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Unconventional Interplay Between GPCRs and RTKs Signaling Pathways Through SH2 Domain-Containing Proteins

Created on 04 Apr 2026

Authors

Scarpelli Pereira, P. H., Mancini, A., Sidiki Traore, B., Kobayashi, H., Lukasheva, V., LeGouill, C., Sabbagh, L., Bouvier, M.

Abstract

Crosstalk across two major receptor families involved in signal transduction, namely receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs) and G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), have been observed at different levels of their signaling cascades. Using newly developed enhanced bystander bioluminescence resonance energy transfer (ebBRET)-based biosensors that monitor the recruitment of SH2 domains to activated RTKs, we assessed the ability of GPCRs to modulate cellular localization of SH2 domains. Receptor-mediated activation of either Gq/11 or G12/13 but not Gs or Gi/o (e.g., thromboxane A2 receptor, TP, and type-2 protease activated receptor, PAR2) resulted in the plasma membrane (PM) dissociation of SH2 domains derived from RTKs effectors such as GRB2, STAT5 and PLC{gamma}1. The role of Gq/11, G12/13, Rho and downstream kinases in the subcellular SH2 domain redistribution was further confirmed using both pharmacological and genetic approaches. BRET imaging and spectrometric analyses showed that the dissociation of SH2 domains from the PM was accompanied by their accumulation in the nucleus and a reduction in RTK signaling activity, as determined using a STAT5 transcriptional assay. The effect of Gq/11 and G12/13 activation on STAT5 transcriptional activity was observed both in engineered systems and in HeLa cells endogenously expressing all the components of the regulatory mechanism. The Gq/11 / G12/13-mediated redistribution of SH2 domain-containing proteins represents an undescribed mechanism through which GPCRs regulate RTKs activity.

Preprint server: bioRxiv
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