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    FEBS Lett. 2002 Jun 19;521(1-3):190-4.

    Activation of Pyk2/RAFTK induces tyrosine phosphorylation of alpha-synuclein via Src-family kinases.

    Nakamura T, Yamashita H, Nagano Y, Takahashi T, Avraham S, Avraham H, Matsumoto M, Nakamura S.

    Department of Clinical Neuroscience and Therapeutics, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Japan.

    alpha-Synuclein (alpha S) is a neuronal protein that has been implicated in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease. The present report demonstrates that the protein tyrosine kinase Pyk2/RAFTK is involved in cell stress-induced tyrosine phosphorylation of alpha S. Hyperosmotic stress induced tyrosine phosphorylation of alpha S via Pyk2/RAFTK at tyrosine residue 125. Pyk2/RAFTK-mediated phosphorylation of alpha S was primarily achieved with Src-family kinases. In addition, osmotic stress-induced phosphorylation of alpha S was dependent on Pyk2/RAFTK activation. Accordingly, such results indicate that Pyk2/RAFTK lies upstream of Src-family kinases in the signaling cascade by which osmotic stress induces tyrosine phosphorylation of alpha S.

    PMID: 12096713 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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