title: Functional interaction of vascular endothelial-protein-tyrosine phosphatase with the angiopoietin receptor Tie-2.
abstract: During development of the vertebrate vascular system essential signals are transduced via protein-tyrosine phosphorylation. Null-mutations of receptor-tyrosine kinase (RTK) genes expressed in endothelial cells (ECs) display early lethal vascular phenotypes. We aimed to identify endothelial protein-tyrosine phosphatases (PTPs), which should have similar importance in EC-biology. A murine receptor-type PTP was identified by a degenerated PCR cloning approach from endothelial cells (VE-PTP). By in situ hybridization this phosphatase was found to be specifically expressed in vascular ECs throughout mouse development. In experiments using GST-fusion proteins, as well as in transient transfections, trapping mutants of VE-PTP co-precipitated with the Angiopoietin receptor Tie-2, but not with the Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor receptor 2 (VEGFR-2/Flk-1). In addition, VE-PTP dephosphorylates Tie-2 but not VEGFR-2. We conclude that VE-PTP is a Tie-2 specific phosphatase expressed in ECs, and VE-PTP phosphatase activity serves to specifically modulate Angiopoietin/Tie-2 function. Based on its potential role as a regulator of blood vessel morphogenesis and maintainance, VE-PTP is a candidate gene for inherited vascular malformations similar to the Tie-2 gene.
authors.affiliation: Max-Planck-Institute for Physiological and Clinical Research, W.G. Kerckhoff Institute, Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Parkstrasse 1, D-61231 Bad Nauheim, Germany.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fachinger
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Deutsch
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Risau
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D019556:COS Cells; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000201:enzymology*; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D010766:Phosphorylation; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D042787:Receptor, TIE-2; D054633:Receptor-Like Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases, Class 5; D017978:Receptors, Growth Factor / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D040262:Receptors, Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D017978:Receptors, Growth Factor; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D042787:Receptor, TIE-2; D040262:Receptors, Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor; C516895:PTPRZ1 protein, human; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases; C516896:Ptprz1 protein, mouse; D054633:Receptor-Like Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases, Class 5