S. Kobayashi et al., ACTIVATION OF PP60(C-SRC) DEPENDING ON CELL-DENSITY IN PC12H CELLS, The Journal of biological chemistry, 272(26), 1997, pp. 16262-16267
The Src family tyrosine kinases and their substrates are involved in c
ell-cell and cell-matrix interactions. We found that in PC12h cells, a
n increase of cell density enhanced the tyrosine phosphorylation level
s of several intracellular proteins including p130(cas). Because it is
a possible substrate for Src family kinases, we measured pp60(c-src)
activity and found that it was higher in high density cultures than in
low density cultures. This phenomenon was also observed in PC12 (the
parental cell line of the PC12h subclone), Balb/c 3T3, Swiss 3T3, and
Hela cells, One of the possible mechanisms regulating the kinase activ
ity of pp60(c-src) is the phosphorylation and dephosphorylation of its
negative regulatory site located at its C terminus. However, the tyro
sine phosphorylation level of the regulatory site did not change depen
ding on cell density. Subcellular fractionation showed that in high de
nsity culture, pp60(c-src) was translocated from detergent-soluble to
detergent-insoluble fractions, These results suggest that cell-cell in
teraction might induce the activation of pp60(c-src) without changing
its tyrosine phosphorylation levels.