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Mol. Cell. Biol., Nov 1996, 6427-6435, Vol 16, No. 11
C Huang, WY Ma and Z Dong
Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI 3-kinase) plays a role in a variety of
biological processes, including regulation of gene expression, cell growth,
and differentiation. However, little is known about its role in the
cytoplasmic events involved in epidermal growth factor (EGF)- induced
transduction of signals to the transcriptional machinery of the nucleus and
in EGF-induced cell transformation. In this study, we examined whether PI
3-kinase is a mediator for the activation of AP-1 and neoplastic
transformation by EGF in the murine epidermal cell line JB6. The results
showed the following. (i) EGF not only induced a high level of PI 3-kinase
activity by itself but also enhanced insulin- induced PI 3-kinase activity
in JB6 P+ cells, the EGF-induced PI-3 kinase activity could be blocked by
constitutive overexpression of a dominant negative P85 subunit of PI
3-kinase (deltaP85), and insulin could markedly promote EGF-induced AP-1
activity in a dose-dependent manner in JB6 P+ cells as well as promote
EGF-induced JB6 P+ cell transformation. (ii) Inhibition of PI-3 kinase with
wortmannin or LY294002 markedly decreased the AP-1 activity induced by
insulin, EGF, or EGF and insulin in a dose-dependent manner, while
wortmannin did not block UVB-induced AP-1 activity. (iii) AP-1 activation
by insulin, EGF, or EGF and insulin could be completely inhibited by
overexpression of deltaP85 in all the dose and time courses studied. (iv)
Inhibitors of PI 3-kinase (wortmannin and LY294002) and stable
overexpression of deltaP85 inhibited EGF-induced transformation but had no
significant inhibitory effect on cell proliferation induced by EGF or EGF
and insulin. These results demonstrate for the first time that PI 3-kinase
appears to be required for EGF- or insulin-induced AP-1 transactivation and
cell transformation but not cell proliferation in JB6 cells.
Copyright © 1996, American Society for Microbiology
Requirement for phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase in epidermal growth factor-induced AP-1 transactivation and transformation in JB6 P+ cells
The Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, Austin 55912, USA.
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