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Molecular and Cellular Biology, August 2000, p. 5758-5765, Vol. 20, No. 15
Department of Medical Biochemistry and
Microbiology, Uppsala University, S-751 23 Uppsala,1 and Department of Experimental
Pathology, Lund University, S-221 85 Lund,3
Sweden; Departments of Medicine and Biomolecular Chemistry,
University of Wisconsin
Received 4 January 2000/Returned for modification 2 February
2000/Accepted 1 May 2000
We have previously shown that mutation of the two tyrosines in the
cytoplasmic domain of integrin subunit
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The Cytoplasmic Tyrosines of Integrin Subunit
1
Are Involved in Focal Adhesion Kinase Activation
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1 (Y783 and Y795) to
phenylalanines markedly reduces the capability of
1A integrins to
mediate directed cell migration. In this study,
1-dependent cell
spreading was found to be delayed in GD25 cells expressing
1AY783/795F compared to that in wild-type GD25-
1A.
Focal adhesion kinase (FAK) tyrosine phosphorylation and activation
were severely impaired in response to
1-dependent adhesion in
GD25-
1AY783/795F cells compared to that in wild-type
GD25-
1A or mutants in which only a single tyrosine was altered
(
1AY783F or
1AY795F). Phosphorylation site-specific antibodies selective for FAK phosphotyrosine 397 indicated that the defect in FAK phosphorylation via
1AY783/795F lies at the level of the initial
autophosphorylation step. Indeed,
1A-dependent tyrosine
phosphorylation of tensin and paxillin was lost in the
1AY783/795F cells, consistent with the impairment in FAK
activation. In contrast, p130CAS overall tyrosine
phosphorylation was unaffected by the
1 mutations. Despite the
defect in
1-mediated FAK activation, FAK was still localized to
focal adhesions. Taken together, the phenotype of the
GD25-
1AY783/795F cells resembles, but is distinct from,
the phenotype observed in FAK-null cells. These observations argue that
tyrosines 783 and 795 within the cytoplasmic tail of integrin subunit
1A are critical mediators of FAK activation and cell spreading in
GD25 cells.
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Corresponding author. Present address: Lineberger
Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel
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