title: Nm23-H1 metastasis suppressor phosphorylation of kinase suppressor of Ras via a histidine protein kinase pathway.
abstract: The metastasis-suppressive activity of Nm23-H1 was previously correlated with its in vitro histidine protein kinase activity, but physiological substrates have not been identified. We hypothesized that proteins that interact with histidine kinases throughout evolution may represent partners for Nm23-H1 and focused on the interaction of Arabidopsis "two-component" histidine kinase ERS with CTR1. A mammalian homolog of CTR1 was previously reported to be c-Raf; we now report that CTR1 also exhibits homology to the kinase suppressor of Ras (KSR), a scaffold protein for the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) cascade. Nm23-H1 co-immunoprecipitated KSR from lysates of transiently transfected 293T cells and at endogenous protein expression levels in MDA-MB-435 breast carcinoma cells. Autophosphorylated recombinant Nm23-H1 phosphorylated KSR in vitro. Phosphoamino acid analysis identified serine as the major target, and two peaks of Nm23-H1 phosphorylation were identified upon high performance liquid chromatography analysis of KSR tryptic peptides. Using site-directed mutagenesis, we found that Nm23-H1 phosphorylated KSR serine 392, a 14-3-3-binding site, as well as serine 434 when serine 392 was mutated. Phosphorylated MAPK but not total MAPK levels were reduced in an nm23-H1 transfectant of MDA-MB-435 cells. The data identify a complex in vitro histidine-to-serine protein kinase pathway, which may contribute to signal transduction and metastasis.
authors.affiliation: Women's Cancers Section, Laboratory of Pathology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
authors.forename: Melanie T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Hartsough
authors.forename: Deborah K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Morrison
authors.forename: Massimiliano
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Salerno
authors.forename: Diane
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Palmieri
authors.forename: Taoufik
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ouatas
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mair
authors.forename: Jilma
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Patrick
authors.forename: Patricia S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Steeg
mesh_terms: D000409:Alanine; D019943:Amino Acid Substitution; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm / Q000378:metabolism; D001483:Base Sequence; D001943:Breast Neoplasms; D002460:Cell Line; D017931:DNA Primers; D005260:Female; D000071677:Histidine Kinase; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D020559:Monomeric GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D054778:NM23 Nucleoside Diphosphate Kinases; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis / Q000517:prevention & control; D009701:Nucleoside-Diphosphate Kinase; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D012694:Serine; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D014162:Transfection; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D018631:ras Proteins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm; D017931:DNA Primers; D054778:NM23 Nucleoside Diphosphate Kinases; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; D012694:Serine; D011494:Protein Kinases; D000071677:Histidine Kinase; C517938:NME1 protein, human; D009701:Nucleoside-Diphosphate Kinase; D020559:Monomeric GTP-Binding Proteins; D018631:ras Proteins; D000409:Alanine