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ArticleThe EMBO journal2007

Selective role for RGS12 as a Ras/Raf/MEK scaffold in nerve growth factor-mediated differentiation.

Melinda D Willard, Francis S Willard, Xiaoyan Li, Steven D Cappell, William D Snider, David P Siderovski

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Article in The EMBO journal, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 50 papers.

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50citing papers in PubMed
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50 citing papers in PubMed, 87 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Melinda D WillardDepartment of Pharmacology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7365, USA.
Francis S Willard
Xiaoyan Li
Steven D Cappell
William D Snider
David P Siderovski
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · USUNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

Funding

Roles of Growth Factor Signaling in Neural RegenerationR01NS031768 · NINDS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI SNIDER, WILLIAM D · 1993 to 2016
$6.7M
PREDOCTORAL TRAINING IN PHARMACOLOGICAL SCIST32GM007040 · NIGMS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI NICHOLAS, ROBERT A · 1985 to 2019
$6.0M
G-protein signal coordination by RGS12R01GM062338 · NIGMS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI SIDEROVSKI, DAVID P. · 2001 to 2009
$2.3M
NIGMS NIH HHS GM062338NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM062338NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007040NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS031768
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Regulator of G-protein signaling (RGS) proteins accelerate GTP hydrolysis by heterotrimeric G-protein alpha subunits and thus inhibit signaling by many G protein-coupled receptors. Several RGS proteins have a multidomain architecture that adds further complexity to their roles in cell signaling in addition to their GTPase-accelerating activity. RGS12 contains a tandem repeat of Ras-binding domains but, to date, the role of this protein in Ras-mediated signal transduction has not been reported. Here, we show that RGS12 associates with the nerve growth factor (NGF) receptor tyrosine kinase TrkA, activated H-Ras, B-Raf, and MEK2 and facilitates their coordinated signaling to prolonged ERK activation. RGS12 is required for NGF-mediated neurite outgrowth of PC12 cells, but not outgrowth stimulated by basic fibroblast growth factor. siRNA-mediated knockdown of RGS12 expression also inhibits NGF-induced axonal growth in dissociated cultures of primary dorsal root ganglia neurons. These data suggest that RGS12 may play a critical, and receptor-selective, role in coordinating Ras-dependent signals that are required for promoting and/or maintaining neuronal differentiation.

Indexed as

AnimalsCell DifferentiationCell Line, TumorMAP Kinase Kinase 2NeuronsProto-Oncogene Proteins B-rafras ProteinsRatsReceptor, trkARGS ProteinsRNA InterferenceRNA, Small InterferingSignal TransductionBraf protein, ratMAP Kinase Kinase 2Proto-Oncogene Proteins B-rafras ProteinsReceptor, trkARgs12 protein, ratRGS ProteinsRNA, Small Interfering

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PMID17380122
PMCPMC1852785
OpenAlexW2153394059

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