Differential mitotic activation of endogenous c-Src, c-Yes, and Lyn in HeLa cells

Arch Biochem Biophys. 2007 Oct 1;466(1):116-24. doi: 10.1016/j.abb.2007.07.002. Epub 2007 Jul 14.

Abstract

Src-family tyrosine kinases (SFKs) play an important role in mitosis. Despite overlapping expression of multiple SFK members, little is known about how individual SFK members are activated in M phase. Here, we examined mitotic activation of endogenous c-Src, c-Yes, and Lyn, which are co-expressed in HeLa cells. c-Src, c-Yes, and Lyn were activated at different levels in M phase, and the activation was inhibited by Cdc2 inactivation. Mitotic c-Src and c-Yes exhibited normal- and retarded-electrophoretic-mobility forms on SDS-polyacrylamide gels, whereas Lyn did not show mobility retardation. Like c-Src, the retardation of electrophoretic mobility of c-Yes was caused by Cdc2-mediated phosphorylation. The normal- and retarded-mobility forms of c-Src were comparably activated, but activation of the retarded-mobility form of c-Yes was higher than that of the normal-mobility form of c-Yes. Thus, these results suggest that endogenous c-Src, c-Yes, and Lyn are differentially activated through Cdc2 activation during M phase.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • HeLa Cells
  • Humans
  • Mitosis / physiology*
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-yes / metabolism*
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins pp60(c-src) / metabolism*
  • src-Family Kinases / metabolism*

Substances

  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-yes
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins pp60(c-src)
  • YES1 protein, human
  • lyn protein-tyrosine kinase
  • src-Family Kinases