Phospholipase Cgamma1 negatively regulates growth hormone signalling by forming a ternary complex with Jak2 and protein tyrosine phosphatase-1B

Nat Cell Biol. 2006 Dec;8(12):1389-97. doi: 10.1038/ncb1509. Epub 2006 Nov 26.

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 Cgamma1 (PLCgamma1) 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 PLCgamma1 (PLCgamma1(-/-)), growth hormone-induced JAK2 and STAT5 phosphorylation significantly increased in mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs). Furthermore, the re-expression of PLCgamma1 reduced growth hormone-induced Jak2 activation. Growth hormone-induced Jak2 phosphorylation was enhanced by siRNA-specific knockdown of PLCgamma1. Interestingly, PLCgamma1 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 PLCgamma1(-/-) MEFs, growth hormone-dependent c-Fos activation was upregulated and growth hormone-induced proliferation was potentiated. These results suggest that PLCgamma1 has a key function in the regulation of growth hormone-mediated signalling by negatively regulating Jak2 activation.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cell Proliferation / drug effects
  • Down-Regulation / drug effects*
  • Enzyme Activation / drug effects
  • Growth Hormone / pharmacology*
  • Humans
  • Janus Kinase 2 / metabolism*
  • Mice
  • NIH 3T3 Cells
  • Phospholipase C gamma / deficiency
  • Phospholipase C gamma / metabolism*
  • Protein Binding / drug effects
  • Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 1
  • Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases / metabolism*
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins / metabolism
  • STAT5 Transcription Factor / metabolism
  • Signal Transduction / drug effects*
  • Transcriptional Activation / drug effects

Substances

  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins
  • STAT5 Transcription Factor
  • Growth Hormone
  • Janus Kinase 2
  • PTPN1 protein, human
  • Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 1
  • Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases
  • Ptpn1 protein, mouse
  • Phospholipase C gamma