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K Kaibuchi

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PubMed1995

A novel GTPase-activating protein for R-Ras.

R-Ras, belonging to the Ras small GTP-binding protein superfamily, has been implicated in regulation of various cell functions such as gene expression, cell proliferation, and apoptotic cell death. In the present study, we purified an R-Ras-interacting protein with molecular mass of about 98 kDa (p98) from bovine brain cytosol by glutathione S-transferase (GST)-R-Ras affinity column chromatography. This protein bound to GTP gamma S (guanosine 5'-(3-O-thio)triphosphate, a nonhydrolyzable GTP analog).R-Ras but not to GDP.R-Ras, GTP gamma S.R-Ras with a mutation in the effector domain (R-RasA64), GTP gamma S.Ha-Ras, or GTP gamma S.RalA. We obtained a cDNA encoding p98 on the basis of its partial amino acid sequences. The predicted protein consists of 834 amino acids whose calculated mass, 95,384 Da, is close to the apparent molecular mass of p98. The amino acid sequence shows a high degree of sequence similarity to the entire sequence of Gap1m, one of the GTPase-activating proteins (GAP) for Ha-Ras. A recombinant protein consisting of the GAP-related domain of p98 fused to maltose-binding protein stimulated GTPase activity of R-Ras, and showed a weak effect on that of Ha-Ras but not that of Rap1 or Rho. These results clearly indicate that p98 is a novel GAP for R-Ras. Thus, we designated this protein as R-Ras GAP.

Amino Acid Sequence↗
PubMed1995

Purification and characterization of REKS from Xenopus eggs. Identification of REKS as a Ras-dependent mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase.

We have previously identified a protein factor, named REKS (Ras-dependent Extracellular signal-regulated kinase/Mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase (MEK) Stimulator), which is necessary for Ras-dependent MEK activation. In this study, we attempted to highly purify and characterize REKS. We have highly purified REKS by successive column chromatographies using a cell-free assay system in which REKS activates recombinant extracellular signal-regulated kinase 2 through recombinant MEK in a guanosine 5'-O-(thiotriphosphate) (GTP gamma S)-Ki-Ras-dependent manner. REKS formed a stable complex with GTP gamma S-Ras; REKS was coimmunoprecipitated with GTP gamma S-Ki-Ras or GTP gamma S-Ha-Ras, but not with GDP-Ki-Ras or GDP-Ha-Ras by an anti-Ras antibody. REKS was absorbed to a GTP gamma S-glutathione S-transferase (GST)-Ha-Ras-coupled glutathione-agarose column but not to a GDP-GST-Ha-Ras-coupled glutathione-agarose column and was coeluted with GTP gamma S-GST-Ha-Ras by reduced glutathione. The minimum molecular mass of REKS was estimated to be about 98 kDa on SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. REKS phosphorylated this 98-kDa protein as well as recombinant MEK. REKS was not recognized by any of the anti-c-Raf-1, anti-Mos, and anti-mSte11 antibodies. These results indicate that REKS is a Ras-dependent MEK kinase.

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PubMed1995

Rabphilin-3A binds to a M(r) 115,000 polypeptide in a phosphatidylserine- and Ca(2+)-dependent manner.

Rabphilin-3A is a putative target protein for Rab3A/Smg 25A, which is a member of the Ras-related small GTP-binding protein and implicated in neurotransmitter release from the synapse. Rabphilin-3A is composed of two functionally different domains: the N-terminal Rab3A-binding and the C-terminal phosphatidylserine- and Ca(2+)-binding domains. The C-terminal domain has two copies of an internal repeat that are homologous to the C2 domains of protein kinase C, synaptotagmin, and phospholipase A2 and C-gamma 1, which are known to bind phosphatidylserine and Ca2+. In this study, we attempted to identify the Rabphilin-3A-interacting molecule in bovine brain by use of an overlay assay technique. The 32P-labeled C-terminal fragment of Rabphilin-3A (281-704 amino acids) bound to a protein molecule with a M(r) of about 115 kDa which was immobilized on a nitrocellulose sheet. This protein was highly purified and characterized. The binding of the 32P-labeled C-terminal fragment to this protein was dependent on both phosphatidylserine and Ca2+, and inhibited by an excess amount of the C-terminal fragment and the C2 domain fragment (396-704 amino acids) but not by the N-terminal fragment (1-280 amino acids). These results indicate that Rabphilin-3A binds to a protein molecule with a M(r) of 115 kDa through the C2 domain in the presence of phosphatidylserine and Ca2+.

Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing↗
PubMed1995

Identification of Rap1 as a target for the Crk SH3 domain-binding guanine nucleotide-releasing factor C3G.

C3G, which was identified as a Crk SH3 domain-binding guanine nucleotide-releasing factor, shows sequence similarity to CDC25 and Sos family proteins (S. Tanaka, T. Morishita, Y. Hashimoto, S. Hattori, S. Nakamura, M. Shibuya, K. Matuoka, T. Takenawa, T. Kurata, K. Nagashima, and M. Matsuda, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 91:3443-3447, 1994). The substrate specificity of C3G was examined by in vitro and in vivo experiments. C3G markedly stimulated dissociation of bound GDP from Rap1B but marginally affected the same reaction of other Ras family proteins (Ha-Ras, N-Ras, and RalA). C3G also stimulated binding of GTP-gamma S [guanosine 5'-3-O-(thio)triphosphate] to Rap1B. When C3G and Rap1A were expressed in COS7 cells, marked accumulation of the active GTP-bound form of Rap1A was observed, while Sos was not effective in the activation of Rap1A. These results clearly show that C3G is an activator for Rap1. Furthermore, expression of C3G with a membrane localization signal in a v-Ki-ras transformant, DT, induced a reversion of the cells to the flat form, possibly through the activation of endogenous Rap1.

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PubMed1994

Identification as beta-adducin of a protein interacting with rabphilin-3A in the presence of Ca2+ and phosphatidylserine.

Rabphilin-3A is a putative target protein for Rab3A small GTP-binding protein implicated in neurotransmitter release. We have previously identified a Rabphilin-3A-interacting protein with a Mr of about 115 kDa in bovine brain. We have attempted here to purify this protein and to determine its primary structure. Amino acid sequence analysis has revealed that this protein is a bovine counterpart of human beta-adducin which is known to be a good substrate for protein kinase C. The Rabphilin-3A-interacting protein also binds to protein kinase C in the presence of Ca2+ and phosphatidylserine. These results indicate that Rabphilin-3A binds to beta-adducin in the presence of Ca2+ and phosphatidylserine.

Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing↗
PubMed1994

Synergistic activation by Ras and 14-3-3 protein of a mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase named Ras-dependent extracellular signal-regulated kinase kinase stimulator.

We have identified, in Xenopus oocyte cytosol, a protein kinase named REKS (Ras-dependent extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK)/mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase (MEK) stimulator), which phosphorylates and activates recombinant ERK2 through recombinant MEK in a recombinant GTP gamma S (guanosine 5'-(3-O-thio)triphosphate)-Ras-dependent manner. We show here that this REKS activity is synergistically enhanced by a combination of mammalian recombinant GTP gamma S-KiRas and 14-3-3 protein purified from rat brain. 14-3-3 protein is known to activate tyrosine and tryptophan hydroxylases, to modulate the protein kinase C activity, to stimulate secretion, and to show phospholipase A2 activity per se. 14-3-3 protein did not affect the MEK activity. 14-3-3 protein neither interacted with Ki-Ras nor affected the neurofibromin activity to stimulate the GTPase activity of Ki-Ras under the conditions where the recombinant N-terminal fragment of c-Raf-1 inhibited it. These results suggest that 14-3-3 protein has an additional function in the regulation of the Ras-MEK-ERK cascade pathway through the activation of REKS.

14-3-3 Proteins↗
PubMed1994

Phosphorylation and activation of mitogen-activated protein kinase by kainic acid-induced seizure in rat hippocampus.

