Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience (Mar 2018)

Regulation of Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor and Growth Factor Signaling Pathways by Tyrosine Phosphatase Shp2 in the Retina: A Brief Review

  • Mojdeh Abbasi,
  • Vivek Gupta,
  • Nitin Chitranshi,
  • Yuyi You,
  • Yuyi You,
  • Yogita Dheer,
  • Mehdi Mirzaei,
  • Mehdi Mirzaei,
  • Stuart L. Graham,
  • Stuart L. Graham

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fncel.2018.00085
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12

Abstract

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SH2 domain-containing tyrosine phosphatase-2 (PTPN11 or Shp2) is a ubiquitously expressed protein that plays a key regulatory role in cell proliferation, differentiation and growth factor (GF) signaling. This enzyme is well expressed in various retinal neurons and has emerged as an important player in regulating survival signaling networks in the neuronal tissues. The non-receptor phosphatase can translocate to lipid rafts in the membrane and has been implicated to regulate several signaling modules including PI3K/Akt, JAK-STAT and Mitogen Activated Protein Kinase (MAPK) pathways in a wide range of biochemical processes in healthy and diseased states. This review focuses on the roles of Shp2 phosphatase in regulating brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) neurotrophin signaling pathways and discusses its cross-talk with various GF and downstream signaling pathways in the retina.

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