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Genes to Cells (2005) 10, 887-895. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2443.2005.00886.x
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The Sprouty-related protein, Spred-1, localizes in a lipid raft/caveola and inhibits ERK activation in collaboration with caveolin-1

Atsushi Nonami1,2, Takaharu Taketomi1, Akiko Kimura1, Kazuko Saeki1, Hiromi Takaki1, Takahito Sanada1, Koji Taniguchi1, Mine Harada2, Reiko Kato1 and Akihiko Yoshimura1,*

1 Division of Molecular and Cellular Immunology, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, and 2 First Department of Internal Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan


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Caveolin-1 (Cav-1) has been suggested to function as a negative regulator of mitogen-stimulated proliferation and the Ras-p42/44 ERK (MAP kinase) pathway in a variety of cell types. However, the molecular basis of this suppression has not been clarified. Spred/Sprouty family proteins are also negative regulators of the ERK pathway by interacting with Raf-1. The Spred/Sprouty family proteins contain a cysteine-rich (CR) domain at the C-terminus, which is thought to be palmitoylated like Cav-1 and necessary for membrane anchoring. In this study, we demonstrated that Spred-1 localized in cholesterol-rich membrane raft/caveola fractions and interacted with Cav-1. To clarify the biological effect of Cav-1/Spred-1 interaction, we used hematopoietic cells that lacked expression of caveolins but expressed Spred-1. Forced expression of Cav-1 suppressed SCF- and IL-3-induced proliferation and ERK activation. Furthermore, forced expression of exogenous Spred-1 in Cav-1-expressing cells further suppressed proliferation and ERK activation. These data suggest that Spred-1 inhibits ERK activation in collaboration with Cav-1.


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Mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinases, including ERKs, play important roles in many facets of cellular regulation. Receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs), such as the receptors for EGF, FGF, and stem cell factor (SCF), activate the ERK (extracellular signal-regulated kinase) cascade. ERK activation is initiated by binding of Grb2 to the phosphorylated tyrosine residues of the receptor or phosphorylated adaptor molecules, such as Shc, FRS-2, IRS-1/2, SHP-2, and Gab-1. The complex of Grb2 and SOS activates Ras by GTP loading. Ras-GTP recruits Raf1 to the plasma membrane (Lowy & Willumsen 1993), which is then phosphorylated by not well-defined kinases with complex regulatory mechanisms (Morrison & Cutler 1997; Sternberg & Alberola-Ila 1998; Kerkhoff & Rapp 2001). The activated Raft then phosphorylates and activates the dual-specific kinase MEK, which phosphorylates and activates ERKs. Cytokine receptors, such as interleukin-3 and erythropoietin receptors, also activate ERK by similar mechanisms.

In contrast to the activation mechanisms for the Raf1-ERK cascade, the regulatory mechanisms of this pathway remain to be investigated. Recently, a family of novel membrane-bound molecules, mammalian Sproutys (mSproutys) and Spreds (Sprouty-related EVH1 domain containing protein), were identified (Hacohen et al. 1998; Minowada et al. 1999; Tefft et al. 1999; Wakioka et al. 2001) as negative regulators for growth factor-induced ERK activation (Casci et al. 1999; Gross et al. 2001; Impagnatiello et al. 2001; Lee et al. 2001; Ozaki et al. 2001; Sasaki et al. 2001; Egan et al. 2002). Sproutys and Spreds share a well-conserved cysteine-rich domain (CR-domain) at the C-terminus. The CR-domain of Sprouty is palmitoylated; therefore, Sprouty localizes in the membrane fraction (Casci et al. 1999; Impagnatiello et al. 2001). The Drosophila Sprouty (dSprouty) gene was identified as an inhibitor of FGF-signaling using genetic screens (Hacohen et al. 1998), and then dSprouty was characterized as a general inhibitor of RTK signaling (Casci et al. 1999; Kramer et al. 1999; Reich et al. 1999). A conserved function between dSprouty and vertebrate Sprouty implicated that they act as negative-feedback regulators of FGF-signaling in embryogenesis (Minowada et al. 1999; Tefft et al. 1999) and angiogenesis (Lee et al. 2001). However, unlike dSprouty, mSproutys can inhibit FGF-induced ERK activation, but they cannot affect EGF-induced ERK activation (Impagnatiello et al. 2001; Egan et al. 2002). On the other hand, Spreds are now considered to be more general inhibitors of receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs)- and cytokine-induced ERK signaling (Nonami et al. 2004). In addition, unlike Sproutys, expression of Spred-1 seems to be a developmentally regulated inhibitor rather than a negative-feedback suppressor (Nonami et al. 2004).

