title: The tyrosine phosphatase SHP-2 is required for mediating phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/Akt activation by growth factors.
abstract: SHP-2 is a ubiquitously expressed non-transmembrane tyrosine phosphatase with two SH2 domains. Multiple reverse-genetic studies have indicated that SHP-2 is a required component for organ and animal development. SHP-2 wild-type and homozygous mutant mouse fibroblast cells in which the N-terminal SH2 domain was target-deleted were used to examine the function of SHP-2 in regulating Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase (PI3K) activation by growth factors. In addition, SHP-2 and various mutants were introduced into human glioblastoma cells as well as SHP-2(-/-) mouse fibroblasts. We found that EGF stimulation and EGFR oncoprotein (DeltaEGFR) expression independently induced the co-immunoprecipitation of the p85 subunit of PI3K with SHP-2. Targeted deletion of the N-terminal SH2 domain of SHP-2 severely impaired PDGF- and IGF-induced Akt phosphorylation. Ectopic expression of SHP-2 in U87MG gliobastoma cells elevated EGF-induced Akt phosphorylation, and the effect was abolished by mutation of its N-terminal SH2 domain. Likewise, the reconstitution of SHP-2 expression in the SHP-2(-/-) cells enhanced Akt phosphorylation induced by EGF while rescuing that induced by PDGF and IGF. Further lipid kinase activity assays confirmed that SHP-2 modulation of Akt phosphorylation correlated with its regulation of PI3K activation. Based on these results, we conclude that SHP-2 is required for mediating PI3K/Akt activation, and the N-terminal SH2 domain is critically important for a "positive" role of SHP-2 in regulating PI3K pathway activation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: O'Rourke
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Greene
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor / Q000494:pharmacology; D066246:ErbB Receptors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D005909:Glioblastoma; D006133:Growth Substances / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D051379:Mice; D009154:Mutation; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor / Q000494:pharmacology; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D054592:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 11; D053824:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 6; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt; D054593:SH2 Domain-Containing Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases; D015398:Signal Transduction; D013002:Somatomedins / Q000494:pharmacology; D014162:Transfection; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D018909:src Homology Domains
chemical_list: D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor; D066246:ErbB Receptors; D006133:Growth Substances; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D054592:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 11; D053824:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 6; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt; D054593:SH2 Domain-Containing Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases; D013002:Somatomedins; C494918:AKT1 protein, human; C516724:PTPN11 protein, human; C509249:PTPN6 protein, human; C516725:Ptpn11 protein, mouse; C509248:Ptpn6 protein, mouse