PMID- 10372802 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19990817 LR - 20190921 IS - 0898-6568 (Print) IS - 0898-6568 (Linking) VI - 11 IP - 4 DP - 1999 Apr TI - Intensification of growth factor receptor signalling by phorbol treatment of ligand-primed cells implies a dimer-stabilizing effect of protein kinase C-dependent juxtamembrane domain phosphorylation. PG - 245-52 AB - Protein kinase C (PKC) phosphorylates the juxtamembrane domain of many growth factor receptors, but the physiologic effect of this modification on ligand signalling and desensitisation is unclear. Here we show that PKC-dependent transmodulation of EGFR and ErbB2 signalling is schedule-specific: prolonged pre-treatment of A431 cells with the PKC agonist phorbol dibutyrate potently inhibits subsequent ligand-induced EGFR signalling as expected, but EGF pre-treatment reverses the inhibitory effect of phorbol. The agonist activity of PKC on receptor signalling is even more apparent when cells are treated with phorbol in the presence of a tyrosine phosphatase inhibitor. Because these findings suggested a synergistic interaction between tyrosine- and PKC-dependent phosphorylation events, we sought to define the interactions of tyrosine-phosphorylated and PKC-modified ErbB2 subsets within EGF-inducible hetero-oligomers. Growth factor-dependent PKC transphosphorylation takes place exclusively within endocytosed tyrosine-phosphorylated receptor oligomers. Moreover, phorbol differentially affects two ErbB2 C-terminal autophosphorylation sites: whereas phosphorylation of Tyr1222 is reduced, phosphorylation of Tyr1139 is increased. These results suggest that PKC-dependent phosphorylation of the juxtamembrane domain may contribute positively to both internalisation and signalling of ligand-activated receptors, simultaneously accelerating termination of growth factor action. We propose that transient PKC-dependent signal amplification results from enhanced stability of liganded receptor oligomers due to phosphorylation-dependent juxtamembrane domain interactions, analogous to the protein-protein binding now known to be induced by serine-threonine phosphorylation of CREB and SMAD. FAU - Gulliford, T AU - Gulliford T AD - Department of Oncology, Charing Cross Hospital, London, UK. FAU - Ouyang, X AU - Ouyang X FAU - Epstein, R J AU - Epstein RJ LA - eng GR - R01 61953/PHS HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. PL - England TA - Cell Signal JT - Cellular signalling JID - 8904683 RN - 0 (Ligands) RN - 0 (Phorbol Esters) RN - 62229-50-9 (Epidermal Growth Factor) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (ErbB Receptors) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (Receptor, ErbB-2) RN - EC 2.7.11.13 (Protein Kinase C) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Binding Sites MH - Cell Line MH - Dimerization MH - Epidermal Growth Factor/metabolism/pharmacology MH - ErbB Receptors/*metabolism MH - Humans MH - Ligands MH - Mice MH - Phorbol Esters/pharmacology MH - Phosphorylation MH - Protein Kinase C/*metabolism MH - Receptor, ErbB-2/*metabolism MH - *Signal Transduction MH - Tumor Cells, Cultured EDAT- 1999/06/18 00:00 MHDA- 1999/06/18 00:01 CRDT- 1999/06/18 00:00 PHST- 1999/06/18 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1999/06/18 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1999/06/18 00:00 [entrez] AID - S0898-6568(98)00058-8 [pii] AID - 10.1016/s0898-6568(98)00058-8 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Cell Signal. 1999 Apr;11(4):245-52. doi: 10.1016/s0898-6568(98)00058-8.