The CR-domain of Sprouty, and probably Spred, is palmitoylated; thereby, Sprouty and Spred localize in the membrane fraction. Palmitoylated proteins have been shown to be localized in a specific membrane compartment, the so-called lipid raft, or caveola. Caveola are invaginations, 50-100 nm in diameter, of lipid raft that are rich in cholesterol, glycosphingolipids, and glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-linked molecules (Harris et al. 2002). They are involved in clathrin-independent endocytosis, cholesterol transport, and signal transduction. Impagnatiello et al. (2001) reported that Sprouty-1 and Sprouty-2 are anchored to membranes by palmitoylation and associate with caveolin-1 in perinuclear and vesicular intracellular structures. Cav-1 and Cav-3 are both independently necessary and sufficient to drive caveola formation in heterologous expression systems, whereas Cav-2 requires the presence of Cav-1 for proper membrane targeting and stabilization. It has been proposed that the caveolin family members function as scaffolding proteins (Sargiacomo et al. 1995) to organize and concentrate specific lipids (cholesterol and glycosphingolipids) (Fra et al. 1995; Murata et al. 1995; Li et al. 1996c) and lipid-modified signaling molecules (Src-like kinases, H-Ras, eNOS, and G-proteins) (Garcia-Cardena et al. 1996; Li et al. 1996b; Shaul et al. 1996; Song et al. 1996) within caveola membranes. Each caveolin-interacting protein binds to the same membrane-proximal cytoplasmic region of Cav-1, called the caveolin-scaffolding domain (CSD, residues 82-101) (Li et al. 1996a; Couet et al. 1997); thereby, their enzymatic activity was suppressed.

In this study, we examined the role of caveolin-1 on the ERK-inhibitory activity of Spred-1. We found that Spred-1 and caveolin-1 associated with each other and caveolin-1 synergistically increased the inhibitory effect of Spred-1 for ERK. In the presence of caveolin, a larger amount of Spred-1 was localized in the lipid raft/caveola fraction. Thus, caveolin-1 serves as a scaffold protein for Spred-1.


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Spred-1 localizes in the lipid raft/caveola fraction using its C-terminal domain

To define the function of the C-terminal CR domain, we generated a series of deletion constructs and examined the effect on ERK activation. First, we performed a transient reporter assay using HEK293 cells. One of the nuclear targets of ERK is Elk-1, a transcription factor of the Ets family. Thus, activation of ERK can be monitored by measuring the Elk-1-dependent luciferase reporter activity. HEK293 cells were transfected with wild-type or various C-terminal-deletion mutant constructs of Spred-1 and Elk-1 reporter plasmids and then stimulated with EGF for 6 h. As shown in Fig. 1A, the wild-type and 10-amino acid deletion mutant dc10 suppressed ERK activation, while the suppressive function of Spred-1 was strongly impaired in dc26, dc56 and dc80 mutants. Similar results were obtained by monitoring the phosphorylation of ERK. HEK293 cells were transfected with C-terminal-deletion mutants of Spred-1 and GFP-ERK and then stimulated with EGF. The phosphorylation of ERK was suppressed by wild-type and dc10 Spred-1, but not by dc26, 56 or 80 Spred-1. These data indicate that the C-terminal 10 amino acids were dispensable for the Spred-1 function, but the deletion of 26 amino acids severely impaired it.



