Carcinogenesis Advance Access published online on January 3, 2008
Carcinogenesis, doi:10.1093/carcin/bgm245
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Grb2 Binding to Tyr284 in TβR-II is Essential for Mammary Tumor Growth and Metastasis Stimulated by TGF-β
Department of Pharmacology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Aurora, Colorado 80045
Corresponding Author: William P. Schiemann, Department of Pharmacology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, RC1 South Tower, Room L18-6110, 12801 East 17th Avenue, PO Box 6511, Aurora, Colorado 80045. Phone: (303)724-1541. Fax: (303)724-3663. E-mail: Bill.Schiemann{at}uchsc.edu
We demonstrated previously that growth factor receptor bound protein 2 (Grb2) associates with the TGF-β type II receptor (TβR-II) upon its phosphorylation on Tyr284 by Src. Although this phosphotransferase reaction is critical in mediating TGF-β stimulation of epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and invasion in mammary epithelial cells (MECs), the necessity of Grb2 in promoting these TGF-β-dependent events remains purely correlative. Herein we further evaluated the role of Grb2 in mediating the oncogenic activities of TGF-β and show that the binding of Grb2 to TβR-II paralleled the induction of EMT in MECs stimulated by TGF-β. Introducing siRNAs against Grb2 or expression of a TβR-II mutant that cannot bind Grb2 (i.e., Y284F-TβR-II) had no effect on the ability of TGF-β to activate Smad3, but significantly impaired its stimulation of p38 MAPK in MECs. Importantly, these same cellular conditions also prevented the ability of MECs to undergo EMT in response to TGF-β, and to invade synthetic basement membranes when stimulated by β3 integrin and TGF-β. Finally, we show that the ability of TGF-β to stimulate breast cancer growth and pulmonary metastasis in mice required TβR-II to be phosphorylated on Tyr284, which activated p38 MAPK in developing and progressing mammary tumors. Collectively, our findings have established the necessity of Grb2 in mediating TGF-β stimulation of EMT and invasion in MECs, as well as demonstrated the essential function of the 
vβ3 integrin:Src:phospho-Y284-TβR-II:Grb2:p38 MAPK signaling axis to promote breast cancer growth and metastasis in vivo.
Key Words: EMT • Grb2 • p38 MAPK • Pulmonary Metastasis • TGF-β
Received August 18, 2007; revised October 24, 2007; accepted October 26, 2007.
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