Effects of N361 Glycosylation on Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Biological Function.
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; 2024 Jul 16.
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ABSTRACT
Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is a transmembrane tyrosine kinase that is frequently modified by glycosylation post-translationally. In cancer, EGFR amplifications and hotspot mutations such as L858R that promote proliferation have been detected in a significant fraction of non-small cell lung carcinomas and breast adenocarcinomas. Molecular dynamic simulations suggested that glycosylation at asparagine residue 361 (N361) promotes dimerization and ligand binding. We stably expressed glycosylation-deficient mutant EGFR N361A, with or without the oncogenic mutation L858R. Immunofluorescence and flow cytometry demonstrated that the mutants were each well expressed at the cell membrane. N361A decreased proliferation relative to wild-type EGFR as well as decreased sensitivity to ligands. Proximity ligation assays measuring co-localization of EGFR with its binding partner HER2 in cells revealed that N361A mutations increased co-localization. N361A, located near the binding interface for the EGFR inhibitor necitumumab, desensitized cells expressing the oncogenic EGFR L858R to antibody-based inhibition. These findings underline the critical relevance of post-translational modifications on oncogene function.
293T; AREG; CellTiter-Glo; EGF; EGFR; ERK; Glycosylation; L858R; MCF10A; N337; N361; N361A; PLA; amphiregulin; binding; breast cancer; cancer; cell biology; co-localization; dimerization; epidermal growth factor; epidermal growth factor receptor; flow cytometry; immunoblot; inhibitor; ligand; localization; lung cancer; necitumumab; non-small cell lung cancer; osimertinib; phosphorylation; proliferation; proximity ligation assay; signaling
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