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"Examples of such associations between GPI-anchored proteins and transmembrane signaling partners in neurons include the transmembrane protein CASPR and the GPI-linked cell adhesion molecule contactin ( xref ) and binding of GDNF to the receptor complex formed by the GPI-anchored receptor GFRα1 and the transmembrane protein c-Ret ( xref , xref )."
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"The binding of GDNF to Ret and GFRα1 leads to Ret phosphorylation (Kjær and Ibáñez, 2003; Sariola and Saarma, 2003), and thereby leads to the activation of several intracellular signaling pathways, including RAS/mitogen-activated protein kinase/extracellular signal-regulated kinase pathway and phosphoinositide 3-kinase/Akt/mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathway, which in turn promotes neuronal survival and differentiation (Creedon et al., 1997; Uesaka et al., 2013)."
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"The GDNF–GFRα1 complex then binds the RET [ xref , xref ] present on neuronal cell bodies and terminals of several different pathways, such as nigro–striatal dopaminergic neurons [ xref , xref ], spinal motor neurons [ xref ], noradrenergic neurons of the locus coeruleus [ xref ], enteric neurons [ xref ], and sensory neurons [ xref ]."
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"Upon formation of the RET-GFRα1-GDNF complex with a stoichiometry of 2:2:2 [ xref ] the tyrosine kinases of the RET dimer autophosphorylate and these phosphorylated tyrosine residues serve as a binding platform for a number of adaptor proteins activating intracellular signaling pathways [ xref ]."
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"These results taken together are compatible with the notion that D4 acts by interfering with the formation of a stable, active RET dimer, regardless of whether dimerization is caused by the formation of the RET, GDNF, and GFRalpha1 complex or by the direct interaction of two mutated RET C634Y proteins."
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"Some trace residues had been proved to be important in ligand-receptor binding, especially in rat GFRalpha1, where alanine scanning mutagenesis confirmed that sites N(152)N(153), R(259), S(316)N(317)S(318) and Q(247)D(248)S(249) were critical for GFRalpha1 binding to GDNF or Ret and thus affected the formation of GDNF-GFRalpha1-Ret complex."
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"Upon formation of the RET, GFRalpha1, and GDNF complex with a stoichiometry of 2:2:2 [XREF_BIBR] the tyrosine kinases of the RET dimer autophosphorylate and these phosphorylated tyrosine residues serve as a binding platform for a number of adaptor proteins activating intracellular signaling pathways [XREF_BIBR]."
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"Taken together, these data point to the importance of the GDNF, GFRalpha1, and RET complex in the survival and function of the DA system, especially as it relates to increased vulnerability of this system with aging, and also suggest that additive effects of genetic alterations and environmental toxins may be part of the pathology observed in humans with parkinsonian disease patterns."