title: RPTPalpha is essential for NCAM-mediated p59fyn activation and neurite elongation.
abstract: The neural cell adhesion molecule (NCAM) forms a complex with p59fyn kinase and activates it via a mechanism that has remained unknown. We show that the NCAM140 isoform directly interacts with the intracellular domain of the receptor-like protein tyrosine phosphatase RPTPalpha, a known activator of p59fyn. Whereas this direct interaction is Ca2+ independent, formation of the complex is enhanced by Ca2+-dependent spectrin cytoskeleton-mediated cross-linking of NCAM and RPTPalpha in response to NCAM activation and is accompanied by redistribution of the complex to lipid rafts. Association between NCAM and p59fyn is lost in RPTPalpha-deficient brains and is disrupted by dominant-negative RPTPalpha mutants, demonstrating that RPTPalpha is a link between NCAM and p59fyn. NCAM-mediated p59fyn activation is abolished in RPTPalpha-deficient neurons, and disruption of the NCAM-p59fyn complex in RPTPalpha-deficient neurons or with dominant-negative RPTPalpha mutants blocks NCAM-dependent neurite outgrowth, implicating RPTPalpha as a major phosphatase involved in NCAM-mediated signaling.
authors.affiliation: Zentrum für Molekulare Neurobiologie, Universität Hamburg, 20246 Hamburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Vsevolod
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bodrikov
authors.forename: Iryna
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Leshchyns'ka
authors.forename: Vladimir
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Sytnyk
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Overvoorde
authors.forename: Jeroen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: den Hertog
authors.forename: Melitta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schachner
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D016466:CHO Cells; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D006224:Cricetinae; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D021962:Membrane Microdomains / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D046912:Multiprotein Complexes; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D019006:Neural Cell Adhesion Molecules / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D016501:Neurites / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D020033:Protein Isoforms / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D051076:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fyn; D054630:Receptor-Like Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases, Class 4; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D017468:Receptors, Fibroblast Growth Factor / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology; D013049:Spectrin / Q000378:metabolism; D019061:src-Family Kinases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D046912:Multiprotein Complexes; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D019006:Neural Cell Adhesion Molecules; D020033:Protein Isoforms; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D017468:Receptors, Fibroblast Growth Factor; D013049:Spectrin; C494960:Fyn protein, mouse; D051076:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fyn; D019061:src-Family Kinases; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases; C516843:Ptpra protein, mouse; D054630:Receptor-Like Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases, Class 4; D002118:Calcium