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Endocrinology Vol. 138, No. 10 4301-4307
Copyright © 1997 by The Endocrine Society


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Signaling Molecules Involved in Coupling Growth Hormone Receptor to Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Activation1

Joyce A. VanderKuur2, Elizabeth R. Butch3, Steven B. Waters, Jeffrey E. Pessin, Kun-Liang Guan and Christin Carter-Su

Department of Physiology (J.A.V., C.C.-S.) and Department of Biological Chemistry (E.R.B., K.L.G.), The University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0622; and the Departments of Physiology and Medicine (S.B.W., J.E.P.), The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242

Address all correspondence and requests for reprints to: Dr. Christin Carter-Su, Department of Physiology, The University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0622. E-mail: cartersu{at}umich.edu


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We have shown previously that GH stimulates the mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinases designated ERKs (extracellular signal-regulated kinases) 1 and 2. To examine pathways coupling GH receptor (GHR) to MAP kinase activation, we have determined the effects of GH on SHC-growth factor receptor bound 2-son of Sevenless (SHC-Grb2-SOS) association and activation of Ras, Raf, and MAP-ERK kinase (MEK). GH promoted the rapid, transient association of SHC with the Grb2-SOS complex, which correlated with the time course of Ras, Raf, and MEK activation. Despite the continuous presence of GH, these activation events were transient with Ras, Raf, and MEK returning to near basal activity by 15 or 30 min. The inactivation of Ras, Raf, and MEK directly correlated with the serine/threonine phosphorylation of SOS and dissociation of SOS from Grb2 but not Grb2 from tyrosine-phosphorylated SHC. Phosphorylation was blocked by the MEK inhibitor, PD98059. Based upon the established functions of the MAP kinase pathway, these data indicate that GH stimulation results in the assembly of a SHC-Grb2-SOS complex that serves to activate Ras and thereby engage the Raf-MEK-ERK pathway. Activation of this pathway generates a feedback kinase cascade that phosphorylates SOS resulting in the dissociation of SHC-Grb2 complexes from SOS, thereby causing a more rapid termination of the signaling pathway than would result from SHC dephosphorylation.


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OUR laboratory has shown that GH binding to its receptor rapidly and transiently stimulates the binding of the tyrosine kinase JAK2 to the GH receptor (GHR), activates JAK2, and stimulates the phosphorylation of tyrosines in both GHR and JAK2 (1). These events are thought to initiate a variety of downstream signaling events that lead to the diverse physiological responses to GH, but relatively little is known about these signaling pathways. One potential signaling pathway is the SHC-Grb2-SOS-Ras-Raf-MEK-ERK pathway.

Our laboratory and others have demonstrated the ability of GH to activate the mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinases referred to as extracellular signal-regulated kinases (ERKs) 1 and 2 (2, 3, 4, 5). ERK1 and 2 are serine/threonine kinases that have been shown to phosphorylate a number of substrates, including transcription factors, other protein kinases, cytoplasmic phospholipase A2, and cytoskeletal proteins (reviewed in 6 . They are thought to play an important role in regulating cellular growth and differentiation. Since GH is known to regulate cellular differentiation and body growth, in addition to body metabolism, it seems likely that MAP kinases are important signaling molecules for GH.

One of the pathways leading from growth factor receptor tyrosine kinases to MAP kinases involves SHC, growth factor receptor bound 2 (Grb2), son of Sevenless (SOS), Ras, Raf, and MAP-ERK kinase (MEK) (reviewed in 7 . SHC binds to phosphorylated tyrosines on activated receptor tyrosine kinases. Subsequent tyrosyl phosphorylation of SHC generates a binding site for the SH2 domain of Grb2. Since Grb2 binds via its SH3 domains to the mammalian homolog of the Drosophilia gene product SOS in the absence of ligand, Grb2 binding to SHC is thought to generate a SHC-Grb2-SOS complex. SOS is a guanine nucleotide exchange factor that activates the small GTP binding protein Ras. Ras located at the plasma membrane then associates with and activates the serine/threonine kinase Raf. Raf, in turn, phosphorylates and activates the dual functional serine/threonine/tyrosine kinase MEK, which then phosphorylates and activates ERK1 and ERK2. In addition to the linear pathway described above, some of these proteins are beginning to be implicated in other pathways (8, 9).

