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Molecular and Cellular Biology, March 1999, p. 1731-1741, Vol. 19, No. 3
0270-7306/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Ral-Specific Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factor Activity Opposes Other Ras Effectors in PC12 Cells by Inhibiting Neurite Outgrowth

Takanori Goi, Gabriel Rusanescu, Takeshi Urano,dagger and Larry A. Feig*

Department of Biochemistry, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02111

Received 1 June 1998/Returned for modification 7 July 1998/Accepted 1 December 1998

Ras proteins can activate at least three classes of downstream target proteins: Raf kinases, phosphatidylinositol-3 phosphate (PI3) kinase, and Ral-specific guanine nucleotide exchange factors (Ral-GEFs). In NIH 3T3 cells, activated Ral-GEFs contribute to Ras-induced cell proliferation and oncogenic transformation by complementing the activities of Raf and PI3 kinases. In PC12 cells, activated Raf and PI3 kinases mediate Ras-induced cell cycle arrest and differentiation into a neuronal phenotype. Here, we show that in PC12 cells, Ral-GEF activity acts opposite to other Ras effectors. Elevation of Ral-GEF activity induced by transfection of a mutant Ras protein that preferentially activates Ral-GEFs, or by transfection of the catalytic domain of the Ral-GEF Rgr, suppressed cell cycle arrest and neurite outgrowth induced by nerve growth factor (NGF) treatment. In addition, Rgr reduced neurite outgrowth induced by a mutant Ras protein that preferentially activates Raf kinases. Furthermore, inhibition of Ral-GEF activity by expression of a dominant negative Ral mutant accelerated cell cycle arrest and enhanced neurite outgrowth in response to NGF treatment. Ral-GEF activity may function, at least in part, through inhibition of the Rho family GTPases, CDC42 and Rac. In contrast to Ras, which was activated for hours by NGF treatment, Ral was activated for only ~20 min. These findings suggest that one function of Ral-GEF signaling induced by NGF is to delay the onset of cell cycle arrest and neurite outgrowth induced by other Ras effectors. They also demonstrate that Ras has the potential to promote both antidifferentiation and prodifferentiation signaling pathways through activation of distinct effector proteins. Thus, in some cell types the ratio of activities among Ras effectors and their temporal regulation may be important determinants for cell fate decisions between proliferation and differentiation.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Biochemistry, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02111. Phone: (617) 636-6956. Fax: (617) 636-6409. E-mail: lfeig{at}opal.Tufts.edu.

dagger Present address: II Department of Biochemistry, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Showa-Ku, Nagoya 466, Japan.

Molecular and Cellular Biology, March 1999, p. 1731-1741, Vol. 19, No. 3
0270-7306/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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