title: Growth factor-specific regulation of insulin receptor substrate-1 expression in MCF-7 breast carcinoma cells: effects on the insulin-like growth factor signaling pathway.
abstract: IGFs are potent mitogens that play a crucial role in cell proliferation and/or differentiation and tumorigenesis. Insulin receptor substrate-1 (IRS-1) is a key protein in the IGF signaling pathway in the estrogen-dependent MCF-7 breast carcinoma cell line. In this study, three growth factors [fibroblast growth factor (FGF), epidermal growth factor (EGF), and platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF)] were tested for their ability to modulate IRS-1 protein expression and the IGF-I signaling pathway. FGF and, to a lesser extent, EGF were found to increase IRS-1 protein, whereas PDGF had no effect. This indicates that growth factors can specifically modulate IRS-1 protein content. The increases provoked by EGF and FGF were dependent on the MAPK signaling pathway but independent of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI 3-kinase) signaling and required de novo protein synthesis. We noted that the kinetics of MAPK activation was continuous in response to FGF but transient in response to EGF. In addition, transfection of cells with a constitutively active form of MAPK kinase, which results in continuous MAPK activity, increased IRS-1 expression. Taken together, these results suggest that stimulation of IRS-1 expression was therefore stronger when MAPK activity was sustained. Pretreatment of cells with EGF, FGF, or PDGF for 24 h reduced IGF-I-induced tyrosine phosphorylation per molecule of IRS-1. However, IGF-I-induced PI 3-kinase activity was decreased by 24 h of pretreatment with EGF or PDGF but not with FGF. Our results therefore demonstrate that different growth factors are capable of specifically modulating the IGF-I signaling via IRS-1. They further suggest that the FGF-induced increase in IRS-1 counterbalances the inhibition of IRS-1 tyrosine phosphorylation to allow normal stimulation of IGF-I-induced PI 3-kinase activity.
authors.affiliation: Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Unité 515, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Claudine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lassarre
authors.forename: Jean-Marc
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Ricort
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence / Q000235:genetics; D000077214:Becaplermin; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D016222:Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D055504:Insulin Receptor Substrate Proteins; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D048370:MAP Kinase Kinase 2; D019950:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1 / Q000378:metabolism; D020929:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases / Q000494:pharmacology; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000494:pharmacology; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000494:pharmacology; D020574:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-sis; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology; D015398:Signal Transduction
chemical_list: D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; C526292:IRS1 protein, human; D055504:Insulin Receptor Substrate Proteins; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor; D020574:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-sis; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D016222:Fibroblast Growth Factor 2; C058957:insulin-like growth factor 1, des-(1-3)-; D000077214:Becaplermin; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I; C482128:MAP2K2 protein, human; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D019950:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D048370:MAP Kinase Kinase 2; D020929:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases