Role of focal adhesion kinase in signaling by the extracellular matrix.
Role of focal adhesion kinase in signaling by the extracellular matrix.
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DOI:
10.1007/978-3-642-59766-4_3
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发表时间:
2000
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通讯作者:
J. Zhao;J. Guan
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作者:
J. Zhao;J. Guan
Cellular interactions with extracellular matrix (ECM) play important roles in many biological processes such as embryonic development and morphogenesis, wound healing, and malignant transformation. The major cell surface receptors for ECM are the integrin family cell adhesion molecules which are composed of noncovalently associated a and p subunits (Hynes 1992). Both a and p subunits are transmembrane proteins containing short cytoplasmic domains that can interact directly or indirectly with cytoskeletal proteins such as talin, vinculin, a-actinin, and filamin (Burridge et al. 1992; Hynes 1992). Besides serving as a linker between ECM and cytoskeleton, integrins have been shown to mediate biochemical signal transduction across the plasma membrane to regulate various cellular functions (Juliano and Haskill 1993; Clark and Brugge 1995; Schwartz et al. 1995). Integrin-mediated cell adhesion can regulate gene expression, intracellular pH and calcium, phospholipid metabolites, small GTPase, protein serine/threonine kinases, and protein tyrosine phosphorylation. Since integrins have short cytoplasmic domains with no enzymatic activities, it is believed that coupling of the integrin cytoplasmic domains with cytoplasmic tyrosine kinases, phosphatases, and adaptor molecules are critical in initiating multiple intracellular signaling pathways mediated by integrins (Clark and Brugge 1995; Juliano and Haskill 1993; Schwartz et al. 1995).Focal adhesion kinase (FAK) is a cytoplasmic protein tyrosine kinase which has been implicated in playing an important role in integrin-mediated signal transduction pathways (Clark and Brugge 1995; Schwartz et al. 1995; Parsons 1996). FAK becomes activated and tyrosine phosphorylated in integrinmediated cell adhesion and is colocalized with integrins and other cytoskeletal proteins in focal contacts in a variety of adherent cells (Schwartz et al. 1995). cDNAs encoding FAK from avian (Schaller et al. 1992), murine (Hanks et al. 1992), human (Andre and Becker-Andre 1993; Whitney et al. 1993), and Xenopus (Hens and DeSimone 1995) have been described. The comparison of