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Figure 1  Spred-1 localizes the lipid raft/caveola fraction using its C terminal in HEK293 cells. (A) HEK293 cells were transfected with the Elk-1 reporter plasmid and wild-type or various mutants of Spred-1. After stimulation with EGF (50 ng/mL) for 6 h, the Elk-1 reporter activity was measured. (B) HEK293 cells transfected with wild-type or various mutants of Spred-1 and GFP-ERK were stimulated with 50 ng/mL of EGF for 30 min. Cell extracts were immunoblotted with the indicated antibodies. (C) HEK293 cells were transfected with wild-type Spred-1 and FLAG-tagged caveolin-1, and raft fractionation was performed using sucrose gradient ultracentrifugation as described in Experimental procedures. TCL and each fraction (collected every 125 µL from the top of the tube) were blotted with indicated antibodies. To detect the lipid raft, we used horseradish peroxidase (HRP)-conjugated cholera toxin B (CTB). (D, E) HEK293 cells were transfected with wild-type or various mutants of Spred-1 and FLAG-tagged caveolin-1. (D) Raft fractionation was performed, and TCL and each raft fraction were blotted with the indicated antibodies. (E) Cell extracts were immunoprecipitated with anti-Myc antibody and blotted with the indicated antibodies. (F) HEK293 cells transfected with FLAG-tagged Ras, FLAG-tagged Raf and/or Myc-tagged Spred-1 were stimulated with 50 ng/mL of EGF for 30 min, then raft fractionation was isolated and blotted with the indicated antibodies.

 
Since the C-terminal region is necessary for the membrane localization of Spred-1 (Wakioka et al. 2001), we examined whether these Spred-1 mutants localize in the plasma membrane. The C-terminal cysteine-rich domain of Sprouty-2 is shown to be palmitoylated (Impagnatiello et al. 2001); the localization of Spred-1 in the lipid raft/caveola was examined. After solubilization with Triton X-100 at 4 °C, cell extracts were subjected to sucrose-gradient ultracentrifugation, and then the cell lysate of HEK293 cells transfected with wild-type Spred-1 and caveolin-1 was fractionated, as shown in Fig. 1C. Our experimental conditions could not distinguish between the caveola and lipid raft. Caveolin-1 as well as CTB was mainly detected in fraction 2 (raft fraction) in the sucrose density gradient. Spred-1 was detected in both raft and non-raft fractions. As shown in Fig. 1D, wild-type and dc10 Spred-1 were detected in the raft fraction, while dc26, 56 and 80 Spred-1 were not. Next, we examined whether Spred-1 physically interacted with caveolin-1. HEK293 cells were transfected with wild-type or various C-terminal-deleted Spred-1 mutants and caveolin-1 plasmids and immunoprecipitated with the caveolin-1 antibody. As shown in Fig. 1E, wild-type and dc10 Spred-1 were co-immunoprecipitated with caveolin-1; however, dc26 Spred-1 was not. Thus, Spred-1 associated with caveolin-1 through the C-terminus in the lipid raft fraction. It has been reported that caveolin-1 functions as a scaffold protein (Sargiacomo et al. 1995) and concentrates lipid-modified signaling molecules, such as Ha-Ras (Song et al. 1996) and MEK/ERK, through the caveolin-scaffolding domain (Li et al. 1996b; Couet et al. 1997). As shown in Fig. 1F, when Spred-1 was over-expressed in HEK293 cells with Flag-tagged Ras and Raf, accumulation of not only Ras, but also Raf were enhanced in the raft. Moreover, their accumulation was enhanced after the stimulation with EGF. Thus, Spred-1 may be recruited to the raft domain along with molecules constituting the Ras/ERK pathway by interacting with caveolin-1 and such assembly in lipid raft/caveola may enhance ERK inhibitory function.

Effect of caveolin-1 expression on ERK activation in BaF/kit cells

In human or murine lymphocyte cell lines, caveolae or caveolin has not been found, except for some specific cases (Harris et al. 2002). The BaF/3 cell is a murine pro B cell-derived cell line and does not have endogenous caveolin-1, as shown Fig. 2B. To examine the effect of newly introduced caveolin-1 on the ERK activation and function of Spred-1, we used this cell line. As reported before (Fra et al. 1995), when caveolin-1 was over-expressed by electroporation to BaF-kit cells, caveola were formed (BaF-kit-caveolin-1 cells), as shown in Fig. 2A, and the expression of caveolin-1 was confirmed by Western blotting (Fig. 2B).



