Glial cell line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor differentially stimulates Ret mutants associated with the Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia type 2 syndromes and Hirschsprung’s disease

Carlomagno, Francesca and Melillo, Rosa Maria and Visconti, Roberta and Salvatore, Giuliana and De Vita, Gabriella and Lupoli, Gelsy and Yu, Yambin and Jing, Shuqian and Vecchio, Giancarlo and Fusco, Alfredo and Santoro, Massimo (1998) Glial cell line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor differentially stimulates Ret mutants associated with the Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia type 2 syndromes and Hirschsprung’s disease. Endocrinology, 139 (8). pp. 3613-3619. ISSN 1945-7170

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Abstract

Ret is a receptor tyrosine kinase involved in several neoplastic and developmental diseases affecting the thyroid gland and tissues of neuroectodermal origin. Different ret mutations are associated with different disease phenotypes. Gain-of-function of ret is caused by gene rearrangements in thyroid papillary carcinomas and by point mutations in multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN) type 2A syndrome (MEN2A), in familial medullary thyroid carcinoma (FMTC), and in the more severe MEN2B syndrome. Conversely, Hirschsprung’s disease (HSCR) is associated with loss of function of ret. Recently, it has been shown that glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF), by binding to the accessory molecule GDNFR-a, acts as a functional ligand of Ret and stimulates its tyrosine kinase and biological activity. To ascertain whether the biological effects of ret mutations are modulated by GDNF, we have investigated the responsiveness to GDNF of ret mutants in cell lines coexpressing GDNFR-a and MEN2A-, MEN2B-, FMTC-, or HSCR-associated ret mutants. Here, we show that triggering of GDNF affected only ret/MEN2B, i.e. it stimulated ret/MEN2B mitogenic and kinase activities, as well as its ability to phosphorylate Shc, a bona fide Ret substrate. In contrast, ret mutants associated with MEN2A or FMTC (carrying Cys634 or Cys620 mutations) were unresponsive to GDNF. HSCR mutations, by affecting either the extracellular or the intracellular Ret domain, impaired responsiveness to GDNF. These data suggest that the phenotype of human diseases caused by ret mutations can be differentially influenced by GDNF

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	500 Scienze naturali e Matematica 500 Scienze naturali e Matematica > 570 Scienze della vita; Biologia
Depositing User:	Dr Roberta Visconti
Date Deposited:	11 Jan 2017 15:37
Last Modified:	11 Jan 2017 15:37
URI:	http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/15819

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