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Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 289: G478-G488, 2005. First published April 21, 2005; doi:10.1152/ajpgi.00034.2005
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HORMONES AND SIGNALING

Glycine-extended gastrin stimulates cell proliferation and migration through a Rho- and ROCK-dependent pathway, not a Rac/Cdc42-dependent pathway

Hong He, Julie Pannequin, John-Paul Tantiongco, Arthur Shulkes, and Graham S. Baldwin

Department of Surgery, University of Melbourne, Austin Health, Heidelberg, Victoria 3084, Australia

Submitted 28 January 2005 ; accepted in final form 14 April 2005

Both amidated gastrin (Gamide) and glycine-extended gastrin (Ggly) stimulate gastrointestinal cell proliferation and migration. Binding of Gamide to the cholecystokinin-2 receptor activates small GTP-binding proteins of the Rho family (Rho, Rac, and Cdc42), and dominant-negative mutants of Rho or Cdc42 block Gamide-stimulated cell proliferation and survival. In comparison, little is known about the Ggly signaling transduction pathway leading to cell proliferation and migration. The present study examined the roles of the small G proteins Rho, Rac, and Cdc42 in Ggly-induced proliferation and migration of the mouse gastric epithelial cell line IMGE-5. Ggly stimulated the activation of Rho and its downstream effector protein ROCK. The activation of Rho and ROCK mediated Ggly-induced cell proliferation and migration as inhibition of Rho by C3, or ROCK by Y-27632, completely blocked these effects of Ggly. Ggly also stimulated tyrosine phosphorylation of focal adhesion kinase, and stimulation was reversed by addition of C3 and Y-27632. In contrast to the effects of Rho and ROCK, inhibition of the Rac or Cdc42 pathways by expression of dominant-negative mutants of Rac or Cdc42 did not affect Ggly-induced cell proliferation and migration. These results demonstrate that Ggly stimulates IMGE-5 cell proliferation and migration through a Rho/ROCK-dependent pathway but not via Rac- or Cdc42-dependent pathways.

G proteins; cytoskeleton; focal adhesion kinase


Address for reprint requests and other correspondence: H. He, Dept. of Surgery, Univ. of Melbourne, Austin Health, Studley Rd., Heidelberg, Victoria 3084, Australia (e-mail: hong.he{at}unimelb.edu.au)




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