Regulation of cell adhesion and anchorage-dependent growth by a new β1-integrin-linked protein kinase
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- 1 January 1996
- journal article
- letter
- Published by Springer Nature in Nature
- Vol. 379 (6560) , 91-96
- https://doi.org/10.1038/379091a0
Abstract
THE interaction of cells with the extracellular matrix regulates cell shape, motility, growth, survival, differentiation and gene expression, through integrin-mediated signal transduction1–3. We used a two-hybrid screen to isolate genes encoding proteins that interact with the β1-integrin cytoplasmic domain. The most frequently isolated complementary DNA encoded a new, 59K serine/threonine protein kinase, containing four ankyrin-like repeats. We report here that this integrin-linked kinase (ILK) phosphorylated a β1-integrin cytoplasmic domain peptide in vitro and coimmunoprecipitated with β1 in lysates of mammalian cells. Endogenous ILK kinase activity was reduced in response to fibronectin. Overexpression of p59ILK disrupted epithelial cell architecture and inhibited adhesion to integrin substrates, while inducing anchorage-independent growth. We propose that ILK is a receptor-proximal protein kinase regulating integrin-mediated signal transduction.Keywords
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