title: CaM kinase II-dependent activation of tyrosine kinases and ERK1/2 in vascular smooth muscle.
abstract: In vascular smooth muscle (VSM) and many other cells, G protein receptor-coupled activation of mitogen-activated protein kinases has been linked, in part, to increases in free intracellular Ca(2+). Previously, we demonstrated that ionomycin-, angiotensin II-, and thrombin-induced activation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK)1/2 in VSM cells was attenuated by pretreatment with KN-93, a selective inhibitor of the multifunctional Ca(2+)/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase (CaM kinase II). In the present study, we show that the Ca(2+)-dependent pathway leading to activation of ERK1/2 is preceded by nonreceptor proline-rich tyrosine kinase (PYK2) activation and epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor tyrosine phosphorylation and is attenuated by inhibitors of src family kinases or the EGF receptor tyrosine kinase. Furthermore, we demonstrate that pretreatment with KN-93 or a CaM kinase II inhibitor peptide inhibits Ca(2+)-dependent PYK2 activation and EGF receptor tyrosine phosphorylation in response to ionomycin, ATP, and platelet-derived growth factor but has no effect on phorbol 12,13-dibutyrate- or EGF-induced responses. The results implicate CaM kinase II as an intermediate in the Ca(2+)/calmodulin-dependent activation of PYK2.
authors.affiliation: Center for Cardiovascular Sciences, Albany Medical College, 47 New Scotland Ave., Albany, NY 12208, USA.
authors.forename: Roman
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ginnan
authors.forename: Harold A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Singer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001596:Benzylamines / Q000494:pharmacology; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D054732:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002614:Chelating Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D004533:Egtazic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D066246:ErbB Receptors / Q000378:metabolism; D051418:Focal Adhesion Kinase 2; D019950:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1 / Q000378:metabolism*; D048052:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000166:cytology / Q000201:enzymology*; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013449:Sulfonamides / Q000494:pharmacology; D019061:src-Family Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D000096926:Benzenesulfonamides
chemical_list: D001596:Benzylamines; D002118:Calcium; D054732:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases; D002614:Chelating Agents; D004533:Egtazic Acid; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D066246:ErbB Receptors; D051418:Focal Adhesion Kinase 2; D019950:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1; D048052:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D013449:Sulfonamides; D019061:src-Family Kinases; C072105:KN 93; D000096926:Benzenesulfonamides; C070379:1,2-bis(2-aminophenoxy)ethane N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid acetoxymethyl ester; C496054:Ptk2b protein, rat