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Figure 2  Effect of expression of caveolin-1 on ERK activation in Ba/F3-kit cells. (A) Immunoelectron microscopic analysis of BaF-kit cells over-expressed with caveolin-1. Ultrathin-sectioned samples were labeled with caveolin-1 antibody and protein A gold. Caveolae are indicated with arrowheads, and gold particles that detect caveolin-1 are seen as black circles. (B, C) Ba/F3-kit cells or Ba/F3-kit-caveolin-1 cells were stimulated with 50 ng/mL of SCF (B) or 50 ng/mL of IL-3 (C) for indicated periods. Cell extracts were immunoblotted with the indicated antibodies.

 
Caveola have been implicated in the regulation of signaling of the p42/44 ERK pathway. Engelman et al. (1998) reported that the over-expression of caveolin-1 dramatically inhibited signaling from EGF-R, Raf-1, MEK-1, and ERK-2 to the nucleus in vivo.Galbiati et al. (1998) reported that anti-sense-mediated reductions in caveolin-1 protein expression were sufficient to drive oncogenic transformation and constitutively activate the p42/44 ERK cascade. Thus, we examined the effect of caveolin-1 on the activation of ERK induced by SCF or IL3 in BaF/3-kit-caveolin-1 cells. In BaF/3-kit-caveolin-1 cells, ERK1/2 activation was suppressed after 60 min of stimulation by SCF (Fig. 2B) or IL-3 (Fig. 2C). These data suggest that caveolin-1 suppresses MAPK activation induced by SCF and IL3 at the late phase in BaF-kit-caveolin-1 cells.

Co-localization of Spred-1 and caveolin-1 on caveola membrane in BaF-kit-caveolin-Spred cells

Next, to clarify the functional relationship between Spred-1 and caveolin-1, we established a cell line expressing wild-type Spred-1 by introducing wild-type Spred-1 cDNA into Ba/F3-kit-caveolin-1 cells with enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) using a bicistronic retrovirus vector, pMY-IRES-EGFP. After establishing clones by limiting dilution, the localization of Spred-1 and caveolin-1 was determined by immunohistochemical staining using confocal microscopy. As shown in Fig. 3A, in BaF-kit-caveolin-Spred-1 cells, Spred-1 and caveolin-1 mostly co-localized at the plasma membrane.



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Figure 3  Co-localization of Spred-1 and caveolin-1 on the caveola membrane in BaF-kit-caveolin-Spred cells. (A) Ba/F3-kit-caveolin-Spred-1 cells were stained with anti-caveolin-1 antibody and anti-Spred-1 antibody and detected by immunofluorescence microscopy. (B) Raft fractionation of Ba/F3-kit-Spred-1 cells and Ba/F3-kit-caveolin-Spred-1 cells was performed, and TCL and each raft fraction were blotted with the indicated antibodies.

 
We also performed raft fractionation using Ba/F-kit-Spred-1 cells and BaF-kit-caveolin-Spred-1 cells. As shown in Fig. 3B, the amount of Spred-1 detected in the raft fraction was higher in BaF-kit-caveolin-Spred-1 cells than in Ba/F-kit-Spred-1 cells. These data suggest that caveolin-1 prompted the localization of Spred-1 to the raft fraction by association with Spred-1.

Synergistic inhibitory effect of caveolin-1 and Spred-1 on ERK activation

Next, to investigate the role of caveolin-1 in the function of Spred-1, Ba/F3-kit-caveolin-1 was infected with the retrovirus vector carrying Spred-1. Since the infected cells expressed both EGFP and Flag-tagged Spred-1, the percentage of infected cells was determined as the EGFP-positive rate by flow cytometry. We have reported that, when Ba/F3-kit cells were cultured in a medium containing IL-3 or SCF, the proportion of control IRES-EGFP-infected cells was not changed; however, that of wild-type Spred-1-infected cells decreased (Nonami et al. 2004). As shown in Fig. 4A,B, while the proportion of control-infected BaF-kit-caveolin-1 cells was not changed, that of wild-type Spred-1-infected BaF-kit-caveolin cells cultured in a medium containing SCF or IL-3 dramatically decreased.



