurites / Q000187:drug effects*; D009474:Neurons / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects; D010455:Peptides / Q000494:pharmacology; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases / Q000235:genetics / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D011506:Proteins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D054623:Receptor-Like Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases, Class 2; D017468:Receptors, Fibroblast Growth Factor / Q000378:metabolism; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000494:pharmacology; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D005419:Flavonoids; D051380:GRB2 Adaptor Protein; C495949:Grb2 protein, mouse; C495950:Grb2 protein, rat; D007141:Immunoglobulin Fc Fragments; D010455:Peptides; D011506:Proteins; D017468:Receptors, Fibroblast Growth Factor; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases; D048369:MAP Kinase Kinase 1; C482127:Map2k1 protein, mouse; D020929:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases; C080778:Ptprk protein, mouse; D054623:Receptor-Like Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases, Class 2; C093973:2-(2-amino-3-methoxyphenyl)-4H-1-benzopyran-4-one