In previous work we have shown that GH stimulates the ability of GHR-JAK2 complexes to bind to the SH2 domain of SHC, tyrosyl phosphorylation of SHC, and subsequent association of SHC proteins with Grb2. In this work, we examine the involvement of the remaining molecules in the signaling cascade (SOS, Ras, Raf, and MEK) in GH action. We provide evidence of GH stimulation of SHC-Grb2-SOS complexes, increased GTP binding to Ras, and increased Raf and MEK activity. We also demonstrate a rapid transient dissociation of Grb2 from SOS concomitant with a mobility shift in SOS, suggesting that GH promotes a phosphorylation-dependent dissociation of Grb2 from SOS that may be responsible for the rapid termination of Ras, Raf, and MEK activation by GH. These results indicate that the SHC-Grb2-SOS-Ras-Raf-MEK pathway may very likely serve in the activation of MAP kinase in response to GH.


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Materials
Recombinant DNA-derived human GH (mol wt 22,000) was a gift of Eli Lilly Co. (Indianapolis, IN). Recombinant protein A-agarose was from Repligen (Cambridge, MA), and the protein assay (BCA) was from Pierce Chemical Co. (Rockford, IL). Triton X-100, alkaline phosphatase, 10x dephosphorylation buffer, aprotinin, and leupeptin were purchased from Boehringer Mannheim Co. (Indianapolis, IN). Chicken egg ovalbumin and glutathione-S-agarose were purchased from Sigma (St. Louis, MO), prestained molecular weight standards were from GIBCO (Grand Island, NY), and nitrocellulose membranes were from Schleicher & Schuell (Keene, NH). The enhanced chemiluminescence detection system, antimouse and antirabbit IgG conjugated to horseradish peroxidase, protein A conjugated to horseradish peroxidase, and x-ray film were from Amersham (Arlington Heights, IL). The stock of 3T3-F442A cells were a kind gift of H. Green (Harvard University, Boston, MA). Antibodies to SHC ({alpha}SHC) (pAb), c-Raf-1 ({alpha}Raf), and Grb2 ({alpha}Grb2) (mAb) used for Western blotting were from Transduction Laboratories (Lexington, KY). Antiphosphotyrosine antibody ({alpha}PY) (4G10) and antibody to SOS ({alpha}SOS) were purchased from Upstate Biotechnology, Inc. (Lake Placid, NY). {alpha}Grb2 (C23) used for immunoprecipitation was from Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Inc. (Santa Cruz, CA). The Ras antibody ({alpha}Ras, Y13–259) was from Oncogene Science (Manhasset, NY). The MEK1 antibody ({alpha}MEK1) is a polyclonal antibody to the human MEK1 protein, which recognizes both MEK1 and MEK2 (10). The MEK inhibitor PD98059 was a gift from A. Saltiel (Parke Davis, Ann Arbor, MI).

Immunoprecipitation and Western blotting
Confluent 3T3-F442A fibroblasts cultured as previously described (11) were incubated overnight in the absence of serum (12). Experiments in which cells were incubated with PD98059 were treated for 1 h with dimethylsulfoxide or 100 µM PD98059 before GH stimulation. Cells were incubated for the indicated times with human GH at 37 C in 95% air, 5% CO2, rinsed with three changes of ice-cold PBSV (10 mM sodium phosphate, pH 7.4, 137 mM NaCl, 1 mM Na3VO4) and scraped on ice in lysis buffer (50 mM Tris, pH 7.5, 0.1% Triton X-100, 137 mM NaCl, 2 mM EGTA, 1 mM Na3VO4, 1 mM phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride, 10 µg/ml aprotinin, 10 µg/ml leupeptin). Cell lysates were centrifuged at 12,000 x g for 10 min, and the resulting supernatants were incubated on ice for 2 h with the indicated antibody. Immune complexes were collected on protein A-agarose during a 1-h incubation at 8 C, washed three times with wash buffer (50 mM Tris, pH 7.5, 0.1% Triton X-100, 137 mM NaCl, 2 mM EGTA) and boiled for 5 min in a mixture (80:20) of lysis buffer and 250 mM Tris, pH 6.8, 5% SDS, 10% ß-mercaptoethanol, 40% glycerol. In some experiments immobilized proteins were incubated with alkaline phosphatase (60 U) for 1 h at 37 C before boiling for 5 min in a mixture (80:20) of dephosphorylation buffer (0.05 M Tris-HCl, 0.1 mM EDTA, pH 8.5) and 250 mM Tris, pH 6.8, 5% SDS, 10% ß-mercaptoethanol, 40% glycerol. The immunoprecipitates were subjected to SDS-PAGE followed by Western blot analysis with the indicated antibody using the enhanced chemiluminescence detection system (13). In some experiments, the blots were rinsed in Tris-borate-NaCl-Tween and Western blotted with a second antibody. All SDS-PAGE gels contained prestained molecular weight standards: lysozyme (15,100), ß-lactoglobulin (17,900), carbonic anhydrase (28,250), ovalbumin (43,600), BSA (70,800), phosphorylase B (105,000), and myosin (203,000).