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Figure 4  Effect of caveolin-1 on the activation of ERK and proliferation in Ba/F3-kit-Spred-1 cells. (A, B) Retroviruses carrying Flag-tagged wild-type and cDNAs in a pMY-IRES-GFP vector were produced by transfection of the PLAT-E packaging cell line. Ba/F3-kit cells or Ba/F3-kit caveolin-1 cells were infected with viruses for 48 h in the presence of 5 ng/mL of IL-3. The changes of the proportion of GFP-positive cells with 100 ng/mL of SCF (A) or 5 ng/mL of IL-3 (B) for indicated periods were assayed using a flow cytometer. (C, D) Ba/F3-kit-caveolin-1 cells or Ba/F3-kit-caveolin-Spred-1 cells were stimulated with 50 ng/mL of SCF (C) or 50 ng/mL of IL-3 (D) for indicated periods. Cell extracts were immunoblotted with the indicated antibodies.

 
We then examined the SCF- or IL-3-induced signaling pathways. SCF-induced ERK1/2 activation was almost completely suppressed in wild-type Spred-1-infected BaF-kit-caveolin-1 cells (Fig. 4C). IL-3-induced ERK1/2 activation of wild-type Spred-1-infected BaF-kit-caveolin-1 cells was also suppressed almost completely, although STAT5 activation was not affected (Fig. 4D). These results suggest that caveolin-1 enhances the inhibitory function of Spred-1 at the early phase of ERK activation induced by SCF and IL-3. The dramatic reduction of the proliferation rate of BaF-kit-caveolin-Spred cells cultured in SCF and IL-3 was probably due to this strong ERK inhibition. This is probably because caveolin-1 prompted the localization of Spred-1 to the raft fraction by association with Spred-1.


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In the present study, we have shown that Spred-1 localizes to the lipid raft/caveola fraction and interacts with caveolin-1. We propose that this interaction is important for the suppression of Raf/Erk activation by Spred-1.

We have shown that Spreds localize in the plasma membrane using its C-terminals (Wakioka et al. 2001). It has been reported that Sprouty-1 and Sprouty-2 are anchored to membranes by palmitoylation and associated with caveolin-1 (Impagnatiello et al. 2001). Considering the homology of the C-terminal of Spreds with Sprouty, it is likely that the CR domain of Spreds is also palmitoylated and associates with caveolin-1, like Sproutys. As shown in Fig. 1D,E, when the C-terminal of Spred-1 was deleted, Spred-1 could neither localize in the lipid raft nor associate with caveolin-1. In addition, the C-terminal deletion abrogated its inhibitory function (Fig. 1A,B). On the other hand, caveolin-1 concentrates lipid-modified signaling molecules, such as Ha-Ras (Song et al. 1996) and MEK/ERK, through the caveolin-scaffolding domain (Li et al. 1996b; Couet et al. 1997). It has been reported that caveolae is implicated in the p42/44 MAP kinase pathway (Engelman et al. 1998; Galbiati et al. 1998; Wary et al. 1998; Park et al. 2000). Components of this pathway such as Grb2 (Liu et al. 1996), H-Ras (Song et al. 1996; Rizzo et al. 2001), Raf (Mineo et al. 1996; Hekman et al. 2002), and 14-3-3 proteins (Mineo et al. 1996) are suggested to be localized within caveolae membranes. In our experiment, when Spred-1 was over-expressed in HEK293 cells, accumulation of not only Ras, but also Raf were enhanced in the raft (Fig. 1F). Thus, we propose that Spred-1 is recruited to the lipid raft/caveola and efficiently interacts with Ras and Raf-1 by interacting with caveolin-1, resulting in strong inhibition of Ras/ERK pathway. Therefore, caveolin-1 may function as a scaffold protein for growth factor receptors, Spred-1, and Ras.

