Abstract
Mitogenic growth factor stimulation activates several signal transduction pathways, including the well-characterized Ras-Erk pathway, resulting in transient activation of Erk1 and Erk2. Oncogenic transformation, however, causes constitutive activation of growth signalling pathways, resulting in an accelerated rate of cell division. We investigated the effects of transformation on serum and growth factor stimulation of Erk1 and Erk2, and show that stimulation of these MAP kinases, as well as the Erk activator Mek, is delayed in oncogene transformed cells. Possible mechanisms of this delay are explored. In addition, our data indicate that prolonged mitogenic stimulation does not necessarily result in constitutive activation of Erk1 and Erk2.
MeSH Terms
Animals
Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases/drug effects,genetics,metabolism
Cell Cycle Proteins
Cell Line, Transformed
Cell Transformation, Neoplastic
Chick Embryo
Culture Media, Serum-Free
Dual Specificity Phosphatase 1
Enzyme Activation/drug effects,genetics
ErbB Receptors/metabolism
Fibroblasts
Genes, ras
Immediate-Early Proteins/genetics,metabolism
Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1
Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3
Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases
Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases
Mutation
Oncogene Protein v-crk
Phosphoprotein Phosphatases
Phosphorylation
Protein Kinases/metabolism
Protein Phosphatase 1
Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases/genetics,metabolism
Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/drug effects,genetics,metabolism
Rats
Retroviridae Proteins, Oncogenic/genetics
Signal Transduction
Time Factors
Chemicals
Cell Cycle Proteins
Culture Media, Serum-Free
Immediate-Early Proteins
Oncogene Protein v-crk
Retroviridae Proteins, Oncogenic
Protein Kinases
ErbB Receptors
Protein-Tyrosine Kinases
Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases
Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1
Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3
Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases
Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases
Phosphoprotein Phosphatases
Protein Phosphatase 1
Dual Specificity Phosphatase 1
Dusp1 protein, rat
Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases
Authors & Affiliations
3 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Greulich H
Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10021, USA.
Reichman C
Hanafusa H