TY - JOUR
T1 - Multilayered proteomics reveals molecular switches dictating ligand-dependent EGFR trafficking
AU - Francavilla, Chiara
AU - Papetti, Moreno
AU - Rigbolt, Kristoffer T G
AU - Pedersen, Anna-Kathrine
AU - Sigurdsson, Jon O
AU - Cazzamali, Giuseppe
AU - Karemore, Gopal
AU - Blagoev, Blagoy
AU - Olsen, Jesper V
PY - 2016/6
Y1 - 2016/6
N2 - A fascinating conundrum in cell signaling is how stimulation of the same receptor tyrosine kinase with distinct ligands generates specific outcomes. To decipher the functional selectivity of EGF and TGF-α, which induce epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) degradation and recycling, respectively, we devised an integrated multilayered proteomics approach (IMPA). We analyzed dynamic changes in the receptor interactome, ubiquitinome, phosphoproteome, and late proteome in response to both ligands in human cells by quantitative MS and identified 67 proteins regulated at multiple levels. We identified RAB7 phosphorylation and RCP recruitment to EGFR as switches for EGF and TGF-α outputs, controlling receptor trafficking, signaling duration, proliferation, and migration. By manipulating RCP levels or phosphorylation of RAB7 in EGFR-positive cancer cells, we were able to switch a TGF-α-mediated response to an EGF-like response or vice versa as EGFR trafficking was rerouted. We propose IMPA as an approach to uncover fine-tuned regulatory mechanisms in cell signaling.
AB - A fascinating conundrum in cell signaling is how stimulation of the same receptor tyrosine kinase with distinct ligands generates specific outcomes. To decipher the functional selectivity of EGF and TGF-α, which induce epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) degradation and recycling, respectively, we devised an integrated multilayered proteomics approach (IMPA). We analyzed dynamic changes in the receptor interactome, ubiquitinome, phosphoproteome, and late proteome in response to both ligands in human cells by quantitative MS and identified 67 proteins regulated at multiple levels. We identified RAB7 phosphorylation and RCP recruitment to EGFR as switches for EGF and TGF-α outputs, controlling receptor trafficking, signaling duration, proliferation, and migration. By manipulating RCP levels or phosphorylation of RAB7 in EGFR-positive cancer cells, we were able to switch a TGF-α-mediated response to an EGF-like response or vice versa as EGFR trafficking was rerouted. We propose IMPA as an approach to uncover fine-tuned regulatory mechanisms in cell signaling.
U2 - 10.1038/nsmb.3218
DO - 10.1038/nsmb.3218
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 27136326
VL - 23
SP - 608
EP - 618
JO - Nature Structural and Molecular Biology
JF - Nature Structural and Molecular Biology
SN - 1545-9993
IS - 6
ER -