PMID- 9693375 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19980930 LR - 20191210 IS - 1059-1524 (Print) IS - 1059-1524 (Linking) VI - 9 IP - 8 DP - 1998 Aug TI - Activation of both MAP kinase and phosphatidylinositide 3-kinase by Ras is required for hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor-induced adherens junction disassembly. PG - 2185-200 AB - Hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor (HGF/SF) stimulates the motility of epithelial cells, initially inducing centrifugal spreading of colonies followed by disruption of cell-cell junctions and subsequent cell scattering. In Madin-Darby canine kidney cells, HGF/SF-induced motility involves actin reorganization mediated by Ras, but whether Ras and downstream signals regulate the breakdown of intercellular adhesions has not been established. Both HGF/SF and V12Ras induced the loss of the adherens junction proteins E-cadherin and beta-catenin from intercellular junctions during cell spreading, and the HGF/SF response was blocked by dominant-negative N17Ras. Desmosomes and tight junctions were regulated separately from adherens junctions, because they were not disrupted by V12Ras. MAP kinase, phosphatidylinositide 3-kinase (PI 3-kinase), and Rac were required downstream of Ras, because loss of adherens junctions was blocked by the inhibitors PD098059 and LY294002 or by dominant-inhibitory mutants of MAP kinase kinase 1 or Rac1. All of these inhibitors also prevented HGF/SF-induced cell scattering. Interestingly, activated Raf or the activated p110alpha subunit of PI 3-kinase alone did not induce disruption of adherens junctions. These results indicate that activation of both MAP kinase and PI 3-kinase by Ras is required for adherens junction disassembly and that this is essential for the motile response to HGF/SF. FAU - Potempa, S AU - Potempa S AD - Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, University College London Branch, London W1P 8BT, United Kingdom. FAU - Ridley, A J AU - Ridley AJ LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - United States TA - Mol Biol Cell JT - Molecular biology of the cell JID - 9201390 RN - 0 (Cadherins) RN - 0 (Chromones) RN - 0 (Cytoskeletal Proteins) RN - 0 (Enzyme Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Flavonoids) RN - 0 (Morpholines) RN - 0 (Phosphoinositide-3 Kinase Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Trans-Activators) RN - 0 (beta Catenin) RN - 31M2U1DVID (2-(4-morpholinyl)-8-phenyl-4H-1-benzopyran-4-one) RN - 67256-21-7 (Hepatocyte Growth Factor) RN - EC 2.7.11.17 (Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases) RN - EC 3.6.1.- (GTP-Binding Proteins) RN - EC 3.6.5.2 (rac GTP-Binding Proteins) RN - EC 3.6.5.2 (ras Proteins) RN - SJE1IO5E3I (2-(2-amino-3-methoxyphenyl)-4H-1-benzopyran-4-one) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cadherins/physiology MH - Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases/antagonists & inhibitors/*metabolism MH - Cell Adhesion/drug effects/*physiology MH - Cell Line MH - Chromones/pharmacology MH - Cytoskeletal Proteins/physiology MH - Desmosomes/drug effects/physiology MH - Dogs MH - Enzyme Activation MH - Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology MH - Epithelial Cells/cytology/drug effects/physiology MH - Flavonoids/pharmacology MH - GTP-Binding Proteins/physiology MH - Hepatocyte Growth Factor/*pharmacology/physiology MH - Intercellular Junctions/drug effects/*physiology MH - Kidney MH - Morpholines/pharmacology MH - Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases/*metabolism MH - Phosphoinositide-3 Kinase Inhibitors MH - Signal Transduction MH - *Trans-Activators MH - Transfection MH - beta Catenin MH - rac GTP-Binding Proteins MH - ras Proteins/*physiology PMC - PMC25472 EDAT- 1998/08/07 00:00 MHDA- 1998/08/07 00:01 CRDT- 1998/08/07 00:00 PHST- 1998/08/07 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1998/08/07 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1998/08/07 00:00 [entrez] AID - 0658 [pii] AID - 10.1091/mbc.9.8.2185 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Mol Biol Cell. 1998 Aug;9(8):2185-200. doi: 10.1091/mbc.9.8.2185.