Epidermal growth factor receptor fate is controlled by Hrs tyrosine phosphorylation sites that regulate Hrs degradation.
Hepatocyte growth factor-regulated tyrosine kinase substrate (Hrs) is an endosomal protein essential for the efficient sorting of activated growth factor receptors into the lysosomal degradation pathway. Hrs undergoes ligand-induced tyrosine phosphorylation on residues Y329 and Y334 downstream of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) activation. It has been difficult to investigate the functional roles of phosphoHrs, as only a small proportion of the cellular Hrs pool is detectably phosphorylated. Using an HEK 293 model system, we found that ectopic expression of the protein Cbl enhances Hrs ubiquitination and increases Hrs phosphorylation following cell stimulation with EGF. We exploited Cbl's expansion of the phosphoHrs pool to determine whether Hrs tyrosine phosphorylation controls EGFR fate. In structure-function studies of Cbl and EGFR mutants, the level of Hrs phosphorylation and rapidity of apparent Hrs dephosphorylation correlated directly with EGFR degradation. Differential expression of wild-type versus Y329,334F mutant Hrs in Hrs-depleted cells revealed that one or both tyrosines regulate ligand-dependent Hrs degradation, as well as EGFR degradation. By modulating Hrs ubiquitination, phosphorylation, and protein levels, Cbl may control the composition of the endosomal sorting machinery and its ability to target EGFR for lysosomal degradation.
Stern
Kathryn A
KA
Department of Pharmacology, Roy J. and Lucille A Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, 51 Newton Road, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
Visser Smit
Gina D
GD
Place
Trenton L
TL
Winistorfer
Stanley
S
Piper
Robert C
RC
Lill
Nancy L
NL
D000818:Animals; D056827:Endosomal Sorting Complexes Required for Transport; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor / Q000494:pharmacology; D066246:ErbB Receptors / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D051379:Mice; D008970:Molecular Weight; D050505:Mutant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D010766:Phosphorylation / Q000187:drug effects; D019000:Phosphotyrosine / Q000378:metabolism*; D011485:Protein Binding / Q000187:drug effects; D011499:Protein Processing, Post-Translational / Q000187:drug effects; D050721:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-cbl / Q000737:chemistry; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D025801:Ubiquitin / Q000378:metabolism; D044767:Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases / Q000378:metabolism
D056827:Endosomal Sorting Complexes Required for Transport; D050505:Mutant Proteins; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D025801:Ubiquitin; C096164:hepatocyte growth factor-regulated tyrosine kinase substrate; D019000:Phosphotyrosine; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor; D050721:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-cbl; D044767:Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases; D066246:ErbB Receptors