title: Four PSM/SH2-B alternative splice variants and their differential roles in mitogenesis.
abstract: An SH2 domain originally termed SH2-B had been identified as a direct cellular binding target of a number of mostly mitogenic receptors. The complete cellular protein, termed PSM, and respective sequence variants share additional Pro-rich and PH regions, as well as similarities with APS and Lnk. A role of these mediators has been implicated in signaling pathways found downstream of growth hormone receptor and receptor tyrosine kinases, including the insulin, insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I), platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF), nerve growth factor, hepatocyte growth factor, and fibroblast growth factor receptors. As a result of this report a total of four PSM/SH2-B sequence variants termed alpha, beta, gamma, and delta have now been identified in the mouse and have been compared with the available rat and human sequences. Variant differences are based on alternative splicing and define distinct last exons 7, 8, and 9 that result in reading frameshifts and unique carboxyl-terminal amino acid sequences. Variant sequences have been identified from cDNA libraries and directly by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. Sequence analysis predicts four distinctly sized protein products that have been demonstrated after cDNA expression. All were found phosphorylated on tyrosine specifically in response to IGF-I and PDGF stimulation. cDNA expression of the four variants caused variant-dependent levels of stimulation of IGF-I- and PDGF-induced mitogenesis. The most pronounced increase in mitogenesis was consistently observed for the gamma variant followed by delta, alpha, and beta with decreasing responses. In contrast, the mitogenic response to epidermal growth factor consistently remained unaffected. The variants are expressed in most mouse tissues, typically, most strongly in pairs of alpha and delta or beta and gamma. Our findings implicate differential roles of the PSM/SH2-B splice variants in specific mitogenic signaling pathways.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202, USA.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yousaf
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Deng
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Riedel
mesh_terms: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D017398:Alternative Splicing; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / Q000494:pharmacology; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D051379:Mice; D008938:Mitosis / Q000502:physiology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010766:Phosphorylation; D010957:Plasmids; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor / Q000494:pharmacology; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor; C518910:SH2B1 protein, human; C492010:SH2B1 protein, rat; C115327:Sh2bpsm1 protein, mouse; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I