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Mol. Cell. Biol., Aug 1996, 4117-4127, Vol 16, No. 8
A Klippel, C Reinhard, WM Kavanaugh, G Apell, MA Escobedo and LT Williams
Phosphatidylinositol (PI) 3-kinase is a cytoplasmic signaling molecule
recruited to the membrane by activated growth factor receptors. The p85
subunit of PI 3-kinase links the catalytic p110 subunit to activated growth
factor receptors and is required for enzymatic activity of p110. In this
report, we describe the effects of expressing novel forms of p110 that are
targeted to the membrane by either N-terminal myristoylation or C-terminal
farnesylation. The expression of membrane- localized p110 is sufficient to
trigger downstream responses characteristic of growth factor action,
including the stimulation of pp70 S6 kinase, Akt/Rac, and Jun N-terminal
kinase (JNK). These responses can also be triggered by expression of a form
of p110 (p110*) that is cytosolic but exhibits a high specific activity.
Finally, targeting of pl10* to the membrane results in maximal activation
of downstream responses. Our data demonstrate that either membrane-
targeted forms of p110 or a form of p110 with high specific activity can
act as constitutively active PI 3-kinases and induce PI 3-kinase- dependent
responses in the absence of growth factor stimulation. The results also
show that PI 3-kinase activation is sufficient to stimulate several kinases
that appear to function in different signaling pathways.
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Membrane localization of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase is sufficient to activate multiple signal-transducing kinase pathways
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