Roles of Gab1 and SHP2 in paxillin tyrosine dephosphorylation and Src activation in response to epidermal growth factor

J Biol Chem. 2004 Feb 27;279(9):8497-505. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M312575200. Epub 2003 Dec 8.

Abstract

Epidermal growth factor (EGF) induces paxillin tyrosine dephosphorylation and Src activation, but the signaling pathways that mediate these responses were largely undefined. We found that Gab1, a docking protein for the SHP2 protein-tyrosine phosphatase in EGF-stimulated cells, was associated with paxillin. SHP2 dephosphorylated paxillin and caused dissociation of Csk, a negative regulator of Src, from paxillin but had no effect on paxillin-Src association. A lower level of Src Tyr-530 phosphorylation was detected in paxillin-associated Src in EGF-stimulated cells. Expression of an SHP2 binding defective mutant of Gab1 (Gab1FF) or a catalytically inactive mutant of SHP2 (SHP2DN) prevented paxillin tyrosine dephosphorylation and Src activation induced by EGF. Importantly, Gab1FF blocked paxillin-SHP2 complex formation, Src Tyr-530 dephosphorylation, Erk activation, and cell migration induced by EGF. Inhibition of Src tyrosine kinase activity abrogated EGF-stimulated Erk activation and cell migration. Together, these results reveal that Gab1 recruits SHP2 to dephosphorylate paxillin, leading to dissociation of Csk from the paxillin-Src complex and Src activation and that Src is an SHP2 effector involved in EGF-stimulated Erk activation and cell migration.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

  • Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing
  • Binding Sites
  • CSK Tyrosine-Protein Kinase
  • Cell Movement
  • Cytoskeletal Proteins / metabolism*
  • Enzyme Activation / drug effects
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / pharmacology
  • Epidermal Growth Factor / pharmacology*
  • Humans
  • Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
  • Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / metabolism
  • Mutation
  • Paxillin
  • Phosphoproteins / genetics
  • Phosphoproteins / metabolism*
  • Phosphotyrosine / metabolism*
  • Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 11
  • Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases / genetics
  • Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases / metabolism*
  • Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / metabolism
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins
  • Transfection
  • Tumor Cells, Cultured
  • src-Family Kinases / antagonists & inhibitors
  • src-Family Kinases / metabolism*

Substances

  • Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing
  • Cytoskeletal Proteins
  • Enzyme Inhibitors
  • GAB1 protein, human
  • Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
  • PXN protein, human
  • Paxillin
  • Phosphoproteins
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins
  • Phosphotyrosine
  • Epidermal Growth Factor
  • Protein-Tyrosine Kinases
  • CSK Tyrosine-Protein Kinase
  • src-Family Kinases
  • CSK protein, human
  • Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases
  • PTPN11 protein, human
  • Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 11
  • Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases