title: The role of protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B in Ras signaling.
abstract: Protein tyrosine phosphatase (PTP) 1B has been implicated as a negative regulator of multiple signaling pathways downstream of receptor tyrosine kinases. Inhibition of this enzyme was initially thought to potentially lead to increased oncogenic signaling and tumorigenesis. Surprisingly, we show that platelet-derived growth factor-stimulated extracellular-regulated kinase signaling in PTP1B-deficient cells is not significantly hyperactivated. Moreover, these cells exhibit decreased Ras activity and reduced proliferation by way of previously uncharacterized pathways. On immortalization, PTP1B-deficient fibroblasts display increased expression of Ras GTPase-activating protein (p120RasGAP). Furthermore, we demonstrate that p62Dok (downstream of tyrosine kinase) is a putative substrate of PTP1B and that tyrosine phosphorylation of p62Dok is indeed increased in PTP1B-deficient cells. Consistent with the decreased Ras activity in cells lacking PTP1B, introduction of constitutively activated Ras restored extracellular-regulated kinase signaling and their proliferative potential to those of WT cells. These results indicate that loss of PTP1B can lead to decreased Ras signaling, despite enhanced signaling of other pathways. This finding may in part explain the absence of increased tumor incidence in PTP1B-deficient mice. Thus, PTP1B can positively regulate Ras activity by acting on pathways distal to those of receptor tyrosine kinases.
authors.affiliation: McGill Cancer Centre and Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, 3655 Promenade Sir-William-Osler, Room 715, Montreal, QC, Canada H3G 1Y6.
authors.forename: Nadia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Dubé
authors.forename: Alan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Michel L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Tremblay
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002455:Cell Division; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D005347:Fibroblasts; D017353:Gene Deletion; D051379:Mice; D008954:Models, Biological; D041681:NIH 3T3 Cells; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000378:metabolism; D054562:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 1; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases / Q000172:deficiency / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D016283:Proto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras) / Q000378:metabolism*; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D017479:Receptors, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D020703:ras GTPase-Activating Proteins / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C489561:Dok1 protein, mouse; C074561:GAP-associated protein p62; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins; D020703:ras GTPase-Activating Proteins; D017479:Receptors, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor; D054562:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 1; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases; C516609:Ptpn1 protein, mouse; D016283:Proto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras)