Pyk2 phosphorylation of VE-PTP downstream of STIM1-induced Ca2+ entry regulates disassembly of adherens junctions

Dheeraj Soni, Sushil C. Regmi, Dong Mei Wang, Auditi Debroy, You Yang Zhao, Stephen M. Vogel, Asrar B. Malik, Chinnaswamy Tiruppathi*

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Abstract

Vascular endothelial protein tyrosine phosphatase (VE-PTP) stabilizes endothelial adherens junctions (AJs) through constitutive dephosphorylation of VE-cadherin. Here we investigated the role of stromal interaction molecule 1 (STIM1) activation of store-operated Ca2+ entry (SOCE) in regulating AJ assembly. We observed that SOCE induced by STIM1 activated Pyk2 in human lung microvascular endothelial cells (ECs) and induced tyrosine phosphorylation of VE-PTP at Y1981. Pyk2-induced tyrosine phosphorylation of VE-PTP promoted Src binding to VE-PTP, Src activation, and subsequent VE-cadherin phosphorylation and thereby increased the endothelial permeability response. The increase in permeability was secondary to disassembly of AJs. Pyk2-mediated responses were blocked in EC-restricted Stim1 knockout mice, indicating the requirement for STIM1 in initiating the signaling cascade. A peptide derived from the Pyk2 phosphorylation site on VE-PTP abolished the STIM1/SOCE-activated permeability response. Thus Pyk2 activation secondary to STIM1-induced SOCE causes tyrosine phosphorylation of VE-PTP, and VE-PTP, in turn, binds to and activates Src, thereby phosphorylating VE-cadherin to increase endothelial permeability through disassembly of AJs. Our results thus identify a novel signaling mechanism by which STIM1-induced Ca2+ signaling activates Pyk2 to inhibit the interaction of VE-PTP and VE-cadherin and hence increase endothelial permeability. Therefore, targeting the Pyk2 activation pathway may be a potentially important anti-inflammatory strategy.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)L1003-L1017
JournalAmerican Journal of Physiology - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Volume312
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 5 2017

Funding

This work was supported by National Institutes of Health Grants R01 HL-128359, R01 GM-117028, R-01 HL-122157, R01HL-045638, and P01HL-060678.

Keywords

  • Permeability increase
  • Pyk2
  • Store-operated Ca entry
  • Stromal interaction molecule 1
  • Thrombin
  • VE-cadherin
  • Vascular endothelial protein tyrosine phosphatase

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Physiology
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
  • Physiology (medical)
  • Cell Biology

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