Bcr in vascular smooth muscle cells involvement of Ras and Raf-1 activation by Bcr

Jun Ichi Abe, Wenyi Che, Masanori Yoshizumi, Qunhua Huang, Michael Glassman, Shinsuke Ohta, Yun Wu, Ralph Arlinghaus, Bradford C. Berk

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Abstract

Bcr gene was originally identified by its presence in the chimeric Bcr/Ab1 oncogene. In vascular smooth muscle cells, platelet-derived growth factor-BB (PDGF) stimulated Bcr kinase activity. The mutant PDGF receptor for PI3-K, but not for PLC-γ binding sites, showed significantly reduced Bcr kinase activity. Bcr wild-type enhanced, whereas Bcr kinase negative form inhibited PDGF-stimulated ERK1/2 activity. A dominant negative Ras did not inhibit Bcr kinase activation, and overexpression of Bcr increased Ras/Raf-1 activity and DNA synthesis. These results demonstrated the importance of Bcr in PDGF-mediated events such as activation of Ras, Raf-1, and ERK1/2 and stimulation of DNA synthesis.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)341-343
Number of pages3
JournalAnnals of the New York Academy of Sciences
Volume947
DOIs
StatePublished - 2001

Keywords

  • Bcr
  • ERK1/2
  • Platelet-derived growth factor: PDGF
  • Raf-1
  • Ras
  • Vascular smooth muscle cells

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Neuroscience
  • General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • History and Philosophy of Science

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