Determination of MEK and Raf activation
Activation of MEK and Raf was assessed as described previously (14). Briefly, recombinant MEK1 and ERK1 cDNAs were subcloned into pGEX-KG. The proteins were expressed as glutathione-S-transferase (GST) fusion proteins and purified by glutathione agarose affinity chromatography. ERK1 was cleaved from GST using thrombin. Cell lysates were immunoprecipitated with {alpha}Raf or {alpha}MEK1 for 2 h on ice. Protein A was then added and the mixture rotated at 4 C for 1 h. The beads were washed three times with wash buffer and once with HEPES buffer (25 mM HEPES, 0.5 mM EDTA, and 0.025% ß-mercaptoethanol, pH 8.0). Raf activity was assessed by incubating {alpha}Raf immunoprecipitates with GST-MEK1 at 30 C for 60 min. ERK1 was added for the final 30 min. MEK activity was measured by incubating {alpha}MEK1 immunoprecipitates with ERK1 for 30 min at 30 C. In both assays, ERK1 activity was measured by adding myelin basic protein and [32P]ATP, incubating for 30 min at 30 C, and measuring 32P incorporation into myelin basic protein.

Determination of GTP-bound Ras
3T3-F442A fibroblasts were incubated in serum- and phosphate-free medium containing 0.2 mCi/ml carrier-free 32P for 16 h. The cells were then left untreated or stimulated with 500 ng/ml human GH at 37 C for the indicated times. Cells were solubilized in 50 mM HEPES, 1 mM sodium phosphate, pH 7.4, 1% Triton X-100, 100 mM NaCl, 20 mM MgCl2, 1 mg/ml BSA, 0.1 mM GTP, 0.1 mM GDP, 1 mM ATP, 0.4 mM phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride, 10 µg/ml aprotinin, 10 µg/ml leupeptin, 10 µg/ml soybean trypsin inhibitor, and 10 mM benzamide. The extract was incubated with {alpha}Ras for 60 min, and the immune complexes were washed five times with the above lysis buffer and five times with 50 mM HEPES, pH 7.4, 20 mM MgCl2, 150 mM NaCl, and 0.005% SDS. Ras-associated guanylnucleotides were eluted at 65 C for 20 min in 20 µl of 2 mM EDTA, pH 8.0, 2 mM dithiothreitol, 0.2% SDS, 0.5 mM GTP, and 0.5 mM GDP. Eluted GDP and GTP were separated on polyethyleneimine cellulose plates (Baker, Phillipsburg, NJ) by TLC using 1 M KH2PO4 (pH 3.4) as the solvent. Labeled nucleotides were visualized by autoradiography and quantified using a radioanalytic imager (AMBIS ß detector 1991, AMBIS, Inc., San Diego, CA).


