title: Csk regulates integrin-mediated signals: involvement of differential activation of ERK and Akt.
abstract: Csk phosphorylates Src family tyrosine kinases and down-regulates their activities in vitro and in vivo. To gain insight into the integrin-mediated cellular functions of this negative regulator of the Src family, we examined integrin-mediated signals in Csk-deficient fibroblasts (Csk(-) cells) and their stable transfectants expressing re-introduced Csk (Csk(-)/Csk cells). Integrin-mediated activation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase/mitogen-activated protein (ERK/MAP) kinase in Csk(-)/Csk cells upon adhesion to fibronectin or laminin-10/11 was down-regulated, whereas Akt activation increased. Interestingly, the suppression of ERK-MAP kinase activation in Csk(-)/Csk cells was restored by overexpression of a dominant-negative Akt. In agreement with these results, Csk(-)/Csk cells were more resistant to apoptosis induced by serum depletion, but were less proliferative, compared with Csk(-) cells. These results, taken together, demonstrate that Csk is an important regulator of integrin-mediated signaling and cellular behavior.
authors.affiliation: Division of Protein Chemistry, Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University, 3-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan. jgu@protein.osaka-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Jianguo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.forename: Shigeyuki
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nada
authors.forename: Masato
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Okada
authors.forename: Kiyotoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sekiguchi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000502:physiology; D000081247:CSK Tyrosine-Protein Kinase; D002448:Cell Adhesion / Q000502:physiology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D016023:Integrins / Q000378:metabolism*; D048031:JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D020935:MAP Kinase Signaling System; D051379:Mice; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D008954:Models, Biological; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000172:deficiency / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction; D014162:Transfection; D019061:src-Family Kinases
chemical_list: D016023:Integrins; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D000081247:CSK Tyrosine-Protein Kinase; D019061:src-Family Kinases; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt; D048031:JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases