title: Hypoxia induces activation and subcellular translocation of focal adhesion kinase (p125(FAK)) in cultured rat cardiac myocytes.
abstract: We previously reported that hypoxia caused rapid activation of RAS/mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway, two other stress-activated MAPK family members, stress-activated protein kinase (SAPK) and p38MAPK, and Src family tyrosine kinases, p60(c-src) and p59(c-fyn) in cultured rat cardiac myocytes. In this study, to elucidate how hypoxia affects adhesive interaction between cardiac myocytes and extracellular matrix (ECM), we investigated the molecular mechanism of the activation of focal adhesion-associated tyrosine kinases p125(FAK) and paxillin. Here, we show that hypoxia induced tyrosine phosphorylation of p125(FAK) and paxillin and that hypoxia-induced activation of p125(FAK) was accompanied by its increased association with adapter proteins Shc and GRB2, and non-receptor type tyrosine kinase p60(c-src). Furthermore, hypoxia caused subcellular translocation of p125(FAK) from perinuclear sites to the focal adhesions. These results strongly suggest that p125(FAK) is one of the most important components in hypoxia-induced intracellular signaling in cardiac myocytes and may play a pivotal role in adhesive interaction between cardiac myocytes and ECM.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Seko
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sabe
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tobe
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kadowaki
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nagai
mesh_terms: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D033942:Adaptor Proteins, Vesicular Transport; D000818:Animals; D002448:Cell Adhesion; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules / Q000378:metabolism*; D015687:Cell Hypoxia / Q000502:physiology*; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000201:enzymology; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000201:enzymology; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D051417:Focal Adhesion Kinase 1; D051416:Focal Adhesion Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D051380:GRB2 Adaptor Protein; D009206:Myocardium / Q000166:cytology / Q000201:enzymology*; D051419:Paxillin; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000378:metabolism; D010766:Phosphorylation; D019000:Phosphotyrosine / Q000378:metabolism; D011485:Protein Binding; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D016392:Proto-Oncogene Proteins pp60(c-src) / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D055765:Shc Signaling Adaptor Proteins; D015398:Signal Transduction; D000071425:Src Homology 2 Domain-Containing, Transforming Protein 1
chemical_list: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D033942:Adaptor Proteins, Vesicular Transport; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; D051380:GRB2 Adaptor Protein; C495950:Grb2 protein, rat; D051419:Paxillin; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D011506:Proteins; C496063:Pxn protein, rat; D055765:Shc Signaling Adaptor Proteins; C528035:Shc1 protein, rat; D000071425:Src Homology 2 Domain-Containing, Transforming Protein 1; D019000:Phosphotyrosine; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D051417:Focal Adhesion Kinase 1; D051416:Focal Adhesion Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D016392:Proto-Oncogene Proteins pp60(c-src); C496052:Ptk2 protein, rat