Differences in signal transduction pathways by which platelet-derived and fibroblast growth factors activate extracellular signal-regulated kinase in differentiating oligodendrocytes.
Treatment of cultured rat oligodendroglial progenitors with either platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) or fibroblast growth factor-2 (FGF-2) activated extracellular signal regulated kinase 2 (ERK2). Activation was transient in response to PDGF, whereas it was greater and more prolonged in response to FGF-2. ERK2 activation by PDGF was preceded by a very rapid, robust and transient tyrosine phosphorylation of the PDGF receptor. Although there was consistently more activation of ERK2 in response to FGF-2 than to PDGF, immunostaining of FGF receptors 1 (FGFR1) and 2 (FGFR2) and their tyrosine phosphorylation in progenitors was very weak, and both receptors were up-regulated during differentiation to oligodendrocytes. Tyrosine phosphorylation of the FGF receptors was maximal from 15 to 60 min of treatment and was sustained for many hours. Binding of radioiodinated FGF-2 to FGFR1 was predominant in progenitors, whereas binding to FGFR2 was predominant in oligodendrocytes. ERK2 activation by PDGF was more sensitive to inhibition of tyrosine kinases, whereas ERK2 activation by FGF-2 was relatively more sensitive to inhibitors of protein kinase C. These differences in signal transduction pathways probably contribute to the different cellular responses of oligodendroglial lineage cells to PDGF and FGF-2, respectively.
Myelin and Brain Development Section, Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology, NINDS, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
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D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor; D017468:Receptors, Fibroblast Growth Factor; D016222:Fibroblast Growth Factor 2; D019833:Genistein; C496350:Fgfr1 protein, rat; C496356:Fgfr2 protein, rat; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D051496:Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 1; D051497:Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 2; D017479:Receptors, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor; D019950:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1