title: Receptor-type protein tyrosine phosphatase zeta as a component of the signaling receptor complex for midkine-dependent survival of embryonic neurons.
abstract: Midkine (MK), a heparin-binding growth factor, suppresses apoptosis of embryonic neurons in culture, induced by serum deprivation. Receptor-type protein tyrosine phosphatase zeta (PTP zeta) is a chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan with a transmembrane domain and intracellular tyrosine phosphatase domains. The activity of MK was abolished by digestion with chondroitinase ABC, or addition of the antibody to PTP zeta, while digestion with heparitinase showed no significant effect. These results suggested that the survival-promoting signal of MK was received by a receptor complex containing PTP zeta. Low density lipoprotein receptor-related protein (LRP) has been identified as another component of the signaling receptor. Ectodomains of two related proteins expressed on neurons, namely LRP6 and apoE receptor 2, were FLAG-tagged and examined for MK binding, using MK-agarose column. Both the ectodomains were found to exhibit calcium-dependent binding to MK. These proteins may participate in MK signaling in certain cases. The survival-promoting activity of MK was abolished by PP1, an inhibitor of src protein kinase, pertussis toxin, an inhibitor of G protein-linked signaling and sodium orthovanadate, an inhibitor of PTPs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Nagoya University School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan.
authors.forename: Nahoko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sakaguchi
authors.forename: Hisako
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Muramatsu
authors.forename: Keiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ichihara-Tanaka
authors.forename: Nobuaki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Maeda
authors.forename: Masaharu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Noda
authors.forename: Tokuo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Michikawa
authors.forename: Shinya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ikematsu
authors.forename: Sadatoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sakuma
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Muramatsu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D002470:Cell Survival; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology; D016207:Cytokines; D004622:Embryo, Mammalian; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008813:Mice, Inbred ICR; D000078792:Midkine; D009474:Neurons / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases / Q000378:metabolism*; D054633:Receptor-Like Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases, Class 5
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D016207:Cytokines; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D000078792:Midkine; C516895:PTPRZ1 protein, human; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases; C516896:Ptprz1 protein, mouse; D054633:Receptor-Like Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases, Class 5