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ArticleMolecular and cellular biology2004

Central role of the threonine residue within the p+1 loop of receptor tyrosine kinase in STAT3 constitutive phosphorylation in metastatic cancer cells.

Zheng-Long Yuan, Ying-Jie Guan, Lijuan Wang, Wenyi Wei, Agnes B Kane, Y Eugene Chin

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Article in Molecular and cellular biology, 2004. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 67 papers.

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67citing papers in PubMed
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67 citing papers in PubMed, 138 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Zheng-Long YuanDepartment of Surgery Science, Brown University School of Medicine/Rhode Island Hospital, 593 Eddy St., Providence, RI 02903, USA.
Ying-Jie Guan
Lijuan Wang
Wenyi Wei
Agnes B Kane
Y Eugene Chin
Brown University · USUnited Science · US

Funding

WNT SIGNALING IN HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMAP20RR015578 · NCRR · BROWN UNIVERSITY · PI THOMPSON, WILLIAM ALBERT · 2000 to 2009
$22.8M
STAT in TNF alpha induced ApoptosisR01CA082549 · NCI · RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL (PROVIDENCE, RI) · PI CHIN, Y. EUGENE · 2001 to 2004
$974k
NCI NIH HHS CA-82549NCI NIH HHS R01 CA082549NCRR NIH HHS P20 RR015578NCRR NIH HHS RR-15578
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs) RET, MET, and RON all carry the Met(p+1loop)-->Thr point mutation (i.e., 2B mutation), leading to the formation of tumors with high metastatic potential. Utilizing a novel antibody array, we identified constitutive phosphorylation of STAT3 in cells expressing the 2B mutation but not wild-type RET. MET or RON with the 2B mutation also constitutively phosphorylated STAT3. Members of the EPH, the only group of wild-type RTK that carry Thr(p+1loop) residue, are often expressed unexpectedly in different types of cancers. Ectopic expression of wild-type but not Thr(p+1loop)-->Met substituted EPH family members constitutively phosphorylated STAT3. In both RTK(Metp+1loop) with 2B mutation and wild-type EPH members the Thr(p+1loop) residue is required for constitutive kinase autophosphorylation and STAT3 recruitment. In multiple endocrine neoplasia 2B (MEN-2B) patients expressing RET(M918T), nuclear enrichment of STAT3 and elevated expression of CXCR4 was detected in metastatic thyroid C-cell carcinoma in the liver. In breast adenocarcinoma cell lines expressing multiple EPH members, STAT3 constitutively bound to the promoters of MUC1, MUC4, and MUC5B genes. Inhibiting STAT3 expression resulted in reduced expression of these metastasis-related genes and inhibited mobility. These findings provide insight into Thr(p+1loop) residue in RTK autophosphorylation and constitutive activation of STAT3 in metastatic cancer cells.

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Neoplasm MetastasisAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsCell Line, TumorCell NucleusDNA-Binding ProteinsHumansMaleMiceMolecular Sequence DataMucinsMutationPhosphorylationReceptor Protein-Tyrosine KinasesReceptors, CXCR4Sequence AlignmentDNA-Binding ProteinsMucinsReceptor Protein-Tyrosine KinasesReceptors, CXCR4STAT3 protein, humanStat3 protein, mouseSTAT3 Transcription FactorThreonineTrans-Activators

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PMID15485908
PMCPMC522220
OpenAlexW2111343488

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