title: Growth factors induce differential phosphorylation profiles of the Hrs-STAM complex: a common node in signalling networks with signal-specific properties.
abstract: Hrs (hepatocyte growth factor-regulated tyrosine kinase substrate) and STAM (signal-transducing adaptor molecule) form a heterodimeric complex that associates with endosomal membranes and is tyrosine-phosphorylated in response to a variety of growth factors including EGF (epidermal growth factor), HGF (hepatocyte growth factor) and PDGF (platelet-derived growth factor). Phosphorylation of the Hrs-STAM complex requires receptor endocytosis. We show that an intact UIM (ubiquitin interaction motif) within Hrs is a conserved requirement for Hrs phosphorylation downstream of both EGF and HGF stimulations. Consistent with this, expression of a dominant-negative form of the E3 ubiquitin ligase, c-Cbl, inhibits EGF- and HGF-dependent Hrs phosphorylation. Despite this conservation, kinase inhibitor profiles using PP1 (4-amino-5-(4-methylphenyl)-7-(t-butyl)pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidine) and SU6656 indicate that distinct non-receptor tyrosine kinases couple EGF, HGF and PDGF stimulation with the tyrosine phosphorylation of the Hrs-STAM complex. Crucially, analysis with phospho-specific antibodies indicates that these kinases generate a signal-specific, combinatorial phosphorylation profile of the Hrs-STAM complex, with the potential of diversifying tyrosine kinase receptor signalling through a common element.
authors.affiliation: Physiological Laboratory, University of Liverpool, Crown St., Liverpool L69 3BX, UK.
authors.forename: Paula E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Row
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Clague
authors.forename: Sylvie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Urbé
mesh_terms: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing / Q000378:metabolism*; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D056827:Endosomal Sorting Complexes Required for Transport; D066246:ErbB Receptors / Q000502:physiology; D006133:Growth Substances / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D019859:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-met / Q000502:physiology; D017479:Receptors, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor / Q000502:physiology; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D056827:Endosomal Sorting Complexes Required for Transport; D006133:Growth Substances; D010750:Phosphoproteins; C109775:STAM protein, human; C096164:hepatocyte growth factor-regulated tyrosine kinase substrate; D066246:ErbB Receptors; D019859:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-met; D017479:Receptors, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor