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Singhirunnusorn, P. et al.

Transient suppression of ligand-mediated activation of epidermal growth factor receptor by tumor necrosis factor-alpha through the TAK1-p38 signaling pathway.

Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) has been shown to be activated by specific ligands as well as other cellular stimuli including tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha). In the present study, we found that cellular stress suppressed ligand-mediated EGFR activity. Both TNF-alpha and osmotic stress rapidly induced phosphorylation of EGFR. This phosphorylation of EGFR and the activation of mitogen-activated protein kinases and NF-kappaB occurred independently of the shedding of extracellular membrane-bound EGFR ligands and intracellular EGFR tyrosine kinase activity. Transforming growth factor-beta-activated kinase 1 (TAK1) was involved in the TNF-alpha-induced signaling pathway to EGFR. In addition, experiments using chemical inhibitors and small interfering RNA demonstrated that p38 alpha is a common mediator for the cellular stress-induced phosphorylation of EGFR. Surprisingly, the modified EGFR was not able to respond to its extracellular ligand due to transient internalization through the clathrin-mediated mechanism. Furthermore, turnover of p38 activation led to dephosphorylation and recycling back to the cell surface of EGFR. These results demonstrated that TNF-alpha has opposite bifunctional activities in modulating the function of the EGFR.[1]

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Transient suppression of ligand-mediated activation of epidermal growth factor receptor by tumor necrosis factor-alpha through the TAK1-p38 signaling pathway. Singhirunnusorn, P., Ueno, Y., Matsuo, M., Suzuki, S., Saiki, I., Sakurai, H. J. Biol. Chem. (2007) [Pubmed]

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