title: A novel transforming growth factor-beta receptor-interacting protein that is also a light chain of the motor protein dynein.
abstract: The phosphorylated, activated cytoplasmic domains of the transforming growth factor-beta (TGFbeta) receptors were used as probes to screen an expression library that was prepared from a highly TGFbeta-responsive intestinal epithelial cell line. One of the TGFbeta receptor-interacting proteins isolated was identified to be the mammalian homologue of the LC7 family (mLC7) of dynein light chains (DLCs). This 11-kDa cytoplasmic protein interacts with the TGFbeta receptor complex intracellularly and is phosphorylated on serine residues after ligand-receptor engagement. Forced expression of mLC7-1 induces specific TGFbeta responses, including an activation of Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK), a phosphorylation of c-Jun, and an inhibition of cell growth. Furthermore, TGFbeta induces the recruitment of mLC7-1 to the intermediate chain of dynein. A kinase-deficient form of TGFbeta RII prevents both mLC7-1 phosphorylation and interaction with the dynein intermediate chain (DIC). This is the first demonstration of a link between cytoplasmic dynein and a natural growth inhibitory cytokine. Furthermore, our results suggest that TGFbeta pathway components may use a motor protein light chain as a receptor for the recruitment and transport of specific cargo along microtublules.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033, USA.
authors.forename: Qian
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Cory M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Staub
authors.forename: Guofeng
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Qunyan
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Zhengke
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.forename: Rosemarie E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Aurigemma
authors.forename: Kathleen M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Mulder
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019556:COS Cells; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D002460:Cell Line; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000378:metabolism; D004285:Dogs; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D004398:Dyneins; D015723:Gene Library; D005982:Glutathione Transferase / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D048031:JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D048670:MAP Kinase Kinase 4; D020929:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D010766:Phosphorylation; D010957:Plasmids / Q000378:metabolism; D011485:Protein Binding; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D051381:Rats; D018125:Receptors, Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction; D013997:Time Factors; D014162:Transfection; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D018125:Receptors, Transforming Growth Factor beta; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; D005982:Glutathione Transferase; D048031:JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D048670:MAP Kinase Kinase 4; D020929:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases; D004398:Dyneins