title: Fyn tyrosine kinase is a downstream mediator of Rho/PRK2 function in keratinocyte cell-cell adhesion.
abstract: The Rho GTPase and Fyn tyrosine kinase have been implicated previously in positive control of keratinocyte cell-cell adhesion. Here, we show that Rho and Fyn operate along the same signaling pathway. Endogenous Rho activity increases in differentiating keratinocytes and is required for both Fyn kinase activation and increased tyrosine phosphorylation of beta- and gamma-catenin, which is associated with the establishment of keratinocyte cell-cell adhesion. Conversely, expression of constitutive active Rho is sufficient to promote cell-cell adhesion through a tyrosine kinase- and Fyn-dependent mechanism, trigger Fyn kinase activation, and induce tyrosine phosphorylation of beta- and gamma-catenin and p120ctn. The positive effects of activated Rho on cell-cell adhesion are not induced by an activated Rho mutant with defective binding to the serine/threonine PRK2/PKN kinases. Endogenous PRK2 kinase activity increases with keratinocyte differentiation, and, like activated Rho, increased PRK2 activity promotes keratinocyte cell-cell adhesion and induces tyrosine phosphorylation of beta- and gamma-catenin and Fyn kinase activation. Thus, these findings reveal a novel role of Fyn as a downstream mediator of Rho in control of keratinocyte cell-cell adhesion and implicate the PRK2 kinase, a direct Rho effector, as a link between Rho and Fyn activation.
authors.affiliation: Cutaneous Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA 02129.
authors.forename: Enzo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Calautti
authors.forename: Maddalena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Grossi
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mammucari
authors.forename: Yumi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Aoyama
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pirro
authors.forename: Yoshitaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ono
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: G Paolo
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Dotto
mesh_terms: D000199:Actins / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D015820:Cadherins / Q000378:metabolism; D002118:Calcium / Q000494:pharmacology; D002448:Cell Adhesion; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D003599:Cytoskeleton / Q000378:metabolism; D051180:Desmoplakins; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D006801:Humans; D015603:Keratinocytes / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D018632:Mice, Inbred SENCAR; D009154:Mutation; D010766:Phosphorylation / Q000187:drug effects; D019000:Phosphotyrosine / Q000378:metabolism; D011485:Protein Binding; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D051076:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fyn; D016392:Proto-Oncogene Proteins pp60(c-src) / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects; D015534:Trans-Activators; D051176:beta Catenin; D051185:gamma Catenin; D020741:rho GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000199:Actins; C495270:CTNNB1 protein, human; C495267:CTNNB1 protein, mouse; D015820:Cadherins; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; D051180:Desmoplakins; C495292:JUP protein, human; C495293:Jup protein, mouse; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D015534:Trans-Activators; D051176:beta Catenin; D051185:gamma Catenin; D019000:Phosphotyrosine; C061570:protein kinase N; C494957:FYN protein, human; C494960:Fyn protein, mouse; D051076:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fyn; D016392:Proto-Oncogene Proteins pp60(c-src); D011493:Protein Kinase C; D020741:rho GTP-Binding Proteins; D002118:Calcium