Injection of kainic acid into rat induced a limbic seizure and increased the activities of two protein kinases with Mrs of 42 kDa and 44 kDa in the hippocampus. These two protein kinases were identified as MAP kinases by an anti-MAP kinase antibody. These MAP kinases were phosphorylated at least at a tyrosine residue. The time course of the MAP kinase activation was roughly parallel with that of the seizure. These results indicate that the kainic acid-induced seizure induces MAP kinase activation in rat hippocampus.

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PubMed1994

Different functions of Smg GDP dissociation stimulator and mammalian counterpart of yeast Cdc25.

We have previously shown that both Smg GDP dissociation stimulator (GDS) and mammalian Cdc25 (mCdc25) stimulate the GDP/GTP exchange reaction of Ki-Ras and that Smg GDS is active only on the post-translationally lipid-modified form of Ki-Ras, whereas mCdc25 is active on both the lipid-modified and unmodified forms but is more active on the lipid-modified form. In the present study, we compared more detailed kinetic properties of Smg GDS and mCdc25 by use of the lipid-modified form of Ki-Ras as a common substrate. Both Smg GDS and mCdc25 stimulated the dissociation of GDP from Ki-Ras and formed the stable binary complex with Ki-Ras. In the presence of guanosine 5'-(3-O-thio) triphosphate (GTP gamma S), the stable ternary complex of Smg GDS-GTP gamma S-Ki-Ras was produced, whereas GTP gamma S induced the dissociation of mCdc25 from mCdc25-Ki-Ras complex, yielding GTP gamma S-Ki-Ras. mCdc25 stimulated the dissociation of GDP from both the membrane-bound and soluble forms of Ki-Ras, whereas Smg GDS was far less active on the membrane-bound form than on the soluble form. Moreover, Smg GDS translocated the GTP gamma S-bound form of membrane-bound Ki-Ras to the soluble fraction as the stable ternary complex of Smg GDS-GTP gamma S-Ki-Ras, whereas mCdc25 did not show this activity. These results suggest that Smg GDS and mCdc25 play different roles in the regulation of Ki-Ras.

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PubMed1994

Ras-dependent signal transduction is indispensable but not sufficient for the activation of AP1/Jun by PKC delta.

Modulation of gene expression by 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) is thought to be mediated by protein kinase C (PKC), a major cellular receptor for TPA. We confirm this by showing that the overexpression of PKC delta enhances the TPA induction of the TRE-tk-CAT reporter gene in NIH3T3 cells. To investigate the mutual relationship between PKC delta- and Ras-dependent signal transduction pathways to a TRE binding transcription factor, AP1/Jun, we constructed constitutively active and dominant negative mutants of PKC delta. Activated Ras induced reporter gene expression in collaboration with overexpressed c-Jun or JunD, and this induction was insensitive to the dominant negative PKC delta. On the other hand, reporter gene expression induced by the constitutively active PKC delta was severely inhibited by dominant negative Ras, as well as by the dominant negative PKC delta. Thus, Ras activation must be indispensable for PKC delta to activate AP1/Jun. In the absence of overexpressed c-Jun or JunD, activated Ras was, however, clearly less effective than constitutively active PKC delta which showed full activation of reporter gene expression by itself. This suggests the presence of an additional, Ras-independent, signaling pathway downstream of PKC delta to activate AP1/Jun. In spite of the remarkable ability of constitutively active PKC delta to activate TRE-tk-CAT expression, this mutant suppressed cell growth.

3T3 Cells↗
PubMed1994

Association of Ash/Grb-2 with dynamin through the Src homology 3 domain.

