title: Presenilin-dependent gamma-secretase processing regulates multiple ERBB4/HER4 activities.
abstract: Transmembrane receptors typically transmit cellular signals following growth factor stimulation by coupling to and activating downstream signaling cascades. Reports of proteolytic processing of cell surface receptors to release an intracellular domain (ICD) has raised the possibility of novel signaling mechanisms directly mediated by the receptor ICD. The receptor tyrosine kinase ERBB4/HER4 (referred to here as ERBB4) undergoes sequential processing by tumor necrosis factor-alpha converting enzyme and presenilin-dependent gamma-secretase to release the ERBB4 ICD (4ICD). Our recent data suggests that regulation of gene expression by the ERBB4 nuclear protein and the proapoptotic activity of ERBB4 involves the gamma-secretase release of 4ICD. To determine the role gamma-secretase processing plays in ERBB4 signaling, we generated an ERBB4 allele with the transmembrane residue substitution V673I (ERBB4-V673I). We demonstrate that ERBB4-V673I fails to undergo processing by gamma-secretase but retains normal cell surface signaling activity. In contrast to wild-type ERBB4, however, ERBB4-V673I was excluded from the nuclei of transfected cells and failed to activate STAT5A stimulation of the beta-casein promoter. These results support the contention that gamma-secretase processing of ERBB4 is necessary to release a functional 4ICD nuclear protein which directly regulates gene expression. We also demonstrate that 4ICD failed to accumulate within mitochondria of ERBB4-V673I transfected cells and the potent proapoptotic activity of ERBB4 was completely abolished in cells expressing ERBB4-V673I. Our results provide the first formal demonstration that proteolytic processing of ERBB4 is a critical event regulating multiple receptor signaling activities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Structural and Cellular Biology, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112-2699, USA.
authors.forename: Gregory A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Vidal
authors.forename: Anjali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Naresh
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Marrero
authors.forename: Frank E
authors.initials: FE
authors.lastname: Jones
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D019943:Amino Acid Substitution; D053829:Amyloid Precursor Protein Secretases; D000818:Animals; D016282:Aspartic Acid Endopeptidases; D001665:Binding Sites / Q000235:genetics; D019556:COS Cells; D002364:Caseins / Q000235:genetics; D002460:Cell Line; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D010450:Endopeptidases / Q000378:metabolism*; D066246:ErbB Receptors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008894:Milk Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D008954:Models, Biological; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D053764:Presenilin-1; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D011499:Protein Processing, Post-Translational; D066247:Receptor, ErbB-4; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D050799:STAT5 Transcription Factor; D015398:Signal Transduction; D015534:Trans-Activators / Q000378:metabolism; D014162:Transfection; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins
chemical_list: D002364:Caseins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D008894:Milk Proteins; C508853:PSEN1 protein, human; D053764:Presenilin-1; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D050799:STAT5 Transcription Factor; C494092:STAT5A protein, human; D015534:Trans-Activators; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins; C587689:ERBB4 protein, human; D066246:ErbB Receptors; D066247:Receptor, ErbB-4; D053829:Amyloid Precursor Protein Secretases; D010450:Endopeptidases; D016282:Aspartic Acid Endopeptidases; C509280:BACE1 protein, human