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Impaired PTPN13 phosphatase activity in spontaneous or HPV-induced squamous cell carcinomas potentiates oncogene signaling through the MAP kinase pathway
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Impaired PTPN13 phosphatase activity in spontaneous or HPV-induced squamous cell carcinomas potentiates oncogene signaling through the MAP kinase pathway

A C Hoover, G L Strand, P N Nowicki, M E Anderson, P D Vermeer, A J Klingelhutz, A D Bossler, J V Pottala, W J A J Hendriks and J H Lee
Oncogene, Vol.28(45), pp.3960-3970
11/12/2009
DOI: 10.1038/onc.2009.251
PMCID: PMC2785129
PMID: 19734941
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/2785129View
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Abstract

Human papillomaviruses (HPVs) are a causative factor in over 90% of cervical and 25% of head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCCs). The C terminus of the high-risk HPV 16 E6 oncoprotein physically associates with and degrades a non-receptor protein tyrosine phosphatase (PTPN13), and PTPN13 loss synergizes with H-Ras(V12) or ErbB2 for invasive growth in vivo. Oral keratinocytes that have lost PTPN13 and express H-Ras(V12) or ErbB2 show enhanced Ras/RAF/MEK/Erk signaling. In co-transfection studies, wild-type PTPN13 inhibited Ras/RAF/MEK/Erk signaling in HEK 293 cells that overexpress ErbB2, EGFR or H-Ras(V12), whereas an enzymatically inactive PTPN13 did not. Twenty percent of HPV-negative HNSCCs had PTPN13 phosphatase mutations that did not inhibit Ras/RAF/MEK/Erk signaling. Inhibition of Ras/RAF/MEK/Erk signaling using MEK inhibitor U0126 blocked anchorage-independent growth in cells lacking PTPN13. These findings show that PTPN13 phosphatase activity has a physiologically significant role in regulating MAP kinase signaling.
Phosphorylation Nitriles - pharmacology Receptor, ErbB-2 - genetics Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - genetics Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - pathology Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - virology Humans Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 13 - metabolism Repressor Proteins Receptor, ErbB-2 - metabolism Cell Growth Processes - physiology Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases - metabolism MAP Kinase Signaling System Papillomavirus Infections - pathology Human papillomavirus 16 Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 13 - deficiency Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 13 - genetics MAP Kinase Kinase Kinases - antagonists & inhibitors Butadienes - pharmacology Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - enzymology Papillomavirus Infections - enzymology Mice, Inbred C57BL Oncogene Proteins, Viral MAP Kinase Kinase Kinases - metabolism Animals Cell Line, Tumor Mice

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