Inhibition of PLC-gamma1 activity converts nerve growth factor from an anti-mitogenic to a mitogenic signal in CHO cells

Oncogene. 1999 Sep 2;18(35):4908-19. doi: 10.1038/sj.onc.1202861.

Abstract

Nerve growth factor (NGF) treatment of Chinese hamster ovary fibroblast (CHO) cells exogenously expressing 2.5x105 TrkA receptors (CHO/TrkA) results in inhibition of serum and insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) stimulated cell proliferation in a dose-dependent manner. Furthermore, NGF does not stimulate [3H]thymidine incorporation and inhibits IGF-I mediated DNA synthesis in CHO/TrkA cells. NGF and IGF-I induce extracellular-signal regulated kinase 1 (ERK1) and ERK2 activation, but NGF is able to stimulate a higher and more sustained activation of these enzymes compared with IGF-I. Cotreatment with NGF and IGF-I yields an ERK1/2 activity profile similar to that of NGF treatment alone. While pretreatment with mitogen activated protein kinase kinase (MKK) inhibitor PD98059 (30 microM) results in 100% inhibition of IGF-I stimulated MAPK phosphorylation (IC50<1 microM), NGF mediated MAPK phosphorylation is only decreased by 50% (IC50=3 microM). NGF, but not IGF-I, stimulates tyrosine phosphorylation and activation of PLC-gamma1 which can be inhibited in a dose-dependent manner by phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C (PI-PLC) inhibitor U73122 (IC50=4 microM). Pretreatment with U73122 (IC50=7 microM) results in an 87% inhibition of NGF mediated MAPK phosphorylation, while cotreatment with PD98059 and U73122 results in 97% inhibition. U73122 pretreatment has no effect on NGF stimulated Akt activation. NGF, but not IGF-I, stimulates the tyrosine phosphorylation of Suc1-associated neurotrophic factor-induced tyrosine phosphorylation target (SNT-1)/fibroblast growth factor receptor substrate 2 (FRS2) which can be completely prevented by pretreatment with 10 microM U73122. Finally, inhibition of PI-PLC results in NGF's ability to stimulate DNA synthesis in the absence and presence of IGF-I.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing
  • Animals
  • CHO Cells
  • Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases / metabolism
  • Cell Division / drug effects
  • Cricetinae
  • DNA / biosynthesis
  • Enzyme Activation / drug effects
  • Humans
  • Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / pharmacology*
  • Isoenzymes / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Isoenzymes / metabolism
  • Membrane Proteins / metabolism
  • Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases
  • Mitogens / pharmacology*
  • Nerve Growth Factors / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Nerve Growth Factors / pharmacology*
  • Phosphatidylinositol Diacylglycerol-Lyase
  • Phosphoinositide Phospholipase C
  • Phospholipase C gamma
  • Phosphoproteins / metabolism
  • Phosphorylation / drug effects
  • Phosphotyrosine / metabolism
  • Protein Kinase Inhibitors
  • Protein Kinases / metabolism
  • Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases*
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins / genetics
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins / metabolism
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt
  • Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / genetics
  • Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / metabolism
  • Receptor, trkA
  • Receptors, Nerve Growth Factor / genetics
  • Receptors, Nerve Growth Factor / metabolism
  • Signal Transduction / drug effects*
  • Type C Phospholipases / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Type C Phospholipases / metabolism

Substances

  • Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing
  • FRS2 protein, human
  • Isoenzymes
  • Membrane Proteins
  • Mitogens
  • Nerve Growth Factors
  • Phosphoproteins
  • Protein Kinase Inhibitors
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins
  • Receptors, Nerve Growth Factor
  • Phosphotyrosine
  • Insulin-Like Growth Factor I
  • DNA
  • Protein Kinases
  • Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases
  • Receptor, trkA
  • AKT1 protein, human
  • Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt
  • Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases
  • Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases
  • Type C Phospholipases
  • Phosphoinositide Phospholipase C
  • Phospholipase C gamma
  • Phosphatidylinositol Diacylglycerol-Lyase