期刊
MOLECULAR SYSTEMS BIOLOGY
卷 5, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1038/msb.2009.90
关键词
cell signaling; feedback; MAPK; mathematical modeling; microscopy
资金
- Biomolecular Systems
- Development Program at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)
- US Department of Energy [DE-AC05-76RL01830]
- NIH [5R01GM072821-03]
Although the ERK pathway has a central role in the response of cells to growth factors, its regulatory structure and dynamics are incompletely understood. To investigate ERK activation in real time, we expressed an ERK-GFP fusion protein in human mammary epithelial cells. On EGF stimulation, we observed sustained oscillations of the ERK-GFP fusion protein between the nucleus and cytoplasm with a periodicity of similar to 15 min. The oscillations were persistent (>45 cycles), independent of cell cycle phase, and were highly dependent on cell density, essentially disappearing at confluency. Oscillations occurred even at ligand doses that elicited very low levels of ERK phosphorylation, and could be detected biochemically in both transfected and nontransfected cells. Mathematical modeling revealed that negative feedback from phosphorylated ERK to the cascade input was necessary to match the robustness of the oscillation characteristics observed over a broad range of ligand concentrations. Our characterization of single-cell ERK dynamics provides a quantitative foundation for understanding the regulatory structure of this signaling cascade. Molecular Systems Biology 5: 332; published online 1 December 2009; doi:10.1038/msb.2009.90
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