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GH stimulates the association of Grb2 with all three isoforms of SHC proteins
To provide additional support for our earlier work suggesting that GH promotes the association of SHC proteins with Grb2 (15), 3T3-F442A cells were incubated with GH (500 ng/ml). Proteins were solubilized, immunoprecipitated with {alpha}Grb2, and Western blotted with {alpha}SHC (Fig. 1Go). The association of all three SHC isoforms (46, 52, and 66 kDa) with Grb2 was found to increase following GH treatment. This association was relatively rapid but transient with detectable increases by 1 or 2 min (lanes B and C) and a maximal effect at 5–15 min (lanes D–F). However, even in the continuous presence of GH, all three SHC-Grb2 complexes had dissociated to basal levels or below within 1 h (lanes H and I).



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Figure 1. GH promotes association of SHC with Grb2. 3T3-F442A cells were incubated with hGH (500 ng/ml) for the times indicated. Cellular proteins were immunoprecipitated with {alpha}Grb2 (1:35) and immunoblotted with {alpha}SHC (1:250). SHC proteins were separated on 7.5% acrylamide gels. The migration of the three isoforms of SHC is indicated on the left. In the experiment shown in this figure there is slightly less Grb2 associated with SHC at 60 and 90 min compared with time 0; however this result was not consistently observed. The experiment shown in this figure is representative of four experiments.

 
GH promotes partial dissociation of Grb2-SOS complexes
Grb2 is reported to be present in a complex with SOS (16, 17). We therefore examined whether Grb2 and SOS are present in a complex in 3T3-F442A fibroblasts and whether GH affects complex formation. 3T3-F442A cells were stimulated with GH (500 ng/ml) for various times. Proteins were solubilized and immunoprecipitated with {alpha}Grb2. Association of SOS with Grb2 was detected by Western blotting with {alpha}SOS (Fig. 2Go). Grb2 was found to be in a complex with SOS in the absence of ligand in 3T3-F442A cells (lane A). GH caused a partial dissociation of SOS from Grb2 (lanes D-G). This dissociation as determined by densitometry was first detectable at 2 min after GH addition and was maximal after 5–15 min. By 60 min SOS and Grb2 were reassociated. GH-induced disruption of Grb2-SOS complexes was accompanied by a decrease in the mobility of SOS in the {alpha}Grb2 immunoprecipitates. This mobility change has been observed in response to other growth factors such as epidermal growth factor (EGF) and has been attributed to an increase in SOS phosphorylation (17, 18). We examined whether the mobility of all the SOS in 3T3-F442A fibroblasts is altered in response to GH or whether only the SOS associated with Grb2 is altered. Proteins from solubilized 3T3-F442A cells were separated by electrophoresis and Western blotted with {alpha}SOS (Fig. 3AGo). At 2 min after GH addition, a portion of SOS migrated with decreased mobility. By 5 min, all SOS showed a decrease in mobility, with two bands being discernible (lanes D-F). This mobility shift was transient, and SOS returned to its faster mobility form by 60 min (lanes H and I). This result suggests that the entire cellular pool of SOS undergoes phosphorylation, with a portion of SOS being more highly phosphorylated than the rest. The mobility shift of SOS in response to GH corresponds in time to the dissociation of the SOS-Grb2 complex, raising the possibility that a partial uncoupling of SOS and Grb2 occurs as a consequence of SOS phosphorylation.



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Figure 2. GH promotes dissociation of Grb2 from SOS. 3T3-F442A cells were incubated with hGH for the times and concentrations indicated. Cellular proteins were immunoprecipitated with {alpha}Grb2 (1:35) and immunoblotted with {alpha}SOS (1 µg/ml). SOS proteins were separated on 5–12% gradient gels. The migration of SOS is indicated on the left. The experiment shown in this figure is representative of four experiments.

 


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Figure 3. GH decreases the electrophoretic mobility of SOS. A, 3T3-F442A cells were incubated with hGH (500 ng/ml) for the times indicated, and lysates were immunoblotted with {alpha}SOS. SOS proteins were separated on 5–12% gradient gels. The migration of SOS proteins is indicated on the left. The experiment shown in this figure is representative of six experiments. B, 3T3-F442A cells were incubated with hGH (500 ng/ml) for the times indicated. For lanes A-D, cell lysates were immunoprecipitated with {alpha}SOS, incubated with alkaline phosphatase (lanes C and D), and immunoblotted with {alpha}SOS. For lanes E-H, cells were incubated with dimethylsulfoxide (E and F) or PD98059 (100 µM) (G and H) for 1 h before GH treatment and then lysates were immunoblotted with {alpha}SOS. SOS proteins were separated on 5–12% gradient gels. The experiment shown in this figure is representative of three experiments.