Ash/Grb-2 is an adaptor protein composed only of Src homology (SH) 2 and SH3 domains that is considered to be essential for Ras activation. To clarify the downstream of Ash signaling, we investigated Ash-bound proteins. Ash-glutathione S-transferase (GST) fusion proteins were used to affinity-purify proteins bound to Ash. We found 180-, 150-, 100-, and 70-kDa proteins bound to GST-Ash, among which the 100 kDa protein was found to be dynamin by amino acid sequencing and Western blot with anti-dynamin antibody. Next, the in vitro and in vivo associations between Ash and dynamin were examined using PC12 cells. Dynamin in PC12 cell lysates bound to GST-Ash independent of NGF treatment. Also, Ash and dynamin co-precipitated when cell lysates of PC12 were immunoprecipitated with anti-Ash antibody or anti-dynamin antibody. Using various GST-Ash constructs, we studied the importance of the individual domains in binding and found that the SH3 domain is necessary for binding. This binding was inhibited by a synthetic peptide (GPPQVPSRPNRC, amino acids 827-838 in dynamin). These data show that Ash SH3 domains bind to the proline-rich region of dynamin. Considering the function of dynamin in membrane trafficking, Ash may regulate endocytosis in addition to Ras activation.

Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing↗
PubMed1994

Kinetic properties of Ash/Grb2-interacting GDP/GTP exchange protein.

Ash/Grb2 is a protein having one SH2 domain flanked by two SH3 domains and is implicated to serve as an adaptor protein which links the EGF receptor to mammalian Sos (mSos), a GDP/GTP exchange protein for Ras. We isolated here several Ash-interacting proteins from bovine brain cytosol by use of glutathione-S-transferase-Ash-linked agarose column chromatography. The Ash-interacting proteins stimulated the GDP/GTP exchange reaction of Ki-Ras and Ha-Ras but not that of other small GTP-binding proteins including at least Rap1, RhoA, Rac1, and Rab3A. The Ash-interacting proteins were much more active on the post-translationally lipid-modified form of Ki-Ras than on the unmodified form. At least one of them was identified as mSos by Western blot analysis using a specific anti-mSos antibody.

Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing↗
PubMed1994

Localization of rabphilin-3A, a putative target protein for Rab3A, at the sites of Ca(2+)-dependent exocytosis in PC12 cells.

Rab3A/Smg 25A, a small GTP-binding protein, is highly concentrated in presynapse of neurons and implicated in neurotransmitter release. We have recently identified a putative target protein for Rab3A, isolated its cDNA, and designated it as Rabphilin-3A. To examine whether Rabphilin-3A as well as Rab3A is localized at the sites of Ca(2+)-dependent exocytosis, we investigated here localization of Rabphilin-3A and Rab3A in comparison with the sites of exocytosis in the differentiated PC12 cells. Rabphilin-3A as well as Rab3A was highly concentrated at the tips of the neurites where Ca(2+)-dependent exocytosis took place. Inversely, neither Rabphilin-3A nor Rab3A was concentrated at the tips of the neurites where Ca(2+)-dependent exocytosis did not take place. These results suggest that Rabphilin-3A as well as Rab3A constitutes a part of the machinery necessary for neurotransmitter release.

Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing↗
PubMed1994

Rho small G protein and cytoskeletal control.

The Rho family belongs to the Ras-related small GTP-binding protein (G protein) superfamily and regulates various cell functions in which the actomyosin system is involved, including cell morphology, membrane ruffling, cell motility, cell aggregation, cytokinesis, smooth muscle contraction, and yeast budding. Three GDP/GTP exchange proteins (GEPs), named Smg GDS, Dbl, and Rho GDI, and two GTPase activating proteins (GAPs), named Rho GAP and p190 associated with Ras GAP, have been identified. The Rho activity is likely to be regulated by protein kinase C which is linked through phospholipase C to the tyrosine kinase-type membrane receptors and the heterotrimeric G protein-linked receptors. It is likely that both Ras and Rho receive signals from the membrane receptors through different pathways and transduce signals to genes and cytoskeleton, respectively. In carcinogenesis, mutational activation of any component in the Ras signaling pathway may cause abnormal cell proliferation, whereas mutational activation of any component in the Rho signaling pathway may cause invasiveness and metastasis of carcinoma cells.

Actomyosin↗
PubMed1993

Two functionally different domains of rabphilin-3A, Rab3A p25/smg p25A-binding and phospholipid- and Ca(2+)-binding domains.

