PMID- 10618391 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20000210 LR - 20190501 IS - 0027-8424 (Print) IS - 0027-8424 (Linking) VI - 97 IP - 1 DP - 2000 Jan 4 TI - Analysis of receptor signaling pathways by mass spectrometry: identification of vav-2 as a substrate of the epidermal and platelet-derived growth factor receptors. PG - 179-84 AB - Oligomerization of receptor protein tyrosine kinases such as the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) by their cognate ligands leads to activation of the receptor. Transphosphorylation of the receptor subunits is followed by the recruitment of signaling molecules containing src homology 2 (SH2) or phosphotyrosine interaction domains (PID). Additionally, several cytoplasmic proteins that may or may not associate with the receptor undergo tyrosine phosphorylation. To identify several components of the EGFR signaling pathway in a single step, we have immunoprecipitated molecules that are tyrosine phosphorylated in response to EGF and analyzed them by one-dimensional gel electrophoresis followed by mass spectrometry. Combining matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) and nanoelectrospray tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) led to the identification of nine signaling molecules, seven of which had previously been implicated in EGFR signaling. Several of these molecules were identified from low femtomole levels of protein loaded onto the gel. We identified Vav-2, a recently discovered guanosine nucleotide exchange factor that is expressed ubiquitously, as a substrate of the EGFR. We demonstrate that Vav-2 is phosphorylated on tyrosine residues in response to EGF and associates with the EGFR in vivo. Binding of Vav-2 to the EGFR is mediated by the SH2 domain of Vav-2. In keeping with its ubiquitous expression, Vav-2 seems to be a general signaling molecule, since it also associates with the platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) receptor and undergoes tyrosine phosphorylation in fibroblasts upon PDGF stimulation. The strategy suggested here can be used for routine identification of downstream components of cell surface receptors in mammalian cells. FAU - Pandey, A AU - Pandey A AD - Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA. FAU - Podtelejnikov, A V AU - Podtelejnikov AV FAU - Blagoev, B AU - Blagoev B FAU - Bustelo, X R AU - Bustelo XR FAU - Mann, M AU - Mann M FAU - Lodish, H F AU - Lodish HF LA - eng GR - P01 HL032262/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - K01 CA75447/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - P01 HL32262/HL/NHLBI NIH 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 - United States TA - Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A JT - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America JID - 7505876 RN - 0 (Oncogene Proteins) RN - 0 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-vav) RN - 0 (VAV2 protein, human) RN - 21820-51-9 (Phosphotyrosine) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (ErbB Receptors) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (Receptors, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor) SB - IM MH - ErbB Receptors/*metabolism MH - HeLa Cells MH - Humans MH - Mass Spectrometry/methods MH - Oncogene Proteins/*metabolism MH - Phosphorylation MH - Phosphotyrosine/metabolism MH - Precipitin Tests MH - Protein Binding MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-vav MH - Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/metabolism MH - Receptors, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor/*metabolism MH - *Signal Transduction MH - src Homology Domains PMC - PMC26636 EDAT- 2000/01/05 00:00 MHDA- 2000/01/05 00:01 CRDT- 2000/01/05 00:00 PHST- 2000/01/05 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2000/01/05 00:01 [medline] PHST- 2000/01/05 00:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1073/pnas.97.1.179 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 Jan 4;97(1):179-84. doi: 10.1073/pnas.97.1.179.