 
To confirm that the shift in mobility of SOS was due to phosphorylation, 3T3-F442A cells were stimulated with GH (500 ng/ml) for 0 and 10 min, and proteins were solubilized and immunoprecipitated with {alpha}SOS. Immunoprecipitated proteins were incubated for 1 h with alkaline phosphatase, separated by electrophoresis, and Western blotted with {alpha}SOS (Fig. 3BGo, lanes A-D). As predicted from the {alpha}SOS blot of whole cell lysates (Fig. 3AGo), after 10 min stimulation with GH, a shift in SOS mobility was detected (lane B). Treatment with alkaline phosphatase caused all the SOS to migrate as the higher mobility form (lane D), indicating that the lower mobility forms were phosphorylated. To gain insight into whether MEK or a downstream kinase such as ERKs 1 or 2 may be the SOS kinase, 3T3-F442A cells were incubated with the MEK inhibitor PD98059 for 1 h before GH (500 ng/ml) stimulation for 5 min. Proteins were solubilized, separated by electrophoresis, and Western blotted with {alpha}SOS (Fig. 3BGo, lanes E-H). Treatment with PD98059 blocked the shift in SOS mobility (lane H vs. lane F), consistent with MEK or a downstream kinase being the SOS kinase.

GH promotes the transient association of SHC proteins with SOS
Having determined that GH promotes both the association of SHC proteins with Grb2 and the dissociation of Grb2 from SOS, we examined the effect of GH on SHC-Grb2-SOS complexes. Proteins solubilized from 3T3-F442A cells were immunoprecipitated with {alpha}SOS, and the association of SOS with SHC proteins was detected by Western blotting with {alpha}SHC (Fig. 4Go). GH promoted a rapid increase (within 1 min) in association of all three SHC protein isoforms with SOS, indicating that GH promotes the formation of SHC-Grb2-SOS complexes with a time of onset consistent with that of SHC phosphorylation (15) and SHC-Grb2 association (Fig. 1Go). However, GH-dependent SHC association with SOS was more transient (decreasing by 10 min vs. 60 min) and of lesser magnitude than GH-dependent SHC association with Grb2 (Fig. 1Go). This suggests that SHC binds to SOS indirectly via Grb2 and that Grb2 and SHC dissociate as a complex from SOS.



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Figure 4. GH promotes association of SHC with SOS. 3T3-F442A cells were incubated with hGH (500 ng/ml) for the times indicated. Cellular proteins were immunoprecipitated with {alpha}SOS (1:35) and immunoblotted with {alpha}SHC (1:250). SHC proteins were separated on 7.5% gels. The three isoforms of SHC are indicated on the left. The experiment shown in this figure is representative of two experiments.

 
GH stimulation increases GTP-bound Ras
SOS is believed to activate Ras, following contact with Ras as a result of being recruited to the membrane by the binding of Grb2-SOS complexes to SHC (19, 20, 21). We therefore examined whether Ras is activated in response to GH. 3T3-F442A cells were incubated overnight with 32P and then GH was added for 1, 3, 10, 30, and 60 min. Cells were solubilized and proteins were immunoprecipitated with {alpha}Ras. Ras-associated guanylnucleotides were eluted, separated by TLC, visualized by autoradiography, and quantified using a radioanalytic imager (Fig. 5Go). GH caused a rapid (detectable within 1 min) increase in the amount of GTP bound to Ras. GTP binding peaked somewhere between 3 and 30 min and was back to basal values by 30 min.



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Figure 5. GH activates Ras. 3T3-F442A cells were stimulated with hGH (500 ng/ml) for the times indicated. Cellular proteins were immunoprecipitated with {alpha}Ras, and Ras-associated guanylnucleotides were eluted. Eluted GDP and GTP were separated by TLC, and labeled nucleotides were visualized by autoradiography. The mean ± range for two separate experiments is shown.

