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Review
. 2010 Aug 15;49(4):516-27.
doi: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2010.04.025. Epub 2010 Apr 29.

Src redox regulation: again in the front line

Elisa Giannoni  1 , Maria Letizia Taddei, Paola Chiarugi
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Review

Src redox regulation: again in the front line

Elisa Giannoni et al. Free Radic Biol Med. .

Abstract

Src-family kinases are vitally important to the regulation of cytoskeleton organization, cell proliferation, and the generation of integrin-dependent signaling responses, inducing tyrosine phosphorylation of many signaling and cytoskeletal proteins. The activity of the Src kinase is tightly controlled by inhibitory phosphorylation of a carboxy-terminal tyrosine residue, of which dephosphorylation, or deletion/substitution with phenylalanine in oncogenic Src kinases, leads to enhanced Src activity owing to autophosphorylation in the activation loop. Alongside this phosphorylation/dephosphorylation control, cysteine oxidation has been recently reported as a further mechanism of enzyme activation. Increasing evidence describes redox regulation of Src kinase as a key outcome in growth factor and cytokine signaling, integrin-mediated cell adhesion and motility, and membrane receptor cross talk, as well as in cell transformation, tumor progression, and metastatic dissemination. Src kinase is also involved in the regulation of localized ROS production at invadopodia and podosomes, subcellular adhesion structures associated with extracellular matrix degradation, through spatially restricted activation of NADPH oxidase. Therefore Src kinase both affects and is affected by oxidative signaling, thereby allowing the fine-tuning of the multifaceted cytoskeleton responses for motility and invasion.

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