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EMBO JOURNAL
Volume 24, Issue 10, Pages 1787-1797Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7600669
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migration; platelet-derived growth factor receptor; proliferation; urokinase receptor; vascular smooth muscle cells
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Urokinase (uPA)-induced signaling in human vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC) elicits important cellular functional responses, such as cell migration and proliferation. However, how intracellular signaling is linked to glycolipid-anchored uPA receptor (uPAR) is unknown. We provide evidence that uPAR activation by uPA induces its association with platelet-derived growth factor receptor (PDGFR)-beta. The interaction results in PDGF-independent PDGFR-beta activation by phosphorylation of cytoplasmic tyrosine kinase domains and receptor dimerization. Association of the receptors as well as the tyrosine kinase activity of PDGFR-beta are decisive in mediating uPA-induced downstream signaling that regulates VSMC migration and proliferation. These findings provide a molecular basis for mechanisms VSMC use to induce uPAR- and PDGFR-directed signaling. The processes may be relevant to VSMC function and vascular remodeling.
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