TY - JOUR
T1 - Nerve growth factor cooperates with p185(HER2) in activating growth of human breast carcinoma cells
AU - Tagliabue, Elda
AU - Castiglioni, Fabio
AU - Ghirelli, Cristina
AU - Modugno, Michele
AU - Asnaghi, Laura
AU - Somenzi, Giulia
AU - Melani, Cecilia
AU - Ménard, Sylvie
PY - 2000/2/25
Y1 - 2000/2/25
N2 - Nerve growth factor (NGF) is known to exert a mitogenic effect on human breast cancer cells through proto-TrkA activation. Reverse transcriptase-PCR analysis of proto-TrkA expression in human breast carcinoma specimens and cell lines revealed trkA transcript in 12 of 14 human breast carcinoma specimens and in all of four cell lines tested. While cytofluorimetric and Western blot analysis indicated proto-TrkA expression in three of the four cell lines, NGF stimulated growth in only two of the three positive cell lines. Inhibition of NGF-induced MAPK activation by an antibody directed against the extracellular domain of TrkA but not by an inhibitor of TrkA phosphorylation demonstrated the requirement of NGF binding but not of proto- TrkA kinase activity for MAPK activation, suggesting the recruitment of another kinase for transmission of the mitogenic signaling. Indeed, NGF induced tyrosine phosphorylation and stimulated kinase activity of p185(HER3), a kinase receptor of the HER family. A TrkA phosphorylation inhibitor did not affect this activation. Moreover, the two receptors were coprecipitated by antibodies directed against proto-TrkA and p185(HER2). Down-modulation of p185(HER2) expression in a breast carcinoma line transfected with a construct containing an anti-p185(HER2) antibody sequence and expressing proto-TrkA impaired NGF-induced MAPK activation and proliferation. Together these data show that in cells expressing low levels of TrkA such as breast carcinoma cells, NGF must recruit other overexpressed receptors such as p185(HER2) in order to generate a biological signal that can induce breast cancer cell growth.
AB - Nerve growth factor (NGF) is known to exert a mitogenic effect on human breast cancer cells through proto-TrkA activation. Reverse transcriptase-PCR analysis of proto-TrkA expression in human breast carcinoma specimens and cell lines revealed trkA transcript in 12 of 14 human breast carcinoma specimens and in all of four cell lines tested. While cytofluorimetric and Western blot analysis indicated proto-TrkA expression in three of the four cell lines, NGF stimulated growth in only two of the three positive cell lines. Inhibition of NGF-induced MAPK activation by an antibody directed against the extracellular domain of TrkA but not by an inhibitor of TrkA phosphorylation demonstrated the requirement of NGF binding but not of proto- TrkA kinase activity for MAPK activation, suggesting the recruitment of another kinase for transmission of the mitogenic signaling. Indeed, NGF induced tyrosine phosphorylation and stimulated kinase activity of p185(HER3), a kinase receptor of the HER family. A TrkA phosphorylation inhibitor did not affect this activation. Moreover, the two receptors were coprecipitated by antibodies directed against proto-TrkA and p185(HER2). Down-modulation of p185(HER2) expression in a breast carcinoma line transfected with a construct containing an anti-p185(HER2) antibody sequence and expressing proto-TrkA impaired NGF-induced MAPK activation and proliferation. Together these data show that in cells expressing low levels of TrkA such as breast carcinoma cells, NGF must recruit other overexpressed receptors such as p185(HER2) in order to generate a biological signal that can induce breast cancer cell growth.
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U2 - 10.1074/jbc.275.8.5388
DO - 10.1074/jbc.275.8.5388
M3 - Article
C2 - 10681513
AN - SCOPUS:0034007078
SN - 0021-9258
VL - 275
SP - 5388
EP - 5394
JO - Journal of Biological Chemistry
JF - Journal of Biological Chemistry
IS - 8
ER -