title: A cholesterol-regulated PP2A/HePTP complex with dual specificity ERK1/2 phosphatase activity.
abstract: The acute depletion of membrane cholesterol causes the concentration of pERK1/2 in caveola/raft lipid domains and the cytosol of human fibroblasts to dramatically increase. This increase could be caused by either the activation of MEK-1 or the inhibition of a pERK phosphatase. Here we describe the isolation of a high molecular weight ( approximately 440 kDa), cholesterol-regulated pERK phosphatase that dephosphorylates both the phosphotyrosine and the phosphothreonine residues in the activation loop of the enzyme. The dual activity in the complex appears to be due to the combined activities of the serine/threonine phosphatase PP2A and the tyrosine phosphatase HePTP. Acute depletion of cholesterol causes the disassembly of the complex and a concomitant loss of the dual specificity pERK phosphatase activity. The existence of a cholesterol-regulated HePTP/PP2A activity provides a molecular explanation for why ERK activity is sensitive to membrane cholesterol levels, and raises the possibility that ERK plays a role in regulating the traffic of cholesterol to caveolae/rafts and other membranes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390-9039, USA.
authors.forename: Ping-Yuan
authors.initials: PY
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Pingsheng
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Weng
authors.forename: Estelle
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sontag
authors.forename: Richard G W
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Anderson
mesh_terms: D001693:Biological Transport, Active; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000378:metabolism*; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D021962:Membrane Microdomains / Q000378:metabolism; D019950:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1 / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D048052:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D053824:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 6; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D054558:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases, Non-Receptor; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D002784:Cholesterol; D019950:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1; D048052:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases; C509249:PTPN6 protein, human; C502159:PTPN7 protein, human; D053824:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 6; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases; D054558:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases, Non-Receptor