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Published 6 January 2003. doi:10.1083/jcb.200206049
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© The Rockefeller University Press, 0021-9525/2003/1/137 $5.00
The Journal of Cell Biology, Volume 160, Number 1, 137-146


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PTP{alpha} regulates integrin-stimulated FAK autophosphorylation and cytoskeletal rearrangement in cell spreading and migration



Li Zeng1, Xiaoning Si1,2,3, Wei-Ping Yu1, Hoa Thi Le1,2,3, Kwok Peng Ng1, Raymond M.H. Teng1, Kenneth Ryan2,3, Dennis Z.-M. Wang1, Sathivel Ponniah1 and Catherine J. Pallen1,2,3

1 Cell Regulation Laboratory, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Singapore 117609, Singapore
2 Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V5Z 4H4, Canada
3 British Columbia Research Institute for Children's and Women's Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V5Z 4H4, Canada

Address correspondence to Catherine J. Pallen, Dept. of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, B.C. Research Institute for Children's and Women's Health, Rm. 3102, 950 West 28th Ave., Vancouver, British Columbia V5Z 4H4, Canada. Tel.: (604) 875-2439. Fax: (604) 875-2417. E-mail: cpallen{at}interchange.ubc.ca

We investigated the molecular and cellular actions of receptor protein tyrosine phosphatase (PTP) {alpha} in integrin signaling using immortalized fibroblasts derived from wild-type and PTP{alpha}-deficient mouse embryos. Defects in PTP{alpha}-/- migration in a wound healing assay were associated with altered cell shape and focal adhesion kinase (FAK) phosphorylation. The reduced haptotaxis to fibronectin (FN) of PTP{alpha}-/- cells was increased by expression of active (but not inactive) PTP{alpha}. Integrin-mediated formation of src–FAK and fyn–FAK complexes was reduced or abolished in PTP{alpha}-/- cells on FN, concomitant with markedly reduced phosphorylation of FAK at Tyr397. Reintroduction of active (but not inactive) PTP{alpha} restored FAK Tyr-397 phosphorylation. FN-induced cytoskeletal rearrangement was retarded in PTP{alpha}-/- cells, with delayed filamentous actin stress fiber assembly and focal adhesion formation. This mimicked the effects of treating wild-type fibroblasts with the src family protein tyrosine kinase (Src-PTK) inhibitor PP2. These results, together with the reduced src/fyn tyrosine kinase activity in PTP{alpha}-/- fibroblasts (Ponniah et al., 1999; Su et al., 1999), suggest that PTP{alpha} functions in integrin signaling and cell migration as an Src-PTK activator. Our paper establishes that PTP{alpha} is required for early integrin-proximal events, acting upstream of FAK to affect the timely and efficient phosphorylation of FAK Tyr-397.

Key Words: Src-PTKs; protein tyrosine phosphatase; focal adhesion; actin


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