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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 262, Issue 33, 16041-16047, 11, 1987

Regulation of transferrin receptor cycling by protein kinase C is independent of receptor phosphorylation at serine 24 in Swiss 3T3 fibroblasts

RJ Davis and H Meisner
Department of Biochemistry, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester 01605.

Treatment of Swiss 3T3 fibroblasts with tumor-promoting phorbol diester or with platelet-derived growth factor caused the phosphorylation of the transferrin receptor by protein kinase C (Ca2+/phospholipid- dependent enzyme) at serine 24 and increased the cell surface expression of the transferrin receptor. The hypothesis that the regulation of transferrin receptor cycling by protein kinase C is causally related to the phosphorylation of the receptor at serine 24 was critically tested. Site-directed mutagenesis of the human transferrin receptor cDNA was used to substitute serine 24 with threonine or alanine residues in order to create phosphorylation defective receptors. Wild-type and mutated transferrin receptors were expressed in Swiss 3T3 fibroblasts using the retrovirus vector pZipNeoSV (X). These receptors were functionally active and caused the receptor-mediated endocytosis of diferric transferrin. Incubation of the fibroblasts with phorbol diester caused the phosphorylation of the wild-type (Ser-24) human transferrin receptor, but this treatment did not result in the phosphorylation of the mutated (Ala-24 and Thr-24) receptors. The cycling of the phosphorylation defective receptors was regulated by phorbol diester and platelet-derived growth factor in a manner similar to that observed for the wild-type receptor. We conclude that the regulation of transferrin receptor cycling by protein kinase C is independent of receptor phosphorylation at serine 24 in Swiss 3T3 fibroblasts.
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