The lipid raft-anchored adaptor protein Cbp controls the oncogenic potential of c-Src

Mol Cell. 2008 May 23;30(4):426-36. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2008.03.026.

Abstract

The tyrosine kinase c-Src is upregulated in various human cancers irrespective of its negative regulator Csk, but the regulatory mechanisms remain unclear. Here, we show that a lipid raft-anchored Csk adaptor, Cbp/PAG, is directly involved in controlling the oncogenicity of c-Src. Using Csk-deficient cells that can be transformed by c-Src overexpression, we found that Cbp expression is markedly downregulated by c-Src activation and re-expression of Cbp efficiently suppresses c-Src transformation as well as tumorigenesis. Cbp-deficient cells are more susceptible to v-Src transformation than their parental cells. Upon phosphorylation, Cbp specifically binds to activated c-Src and sequesters it in lipid rafts, resulting in an efficient suppression of c-Src function independent of Csk. In some human cancer cells and tumors, Cbp is downregulated and the introduction of Cbp significantly suppresses tumorigenesis. These findings indicate a potential role for Cbp as a suppressor of c-Src-mediated tumor progression.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • CSK Tyrosine-Protein Kinase
  • Cell Fractionation
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Cell Transformation, Neoplastic
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Fibroblasts / cytology
  • Fibroblasts / physiology
  • Gene Transfer Techniques
  • Humans
  • Membrane Microdomains / chemistry
  • Membrane Microdomains / metabolism*
  • Membrane Proteins / genetics
  • Membrane Proteins / metabolism*
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred BALB C
  • Mice, Knockout
  • Mice, Nude
  • Neoplasms / metabolism
  • Phosphoproteins / genetics
  • Phosphoproteins / metabolism*
  • Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / genetics
  • Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / metabolism*
  • src-Family Kinases

Substances

  • Membrane Proteins
  • Pag1 protein, mouse
  • Phosphoproteins
  • Protein-Tyrosine Kinases
  • CSK Tyrosine-Protein Kinase
  • src-Family Kinases
  • CSK protein, human