Shp2 is involved in neuronal differentiation of hippocampal precursor cells

Hak Jae Kim, Mi Han Ah, Hwan Shim Jae, Hyun Yoon Hye, Hyockman Kwon, Kim Kwon Yunhee

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Abstract

HiB5 is a multipotent hippocampal stem cell line whose differentiation into cells of a neuronal phenotype is promoted by neurotrophic factors such as PDGF and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). We examined the potential role of Src homology 2 (SH2)-containing protein tyrosine phosphatase (Shp2) in this differentiation process. We found that Shp2 became tyrosine phosphorylated following PDGF treatment. Wild-type Shp2 enhanced the expression of neurofilament, synapsin I and PSD95 by PDGF and BDNF, whereas their expression was attenuated by the catalytically inactive mutants Shp2C/S and Shp2ΔP. Formation of dendritic spine-like structures increased with wild-type Shp2, but diminished with Shp2C/S and Shp2ΔP. PSD95, localized in the post-synaptic density region of dendritic spines, PDGFRβ and TrkB were co-immunoprecipitated with Shp2 antibodies. These results suggest that Shp2 plays a positive role in mediating PDGF- and BDNF-activated signaling which promotes the formation of dendritic spines.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)750-754
Number of pages5
JournalArchives of Pharmacal Research
Volume30
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 30 Jun 2007

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work was supported by grants from the Brain Research Center (M103KV010007-06K2201-00710) of the 21C Frontier Research program by MOST, the Korea Health 21R&D Project (0405-DB01-0104-0006) by MOHW, and the BK21 by MOE to Y.K.K. and Ministry of Health & Welfare (O0-PJ9-PG1-CO05-0002) to H.K. We also thank the Korea Basic Science Institute for the support of laser scanning microscopy.

Keywords

  • BDNF
  • Differentiation
  • Neuron
  • PDGF
  • Shp2

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