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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 261, Issue 22, 10073-10078, Aug, 1986

Effects of protein kinase C activation after epidermal growth factor binding on epidermal growth factor receptor phosphorylation

CS King and JA Cooper

The possible role of epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor phosphorylation at threonine 654 in modulating the protein-tyrosine kinase activity of EGF-treated A431 cells has been studied. It has been suggested that EGF could indirectly activate a protein-serine/threonine kinase, protein kinase C, that can phosphorylate the EGF receptor at threonine 654. Protein kinase C is known to be activated, and threonine 654 is phosphorylated, when A431 cells are exposed to 12-O- tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA). The protein-tyrosine kinase activity of EGF receptors is normally evidenced in EGF-treated cells by phosphorylation of the receptor at tyrosine. This is inhibited when TPA- treated cells are exposed to EGF. We now show that receptor phosphorylation at threonine 654 can also be detected in EGF-treated A431 cells, presumably due to indirect stimulation of protein kinase C or a similar kinase. Some receptor molecules are phosphorylated both at threonine 654 and at tyrosine. Since prior phosphorylation at threonine 654 inhibits autophosphorylation, we propose that protein kinase C can phosphorylate the threonine 654 of autophosphorylated receptors. This provides evidence for models in which protein kinase C activation, consequent upon EGF binding, could reduce the protein-tyrosine kinase activity of the EGF receptor. Indeed, we find that 12-O- tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate, added 10 min after EGF, further increases threonine 654 phosphorylation and induces the loss of tyrosine phosphate from A431 cell EGF receptors.
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