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Mol. Cell. Biol., Aug 1997, 4406-4418, Vol 17, No. 8
WG King, MD Mattaliano, TO Chan, PN Tsichlis and JS Brugge
Cell attachment to fibronectin stimulates the integrin-dependent
interaction of p85-associated phosphatidylinositol (PI) 3-kinase with
integrin-dependent focal adhesion kinase (FAK) as well as activation of the
Ras/mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase pathway. However, it is not
known if this PI 3-kinase-FAK interaction increases the synthesis of the
3-phosphorylated phosphoinositides (3-PPIs) or what role, if any, is played
by activated PI 3-kinase in integrin signaling. We demonstrate here the
integrin-dependent accumulation of the PI 3-kinase products, PI
3,4-bisphosphate [PI(3,4)P2] and PI(3,4,5)P3, as well as activation of AKT
kinase, a serine/threonine kinase that can be stimulated by binding of
PI(3,4)P2. The PI 3-kinase inhibitors wortmannin and LY294002 significantly
decreased the integrin-induced accumulation of the 3-PPIs and activation of
AKT kinase, without having significant effects on the levels of PI(4,5)P2
or tyrosine phosphorylation of paxillin. These inhibitors also reduced cell
adhesion/spreading onto fibronectin but had no effect on attachment to
polylysine. Interestingly, integrin-mediated Erk-2, Mek-1, and Raf-1
activation, but not Ras-GTP loading, was inhibited at least 80% by
wortmannin and LY294002. In support of the pharmacologic results,
fibronectin activation of Erk-2 and AKT kinases was completely inhibited by
overexpression of a dominant interfering p85 subunit of PI 3-kinase. We
conclude that integrin-mediated adhesion to fibronectin results in the
accumulation of the PI 3-kinase products PI(3,4)P2 and PI(3,4,5)P3 as well
as the PI 3-kinase-dependent activation of the kinases Raf-1, Mek-1, Erk-2,
and AKT and that PI 3-kinase may function upstream of Raf-1 but downstream
of Ras in integrin activation of Erk-2 MAP and AKT kinases.
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Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase is required for integrin-stimulated AKT and Raf-1/mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway activation
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