title: Association of the Abl tyrosine kinase with the Trk nerve growth factor receptor.
abstract: Nerve growth factor (NGF) initiates the majority of its biological effects by promoting the dimerization and activation of the tyrosine kinase receptor TrkA. In addition to rapid increases in the phosphorylation of phosphatidylinositol 3'-kinase (PI 3-kinase) and phospholipase C-gamma and increased ras activity, phosphorylation of c-Crk and paxillin proteins has been observed upon TrkA activation. The c-Abl tyrosine kinase is involved in the control of the axonal cytoskeleton and is known to interact with c-Crk proteins. Here we have tested the possibility that TrkA receptors might form an association with the c-Abl protein. After transfection in 293T cells, TrkA and c-Abl kinases could be coimmunoprecipitated. This interaction did not require TrkA receptors to be autophosphorylated. Mapping analysis indicated that the region of c-Abl association was confined to the juxtamembrane region of TrkA. The interaction of c-Abl with TrkA was also observed in differentiated pheochromocytoma PC12 cells. These results suggest that c-Abl may be recruited to the NGF receptor complex and be involved in regulating specific phosphorylation events that occur during neuronal differentiation.
authors.affiliation: Molecular Neurobiology Program, Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yano
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cong
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Birge
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Goff
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Chao
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D006801:Humans; D016716:PC12 Cells; D010449:Peptide Mapping; D011233:Precipitin Tests; D016315:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-abl / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D020917:Receptor, trkA / Q000378:metabolism*; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D020917:Receptor, trkA; D016315:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-abl