Preferred Label : Sprouty Regulation of Tyrosine Kinase Signaling Pathway;
NCIt related terms : Sprouty regulation of tyrosine kinase signals;
Alternative definition : BIOCARTA: Four different members of the Sprouty protein family block the cellular
proliferation and differentiation induced by several different growth factors, including
EGF and FGF. One mechanism by which Sprouty proteins inhibit signaling is through
binding to Grb-2, a signaling intermediary between the tyrosine kinase growth factors
and the Ras/map kinase pathway. Binding of Sprouty to Grb-2 prevents Grb-2 and Sos-1
from interacting with downstream signaling factors that activate Ras and map kinases,
including Ras, Raf-1, Mek1, Erk1/2, and downstream transcription factors. The action
of Sprouty as an inhibitor of this pathway requires Sprouty phosphorylation and membrane
localization at the site of the factors it interacts with. The inhibition of growth
factor signaling by Sprouty is specific to the Ras pathway since the PI3 Kinase pathway
responsible for cell survival signals from growth factor receptors is not inhibited
by Sprouty. Tyrosine kinase activity of growth factor receptors is also not affected.
The mechanism by which Sprouty inhibits Ras activation may be by blocking the nucleotide
exchange activity of Sos. Sprouty expression is induced by growth factor receptor
activation of Ras signaling, provided a self-regulatory feedback inhibition mechanism
that regulates growth factor signaling through Ras. In addition to blocking the Ras
pathway, Sprouty also induces protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B activity. Activation
of PTP1B by Sprouty is responsible for the inhibition of cellular migration that Sprouty
causes, but is not involved in regulation of cellular proliferation. While blocking
receptor tyrosine kinase signaling, at least one member of the Sprouty family, Sprouty-2,
also acts by one mechanism to stimulate EGF receptor signaling. Cbl targets the EGF
receptor for tagging with ubiquitin and proteolytic destruction. Sprouty-2 binds to
Cbl and blocks the ubiquitination and destruction of the EGF receptor, increasing
EGF signaling. (This definition may be outdated - see the DesignNote.);
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Biocarta ID : h_spryPathway;
Origin ID : C39236;
UMLS CUI : C1519482;
Semantic type(s)
has_gene_product_element
pathway_has_gene_element