title: Molecular events in transmembrane signaling via E-selectin. SHP2 association, adaptor protein complex formation and ERK1/2 activation.
abstract: E-selectin is a cytokine-inducible adhesion molecule that is expressed by activated endothelial cells at sites of inflammation. In addition to supporting rolling and stable arrest of leukocytes, there is increasing evidence that E-selectin functions in transmembrane signaling into endothelial cells during these adhesive interactions. We have previously shown that adhesion of HL-60 cells (which express ligands for E-selectin), or antibody-mediated cross-linking of E-selectin, results in formation of a Ras/Raf-1/phospho-MEK macrocomplex, extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase (ERK1/2) activation, and c-fos up-regulation. All of these downstream signaling events appear to require an intact cytoplasmic domain of E-selectin. Here we demonstrate that tyrosine 603 in the cytoplasmic domain of E-selectin is required for the E-selectin-dependent ERK1/2 activation. Tyrosine 603 plays an important role in mediating the association of E-selectin with SHP2, and the catalytic domain of SHP2 is, in turn, critical for E-selectin-dependent ERK1/2 activation. An adapter protein complex consisting of Shc.Grb2.Sos bridges between SHP2 and the Ras.Raf.phospho-MEK macrocomplex. These molecular events thus outline a mechanism by which cross-linking of E-selectin by engagement of ligands on adherent leukocytes can initiate a multifunctional signaling pathway in the activated endothelial cell at sites of inflammation.
authors.affiliation: Vascular Research Division, Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02132, USA. yenya.hu@surgery.mc.vanderbilt.edu
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Szente
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Kiely
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Gimbrone
mesh_terms: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D019556:COS Cells; D020134:Catalytic Domain; D017931:DNA Primers; D019040:E-Selectin / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D051380:GRB2 Adaptor Protein; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D019950:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1 / Q000378:metabolism*; D048052:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D015689:Oncogene Protein p21(ras) / Q000378:metabolism; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011485:Protein Binding; D054592:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 11; D053824:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 6; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction; D020839:Son of Sevenless Protein, Drosophila / Q000378:metabolism; D014443:Tyrosine / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D017931:DNA Primers; D019040:E-Selectin; D051380:GRB2 Adaptor Protein; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D011506:Proteins; D020839:Son of Sevenless Protein, Drosophila; D014443:Tyrosine; D019950:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1; D048052:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D054592:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 11; D053824:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 6; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases; D015689:Oncogene Protein p21(ras)