 
GH activates Raf and MEK
We also examined the ability of GH to activate Raf and MEK, kinases that have been shown to lie between Ras and ERKs 1 and 2. Raf was immunoprecipitated from solubilized 3T3-F442A fibroblasts using {alpha}Raf and incubated with GST-MEK1 and then ERK1 (Fig. 6Go). Raf activity was determined by incubating activated ERK1 with myelin basic protein and [32P]ATP and measuring 32P incorporation into myelin basic protein. Raf activity was maximal somewhere between 1 and 10 min after GH addition, rapidly decreased by 10 min, and was back to near control values by 15 min. To measure MEK activity, 3T3-F442A cells were stimulated with GH, immunoprecipitated MEK1 and 2 were incubated with ERK1 (Fig. 7Go), ERK1 was incubated with myelin basic protein and [32P]ATP, and 32P incorporation into myelin basic protein was assessed. In response to GH, there was a rapid increase in MEK activity. Like Raf activity, MEK activity peaked somewhere between 1 and 10 min, rapidly decreased by 10 min, and returned to near basal values by 15 min.



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Figure 6. GH activates Raf. 3T3-F442A cells were stimulated with hGH (500 ng/ml) for the times indicated. {alpha}Raf immunoprecipitates were incubated for 30 min with GST-MEK1 and then 30 min with ERK1. ERK activity was measured by the increase in 32P incorporation into myelin basic protein. The results were expressed as percent of control values (0 time, no GH addition). The mean ± range for two separate experiments for 1, 10, 15, and 30 min or mean ± SEM for four separate experiments for 5 min is shown.

 


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Figure 7. GH activates MEK. 3T3-F442A cells were incubated with hGH (500 ng/ml) for the times indicated. MEK1 immunoprecipitates were incubated with Escherichia coli ERK1 for 30 min. ERK activity was measured by the increase in 32P incorporation into myelin basic protein. The results were expressed as percent of control values (0 time, no GH addition). The mean ± range for two separate experiments is shown.

 

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GH activation of the SHC-Grb2-SOS-Ras-Raf-MEK-ERK pathway
The data presented in this paper support the hypothesis that one way by which GH activates ERKs 1 and 2 is by a SHC-Grb2-SOS-Ras-Raf-MEK pathway. Consistent with this pathway, GH was shown to stimulate the association of all three SHC isoforms with Grb2, the formation of SOS-SHC complexes that presumably contain Grb2, and the activity of Ras, Raf, and MEK kinases. These findings complement previous work from our laboratory showing that GH stimulates the association of GHR-JAK2 complexes with the SH2-domain of SHC proteins, the tyrosyl phosphorylation of all three SHC isoforms, and the association of Grb2 with at least one isoform of SHC but not with JAK2 or GHR (15). Involvement of Ras and Raf in the stimulation of ERKs 1 and 2 by GH is also suggested by the recent studies of Winston and Hunter (22) using dominant negative forms of Ras and Raf. In these studies, GHR, JAK2, and an epitope-tagged ERK2, were transiently expressed in 293 cells. Coexpression with dominant negative forms of Ras or Raf inhibited GH stimulation of ERK2 phosphorylation.

The role of the different proteins in the Ras-MAP kinase pathway in mediating the actions of GH is only beginning to be understood. GH has been shown to activate phospholipase A2 in rat hepatocytes (23) and the S6 kinase, p90rsk, in 3T3-F442A fibroblasts (3), proteins shown to be phosphorylated and/or activated by MAP kinases either in vivo or in vitro. Increased phospholipase A2 activity has been implicated in the Ca2+-dependent GH induction of the P450–2C12 gene (23). p90rsk is known to phosphorylate serum response factor, a transcription factor that binds to the serum response element (SRE) of the c-fos promoter (24). GH stimulates the expression of c-fos (25, 26, 27, 28), and the SRE confers GH-dependent transcriptional regulation of a c-fos reporter construct (25). Another substrate of MAP kinases that binds (constitutively) to the SRE, the ternary complex factor p62TCF/ELK1, is also likely to be involved in GH action. Transcriptional activation of p62TCF/ELK1 requires ERK2 phos-phorylation (29, 30). Consistent with MAP kinases playing a role in the GH induction of c-fos expression, regions of GHR implicated in MAP kinase activation have been implicated in c-fos gene expression (31). Whether proteins in the SHC-Grb2-SOS-Ras-Raf-MEK-ERK pathway regulate primarily ERKs 1 and 2 in response to GH or contribute to responses in other GH signaling pathways is not yet known.

