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Context-dependent regulatory mechanisms control site-specific information processing within the MEK/ERK module

ABSTRACT: The impact of the cellular context and receptor type on the dynamics of phosphorylation cycles in signaling pathways are unclear. We employ an unbiased approach to identify network alterations that explain phosphorylation dynamics of the MEK/ERK module in response to hepatocyte growth factor or interleukin-6, comparing primary hepatocytes with the immortalized cell line HaCaT. By combining quantitative mass spectrometry with dynamic modeling, we elucidate the network structure in primary hepatocytes. For HaCaT, our model predicts additional dual feedback regulation, which we experimentally identify as DUSP6 and paxillin. Model analyses reveal switch-like ERK phospho-form distribution profiles in primary hepatocytes that are severely altered in HaCaT, explaining threshold, sensitivity and saturation behavior. We apply our approach to human hepatocellular carcinoma samples and identify, as predicted, elevated threonine-phosphorylated ERK levels in the tumor. This suggests that the prevalence of the mono-phosphorylated ERK rather than the doubly phosphorylated ERK is indicative for dysregulated proliferation.

INSTRUMENT(S): Q Exactive

ORGANISM(S): Homo Sapiens (ncbitaxon:9606)

SUBMITTER: Marcel Schilling

PROVIDER: MSV000080803 | MassIVE | Wed Mar 29 18:56:00 BST 2017

SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PXD002460

REPOSITORIES: MassIVE

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Context-specific flow through the MEK/ERK module produces cell- and ligand-specific patterns of ERK single and double phosphorylation.

Iwamoto Nao N D'Alessandro Lorenza A LA Depner Sofia S Hahn Bettina B Kramer Bernhard A BA Lucarelli Philippe P Vlasov Artyom A Stepath Markus M Böhm Martin E ME Deharde Daniela D Damm Georg G Seehofer Daniel D Lehmann Wolf D WD Klingmüller Ursula U Schilling Marcel M

Science signaling 20160202 413

The same pathway, such as the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway, can produce different cellular responses, depending on stimulus or cell type. We examined the phosphorylation dynamics of the MAPK kinase MEK and its targets extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1 and 2 (ERK1/2) in primary hepatocytes and the transformed keratinocyte cell line HaCaT A5 exposed to either hepatocyte growth factor or interleukin-6. By combining quantitative mass spectrometry with dynamic modeling, we el ...[more]

PMID: 26838549

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Context-dependent regulatory mechanisms control site-specific information processing within the MEK/ERK module

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Context-specific flow through the MEK/ERK module produces cell- and ligand-specific patterns of ERK single and double phosphorylation.

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