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The C-Terminal Region of PTHrP, in Addition to the Nuclear Localization Signal, Is Essential for the Intracrine Stimulation of Proliferation in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells

Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism (F.d.M., N.F.-T., J.C.L.-T., K.K.T., A.F.S.) , University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213; and Renovascular Physiology and Pharmacology Laboratory (T.M., J.-J.H.), Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France

Address all correspondence and requests for reprints to: Andrew F. Stewart, M.D., Chief, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Biomedical Science Tower E-1140, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 3550 Terrace Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213. E-mail: stewart{at}msx.dept-med.pitt.edu

PTHrP is secreted by most cell types. In addition to a paracrine/autocrine role, PTHrP has "intracrine" actions, entering the nuclear compartment under the direction of a classic bipartite nuclear localization signal. In vascular smooth muscle cells, nuclear entry stimulates mitogenesis. In the current study, we sought to more precisely define the regions of PTHrP required for the activation of mitogenesis in vascular smooth muscle cells. PTHrP deletion mutants missing large regions [i.e. the signal peptide, N terminus (1–36), mid region (38–86), nuclear localization signal, C terminus (108–139), or combinations of the above] were expressed in A-10 vascular smooth muscle cells. The consequences on nuclear localization and proliferation were examined. Deletion of the nuclear localization signal prevented nuclear entry and slowed proliferation. Deletion of the highly conserved N terminus or mid region had no impact on nuclear localization or on proliferation. Deletion of the C terminus had no deleterious effect on nuclear localization but dramatically reduced proliferation. Thus, the nuclear localization signal is both necessary and sufficient for nuclear localization of PTHrP. In contrast, activation of proliferation in vascular smooth muscle cells requires both an intact nuclear localization signal and an intact C terminus. Whereas the nuclear localization signal is required for nuclear entry, the C terminus may serve a trans-activating function to stimulate mitogenesis once inside the nucleus of vascular smooth muscle cells.

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