When we over-expressed caveolin-1 in BaF-kit cells, which originally do not have caveolin-1, the amount of Spred-1 localized in the lipid raft fraction increased (Fig. 3B). Furthermore, the inhibitory function of Spred-1 was dramatically potentiated by caveolin-1 over-expression (Fig. 4C,D). Since caveolin-1 itself can suppress the activation of ERK, it can be considered that this potentiation is only a result of the additive effect of Spred-1 and caveolin-1. However, considering that caveolin-1 only suppresses the activation of ERK induced by SCF or IL-3 only 60 min after stimulation (Fig. 2B,C), it is highly probable that Spred-1 functions synergistically with Caveolin-1.

There are three Spred family proteins in mammals (Kato et al. 2003). Gene targeting studies demonstrated the important roles of Spred-1 and Spred-2 on hematopoiesis through regulating the signaling of hematopoietic cytokines (Nobuhisa et al. 2004; Nonami et al. 2004; Inoue et al. 2005). As Spred inhibits active-Ras-induced ERK activation, Spred might modulate the unidentified activation steps of Raf by a novel mechanism. However, the details of the mechanism and physiological functions of each member remain to be investigated. Apparently, Spred-1 can function in the cells without caveolin-1 like hematopoietic cells. However, even in caveola-deficient hematopoietic cells, cholesterol-rich membrane Raft is present. Some molecules in the raft may be able to replace the function of caveolin-1 in these cells. A new class of proteins with the ability to alter the morphology and/or function of raft membrane domain (modifiers of raft function (MORFs)) is emerging (Quest et al. 2004). Among them are flotillin-1, flotillin-2, stomatin and raftlin (Saeki et al. 2003). Flotillin-1, 2 and stomatin are the most abundant integral proteins in the human erythrocytes apart from the GPI-anchored proteins. They are present as high-order oligomers, suggesting that flotillins/stomatin act as scaffolding components at the cytoplasmic face of erythrocyte lipid rafts (Salzer & Prohaska 2001). Raftlin is an abundant protein in the lipid raft fraction of B cells, and has been suggested to contribute to the integrity of the raft (Saeki et al. 2003). Since signaling molecules, such as PTK and Ras, are concentrated in the caveola membrane, the localization of Spred-1 in the caveola membrane could facilitate the suppression of Ras-mediated Raf activation. A more precise analysis of interaction between lipid raft/caveola and Spred-1 will uncover the regulatory mechanism of the Ras/Erk pathway on the plasma membrane.


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Cell lines

HEK293 cells and the retrovirus packaging cell line Plat-E were maintained in Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium containing 10% fetal bovine serum (FBS). A murine pro-B cell-derived cell line, Ba/F3, was cultured in an RPMI medium containing 10% FBS and 10% conditioned medium from WEHI-3B cells as a source of IL-3. Ba/F3 cells expressing c-kit (Ba/F3-kit) had been previously established (Nonami et al. 2004). In addition, BaF/kit cells expressing caveolin-1 (Ba/F3-kit-caveolin-1) were established by the same method (Yoshimura et al. 1995).

Plasmids, transfection, and infection

Wild-type Spred-1 was subcloned into pCDNA3 for the 6XMyc epitope tag or pMY-IRES-EGFP for retrovirus infection as described (Sasaki et al. 2001). Caveolin-1 was subcloned into a pcDNA4/To vector. pCDNA3 vectors were transfected into HEK293 cells on 6-well dishes by the calcium-phosphate method. BaF/3-kit cells or Ba/F3-kit-caveolin-1 cells expressing wild-type Spred-1 were established as described (Sasaki et al. 2003) using pMY-IRES-EGFP vectors. Briefly, pMY-IRES-EGFP vectors were transfected into a PLAT-E packaging cell line using the FUGENE6 (Boehringer Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany) to obtain the viruses. Ba/F3-kit cells or Ba/F3-kit-caveolin-1 cells (2 x 105 cells) were infected with viruses on a RetroNectin (Takara Bio Inc., Shiga, Japan)-coated plate for 24 h in the presence of 5 ng/mL IL-3. Cells were washed three times with PBS, resuspended in RPMI-10% FBS containing 5 ng/mL IL-3 or 100 ng/mL SCF, and incubated for the indicated times. Then, cells (1 x 104) were analyzed for EGFP fluorescence on a COULTER EPICS-XL flow cytometer.

