Distinct mechanisms of α5β1 integrin activation by Ha-Ras and R-Ras

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To investigate the possible roles of the Ras/Rho family members in the inside-out signals to activate integrins, we examined the ability of Ras/Rho small GTPases to stimulate avidity of α5β1 (VLA-5) to fibronectin in bone marrow-derived mast cells. We found that both Ha-Ras(Val-12) and R-Ras(Val-38) had strong stimulatory effects on adhesion and ligand binding activity of VLA-5 to fibronectin. However, only Ha-Ras(Val-12)-, but not R-Ras(Val-38)-induced adhesion was inhibited by wortmannin, which suggests that Ha-Ras(Val-12) is dependent on phosphatidylinositol (PI) 3-kinase on adhesion whereas R-Ras(Val-38) has another PI 3-kinase independent pathway to induce adhesion. The effector loop mutant Ha-Ras(Val-12)E37G, but not Y40C retained the ability to stimulate adhesion of mast cells to fibronectin. Consistently, PI 3-kinase p110δ, predominantly expressed in mast cells, interacted with Ha-Ras(Val-12) E37G, but not Y40C, which was also correlated with the levels of Akt phosphorylation in mast cells. Furthermore, marked adhesion was induced by a membrane-targeted version of p110δ. These results indicate that Ha-Ras(Val-12) activated VLA-5 through PI 3-kinase p110δ. The mutational effects of the R-Ras effector loop region on adhesion were not correlated with PI 3-kinase activities, consistent with our contention that R-Ras has a distinct pathway to modulate avidity of VLA-5.

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Kinashi, T., Katagiri, K., Watanabe, S. I., Vanhaesebroeck, B., Downward, J., & Takatsu, K. (2000). Distinct mechanisms of α5β1 integrin activation by Ha-Ras and R-Ras. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 275(29), 22590–22596. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M000633200

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