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J Biol Chem, Vol. 273, Issue 22, 13828-13834, May 29, 1998

Fibroblast Transformation by Fps/Fes Tyrosine Kinases Requires Ras, Rac, and Cdc42 and Induces Extracellular Signal-regulated and c-Jun N-terminal Kinase Activation

From the Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Department of Pharmacology University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska 68198-6805

The small GTP-binding proteins Ras, Rac, and Cdc42 link protein-tyrosine kinases with mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling cascades. Ras controls the activation of extracellular signal-regulated kinases (ERKs), while Rac and Cdc42 regulate the c-Jun N-terminal kinases (JNKs). In this study, we investigated whether small G protein/MAPK cascades contribute to signal transduction by transforming variants of c-Fes, a nonreceptor tyrosine kinase implicated in cytokine signaling and myeloid differentiation. First, we investigated the effects of dominant-negative small G proteins on Rat-2 fibroblast transformation by a retroviral homolog of c-Fes (v-Fps) and by c-Fes activated via N-terminal addition of the v-Src myristylation signal (Myr-Fes). We observed that dominant-negative Ras, Rac, and Cdc42 inhibited v-Fps- and Myr-Fes-induced growth of Rat-2 cells in soft agar, indicating that activation of these small GTP-binding proteins is required for fibroblast transformation by Fps/Fes tyrosine kinases. To determine whether MAPK pathways are activated downstream of these small G proteins, we measured ERK and JNK activity in the v-Fps- and Myr-Fes-transformed Rat-2 cells. Both ERK and JNK activities were elevated in the transformed cells, suggesting that these pathways are involved in cellular transformation. Dominant-negative mutants of Ras (but not Rac or Cdc42) specifically inhibited ERK activation by v-Fps and Myr-Fes, demonstrating that ERK activation occurs exclusively downstream of Ras. All three dominant-negative small G proteins inhibited JNK activation by v-Fps and Myr-Fes, indicating that JNK activation by these tyrosine kinases requires both Ras and Rho family GTPases. These data demonstrate that multiple small G protein/MAPK cascades are involved in downstream signal transduction by Fps/Fes tyrosine kinases.

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