Rabphilin-3A is a putative target molecule for rab3A p25/smg p25A, which is a member of a ras p21-related small GTP-binding protein and implicated in neurotransmitter release from the synapse. Rabphilin-3A has two copies of an internal repeat that are homologous to the C2 domains of protein kinase C, synaptotagmin, and phospholipase A2, which are known to bind to phospholipid in a Ca(2+)-dependent manner. In the current study, we have investigated the functional domains or rabphilin-3A by use of three recombinant proteins as follows: full rabphilin-3A (1-704 amino acids), an N-terminal fragment (1-280 amino acids), and a C-terminal fragment containing the C2 domains (281-704 amino acids). Both rabphilin-3A and the C-terminal fragment bound to phospholipid in the presence of Ca2+, but the N-terminal fragment did not bind to phospholipid. 45Ca2+ bound to rabphilin-3A and the C-terminal fragment only in the presence of phospholipid but did not bind to the N-terminal fragment. The GTP gamma S-bound form of rab3A p25 bound to both rabphilin-3A and the N-terminal fragment but did not bind to the C-terminal fragment. These results indicate that rabphilin-3A has at least two functionally different domains, the N-terminal rab3A p25-binding and C-terminal phospholipid- and Ca(2+)-binding domains.

Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing↗
PubMed1993

Comparison of kinetic properties between two mammalian ras p21 GDP/GTP exchange proteins, ras guanine nucleotide-releasing factor and smg GDP dissociation stimulation.

The mammalian counterpart of the yeast ras p21 GDP/GTP exchange protein CDC25, ras GRF, was expressed in Escherichia coli and purified, and its kinetic properties were compared with those of another mammalian ras p21 GDP/GTP exchange protein, smg GDS. ras GRF was active on Ki- and Ha-ras p21s but inactive on rap1A p21, rhoA p21, rac1 p21, and rab3A p25, whereas smg GDS was active on Ki-ras p21, rap1A p21, rhoA p21, and rac1 p21 but inactive on Ha-ras p21 and rab3A p25. The Kcat values of ras GRF and smg GDS for Ki-ras p21 as a common substrate were calculated to be 1.2 and 0.37 nmol/min/nmol, respectively. The Km values of ras GRF and smg GDS for Ki-ras p21 were 680 and 220 nM, respectively. rasGRF was slightly active on post-translationally unprocessed Ki-ras p21 but much more effective on post-translationally processed Ki-ras p21 than on post-translationally unprocessed Ki-ras p21. smg GDS was active on post-translationally processed Ki-ras p21 but inactive on post-translationally unprocessed Ki-ras p21. Moreover, as described for smg GDS, ras GRF showed a potency to inhibit the binding of Ki-ras p21 to membrane and to induce the dissociation of prebound Ki-ras p21 from the membrane. These results indicate that ras GRF and smg GDS show apparently similar kinetic properties except for the different substrate specificities and the requirement of the post-translational processing of Ki-ras p21.

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PubMed1993

Regulation of the GTPase cycle of the neuronally expressed Ras-like GTP-binding protein Rab3A.

The small GTP-binding protein Rab3A (identical to smg p25A) is expressed in neural/exocrine/endocrine cells, is distributed between the cytosol and secretory vesicle membranes, and may cycle between these locations to regulate exocytosis. It is proposed that the GTP/GDP state of Rab3A controls this distribution. In PC12 cells, cytosolic Rab3A is predominantly GDP-bound, whereas membrane-associated Rab3A is approximately 50% GTP-bound. Two cytosolic factors, GDP dissociation inhibitor (GDI) and guanine nucleotide releasing factor (GRF), act only on GDP.Rab3A, and preferentially with post-translationally modified Rab3A. Rab3A GTPase-activating protein (GAP) does not preferentially act on processed Rab3A, and interacts selectively with GTP.Rab3A. GDI antagonizes GRF but not GAP activity toward Rab3A. These data are consistent with the concept of an ordered Rab3A cycle controlled by factors that regulate the guanine-nucleotide binding state of Rab3A.

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