PMID- 24260264 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20140711 LR - 20211021 IS - 1932-6203 (Electronic) IS - 1932-6203 (Linking) VI - 8 IP - 11 DP - 2013 TI - New function of the adaptor protein SH2B1 in brain-derived neurotrophic factor-induced neurite outgrowth. PG - e79619 LID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0079619 [doi] LID - e79619 AB - Neurite outgrowth is an essential process for the establishment of the nervous system. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) binds to its receptor TrkB and regulates axonal and dendritic morphology of neurons through signal transduction and gene expression. SH2B1 is a signaling adaptor protein that regulates cellular signaling in various physiological processes. The purpose of this study is to investigate the role of SH2B1 in the development of the central nervous system. In this study, we show that knocking down SH2B1 reduces neurite formation of cortical neurons whereas overexpression of SH2B1beta promotes the development of hippocampal neurons. We further demonstrate that SH2B1beta promotes BDNF-induced neurite outgrowth and signaling using the established PC12 cells stably expressing TrkB, SH2B1beta or SH2B1beta mutants. Our data indicate that overexpressing SH2B1beta enhances BDNF-induced MEK-ERK1/2, and PI3K-AKT signaling pathways. Inhibition of MEK-ERK1/2 and PI3K-AKT pathways by specific inhibitors suggest that these two pathways are required for SH2B1beta-promoted BDNF-induced neurite outgrowth. Moreover, SH2B1beta enhances BDNF-stimulated phosphorylation of signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 at serine 727. Finally, our data indicate that the SH2 domain and tyrosine phosphorylation of SH2B1beta contribute to BDNF-induced signaling pathways and neurite outgrowth. Taken together, these findings demonstrate that SH2B1beta promotes BDNF-induced neurite outgrowth through enhancing pathways involved MEK-ERK1/2 and PI3K-AKT. FAU - Shih, Chien-Hung AU - Shih CH AD - Institute of Molecular Medicine, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, Republic of China. FAU - Chen, Chien-Jen AU - Chen CJ FAU - Chen, Linyi AU - Chen L LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20131115 PL - United States TA - PLoS One JT - PloS one JID - 101285081 RN - 0 (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) RN - 0 (Carrier Proteins) RN - 0 (Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins) RN - 0 (SH2B1 protein, rat) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/*pharmacology MH - Carrier Proteins/genetics/*metabolism MH - Cell Line MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Hippocampus MH - Immunoblotting MH - Immunoprecipitation MH - Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins MH - Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1/genetics/metabolism MH - Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3/genetics/metabolism MH - Neurites MH - PC12 Cells MH - Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases/genetics/metabolism MH - Phosphorylation/drug effects MH - Rats MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - Signal Transduction/drug effects PMC - PMC3829828 COIS- Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. EDAT- 2013/11/22 06:00 MHDA- 2014/07/12 06:00 PMCR- 2013/11/15 CRDT- 2013/11/22 06:00 PHST- 2013/07/03 00:00 [received] PHST- 2013/10/03 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2013/11/22 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/11/22 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/07/12 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2013/11/15 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - PONE-D-13-27379 [pii] AID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0079619 [doi] PST - epublish SO - PLoS One. 2013 Nov 15;8(11):e79619. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079619. eCollection 2013.