A novel role for Gab1 and SHP2 in epidermal growth factor-induced ras activation
A novel role for Gab1 and SHP2 in epidermal growth factor-induced ras activation
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DOI:
10.1074/jbc.m410012200
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发表时间:
2005-02-18
影响因子:
4.8
通讯作者:
Raynal, P
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作者:
Montagner, A;Yart, A;Raynal, P
SHP2 was recently found to down-regulate PI3K activation by dephosphorylating Gabl but the mechanisms explaining the positive role of the Gabl/SHP2 pathway in EGF-induced Ras activation remain ill defined. Substrate trapping experiments now suggest that SHP2 dephosphorylates other Gabl phosphotyrosines located within a central region displaying four YXXP motifs. Because these sites are potential docking motifs for RasGAP, we tested whether SHP2 dephosphorylates them to facilitate Ras activation. We observed that a Gabl construct preventing SHP2 recruitment promoted membrane relocation of RasGAP. Moreover, a RasGAP-inactive mutant restored the activation of Ras in cells transfected with SHP2-inactivating Gabl mutant or in SHP2deficient fibroblasts, supporting the hypothesis that RasGAP is a downstream target of SHP2. To determine whether Gabl is a RasGAP-binding partner, a Gabl mutant deleted of four YAXP motifs was produced. The deletion suppressed RasGAP redistribution and restored the defective Ras activation caused by SHP2-inactivating mutations. Moreover, Gabl was found to interact with RasGAP SH2 domains, only under conditions where SHP2 is not activated. To identify RasGAP-binding sites, Tyr to Phe mutants of Gabl YXXP motifs were produced. Gabl constructs mutated on Tyr(317) were severely affected in RasGAP binding and were the most active in compensating for Ras-defective activation and blocking RasGAP redistribution induced by SHP2 inactivation. We have thus localized on Gabl a Ras-negative regulatory tyrosine phosphorylation site involved in RasGAP binding and showed that an important SHP2 function is to down-regulate its phosphorylation to disengage RasGAP and sustain Ras activation.