A variant epidermal growth factor receptor exhibits altered type alpha transforming growth factor binding and transmembrane signaling.

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Moriai，T.，Kobrin，M.，S.，Hope，C.，Speck，L.，Korc

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Epidermal growth factor (EGF) and type α transforming growth factor (TGF-α) bind to a specific region in subdomain III of the extracellular portion of the EGF receptor (EGFR). Binding leads to receptor dimerization, auto- and transphosphorylation on intracellular tyrosine residues, and activation of signal transduction pathways. We compared the binding and biological actions of EGF and TGF-α in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells expressing either wild-type human EGFR (HER497R) or a variant EGFR that has an arginine-to-lysine substitution in the extracellular domain at codon 497 (HER497K) within subdomain IV of EGFR. Both receptors exhibited two orders of binding sites with radioiodinated EGF (125I-EGF). Similar results were obtained with125I-TGF-α in cells expressing HER497R. In contrast, only one order of low-affinity binding sites was seen with125I-TGF-α in the case of HER497K. Although EGF and TGF-α enhanced tyrosine phosphorylation of both receptors, CHO cells expressing HER497K exhibited an attenuated growth response to EGF and TGF-α and a reduced induction of the protooncogenes FOS, JUN, and MYC. Moreover, high concentrations of TGF-α (5 nM) inhibited growth in these cells but not in cells expressing HER497R. These findings indicate that a region in subdomain IV of EGFR regulates signal transduction across the cell membrane and selectively modulates the binding characteristics of TGF-α.

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Cell Biology Protooncogenes

DOI：

10.1073/pnas.91.21.10217

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243

年份：

1994