Epidermal growth factor receptor potentiates MCM7-mediated dna replication through tyrosine phosphorylation of lyn kinase in human cancers

Tzu Hsuan Huang, Longfei Huo, Ying Nai Wang, Weiya Xia, Yongkun Wei, Shih Shin Chang, Wei Chao Chang, Yueh Fu Fang, Chun Te Chen, Jing Yu Lang, Chun Tu, Yan Wang, Ming Chuan Hsu, Hsu Ping Kuo, How Wen Ko, Jia Shen, Heng Huan Lee, Pei Chih Lee, Yun Wu, Chung Hsuan ChenMien Chie Hung

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Abstract

Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) initiates a signaling cascade that leads to DNA synthesis and cell proliferation, but its role in regulating DNA replication licensing is unclear. Here, we show that activated EGFR phosphorylates the p56 isoform of Lyn, p56Lyn, at Y32, which then phosphorylates MCM7, a licensing factor critical for DNA replication, at Y600 to increase its association with other minichromosome maintenance complex proteins, thereby promoting DNA synthesis complex assembly and cell proliferation. Both p56Lyn Y32 and MCM7 Y600 phosphorylation are enhanced in proliferating cells and correlated with poor survival of breast cancer patients. These results establish a signaling cascade in which EGFR enhances MCM7 phosphorylation and DNA replication through Lyn phosphorylation in human cancer cells.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)796-810
Number of pages15
JournalCancer cell
Volume23
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 10 2013

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Oncology
  • Cell Biology
  • Cancer Research

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