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- Title
VEGF receptor-2 Y951 signaling and a role for the adapter molecule TSAd in tumor angiogenesis.
- Authors
Matsumoto, Taro; Bohman, Svante; Dixelius, Johan; Berge, Tone; Dimberg, Anna; Magnusson, Peetra; Wang, Ling; Wikner, Charlotte; Qi, Jian Hua; Wernstedt, Christer; Wu, Jiong; Bruheim, Skjalg; Mugishima, Hideo; Mukhopadhyay, Debrabata; Spurkland, Anne; Claesson-Welsh, Lena
- Abstract
Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-2 (VEGFR-2) activation by VEGF-A is essential in vasculogenesis and angiogenesis. We have generated a pan-phosphorylation site map of VEGFR-2 and identified one major tyrosine phosphorylation site in the kinase insert (Y951), in addition to two major sites in the C-terminal tail (Y1175 and Y1214). In developing vessels, phosphorylation of Y1175 and Y1214 was detected in all VEGFR-2-expressing endothelial cells, whereas phosphorylation of Y951 was identified in a subset of vessels. Phosphorylated Y951 bound the T-cell-specific adapter (TSAd), which was expressed in tumor vessels. Mutation of Y951 to F and introduction of phosphorylated Y951 peptide or TSAd siRNA into endothelial cells blocked VEGF-A-induced actin stress fibers and migration, but not mitogenesis. Tumor vascularization and growth was reduced in TSAd-deficient mice, indicating a critical role of Y951-TSAd signaling in pathological angiogenesis.
- Subjects
NEOVASCULARIZATION; TUMORS; VASCULAR endothelial growth factors; AMINO acids; TYROSINE; CYTOKINES; CELLULAR immunity; GROWTH factors
- Publication
EMBO Journal, 2005, Vol 24, Issue 13, p2342
- ISSN
0261-4189
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/sj.emboj.7600709