SCAMP3 is a mutant EGFR phosphorylation target and a tumor suppressor in lung adenocarcinoma. 2021

Abhilash Venugopalan, and Matthew Lynberg, and Constance M Cultraro, and Khoa Dang P Nguyen, and Xu Zhang, and Maryam Waris, and Noelle Dayal, and Asebot Abebe, and Tapan K Maity, and Udayan Guha
Thoracic and GI Malignancies Branch, Center for Cancer Research, NCI, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA. abhilash.venugopalan@nih.gov.

Mutations in the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase domain constitutively activate EGFR resulting in lung tumorigenesis. Activated EGFR modulates downstream signaling by altering phosphorylation-driven interactions that promote growth and survival. Secretory carrier membrane proteins (SCAMPs) are a family of transmembrane proteins that regulate recycling of receptor proteins, including EGFR. The potential role of SCAMPs in mutant EGFR function and tumorigenesis has not been elucidated. Using quantitative mass-spectrometry-based phosphoproteomics, we identified SCAMP3 as a target of mutant EGFRs in lung adenocarcinoma and sought to further investigate the role of SCAMP3 in the regulation of lung tumorigenesis. Here we show that activated EGFR, either directly or indirectly phosphorylates SCAMP3 at Y86 and this phosphorylation increases the interaction of SCAMP3 with both wild-type and mutant EGFRs. SCAMP3 knockdown increases lung adenocarcinoma cell survival and increases xenograft tumor growth in vivo, demonstrating a tumor suppressor role of SCAMP3 in lung tumorigenesis. The tumor suppressor function is a result of SCAMP3 promoting EGFR degradation and attenuating MAP kinase signaling pathways. SCAMP3 knockdown also increases multinucleated cells in culture, suggesting that SCAMP3 is required for efficient cytokinesis. The enhanced growth, increased colony formation, reduced EGFR degradation and multinucleation phenotype of SCAMP3-depleted cells were reversed by re-expression of wild-type SCAMP3, but not SCAMP3 Y86F, suggesting that Y86 phosphorylation is critical for SCAMP3 function. Taken together, the results of this study demonstrate that SCAMP3 functions as a novel tumor suppressor in lung cancer by modulating EGFR signaling and cytokinesis that is partly Y86 phosphorylation-dependent.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D010766 Phosphorylation The introduction of a phosphoryl group into a compound through the formation of an ester bond between the compound and a phosphorus moiety. Phosphorylations
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000077192 Adenocarcinoma of Lung A carcinoma originating in the lung and the most common lung cancer type in never-smokers. Malignant cells exhibit distinct features such as glandular epithelial, or tubular morphology. Mutations in KRAS, EGFR, BRAF, and ERBB2 genes are associated with this cancer. Lung Adenocarcinoma,Adenocarcinoma, Lung,Adenocarcinomas, Lung,Lung Adenocarcinomas
D066246 ErbB Receptors A family of structurally related cell-surface receptors that signal through an intrinsic PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASE. The receptors are activated upon binding of specific ligands which include EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTORS, and NEUREGULINS. EGF Receptor,Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor,Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Family Protein,Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinase,ErbB Receptor,HER Family Receptor,Receptor, EGF,Receptor, Epidermal Growth Factor,Receptor, TGF-alpha,Receptor, Transforming-Growth Factor alpha,Receptor, Urogastrone,Receptors, Epidermal Growth Factor-Urogastrone,TGF-alpha Receptor,Transforming Growth Factor alpha Receptor,Urogastrone Receptor,c-erbB-1 Protein,erbB-1 Proto-Oncogene Protein,EGF Receptors,Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Family Proteins,Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Kinase,HER Family Receptors,Proto-oncogene c-ErbB-1 Protein,Receptor Tyrosine-protein Kinase erbB-1,Receptor, ErbB-1,Receptors, Epidermal Growth Factor,Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Protein Tyrosine Kinase,ErbB-1 Receptor,Family Receptor, HER,Family Receptors, HER,Proto oncogene c ErbB 1 Protein,Proto-Oncogene Protein, erbB-1,Receptor Tyrosine protein Kinase erbB 1,Receptor, ErbB,Receptor, ErbB 1,Receptor, HER Family,Receptor, TGF alpha,Receptor, Transforming Growth Factor alpha,Receptors, EGF,Receptors, Epidermal Growth Factor Urogastrone,Receptors, ErbB,Receptors, HER Family,c erbB 1 Protein,c-ErbB-1 Protein, Proto-oncogene,erbB 1 Proto Oncogene Protein

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