A computational model on the modulation of mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) and Akt pathways in heregulin-induced ErbB signalling

Autor: HATAKEYAMA, Mariko, KIMURA, Shuhei, NAKA, Takashi, KAWASAKI, Takuji, YUMOTO, Noriko, ICHIKAWA, Mio, KIM, Jae-Hoon, SAITO, Kazuki, SAEKI, Mihoro, SHIROUZU, Mikako, YOKOYAMA, Shigeyuki, KONAGAYA, Akihiko
Zdroj: Biochemical Journal; July 2003, Vol. 373 Issue: 2 p451-463, 13p
Abstrakt: ErbB tyrosine kinase receptors mediate mitogenic signal cascade by binding a variety of ligands and recruiting the different cassettes of adaptor proteins. In the present study, we examined heregulin (HRG)-induced signal transduction of ErbB4 receptor and found that the phosphatidylinositol 3′-kinase (PI3K)-Akt pathway negatively regulated the extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) cascade by phosphorylating Raf-1 on Ser259. As the time-course kinetics of Akt and ERK activities seemed to be transient and complex, we constructed a mathematical simulation model for HRG-induced ErbB4 receptor signalling to explain the dynamics of the regulation mechanism in this signal transduction cascade. The model reflected well the experimental results observed in HRG-induced ErbB4 cells and in other modes of growth hormone-induced cell signalling that involve Raf-Akt cross-talk. The model suggested that HRG signalling is regulated by protein phosphatase 2A as well as Raf-Akt cross-talk, and protein phosphatase 2A modulates the kinase activity in both the PI3K–Akt and MAPK (mitogen-activated protein kinase) pathways.
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