Immunochemical analysis

Immunoprecipitation and immunoblotting were done as described (Sasaki et al. 2001). We used anti-Myc, anti-c-kit, anti-STAT5, anti-ERK2 (Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Santa Cruz, CA, USA), anti-Flag (SIGMA, St. Louis, MO, USA), anti-phospho STAT5, anti-phospho ERK2, and anti-Caveolin-1 (Cell Signaling). For detecting lipid raft, we used horseradish peroxidase (HRP)-conjugated cholera toxin B (CTB) (Sigma). Anti-Spred-1 antibodies were prepared by immunizing rabbits. Immunofluorescence staining was done as described (Saeki et al. 2003) using Alexa546-conjugated rabbit anti-mouse IgG and Alexa633-conjugated anti-rabbit IgG and observed by confocal microscopy using an LSM 5 Pascal (Carl Zeiss).

Electron microscopy

BaF-kit-caveolin-1 cells were fixed with 0.4% gluteraldehyde (GA) and 2% paraformaldehyde in a 0.1 M cacodylate buffer (PH 7.4) containing 3.4% sucrose and 3 mM CaCl2 at room temperature (RT) for 30 min. They were then blocked with 0.05 M NH4Cl in PBS at RT for 10 min and washed with PBS. Next, they were dehydrated sequentially with 50, 70, 90, and 95% ethanol for 10 min each and substituted with LR white/absolute and ethanol (1 : 1) for 2 h and LR white for 16 h. These samples were embedded in LR/white with benzoin ethylether and incubated at 50 °C for 24 h. Ultrathin-sectioned samples were stained with anti-caveolin antibody (polyclonal) and then Protein A gold 15 nm (EY-LAB, San Mateo, CA, USA) and fixed with 2.5% Ga and 0.5% OSO4. They were stained with uranyle acetate and observed by JEM 2000EX electron microscope with accelerating voltage of 100 kv.

Subcellular fractionation of HEK293 cells

Cell fractionation was performed as described (Saeki et al. 2003). Briefly, HEK293 cells, Ba/F3-kit-Spred-1 cells and Ba/F3-kit-caveolin-Spred-1 cells (1 x 107 cells) were lyzed in 2.5 mL of a Triton X-100 lysis buffer (50 mM Tris-HCl pH 8.0, 10 mM MgCl2, 150 mM NaCl, 20 mM NaF, 1 mM Na3VO4, 1% Triton X-100, 5 mM 2-mercaptoethanol, 5% glycerol, and a protease inhibitor cocktail; Roche-Boehringer), incubated on ice for 1 h, and mixed with an equal volume of 80% sucrose in buffer A (50 mM Tris-HCl pH 7.4, 50 mM NaCl, 10 mM MgCl2, 1 mM Na3VO4, and a protease inhibitor cocktail). The mixture was transferred to a centrifuge tube and sequentially overlaid with 5 mL of 35% sucrose in buffer A and 1.2 mL of 5% sucrose in buffer A. After centrifugation at 100 000 g at 4 °C for 16 h, the fractions between the 5% and 35% sucrose interface (raft fraction) and between the 35% and 80% sucrose interface (non-raft fraction) were collected.


    Acknowledgements
 
We thank Ms. T. Yoshioka, T. Kinoshita, M. Otsu, and M. Sasaki for technical assistance, and Ms. Y. Nishi for manuscript preparation. This work was supported by special grants-in-aid from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan, the Haraguchi Memorial Foundation, Yamanouchi Foundation for Research on Metabolic Disorders, Takeda Science Foundation, Mochida Memorial Foundation, the Kato Memorial Foundation and the Uehara Memorial Foundation.


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Communicated by: Tetsuya Taga

* Correspondence: E-mail: yakihiko{at}bioreg.kyushu-u.ac.jp


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Received: 29 March 2005
Accepted: 4 June 2005




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