title: v-SRC specifically regulates the nucleo-cytoplasmic delocalization of the major isoform of TEL (ETV6).
abstract: TEL is a frequent target of chromosomal translocations in human cancer and an alleged tumor suppressor gene. TEL encodes two isoforms: a major TEL-M1 isoform as well as TEL-M43, which lacks the first 42 amino acid residues of TEL-M1. Both isoforms are potent transcriptional repressors that can inhibit RAS-induced transformation. Here we show that the v-SRC protein-tyrosine kinase relieves the repressive activity of TEL-M1, an activity that is associated with the v-SRC-induced delocalization of TEL-M1 from the nucleus to the cytoplasm. TEL-M1 delocalization requires the kinase activity of v-SRC and is not induced by oncogenic RAS or AKT. Cytoplasmic delocalization of TEL-M1 in response to v-SRC critically depends upon its unique amino-terminal domain (SRCD domain) because (i). v-SRC did not inhibit the repressive properties of TEL-M43, nor affected TEL-M43 nuclear localization; (ii). fusion of the first 52 amino acid residues of TEL-M1 to FLI-1, an ETS protein insensitive to v-SRC-induced delocalization, is sufficient to confer v-SRC-induced delocalization to this TEL/FLI-1 chimeric protein. The v-SRC-induced nucleo-cytoplasmic delocalization of TEL-M1 does not involve phosphorylation of the SRCD and does not require TEL self-association and repressive domains. Finally, enforced expression of the v-SRC-insensitive TEL-M43, but not of TEL-M1, inhibits v-SRC-induced transformation of NIH3T3 fibroblasts. These results identify a regulatory domain in TEL that specifically impinges on the subcellular localization of its major TEL-M1 isoform. They, furthermore, indicate that inhibition of TEL-M1 nuclear function is required for v-SRC to induce cellular transformation.
authors.affiliation: CNRS UMR146-Institut Curie, Centre Universitaire, Bat 110, 91405 Orsay, France.
authors.forename: Rodolphe G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Lopez
authors.forename: Clemence
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Carron
authors.forename: Jacques
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ghysdael
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism*; D002875:Chromosomes / Q000648:ultrastructure; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000378:metabolism*; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000378:metabolism; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; D005822:Genetic Vectors; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D008156:Luciferases / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence; D041681:NIH 3T3 Cells; D015688:Oncogene Protein pp60(v-src) / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D020033:Protein Isoforms; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D050783:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-ets; D012097:Repressor Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D013997:Time Factors; D014162:Transfection; D000097764:ETS Translocation Variant 6 Protein
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D008156:Luciferases; D015688:Oncogene Protein pp60(v-src); D020033:Protein Isoforms; D050783:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-ets; D012097:Repressor Proteins; D000097764:ETS Translocation Variant 6 Protein