A chimeric serine/threonine kinase receptor system reveals the potential of multiple type II receptors to cooperate with transforming growth factor-beta type I receptor.
AUTOR(ES)
Muramatsu, M
RESUMO
Receptor-type serine/threonine kinases (RSKs) have been organized into two distinct classes known as types I and II on the basis of sequence similarity. However, experiments have shown ligand specificities in the two classes and as a result type I and type II receptors can often bind to a common ligand. The transforming growth factor-beta- (TGF-beta) specific receptors represent such a case, where both type I and II receptors (T beta RI and T beta RII) are observed. Of additional interest is the observation that heteromeric associations of type I and II receptors can also enable signaling. To further elucidate the function of various RSKs, the extracellular domains of both alpha and beta chains from human granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor receptors were linked to transmembrane cytoplasmic domains of RSKs. Chimeric receptors of human granulocyte-macrophage receptor (hGMR) alpha with T beta RI and hGMR beta with T beta RII were expressed in murine pre-B cell-derived Ba/F3 cells. These chimeras formed heteromeric complexes, transmitted TGF-beta signals, and were down-modulated in response to human granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor. However, experiments utilizing these chimeric receptors in different combinations revealed that only heteromeric associations of transmembrane cytoplasmic domains mediated signaling and down-modulation. Chimeric receptors with transmembrane cytoplasmic domains of activin receptor type II and bone morphogenetic protein receptor type II also provided signals in conjunction with chimeric T beta RI. As a result, these type II receptors may share a common potential to signal via T beta RI. hGMR-RSK chimeric receptors may be useful tools for the identification and characterization of the divergent signals mediated by individual RSKs.
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