PMID- 10187801 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19990503 LR - 20210209 IS - 0021-9258 (Print) IS - 0021-9258 (Linking) VI - 274 IP - 15 DP - 1999 Apr 9 TI - Phosphorylation and free pool of beta-catenin are regulated by tyrosine kinases and tyrosine phosphatases during epithelial cell migration. PG - 10173-83 AB - Cell migration requires precise control, which is altered or lost when tumor cells become invasive and metastatic. Although the integrity of cell-cell contacts, such as adherens junctions, is essential for the maintenance of functional epithelia, they need to be rapidly disassembled during migration. The transmembrane cell adhesion protein E-cadherin and the cytoplasmic catenins are molecular elements of these structures. Here we demonstrate that epithelial cell migration is accompanied by tyrosine phosphorylation of beta-catenin and an increase of its free cytoplasmic pool. We show further that the protein-tyrosine phosphatase LAR (leukocyte common antigen related) colocalizes with the cadherin-catenin complex in epithelial cells and associates with beta-catenin and plakoglobin. Interestingly, ectopic expression of protein-tyrosine phosphatase (PTP) LAR inhibits epithelial cell migration by preventing phosphorylation and the increase in the free pool of beta-catenin; moreover, it inhibits tumor formation in nude mice. These data support a function for PTP LAR in the regulation of epithelial cell-cell contacts at adherens junctions as well as in the control of beta-catenin signaling functions. Thus PTP-LAR appears to play an important role in the maintenance of epithelial integrity, and a loss of its regulatory function may contribute to malignant progression and metastasis. FAU - Muller, T AU - Muller T AD - Department of Molecular Biology, Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry, Am Klopferspitz 18a, 82152 Martinsried, Federal Republic of Germany. Mueller@ariad.com FAU - Choidas, A AU - Choidas A FAU - Reichmann, E AU - Reichmann E FAU - Ullrich, A AU - Ullrich A LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - J Biol Chem JT - The Journal of biological chemistry JID - 2985121R RN - 0 (CTNNB1 protein, human) RN - 0 (CTNNB1 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Cadherins) RN - 0 (Cell Adhesion Molecules) RN - 0 (Ctnnb1 protein, rat) RN - 0 (Cytoskeletal Proteins) RN - 0 (Desmoplakins) RN - 0 (Nerve Tissue Proteins) RN - 0 (Receptors, Cell Surface) RN - 0 (Trans-Activators) RN - 0 (beta Catenin) RN - 0 (gamma Catenin) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (Protein-Tyrosine Kinases) RN - EC 3.1.3.48 (PTPRA protein, human) RN - EC 3.1.3.48 (PTPRF protein, human) RN - EC 3.1.3.48 (Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases) RN - EC 3.1.3.48 (Ptpra protein, mouse) RN - EC 3.1.3.48 (Ptpra protein, rat) RN - EC 3.1.3.48 (Ptprf protein, mouse) RN - EC 3.1.3.48 (Ptprf protein, rat) RN - EC 3.1.3.48 (Receptor-Like Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases, Class 2) RN - EC 3.1.3.48 (Receptor-Like Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases, Class 4) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cadherins/metabolism MH - Cell Adhesion Molecules/metabolism MH - Cell Communication MH - Cell Movement MH - Cell Transformation, Neoplastic MH - Cytoskeletal Proteins/*metabolism MH - Desmoplakins MH - Desmosomes/metabolism MH - Epithelial Cells/cytology/*physiology MH - Humans MH - Mice MH - Mice, Nude MH - Neoplasm Invasiveness MH - Neoplasm Metastasis MH - *Nerve Tissue Proteins MH - Phosphorylation MH - Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases/*metabolism MH - Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/*metabolism MH - Rats MH - Receptor-Like Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases, Class 2 MH - Receptor-Like Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases, Class 4 MH - Receptors, Cell Surface/*metabolism MH - *Trans-Activators MH - Tumor Cells, Cultured MH - beta Catenin MH - gamma Catenin EDAT- 1999/04/03 00:00 MHDA- 1999/04/03 00:01 CRDT- 1999/04/03 00:00 PHST- 1999/04/03 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1999/04/03 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1999/04/03 00:00 [entrez] AID - S0021-9258(19)73699-0 [pii] AID - 10.1074/jbc.274.15.10173 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Biol Chem. 1999 Apr 9;274(15):10173-83. doi: 10.1074/jbc.274.15.10173.