Abstract
Growth hormone binds to its membrane receptor (GHR), whereby it regulates many cellular functions, including proliferation, differentiation and chemotaxis. However, although the activation of growth hormone-mediated signalling is well understood, the precise mechanism responsible for its regulation has not been elucidated. Here, we demonstrate that phospholipase Cγ1 (PLCγ1) modulates the action of growth hormone-mediated signalling by interacting with tyrosine kinase Jak2 (janus kinase 2) in a growth hormone-dependent manner. In the absence of PLCγ1 (PLCγ1-/-), growth hormone-induced JAK2 and STAT5 phosphorylation significantly increased in mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs). Furthermore, the re-expression of PLCγ1 reduced growth hormone-induced Jak2 activation. Growth hormone-induced Jak2 phosphorylation was enhanced by siRNA-specific knockdown of PLCγ1. Interestingly, PLCγ1 physically linked Jak2 and protein tyrosine phosphatase-1B (PTP-1B) by binding to both using different domains, and this process was implicated in the modulation of cytokine signalling through Jak2. In addition, in PLCγ1-/- MEFs, growth hormone-dependent c-Fos activation was upregulated and growth hormone-induced proliferation was potentiated. These results suggest that PLCγ1 has a key function in the regulation of growth hormone-mediated signalling by negatively regulating Jak2 activation.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1389-1397 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Nature Cell Biology |
Volume | 8 |
Issue number | 12 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 2006 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This study was supported by the National R&D Program for Fusion Strategy of Advanced Technologies of Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy (MOCIE). This work was supported by the National Research Laboratory of the Korea Science and Engineering Foundation (grant M10600000281-06J0000-28110) and Brain Korea21 Program of the Ministry of Education of Korea.