PMID- 12032835 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20020614 LR - 20211203 IS - 0950-9232 (Print) IS - 0950-9232 (Linking) VI - 21 IP - 23 DP - 2002 May 23 TI - Opposite effects of different doses of MCSF on ERK phosphorylation and cell proliferation in macrophages. PG - 3670-6 AB - We had previously shown that murine macrophages expressing v-Fes, the oncogenically activated counterpart of the c-Fes cytoplasmic tyrosine kinase, proliferate independently of Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor (MCSF) and that the Extracellular signal-Regulated Kinase (ERK) pathway mediates the mitogenic effect of v-Fes. In this study, the response of c-fes- and v-fes-overexpressing cells to MCSF was investigated. A critical modulation of the activation of Mitogen-activated ERK Kinase (MEK) and ERK based on the MCSF dose was characterized. ERK activation was increased by MCSF doses capable to elicit a mitogenic response (2-5 U/ml). On the contrary, MCSF doses as low as 0.05 U/ml markedly reduced ERK phosphorylation and nuclear content and moderately but significantly reduced cell proliferation. The reduction of MEK and ERK phosphorylation was very rapid, suggesting the involvement of cytosolic phosphatases. Among these, phospho-tyrosine protein phosphatases and phosphoserine/threonine protein phosphatase-2A were found involved. These findings represent the first observation that different doses of the same growth factor, MCSF in particular, can exert opposite effects on cell proliferation by switching on or off ERK signaling. FAU - Rovida, Elisabetta AU - Rovida E AD - Department of Experimental Pathology and Oncology, Universita degli Studi di Firenze, Florence, Italy. FAU - Baccarini, Manvela AU - Baccarini M FAU - Olivotto, Massimo AU - Olivotto M FAU - Dello Sbarba, Persio AU - Dello Sbarba P LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - England TA - Oncogene JT - Oncogene JID - 8711562 RN - 0 (Arsenicals) RN - 0 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins) RN - 1W21G5Q4N2 (Okadaic Acid) RN - 57F9KU116M (benzenearsonic acid) RN - 81627-83-0 (Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (Protein-Tyrosine Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.10.2 (FES protein, human) RN - EC 2.7.10.2 (Fes protein, mouse) RN - EC 2.7.10.2 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fes) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.12.2 (MAP Kinase Kinase 1) RN - EC 2.7.12.2 (MAP2K1 protein, human) RN - EC 2.7.12.2 (Map2k1 protein, mouse) RN - EC 2.7.12.2 (Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Arsenicals/pharmacology MH - Cell Division/drug effects MH - Cell Line MH - Dose-Response Relationship, Drug MH - Flow Cytometry MH - Humans MH - MAP Kinase Kinase 1 MH - Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor/*pharmacology MH - Macrophages/*cytology/*drug effects/enzymology MH - Mice MH - Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases/metabolism MH - Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases/*metabolism MH - Okadaic Acid/pharmacology MH - Phosphorylation/drug effects MH - Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases/metabolism MH - *Protein-Tyrosine Kinases MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins/metabolism MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fes MH - Signal Transduction/drug effects MH - Time Factors EDAT- 2002/05/29 10:00 MHDA- 2002/06/18 10:01 CRDT- 2002/05/29 10:00 PHST- 2001/07/02 00:00 [received] PHST- 2002/02/08 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2002/03/22 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2002/05/29 10:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2002/06/18 10:01 [medline] PHST- 2002/05/29 10:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1038/sj.onc.1205409 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Oncogene. 2002 May 23;21(23):3670-6. doi: 10.1038/sj.onc.1205409.