Signal transduction by fibroblast growth factor receptor-4 (FGFR-4). Comparison with FGFR-1

J Biol Chem. 1994 Jul 15;269(28):18320-6.

Abstract

We have studied the signal transduction pathways of fibroblast growth factor receptor-4 (FGFR-4) and FGFR-1, which showed virtually identical acidic fibroblast growth factor binding profiles as well as tyrosine autophosphorylation upon activation in transfected L6 rat myoblasts and NIH3T3 mouse fibroblasts. A prominently tyrosyl-phosphorylated doublet of polypeptides of 85 kDa coprecipitated with activated FGFR-4 from both cell lines studied, but these polypeptides were not detected upon immunoprecipitation of activated FGFR-1. Furthermore, FGFR-4 induced only a weak tyrosyl phosphorylation of phospholipase C-gamma and no detectable tyrosyl phosphorylation of the SHC adaptor proteins in contrast to FGFR-1. No phosphorylation of Ras GTPase-activating protein, p64 Syp/PTP1D tyrosine phosphatase, or association of the GRB2 adaptor protein SH2 domain with these receptors was detected. Unlike FGFR-1, FGFR-4 induced only a barely detectable phosphorylation of the cellular serine/threonine kinase Raf-1 and a weaker tyrosyl phosphorylation of mitogen-activated protein kinases than FGFR-1. Despite these differences, stimulation of both receptors resulted in increased DNA synthesis.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

  • 3T3 Cells
  • Animals
  • Base Sequence
  • Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases / metabolism
  • Cell Line
  • DNA Primers
  • Fibroblast Growth Factor 1 / metabolism
  • Fibroblast Growth Factor 1 / pharmacology*
  • Isoenzymes / metabolism
  • Mice
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Muscles
  • Phosphorylation
  • Phosphotyrosine
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / metabolism
  • Rats
  • Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases*
  • Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 1
  • Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 4
  • Receptors, Fibroblast Growth Factor / biosynthesis
  • Receptors, Fibroblast Growth Factor / drug effects
  • Receptors, Fibroblast Growth Factor / physiology*
  • Signal Transduction / drug effects
  • Signal Transduction / physiology*
  • Transfection
  • Type C Phospholipases / metabolism
  • Tyrosine / analogs & derivatives
  • Tyrosine / analysis

Substances

  • DNA Primers
  • Isoenzymes
  • Receptors, Fibroblast Growth Factor
  • Fibroblast Growth Factor 1
  • Phosphotyrosine
  • Tyrosine
  • Fgfr1 protein, mouse
  • Fgfr1 protein, rat
  • Fgfr4 protein, mouse
  • Fgfr4 protein, rat
  • Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases
  • Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 1
  • Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 4
  • Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases
  • Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases
  • Type C Phospholipases