title: Regulation of the mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling pathway by SHP2.
abstract: Gab1-SHP2 association is required for Erk mitogen-activated protein kinase activation by several growth factors. Gab1-SHP2 interaction activates SHP2. However, an activated SHP2 still needs to associate with Gab1 to mediate Erk activation. It was unclear whether SHP2 is required to dephosphorylate a negative phosphorylation site on Gab1 or whether SHP2 needs the Gab1 pleckstrin homology (PH) domain to target it to the plasma membrane. We found that expression of a fusion protein consisting of the Gab1 PH domain and an active SHP2 (Gab1PH-SHP2DeltaN) induced constitutive Mek1 and Erk2 activation. Linking the active SHP2DeltaN to the PDK1 PH domain or the FRS2beta myristoylation sequence also induced Mek1 activation. Mek1 activation by Gab1PH-SHP2DeltaN was inhibited by an Src inhibitor and by Csk. Significantly, Gab1PH-SHP2DeltaN induced Src activation. Gab1PH-SHP2DeltaN expression activated Ras, and the Gab1PH-SHP2DeltaN-induced Mek1 activation was blocked by RasN17. These findings suggest that Gab1PH-SHP2DeltaN activated a signaling step upstream of Src and Ras. The SHP2 tyrosine phosphatase activity is essential for the function of the fusion protein. Together, these data show that the Gab1 sequence, besides the PH domain and SHP2 binding sites, is dispensable for Erk activation, suggesting that the primary role of Gab1 association with an activated SHP2 is to target it to the membrane.
authors.affiliation: H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida 33612, USA.
authors.forename: Jess M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Cunnick
authors.forename: Songshu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Meng
authors.forename: Yuan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ren
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Desponts
authors.forename: Hong-Gang
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Julie Y
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Djeu
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D000818:Animals; D019556:COS Cells; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D051380:GRB2 Adaptor Protein; D006801:Humans; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D048369:MAP Kinase Kinase 1; D020935:MAP Kinase Signaling System / Q000502:physiology*; D019950:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1 / Q000378:metabolism; D020929:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000502:physiology; D010766:Phosphorylation; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D054592:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 11; D053824:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 6; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases / Q000502:physiology*; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D018631:ras Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D019061:src-Family Kinases / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; C098587:GAB1 protein, human; D051380:GRB2 Adaptor Protein; C495948:GRB2 protein, human; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D011506:Proteins; D019061:src-Family Kinases; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D019950:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1; D048369:MAP Kinase Kinase 1; C482125:MAP2K1 protein, human; D020929:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases; C516724:PTPN11 protein, human; C509249:PTPN6 protein, human; D054592:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 11; D053824:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 6; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases; D018631:ras Proteins