Phosphotyrosine signaling proteins that drive oncogenesis tend to be highly interconnected

Mol Cell Proteomics. 2013 May;12(5):1204-13. doi: 10.1074/mcp.M112.025858. Epub 2013 Jan 28.

Abstract

Mutation and overexpression of receptor tyrosine kinases or the proteins they regulate serve as oncogenic drivers in diverse cancers. To better understand receptor tyrosine kinase signaling and its link to oncogenesis, we used protein microarrays to systematically and quantitatively measure interactions between virtually every SH2 or PTB domain encoded in the human genome and all known sites of tyrosine phosphorylation on 40 receptor tyrosine kinases and on most of the SH2 and PTB domain-containing adaptor proteins. We found that adaptor proteins, like RTKs, have many high affinity bindings sites for other adaptor proteins. In addition, proteins that drive cancer, including both receptors and adaptor proteins, tend to be much more highly interconnected via networks of SH2 and PTB domain-mediated interactions than nononcogenic proteins. Our results suggest that network topological properties such as connectivity can be used to prioritize new drug targets in this well-studied family of signaling proteins.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Carcinogenesis / metabolism*
  • HEK293 Cells
  • Humans
  • Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins / metabolism*
  • Oncogene Proteins / metabolism
  • Phosphotyrosine / metabolism*
  • Protein Binding
  • Protein Interaction Domains and Motifs
  • Protein Interaction Maps
  • Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / metabolism
  • Signal Transduction

Substances

  • Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
  • Oncogene Proteins
  • Phosphotyrosine
  • Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases