The Shp-2 Tyrosine Phosphatase Has Opposite Effects in Mediating the Activation of Extracellular Signal-regulated and c-Jun NH2-terminal Mitogen-activated Protein Kinases*

Z. Shi,W. Lu,G. Feng

Published 1998 in Journal of Biological Chemistry

ABSTRACT

Shp-2 is a widely expressed cytoplasmic tyrosine phosphatase with two SH2 domains. A targeted mutant allele of theShp-2 gene with a deletion of 65 amino acids in the NH2-terminal SH2 domain was created that leads to embryonic lethality at mid-gestation in homozygous mutant mice. To define the Shp-2 function in cell signaling, we have established mutant fibroblast cell lines, and have examined the effect of the Shp-2 mutation on extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) and c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase (JNK) mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase pathways. Insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-I-induced ERK activation was completely abolished, while ERK activity upon platelet-derived growth factor and epidermal growth factor stimulation was significantly reduced and shortened in mutant cells. Stimulation of ERK by phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate was not affected in mutant cells, but the phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate-induced ERK activity decayed much faster compared with that in wild-type cells. In contrast, JNK activation upon heat shock was significantly enhanced in Shp-2 mutant cells. Based on these results, we conclude that Shp-2 plays differential positive regulatory roles in various mitogenic signaling pathways leading to ERK activation, and that Shp-2 is a negative effector in JNK activation by cellular stress. This is the first evidence that a tyrosine phosphatase has opposite effects in mediating the activation of ERK and JNK MAP kinases.

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