GH promotes the dissociation of Grb2-SOS complexes
Ras activation via the SHC-Grb2-SOS pathway is generally quite transient, often lasting less than 15 or 30 min (32, 33) even in the presence of continued tyrosine kinase activity. This implies the existence of pathways designed to rapidly terminate Ras activation. However, whereas SOS activation of Ras as a result of Grb2 being recruited to the membrane is thought to be shared by receptors with intrinsic or associated tyrosine kinase activity, initial studies indicate that some diversity may exist in the way that Ras is deactivated. Deactivation of Ras has been studied mostly for insulin and EGF, ligands that appear to use different mechanisms of regulating SOS activation of Ras. Current data support the hypothesis that in response to insulin, insulin receptors are tyrosyl phosphorylated and recruit SHC proteins. SHC proteins are tyrosyl phosphorylated by the insulin receptor and bind Grb2-SOS complexes via the SH2 domain of Grb2. These SHC-Grb2-SOS complexes do not form a tight complex with the insulin receptor but appear to activate Ras nevertheless. The active, GTP-bound form of Ras then returns shortly thereafter to the inactive GDP-bound state as a consequence of SOS-Grb2 dissociation. SOS-Grb2 dissociation occurs concomitantly with a decrease in the amount of SOS coprecipitating with SHC and an upward mobility shift of SOS due to phosphorylation on serines and/or threonines (16, 17, 34), suggesting that dissociation may be a consequence of SOS phosphorylation. The rapid dissociation of SOS from Grb2 has also been shown in response to platelet-derived growth factor and serum and phorbol esters (17).

A second paradigm is presented by EGF. Upon EGF stimulation, Grb2-SOS complex is believed to associate with the EGF receptor either directly through the SH2 domain of Grb2 or indirectly via the SH2 domain of SHC (34, 35). Like insulin, EGF induces SOS phosphorylation. In contrast to insulin, EGF does not induce dissociation of SOS-Grb2 complexes, but rather a dissociation of the Grb2-SOS complex from SHC proteins, the latter remaining in a complex with EGF receptor (18). It is hypothesized that this difference in the effects of insulin and EGF on SHC-Grb2-SOS dissociation may result in part from recruitment of different pools of Grb2-SOS complexes (33), different amino acids in SOS being phosphorylated in response to insulin and EGF and/or the fact that the receptor for EGF, but not for insulin, forms a tight complex with SHC proteins (18).

The data presented in this study indicate that GH most closely resembles insulin in its regulation of Ras by SOS because GH clearly promotes the transient dissociation of Grb2 from SOS. In addition, like insulin receptor and unlike EGF receptor, SHC proteins do not appear to form a tight complex with either GHR or JAK2 (15). Consistent with GH-dependent Ras activation being terminated, at least in part, as a consequence of Grb2 dissociation from SOS, Ras,4 Raf, and MEK are inactivated with a time course more closely following SHC-Grb2 dissociation from SOS than that of SHC dephosphorylation or the dissociation of SHC from Grb2 (Fig. 8Go). Curiously, Grb2-SOS dissociation is quite transient, with Grb2-SOS complexes being reformed by 60 min, about the time that SHC is being dephosphorylated and SHC-Grb2 complexes are dissociating. The net result is that SHC-SOS complexes, which are presumably necessary for Ras activation, start to dissociate when Grb2 and SOS start to dissociate and remain dissociated even after Grb2 and SOS reassociate. Together, these events may be sufficient to return Ras activity rapidly to basal levels, although the possibility that other factors, such as GTPase activating protein, play a role has not been discounted.



