THE SRC HOMOLOGY-2 (SH2) DOMAIN OF SH2-CONTAINING INOSITOL PHOSPHATASE (SHIP) IS ESSENTIAL FOR TYROSINE PHOSPHORYLATION OF SHIP, ITS ASSOCIATION WITH SHC, AND ITS INDUCTION OF APOPTOSIS
L. Liu et al., THE SRC HOMOLOGY-2 (SH2) DOMAIN OF SH2-CONTAINING INOSITOL PHOSPHATASE (SHIP) IS ESSENTIAL FOR TYROSINE PHOSPHORYLATION OF SHIP, ITS ASSOCIATION WITH SHC, AND ITS INDUCTION OF APOPTOSIS, The Journal of biological chemistry, 272(14), 1997, pp. 8983-8988
In this study we have investigated the role that the Src homology 2 do
main (SH2) of the 145-kDa 5-phosphatase, SH2-containing inositol phosp
hatase (SHIP), plays in three of the properties that have been associa
ted with this protein following cytokine stimulation: its association
with Shc, its tyrosine phosphorylation, and its inhibition of hemopoie
tic cell growth. In vitro studies using this SH2 domain revealed that
it was capable of binding directly to the Tyr(P)(317) motif of Shc wit
h a K-D of approximately 290 nM, in keeping with other specific SH2/Ty
r(P) interactions. In vivo analysis revealed the SH2 and NPXpY motifs
of SHIP acted together, with the Tyr(P)(317),and phosphotyrosine bindi
ng (PTB) domains of Shc, respectively, to ensure a high affinity SHIP
Shc complex. Expression of cDNAs encoding hemagglutinin-tagged wild ty
pe and SH2-inactivated forms of SHIP in the murine hemopoietic cell li
ne DA-ER revealed that wild type SHIP becomes both tyrosine-phosphoryl
ated and associated with Shc following interleukin-3 stimulation, as e
xpected, but the SH2-inactivated SHIPs do neither. Moreover, while the
growth rates of parental DA-ER cells and cells expressing these vario
us SHIP constructs are identical, the wild type SHIP-expressing cells
die, via programmed cell death, far more rapidly than parental cells.
Cells expressing SH2-inactivated SHIPs, on the other hand, show either
a reduced or no effect on apoptosis, These results suggest that the S
H2 domain of SHIP is required not only for the tyrosine phosphorylatio
n of SHIP and Shc association following cytokine stimulation but also
for its induction of apoptosis.