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The Role of Conserved Amino Acid Motifs within the Integrin β3 Cytoplasmic Domain in Triggering Focal Adhesion Kinase Phosphorylation

Integrin-mediated adhesion of cells to extracellular matrix proteins triggers a variety of intracellular signaling pathways including a cascade of tyrosine phosphorylations. In many cell types, the cytoplasmic focal adhesion tyrosine kinase, FAK, appears to be the initial protein that becomes tyrosi...

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Published in:The Journal of biological chemistry 1997-03, Vol.272 (12), p.7892-7898
Main Authors: Tahiliani, Priya D., Singh, Lester, Auer, Kelly L., LaFlamme, Susan E.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:Integrin-mediated adhesion of cells to extracellular matrix proteins triggers a variety of intracellular signaling pathways including a cascade of tyrosine phosphorylations. In many cell types, the cytoplasmic focal adhesion tyrosine kinase, FAK, appears to be the initial protein that becomes tyrosine-phosphorylated in response to adhesion; however, the molecular mechanisms regulating integrin-triggered FAK phosphorylation are not understood. Previous studies have shown that the integrin β1, β3, and β5 subunit cytoplasmic domains all contain sufficient information to trigger FAK phosphorylation when expressed in single-subunit chimeric receptors connected to an extracellular reporter. In the present study, β3 cytoplasmic domain deletion and substitution mutants were constructed to identify amino acids within the integrin β3 cytoplasmic domain that regulate its ability to trigger FAK phosphorylation. Cells transiently expressing chimeric receptors containing these mutant cytoplasmic domains were magnetically sorted and assayed for the tyrosine phosphorylation of FAK. Analysis of these mutants indicated that structural information in both the membrane-proximal and C-terminal segments of the β3 cytoplasmic domain is important for triggering FAK phosphorylation. In the C-terminal segment of the β3 cytoplasmic domain, the highly conserved NPXY motif was found to be required for the β3 cytoplasmic domain to trigger FAK phosphorylation. However, the putative FAK binding domain within the N-terminal segment of the β3 cytoplasmic domain was found to be neither required nor sufficient for this signaling event. We also demonstrate that the serine 752 to proline mutation, known to cause a variant of Glanzmann's thrombasthenia, inhibits the ability of the β3 cytoplasmic domain to signal FAK phosphorylation, suggesting that a single mutation in the β3 cytoplasmic domain can inhibit both “inside-out” and “outside-in” integrin signaling.
ISSN:0021-9258
1083-351X
DOI:10.1074/jbc.272.12.7892