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Figure 8. GH activation of SHC-Grb2-SOS-Ras-Raf-MEK. A, Densitometric analysis of the data from Fig. 2Go (SOS immunoprecipitated by {alpha}Grb2; •) and Fig. 4Go (SHC immunoprecipitated by {alpha}SOS; {blacksquare}) of this paper and Fig. 1Go (SHC phosphorylation; {square}) and Fig. 7Go (Grb2 immunoprecipitated by {alpha}SHC; {circ}) of Ref. 15). The above data were obtained by scanning autoradiographs with an Agfa Arcus II scanner (Agfa/Bayer Co., Wilmington, MA) and analyzing the results using Molecular Analyst densitometry software from Bio-Rad (Hercules, CA). The mean ± range for two separate experiments is shown. B, Data from Fig. 5Go (Ras activation; {square}), Fig. 6Go (Raf activation; •), and Fig. 7Go (MEK activation; {circ}). Results for both panels are expressed as the percentage of maximal GH signal, except in the case of SOS immunoprecipitated by {alpha}Grb2, which is expressed as a percent of the maximal amount of SOS coprecipitated by {alpha}Grb2.

 
Exactly how ligands like insulin or GH stimulate dissociation of Grb2 from SOS is not known. The phosphorylation of SOS that accompanies the dissociation is thought by some to cause the dissociation. ERKs 1 and/or 2 or a protein associated with MEK have been hypothesized to be the phosphorylating kinase working in a negative feedback mode (17, 36). Consistent with this hypothesis, studies with the MEK inhibitor PD98059 blocked the shift in electrophoretic mobility of SOS in response to GH. Futhermore, Corbalan-Garcia et al. (37) recently demonstrated that four of the five MAP kinase sites on SOS1 become phosphorylated following growth factor stimulation, and replacement of alanine residues for those serine residues resulted in an increase in the binding affinity of Grb2 to SOS1. Tight regulation of MAP kinase activity is likely to be important in restricting and coordinating downstream biological responses. For example, it has been proposed that the ability of nerve growth factor, but not EGF, to promote differentiation of PC12 cells to a neuronal phenotype stems, at least in part, from the ability of nerve growth factor, but not EGF, to cause a sustained activation of the MAP kinases (38).

Conclusion
These studies are the first to show, in a normal cell, activity of endogenous signaling molecules, GH-promoted formation of Grb2 with all three SHC isoforms, formation of SHC-SOS complexes, and activation of Ras, Raf, and MEK. When combined with our previous observations that GH promotes association of GHR-JAK2 complexes with the SH2 domain of SHC proteins and tyrosyl phosphorylation of all three SHC isoforms, they provide strong support for GH activating MAP kinases via the SHC-Grb2-SOS-Ras-Raf-MEK pathway. They also provide evidence that GH promotes the premature dissociation of SHC-SOS complexes by dissociating Grb2 from SOS, thereby terminating the signal sooner than would be anticipated based upon the rate of SHC dephosphorylation and SHC-Grb2 dissociation. These studies also raise a number of interesting issues. One issue is whether tyrosyl-phosphorylated SHC-Grb2 complexes, once released from SOS, carry out some other function in the cell. A second question arises from the observation that only a fraction of the SOS appears to be in a complex with Grb2, and therefore presumably lies in the SHC-Grb2-SOS-Ras-Raf-MEK-MAPK pathway, yet all of the SOS in the cell appears to be phosphorylated on serines and/or threonines in response to ligand stimulation. Does serine/threonine phosphorylation regulate SOS activity in ways other than promoting its dissociation from Grb2? Does SOS regulate proteins other than Ras? Does GH-stimulated phosphorylation of the entire cellular pool of SOS affect whether other ligands can stimulate Ras? Studies are currently being conducted to address these issues.


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1 This work was supported by Research Grant ROI-DK34171 from the National Institutes of Health (to C.C.-S.). Computer studies were supported in part by the General Clinical Research Center at The University of Michigan, funded by Grant M01 RR00042 from The National Center for Research Resources, NIH, USPHS. The costs of publication of this article were defrayed in part by the payment of page charges. This article must therefore be hereby marked "advertisement" in accordance with 18 U.SC. Section 1734 solely to indicate this fact. Back

2 Recipient of Postdoctoral Fellowships from the Arthritis Foundation. Back

3 Recipient of National Institute of Aging Training Grant 5T32AG00114. Back

4 The apparent difference in time course for Raf and MEK vs. Ras inactivation is believed to result from fewer time points taken for Ras vs. Raf and MEK assays. Back

Received March 26, 1997.


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